Of course, Li Bida knew that Young Caesar would not ask him for help, whether out of self-respect or practical interests, even if Cyrene, Fort Lypida, or Bendu were not far from the battlefield where he was, even if he wanted to, Li Bida's men could carry out a centripetal attack on the Brutus army at any time.

So now Brutus's actions can be said to be unscrupulous, and Caesar the Younger is at a loss.

"Then let them go down slowly."

Then, Li Bida's six corps began civil engineering operations, the two armies were from the Tumr River to the city of Waga, along the direction of the river meander, diagonally confronted, Li Bida's fortifications, mainly concentrated on a low hill on the east side of the river, on which slope passages, arrow towers, wooden fences and trenches were opened, and projection equipment was intensively set up, and then on the right flank of the hill, because of the division of terrain and the river, Li Bida only asked the single corps of the Thirteenth Army Corps to be stationed there; Then the left flank led straight in the direction of the city of Vaga, and the troops of Libida stretched out very long—the sixth, twelfth, and fifteenth legions, and the new cavalry legions of Paluma and Dussonvière, all four legions, all placed here.

And Li Bida personally led the new infantry corps and stationed it in the newly completed fortified camp, and erected the "arrow tower" flag of the god of war Li Wusi.

In response to this subordinate, Labinus left only one legion to monitor and isolate Vaga, and the remaining six legions, which were lined up along the mountain range and the rest of the camps, and also arranged into three wings, left, center, and right, but in contrast to Lypida's formation: Rabinus left only two Spanish allies, about 8,000 men on his right flank, and only lined up in two lines. Of course, Rabinus did that the reason for having him. During this time, he had his men build a wall about fifteen stadias long enough to connect the various camps. and placed a dense number of rod throwers on it, believing that in this case, it would be enough to cooperate with the fortifications of the two legions; Then he took the four most elite legions and arranged them in the center of the line; In contrast to Li Bida's Thirteenth Legion, he also placed a legion on the left flank, and a small number of cavalry.

Originally, Rabinus really wanted to wait for the three legions of Lelias to outflank from behind, but he understood the dominance of the current strategy. In the hands of his old enemy Li Bida, even if Rilias is about to arrive in Zama City, he still has to withstand Li Bida's round of hammer smashing.

When the day came for the camp to receive the army's salaries and rations, and all the soldiers sat down in front of the tents, and countless puffs of cooking smoke rose, Rabinus looked at everyone in silence, and then he called the herald, "Go and invite the commander of the enemy army, Libidaeus, to negotiate a conversation with me across the river." ”

As the herald prepared to leave, Rabinus summoned him again. "Of course, if the other party does not agree. Just don't force it. ”

About a day later, the herald rode back: Lybida readily agreed, and asked Rabinus to swear an oath to the gods with him, to abide by the rules of peaceful conversation, and not to allow anyone to use force against him.

After hearing the news, Rabinus immediately wrapped his cloak and stepped on horseback, and with only a few servants, he came to the left bank of the Tumr River.

There were no strangers to each other, and Rabinus especially nodded to Karenus, which was kind of a greeting.

Then neither side spoke first, and after a while Rabinus cried out across the river, "I just think that one of us may die in the war that is coming soon, and I always want to see each other before." ”

"You're welcome, I'll take care of the corpses of you and your soldiers." Li Bida responded.

Rabinus smiled when he heard this, and then he shouted again, "Thank you for protecting my hometown of Jingulum in the previous civil war. ”

Then he paused slightly, "If you don't express your gratitude at this time, you may not have this opportunity in the future." ”

"Rabinus, I will not forgive you now, you are the enemy of the Republic, the minion of Pompey, and you have killed so many of our excellent soldiers, so the friendship between the former comrades is over! As you said to Caesar in Epirus before, and I have the same attitude today, that there will be no end to the war unless you bring your head back to the city of Rome. Li Bida was unmoved and shouted.

"Then bury my body with all the fallen soldiers, I would be severely damaging to the morale of the soldiers if I said such words in the camp, so this is just a personal request. As for my head, then you can hang it at the door of the temple of the door, and I hope that when my head arrives there, there will be no more wars in the Republic. ”

"Then please rest assured." Li Bida said indifferently, and then Rabinus bowed on horseback, and turned to leave.

Li Bida looked at the Tumr River for a while, and then returned to his camp.

The moment of the decisive battle came, and in the sky above the entire desert, a large number of clouds rarely appeared, gathering in the sky above the battlefield, all the colors turned gray, and the wind blew boundless fog and clouds, constantly changing directions, Li Bida's corps erected eagle flags and team logos one by one, and the soldiers also stood in positions according to their respective posts, sharpened and sharpened their weapons, the battle line of the right wing of this strange formation was only 3,000 Roman feet, and the left wing extended the distance of 20,000 Roman feet, and the outermost edge was Paruma's legion.

Li Bida wore a blue cloak and did not wear a helmet, and in the cheers of his horse, he ran out of the camp, and all the infantry and cavalry on the left flank raised their swords in their hands and greeted the high priest, "Originally, as the highest clergyman of the republic, I could not take risks and come to this desert expedition, but who told us to face the most ferocious enemy?" Today we will gamble on the fate of the nation and the individual, and here we will decide the future course of the Romans, and if victorious, we will be greeted by an incomparably smooth road; If we fail, we will never recover. Think about it, soldiers, generals, where did your land come from, and where did your reward come from? Of course, it was not won with ploughs, but with sticks and swords, and what power did the loser have to defend them? Therefore I ask you to entrust all your strength to me Lybidaeus today, and my victory is your victory, and my defeat is your defeat. The two gods of war, Mars and Leus, will bless your sword and shield, our sword will be indestructible, and our shield will be indestructible! ”

"Indestructible, indestructible." All the soldiers shouted and struck their shields with their swords like a great tidal wave. (To be continued......)