Augustus Road

"Stop grinding, women who work hard at the mill, sleep a little longer, even if the cock announces the coming of dawn." - Antipater

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No wonder Lepidus felt strange when he approached the water wall. The passage between the twin lakes was so narrow and flooded. How did the guards and crossbows on the walls on the passage go up and maintain their positions? It turns out that this lake was formed by seawater rushing into the land, so unlike ordinary lakes, this lake also produces tides with the ocean.

So once the lake is high tide, as long as the foreign barbarians come in small boats, they can easily reach the city wall and transport soldiers and supplies; and once the lake is low tide, the passage between the twin lakes will be exposed and expanded, forming a land surrounding the back of the city of Orcresi for people to walk on. This is the purpose of setting up the wall of this castle.

But it was not enough to just know that this lake had tidal phenomena. We had to understand its rules. As Lepidus slowly left, he had made up his mind - he would take Sabo to observe every day in the next few days. Besides, time was limited. The barbarian who had just asked him to come back to transport supplies after two market days also gave him an opening for the next visit. This was a precious opportunity, and he had to seize these sixteen days.

In the camp, the Thyme Legion was cutting wood and building ships. They used money to appease the surrounding natives instead of using policies of massacre and intimidation. They set up simple equipment to help the Romans build small longboats, a longboat that had been popular since ancient Greece. This boat was propelled by oars, with five to ten people on one boat. The oars were fixed to the bracket with ropes. It also had a separate mast seat, mast and cross sail. To enhance the flexibility of the boat. At the same time, Lepidus secretly reported this plan and strategy to Apis, Papinna and Secedilius, and said that he was willing to work together with the four to achieve the merit of capturing the city of Orcressi and share the glory together.

All commanders thought that Lepidus was a very "sensible" person, so they formulated a joint combat plan: after two market days, the Tenth Legion was responsible for the frontal attack. To contain and attract the firepower of the barbarians in the city; the Thirteenth Legion deployed its troops on the flank of Mount Vera to support Lepidus's tidal capture of the city; while Lepidus observed the tides with peace of mind, built ships, and selected troops for the raid.

After the plan was finalized, Lepidus arranged the ships, equipment and troops, and then sent purchasing specialists to Cadiz and Gaia, Italy to buy salt.

After repeated observations for half a month, Lepidus and Sabokemus finally figured out the law of the Twin Lakes' tides. In the evening when the plan was finalized, the soldiers of the Thyme Legion pushed several ships into shallow water in the long grass. "Mr. Treasurer, are our ships properly built? Shouldn't they be covered with lead? Otherwise, the shipworms will quickly devour the planks." After boarding the ship, Sabokemus was still hesitant. Lepidus said that success or failure depended on this one night. After this night, all these ships would be abandoned. No matter whether there were shipworms or not, were they going to take them back to Rome?

"Are the skills of those boatmen we brought here trustworthy?"

"It doesn't matter. Our supervision is in place, and now they are detained in the name of a banquet. If anything goes wrong, the soldiers left behind will kill them all. Of course, their families have also been imprisoned by us. Okay, Sabo, don't ask any more questions. Just follow the plan and act boldly. You have made me at a loss. In this kind of surprise action, it is very dangerous to always think about extra things, which is more dangerous than the action itself."

After a few short commands, the soldiers covered their weapons and shields with leather to prevent them from reflecting light in the moonlight and alerting the barbarians on the city walls and the walls. Then they paddled the long and sharp wooden oars, driving the flying arrows of the boat to split the lake water quickly, and quickly moved towards the city of Orcresi under the moonlight.

At this time, small boats from other places also sailed out of the river branches and waterways, waving lights to greet Li Bi Da and his men, "Mr. Treasurer, how should we respond!"

"Sabo, can you please not bother me with everything? In this case, there is no need to respond at all!"

"Mr. Treasurer, the wall over there also sent out a light signal, asking us for our incision!"

"Sabo, Sabo, can you please not bother me with everything? In this case, there is no need to respond at all! No, no, I'm confused, respond quickly!" Li Bi Da shouted angrily, wishing he could block Sabo's mouth with a horse bit.

Sabo immediately stood up at the bow, raised the glass candle in his hand, extinguished it twice and lit it twice, and then shouted loudly in Celtic: "Tuan turned into a fish!" This is an ancient Celtic ancestor god legend. According to legend, Tuan turned into a fish, was swallowed by a woman, and gave birth to their ancestor.

Shake the lights on the wall to indicate that you are allowed to pass.

Lepidus's small fleet stopped talking and sailed towards the city wall in silence again. At this time, with the tide, the lake water began to surge violently, and the horizon was rippling with moonlight. The highest point of the battlement was only four or five Roman feet. When approaching the city wall at a furlong distance, Lepidus stretched out a pine torch and ignited it on the candle in Sabo's hand. The sailor next to him lowered the single-sided cross sail to slow down the speed of the ship and maintain balance. Yellow light flashed on the dark ships, and then torches on different ships were lit one by one. The leather and animal skins on the shields and armor were all taken off, and they also reflected cold light. The ships were like transparent long-legged centipedes. When a few barbarians on the wall were caught off guard, Li Bi Da's soldiers quickly dropped the anchor and stabilized the ship with the help of the tidal waves. Then they put the short ladder with a special iron hook on the battlement. Li Bi Da shouted, and was the first to hold the shield and step on the ladder that was still a little shaky. After rushing up the battlement, he cut off the head of a barbarian soldier. The body of the man fell backwards, overturning the bonfire, and the fire fell into the haystack stored under the wall and burned instantly.

The rest of the troops also shouted and climbed up the ladders. Because this battlement was facing the lake, it was never a place that the barbarians had guarded. There were very few soldiers guarding it. The raiding troops quickly occupied this section of the wall, except for two soldiers who lost their footing and fell into the lake with their full gear and drowned. "Gather the buglers and blow them over there!" Li Bi Da looked at the noisy torches and crowds under the city, and knew that the barbarians in the city who had already discovered it had begun to counterattack. The top priority was to hold this section of the wall as soon as possible and notify the other two legions to attack the city!

A dozen buglers first shouted and pretended that all the follow-up troops had come up and the castle was under our control. Then everyone held a bugle, and the furious bugle sounded by the Twin Lakes on a moonlit night! . )