At the same time, on the hillside, Li Bida's soldiers were also making breakfast before the death, and under the rising sun, the whole camp along the Epollo coast was filled with the sound of barbecue forks and plates, and the sound of eating and eating, and everyone was quiet, even the horses hung their heads and were silent, and the air seemed to freeze.

At the beginning of the fifth sentry, a trumpet sounded, and then Pompey's soldiers began to kill their horses, a scene that was seen by the spearheads and flag bearers of the 27th Legion, whose calves and stomachs were trembling, and no one doubted the will of a man who had killed his silent comrades on the battlefield.

The artillery detachment arrived not far from the front-line battlefield in the open field according to the instructions, and their ballista guns were no different from the fighting swords of the legionnaires, they were all sharp weapons for winning at close range, or double-edged swords.

Both sides waited silently, and on the side of Séctus and Peletaeus, all the remnants of the five legions were lined up in a double offensive line, with the light infantry and cavalry arranged on the left flank, in a loose diagonal formation, so that the long-range fire could be reduced to their extent, and the rest of the three or four thousand men, who were lightly wounded or tired enough to lose their combat strength, were placed on the other side of the camp, that is, on the side facing Caesar's pursuers in the west, who were confident that they had the cover of wooden fences and loose sand, Even if they can't fight as usual, they can still rely on these fortifications to resist Caesar's pursuers for a long time, delay their progress, and buy time for a frontal breakthrough, in other words, this group of people is ready to be sacrificed. The third and final column of Pompey's army consisted mainly of the shieldmen and javelinmen of the Confederate tribes. They were clamped. to prevent shaking and escaping. Damage your formation and morale.

"We are always in defensive formation, and the enemy lacks pitchers, so it should be in a dense center, with two flanks closed - the principle is that when the enemy approaches, our javelinmen, archers, and cavalry cannons will fire fiercely, weakening them, and then launching a short counterattack. Force them back. "This is Li Bida's order, and it is clear that he will not abandon the defensive posture unless it is necessary. He ordered the chief of the Twenty-seventh Army Corps, also the "Corriberia Brigade", a total of 700 men, to cooperate with the other three brigades to act as a front line, where the rivers and streams were located; The four other brigades act as the second line, ready to support and replace the former. Finally, there were three brigades, led by Gallius, lurking on the other side of the road, acting as a reserve on the right axis.

And Li Bida's elite soldiers and Madejie Guard. In the gap between the cavalry artillery and the second-line troops, Li Bida gave orders to Arp. "If the centurion on the front line is killed or wounded in battle and cannot command, any member of the guard or a slave has the right to take the flag in place of the command, and all must fight bravely to the death and perform their glorious and loyal duties!" As for the Mattia cavalry and other Gallic cavalry, they were on the left flank, serving as cover, under the command of Hansk.

And in the rear of the highest part of the entire hillside, only Li Bida, Sabo and a few servants and military slaves remained, with the soul emblem of the legion, "Will the enemy step on my corpse and take away the honor and flag of the legion?" This is Li Bida's shouting to all the generals and centurions before the war, and the others seem to be in the words at all.

The sound of rushing to the sky rose, and tens of thousands of soldiers on the battlefield craned their necks together, and from the distant side of the mountains, countless crows flew in, and began to circle densely on the battlefield, letting out a mournful ominous scream, "Messenger of the gods, go and eat the carrion of the enemy, for they are the losers!" The soldiers on both sides shouted like this, and then on the opposing line in the open field, they began to advance rapidly towards Li Bida under the attack of Pompey's army.

Bows and arrows, slings, ballistas, stone bullets, etc., continued to scatter and disrupt the front line of Pompey's army like a storm, but they were very tenacious, their bodies were like steel, especially after they were fed, they began to exert their fierce combat strength and will, and endured the ensuing death attacks, and the people in front and next to them fell, and immediately someone filled the vacancy in a hurry, and continued to trot on the corpse.

"The cavalry cannon is broken!" In the tense operation, mistakes and destruction were inevitable, when the artillery soldiers put up a warning flag to the command office behind, Sabo immediately rode to dredge the situation, and now there are four doors left, "immediately drag to the rear of the second-line array, and then wait for the order, and then continue to fire." ”

As soon as the cavalry cannons were installed on the carts and carried backwards, Pompey's front line began to meet with the front-line troops of Li Bida, and it was not long before the experience, fighting spirit and combat skills of the two sides were judged, and some of the hundred-man detachments of the 27th Army Corps, which had suffered heavy losses, began to flee privately, so Arp, who had just recovered from his wounds, began to command the slaves and guards who had followed the acting commander-in-chief for many years, and filled the gaps and stabilized their positions.

The whistle for the second-line attack had already sounded, but just as they were about to step forward to take over the battle, a sharp voice streaked in the sky - Pompey's catapult also began to operate, this is the order of Sektus, "cross the area of the battle and smash at the location of the opponent's second-line army." ”

Although Pompey's wild donkey stone thrower, compared with the cavalry cannon that Li Bida relied on, there was a big gap in accuracy and proficiency, but the east and west, also quickly disrupted the pace and formation of the second-line troops, so that there was confusion during the docking, and Pompey's second-line took the opportunity to rush forward and break through Li Bida's defense line in one go.

"Our army is starting to get into disarray." Saab couldn't help but be a little nervous, and his voice trembled.

Li Bida blushed, jumped on his mount silently, and then said to Sabo, "You go to dispatch the second line, take over the commander there, and give me at any cost to block the impact of Pompey's army, at least for a day." I went to cooperate with Hansk and led the cavalry to launch a counterattack. ”

After saying that, Li Bida galloped down the hill and came to the Mattia cavalry, who waved at him like the tip of a forest of spears, and shouted to Hansk and all the cavalry captains, "We will stab them in the waist from the right side of the slash, so that they will never stand up again, will you follow my banner?!" ”

"Come on!" All the Mattians roared on their backs like wild wolves, so that Hanske's loud voice was almost muffled, "I am willing to swear to the carriage of the Germanic god of war, and I am willing to be your strongest axle, Your Excellency." ”

"Then let's get on!" The ribbons of the Mattians fluttered again, and with their glittering double-headed spears, they stepped on the sands of the river with Lybidaeus, first trotting against the javelins thrown by the other party, and then gradually began to gallop, and soon with the momentum of death, they slashed into the gap between the second line of Pompey's army. (To be continued......)