Augustus Road

"The unmarried people vowed to marry their wives, while the married people rode home, eager to find their wives." - Xenophon describes the audience's reaction after watching an erotic performance at a private house banquet

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But Caesar calmly continued to climb the tower at the risk, and together with the ordinary soldiers, inspected the messy battlefield. After a while, he said to the token officer and Milu in a very clear voice, "No, we don't want to If we rashly go to the Grand Theater to meet up with the leader of the Reckless Brigade, our soldiers are not familiar with this city and will be surrounded by the enemy. Do you see the place over there?"

Milou and the military tribune on duty followed Caesar's instructions and found an undeveloped marshland about a furlong and a half away from Cape Nochias, which was full of overgrown weeds and connected by rivers. Facing the ocean, this swamp forms a triangular shape with the promontory and the Grand Theater. “In this triangular area, there are ()3.s. very dense residential buildings, which can be used as our fortifications. In addition, the swamp has The fodder can also provide supplies for the cavalry's horses." After speaking, Caesar made a few gestures quickly, and Milu understood everything immediately. There was a sound of trumpets, and the side and main entrances of the Nokias camp were opened wide. Milu led three hundred elite soldiers under Caesar to form a rectangular tortoise shell formation. The spears and stones fired by the Egyptian thugs were blocked by these layers of shields. The armor bounced off, and when Milu's tortoise-shell array crushed the Egyptian equipment launch position like a steel centipede, after a rapid hand-to-hand encounter, this group of weak-willed rabble fled one after another. Their ballistae were not captured. Just burned.

But that side of the city. When more thugs and soldiers heard that Caesar was about to break out, they crowded along the streets. Many people even climbed onto the roofs of houses, prepared stones, and prepared to smash down to destroy Caesar's army in the "People's War". "In the vast ocean", at this moment, a few sharp-eyed people suddenly shouted from the rooftops. It turned out that there was a branch road on the east side of this area of ​​streets and residences. Suddenly, another group of Roman cavalry appeared, mostly Germans, shouting and rushing through the thugs who were blocking them. Among them was the leading general, whose bright bald head was particularly eye-catching in the sunlight. Isn't that the Roman dictator Caesar? ?

This group of cavalry did not encounter any decent resistance and quickly rushed into the swamps to the east. Then the elite soldiers led by Milu did not have any intention of charging in the direction of the Grand Theater. Instead, they retreated slightly and formed a neat formation. shape. The front of the camp was protected, and then more soldiers came out of the camp. Only a small number of this group of people were equipped with weapons, and most of them were equipped with pickaxes, shovels, and baskets for carrying bricks and stones. They began to build fortifications along the streets and houses between the camp and the swamp. They expertly built half of the The wall connected the houses that were originally densely packed together, forming a diagonal ready-made barrier, connecting the swamp with the Nokias camp. "Burn with fire!" Groups of thugs threw pots of fire, and the bold ones rushed forward and threw torches, trying to burn Caesar's soldiers to death in the house, but the buildings of Alexandria and its earthwork It was different from the main residences in the Roman city. Most of them were built with bricks and stones that were set on fire, and they all had vaults. When torches and cupping jars were smashed on them, they rolled down instead, burning many of their own people to death.

The next day, Caesar's soldiers adopted the "Pangolin Tactics". After they established a foothold in the swamp, they put to use the equipment they had previously captured from the Egyptian siege team. The soldiers removed the bronzes from several siege engines. The bumps and levers were dismantled and simply modified so that three or four people could hold them easily. Then Caesar's soldiers did not walk along the street, but dug through the wall of one house to another. Elite soldiers with sharp blades followed closely behind, killing and driving away thugs occupying the rooms or rooftops, just like chasing away a swarm of cockroaches. In this way, Caesar's defense line continued to extend along the streets, eventually enclosing the triangular area of ​​the Grand Theatre, the swamps and the promontory, surrounded by shield cars and deer guards.

It only took a day or so for Caesar to fight from the initial raid to the moment he established a solid military camp.

Facts have proved that this ragtag group cannot stand on the stage in front of him and his elite soldiers.

In front of a wall, several Roman soldiers were holding their breath, looking at a shield holder in front of them, who was covering a bronze battering bar and a pickaxe, constantly hitting the wall in front of them. With a bang, the engineering staff quickly retreated, and The shield holder lowered his body in the smoke and blocked several attacks from swords and arrows. Then the big-headed soldiers shouted and rushed past the shield holder, rushing in along the collapsed cave and closing in on the wall. The few thugs who were still resisting were all killed in an instant.

Then, Caesar himself ducked down and got behind the soldiers. He frowned and looked at the corpses of the enemies scattered around the house. Then he opened the main door, and the sun shone brightly. This happened to be the Grand Theater. At the junction of the rear and the alley, the soldiers of the Chief Brigade of the Tenth Legion who were patrolling at the shooting window opposite cheered when they saw the dictator shaking off the dust easily and walking out towards them.

"Raise all the walls to 40 Roman feet, so that the enemy can't get in anyway." The dance floor of the Grand Theater became a temporary command post, where Caesar and Secundus deployed together, "And the garrison on the island of Pharos and our friends in the Jewish Quarter should not act rashly, just hold on to your position, I am more than enough to hold here with my men of the Ten Legions." Caesar said confidently, then he took out a stack of official documents and ordered the reinforcements from Asia Minor to be sent as soon as possible.

"The two legions of the cavalry commander Lepidus must have arrived at the Pelusium Fortress. As long as we can hold on for about ten days, his troops will surely rush from the east by boat to rescue us. And what about Ibos?" At this time, Caesar's trusted clerk Igurus said.

Igyulus's subtext is whether we should send troops to attack the Pharaoh's palace directly, because according to the map of this city, if we attack in a straight line, Ptolemy XIII will not be able to resist and can only escape by boat from the royal dock.

Caesar shook his head and said that it was not the time yet. If we captured or killed Ptolemy XIII directly, it would attract more thugs to attack. Even the few Egyptian legions that were still holding a warm attitude might not be able to sit idly by. So this matter was temporarily put on hold and the crossbow shooting at the Ibos Palace was withdrawn. "Don't lose the wolf because of anger. I still have to let all Egyptians see that the current war is not caused by the Pharaoh against me, but by a small group of people with ulterior motives. This way, we can win more friends and reduce more enemies, right?".

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