"The problem is obscure, life is short." - Ancient Greek philosopher Protegra, whose famous saying is "Man is the measure of all things"

"What the hell?" Vicintoli, who was eager to join the war, stood on a high slope outside Marcelia with his cavalry. He looked at the scene of the Albissi army rolling in smoke and dust from the Renus River entering the city for defense in a vast manner. "Did we let so many elite cavalry watch the other side slip away? Didn't Li Bida draw out all the cavalry to serve as the front line, and brought two thousand good horses from Cyraniga and added the cavalry team of the sixth legion? Now all the warriors here are not rushing down to block the enemy!"

Vichintoli kept nagging, but Hanske and Dussenvier were very calm, because Sabo, the military supervisor holding the flag of King Numa, immediately stood behind. He represented the commander-in-chief's handling, so if he couldn't speak, no one should have moved.

These days, Vicintoli and they, after seizing the commanding heights, watched batches of Albissi, holding Celtic shields and spears, riding horses and dragging canoes with wheels, joining the battle power of Marcelia in a noble manner.

Li Bida, who stayed in the port of Yaer, just kept silent and asked his soldiers to prepare the equipment for siege and strengthen the training. He entrusted Prime Minister Ghebo to build the fortifications and ships, and appointed Pope to design the equipment for siege. In addition, the Sixth Corps was placed between Marcelia and Liguria. The small port of Monoico, surrounded by mountains, was guarded by deputy generals Bolus and Petterneus, and turned Monoico (now Monaco) into a transit station for supplies. All supplies from Sardinia, Corsica and Liguria were unloaded from then on. Then transported to Yaer via relatively safe land. Because the strength of the Marcelian fleet cannot be underestimated, Li Bida was unwilling to take the risk of sending the fleet to Yaer directly.

Finally, after all the Albissi people entered the city, Li Bida began to take action. He asked all the cavalry to divide them into squadrons and attack all the villages and markets around the city of Marcelia. What was unexpected was that Li Bida was full of "mercy". He did not rob the villagers like in tradition, but let them carry all their food and property and drive them to the city of Marcelia. The city gates were full of refugees all day long. Dumijius could only open the door and put tens of thousands of refugees in.

"Very good", Li Bida officially started the siege plan. He once again pulled out all the cavalry teams from the four legions, occupying all the high and high roads ten Stadias outside the city. He went back and forth to promote Wu Yaowei and prevented Dumijius from attacking his engineering team - all composed of infantry. He was divided into three parts to take turns, and constructed along the city wall facing the land on the city of Marcelia (the city is located on a triangular protruding peninsula, and the three walls are all facing the sea).

The blockade line composed of trenches and wooden fences was initially one, and then a second one was built outside the open spaces of the two Stadias. The crossbow cannon inside was facing the archers at Marcelia, while the outside was targeting the vast field outside the Renus River. In the middle of the two blockade lines, Libida began to build a large number of shield vehicles, city piles, siege towers and other facilities, which made Dumigos confirm that after the project was completed, Libida would inevitably start attacking the city of Marcelia.

Subsequently, Li Bida's army mobilization under the surveillance of the city tower further strengthened Dumijius's judgment - from the flag, Li Bida's most elite 15th and 16th legions were all arranged at the blockade line, while Liguria's servants were arranged in the old port east of Marcelia, a narrow waterway, which is now blocked by mud and silt, probably responsible for surveillance and restraint.

But Dumigos made a mistake in his judgment. After the blockade was completed, Li Bida immediately gathered all the cavalry, about 5,000 people from various ethnic groups. He scolded everyone at the exit of the second blockade line: "This siege battle must be a competition of perseverance and courage, but I think it is a logistical competition. For the city side, their advantage is that their material storage is rich and they will not be lost due to transportation; for our army, the advantage is that our side has a good relationship.

The supply route of the sea, and the Ligurian state is now fully supporting us. After careful analysis, I found that the trick to win is to maintain our own advantages and crush the opponent's advantages. Dumigos thought I would attack his tight city walls, and then return in a defeat. Next, he would use the fleet in the city to go out to sea to break my traffic line and esophagus, and force me to withdraw and surround, so that the five legions of Pompeii in Spain would form a local advantage, either erode Gaul, or cross the sea to attack.

Italy, then the advantages of His Excellency Caesar will be offset or even reversed. The comrades, so Marcel must perish in three to six months, and the entire world's battle situation will be ours. Today, everyone gathers here, and they should understand my intention, that is, I restricted your desire for war, the purpose is to first put tens of thousands of Albissi barbarians into the city, and then drive more than 30,000 surrounding villagers in, so that Marcel's food reserves

, and it will be consumed quickly at twice and three times the speed. All we need is to step up the siege and let them perish in hunger and hardship. If you ask me what we should do now, then you will be happy. We will use cavalry first to sweep away the Albissi villages on the outside, destroy and burn them all to punish this ungrateful barbarian. Then, I will hand over the more terrible task to my most reliable knights and merchant groups!"

"So let's destroy it all!" More than 5,000 cavalrymen, under the guidance of various flags, shouted loudly, and went upstream along the Renus River like wolves. When they saw the Albissi markets and villages, they burned and robbed. Because all the spirits and strong men went to help defend Marcelia, they were completely isolated from the blockade, so what this tribe left behind was only the elderly, weak, women and children. A large number of slave traders were like sharks following ships on the ocean, using fifty to one hundred Sesses. Even the Governor of Sardinia allowed them to sell the thousands of Albissi tribes captured into slaves and send them to Liguria, providing them with a large amount of cheap or even priceless labor for Liguria's harder assistance.

"All the fields of the Albissi people now belong to your Albissi tribe." This was under the cliff of Yaxing Mountain, and Libida looked at the last stronghold of the Albissi people, and said to Vichentoli next to him. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!