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"The bravest person must be able to clearly see the road ahead. Whether it is facing honor or danger, he will face the unretreated person." - Thucydides

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In addition, for this expedition, Karabis formed a 100-man team alone, as a valuable reserve force. Karabis also tried his best to get the equipment of this group of new veterans, because they were not in the organization of the Thirteenth Legion in advance, and things could only be raised by themselves. Fortunately, because he was willing to implement Marca's plan, the governor was also refreshing and generous. He was wearing a Macedonian-style curved helmet, a Greek-style broad-edged sword, a legged Ifekrat boot, and a sharp heavy spear. It was really Hellenized from head to toe. This was also the place where Hebrida, who went on the expedition with the army, was the most resentful.

"I'm here to kill the Greeks, not to celebrate the Goddess Day with them!"

But the strangest thing is that Marcha actually arranged a group of tax collectors with round hats to go to the battle together. When he walked to a village where the embers were still burning, the huge role of the tax collectors was highlighted. They could pull out the last copper coins from the houses looted by the Bendu cavalry and the hands of the people and put them in the money box.

The whole village, the still alive people, sat in a mixed manner with the bodies of dead relatives, and looked at the smoke-filled ruins with empty eyes. This was their home. Now there is nothing left. The tax collectors also want to take away all the dogs, poultry and other things that survived.

"Continue to move forward and find the traces of the enemy cavalry." Carabis, wrapped in cold leather and shredded floes, stood on the small high slope at the entrance of the village and instructed: "The sixty cavalrymen in the brigade are divided into five groups, with semicircular fan-shaped dispersion, and are kept at the front of the queue as scouts. They are not allowed to fight with the enemy at will. Arminius, this marching round.

When you take the Century as the vanguard, Hottenhus' Century as the vanguard, Highbreda and the other Centurions, follow me, marching with the baggage and tax collectors in the middle, and the entire army is lined up with all the equipment, and maintaining a fighting posture at all times. As for the vassals of Bosphorus, let their clan chiefs pay attention. Move on our wings and behind so that they will not disrupt our formation when they escape."

A messenger ran to the high slope with his swaying helmet and reported that "the septic tank at the entrance of the village was full of urination."

"There will be no less than thirty cavalry attacking this village." Hebrida sighed white and judged.

"It's very consistent with the size of the Bendu cavalry." Aminius looked into the distance, "The big one is probably nearby." In advance, they obtained information and the Tuksil cavalry who rushed into the Ponticabien Peninsula would not be less than one thousand.

The low and dark sky, the slightly dancing snow, and weeds connected by weeds. The dispatched forces of the Thirteenth Legion were arranged into a long marching column. Under the "cover" of the Bosphorus's servants, they began to march towards the next market town designated by the tax collector. Karabis felt that it was not the one who drove out Turk Schiller's cavalry, but the one who protected the tax collectors and plundered the land in front of the Bendu cavalry.

But tax collectors have an advantage. They are familiar with the terrain of the entire peninsula and the urban villages. They even know many paths. This is the valuable experience accumulated by long-term "Latin skinning" - they need to understand these roads, block them before the people flee and avoid taxes, but the two legs are still as good as four legs, and the next market town has long been robbed by cavalry. After asking the survivors, Karabis learned that the team of cavalry had about fifty people, coming from the southwest. He asked very carefully and painted a piece of papyrus with lead ink. Two soldiers who could make drawings were depicting something on a medium-sized wooden board with simple instruments.

In the afternoon, when they were about to camp outside this town, a team of scout cavalry rushed over and told the "temporary battalion officer": In the northeast, a group of cavalry rushed towards us, and then two more scouts rushed to verify the former's judgment.

"Prepare to fight!" Karabis waved his hand, and the flag-holding officer beside him was inserted into the soil beside him with two medal rings of the 10th troop flags. The 10th troop team quickly changed from a marching column to a horizontal troop to a horizontal troop, and the military flags were moved one by one. After the 10th troop team made some moves, the other two troop teams soon followed the two wings of the horizontal wings of the 10th troop team left and right in the form of a dense column, the three troop teams were arranged into a flat "door" shape - this was a formation that Karabis had discussed with the centurions in advance. As for Bosphorus's servant army, one stayed in the rear to guard the baggage, and the other held bows and arrows and threw stone ropes, and ran to the second line of the Roman legion team.

The dozens of cavalry who returned to the team were all loose, together with the veterans and 100 team, placed between the front positions and the rear baggage, responsible for responding to emergencies.

In a noise, he made a gesture to the scout on the horse's back on the report, Hebrida Company, located on the left wing of the horizontal team, which meant to ask him about the number of enemy cavalry. The scout also opened his mouth and made several gestures back, "The enemy cavalry marched in a column, and the actual number could not be judged."

"Skies, dig the trench immediately!" Karabis blew a whistle and waved his hand at the team's banner.

Arminius beside him shouted: "It's too late! It's the oven cavalry!"

Several flags were quickly raised on the hillside line opposite, and dust rose in the evening sky. The cavalry of Bendu quickly turned over from the back of the hill. They were obviously following the scouts and capturing the traces of the Karabis army. The cavalry raised the dust in the sky, but from the front, only six or seven cavalry columns could be seen in the front. It was impossible to see how many troops were. But Karabis looked at it clearly. The cavalry in front was indeed what the Romans called "oven cavalry" - these cavalry were covered with fish scale armor made of fine steel, and under the helmet was the same steel relief armor. They could charge with the horses in this heavy armor in the high temperature of 40 degrees in summer. This was also the origin of the nickname "oven cavalry".

Like a thunderbolt, Bendu cavalry quickly launched a rapid charge against the Roman army under the hillside in the form of a column. Karabis, standing next to the team flag, felt that the mud under his feet was trembling, "Skies, disrupt their charge!" (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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