Augustus Road

"As a non-person, never believe any strategy from the mouth of Oti White Face. ◎,"——Mauritanian Empire Navy Admiral Sura

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Audax was very excited. He stepped forward and bowed to the statue, indicating that he would never waver in front of the battle. "As long as the high priest can continue to give me this after I win." He was obviously referring to the iced cherry wine. The high priest smiled and raised his head, meaning that you can drink it, so Audax tilted his neck up and gurgled, which was very refreshing.

But soon, Lepidus held the handle of the pot and did not allow him to continue. "The remaining half, wait until you return triumphantly to drink it. In addition, I have two large jars of iced cherry wine here. If possible, I would like to give it to you immediately."

At the third sentry the next day, the front-line soldiers of the Lius Legion collected leaves and wooden strips, covered their helmets and shields, and quietly climbed to the hillside across the valley from the opposite side of the camp of Machias. The high priest himself led the guards and quietly entered the shade of a furlong behind, and then waved his hand to signal everyone to take their positions and prepare for battle.

After a while, Machias' patrol cavalry, strictly in accordance with the regulations, walked out of the main gate of the camp, talking and laughing comfortably, crossed the valley, and the leading captain personally dismounted and moved the movable antlers in the middle of the sharp stakes, and then filed out.

The outposts of the Lius Legion were well dispersed and hidden. They all lay down in the grass that could cover themselves, motionless. The cavalry of Machius probably had not seen the enemy for a long time. Or they did not expect that the enemy would cross the entire Snow Mountain Range and appear under their noses. They walked towards the hillside here in twos and threes, very lazily - as long as they pretended to patrol for half a day, they could return to the camp to rest.

Suddenly, two rows of soldiers stood up from the opposite hillside and shouted loudly. Then rows of arrows and slings flew over. The leading cavalry captain was caught off guard and was the first to be hit. He fell down like a kite with a broken string. The rest of the cavalry also neighed and turned around in place. Many ambushes jumped up from all directions. Some directly rushed to the trenches and wooden stakes with shields, while others threw the rest of the enemy patrol cavalry off their horses. Killed with spears and short swords.

"Don't put all your hopes on the surprise attack army, all the soldiers. All the sons of King Numa, press on!" Lepidus personally jumped on his mount, holding a shiny gilded baton, and rushed to the front of the hillside. At this time, all the Lius legions, about hundreds of soldiers, lined up in a formation, scrambling to rush out. Following the soldiers were military slaves holding baskets, leather and shovels. They slowly rushed to the front of the soldiers in a short time (because the soldiers were used to adjusting their posture and formation while running when charging), and then covered the leather on the iron hooks and wooden stakes, and then spread the stones and sand in the basket on them, and then waved pickaxes and shovels to destroy the enemy's wooden fences and sharp stakes. The fragments flew everywhere, and the new soldiers of Lius bravely followed the leather covering them and climbed over the fortifications of Marcius. Many people turned their shields over and then stepped on them and jumped over.

At the same time, two artillery units quickly pushed out cavalry cannons with iron shields and small scorpion crossbows from their hiding places, and shouted with the military slaves, hand in hand, sliding down the hillside, bravely set up the artillery positions at the bottom of the valley, and fired at the Machias camp that could only be seen by looking up.

Soon, Machias's men on the towers and ladders on the cliff also reacted, throwing stones and javelins from all directions. "Don't be afraid. Although those people are standing above us, they are actually very far away from us. The things they throw are not lethal!" In front of the wooden fence, the chief centurion Flaccus crouched and kept encouraging his comrades who were still climbing and crossing. As soon as he finished speaking, several lead bullets shot from the scorpion crossbow on the cliff tower cut off the heads of four or five military slaves. The heads were covered with blood and rolled everywhere. "Low down, low down, pay attention to the enemy's crossbows in all directions." Then, the soldiers of Lius's legion all learned their lesson. They first all lay down in front of the wooden fence spikes and protected them with shields. After the enemy's crossbows fired, they seemed to be reloading the ropes, and then they told each other and took this opportunity to climb over one by one.

Soon after, the cavalry of Dussonville also launched an attack. Although the bugle call was impassioned, they did not ride horses because it was not necessary in this terrain. All the cavalry, like the infantry in front, lay on the ground, forming a formation with water drop-shaped shields, following closely, dodging the enemy's firepower, and looked very unique.

Machias, who received the enemy attack intelligence, ran out of his command post quickly, climbed up the tower at the corner of the camp, looked at the enemies all over the mountains below, and Lepidus's Catiline iron hand flag, "It's Lepidus, it's Lepidus, why is he here again! I'm here, and I can't avoid him after all?" Machias couldn't help but complain loudly, and the centurion beside him began to warn him not to make such a loud noise. If the soldiers resisting below heard it, it would seriously affect morale.

"Yes, yes!" Marcius also became ruthless. If you choose to come to me, I will teach you a lesson. He drew out the "Sword of Martyrdom" and said, "Soldiers, gather at the slope of the main gate. All the others should hold the tower and the post and shoot continuously with the crossbow and scorpion crossbow!" Then, he issued a death order to the centurion - you take four cavalrymen as guards and rush down the mountain at full speed from the small door at the back to Ursau and Corduba to seek reinforcements. The more the better, and really beat back Lepidus who came to attack here.

Along the narrow and winding mountain road outside the cliff, the small door opened with a creak, and the centurion wearing the Athenian cavalry helmet, escorted by two Spanish cavalrymen holding flags in front and behind, galloped down the mountain with flying hooves.

At this time, one third of Lepidus's new infantry had already crossed the fence and trenches, holding shields and braving arrows and stones. Below the camp of Marcius, the enemy guards were also furious. They cut the ropes and loosened the net bag of the boulder that was originally hanging in the air. The huge rolling stone rumbled down, and several infantrymen who were caught off guard screamed and were crushed into flesh and blood. The rest rolled away, and the huge stone kept rolling until it rolled to the outer spikes of Marcius. With a few loud noises, the iron hooks, horse-turning stakes and trenches that he had carefully laid out before were smashed into pieces, and several large gaps appeared. (To be continued...)