Augustus Road

That’s okay too!

Lepidus' plan was as follows: Under the cover of the auxiliary brigade and cavalry artillery, the infantry built a barrier under the dry riverbed of the Nameless Mountain to contain the Garamantes who were monitoring the front, and then the two old men Anthony and Dusonville Partner, once again led a thousand Vipicinas cavalry on a long circuitous raid to raid the enemy's lair - "Find some Esios as guides. Many of their tribesmen were kidnapped and used as miners and farmland slaves. As long as you enter Garamante With the Si Kingdom, we can flex our muscles, liberate the enslaved Esios, destroy each other's crops and villages, ravage and destroy them!" - In this way, the enemy army will be in an embarrassing situation. If they let it go, Anthony will be here. After wreaking havoc, I then turned back to block their way back; if they returned to the army for rescue, I would lead the main force out to pursue them, trying to surround and annihilate them in a favorable terrain.

Petnaeus and others thought about it, and it seemed that there was nothing inappropriate about the Commander-in-Chief's plan, so they collectively nodded in agreement.

The next day, the Romans began to dig trenches and build forts opposite the Garamantes army. As expected, the Garamantes were fooled. They also arranged their chariots and baggage carts into a camp, first going around The camp dug a shallow slope trench, then pushed the vehicle forward, buried the wheels, tied them with stones, and set up a leather tent on the carriage to prevent sneak attacks and arson.

After nightfall, Lepidus excitedly asked Anthony to lead the cavalry quietly, without anyone noticing.

But at noon the next day, Antony came back exhausted with all the cavalry, which completely disappointed Lepidus, "These Gauls. All showed symptoms of heat stroke during the attack. And I also had no symptoms in the ten Romans around me." No water source can be found. The situation is much worse than at the nostrils of Taifeng Evil God. My instinct as a descendant of Anton tells me that we must withdraw them before the team automatically collapses. "

Lepidus looked colorless, but he also felt that Antony's caution was justified. Now these Vipicinas had gone out in circles in vain. The body hair and nostrils of these people from Gaul could not stand the scorching heat at all. Due to the scorching heat in the desert, many people began to vomit in the camp. To make matters worse, the witch doctor from Egypt who accompanied the team was helpless. He could only tell Lebid secretly and persuade him to send these people out before the disease spread. Once there were dead people, flies would smell it, and the entire army would be attacked. The epidemic spreads and is in danger of destruction.

"No one can touch my soldiers!" Before Dusonville could express his stance, Marco Anthony grabbed the witch doctor by the collar. He shouted angrily, "If you can't be cured, then find someone who can. If you can't find someone, I'll throw you into the desert."

In the end, it was the natives brought by Alp who solved the problem. The other party was the Samonian. He was greedy for money and joined Lepidus' expeditionary force as a baggage crew. The method he came up with was "locust milkshake". It is said that this It is the magic weapon for the Samonian people to survive in the harsh and hot environment. After adding locust powder to goat milk, drinking it can immediately relieve the bad breath in the abdomen and chest.

"Sabo, aren't there a lot of dairy goats in the gift given to us by Chief Helten? What about the locusts?" Lepidah asked hurriedly. He was a little panicked, because before, he disliked those disgusting locusts and was afraid of the people below. The next step will be to follow - but Sabokemus nodded and said that the chief also sent many jars of dried locust powder. Many people advised me to throw these away before, but I thought that after crossing this desert, Anything could happen and keeping it might come in handy.

Now Lepidus wanted to rush down and hug and kiss the lovely staff officer Sabo. After arranging the security mission, the soldiers began to drink the locust milkshake in an orderly manner. Not to mention, although this thing is green and looks disgusting, But after drinking it, the breath that was stagnate due to the hot summer was gone. After two or three days, the Vibichinas gradually gained appetite and their bodies gradually recovered.

The Samonian natives of that party became prosperous, and Lepidus immediately rewarded him with a talent of silver. Then he quickly summoned his generals and said, "The method of cavalry attack is no longer possible, and our supplies are also difficult. Now The best way is to attack the enemy's car camp head-on, drive them away from here, and then pursue them. It is still necessary to lead the war to the enemy's country and feed the war with war. "

So the Romans decided to use the "bellows cannon", "cavalry cannon", and "scorpion crossbow" multiple fire assault methods. Sabo immediately made a detailed plan, and then the army was deployed layer by layer.

After nightfall, the entire camp was busy. Lepidus, accompanied by many followers, came to the square tent in the deep recess of the camp. This tent was very tightly guarded. It was actually a deep square pit dug and surrounded by The trench was filled with sand (the most easily available resource in the area). It was a protective trench used to isolate the flames. Sabo jumped in and suddenly opened the tent. Inside were six very well-made tents. Wonderful stuff.

But all the generals were holding candles with glass covers, as if they were immune to the commander-in-chief who liked whimsical ideas. Lepidus waved from above, and Sabo and several soldiers carried one of them. Come up, this is a round jar made of bronze, with a copper pipe head on top and a push-pull similar to a piston at the back. In terms of the craftsmanship level of the Roman world, this seemed to be a "silly, small, black and thick" style. Many generals at that time Zuo had already guessed correctly that this was a "miniature version" of the bellows cannon.

Sabo and two soldiers placed the small can on the ground, and then used the piston to pump and push, and the rice oil inside splashed onto the wooden target about fifteen Roman feet away, and then Apple lit a rocket and shot an arrow at the target, and the wooden target suddenly burned.

"Six of these small bellows cannons have been made now, and they will be used together with other firepower for the time being." After Lepidar gave his instructions, he was crying in his heart in the surprised eyes of everyone - in fact, the principle of this thing, in his time, any child who could play with a water gun understood it, but he replaced the water with rice oil that could burn violently, and in order to enhance the adhesion, he mixed a small amount of asphalt and resin in it, but Lepidar could not achieve continuous self-ignition spray, it was very simple without a fixed ignition material, or to put it more directly, now making saltpeter, combined with sulfur and charcoal powder to make simple black powder as propellant is the best, but saltpeter has not appeared in Europe yet! The only solution is to spray the liquid first and then ignite it with a rocket. (To be continued..)