Augustus Road

"We don't want to fight. Lepidus obviously wants us to attack the city of Laconia. Although I have a huge advantage in military strength, this is completely unnecessary. Don't do what the enemy wants us to do, and take supplies through the Balearics. After that, we sail directly to Sardinia, but avoid the fortress of Lepidus, go straight to Kalaris at the southern end, and just ask the Sicilian fleet to pick us up. △The top novel," this is what Telureas gave you before setting off. The lieutenant general's plan.

After they rested briefly in the Balearic Islands and continued sailing, Lepidus had already arrived in New Laconia, and quickly led the cavalry team to the Oristano plains, and quickly gathered all the towns The representatives of the Communist Party of China, standing in front of the billowing waves of wheat, asked them very clearly,

"The strategy this time is to fortify the walls and clear the country. In other words, we don't know when or where the enemy will come ashore to fight, so all towns must protect themselves and not leave food and fodder to the enemy. Time is very tight - now the towns and farms, the harvesting task of the fields must be completed within three days, and then handed over to the warehouses of each town by the inspectors of each district. After one quarter is left, three-quarters must be immediately transferred to the city of Laconia for this process. Anyone who dares to interfere will be treated as an enemy spy. He will be executed and his family will be confiscated and made into slaves. "

This order came too suddenly, but it was obviously unquestionable - Lepidus' cavalry were all stationed in the core area of ​​the plain. Before nightfall that day, they killed three local people who dared to disobey the order. To display the cross in public, Yulia even sent out the "stick team" that the locals feared most: all composed of freed slaves and slaves of the Aemilius family. Wearing a tricorn hat. Wearing a simple copper breastplate. Armed with thorn sticks and machetes, he is familiar with any local geography and travels through various farms and towns to intimidate.

The task was quickly completed within the specified time, and Telureas' fleet also appeared on the coast south of New Laconia four days later. It happens to be the softest season in the entire ocean, and it rarely appears. There were turbulences and hurricanes, so Trureas' army was able to choose a narrow and flat coast with great accuracy. Then it took half a day for all the legions to land on land.

Then the cautious Trureas asked the two auxiliary legions, led by his lieutenant Curia, to search and plunder supplies. Then the four legions circled the sea area and were busy building half on the water and half on the land. A fort was built to enclose all ships to protect it from attacks by enemies or storms.

Curia led the powerful Taraco cavalry in a diamond formation, followed by several large groups of Iberian auxiliary light infantry. Heading towards the nearest towns, they were met with the sound of drums and trumpets. All the towns were closed and the young men climbed onto the city walls with stick throwers, while the old, weak, women and children were also carrying supplies below to help in the battle.

Curia, who felt frustrated, led his cavalry around Rome for several miles, but still failed to find any grain or fodder. When they arrived at every village, not only were they deserted, but all the livestock were missing, and even the wells were missing. They were also poisoned, and everyone was so angry that they cursed, and they were tired and thirsty.

The sun was gradually setting in the west. Just as Curia ordered the rest to end and the entire army returned to the anchorage of the ship, they suddenly heard shouts of killing from all directions - from the streets and hills, countless Lepidus cavalry rushed towards them. Their armors The peace flag was shining brightly in the sun, breathtaking, "The cavalry advance, hold them back, all infantrymen hold on to their javelins and shields, follow my flag and don't let up!" Then Curia sent out several light cavalry. , quickly rushed towards our camp, hoping to get the support of General Trureas, "In short, our army's situation is critical, many soldiers and horses have no drinking water."

During the bitter battle, Curia found that the opponent's cavalry was in a steady stream, and they were advancing and retreating in an orderly manner. Lepidus climbed to a commanding height, where he could have a bird's eye view of the entire battle situation and command calmly - when Curia's cavalry had just stepped forward, preparing to retreat. When Verni was cavalry, Lepidus said to Paluma, "You hold up the flag and take all the German cavalry and cut through!"

Without saying a word, Paluma skillfully controlled his mount, held up King Numa's flag, and led hundreds of German cavalry in a dense formation, rushing towards the gap between Curia's cavalry and infantry. Come, like an unstoppable long sword.

For a moment, Curia couldn't react and could only continue to charge forward, leaving the infantry behind. But just as his Spanish infantry was about to raise their shields and weapons, they lined up against the Germans riding small horses. At that time, all the German cavalry were fifty Roman feet away, whizzing and turning to the right, and then rushed directly to the flank of Curia's cavalry. Then they all jumped off their horses skillfully, held out the swords in their hands, and faced The mounts of the Curia cavalry stabbed and slashed fiercely. This technique of changing the horse into a foot, and then using the foot to ride, was what the Germanic warriors were best at.

Under the fatal blow, Curia's cavalry fell off their horses, and the rest of them turned around and ran away. Lepidus' cavalry in front also pressed over like thunder, and the infantry formation behind Curia was also smashed into pieces. After their cavalry scattered and fled, they were not very fast and were trampled and killed by Lepidus' cavalry who rushed after them. The short mounts of the Germanic cavalry were very obedient when their owners dismounted and went to fight. Stay in place, or follow the master's pace and run slowly, as relaxed and well-behaved as if it were tied to the waist.

When Tellurias personally led two legions to support, Lepidus had already withdrawn, leaving only hundreds of bodies of Spanish infantrymen who were killed in the rout, lying in the wilderness.

After returning, all the commanders of the Spanish provinces were extremely angry. They lost their composure and collectively demanded Tellurias to lead all the main forces to fight Lepidus in battle the next day. The enemy only had two legions, and one was reorganized from horse bandits, so the combat power was not strong. We could completely defeat him in a field battle, or capture his city and sell all his subjects into slavery!

But Tellurias still tried to persuade everyone earnestly, saying that if they did so, they would fall into Lepidus's trap, and judging from the situation today, the towns in the entire plain were controlled by him, and it would be difficult for us to easily obtain supplies, so I decided to weigh anchor and set sail tomorrow, cooperate with land and sea, carry the last five days of rations, and advance towards the port of Calaris - if Lepidus does not come to chase, our army will wait for the Sicilian fleet to come to support; if he comes to chase, we will gather all our troops and turn around to fight him and defeat him!

However, Lepidus said something even more shocking at his joint meeting, "Within two market days, I will completely eat up this enemy force from Spain." (To be continued..)