"If the general leads an unorganized and loose force in pursuit of the enemy, the victory will be handed away." - Emperor Maurice of the Eastern Romans

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About five days later, Sektus's nightmare was still a reality, the stone bridge was no longer owned by them, and the Li Bida army on the opposite side had completed the construction of a temporary bridgehead, and set up a ballista and a stone thrower on the high mons.

It was evident that the situation before the five legions was very serious, or they would not cross the Apporo and continue to run on the roads along this side until they collapsed completely; Otherwise, gather all your forces and capture the stone bridge and retake Corriberia before Caesar's main force is completely surrounded.

No matter which one it is, it seems to be just a little ray of light in a desperate situation, and there is no possibility of success in the normal world, Sektus roared, brandished the tomahawk in his hand, and frantically slashed the crooked neck of the miscellaneous tree next to him, why! Why has it been that since the beginning of the war, all the war zones of the republicans have been pre-laid out by Caesar, and they have suffered the fate of defeat and fall one by one? Originally, everyone thought that Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon River was a dead end of playing with fire and immolating himself, but now that he had reversed himself, all the enemies in front of him were engulfed in fire one after another, and he became more and more terrifying and powerful.

"The only way out is to start the last alternate way, and that is to cross the high slope of the canyon in front of us, and I remember that there was still a place about twenty to thirty Roman miles away where a pontoon bridge could be built, and as soon as we got close to it, we could still go back." When Sektus returned to the camp. The ground was full of groaning soldiers. Peletaeus proposes a solution. And he reassured everyone that it was far from a desperate situation, because he had already told the soldiers and slaves of the city of Taraco to go to that place and start their work.

Sektus was very excited at the time, and said that I would go there tonight with the front. But Aphranius dissuaded us, saying that the passage of our camp was blocked by Caesar's cavalry and infantry, and that it was impossible to go out to gather cattle and water, and that the soldiers were tired and hungry. Only by resting and accumulating some strength in the coming day, rushing out desperately, and arriving there will have a chance of winning, otherwise I am afraid that I will completely collapse halfway to set off tonight.

"Then we agreed that when we come to Japan, we will discard all the seriously wounded and pack horses, as well as large baggage and military rations, and now these things will only slow down the progress, all the personnel who can fight. Bring dry food for a day and a night, as well as the necessary weapons. The key to success or failure is in one day, or you succeed in finding a way to survive, or you can" Pelettaus's tone was tragic and helpless, obviously preparing for the worst.

"It's okay, if you are determined to fight, you will succeed!" Sextus never seemed to be passive, and he instructed "to take all five of the chief brigades of the legions, and to lay in ambush in the valleys on either side of the camp while the main force is withdrawn, and perhaps we may succeed in running a successful ambush against Caesar, or at least so that they will not be able to catch up with us so lightly." ”

The two commanders thought for a while, and now they could only think about it, and then in the dark and rainy night outside, lightning suddenly fell together, and purple "cruel smiles" continued to fall in the mountains and forests and the water of the Taotao River, and the water of the Eporo River outside swelled like a thousand wild bison, and many soldiers were forced to hide to high places.

Aphranius looked at the terrible weather with mixed feelings, "I hope that our work will go well, and Caesar will think that such a bad weather will slow down for the time being."

"I know that most of you warriors have already experienced extremely hard and fierce battles in the first five days, including the chief brigade of the Tenth Legion four times in a row yesterday, but I will say that Pompey's army is on the verge of collapse, which is the result of our perseverance and courage. Behold, I may feel sorry that the elite of the Republic, who had achieved great glory in the war between the East and Spain, would be so miserable to be crushed by us, but I am even more glad that these five legions will henceforth lose their honor, and we will rise to the glory of history. So, what else can save Pompey's army now? Let us think from the enemy's standpoint, yes, I can only think of the words 'all-or-nothing', which, according to reliable sources, were sent by my chief lieutenant's subordinates in small boats against the current, and that Corriberia had already been captured by his two legions, so we were still one last step away, which was to completely surround the enemy and completely crush their 'all-or-nothing' with the hooves and swords. After saying that, Caesar angrily fought the bull, raised the wine glass in his hand, and shouted to the two cavalry generals Vicintoli and Dussonvier, "Tomorrow it will be up to you, I will allocate all the 4,000 cavalry that can still fight to you to lead, as for the infantry, I believe that my subordinates, who are really unable to fight because of physical overdraft or wounds, can stay in the camp, and everything else that can go, including the able-bodied military slaves, will be pressed on me!" Because the only word I can think of to describe us now is 'all or nothing'! ”

"All or nothing! Blessed by the river gods! All the generals and centurions in the battalion shouted angrily.

In the thunder and lightning, the swords of Cambano's cavalry flashed, and people were constantly being slashed and barbed in the run, and fell down miserably, and in the rolling turbidity, there were several temporary bridge piers that had not yet been completed, "Li Bida, this guy is a god, he can actually guess that there is still a defenseless enemy here, building a house here, haha, kill me, don't leave any of them, damn it-Sakosa, my blindfold is leaking, damn, I have to take a breath and see." Cambano, galloping back and forth on horseback, shouted and took off his blindfold and kept throwing water at the ground.

"I have to remind you that what you see here is worth your commander." Riding on a donkey, Sarkosa reminded the bandit that he was also a watchman named by Lipida to accompany Cambano in a similar role.

When several of the horsemen charged into Corribella, when he heard this information, he put down the public slip that he was reviewing and said to everyone, "The 27th Legion, follow me and the cavalry to Cambano at once. After the arrival of the Sixth Legion, it was still led by Angandinus, guarding the ferry city against the attack of Pompey's army, and then awaiting my orders. ”

What the? Although the siege battle in the daytime was smooth, it also consumed most of the soldiers' energy, and now they want to continue to advance towards the lower reaches of the river in such weather, what does General Li Bida mean? But Li Bida did not allow his subordinates to complain, "All the personnel who are on duty tonight to participate in the battle will be rewarded with a hundred drachmas, this is the most critical action, I don't want any prevarication and slackness, and those who hesitate can be executed on the spot!" (To be continued......)