"Why am I always like this, the enemies of the republic are also my personal enemies." - Cicero

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There are enemy flags on this hillside! This stunned all the soldiers of Pompey's army, and the already low morale was even worse, but those who should have not been firm in their will to run had already surrendered with Aphranius, and all the rest, although tired, although they suffered heavy casualties, although they suffered heavy losses in weapons, they all followed the great Pompey and survived the rest of the battle in the East.

Sometimes, why do mortals need leaders, why do they have messianic complexes? Because they have always subconsciously believed that the power of the individual is extremely small, but the significance of the leader and the great man is that he is like a torch, able to gather all the small forces together, and infect any person who follows him with his own unique courage and faith, using honor, ideals and even money and other means to gather into an indestructible force, this power is not only the leader himself, but all those who follow him, believe that he has this power, they think that "in the great Pompey, Or the great Caesar, or any great person who is inspired, we are absolutely out of the realm of ordinary people, even if we do not reach the power of the gods, but we can definitely be between man and God - that is, what is commonly called 'heroes'. ”

Therefore, to Combano's surprise and horror, the thousands of Pompey troops who stood at the front, who were in the vanguard, seemed to be unable to even walk steadily, and were actually in the sound of the military horn. Armed with a military banner in hand, he launched a charge attack on the hillside he occupied!

"Are these Pompey's 100-battle elite? I've seen it in Kofinium. Since our side occupies the superior position of defense, there is nothing to be polite. On the hillside, surrounded by the generals, Li Bida stood in place, looking at the vanguard of Pompey's army rushing over the mountains below, and whispered, "Cavalry artillery, speed up." Cross-firing from both wings. ”

Under such a clear command, Cambano who was standing on the front line was even more frightened - from somewhere, anyway, in the direction of both sides, there were waves of things whistling and flying, throwing spears and stone bullets, anyway, before Cambano's line of sight could identify them, he set off a bloody "wave" in the phalanx of Pompey's soldiers, you must know that this big horse bandit is a wonderful archery skill, and goshawk-like eyes to self-contained, "When my eyes see you." You're going to get an arrow in the throat," but he didn't understand. In this era, there was a tactic that existed only in mythology, focusing on the use of ballistas in field battles, rather than just attacking cities, but it was so powerful that he saw the elite soldiers of Pompey under the mountain silent, and before they could even scream, they lost their limbs, heads, and internal organs, and threw themselves into the still wet earth, and flesh and blood became one with the weeds and mud.

The sound of the horn sounded, which was the signal of the hill command office ordering him to attack, and Cambano did not have time to think about it, so he shouted to all the horse bandits and native leather shieldmen who were also eager to try, "Go forward and kill six hundred Roman feet, and annihilate the enemy's vanguard!" ”

This group of cruel green forest horse bandits, who don't pay attention to any formation and order, when it comes to the Spanish dog-legged knife, they rushed towards the vanguard position of the Pompey army with many casualties under the leadership of Combano! The vanguard of the Pompey Army, which was blinded by the blow of the cavalry artillery, had arms and intestines scattered everywhere, even if they were injured and fell to the ground, they would be cut off by the other party without hesitation, plus their fatigue for many days in a row, they were not the same as Li Bida's army, so even if their pride was unwilling to admit it, the pain of death and injury still forced them to retreat like a tidal wave in the future.

"Call the cavalry to attack and press Pompey's army to the foot of the hill over there." Li Bida's tone was like cast iron.

The Mattians rushed down from another hillside pass, and they shot a rain of arrows from their horses, knocking down the scattered soldiers of Pompey's army, who were still running, to the ground, and then they took up their spears and drove them around the retreating formation of Pompey's army, like shepherds grazing sheep, and drove them towards the place designated by the commander-general.

About two days later, under the hillside where Li Pida's army was located, there were no more than a thousand corpses of Pompey's army, and there were no living creatures, and Mattia's cavalry did not pursue deeply, because they knew in advance that what was in front of them was only the vanguard of Pompey's army, and if the pursuit distance was too far, it would be difficult to get out of the counterattack of the superior army.

Therefore, the Mattia cavalry only immediately occupied the open passage and strengthened the position with the infantry of Cambano, and then Li Bida ordered: "Advance the cavalry cannon forward by a ruler." ”

When this qiē was completed, all the infantry returned to the hillside and lined up, and in plenty of time, the simple camp behind them was mostly completed, but now the Pompey army in the rear brigade also knew that their way of life had been sealed off by Caesar's Einsatzgruppen army, and if they wanted to rush out, they would have to crush their opponents and walk through their corpses.

"I rushed over with the cavalry and fought them." Séctus's whole body was "red" again, but Peletaeus dissuaded him, "The soldiers are on the verge of ruin, there are stubborn enemies in front and behind, the allies have completely surrendered, the chief brigade of all the legions has been captured by Caesar, and we have about 20,000 men left at hand who can fight, and we must not be reckless." ”

Subsequently, the veteran Peletaeus built yì sectus: Don't be intimidated by the momentum of the enemy blocking from the opposite side, they also came in a hurry, and the number and preparation will not be very sufficient, we will set up camp at the foot of the mountain for the time being, and after raising enough spirit, select several brigades from each legion, and rush over with all the vigor.

So, out of respect for his predecessors, Sektus finally agreed.

But the suffering of Pompey's army was not over, and after they set up camp, they understood the purpose of Li Bida's drive to this place - only the mountain streams could be cited, and the large rivers were completely in the open field, locked by Li Bida's cavalry cannons and lightly armed soldiers' projection weapons.

Not only that, but from the mountains to the rivers was a very narrow stretch of sandy land, which meant that the horses could not be grazed at all, so twenty or thirty thousand Pompey soldiers were thus nestled in the camp, and Caesar's cavalry had pursued them to their tails.

"With all the provisions, food, and money left in the barracks handed, it's time for a decisive battle." In the midst of the campfire, Sextus crossed, and then he hesitated for a moment, but soon said in a mournful tone, "This is our last chance, let the centurion and the soldiers eat well in the morning, or else they will have to go to the god to eat, and as for the rest of the pack horses, they are of little use, and they will all be killed!" (To be continued......)