Augustus Road

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"I was defeated by Varro first, and then by Hannibal." At the Battle of Cannae, the fallen Consul Paulus said that his colleague Consul Varro strongly demanded a decisive battle with Hannibal

"The enemy is coming again!" The Curio Legion, which was busy building fortifications, had to put on armor and weapons again to fight against the "returning" army of King Juba, but no one could have expected that King Juba's 40,000 troops were five Roman miles ahead of them, and they kept sending troops to rush over.

The Spanish swordsmen under King Juba also formed a horizontal formation similar to the Roman legion, fighting alternately with Curio's troops. Previously, Curio's deputy general, Librus, was able to defeat the opponent several times and drive them back, but the enemy was increasing. Even the brave and warlike Massi soldiers were exhausted. The dust was getting bigger and bigger. They were forced to retreat along the cross section of the road to Utica, and the wounded soldiers were increasing.

In the flying sand and gravel, the Roman soldiers carrying armor and shields began to feel uncomfortable. His nostrils were full of this stuff. Thirst and physical exhaustion also troubled everyone, but Librus still bravely stood on the left wing of the queue, and together with all the senior centurions, he encouraged morale on the front line and repelled the enemy's attacks again and again, making Sapsa, the general manager of the Numidian palace, embarrassed. On the other side, groups of Numidian or Mauritanian cavalry appeared from nowhere. They didn't care about any positions or targets at all. They just kept weaving and circling. They ran all over the hills and mountains. Then they launched a disorderly attack on Curio's rear camp like a bunch of flies and wasps. Although most of them were repelled by Curio, the soldiers reached the critical point of their physical strength after a long time. At this time, Pompey's two legions also climbed a high hill overlooking the battlefield. "Curio is completely finished. He rashly asked the soldiers to disperse and build fortifications before the enemy situation completely disappeared. In a hurry, these legions also lacked experience in coordinating battles with each other, and there were no sufficient manpower to serve as reserve forces. The connection with the rear camp was also not smooth and too deep." Pompey, standing on the top, watched the fierce battle below and did not forget to comment.

"Although I know that what I said is disrespectful to Rome, I still have to remind you that you should be happy now and make arrangements for our actions immediately." Demetrius on the side reminded.

"Yes, yes, I can't get rid of my bad habit of nagging when I encounter a military formation. Vibrius, take the first legion directly; Peletaus, take the second legion directly. Although I am the supreme commander of these two legions, you two are both senior centurions, so let me watch your performance here. The first legion marches forward quickly, searches for the enemy's camp and attacks; the second legion marches towards the city of Utica, tells Tulas to launch a decisive counterattack, break the enemy's blockade, and drive them back to Cornelius' old camp." Pompey issued these orders very clearly and orderly. In this way, Curio was really surrounded by thousands of cavalrymen. Then King Juba's cavalry launched a long-accumulated assault, separating his rear team from Laibrus's front team. Curio repeatedly declined his cavalry captain's request to abandon the team and escape, and continued to fight with everyone. But now he only had the courage in desperation, but he had lost his judgment of the whole situation. He forgot to send cavalry for help to the city of Utica because there was a Masi army there.

In the end, Curio issued the most failed order. When he saw that the team was surrounded by King Juba's cavalry driving back and forth, he thought that going up the mountain was the best strategy for confrontation. God pity, if Laibrus was by his side at this time, he would definitely refute this plan: infantry must set up guards and archers, and constantly alternate to cover each other to be a good strategy to resist the siege of cavalry. Once they rashly go up the mountain, they will inevitably be completely surrounded and killed.

Earlier, when Lepidus fought with Labinus' cavalry after landing, he never went to the high ground next to him, but lined up to fight and firmly controlled the water source.

Sure enough, when Curio finally went up the mountain, the enemy cavalry quickly surrounded the top of the mountain. Although they did not have bows and arrows like the Parthians, they still cut off the connection between Curio and the river.

At this time, the front team of Laibrus was still desperately resisting more and more enemies, until a horn sounded, all the Massi and the 14th Legion soldiers felt the soft sand under their feet trembling and cracking. Laibrus, who was injured all over, stood up with his sword. He saw the enemy cavalry in front running to both sides, and the smoke and dust in front was like a hurricane in the sunset, but it was a windless day. Groups of black shadows were getting bigger and closer in the sight of the soldiers, and the towering towers on their backs were like warships sailing on land, with thunderous cries.

"It's an elephant!" shrill cries were heard everywhere, and then King Juba's elephant herd crushed into the battle formation of Leibrus. The soldiers could no longer maintain a dense formation. They dodged in front of the tusks, and some rolled under the elephant's belly, ready to draw their swords and stab, but they were quickly shot and chopped down by the Numidian infantry and cavalry following closely behind.

"Keep calm, hold the javelin tightly in your hand, and throw it at their soft parts." After saying that, Laibrus bravely pushed away the two soldiers who were paralyzed by fear, picked up their javelins, and shot them at the war elephants that were rushing in front. r1292