Augustus Road

Caesar threw down his hand somewhat unhappily, "I still have four legions on hand, plus thousands of barbarian cavalry, which can handle the pursuit."

"But it was too late. My legion occupied a small hill beside the Ala River and found that the Helvetic people had crossed seven-tenths of the way." Lepidus lied and did not draft the draft at all. In fact, at this time the Helvetic people Not even a tenth of the people have crossed the river. "Now as long as our legion can attack them as quickly as possible, disrupt his pace, and annihilate the remaining ones that have not crossed the river, the four legions of His Excellency the Governor can definitely follow up. "

After hearing this, the staff all turned their attention to Caesar. Caesar put his hands behind his back in embarrassment and said, "What troubles me most now is this matter. Although the king of the Aedui people verbally promised to deliver military rations, they So far, there has been no news. Sometimes they say that the food is on the way, and sometimes they say that the food is still being collected.”

"It is unwise to count on the capricious barbarians. As long as we can annihilate some of the Helvetii, we will be able to seize supplies to support our continued pursuit." At this time, the little Crassus next to him hurriedly suggested, and "Reckless "Husband" Sekdelius also agreed with this statement. Seeing that almost all the generals and subordinates were on the side of Lepidus, Caesar also did a favor and said: "That's good. Now we have temporarily issued an order to kill the tail of the four legions." The soldiers were gathered together and transported to the camp of the twelfth legion, but Lepidus must ensure the use of this legion to clamp down on the enemy and not allow them all to cross the Ala River. Wait until the seventh, eighth, ninth and fourteenth legions are all Until the encirclement comes."

As you wish, God bless Rome! Lepidus immediately straightened up and saluted Caesar, then jumped on his horse again. He hurried to his camp.

The commander obtained supplies from His Excellency the Governor! In a matter of seconds, the good news spread throughout the camp of the Twelve Legions. Engineers and infantry brigades immediately carried baskets, pickaxes, ropes and timber in high spirits. With neat steps, they wandered to the foot of Weiai Mountain and began to build a temporary position. Pope's artillery detachment was also very satisfied with the packhorses being put on the vehicles, and the heavy "Wild Donkey" trebuchets were disassembled and installed on them. They pulled and shouted various slogans and pulled four such machines up the hillside with rolling logs on their backs.

And Li Bida, who has obtained the supply qualification. He looked like a contractor who had paid off his back wages, holding up his baton and pointing at the construction of the battlefield. The centurions and battalion officers next to him each had a roll of vellum in their hands, and they all wrote down the commander's instructions on it. Those who can write let the confidential slaves do the work for them, "Be quick. Our Twelve Legions have an extremely glorious tradition in this regard. We are suppressing Catiline's rebellion, fighting against the Bronze Shield Army in the Kingdom of Bosporus, and Lusitania's seizure of the Balantia Mountain Falcon Totem proves that we are a force with the highest honor. By the way, you must remember that the temporary fortifications must not only be repaired quickly and firmly, but also be laid out in multiple layers. Firepower is very important to block the enemy’s counterattack.”

Milu wasn't very good at writing, but when he heard the commander's terminology of "multi-layered firepower", or in other words, Lepidah directly expressed "multi-layered firepower" as "massage", he was immediately surprised. With an expression on his face, he took the note from the note-taker next to him and looked at it, and then he asked, "How should I make this kind of masa, Commander?"

Tagus and others, and even Sabo burst into laughter. Seeing this, the other centurions also giggled and had to listen carefully to the commander's explanation of "multi-layered firepower".

So Lepidus made a gesture and demonstrated to everyone, "We need to make the temporary position into a pocket shape based on Weiai Mountain. The wooden fence and trench are the first line of defense, and the light infantry behind it can throw hunting spears and stones." , and then arrange seven to eight Centurions on standby at the second line of defense. Even for an auxiliary army like ours, one Centurion still has two to three Scorpion Crossbows. All the Scorpion Crossbows will be deployed on the flanks, and they will be on standby. After the light infantry engages the enemy, fire at the enemy's rear. Remember, fire at the rear - Hey, Sersi, don't be in a daze!" As he spoke, Lepidus used a few stones to illustrate. Gradually, he used stones to draw lines on the ground. "The scorpion crossbows are arranged on both wings to cross fire and shoot at the enemy's rear team in order to obtain the widest firing area."

"The following is the third and final line of defense. Fix the eighteen cavalry cannons. Hey, Saab, what did you say about the improved shooting of cavalry cannons last time?" Then Saab Kaimus came up. Before, he took up what Lepidus said and said: "This is the experience I summed up in Lusitania. If all the guns are used together, it may not be very efficient unless we have ten times the number of guns on hand. Ballista. My method is to divide the 18 ballistas into three groups and stagger the firing to ensure uninterrupted suppression. Also, since the ballistas can now be pushed onto the carriage, I have another suggestion. ——When the infantry brigade is chasing the enemy, it can accompany the ballista to crush the enemy's rearguard. "

Crush the enemy's rearguard in combat? Yes, the Helvetii succeeded in several battles by relying on their powerful cavalry at the rear. Once the Roman pursuit troops had just rushed up, the Helvetii took advantage of the disorganized and fatigued formation of the other side to launch an attack. A powerful reverse attack defeated the pursuers. Lepidus had suffered this big loss before, and he expected that the ala cavalry attached to the Roman legion would be useless at all. It would be more practical to use these rookies on horseback mixed with infantry to maintain the decisive battle formation, but using cavalry cannons... ....

Will there be danger? In the end, even my precious child will be captured by the barbarians?

So in the end, the cautious Lepidus decided to follow Sabo's first suggestion for the time being. The centurions expressed that they must resolutely implement the commander's theoretical essence of "three strong defenses" and "multi-layer firepower masa", while digging temporary fortifications and asking the soldiers' committee to use sufficient supplies in the upcoming "supply day" to appease the soldiers' fighting spirit.

On the other side, about thirty stadia away, most of the Helvetii were still crossing the river frantically. After arranging 5,000 cavalrymen as rear guards, these barbarians stepped on the shaky pontoon bridge with confidence and left most of the heavy baggage and food at the crossing point behind.

In the dark night, Sabo used a flint to light a torch, and the light quickly illuminated his thin figure. Then a "Juditia Eye" slowly rose in front of him. He pulled the string and slid it freely towards the Ara River that merged with the night. Then more and more "eyes" followed behind it. Gradually, thousands of barbarians crossed the river, and under the illumination of these "eyes", their huge outlines kept flashing.

"Barol, Barol's magic eye!" Thousands of barbarians looked at the "eyes" staring at them in the sky and shouted in fear. . )