Chapter 25: The First Attack Will Me (Part 2)
Caesar shook his hand a little unhappy, "I have four legions on hand, plus thousands of barbarian cavalry, who can be competent for the pursuit."
"But it's too late. My legion occupied the small hill by the Ala River and found that the Helveti had crossed seven out of ten." Li Bida lied and did not make drafts at all. In fact, the Helveti had not crossed one out of ten at this time. "Now, as long as our legion can attack them as soon as possible, disrupt his pace, and annihilate the remaining uncrossed rivers, the four legions of His Excellency the Governor can follow up."
After hearing this, the staff turned their eyes to Caesar. Caesar said with some embarrassment, "This is the thing that bothers me the most. Although the king of the Aduites verbally promised to deliver military rations, they have not yet made any movement. Sometimes they say that the food is on the way, and sometimes they say that the food is still being collected."
"It is unwise to expect the capricious barbarians. As long as we can annihilate some of the Helvetis, we can seize the supplies that support our continued pursuit." At this time, the little Crasus next to us hurriedly suggested, and the "reckless man" Sekdelius agreed with this statement. Seeing that almost all the generals were standing on Libida's side, Caesar made a favor and said: "It's better, now we will issue a temporary order to gather the 'tails' of the four legions and transport them to the camp of the 12th legions, but Libidaus must ensure that they use this legion to pinch the enemy and not allow them to cross the Ara River until the seventh, eighth, nineth and fourteenth legions are surrounded."
As you wish, God bless Rome! Li Bida immediately straightened up and saluted Caesar, then jumped onto the horse and hurried to his camp.
The commander fought for supplies from the Governor General! In a moment, this good news spread throughout the camp of the 12th Legion. The engineers and infantry brigade immediately carried the basket, pickaxe, rope and wood in high spirits, walked to the foot of Mount Via, and began to build a temporary position. Pop's troop team also satisfies with the pack horse onto the vehicle, dismantled and divided the heavy "wild donkey" stone thrower, pulled and shouted various slogans, and rolled the wood. They forced four such machines to the hillside.
Li Bida, who obtained the supply qualification, was as arrogant as a contractor who paid the wages. He held the baton and pointed at the position. The centurion and the battalion officers next to him were holding a roll of velvet paper on it, and they all remembered the commander's instructions on it. Those who could not write could ask confidential slaves to do it for him. "The speed should be fast. Our 12th Legion has an extremely glorious tradition of suppressing the Katilin rebellion, fighting with the Copper Shield Army in the Kingdom of Bosphorus, and seizing the Balantiya Falcon totem in Lusitania, all proved that we are the army with the highest honor. By the way, you should remember it below. Not only should temporary fortifications be repaired quickly and firmly, but multiple layers of firepower should be arranged to block the enemy's counterattack. This is very critical."
Milu didn't know how to write, but when he heard the commander's term "multi-layer firepower". Or when Li Bida directly expressed "multi-layer firepower" as "massa", he immediately made a surprised expression. He took notes from the recorder next to him and looked at it, and then he said, "Study hard and ask questions," "How should I make this kind of massa, Lord Commander?"
Tagus and others, even Sabo, burst into laughter, and the other centurions laughed foolishly when they saw this, and had to listen carefully to the commander's explanation of "multi-layer firepower".
So Li Bida made a gesture and demonstrated to everyone, "We must rely on Weiaishan to make the temporary position into a pocket shape. The wooden fence and trench are the first defense. Light infantry throws the hunting spear and throws the stones behind them, and then arrange seven to eight hundred-man teams on standby at the second defense line. Even an auxiliary army like us, a hundred-man team has two to three scorpion crossbows. All scorpion crossbows are concentrated on the flanks. After the light infantry fights with the enemy, they will fire at the enemy's backbone. Remember to fire at the backbone - Hey, Selsey, don't be dazed!" As he said, Li Bida used a few stones to illustrate, and Gragra land used stones to draw lines on the ground. "The scorpion crossbows were arranged on both wings to cross-fire and shoot at the enemy's backbone, to obtain the widest firing area."
"The following is the third and last defensive facility. Fix the eighteen cavalry cannons. Hello, Sabo, what did you say about the improved shooting of cavalry cannons last time?" Then Sabo Kemus stepped forward and took over Li Bida's words, saying: "This is my experience summed up in Lusitania. If all the cannons are used together, it may not be very efficient, unless we have ten times the number of crossbows on hand. My method is like this, divide the eighteen cavalry into three groups, and replace the shooting intertwined, so that it can ensure uninterrupted suppression. Also, since the crossbows can be pushed onto the carriage now, I have another suggestion - that is, when the infantry brigade pursues the enemy, they can be accompanied by the crossbows and smash the enemy's defenders to fight."
Crush the enemy's defenders? Yes, the several battles of the Helveti people rely on their strong cavalry team. Once the Roman pursuing troops rushed forward, Helveti took advantage of the scattered formation and fatigue to launch a reverse powerful assault to defeat the pursuers. Libidaus had suffered this great loss before, and it was useless to rely on the ala cavalry of the Roman legion. It was better to use these rookies and infantry riding to maintain the decisive formation, but using cavalry cannons...
Will there be danger? In the end, even my treasure was captured by the barbarian?
So in the end, Li Bida, who was cautious, decided to follow Saab's first suggestion for the time being. The centurions expressed that they should resolutely implement the theoretical essence of the commander's "three strong defenses" and "multi-layer firepower massa". While digging out temporary fortifications, the Soldiers Committee asked to use sufficient supplies to soothe soldiers' fighting spirit on the upcoming "Supply Day".
At about thirty Stadia opposite, most of the Helvets were still crossing the river frantically. After arranging the 5,000 cavalrymen as guards, these barbarians were very relieved to step on the shaking boat bridge and left most of the heavy baggage and food at the crossing point behind.
In the dark night, Sabo rubbed the scythe and lit the pinming tree with a scythe. The light quickly illuminated his thin figure. Then a "Jutia Eye" slowly rose in front of his eyes. He led the line and slid it freely towards the Ala River, which blended with the night. Then followed by more and more "eyes". Gradually, thousands of barbarians crossing the river lineup, with huge outlines constantly flashing under the illumination of these "eyes".
"Barol, Barol's demonic eyes!" Thousands of barbarians shouted in horror as they looked at their "eyes" staring at them in the sky.
Chapter completed!