Augustus Road

Galius’s decisiveness made the surprise attack of the soldiers achieve an unexpected effect. The city was intimidated by the momentum of the three-way attack by Lepidus outside, so there was not enough manpower to protect this "appendix". During the period of wind and rain, more than a hundred leather shield soldiers climbed up regardless of fatigue and occupied a corner of the city wall. "Keep going up. If you can't lift the shield in your hand, then bring a short sword or dagger up. Anyway, keep attacking!" The centurions stood by the simple "ladder" and continued to "lift" their subordinates up fiercely, encouraging them.

After a while, the rain gradually became sparse, and the defenders who reacted began to withdraw their troops and horses, squeezing and counterattacking the troops of the 27th Legion who climbed up the corner of the city, but Galius personally stood with the soldiers, shouting that those with shields would provide protection for all their comrades, and the rest bravely stabbed with swords or threw javelins to kill and injure those who dared to approach along the battlements. In addition, they also sent flag signals to Lepidus's troops on the high slope.

At this time, the slaves in the rear and the vanguard of the Sixth Legion also arrived. The two "Madame Masseria" cannons had been assembled. It took forty packhorses to transport them separately. In addition, a skilled artillery unit was also strengthened. They quickly installed the iron-clad wooden bar, the "ghostly bullet", and after the torque was corrected, they did a "double-bar water discharge" very neatly, and immediately smashed the tower of the city gate and a bunch of the defenders' heads into pieces, with a sound like thunder. While the other side was horrified, Lepidus pointed his baton, and the guards and his elite soldiers shouted, lined up in dense formations, and launched a fierce attack on the ruined main gate in the south of the city. Pompey's tough centurion. With dozens of people, they bravely crowded at the city gate, densely holding up heavy javelins and auxiliary spears. They were ready to resist the opponent's tough attack, and the Medjet Guards flexibly avoided the sparse flying arrows from the tower. They formed two long wings to hold the city gate, and shot arrows into it like a string of cannons, so that the defenders of the city gate screamed violently, and the arrows often penetrated from one person's throat and arm, and then pierced into the eyes and neck of the next person, and the blood bloomed like flowers in the May field.

Finally, a wooden bar sent by the "lady" went straight through the passage between the two wings of the Medjet Guards. It rolled on the ground, and then slammed into the square crowd of the city gate defenders. Suddenly, intestines, broken limbs, broken javelin and shield fragments flew over from the other side of the city gate like a fountain, and the streets and arcades were covered with blood.

These people didn't even have a chance to retreat, they were instantly destroyed into powder, all dead and wounded were piled together, so that Lepidus's troops who rushed into the city gate stepped on slippery flesh and blood. "No. Colliberia!" When "Little Thunder God" Sextus screamed and woke up from the saddle "pillow" in the puddle, the surrounding sound was heavy. They were constantly pursued and oppressed by Caesar. This time they were forced to camp in a low-lying area. The cavalry could not go out to graze and get fodder. Most of the pack horses were killed and disposed of, and a lot of baggage was lost. The soldiers were even more exhausted. The cavalry beside him used the horse's back or saddle as a couch, sleeping upside down in the rain. They were motionless like corpses. The infantry hid under trees or mounds to avoid the rain, and put the heavy and hard wheat bags on the ground after absorbing water. The green smoke from the fire was like waves, stirring up heart-wrenching coughs everywhere.

Sextus's face was livid. Even in this damp environment, his cheeks were still red and frightening. When he walked towards the tents of Afranius and Peletaus, he asked directly: "Two commanders, I want to ask whether our army notified the people in Corriberia and Tarraco in advance when we retreated?" ...

Peletaus replied respectfully, "Don't worry, Corriberia has three battalions guarding the stone bridge, and just in case, I also ordered Tarraco, which is farther away, to send workers to build a pontoon bridge further downstream."

This answer calmed the little god of thunder a little. According to common sense, although Caesar's special forces over there have occupied the central transportation hub Corduba, they will not come so quickly, right? But strong worries surged in his heart again, so he said to Afranius: "Blow your bugle, I will lead a thousand cavalrymen to occupy the city of Corliberia first."

The other party said that this was difficult because the whole army had just finished a fierce rearguard battle and a long march, and was taking a comprehensive rest. "They are all exhausted soldiers and horses. What can you expect them to do?" But Sextus was still stubborn and irritable, "I don't trust any ready-made people and combat plans now. I am worried that the fall of Corliberia will give the enemy an advantage and we will have no way out, so I have to take people there now. This is a matter of life and death for the five legions, and it must be done now!"

Afranius had no choice but to agree to this plan, but the allied infantry and many legion soldiers refused to continue fighting. Even if they had to stay in the same place and get wet in the rain, they were unwilling to perform the duty.

After finally gathering a thousand people, the officer of Korliberia's rescue token arrived. "A large number of enemies are pouring out from everywhere and are attacking the city fiercely. Their arrogance is very arrogant."

"I knew it, bastards, you bastards!" Sextus yelled. He didn't know whether the "bastard" he meant was Lepidus or his own commanders who neglected their duties. But before he could explain, he mentioned Holding the tomahawk, he jumped on the horse angrily. Although the little red horse had not had a good rest, it still mustered up its energy and set off in the rain carrying its owner, because it vaguely understood that it was now facing an emergency situation.

Just as Sextus was advancing, Lepidus' twenty-seventh legion had already occupied the ferry city. Then the artillery detachment did not have time to rest, so they dismantled the lady cannon and carried it on pack horses to the high tower in the city that controlled the stone bridge. , quickly assembled it, and then asked people to temporarily dig a trench beside the city wall to completely seal the stone bridge so that the other party could not cross.

At the city gate, Lepidus, who came in on horseback with corpses, suddenly pointed at Combano beside him and ordered, "Immediately take five hundred cavalry and search forward along the Epollo River in the direction of Taraco. Thirty kilometers away, if you encounter a large enemy group, report back, and if you encounter a small group of troops, kill them all!"

"Haha, this kind of mission is so easy. Brothers, when we show our power again, the Sixth Army is still far behind us!" Kang Bano shouted, and immediately led hundreds of soldiers The good and habitual gangster ran away in the direction indicated by Li Bida.