In this way, several Roman mountains and roads stretched out, under the muddy feet, tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry of Pompey and Caesar were connected from head to tail, fighting each other, stopping and walking, and shouting was deafening. For both sides, just as Caesar said, they were all "a desperate bet".

But when Aphranius led a large group of soldiers to face the rolling Caesar cavalry, Vicentoli cut over the surrendered soldiers in front and accepted their submission and asked them to advance to the rear team themselves. Then the four thousand cavalry's hooves splashed with flying mud, destroying the glory of the former consul Aphranius's face. Soon after, he saw Caesar wearing a red cloak of the orangutan, and was walking with many soldiers with their heads raised, he shouted to Julius: "Do you know what I long for the most now? I hope to question you in person. Even if I lost this war tactically, I still have the power to question you in law and justice, as a citizen and official of the Republic, I still have the power to question you in law and justice. I want to ask you for your purpose and evidence for doing this!"

Caesarre held the reins and gave a brief salute to his former "predecessor", answering cheerfully, "This is natural, but before that, I hope to carry out what you call a tactical victory to the end."

Aphranius sighed. When he saw that his soldiers in the mountains and valleys had given up their former honor and pride, and walked out to follow him and surrender, he confessed to the entourage walking beside him, "Poppei is over, Caesar not only has his own luck and strength, but also has other help. Just like when Lukugu of Sparta entered the temple, the gods said to him through the path that mortals could not hear, "The rest of the mortals."

You can't win you'. After the five Spanish legions collapsed, what is left of Pompeii? Africa and the local kings in the East. They are not enough to defeat them. There are also those guys in the Senate who always want to constrain power. Maybe I don't want to talk about things from Caesar's political standpoint, but from a purely military perspective, Pompeii is indeed finished. I need a thorough debate to clarify the confusion in my heart, that's it."

But when he looked back, tens of thousands of soldiers were still half loyal. Surrounded by Syketus and Peletaus, fighting to the death to resist the charge of the Caesar's cavalry and constantly moving towards the east. Even though they were hungry and even if they abandoned their fine weapons, they still sacrificed their lives to win time for the leader's escape. This especially made Aphranius feel sad, which was the essence of the Republic's killing each other.

At this time, the six thousand people belonging to Li Bida by the Eporo River were still silent like wolves. Ten thousand eyes were staring at the water surface, and they were also waiting for the acting commander-in-chief to wave the baton in their hands. They were worried inside, how could they cross this river without pontoon bridges and ships?

This is the climate in late summer. The Eporo River, which was just turbid and soaring, quickly weakened its current after the clouds and rains cleared. The sand and grass on the shore slowly appeared. The river became narrower and narrower, and finally the curved Asase revealed her true face. The cavalry captain Hanske led several horses into the river. Even if the water level weakened, all the soldiers could still see that the water flow in the center could still reach the chest of an adult man.

"Cavals, the time for you to be tested is now, and they are divided into two teams, separated by three hundred Roman feet, one is located upstream of Asase and the other is located downstream, all the horses are intertwined, standing in the river, holding on with a spirit of patience, and afterwards, all the cavalry can enjoy the reward of an additional fifty Drakh horse." Li Bida was unwilling to talk nonsense, because time was very tight, and he only asked everyone to execute orders.

So, the two thousand cavalry were divided into two columns, connecting from this side of the river to the other side. In the rolling waves, they gritted their teeth, especially in the upstream, the people and horses suffered the greatest impact, so the formation was the most dense, but it did scatter and weaken the impact of the river. The cavalry in the downstream had to be dispersed and also acted as a valve for excretion. In this way, in the area between the two columns, the water really became shallow, and the infantry pulled the pack horses and rushed over quickly with shouts.

"General Galius, General Conbano, today I must rely on the strength and fighting spirit of the two of you. The 27th Legion is now supervised by me, Libidaus, and the goal is to seal the way out of Pompei's army in the opposite hillside canyon. Now we have no extra time to discuss, I hope everything is worth it." After that, Libida and all the generals followed the ordinary soldiers and wade by horses.

"It's too late to build camps and fortifications." After climbing up the hill, a centurion called out to the soldiers trembling all over the ground.

"The battle situation is urgent, and words that are too late or impossible are not allowed! Half of the people are arranged in battle formations, and half are digging trenches behind. In addition, Gallius, you take three brigades to the confrontational Gaofu over there and wait for the time being." Li Bida immediately said to Gallius.

Gallius's head was also hot. He was an officer with rich military experience, but he always surrendered to his subordinates and met unreliable superiors, which made him useless and useless. From the perspective of the battle situation, his mission was to lead these three brigades to control the entire sideways position and serve as a reserve. In other words, Li Bida, who had surrendered for a few days, gave him this fatal position with confidence, rather than his confidant Kangbano.

"Damn it, isn't a greater virtue of human beings besides their position, not duty and trust?" After thinking of this, Galius no longer wanted to be redundant, so he took the three brigades of soldiers to the designated position.

Sure enough, after two days of carving, when the six cavalry cannons had just set up their launch sites, the soldiers of the 27th Legion were stunned and saw an unforgettable scene: on the vast land on the west side of the hillside, like frightened ant colony, countless Pompei soldiers walked over, many of them had high cheekbones, pale faces, and their armor was not intact and tattered. Many of them had broken military shoes on their feet, not even. They had no military slaves or pack horses, and each of them had only some essential weapons left, like shredded sculptures, slowly moving towards their existing positions.

"Come on, catch up, get ready to fight!" As the commander of the legion, Conbano stood in the forefront of the front line, and was excited. "Look at the other party, like a group of beggars, what can they do? We block the road, just wave the sword in our hands and harvest the heads." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!