Augustus Road

"Protect the church, fight the traitors, do justice for the poor, maintain the peace of the territory, bleed for your brothers, and if necessary, sacrifice your life for God." - British philosopher John Selsberg's summary of knightly obligations

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"The target is the old man in front. He is over seventy years old. He must be very tired from coming all the way, right? Let us help him get rid of this endless pain." After nightfall, fifteen selected people The centurions quietly arrived at the trench of the camp. Behind them were more than a thousand military slaves, carrying door panels, blinds and wheelbarrows. There were also light scorpion crossbows, which were also well camouflaged and hidden at the forefront.

As for the cavalry, Lepidus had no intention of using them to attack, because the patron's "History of the Masi War" told him more than once that the only way to successfully attack the camp while the opponent was defending was to Effective infantry, but is the cavalry completely useless? Of course not, Lebida had other plans for them.

Before setting off, Lepidus publicly worshiped Minerva and Somnus in the camp in front of the soldiers and centurions. His blessing to Minerva was this, "May every soldier become your god." Envoy, with the vision and bravery of a night owl in the dark night, with the blessing of your wisdom and bravery, they can successfully destroy the enemies of the Republic." The congratulations to Somnus were, "You are the goddess of the night, Nick. Son of Sri Lanka, your golden eyes exude the charm of sleep. Even the almighty Lord God and Heavenly Father Jupiter cannot resist. May your magic wand be swayed and struck at the cruel and uncivilized barbarians so that they cannot detect our attack. "As a result, during the sacrificial ceremony, a messenger suddenly arrived. Lepidus took it and read it. It turned out to be a letter from Herod. He carried the comb he had given to Vagisis on the writing board and placed it on the writing board. The letter provoked Lepidus. Whether the Romans are willing to accept a decisive battle with themselves when the sun rises tomorrow, if so, then the two sides will be at the fourth sentry. Each other retreated their camps five furlongs, and then went out to fight in the open rivers and mountains.

"It seems that the enemy is going to launch a night attack on my camp at the third or fourth outpost." Lepidus quickly learned that this was Herod's trick, and then handed the tablet to Anthony and Petnaeus, he said that we have launched a battle in advance to seize the opportunity. There is not much time left to prepare for war, so we should go to war as soon as possible!

Next, he launched a speech in front of all the centurions. "Our night attack combat may not be used often by the Romans, but I have received information that His Excellency Crassus, the governor of Syria, was despicably ambushed by barbarians near the city of Calle. We must do our best to defeat the enemy in front of us and go Rescue, so friends and comrades, what we need in this battle is a decisive, quick and vigorous fight to the death. Think about the benefits we have achieved before and in the future, then there is nothing more satisfying than once again capturing and looting the camp of the barbarian king. Yes, the treasures there are simply for you to pick up. In terms of numbers, we are at a disadvantage, so the barbarian king wrote boldly to provoke, but this is the wonder of war - no one expected that we were in the minority. We, the Fang, would attack so quickly and boldly, and the Parthians would not even be able to set up camp. The opponent's skill on horseback is only as poor as their ability in civil engineering. The camps were arranged one after another along the road, at a considerable distance from each other. They thought that they could support each other in turn to stop us, but this was just a wishful thinking, because I did not want to scatter any troops, all the selected soldiers. Put them all in the same attack direction, and everyone goes up together. As long as the first Parthian camp is broken, the following battle will be easy. As for our cavalry, after the battle starts, don't be busy joining the infantry in the melee. In the middle, we must go around and hold on to the road or mountain pass. If the enemy holds on tenaciously, then we will cover our retreat, but if the enemy begins to retreat, we must intercept and kill them ruthlessly. "

At the moment of the first sentry, the fifteen Roman corps were fully deployed. After a gentle bugle sound, the Aesios were in the lead, because their eyesight was particularly strong at night. Indeed, Like the owls of Minerva, everyone followed them in a wide column, blowing bugles from time to time to communicate with each other, and covered their swords, javelins and shields in cloth covers, their helmets wrapped under their cloaks, and tiptoed. , under the dark clouds and hazy moonlight, it was like a floating cloud of bronze and black iron, approaching Vaghisis' camp in great silence.

At this time, Vaghisis was trying hard not to doze off. Originally, according to his age, he only needed a little sleep every night, but when he was reading the philosophy volume, the noble Assasis who was camping in the rear sent him The "bold and proud" strategy came, asking him to complete the assembly of troops and horses behind the long fence at the third sentry, preparing to surprise the Romans in the early morning, "because all enemies are most tired at this moment." "

Yes, the enemy will get tired, and so will our people. Vargsis is a typical example. He and his staff worked dizzy all night, and their energy was on the verge of drying up. They felt a little dizzy, so they held their foreheads and sat in the tent belt. He rested on an armchair with soft pillows, and several attendants next to him were preparing exquisite breakfast for him.

Eat first, eat first, no matter what, keep your spirits up and wait for Assasis to lead the main force to attack the Romans in one night.

Just as Vargesis was staring at the delicious food in front of him, the fifteen Roman centurions had quietly deployed in front of his camp. The moon had already hidden in the dark clouds. Hebrida half-crouched in front of the team and waved to the back. Many buglers gathered around him, and then he pulled off the cloth cover on the scabbard. Then many people heard the neighing of horses - in the shadows, several Parthian cavalry suddenly jumped out and ran towards the camp. "It's the opponent's secret sentry! Kill them!" Hebrida jumped up and threw a javelin at the opponent, but failed to catch up. Then all the buglers made a prompt decision and immediately blew a deafening sound. Accompanied by the shouts of the soldiers, everyone sprinted towards Vargesis' camp with all their strength.

The sentries, who were greedy for enjoyment, began to slack off a furlong outside the camp. They thought that our side would launch a surprise attack soon, and there was no point in being on guard at this time. As a result, countless dark Romans followed their horses desperately, frightening them so much that they did not even dare to enter the main gate of the camp, and fled around the long fence to the back.

The Romans waved their long swords and short swords and killed all the soldiers on guard outside the trench of Vargesis. Then the military slaves came forward panting under the cover of their shields, threw the door panels on the trench, and then crossed over, turned the wheelbarrow upside down, and placed it on the wooden fence to form a short and simple ladder. "Everything of the Barbarian King belongs to me!" Hebrida was the first to step on the bottom of a wheelbarrow and jumped into the enemy's camp with a howl.