"I request to personally accompany the Twenty-seventh Army Corps and personally lead the team to survey the terrain." This was made by the newly descended former Lusitanian treasurer Galius, but Li Bida looked at him, and then nodded in agreement without saying anything, "Immediately Combano will allocate you fifty cavalry, and the same number of lightly armed leather shields." ”

In the wind and smoke, a few soldiers in dark cloaks, quietly climbing the bushes, under the guidance of their guides, climbed some nameless hill outside the city of Corribella, led by Gallius, who, in the dim light, tried to discern the outline of the town below.

Saab next to him also observed tacitly, this is indeed a small castle, there are few inhabitants, but there are ships, there are also walls and towers to guard, and more deadly, it also controls a bridge that can lead to the opposite bank, this bridge is still made of stone, the rushing river passes under its feet, because it can pass through the guò cavalry and carriages, so Sabo decided that this is the way that Aphranius must take, and tens of thousands of Pompey elites can only cross the Eporo River along this bridge, Follow this road to Tarraco.

"If this bridge is taken, Aphranius and his family will have to continue along the rugged mountain road on the other side of the river, thirty to fifty more miles, before they can cross the next market town, or Asagase." Gallius muttered, and Sabo subconsciously followed his words and looked across the river, but except for the yellow water and the gray mountains, all the scenery was shrouded in mist and could not be discerned.

"Can an attack be executed?" Sabo asked, holding back.

Galius looked back at him. With a hint of surprise. "Of course. Of course, the Legion Commander is the Green Forest Bandit, and there is no need to ask for my opinion. ”

At this moment, the branches and leaves of the surrounding trees swayed rapidly and made a strong crackling sound, and the torrential rain at the turn of summer and autumn fell down like this, "We must seize the opportunity of the river to swell, and Pompey's army is in the mud and pursuit there." Won't arrive in Corribella so soon! Sabo held the board and slid down the hill.

"I took the flag and my elite guards and climbed the slope of the cross-cut hill south of the city, and then followed the left and right sides, here and here." Under the dense felt cloth with the sound of rain, Li Bida gestured with his hand on the simple sand table and arranged the relevant troops, "Open up the road to the army, place three brigades on each side, and rush down." Surrounded on three sides by Corribella. Also, according to Galius's survey, the walls of Corriberia were not regular. Where the towers and walls bend, there is a blind spot, and below is a swamp of grass that has not been cut. Then the acting commander-in-chief pointed to Cambano and cried, "You, personally take the chief brigade of your legion, march to lurk, half armed with weapons, half carrying siege equipment, and while they are too busy to take care of themselves, decisively ascend to occupy a corner, and then enter it." ”

"The Chief Brigade? Siege engines? Combano grunted, his hand touching the black blindfold, "There is no one in the Twenty-Seventh Army who has received such a combat experience. ”

Li Bida suddenly lost his temper, and then lost his temper again, your 27th Army has followed me for so long, and you haven't selected the chief centurion and the first brigade well, nor have you made emergency preparations for siege warfare, what are you doing all day?

"Well, run on a horse, and that's about it." Combano actually thought about it seriously and replied.

At this time, it was Galius who took the initiative to raise his hand, saying that the 27th Legion was not actually a complete rabble, and many of the 4,000 selected soldiers who were added later were led by me before, so I think it is still my responsibility to maintain the honor of this legion—I am willing to immediately select the appropriate number of soldiers to carry out this combat mission according to your orders.

That's all it can be!

From midnight to early morning, the rain became more and more fierce, and when the Pompey officers and soldiers in the city could use the weak light of the next day to see the slowly rising golden horse flag behind the hillside in the direction of the south gate of the city, they could only rub their eyes for a while, and then the officials guarding the city hurriedly asked the token officer to hurry to the five legions that were being bitten by Caesar in dozens of Rome, "The enemy of Lusitania is coming too quickly, and we continue to reinforce, otherwise this stone bridge over the Eporo River will not be guaranteed!" ”

The sound of fighting and the sound of military trumpets sounded, Li Bida stood dignified under the banner, his subordinate Medejie Guard, and its elite soldiers built up the momentum very much, to deal with the scouts who came to the city, they all shot arrows like a storm, and behind the hillside, the infantry of each of the three brigades of the 27th Army Corps were all hidden on both sides of the hillside, and many of them were wearing the light leather armor of horse bandits and leather shield soldiers, and long leggings were tied underneath, so that they could walk on the ground in the complex terrain.

After getting further signals, the people on both sides rushed down the hillside, and caught the city of Corriberia from both sides, and the guards and soldiers on the city also used ballistas and slings to fight back under the supervision and scolding of the officer, "Don't be afraid of these people, they don't have any heavy equipment, they can't help us, hold on to their posts, the tens of thousands of troops of Aphranius and General Peletaeus will come to the rescue immediately!" ”

At this time, Gallius, who took the initiative to ask for help, took seven hundred leather shield soldiers, along the direction of the "blind spot" surveyed yesterday, all bowed down, and advanced along the long grass, and it didn't take long for the rain to start again, and the Spanish natives who were not accustomed to carrying wood and equipment were particularly tired in this situation, especially when they were about to pass through the swamp that was approaching the city wall, but they found that after the rain last night, this place had turned into a deep and chest-deep Ze country.

"It's too late, and when we get to the city soon, we may not be able to use the equipment, and we won't be able to use it, because we have to get through here first." Galius urgently said to the centurion beside him, "Take out the sail rope that you have brought beforehand, and trap the wood and the planks together, and tie the stone to the side of the sail rope as an anchor for fixing." ”

When the barbarian soldiers heard that they no longer had to carry these things on their backs, they cheered, and they strung all the planks with ropes, according to the request of the centurion, and laid them on the waterlogged and muddy swamp, and then sank them to the bottom with stones, and then they rushed to the city with their leather shields, short swords and javelins, and shouted and stepped on the planks, and then dragged the planks up and over with ropes, and put them on the wall, "Do not hesitate to step on this thing and climb up!" At the command of Galius, many of the soldiers themselves followed the thing, grabbing the gaps and protrusions in the wall like apes, and hurried up to the battlements. (To be continued......)