Augustus Road

Of course Lepidus knew that young Caesar would not ask for help from him, whether out of self-respect or actual interests. Even Cyrene, Lepidus Castle or Pontus were not far from the battlefield where he was, even if it was just If he wished, Lepidus' men could launch a centripetal attack on the Brutus army at any time.

So now Brutus' actions can be said to be unscrupulous, while Young Caesar is helpless.

"Then just let them wear it down slowly."

Then, Lepidus' six legions began civil engineering work. The two armies faced each other diagonally along the meander of the river from the Tumur River to Waqa City. Lepidus's fortifications were mainly concentrated on a low hill to the east of the river. On the right side of the hill, Lepidus just asked a single legion of the Thirteenth Army to station there because of the division of terrain and rivers. Then the left wing leads directly to the direction of Wagga City. Lepidah's troops stretch out extremely long - the Sixth Army, the Twelfth Army, the Fifteenth Army, and the new cavalry corps of Paluma and Dusonville. The entire four corps are arranged in This way.

And Lepidus personally led the new infantry regiment, stationed in the newly completed fortification camp, and erected the "Arrow Tower" flag of the God of War Lius.

In view of this kind of subordinates, Rabinus left one legion to monitor and isolate Varga, and led the other six legions to line up the camps along the mountains and remaining veins, and also formed three wings: left, middle and right. However, it was exactly the opposite of Lepidus' formation: Rabinus left only two Spanish allied legions, with about 8,000 men deployed on his right wing, and only in a double line. Of course Rabinus had his reasons for doing so. During this time, he asked his subordinates to build a fortification wall about fifteen stadias long enough to connect the various camps. And placed a dense number of stick throwers on it, believing that in this case, two legions would be enough to cooperate with the fortifications; then he took the four most elite legions and arranged them in the center of the front; opposite Lepidus' Thirteenth legion, He also placed a legion and a small amount of cavalry on the left wing.

Originally, Labienus really wanted to wait for Lelias' three legions to outflank him from behind, but he understood that he had the upper hand in the strategy now. In the hands of his old enemy Lepidus, even though Lelias was about to arrive in Zama City, he still had to withstand Lepidus' hammer attack.

The day came in the camp to receive military pay and food. All the soldiers sat on the ground in front of the camp. Countless plumes of smoke rose. Labienus looked at everyone silently, and then he called the herald, "Come forward Go and invite the enemy’s commander, Lepidus, to negotiate with me across the river.”

After the herald was about to leave, Labienus called him again. "Of course, if the other party doesn't agree. Don't force it."

About a quarter of a day later, the herald came back on horseback: Lepidus agreed readily and asked Labienus to swear an oath to the gods with him to abide by the rules of peaceful conversation and not allow anyone to use force against him.

After hearing the news, Labienus immediately wrapped himself in a cloak and got on his horse. With only a few followers, he came to the left bank of the Tumur River. On the other side of the turbid river, in a mist, Lepidus also came to the edge of the right bank with twelve followers and several generals in civilian clothes.

There were no strangers among them, and Labienus especially nodded to Carenus as a greeting.

Then, neither side spoke first. After a while, Rabinus shouted across the river, "I just feel that in the upcoming war, one of us will definitely die, so I always want to see each other before that." of."

"You're welcome, I will collect the corpses of you and your soldiers." Li Bida responded.

After hearing this, Rabinus smiled, and then he loudly said again, "Thank you for protecting my hometown Jingulum in the previous civil war."

Then he paused briefly, "If I don't express my gratitude now, I may not have this opportunity in the future."

"Rabinus, I will not forgive you now. You are a public enemy of the Republic and a minion of Pompey. You have also killed so many of our outstanding soldiers. Let's end the comradeship now! Just like before As you once said to Caesar in Epirus, I have the same attitude today. If you don't take your head back to Rome, the war will not end." Lepidus was unmoved and shouted. arrive.

"Then bury my body with all the fallen soldiers. If I say such words in the camp, it will seriously damage the fighting spirit of the soldiers, so this is just a private request. As for my head, then you can Hang it at the door of the Gate Temple. I hope that after my head arrives there, there will be no more wars in the Republic."

"Then please don't worry." Lepidus said calmly, and then Labienus bowed on the horse, turned and left.

Lepidah looked at the Tumul River for a while and then returned to his camp.

The moment of the decisive battle arrived. A rare large cloud appeared over the entire desert, converging on the battlefield. All the colors turned gray. The wind blew the endless mist and clouds, constantly changing directions. Lepidah The legions erected their eagle flags and team logos one by one, and the soldiers took their positions according to their respective posts, polishing and sharpening the weapons in their hands. The right wing of this strange formation only had a battle line of three thousand Roman feet, while the left wing extended At a distance of 20,000 Roman feet, Paluma's legion was at the outermost edge.

Lepidus wore a blue cape and no helmet. He rode out of the camp amid cheers. All the infantry and cavalry on the left raised their swords and saluted the high priest. "As the highest clergyman of the Republic, I should not take risks and come to this desert expedition. But who told us to face the most fierce enemy? Today we will bet on the fate of the country and individuals, and decide the future direction of the Romans here. If we win, we will be greeted by an extremely smooth road; if we fail, we will be doomed. Think about it, soldiers, generals, your land Where did the land come from, and where did your rewards come from? Of course, it was not obtained by plowing, but by taking it with sticks and swords. How can the losers defend it? So I ask you to entrust all your strength to me, Lepidus, today. My victory is your victory, and my failure is your failure. Mars and Lius, the two gods of war, will bless your swords and shields. Our swords will be indestructible, and our shields will be indestructible! "

"Indestructible, indestructible." All the soldiers shouted, hitting their shields with swords like a huge tide. (To be continued...)

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