Augustus Road

In order to show his sincerity, Eurabella also shaved all his hair as an apology. It was unwise for him to do so at this season, because when he arrived at the position between Athens and Euripes, the sun happened to be The most vicious moment.

Among the surrounding barren hillsides and the ocean, the city of Athens, which Brutus defended, lay in white. It had only been a few decades since it was destroyed by Sulla. In the past, the Athenian school was most proud of. , Sulla destroyed Athens, but we spent so much time to revive it, which is full of pride to say.

But now, Lepidus' army is coming again. To the west of the Atea Island in Athens, there are more than a dozen legions led by Leo. On the outer islands and to the east of the land, there are four legions united by Sabo and Pontus. , now the six legions of Lepidus and Rufio also arrived one after another. In a bold cavalry maneuver, the defense line between Athens and Euripis was torn apart. Facing the overwhelming Lepidus army, Brutus Although Tu's subordinates were good at fighting, they were outnumbered and could only abandon a few of the barriers originally deployed between them, thus cutting off the connection between the two cities.

Then, countless Lepidus tribesmen poured in. They imitated Caesar's experience and built a double-line barrier, facing Athens on one side and Euripis on the other, solidly encircling the two cities. They were surrounded by each other.

Originally, because the city of Athens was not large enough to support the garrison of several legions of Brutus, nine or twelve legions were divided and handed over to Sibalas to help defend the city of Euripis. Now the former treasurer's army and garrisoned city became the target of a concentrated fire.

Lepidus first crossed the sea and came to Lepidus Castle. Then he rode on his horse, together with the guards, aides and staff, and quickly approached the siege position of Euripis. In a day and a night, Sabochemus was waiting for him there.

Everything is as it was when Sabo was chief of staff, the map table has long been erected, and all internal affairs in the army have been completed. When the officers of the 16th and 28th legions saw the arrival of the long-awaited high priest, they all gathered around to hug him. Only Sabo stood aside with a smile.

There are not only the 16th and 28th legions here. The fifth, seventh, and twelfth legions led by Lepidus also rushed ashore by boat to help. In addition, the legions belonging to Leo and Paluma each also sent out a considerable number of senior centurions and infantry brigades to gather in this position to prepare for the attack. City, so Lebida sat down without any more courtesy. Ask Sabo about his siege plan.

"The other side has Spectacles Castle, which was built along the old stone walls of the city. This old city wall surrounding Euripis is Sibalas's psychological basis for protecting the entire city. He believes that it is extremely strong. Even though he only had two legions of new soldiers in his hands, he refused our attempts to surrender many times."

"Why do you want to persuade them to surrender? For the stubborn Republicans, if you don't ask them to suffer, they don't know that there is such a thing as punishment in this world, and this time the siege of Euripis. I As long as there are three results, that is rapid, violent and fierce, then everyone, no matter what method is used, I will see the fall of this city before sunset the next day." This is Lepidah's request and his "ultimatum." "After speaking, he stopped talking and waited quietly for Sabo's plan without making any specific arrangements.

Sabo cleared his throat and arranged. "Because the city is surrounded by rocky cliffs on three sides, and only one side faces the streets and the port. That side is a thickened stone wall. Sibalas also dug trenches in front and laid out several spectacle forts. We The siege equipment needs to be set up under the projectile weapons of the Eye Fort, because Sibalas has improved all the projectors and increased the range. They are located on the Eye Fort, making them easy to defend and difficult to attack. "So Sabo moved. wave. Pointing at the sand table model and chess pieces, he drew a line there and said, "I will set up the siege positions on the left and right sides of the city wall. All the equipment will be concentrated in these two places, and the cavalry will be arranged in the two siege positions." On the line of confrontation between them, we were prepared to prepare for the enemy's surprise attack. In addition, on the Athens side, Leo and Paluma's legions each took out their chief armies and lined up on the other side of our position to prevent Brutus from attacking Euripis. reinforcements. Next—our soldiers will do one thing, and that is to remove all the masts from the ships on the sea. "

This plan continued to be discussed. Although it sounded beyond everyone's expectations, in the evening, soldiers from all legions took action. From the coast to the siege position, soldiers and centurions wearing short shirts stood under the scorching sun. He and the military slaves tied themselves with ropes, grabbed the long horizontal mast of the ship, and dragged it towards the front of the position, dripping with sweat. The new cavalry, fully armored, formed a formation in front of the opposition line to prevent the siege from being disrupted by Sibalas' army.

"What are they going to do?" Sibalas asked on the tower, but the generals around him shook their heads, "Then shoot, shoot!"

The equipment on the Eye Fort began to throw stones, whizzing past the heads of the cavalry in formation, but the men and horses were silent and motionless, and then smashed into the busy queue of siege soldiers behind, and the dead and wounded were quickly dragged away After the placement, other people continued to operate without any sign of stopping, and the cavalry cannon on Lepidah's square earth platform also began to fire. All the soldiers and military slaves were busy braving the stone bullets and lead pellets coming and going.

Soon, the soldiers erected the masts and lined up in a long row around the opposite side of the city of Euripides. According to the convention, they marked the so-called scales on them. Then they actually raised canvas, animal skins and asbestos blocks on the masts to form a curtain to resist the enemy's "cannon attack". Then they began to build huge siege towers, battering rams and siege shields behind them. It turned out that what Sabo really cared about was not the damage to the infantry and cavalry caused by the enemy's shooting. Libida now had all the resources and didn't care about it. Instead, the enemy's hurling stones and spears would cause damage to their own siege equipment, which would cause great trouble to the progress of the siege.

Sibalas keenly realized that this would not work, so he gathered two legions of about 500 cavalrymen. After a full meal, he chose the flags to advance and retreat, and took the opportunity to rush out from a hidden city gate impatiently.

But what greeted them on the periphery were about 5,000 cavalrymen trained by Lepidus. They all had high feathers flying, and held spears and lances tied with belts in their hands, wielding hammers and swords, wearing chain mail, both light and heavy, and fearlessly divided into small groups, following the rain of bullets flying through the Eye Castle, and fighting with the cavalry of Sibalas. (~^~)