Augustus Road

"The servants sometimes bring in polite high-class prostitutes, sometimes bring in shy handsome young men, sometimes bring in his wife." - Greek historians in the fourth century BC described the Etruscans' erotic banquets

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There were more and more injuries, and the dead bodies of horses lay under the walls. Dusonville couldn't bear it anymore. He started to ask his men to assemble several bronze kits, and then filled them with Mitti oil. This was To use the improved bellows gun rhythm. Originally, Lepidus asked the attached cavalry brigade to carry two of these things to prepare for the possible appearance of the Hasidic river fleet on the river. However, Anthony was disgusted with this thing and had an attitude of keeping away from ghosts and gods, so he never liked his subordinates to mention this thing. , anyway, just dismantle it and let the mules and horses carry it, so that there is no chance of transporting it during the war.

Now, among the arrows falling in clusters, Dusonville could not care so much. He quickly set up two bellows cannons, one facing the gap in the wall, which was the focus of the Hasidis' next round of attack. , one facing the water.

"What are you doing, using such a disgusting thing?" Anthony angrily hit Dusonville on the shoulder and scolded. It was obvious that in the eyes of this military tribune, the ballista shooting with flint bullets was a scholastic truth, and this ability The jar that shoots out a stream of fire is a deviant monster.

"No matter how disgusting it is, we have to use it now. The number of casualties is nearly half, and the reinforcement road seems to be cut off. This is the only way to hold on!" Dusonville pushed Anthony away unceremoniously. Strictly ordered his subordinates to light the bellows cannon.

At this time. Hundreds of Hasidim, wearing armor and carrying torches, approached the open gaps in several crescent-shaped walls. Then a thunder-like sound sounded in the air, and thunder-like red light passed by, illuminating the scene. At a distance of several stadia, the first blow almost grazed the scalps of all the Hasidis, but many people stayed in place with their weapons before they could react. The second adjusted fire dragon blasted directly into the middle of the crowd, and instantly the stench of burning fire rose up, and countless burned people ran around like moving fire torches. This power, this heaven-defying feeling, Anthony, and even Dusonville, who stayed behind the walls illuminated by the fire, were stunned.

Then, without stopping, with the third and fourth blows, the entire Hashidi assault force was burned like ants on a hot pot and scattered away. After all, their bodies were no match for the power of the flames.

Subsequently. In addition to the flames burning everywhere on the battlefield, there were also densely packed corpses. Silence fell.

Within a quarter of a second, bursts of shrill trumpets frightened Anthony and Dusonville half to death again, because the sound was approaching rapidly from the rear. It was chaotic at first, and then became dense and rhythmic—— This is the thousand-man team from Highbrida. Most of them were scarred. They broke through the interceptions along the way and entered this abandoned camp. Seeing the fire and corpses all over the ground, this person couldn't help but be shocked. If he had arrived a day or two late, he would have been entangled. On that unknown fortress on the cliff, I am afraid that Anthony's two thousand people will really be here.

After the two sides met, they all nested in the camp. Under the slowly green smoke and the dusk was deep, it seemed that the Hasidis had retreated a lot. Anthony said directly to Hebrida, "The remnants of the two infantry regiments will be assigned to you. Take the lead, the Gauls and I will ride in front to clear the way back, and you will serve as the rear guard.”

Without thinking much, Hebrida gave Anthony a military salute, and then began to set up the battle line. Antony left the two bellows cannons with him, and then brought hundreds of Vibys who could still fight on horseback. The Chinas people took advantage of the night to rush towards the cliff behind.

At noon the next day, Antony's cavalry, each of them looking like a ghost or a ghost, met up with Petheneus's group. After Pethenius got a little understanding of the situation, he asked to send out troops. After going in again to rescue Hebrida who was holding on, Anthony and Faobinas volunteered at the same time, willing to turn back.

It wasn't until the early morning of the third day that everyone finally came out. Before leaving, Hebrida smashed and disassembled the two bellows cannons at the same time and threw them into the Tostone River.

In this battle, Lepidah's aggressive plan completely failed. Not only did he fail to raid the Yazda Fortress as originally planned, he was ambushed in succession and suffered heavy losses. The most fortunate thing for everyone is that the Hasidic believers are still a ragtag group. If they were in the desert, For warlike tribes or powerful forces in the civilized world, whether it is the chief thousand-man brigade of the Thirteenth Army, or the attached cavalry brigade, plus several auxiliary brigade, they will really be lost in this gentle and beautiful river valley.

Lepidus, who was standing next to the Apollo Spring, was very dull and silent. In the end, he decided to stick to the winter camp, treat the wounded, and not take any military measures for the Yazda Fortress for the time being.

Even Highbrida's request to remove the nameless fortress on the cliff was severely rejected by Lepidus. All operations will be completed in one go in the coming spring.

The Fortress of Yazda was filled with joy. There was a lot of Roman abandoned things piled up at the corner of the platform, including helmets, cloaks, shields, weapons, etc. "Sword of the Messiah" David Anget came here specially. Let’s celebrate this victory with everyone. Later, he asked Pation to withdraw the garrison of the unknown fortress and concentrate all the main forces to hold on, because no matter how stupid the Romans were, they probably would not be fooled a second time.

"What's new about the enemy in this battle, compared with the Cyrene city-state army?" David picked up a flame-tongue flag from the pile of spoils and asked Pation and others who were accompanying him.

"Indeed, they have something that can spit out extremely long flames and burn our soldiers to death, just like thunder and lightning in the dark night." Pation did not hide anything.

David Ankit frowned and tried to think about it according to his subordinates' description. Then he walked quickly to the top battlement of the fortress and stared at the naval base in the mountain belly and the bay on the opposite bank. The external protection measure was to use several Roman-rule wooden stakes to form a half-moon circle with an iron chain in the middle.

"No, bring stones and bricks from Cyrene as soon as possible, build a crescent wall around this wooden pile, and build a tower, lay crossbows and fuel."

After a while, Pation looked at him and said, "There are only wood and earth in this valley corridor, and no qualified stones."

"That's why I asked to bring these things from Cyrene." David Ankit was puzzled.

Several people looked at each other and then said, "High Priest James has issued a new decree, strictly prohibiting us from using coins with pagan totems, whether they are gold, silver, or copper, so even if we import from Cyprus, merchants will not do it." (To be continued..)