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Chapter 31 The Spring of Apollo (2)

I took out eight hundred tarants, so I naturally had lofty efforts, but I didn’t expect that these rebels would be so arrogant!

The angry Li Bida immediately summoned all the generals and formulated a military plan to march into Cyrene. Under the instructions of the Essians on the map, Li Bida was determined to cut down the rich and high-quality wood around the Apollo Spring and Astra Mountains. In addition, it was autumn and the weather was dry, which was a good time to make ships. "The Hashidi rebels had a twin bulwark in the river valley, called Yazda. They would continue to use diplomatic means to paralyze those arrogant guys. At the same time, they made large quantities of simple and durable wooden boats, with ten to twenty scullers, without hanging sails, and quickly down the Tostone River. Now let me do it immediately. Speed ​​is the key to the competition!"

"But, the manufacturing ship requires cutting down trees, drying and sun exposure, and applying grease, so that the other scouts should notice it." Petternius suggested with some concern.

It doesn't matter, we raided Apollo Springs. Are the Hashidi believers still not at all alert? Li Bida was confident. He pointed out that the city of Barca had just fallen. Although the remnants of the city-state surrendered, after the fierce attack and defense before, the casualties of the believers in the riots should not be light. Moreover, their main forces should be gathered in the city of the Northwest Cape, and they did not have enough power to defend the Toston Valley. As long as they seize the time, we can completely sweep the entire valley and establish a more stable springboard for progress.

Therefore, everything that followed was done according to the commander-in-chief. The legion selected soldiers who had been paddlers before and were responsible for the production and drilling of this small wooden boat. The manufacturing process was handed over to the auxiliary brigade and baggage personnel to complete. The two legion soldiers were in the cabin and trained day and night in the Apollo Spring. Their centurion asked to adapt to this new combat method as soon as possible.

At the entrance of the river valley, the Jewish envoys held the reins. The young man with the most beautiful beard was thoughtful, so everyone around him was very concerned about his attitude, "David Angit, are your diplomatic words to the commander-in-chief of Rome just now too mean, will it lead to his crazy offensive revenge?"

"It's okay. I had a plan to deal with it, that is, to withdraw the garrisons of the fortresses in the southern part of the Toston Valley as soon as possible, and gather all towards the Yazda Fortress, and then we stabilize the order in Cyrene City and support Yazda to resist the Libidaus. As long as we can protect the northern agricultural areas and urban areas of Cyrenega, we will be completely invincible. I am the private leus of the Hashidi sect of Cyrene (Baseles, military chief, power holder), and this is my defense strategy for the Roman army. After returning, I convey the order at full speed and remove Yazda. No castle needs military power, and that will only lose treasures before the Roman offensive.

"The most aggressive soldier." It turned out that the commander of the Hashidi army who went deep into the Roman camp was actually David Angit, who was only twenty-five years old and a scholastic teacher. "The current situation of the Libidaus is so arrogant. I just said so many disrespectful words against him and his army, but he just sneered at it, and never asked my name from beginning to end. It shows that after defeating the Kingdom of Galamantes, he has become arrogant. We must make good use of this weakness - you should act quickly and let the remnants of the city-state army go to the direction of the Roman camp, and they can also effectively block the Romans' actions for several days."

On the cliffs on both sides of the Toston Valley, on the Yazda Fortress, facing each other, many Hashidi soldiers with Virginia hats, supported the battlements comfortably, and walked in a messy manner towards the city-state mercenaries who had been overthrown by them, who were now marching hard under the city.

There were about six or seven hundred people in these unlucky warriors. In the previous battle to defend Barca, they did show their due sense of honor and fighting will, destroying the siege tunnels dug by the believers of Hashidi riots, and repel their strong attacks. In the end, foreign players were hopeless, they put down their weapons and surrendered. Hashidi's high priest Jacob wanted to kill them all to vent their anger, but "Baseles" Angit admired them and allowed these people to leave Cyranny safely.

But weapons, armor, leggings, and flags symbolizing the glory of the team were seized. They were only barefoot and wrapped in tattered blankets. Some foreign officers, such as Eumenis, had escaped from the camp of Libida, but now surrendered to the army of Angit's believers without integrity, because these Hashidi also needed regular Macedonian or Roman Scriptures to train themselves. However, most of the officers and soldiers, after seeing the other high priest Jacob ruthlessly clearing and looting the bureaucrats and officers of the old city-state in Cyrene, still dared not trust the new regime, nor dared to go on the sea to drift to the other country. So when they heard that Libida's army appeared at the end of the valley, they stepped on thick and hard pebbles and gravel barefoot, endured the humiliation and mockery of the victors, and came to join the Romans.

As a result, the unknown Libidaus, who was very familiar with them, personally brought the black and Spanish guards to camp twenty Romans, and brought a large number of cheese, wine, and flag armor to welcome the defeated soldiers, let them eat and drink, then put on new clothes and armor, and entered their camp with the best mental state.

After years of military career, this alien general knew the minds of soldiers very well. For them, what they wanted to get after fighting to the death was to reward spoils, but what they wanted to get after falling into the sun was decent comfort, and the two things they needed for the latter were Libidaus.

The new organization is the "Cyrani Legion", which is temporarily organized to form a chief thousand-man brigade (Li Bida added 400 PLA ​​slaves with good quality in it), and the commander comforted all the defeated soldiers, saying that whether they were officers or ordinary soldiers, they had accumulated valuable experience in the Battle of Barca City and demonstrated their courage and perseverance. "We should have the confidence to snatch back the military flag lost to the Hashidi thugs!"

His words aroused the infinite excitement of the officers and soldiers of the Cyrene Legion. These people began to work hard with Roman broad-blade swords and shields. Their purpose was to regain the dignity of the legion and regain what originally belonged to them.

Later, a senior Macedonian mercenary officer named Faubinas, of course, now serving in the new army, came to see Li Bida, and said straight to the point, "Using these small wooden boats, even if they were expected by the Hashidi Jews, a raid on the Yazda Fortress is impossible!" (To be continued...)
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