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Chapter 9 The Arrival of Turinus (Part 2)

After Tulinus got off the ship, he began to bustle and prepared to follow his guardian to walk towards the tent of the commander with the Golden Eagle flag on top. However, Li Bida shrugged and pointed to the trench surrounding the camp where countless soldiers were repairing the place that had been destroyed by Scipio's attack. "Your uncle should be there."

Sure enough, an old man wearing a corps shirt, barely on his head and feet was digging hard in the trench. It was particularly difficult to dig the trench in the gravel ground in Afilica, and it was so tired that the old man's head was covered with sweat beads, making him even more shiny.

"Uncle!" Turinos shouted.

Caesar raised his head, wiped his sweat, then smiled happily, climbed up and hugged Tulinus, Leo and Li Bida one after another, and then patted the child on the shoulder, but did not say much, he probably had no time to speak. He just gasped and said to Li Bida, "You are finally here, the joint meeting has been held, and the camp problem is a big problem now."

Because now, with the third wave of crossing the sea team, Caesar's camp already has the fifth "Skylark" legion, the sixth "Mascellaneous Marcel", the tenth "Bax" legion, the twelfth "Balantia Mountain Falcon" legion, the thirteenth "Legislal" legion (recombined by the three remaining soldiers destroyed by Curio), the 15th "Serapis" legion, the 16th "Cyrani" legion, the 28th "Cyclops" legion, the 31st and 32th two

A legion reorganized by Pompei's defeated army, the 33rd "Bendu" legion, and the 37th legion sent by Dihemos across the sea, that is, the 15th legion of the 15th legion of Vichentoli, and the 41st legion of Itassos, combined together a total of fifteen legion, and a large number of Rhode Island, Crete's stone-tallers and archers, and six thousand cavalrymen. They were composed of Sewever, Vibicinas, Idui and the Mathians.

Because the 14th Legion was a newly defeated army, the frightened bird, and was arranged to defend the harbor city of Tapusus in the rear, while the 33rd Legion was arranged to defend outside the city of Leptis. Now there are eleven legions that are gathered directly in the camp.

With so many people crowded together, the old camp was unbearable, and the storage of food and fodder and the accommodation of soldiers were all major problems, so Caesar did not rush to talk about combat at the joint meeting. Instead, he raised this topic first.

"This must be solved through combat." Then a group of people came to the map table in the camp. Li Bida made this point with a clear standpoint. "Pompey just came to the opposite position, and our army was still a distance away from the enemy. His dictator had always endured the battle and happened to make Scipio take it lightly. So I advocate that tomorrow I will lead the 10th Legion and the two main legions of the 12th Legion to advance directly, occupying the plains and beaches between the open land. In addition, I will be close to you.

He brought his most elite troops. He attacked from our left wing, where was a mountain occupied by Rabinus's troops. He believed that he had this commanding height, could defend, or used it to threaten our camp from the side as a passage. So in the battle on the horse, I would do my best to capture this mountain. Each unit must coordinate with the wings and infantry archers under the leadership of the dictator and himself. We are going to force Pompey to come out and fight us to crush them!"

Caesar nodded, and he took off his dirty shirt, bare his butt, changed into a clean robe sent by his close slave, and then put on a beeless crown and said to all the important generals, "Indeed, the battle below is mainly based on the performance of the two elite legions, that is, the cooperation between me and General Libidaus is the key. Then the fewer people know this plan, the better. This is why I did not hold a collective joint meeting today. I led the 10th legion, Libidaus led the 12th legion, I was responsible for the central and right wing, and Libida was responsible for the left wing. This kind of battle that tests command ability is very challenging, even if I and Libida were commanding the most reliable legion. Too many troops were messy, only in this way can the combat effectiveness be maximized. In this way, at the fifth stairs, that is, at dawn, we attack decisively!"

After hearing the words of the two people, Tulinus felt his pupils shrink and his breathing became rapid. Obviously, the child was extremely excited, but Leo next to him was unmoved.

The 10th legion had a total of five thousand men. At the prescribed time, he followed Caesar in the camp on time, and then formed a long lineup for preparations, stepping on the continuous sandy land by the sea, and advancing forward. Caesar learned and used Rabinus' tactics to learn and use them now. He mixed all the projection light infantry and about two thousand Weaver cavalry in the infantry ranks and marched together under the bright moon in the night sky.

A slight and rapid whistle came one after another, and the width of the twelve Romans was flat gravel, but around the city of Uzta where Scipio was located, it was surrounded by hills. Caesar quietly ordered that whenever he arrived at a hill, he would draw out a unit of troops to go up the mountain, because there were towers and bunkers left by the Libyans in the past. Caesar asked them to go up and began to build fortifications with these existing buildings as the core.

"Caesar is coming to attack us!" Rabinus was mainly responsible for the camp in front of Uzta. This man had just arranged the chores for the entire army to go to fight and was about to rest, and got the news that the enemy was attacking, so he stepped on the horse and took his direct troops to fight.

Now, the troops owned by Rabinus and Lelias are mainly based on the original First Macedonian Legion, which is now adapted into the Sixth Army of Afriga. In addition, they recruited people around Zeta, namely the Fourth Army and the Fifth Army, a total of three armies, located on the right wing of the entire army camp, and are stationed on the edge of a narrow plain.

On the front of Uzta are the soldiers of Scipio, Toulas and King Juba. There are two legions, namely the Third and Seventh Legions of the Province, and there are about 30,000 infantry and cavalry of King Juba, or nearly a hundred war elephants.

The town is next to the sea and is the city of Hadrumom, which has just been occupied by Pompei's army, so there is no mention of the left wing, because its left wing is a solid city and does not require defense. Pompei's two most elite legions, namely the First and Second Legions, are stationed in the city of Mesdur in Rome, behind Uzta, and serve as reserve forces and command centers.

In addition, Pompeius ordered Aphranius and Surpisius to form a new legion, which was mixed with a large number of Mauritanians and Numidians, called the Eighth Legion, to cooperate with the royal chief of Juba, General Sap, to fight back to Numidia and expel the rebels of Hitius and Pocus.

Now Pompey is fighting on both sides, but he obviously still puts the main force on Caesar's side.

Rabinus immediately led the Fourth and Sixth Legions and also rushed out of the camp, "Julius Caesar, you subvert the dream of the Republic, and let me smash it on this wasteland with my own hands!" (To be continued, please search Piaotian, the novel is better and faster!
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