Augustus Road

"A great general who wants to conquer others must rely on his own virtue rather than the vices of others." - Camillus, the famous military reformer and general of ancient Rome

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Amidst the shouts, the light infantry of Numidia ran like lightning. They ran barefoot in the desert and mountains at the same speed as the cavalry. This allowed the cavalry to not worry about covering these people, and both sides could charge and fight together.

This group of people rushed forward like a tide, fought for a while, and then retreated. Then under Rabinus's signal, another group of people came out from the valley again to take over the fierce battle. Rabinus was obviously well prepared this time. He used a camel team to support his tactics. Not only did many camels come with water bags and javelins to serve as logistics, but he also selected four camels and decorated them with armor. , and erected many colorful flags on the wooden tower on his back to issue complex coordinated combat instructions, which shows that Rabinus's command system has also been practiced for a long time. The naked Numidians commanded freely.

Moreover, Labienus should have given a special order in advance, that is, the hunting spears and javelins fired by the Numidians were specifically aimed at the horses of Lepidus' army and were not focused on shooting people. This tactic was very vicious and tricky. When the soldiers of the 15th legion formed a defensive formation, they rushed up and threw javelins. Then, when the cavalry attached to the legion launched a counterattack, they retreated like the wind. The following men and horses faced the rushing cavalry and horses. Killer. After several rounds of fighting. More than half of the war horses of the fifteenth legion were lost. These were all carefully raised by Tobias from Cyrene with great effort. The horses are gone. Many cavalrymen had no choice but to come down and trek with the infantry. As a result, for two full days, the troops did not move a single Roman mile.

And Rabinus gave a signal on the mountain, and the saddleless Numidian cavalry began to intersperse between the fifteenth legion and the twelveth legion. They rode to the left and right. But like an insect, it strictly adheres to its own tactical order in the chaos. And constantly "pushed" Lepidus' army towards the east.

"They are trying to make us give up the route to Agaba City, confuse our pace and thinking, and then drive us to a desert place. In this way, Rabinus traps us and can easily drive us into the desert without water. Our army will be annihilated." Selha saw Rabinus's intention and said to Lepidus.

"How far is it from Agaba City?" Lepidus shouted, surrounded by Numidian cavalry passing by.

"About nine Roman miles or so." Sabo, who was next to Lepidus, replied holding the box. His mount was also shot to death.

"Send the order to the whole legion. All soldiers should leave their luggage and mule carts. I will personally lead the veterans to the rear." After finishing speaking, Lepidus gave up his mount to Sabo. "You take a group of cavalry and rush to Agaba City. Go and ask Anthony to send troops to rescue him." Sabo nodded and got on the horse with a cheer. Selha gathered all the remaining cavalry. He held up his shield and sandwiched Sabo in the middle. He rushed through the piles of luggage and goods on the ground with smoke and dust. Over there, half a mile away from Rome, the Twelve Legions were also bypassed by the Numidian cavalry. Surrounded by streaks of smoke and dust, Sabo gritted his teeth. He saw the opportunity right, just before the enemy retreated. It jumped through the gap.

"What, the chief officer was surrounded by enemies in the wild?" When the disgraced Sabo rode outside Agaba City, Vercingetorio was particularly surprised when he learned of the situation, but Anthony just yelled , all the cavalry left behind prepared their saddles and prepared to mount their horses.

Vercingetor grabbed Antony and spoke in Greek, "What if the enemy also has a team outside the city?"...

But Antony asked him to speak Latin, because he really couldn't understand Greek, so Vercingetorius repeated what he said.

"You can't abandon the chief executive and generals, it's that simple." At this moment, Anthony looked even more surprised, and then he got on his horse and prepared to lead everyone to attack.

"But what about the city of Agaba? If the Numidians rush in and take this city away, we will lose our foothold." Vercingetor then faced his subordinates again. The Gallic cavalry shouted the slogan to dismount.

Anthony became irritable and replied, "That doesn't matter. As long as we rescue Lepidus' two legions, even if Agaba is lost, we can take it back. Then my conversation with you has been delayed for a long time. Now you must I have to let go and don't delay my battle, because when the 12th and 15th legions went to war, they carried very little water.

"Yes, the chief can only hold on for about two seconds. If we don't go for reinforcements, the entire team will be in danger." Sabo also mounted his horse and told everyone.

At this time, there was a huge smoke and dust outside the city of Agaba. As expected, many Numidian cavalry without saddles rushed over, showing off their power, claiming that Lepidus had been completely annihilated by them, and demanded that the city also surrender as soon as possible.

"We should stick to this place and head towards His Excellency Caesar's main camp!"

As a result, before Vercingetorius had finished speaking, Anthony waved his riding crop and gave him a blow with his backhand. Then Anthony raised his logo and shouted that the enemies were talking nonsense and that they had all fled from Zeta City. The defeated troops, our legions plundered a lot of treasures in that city, and now they are all following me, and those left behind will not get any share of the loot!

Then, all the cavalrymen shouted in unison, and followed Antony to rush out of the city of Agaba. As a result, the Numidian cavalry on the opposite side did not dare to confront head-on, and could only flee to the valley. "It's crazy, it's crazy, leaving a strong stronghold without defense, and going out to fight in the field." Vercingetorix complained loudly, but he could only ride on his horse and follow the team.

At this moment, the distance between the two legions was getting bigger and bigger. According to Labinus's observation, Lepidus was in the rear army, so he specially ordered 2,000 Numidian medium-armored cavalry with saddles to rush to the rear of the 12th Legion and fight a hard battle with Tagus's troops, and never let him and Lepidus' rear army get close. On the other side, the large group led by Callenus was getting farther and farther away in the fierce battle.

"The soldiers have run out of water!" In the phalanx of the 15th Legion, a group of veterans threw out caltrops to block the approach of the Numidian cavalry (because they no longer had arrows and javelins), and many people were discouraged to find out this fact.

"Pee and drink." As a result, officers such as Lepidus and Selha took the lead, gathered together, and jumped into the open leather bag. "Hey, your thing is black and big!" Lepidus looked at Selha in amazement and said.

"Thank you for the compliment, Chief Commander." Selha turned around and said, and ended up peeing on Lepidus's leg.

"Asshole, don't waste it!"