Seeing this, Rabinus didn't know what to say, nor did he know what happened to Scipio during his detention in Egypt, but he did feel a feeling of sympathy that surged in his heart.

This time Scipio's tone was rare to be kind, and what he said below was even more surprising. "The command of Zeta's war zone will be entrusted to you. I will only stay here for a while and return to Utica to recruit more troops in my name. Then you and Rilias will work together sincerely to resist Li Bida's military front. And I personally think that we should not gather the main hedgehog on the front line of the coast. When I was in Egypt, I heard of the terrifying combat power of the Li Bida fleet. Their ships can only launch wooden bars that can destroy all wooden fences and walls. Fill the army on the coast is to seek death."

"Yes, yes." Rabinus still couldn't believe his ears, "So I set up the camp in Zeta deep inland, and also equipped with light Mauritanian cavalry on the coast to raid Li Bida's supply line. "No (Wrong "I can't move after I got him on the shore."

"Very well, it seems that you and I have reached an agreement." Scipio said slowly in a meditative tone, and then said to Rabinus, "You go and organize the overall defense matters. I will go to the backyard to watch the hippos in the mud pit." After that, the great father-in-law stood up solemnly from the bench, and a few monkeys jumped onto the chair, and then flew to his shoulders. With a noisy sound, Scipio nodded to everyone present politely, and then walked out along the side corridor.

Not long after, the roar and roar of hippos came from the backyard. Rabinus stood there in a daze. It was not until Condisius called him that he realized, "He has indeed changed a lot!"

"Yes, you didn't see that the monkeys were almost as close as they were on his shoulders." Condisius commented as he walked under the flower hall.

"No, oh sorry, please forgive me for my rude remarks to the Supreme Peak." Rabinus blurted out his words.

But Condisius obviously had no intention of respecting the top, and he continued to talk nonstop. "Do you know what Scipio is going to do to return to Utica? He heard that King Juba reinforced many war elephants of the great Pompey, so he wanted to be the supervisor and train these beasts himself."

"So, what happened to him in Egypt?" Rabinus was still puzzled. Until he saw the slaves start to throw frogs into the crocodile pond, he could only shrug and leave.

In the strong wind, Libida's fleet finally approached the coast of Libya in October, but it was only close. Because the wind was too strong, Libida only felt that the ships built by humans were so small before the God of Nature. The age he lived in before was still like this, not to mention in this era, although the paddlers imitated the habits of the Phoenicians and raised the head of a horse on the bow to "avoid the wind and waves", this was just a psychological effect. "The land of Afiliga has arrived!" The lookout on the mast shouted, Libida, who was hiding in the corner of the bridge, lifted up the leather canvas covering his body with the wind, and then saw a line of dark mountains and beaches, and asked the experienced navigator next to him, saying that this was Afiliga's.

"It's Crupeya! Nepolis is ahead." The navigator judged the terrain sign for a moment and replied.

"Then send a signal to ask all ships to dock," said the cavalry commander.

But the navigator and the helmsman disagreed. They protested to the cavalry commander that many reefs and cliffs along the coast of Klupeya, and the enemy's cavalry might be hidden in the valleys. When the rash landing at this time, it would cause great losses to their subordinates. "Those who do not understand the ocean cannot understand the land at all." Li Bida was choked by the helmsman, but he could only hold back and had to listen to them without being here.

As a result, the lookout quickly shouted again. It turned out that in the opposite sea, Pompei's ships appeared, probably from Kerki Island, which was a large island, with tamsui rivers and forests, which was a most suitable fleet base. Li Bida's fleet was guarding the front like a bird's wing, while all the flat-bottomed ships were concentrated in the rear, which could prevent the enemy fleet from attacking sideways and break through their interception and blockade.

Coincidentally, the commander-in-chief of Pompeii was General Nasidius who had suffered a tragic defeat in the previous Marcella naval battle. His two deputy generals were Mirokius and Vispilo, who had previously stationed at Olikum Port. These three were defeated Li Bida's men. When they saw the opponent's banner, they were all scared and then pulled up their sails and fled towards the direction of Kerki Island. Then Li Bida's fleet was also in a mess in the strong wind. Some combat ships chased Pompeii's ships directly, some continued to sail forward, and some were preparing to dock. After the already vague sun fell to the west, Li Bida could only control dozens of ships around.

After the early morning, the wind weakened, Li Bida counted the ship that was still following, and then asked the navigator where he was. The other party climbed up the tower at the head of the ship for a while and said helplessly that he was not sure, but we all followed the strong wind last night. According to inference, we might have crossed the city of Leptis.

Now everyone's mood was shaking. This was not a joke. But fortunately, Li Bida had some preparations in advance and set up two sub-flagships, with Petneus and Sehal respectively, which could effectively strengthen the command of the entire huge fleet.

Then these two people should be able to gather most of the ships. Now even if we pass by Leptis, we have to go ashore first. Li Bida carefully asked the navigator and helmsman, and after obtaining approval, he ordered all ships to dock.

It was true that the sea professionals were right. It was a gentle and winding sandy land. The boats were smoothly docked and anchored. The paddlers began to take a small boat and took the lead to get ashore. They dug wooden stakes to tie the boats. Then they began to look for water. There was an isolated highland at the beach two furlongs ahead.

Then the centurion began to count the number of troops who came ashore. In the end, Li Bida found that only half of the sixth legion were with him, about 2,500 people, and 200 Vibichinas cavalry were taken away. "Light a bonfire at the beach and raise a silver eagle flag so that the rest of the ships would try their best to approach us!" Li Bida stood in the shallow water, and then he asked all the cavalry to gallop to the high ground to camp, monitor the surrounding conditions, and after the rest of the infantry had completed their camp establishment, they would stumble on the surrounding cities and confirm their location. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!