Augustus Road

At dawn the next day, the flags and soldiers of the following three legions, namely the Seventh Legion, the Twelfth Legion and the Thirteenth Legion, also arrived at Cornelius' old camp. ∈♦, the people and horses who walked down from the deck of the ship had not yet fully recovered from their fatigue, when they received the news: a day ago, the high priest had led the four leading legions and rushed towards the city of Vaga.

"Follow the whereabouts of the high priest with all your strength, and don't give the credit to others, especially those new rookies who have just been formed in Cyrene!" The Seventh Legion was the first to pour out of the main gate of the old camp, and then the other two legions also took off their heavy armor after piling their luggage in the center of the camp, because it was enough to kill them in the wilderness and heat of Africa, and only carried shields and swords, and rushed out of the camp in the form of light infantry.

At this moment, the new infantry corps led by Lepidus himself, their shields and flags were all embroidered with the arrow tower logo used by "Rex Lius", holding a forest of copper pipes and lances, and marching forward. A furlong away from them, the new cavalry corps led by Paluma and Dusunville, holding a forest of flags with the portrait of King Numa, was galloping past a dry riverbed. The dust raised by the horses' hooves was enough to cover the sky around Utica.

"Hanske, take one wing of cavalry and run quickly. Don't stop at all. Survey the water source, road and barren land ahead. I want to get in touch with Vaga City as soon as possible. I don't know how long Hitius can hold on."

The captain of the German cavalry who received the order, led 120 lightly equipped cavalry and left the army as fast as an arrow from a string. He ran towards the direction of Vaga City.

At this time, Vaga City. It has reached a critical moment of life and death. Labinus gave up the plan of attacking the city from all sides, because that would give Hitius the opportunity to deal with each other due to poor coordination. He left only three battalions in the east, south and north of the city, and a small number of cavalry to defend the wooden fences and trenches of the siege, and mixed the remaining 21 battalions, nearly 10,000 elite troops, with a complete legion under his personal command. He gathered a total of 15,000 assault forces and used them in the battle to attack the west of Vaga City.

"The slope has been built. After the signal is sent, all people will form three rows of tortoise shell formations. Don't use any equipment. Use people to pile up Vaga City for me. Even if more bloodshed and sacrifice are paid, the group of scum of Hitius' party must be drowned in the sea of ​​blood." These are Labinus' original words-the current situation, Vaga City has already triggered the whole body. If Vaga City cannot be taken down. He must abandon the city when Lepidus's main force arrives at the Tumur River and join forces with the three legions that built fortifications in the mountains beside the river. Focus on dealing with Lepidus; but if he captures Vaga, his four legions can completely rely on the city's water source and city defense, and form a double-wing front with three legions. If Lepidus dares to cross the Tumur River, he will inevitably be caught in a pincer attack. At that time, if he waits for the three legions of Laelias to come around from Zama, the victory will be certain.

Under the scorching sun, Labinus's 15,000 soldiers, all wearing helmets and holding shields of various colors, gathered in the west of Vaga like sparkling sea water, with flags and emblems arranged in layers. Then, in the sound of the horn, the 15 battalions in the front took the lead in stacking their shields together, maintaining a precise marching pace, stepping on the slope, and pressing towards the top of the city like a mountain.

At the sound of the order, the Hittians lit the logs with thorns and fire on the top of the city wall, and then rolled down the slope one by one. Soon, they were mixed with the flames that rose with the wind and were swept into the front line of Labinus. Some soldiers lay down with their shields raised, while others were unable to dodge and were swallowed by the red lotus fire like venomous snakes and whales at the same time as their companions. However, the centurions and vanguard officers who were supervising the battle behind them ignored all this and continued to raise their short swords, shouting and pulling the soldiers in the back row, and quickly pressed forward. Many people had no choice but to throw down their shields and cover the flames of the logs, and then stepped on the burning corpses and shields one by one and crossed over.

Soon, on the walls and towers, the soldiers attacking the city and the armed immigrants guarding there started a fierce hand-to-hand fight. These immigrants were ordered by Hitius to garrison here as human shields. Most of their wives and children were detained in the Temple of Bolete, so they had no way to retreat. They could only wave their daggers or hold stones and stand on the top of the city to resist frantically. Many of Labinus' soldiers were killed or injured, but more people bravely jumped up with their daggers and stabbed the armed immigrants who blocked them one by one.

"It's been taken, it's been taken!" Several heralds rode their horses jubilantly to the front of the camp at the back half a day later, and shouted to Labinus who was squatting in silence. Upon hearing the news, Labinus jumped up and climbed onto the tall siege tower beside him, from where he could see the entire battle scene of Vaga City - the entire siege slope and the western city wall had been twisted together by the battle and could not be distinguished. Countless soldiers who followed were following there, crawling towards it like ants. Many centurions were already standing on the broken tower with smoke and flames flying, waving their flags below. The ruins and the city walls were littered with incomplete corpses and bloodstains.

Labinus couldn't help but burst into tears. He covered his rapidly beating heart, "The whole army should not relax, rush in, the soldiers on the top of the city quickly seize the remaining walls and towers, besiege the enemy Sitius party in the core square of the city, and slaughter them all!"

"Oh oh oh oh!" At this time, in the square of Vaga City, there was a group of Sitius party soldiers on each side, commanding many pack horses and oxen, using rope hooks to pull down a section of the city wall that had been loosened in advance. The rest of the soldiers walked through the streets and alleys, setting fires everywhere, and the smoke and fire rolled, blowing along the wind to the western wall, making it impossible for the Labinus army soldiers who had just rushed in to open their eyes, and unable to pursue.

At dusk, the wind direction changed, and after the fireworks dissipated, all the soldiers suddenly realized that the remaining 700 to 800 Hitius party members and hundreds of armed immigrants had burned down half of the city of Vaga and retreated to the temple ramparts in the northwest corner of the city. In front of that place, there was a newly completed new city wall across it, and the connection between it and the old city wall was completely collapsed.

In short, Hitius shrunk from a large fortress city to a smaller and more solid small fortress city. He and his men still persisted in resistance, and the city of Vaga did not fall. (To be continued...)

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