Many races fail, and they fail in the last few steps. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 It is not easy to run the "way you should run", and it is certainly more difficult to "run to the end".

- Socrates (famous ancient Greek thinker, philosopher, and educator)

From beginning to end, Beautricott did not let his guard down on the Augustus army in the rear; Even though his army was always retreating, he left a large number of guards along the way to act as scout cavalry, always reporting on the movements of the Augustus army.

After learning that the Fourth Legion of the House of Augustus had really launched a pursuit of his own army, Bautracott ordered his soldiers to speed up the march on the one hand, and on the other hand, he sent another plea for help to Charles VII and the Duke of Dinoir, urging the Dinoit Legion to move quickly.

The race didn't last long, and only five days later, the Spanish army was back at the Spanish barracks in the border area, where the war began!

Since the Augustus' counterattack was mainly composed of the Fourth Legion, the slow marching speed of its hoplites directly caused the Augustus's army to be unable to reduce the distance between the Augustan army and the Spanish army.

However, the unshortened distance did not prevent the Augustan army from recovering the cities that had been captured by the Spanish army one by one; In less than ten days, the cities that had been supposedly recovered by the Spanish army were once again under the rule of the House of Augustus, and they did not even need to redo the flags to complete the change of ownership.

Of course, there are also cities that will be struck by the thunder of the House of Augustus; There was no way, who made them choose the army of the Kingdom of Spain in the war and put it into real action? If they don't leave a way out for themselves, the Augustan family naturally can't give them a way to live!

You must know that before the Spanish army attacked the province of Betica, the new administrative division of the province of Betica had been completed, and many graduates of the Augustus Family College had already come to the counties and cities of the province to serve as grassroots officials.

Just when the Spanish army completely occupied all the cities north of Córdoba in the province of Betica, most of the people in the cities did not confess the officials sent by the Augustan family, nor did they take the initiative to cooperate with the Spanish army to fight the Augustus family.

After all, the war had only just begun, and who knew if it was the House of Augustus or the Kingdom of Spain who won the final victory? In the hearts of the vast majority of the people of the province of Betica, the House of Augustus was far more powerful than the Kingdom of Spain.

This is mainly due to the most typical balance of power, because the province of Betica was originally the territory of the Kingdom of Spain, but it was seized by the Hannibal family, and the Kingdom of Spain did not have the strength to retake the province of Betica. If it weren't for the birth of a Joan of Arc, there is no telling how much territory the Kingdom of Spain would have been seized by the Hannibals!

However, the army of the Augustus family could take the province of Betica from the hands of the Hannibal family, and kill the general Margo who was feared by the Spanish army by the Hannibal family; Such strength is not comparable to that of the Kingdom of Spain!

Therefore, the vast majority of the former aristocratic and wealthy merchant class of the province of Betica were unwilling to offend the Augustan family for the sake of the Spanish kingdom; Because they want to leave a way back for their family, they also turn a blind eye to the hidden identities of the Augustan officials.

It's a pity that there will always be some self-proclaimed guys, who, when they see the huge number of troops in the Kingdom of Spain, simply think that from now on the province of Betica will restore the rule of the Kingdom of Spain.

These restless people, when the Spanish army entered the city, hastened to report to Beautricott the hiding place of the Augustus officials, and in exchange for Beautrocott's reuse.

Naturally, Botricott would not be stingy in rewarding those who took the initiative to cooperate and were willing to support the Kingdom of Spain by breaking with the House of Augustus once and for all; As a result, these guys were appointed as new local officials to replace the officials of the House of Augustus.

When the Spanish army was still besieging Córdoba, these traitors were naturally more powerful; But now that the House of Augustus is back in the hunt, their fate is doomed to be miserable!

Tetius was the commander of the Fourth Legion, while Marcus and Gabriel were the lieutenants of the Third and Fifth Legions, respectively; Naturally, among the three of them, Tetius, the highest-ranking commander, was the supreme commander of the coalition forces.

The Tragic Dead and the Brocade Guards were also well aware of the ranks of these generals, so they constantly put all kinds of information into the hands of Tetius to help Tetius better judge the situation.

In addition to military intelligence, the information of these officials who betrayed the Augustus family was naturally transmitted to Tetius by the two major intelligence organizations; Therefore, while Tetius led his army to pursue the Spanish army, it was also necessary to clean up these moths along the way.

All those who had betrayed the officials of the House of Augustus were dragged to the local town square and executed on the orders of Tetius; Of course, at the same time as they were executed, Tetius did not forget to execute their entire family!

Tetius still understands the principle of 'cutting the grass without eradicating the roots, and the spring breeze blows and grows again', those who choose to betray the Augustan family and let the officials of the Augustan family shed their blood and die, they must pay the due price for their choice!

Perhaps, their parents, wives and children are innocent, but aren't the Augustus officials who were betrayed by them innocent? They devoted themselves to the people under their rule, and loyally dedicated themselves to the Augustan family; As a result, because of the report of these shameless villains, they died in Huangquan, and these people must pay for it!

There were not many people who chose to betray the officials of the House of Augustus when the Spanish army came, but the blood of them and their families was enough to stain the squares of countless towns; Let all the other onlookers shudder!

This is the means of the House of Augustus, and the principle of the House of Augustus; Betrayers, after all, there is no good end, and the revenge of the Augustus family is definitely more cruel and ferocious than you think!

Having solved these problems, which were barely internal, Tetius continued to march north with his army, pursuing the Spanish army as they fled north; After five days of pursuit, Tetius's army finally reached the border.

At this time, the Duke of Dinoy's legions had not yet reached the border area, but the army of Botrecott was all hiding in their barracks, waiting for reinforcements from the Duke of Dinoy; The combined army commanded by Tetius rushed to the vicinity of the Spanish military camp with great momentum, and immediately launched an attack on the Spanish military camp!

The attack of the army of the House of Augustus was not as weak as that of the Spanish army; The equipment units of the Fourth Legion, under the orders of Tetius, displayed their ballistae and stone crossbows a hundred meters away from the Spanish barracks.

As soon as Tetius's offensive fire was fired, the forty-eight ballistas and twelve stone catapults of the Fourth Army immediately began to attack the Spanish barracks; The stone projectiles and bolts fired from the ballistas, combined with the stones thrown by the catapults, caused extremely heavy losses to the Spanish troops in the barracks, and even the barracks doors were smashed open in such a blow!

As a general of the Kingdom of Spain, Botricott's knowledge was also extremely limited, at least he had never seen such a large-scale attack attack by the Augustus family; Seeing this scene in front of him, he understood the strength of the enemy!

It is a pity that it is too late to discover the strength of the House of Augustus, and the war was provoked by the Kingdom of Spain on its own initiative; Then the Kingdom of Spain will have to pay the price for what it has done, and the blood debt must be paid in blood!

It took five rounds of the Fourth Legion's ballista to exhaust all the shells and bolts; As for the stone catapults, as long as the soldiers of the House of Augustus can find stones, their 'roar' will not stop!

Of course, the wooden structure of the catapult means that it cannot withstand too many shots; Therefore, after holding on to six rounds of shooting, the stone crossbow stopped firing and was dragged to the rear of the army by the soldiers of the equipment unit.

Even so, five ballista attacks and six stone catapult attacks were enough to dilapidated the Spanish barracks; In addition to the camp gate that was smashed at the beginning, the front wall of the barracks was also smashed and worthless.

Compared with these blows to the barracks, the Fourth Army's machine attack was a more effective blow to the morale of the Spanish army; The faces of the Spanish soldiers who watched their comrades being smashed by stones and their flesh blurred, or being pierced by crossbow arrows, all showed frightened expressions, and their right hands holding weapons trembled.

Tetius did not intend to leave time for the Spanish army to slow down, and as soon as the attack of the equipment troops stopped, he ordered his hoplites to prepare for battle and immediately launch a full-scale attack on the Spanish army in the barracks!

Just as Tetius's order was given and the hoplites of the Fourth Army began to prepare for battle, there was a sound from the rear of the Spanish camp that only a large-scale cavalry charge could have produced!

Could it be that there are still reinforcements for the Spanish army? Unbeknownst to him, Tetius immediately suspended the hoplites' preparations for the attack, and ordered all the hoplites to form a huge circular defensive formation in an orderly manner, protecting the cavalry and equipment units in it.

Under the watchful eyes of the Spanish army and the army of the House of Augustus, the three thousand cavalry led by the Duke of Dinoit himself roared, followed by the seven thousand infantry who slowly appeared; Seeing such a scene, Tetius's face could only show helpless disappointment. (To be continued.) )