Augustus Road

Li Bida gritted his teeth and agreed to Saihar's request. However, if all the soldiers got these fifty silver coins, they must continue to march to Taktun. "In addition, one-third of the spoils from the annihilation of the Bronze Shield Army will still be returned to the army." The fifteenth legion and the twenty-eighth legion are shared. \u0026{}But the conditions are still the same, both at night and under the stars, because I don’t know how long Mindaz’s suspicious soldiers can maintain their effect.”

As the military song of Lepidus's regiment goes, "We have eaten all the sticks and been forged into iron blocks." The 28th Corps is still a new addition. Although it was the last to be thrown into the valley battlefield by the cavalry commander, even though it was Such supporting operations also exhausted the German and Gaulish soldiers in their legions. On the other hand, the 12th and 15th legions became more energetic and fierce after a short rest. Quickly load up the equipment and weapons in the camp, one to the south and one to the north, and prepare to march in separate columns.

Many soldiers of the 28th Legion were sitting on the ground, moaning loudly, saying that in this horrible weather, they had marched no less than a hundred Roman miles, and even the soldiers who had fallen behind had not been gathered up, and now they had to go to the tower again. Ketun, this is the cavalry commander punishing them in disguise.

"You white-skinned, blond-haired guys like to wear helmets made of beast skulls on your heads and hold huge axes and chopping swords on the battlefield. Unexpectedly, they are all used to scare people." At this point, the 15th Legion A group of black Nubian soldiers, carrying a carriage full of trophies, walked proudly in front of the soldiers of the 28th Legion, and teased them mercilessly.

Several Germanic Weavers stood up and shouted in broken Latin, "We are men who can survive in the wind and snow. Look at you again. The enemy's bows and arrows are in the snowy fields. It is easy to kill the skin color everywhere." You who are hiding will be shot to death, and it will be shot from the huge nostrils!" Then the soldiers of the two legions started to quarrel and push each other.

"Don't make any noise, line up your troops as soon as possible and set off towards Taktun, otherwise I will ask the centurions of each centurion to whip you with canes." March commander Petheneus stood majestically in the middle of the crowd scolded, then he faced the queue of the 28th Legion, pointed to the cars filled with dazzling goods and said, "You must know that back then we followed General Lepidus on the expedition to Egypt and Cyrene. The entire army There is also a lack of sophisticated weapons and armor, and the salary is not much, but as long as you hone your skills in training and war, you can often see such rich trophies in the future. This time we return to Taktun, just to get Go chase and destroy the two legions under Pompey, and I guarantee that as long as the battle is won, all the soldiers in your legion will be equally rewarded with a hundred talents." Then, Petnaeus put his hands on his hips. He said with a bewitching air, "Think about it. As long as the war in Asia Minor is over, what cities will be here? Miletus, Ephesus, Sardis, are you still worried about the lack of wine and entertainment? Why should we envy the Twelve Legions who invaded Sinop!"

After speaking, Petnaeus pulled out the black flag-bearer of the Fifteenth Legion and untied his cloak. Then the soldiers of the Twenty-Eighth Legion suddenly saw that the black flag-bearer's face was filled with pride, because His breastplate was full of golden chains and medals, and then Petheneus instructed that those were awarded by Caesar, those were awarded by the Egyptian Pharaoh Ptolemy, and those were newly awarded by the cavalry commanders in previous battles.

Seeing this strong evidence, the Germans lowered their heads in shame. These forest barbarians admired fighting heroes the most. They frankly accepted the order of rapid march, and secretly made up their minds to obtain their own glory and medals.

After reaching an agreement, the two legions carried a long column of captured carriages and continued to drive towards Taktun through the snow.

At this time, Scipio had just realized that he had fallen into Mindaz's trap. When he formed an elite detachment and went around the mountain to prepare to attack Mindaz's "ambush position", he realized that there was someone there. The ground is full of messy horse hoof prints, as well as some pots and stoves and old weapons! Then, the four brigades commanded by Apis also "struggled" to attack Mindaz's "camp" on the cliff. In the end, they only found that there was only a wooden fence and a few haystacks on it.

Mindaz's thousand cavalry had already traveled another twenty Roman miles and once again set up a position in the southern wilderness close to the city of Tactum. At this time, Scipio, who had set up a strong camp on the same spot, was completely panicked. , "I have a very bad feeling. The enemy cavalry that attacked my camp before was estimated to number at least five thousand, but now they have adopted tactics that confuse us, so--"

"Then, these five thousand cavalry may have galloped to the Amasya area." Apis said for him.

Then, the two people sitting in the tent were silent. After a while, Scipio carefully asked the other party again what he thought the current situation of the Bronze Shield Army was.

In the end, Apis just shook his head and said he didn't know.

But no matter what, the situation before them is getting more and more serious - according to the scout cavalry sent by Scipio, Caesar has also begun to lead the team to approach their rear. Now there are two legions of Caesar's successors. They had already crossed the sea one after another, and together with the newly collected 9th and 7th Macedonian legions, he was awarded the designations of the 30th legion and the 31st legion respectively, so that this man already had the power of five legions at hand instantly.

So it is meaningless to capture Taketun now. It seems that even if the Bronze Shield Army wins, it is meaningless to join forces with Menander. Because there are still four or five legions of the enemy Lepidus in Byzantium. With the two legions at hand, they can't resist them anyway, unless they cross the Euxine Sea with Menander and go to the Bosporus grassland. In that case, Caesar may take into account the long journey and let them go.

"Going to that place full of grasslands and goats is not okay!" Scipio flatly rejected this idea, and then he discussed and said that now they should quickly bypass Taketun and rush to Cilicia according to Apis' original plan before the enemy troops in the north and south surround them.

But Apis asked the commander-in-chief to discard unnecessary baggage and only carry the corresponding food, so that the speed can be faster. So the two of them had another argument, and Scipio's defense was also reasonable, "You know, we are at a disadvantage now. If there is no salary to encourage them, the soldiers will flee halfway, not to mention the money needed to continue recruiting soldiers after reaching Cilicia."

In the end, Scipio decided to take the baggage with him, but discarded the heavy items that the soldiers had looted before, and only took the gold and silver. He began to give up joining the Bronze Shield Army and fled towards Lycdania, "I'm sorry, Menander, I am a Roman general, and I can't run to the wild land on the other side of the Black Ocean after all." (To be continued...)

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