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Chapter 22 New Laconia Barrier (Part 2)

Galius didn't know how to deal with this statement. Then Li Bida took out the letter from the governor of the Transgaul, his "kind" Paulus, and publicly said to Galius, "To be honest, because Paulus had always had close relationships with Marclus and Maximus before, so I could do the work of these two before the war."

"But shouldn't these two be supporters of Pompei's party?"

"There is no absolute friendship and faith in this world. Everyone must learn to judge the situation. Pompei is dead. The two are not closely connected with Pompei's son. In addition, when they were envoys in the Sicily province, they were oppressed by envoys Aquila many times. Now that there is also an Aquila part of assassination of Caesar, it is normal for me to contact them and let them take the opportunity to turn against each other. If there is a chance, you have to take advantage of it." Li Bida said with a smile. It seems that he is very confident in using two legions to defeat the enemies from Spain and Sicily.

Because he has the new city of Laconia as a reliance.

This is the city of Philo, commissioned by Libida to supervise by Yulia. Pope and Adianna borrowed by Philo as the overall designer. Before Caesar was assassinated, it was a big project. It can be said that it was devoted to investment. The entire city was surrounded by two stone walls, and the surrounding hills built support camps. Between the walls, outside the passage connecting the city gate, the rest of the areas were strictly prohibited from building shops and houses, including trenches, traps and pickets. The first wall was eight Roman feet tall, mainly to block the raids of enemy infantry and cavalry. It was equipped with twenty-four towers and corresponding number of rod-casters and light crossbows. The walls were not on the line to the end.

. Instead, it is concave and convex, jagged. This can greatly exert the effectiveness of cross-firing of the tower; while the second city wall is built along the hillside, with a height of twelve Roman feet, which looks much higher than the first city wall, and is supported by thirty-three towers, and has heavy wild donkey stone throwers and crossbow cannons, which can destroy the enemy's siege equipment from a high point, and also excavate the shooting points of bellows and cannons. The secret doors used for garrisons, when the enemy is attacking the enemy in a large-scale manner, can carry out firepower to suppress the enemy at the same time due to the staggered relationship. In addition, there is a land connection between them and four flybridges, which can flexibly mobilize a small number of teams to cope with key attacks.

On the sea, the city of New Laconia also has a complete dock. Although it is not as large as those of Liguria and Cyrenaga, it can not only manufacture decked warships, but also repair large numbers of damaged ships during wartime, which is very cheap. At the deep water bay that is recessed at the front of the city, Li Bida's guard ship is anchored. As well as a lighthouse, naval command room and a small square for loading and unloading materials and equipment, the bay gradually narrows when it reaches the outside, and finally enters the sea at two capes. An independent fortress is built at each cape. There are police whistles, crossbows, speedboats and grain warehouses, and telescopic iron chains.

On the outside of the city, there is a relatively towering mountain, which is called "Bird Mountain" by locals. Because it is very large and high, Pope and Philo did not pass through it when designing the city wall. This would not only consume materials and labor hours, but also have no effect on defense. However, because Bird Mountain can overlook the entire rich Oristano Plain, which is the largest grain-producing area in Sardinia, with wheat fields and vineyards, so Philo still built a camp on the mountain for control purposes.

After crossing the Oristano Plain, you can reach the city of Cararis, the capital of Sardinia. So Libida then divided all the concentrated ships into three, and sent a fleet, commanded by Gaibo, to control the sea route between the city of Sicilylibi, and confronted Maximus's fleet. Then he appointed Aidangis, with the second squadron, stationed in the northwest corner of Sardinia, about twenty years away from Laconia, to guard the sea route between Corsica and Sardinia. Then, the last squadron, Libida, stopped him in the port of the city of New Laconia, to cooperate with the road guarding.

"This city is completely impoverished, and the brothers Telureas and Shao Pompei had to fight me under the city, because both sea routes of Marcelia and Numidia were in my hands, and they could only walk the middle line along the Balearic Islands. When they arrived in Sardinia, they encountered the gate in the middle, so they had only three choices, one was to go from Corsica and the other was to go from Sicily. These two routes were very long and had great risks, so they could only choose to climb Sardinia, seize supplies, and fight me to a decisive battle." Li Bida was very confident.

The fact seems to be true. When the pardon order of the Senate arrived in the Balearic Islands, Rabinus, Rilias, Lipo and Pompey brothers immediately held an emergency meeting. Rabinus was obviously not very interested in the meeting. Caesar was dead, and he didn't know whether to be happy or sad, but fortunately, Li Bida was not dead yet, and he still had a chance to prove everything.

In the end, everyone concluded that "Since the intelligence shows that Li Bida has already carried the legions of the Nebo province and went to Sardinia to guard, then we will not wade into this muddy water." In this regard, my brother Rous Pompei explained, "Although Spain was captured by Caesar before, my father's disciples are still everywhere here. As long as I raise my arms and shout, there will be no problem in gathering ten legions in a short time. So for the sake of the present, it is to not return to Rome for the time being in the name of recruiting troops, but stay in Spain to strengthen our army, let Tlureas go to entangle with Li Bida, and after our wings are full, we will cooperate with the Senate to wipe out the Caesars's party members one by one and avenge our father."

As a result, the mission of returning to Rome finally fell on Telureas. The newly promoted Spanish governor was first indignant at the decision of the Brothers of Pompey, but then the Secret Letter from the Senate delivered the numbers and all fleets of the four regular legions of Spain and promised to provide halfway supplies to his fleet in the Balearic Islands, and promised that he could enjoy the qualification of a candidate for the consul in the coming year, and the Senate was "full of trust" in his successful appointment.

In this way, Tlureas soon had no grudges. What's more, he had already made a purge of the province to form a legion and cavalry team with Kassi. If he continues to stay, he will not be able to be accused after his term of office expires. Therefore, after being satisfied with the conditions, Tlureas also began to sail from Taraco City with four legions and two auxiliary legions half a month before Lebida sailed from Port Yar.

At the same time, the Shao Pompei brothers led their team to ashore in the Sagantan area. The two sides who were originally attacked and were attacked happened to tacitly transfer each other, and the whole situation began to change dramatically again. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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