Augustus Road

As a result, Caesar failed to "inspect" Antony's position at all, because as soon as he arrived there, Antony's army was attacked from both inside and outside - there were attacking troops commanded by Labienus on the front, and on the back there were troops who had been lured away but were now killed. Two Macedonian provincial legions returned.

When Caesar lowered his body and climbed up to Antony's command post on the core hill, he found that he was instructing the recruits of the 20th Legion on how to dig trenches. Under the arrows falling like a rainstorm, An was hiding under the diagonally erected wooden planks. , gesticulating, the wooden board was so densely covered with arrow feathers that you couldn't even put your fingers in.

"You should organize defense and counterattack, instead of paying attention to the construction of fortifications!" Caesar also came behind the plank and shouted to Antony.

"You have to do these things anyway, you can't escape." Anthony explained like this, and then he realized that Dictado was next to him, so he hurriedly made a gesture and saluted. At this time, a burst of exclamation came from him. The two looked down and saw that Rabinus's elite soldiers had broken through to the foot of the mountain. The soldiers of the 20th legion were all rookies. They failed to hold on to the wooden fence, but ran towards the mountain in panic without any purpose, so Rabinus The soldiers shouted, pushed down the wooden fence with their shields, or chopped it down with their swords, filled the ravine, and then crossed over to pursue them.

Before Caesar could remind him, Antony jumped away, grabbed the trumpet from the trumpeter beside him, blew it, and then shouted, "The sixteenth legion stationed in the south, come here and kill the enemy in front of you. Just fight back!"

Hearing the sound of the trumpet, Cleitas and Faobinas, who were originally monitoring and defending the two enemy legions in the south, were stunned by the Sixteenth Legion. What if the Sixteenth Legion ran there for reinforcements. What should I do if the enemy comes up here?

But I can’t care about that much. Lepidus governed the army very harshly. Everything on the battlefield is based on the commander's orders, and there must be no hesitation or hesitation. Cleitas didn't say anything, just put the Thracian helmet on his head, "I'll leave the legion flag to you!" He is After shouting this to Phaobinas, he immediately led the legion's chief group and a group of archers and flew up the opposite slope. At this moment, Rabinus's soldiers were all over the mountain and climbing up the positive slope. Caesar and Antony were sandwiched on the middle ridgeline on both sides.

"It's too late, just throw it!" Cletus ordered. A group of archers raised the golden fly flag, quickly formed a horizontal line, quickly set up their bows and arrows directly on the reverse slope, and hurriedly threw a wave toward the sky. Arrow feathers, these arrows passed directly over the heads of Caesar and Antony, and then whizzed down one after another, falling into Rabinus's charging formation. Immediately, the ground was full of casualties, and the opponent's offensive was also disrupted. Then the chief brigade of the Sixteenth Legion of Cleitas rushed up in time, shouted in unison, violently threw light hunting spears at the enemy who had not yet reacted, and then held up their spears to form a porcupine formation, thundering The ground pressed down. Rabinus's soldiers could not hold it any longer. They were routed in confusion. On their way back, they were blocked by scattered wooden palisades and ditches, and were killed by Cleitas.

After defeating Labienus, Antony asked the recruits of the 20th Legion to stop their panic and said, "Go back and continue to hold your post at the wooden fence. Just now you have shown the ugliness of the defeat to our dictator. Don’t do it a second time!”

When the soldiers of the Twentieth Legion saw that their behavior had caught Caesar's eyes, they felt that it was worse than dying in battle. They regained their courage, picked up their weapons, and all rushed back to the gate without saying a word. Immediately under the subsequent attacks of Rabinus, these recruits were able to maintain their composure even though they suffered casualties, and drove back a large number of enemies one after another, and the wooden fence and trench were immediately completed.

Over there, Cleitas did not make any stop, and led the team as fast as he could, regardless of fatigue, and ran towards the original position of the Sixteenth Army. When passing the command post, Caesar shouted to Cleitas , "Please stay temporarily, you must let the commander know the names of his warriors."

"I don't have the time!" Cleitas replied without looking back, then ran down again, shuttled and fought, and helped the legion commander repel the offensive of the two enemy legions to the south.

Three days later, Caesar's army miraculously succeeded in building a blockade that stretched for 25 Roman miles and surrounded Cocula, truly realizing the strategy of "encircling more with less".

"Post an Acuta in front of the Juilliard Hall and the Grand Forum, saying that Pompey's main army in Greece, a total of 100,000 people, has been defeated by me with a small number and is surrounded by the city of Corcula. There is no way out. Escape, their destruction is imminent." This is what Caesar said to the clerk and treasurer beside him. Yes, he was exaggerating, but isn't that the case in terms of strategic public opinion? Then, the Roman dictator slowly walked out of the hilltop where he was sitting and came to the front line. Then he saw that Rabinus's fortifications had also been completed, with twenty-four towers and fifteen Roman miles of wall trenches. The confrontation with Caesar, an outer circle and an inner circle.

Caesar suddenly felt a wave of malice in his heart.

He felt uncomfortable. Maybe he was really deceiving himself. Within Rabinus's defense circle, there was a fleet and a large area of ​​forest and grassland for grazing. Could he eat the opponent? Or the other party eats you.

At this time, a confidential slave sent him a letter, "Scipio of Pompey has crossed the sea to Greece with three legions."

"Three legions named Lepidus, desperate to stop Scipio!" Caesar said simply.

"It's ridiculous. 20,000 people are besieging 40,000 people, and there are 20,000 enemies attacking from the outside. It's simply ridiculous!" When the battle situation on the outer front was presented to Li Bida, he slapped the letter on the table fiercely. Then he shouted to all the lieutenants, "Our dictator is asking for trouble. His ambition and appetite are too great. Even if I can block Scipio's men, he cannot eat Labienus." "

When Sabo carefully told him that this plan was proposed by Anthony, Lepidus glared and retorted, "Who and what kind of stupid person would teach Anthony such a tactical policy that overestimates his capabilities?"

So Sabo and the others closed their mouths and stopped saying any more words.

Lepidus was sitting in front of the table, thoughtful, and then he traced his fingers on the table, "Originally, I guessed that after Scipio landed, he would go directly to the Via Egnatia to attack Caesar; but now, Since he has collected so much tax in Asia Minor, he will definitely make a big deal in Macedonia and Athens after crossing the sea. This guy is such a villain, greedy for money and lust, and he has always been Pompey's father-in-law. It is absolutely impossible for me to petition and rush to accept the command of Labienus so quickly."

Finally, Lepidus decided to divide his troops into two groups and prepare to suppress Scipio! (To be continued...)