After the Battle of Marcelia, Li Bida's fleet was completely a phoenix nirvana, with strong soldiers: thirty-five large three-row warships with decks, fifty-four double- or single-row light attack ships, and hundreds of transport ships, bypassing the entire Spanish Sea, no one dared to stop Pompei! Apart from the full crew and the army other than the Mathian cavalry, all the crew and paddlers were recruited from the East, Liguria, Sardinia and other places, the bravest and most experienced warriors.

So when this huge and sophisticated fleet appeared on the tower island outside the city of Cardes, Li Bida issued an order on the flagship of "Karabia" that the army should not act rashly and hand over the opportunity to intimidate the enemy to the fleet at sea.

This is also his strategy: don't let the enemy know that our side actually has only a new recruit army, and let a stronger and more comprehensive fleet carry out the mission of a fight without fighting.

Originally, Varo also gave the city a task, which was to devote all the financial resources of the city to build ten large ships, and the island of Hesparis next to it also assumed the levy of six warships. This burden made the Presbyterians of the two cities complain, and now the fleet that Li Bida suddenly appeared from the sea made them feel even more urgency about where to go.

Under the work of the two naval admirals, Gabriel and Aidangis, the fleet's novel tactics made the Cardis, or the commander of Varo's Varo, dumbfounded: the light attack ship, carrying fierce rod-casters and bellows, cleanly cleared several ships that the Cardis dared to resist outside the harbor, and then rushed into the dock and the inner harbor like a flock of crows (Li Bida ordered all the sails to be painted in terrifying black), and shot stones and rockets towards the city - then, three layers of oaring giant ships lined up in a row, like "iron chains", and then skillful crews connected each ship with hanging plates, chains and net bags, forming a blockade line floating on the water.

Garonius on the city wall and tower saw in horror that many enemy soldiers carrying spears and shields were galloping back and forth between the "barriers". Then several loud and strange sounds, he found that the tower beside him began to shake and collapse - on the three-story paddle boat. The Libida sailors used a large ship-borne crossbow named "The Lady of Marcelia". It was originally densely installed on the Marcelia residence city, and could eject huge wooden bars and destroy the fortifications of the Acropolis.

Now that the city of Marcella has been leveled, many of the stones on the city wall have been transformed into stone bombs, and such crossbow cannons have been imitated into eight gates and installed on some ships. Now they are all floating in the center of the blockade line, showing off their fierce flames towards the city of Cades - the twelve Roman-foot-long wooden bars, with their heads covered with undulating thick iron. With a strange howling sound, they swept across the water. They wedged deeply into the violently shaking towers, one after another.

Then, the Marcel Lady's cannon, along with the other crossbows, began to tilt the big and small stone bullets violently. Since the tower had been shaking with wooden bars, now a wave of stone bullets could easily break it in half. The towers fell one by one, and the confidence of the Presbyterian Church in the city also followed these buildings and fell into the depths of the cold sea water.

They soon occupied the city hall and then asked Garonius to get out of the city with six garrisons immediately so as not to harm the city. Many people have heard of the fate of Marcelia, "This is a battle between you and Caesar, and our province has always been pro-Caesar and General Lebidaus. This kind of war has nothing to do with us!"

When Galoneus saw the city wall that was beaten like an old woman, he immediately replied to the Presbyterian Church, "On behalf of the highest commander in the place, I am willing to surrender to General Li Bida and hand over the keys that Varo hoarded in this material!"

After reaching an agreement, the City of Cedes quickly sent an envoy to negotiate the surrender. In order to show sincerity, Garonius and six brigades of soldiers consciously set up a team in the square behind the trestle without any weapons, welcomed General Li Bida's entry into the city and brought 300 elders away.

The first one to get ashore was the chief brigade of the Sixth Legion of Angandinus. They ordered Garonius to take them to the warehouse in the city, but soon they searched for 190,000 Sess to retreat. Of course, this was just coins, and there were two thousand pounds of good silver, plus 120,000 buckets of dates...

"Varo believes that dates are good food for the army. This fruit is not only delicious, but also very sweet. It can be carried into dried fruits. It can also solve marching diseases such as diarrhea after eating it." In front of the warehouse, when soldiers and finance began to count the spoils, facing Li Bida on the mount, Garonius explained very well.

"No, I hope to ask you, since Varo has stockpiled so much food and property in this place, then he has taken the main force to go to the city of Corduba in different directions, how to solve the supply?" Li Bida continued to ask loudly.

Garonius shook his head and said that he was puzzled. Li Bida patted the whip in his hand and said, "This man's military ability is simply incredible."

Soon, the soldiers burst into cheers again. It turned out that they found priceless spices, artworks and gold and silver jewelry in the room next to the warehouse. Li Bida asked Garonius again which temple they had received from, because the financial officers found poppy seeds, oil paste and other things in it.

The other party explained that it must have been transported by Varo from the magnificent temple of Mercury not far from here before the war. The temple priests refused, so Varo gave them the charge of "anxious relationship with Caesar". After torture, they still snatched all the money and goods in the temple.

"It is the stupid act of capital and enemy." Li Bida complained and teased in his heart, and then pointed to the pile of wealth and wealth, saying to Paulus, because he was his subordinate financial officer, "one-third was taken into custody first, which is the part I promised to Conbano; then one-third was given to all provincial towns that were deeply abused by Pompei's party members; another third was immediately distributed to the soldiers and crew of the Sixth Army, and began to recruit soldiers, saying that General Li Bida, the former "Olcresi Conqueror", came back again to conquer the city again. Also, the treasures and treasures of the temple are not allowed to be touched by soldiers, and violators will be killed immediately and cannot be forgiven. After our army is stable, all will be returned to the Great Temple of Mercury."

This place is different from Marcelia, a city like Libidasu, which has no connection with Libidasu. After all, he has a very good reputation in Lusitania, so that burning, killing, looting is not something that can be done in this province. Originally, Libida believed that the Sixth Legion was newly established and should be less courageous, but there was still a centurion who did not believe in evil and went to steal the temple, a gold-inlaid mural, and destroyed it, digging down the gold nuggets on it. The next day, his bloody head hung on the lighthouse in the Harbour of Caldes, so that everyone could see the fate of the Anti-Ling. (To be continued...)
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