Augustus Road

Then, another promise came, "After annihilating the Pontic cavalry, we will force Chersonesus to hand over more rewards, otherwise we will let them go for three days and plunder the city."

"Don't give them wine, otherwise the heat will dissipate faster." After Carabis regained his ability to speak, he stepped on the snow in the camp and said to several centurions and camp officers, "Give them more fat meat, and it's best to distribute them all before leaving tonight!"

"ala quingenaria!" (Legionnaire cavalry)" After dinner, in front of the main gate of the camp, Hortensius leaned on his sword, his voice piercing the howling of the blizzard. The golden bull and eagle flag in the hand of the standard-bearing officer beside him had been covered with snow and turned into a small dot, and his appearance could not be seen. Under Hortensius's shouting and command, the fully armed "alae" Roman cavalry took the lead in stepping on the snow and rushed out. Then, Hortensius shouted again, "Vanguard, go to the front of the line!"

"Hey, sir, do you still recognize me? We fought side by side in Pistonia." When the vanguard walked out of the camp, a young soldier with four gold chains stared at Karabis and said.

"Of course I recognize you, you are the hero of the whole battle." Karabis hit the other's chest with his fist and encouraged him.

"May Mars bless me, I am very happy to continue fighting under you and be cultivated by you." The soldier saluted and went out with his comrades.

Then came the flag bearers of the brigade holding the scepter of grapes, the various infantry centuries, the auxiliary slingers, the Bosporus servant light infantry, the artillery squad, and the engineer squad.

Finally, Carabis and Hortensius, with the veteran centurions, guarded the eagle flag and followed at the end of the team, lighting torches that were blown back and forth by the wind, and walked step by step towards Chersonesus.

Under the city of Chersonesus, the dismounted Pontic cavalry and Scythians, like ants, attached themselves to the city wall, braved the stones and rockets flying down from the top of the city, and attacked the towers at the corners of the city. Some towers were captured, but they were recaptured by the soldiers defending the city. A few wisps of thick smoke were dotted in the wind and snow, becoming thinner as they went up.

In the temporary camp of the Pontic people, the "wild bull" Takshile who was watching the battle was not tired of whipping his arms with a bull whip, and the broken snow on his armor splashed from time to time. His charge this time encountered the well-prepared Chersones City. The current defenders of this city are not the garrison of Malcha. These people are only a small part of them. The main force is the army hired by the city's autonomous association and chamber of commerce, as well as the citizen volunteer force. These people have been fighting against pirates and bandits who harassed this wealthy seaport city. They have rich combat experience. The Pontic people can't defeat them at all.

When Bison learned that his baggage camp was burned by surprise, his roar almost overwhelmed the blizzard, but when faced with the decision of "whether to retreat from Chersonesus", Bison was in hesitation. He now realized that he and Princess Adiana had underestimated the enemy. They had never expected that the Roman Senate would actually form a new legion and transport it to Ponticabiae. This was the biggest variable on the battlefield. Otherwise, with Princess Adiana's strategy, Ponticabiae would have been surrounded long ago.

The Romans are really a tough hydra. They can fail again and again, but they will continue to fight with you. If you kill a Roman, you must first stab him in the vitals with a sword, and then push his body to the ground with all your strength to complete the task.

The fall of a tower in the city finally delayed Takshile. He looked at the snow and wind that made it difficult to distinguish between cattle and horses, and decided to take Chersonesus with all his strength within three days, obtain abundant supplies, and then turn back to fight the Romans.

However, after a day and a half, the snow and wind did not decrease, but the "Hydra" suddenly appeared on the land at the exit of the cape behind him.

Stimulated by money and honor, these people ignored the hardships of marching and began to dig trenches along the cape without knowing whether to live or die, completely ignoring how difficult it was to dig the hard frozen soil. Takshile was shocked, and then he was silent. Perhaps he had fought for the Pontic Empire for thirty years, and sooner or later he would encounter such a day - the Pontic army was divided into two teams, one team continued to besiege Chersonesus City, and the other team began to attack the reinforcements of the Carabis army in turn, trying to break through, otherwise they would be trapped and killed in this narrow cape.

The Roman army was also divided into two parts. One part erected wooden fences and shields, holding heavy javelins, and the Bosporus servants behind them threw hunting spears and stones out frantically. Another part continued to wield pickaxes and shovels, digging trenches across the cape. The eagle flag of the Thirteenth Legion was also erected on a high ground so that the defenders of Chersonesus could easily see it.

The whole sky was full of flying arrows and slingshots. When the Pontic cavalry could not bypass the flanks to attack the Romans, their power in horseback combat was greatly reduced. In the ice and snow without supplies, the physical strength of the people and horses was quickly exhausted. After a day of fierce fighting, the offensive gradually declined.

On the second day, Takshile's cavalrymen dismounted and began to dig trenches and set up wooden fences. This showed that Takshile was fighting desperately, but it was all in vain. Most of the cavalrymen did not even have engineering equipment. By the time they had only dug a shallow layer, the Roman camp was already extremely complete and strong.

At noon, in the cold wind and snow, the Roman soldiers ate up all the food they carried. Between the ditch and the wooden fence, they lined up the offensive formation according to the centurions. First, the golden bull eagle flag of the Thirteenth Legion was raised amidst the sound of the trumpet. Then came the battalion flag of the brigade, the flame tongue flag of the regiment, and the small flag of the centurion. "The Roman dogs are about to go into the general attack. Their three brigade are fully equipped." Opposite, Tucker Schiller, covered in fur, He was holding his mount, wearing black armor, pinching his moustache and said, because he saw that the silver rings under the battalion banners of the three brigades of Calabis all had six, which meant that each brigades had no shortage of personnel and had enough men. Then the "Bison" took off the chain from his body, half-knelt on the ground, kissed it, placed it in the shallow trench newly dug by his soldiers, and pushed the earth with his hands. He buried it, squinted his eyes for a while, and said softly: "A warrior has nothing to worry about on the battlefield."

Over there, when all the Roman teams were in operation after the fortifications, two cavalrymen holding flags came from a distance on the snow, then dismounted and faced the crowd, raising their tokens, "Vice-General Ke Lord Laudi, order this army to march to the city of Ponticabion to defend the governor Malcha."