Augustus Road

Chapter 26 Horse Raft (Part 2)

In this way, on the foothills and roads that stretch for several Roman miles, under the muddy feet, tens of thousands of Pompey and Caesar's infantry and cavalry were connected end to end, fighting each other, stopping and walking, and the shouts were deafening. As Caesar said, it's all "desperate". ?. .

But when Afranius led a large group of soldiers to face the rolling Caesar cavalry, Vercingetorius accepted their surrender after cutting down several surrendered soldiers in front, and told them to march toward the rear. Then the flying mud splashed by the hooves of four thousand cavalry completely ruined the face of the former consul Afranius. Soon after, he saw Caesar wearing a scarlet cloak, leading many soldiers with their heads high. At the time, he shouted to Julius: "Do you know what I desire most now? I hope to question you face to face. Even if I lost the war tactically, as a citizen of the Republic, I Officials and officials still have the right to question you in terms of legal principles and justice. I want to ask you about your purpose and basis for doing this! "

Caesar reined in the reins, briefly saluted his former "ancestor", and replied readily, "This is natural, but before that, I also hope to carry out the tactical victory you mentioned." But when When he looked back. Tens of thousands of soldiers, even half of them die-hards, gathered around Sextus and Peletauus, desperately resisting the charge of Caesar's cavalry. Keep moving towards the east. Even though they were hungry, even though they abandoned their sophisticated weapons, they still sacrificed themselves to buy time for the leader to escape. This particularly grieved Afranius, a fratricidal fight among the best of the republic. Such is the weather in late summer. The Epolo River, which was still turbid and swollen just now, disappeared after the clouds cleared and the rain cleared. The flow quickly weakened, the sand and grass on the bank slowly appeared, and the river became narrower and narrower. Finally, Asase's true face was revealed at the bend. The cavalry captain Hanske led several cavalrymen and jumped into the river. Even if the water weakened, all the soldiers could still see that the water in the center could still reach the level of an adult. Man's chest.

"Cavalry, the time has come to test you. Immediately divide into two teams, separated by a distance of three hundred Roman feet. One is located upstream of Asase, and the other is located downstream. All the horses are staggered and separated, standing in the river. , hold on with patience, and all the cavalry will be rewarded with an additional fifty drachmas afterwards. " Lepidus did not want to talk nonsense, because time was very tight, and he only asked everyone to carry out the order.

So, the two thousand cavalry were divided into two columns, and they were connected in series from one side of the river to the other side. In the rolling waves, they gritted their teeth. Especially in the upper reaches, the men and horses suffered the greatest impact, so the formation was the densest. , but it does indeed weaken the impact of the river by dispersing. The cavalry in the lower reaches should disperse and act as a drainage valve. In this way, in the area between the two columns, the water really becomes shallow. The infantry pulls the pack horses and shouts Rushed over quickly.

"General Galius, General Combano, today I must rely on the strength and fighting spirit of the two of you. The twenty-seventh legion is now personally supervised by Lepidus. The target is the horizontal hillside canyon opposite. We have no extra time to discuss now, but I hope everything is worth it." After that, Lepidus and all the generals followed the ordinary soldiers and waded into the water. Pass.

"There is no time to build camps and fortifications." After climbing up the hillside, a centurion shouted, pointing to the shivering and jumping soldiers on the ground.

"The war situation is urgent, and you are not allowed to say that it is too late or impossible! Half of the people are in battle formation, and the other half are digging trenches behind. In addition, Galius, you lead three brigades to the confrontation over there. Waiting at Gaofu," Lepidus said to Galius immediately.

Galius's head was also hot. He was an officer with relatively rich military experience, but he always obeyed his subordinates and met unreliable superiors, leaving his talents and knowledge useless. In other words, his task was to lead these three brigades to control the entire flank position and serve as a reserve force. In other words, for him, who had surrendered just a few days ago, Lebida could safely put this fatal The position was given to him rather than to his crony Combano.

"Damn it, besides stance, aren't the greatest virtues of a person, responsibility and trust?" After Galius thought of this, he no longer thought about unnecessary things, so he took the soldiers of the three brigades and moved to the designated location. position.

Sure enough, two days later, when the six cavalry cannons had just set up their firing points, the soldiers of the 27th Army were stunned and saw an unforgettable scene: on the open land on the west side of the hillside, like a colony of frightened ants. Like this, countless Pompeian soldiers came. Many of them had high cheekbones and pale faces. Their clothes and armor were in tatters and tatters. Many of them even had worn-out military shoes, or even none. They had no military slaves or pack horses. , everyone only has some necessary weapons left, and like a smashed sculpture, they slowly move towards their own existing positions.

"We've caught up, we've caught up, get ready to fight!" Kang Bano, as the commander of the legion, stood at the forefront of the front line, excited for a moment, "Look at the other side, they are like a group of beggars. What can they do? We are blocking them." Stay on the road, just wave the sword in your hand and harvest the heads.”)

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