"Victory gives the cowardly people the capital to brag, while failure gives the bravest people the only shame. ※%" - Ancient Roman proverb

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"Father, look, it's our fleet coming from Cyrene." At this time, the sharp-eyed Paruma pointed at the other side of the ocean and shouted at Li Bida.

Sure enough, under the rising sun, Libida commissioned Gable and Aidangis to form a double-row column in the new fleet trained by Cyrene Brundim, heading towards Lelibi. Their commander was still the pirate Macmillan, and the sails were hung with purple dyed sails painted on them, which reflected dazzling and noble colors in the sun. The statues in front of each ship's bow were made of sterling silver, which were very eye-catching.

However, unlike the low and narrow warships that pass through the entire Mediterranean, the hulls, sideways and towers of all ships of Cyrene's new fleet are taller, and the number of masts and sails has increased. They are generally divided into three, and the sterns are equipped with spinnakers that can adjust the wind direction and are mixed with cross sails. This is a skill learned from Egyptian and Arab ships, and has a more flexible and powerful rudder. It also saves the number of oarsmen and allows more personnel to participate in the combat team. The meaning of oarsmen is often not to provide power to the ships.

They usually only use it when rowing ships out of shallow water ports. Once they enter the deep ocean, the sails will play a decisive role, and the entire sail is made of fine leather and hung with a fire-proof asbestos layer - ironic. The crystallization of these technologies is actually provided by the Gaul barbarians who were looked down upon by the Romans. Previously, when Victintoli became a Roman ally and suppressed the resistance of the marine barbarians, he gave two thousand captured or surrendered Victic to Li Bida, and used it for shipbuilding and training oarsmen.

After absorbing the manufacturing technology of the Vinettes, under the planning of Gable and others, two towers were set up for the towering bow and stern of the new ship. They were taller than Roman and Greek ships of the same period, and there were still platforms of various weapons: three or four scorpion crossbows, or two heavy crossbow cannons. However, in the cabin below the platform, the crew opened a shooting window, with three places, on both sides of the "bellow cannons" that could spray deadly flames, while a long cast copper tube was extended in the center, which was embedded in a simple pulley track, as eye-catching as the fangs of a beast. On the outside of the tower, foldable and recyclable iron collision angles were hung. On the deck between the towers on both sides, shields and asbestos boards were hung. When fighting on the side, it was also a combat area where spearmen and archers were concentrated.

"It looks like a ferocious wild boar." Li Bida laughed when he saw these ships, "In terms of the fleet, Pompey and Rabinus rely on the veteran Lipo, who followed Pompey in the east and west many years ago. He is indeed an excellent general, but the role he can play may be nothing more than el. We don't need to be afraid of Baleali's fleet."

When Cyrene's "New Legion" came down from the round transport ship, not only Leo and Paruma, but all the other legions were shocked. The infantry of this new legion, holding a five-foot-long sharp spear, hung at the waist with short soldiers that were narrower than swords, wearing trousers and leather boots similar to Gallic people, with colorful feathers on the hat and helmet, and carrying a round shield that was shorter and lighter than a Roman-style shield. When walking, it was like a moving black iron forest.

There were also many light scattered soldiers on both sides of the army, some carrying bows and arrows, some carrying stone-capping ropes, some carrying belly bows, and some actually carrying forked and spiked brackets and long copper tubes. The entire legion was about 5,000, of which there were only about four infantry soldiers who were fighting in hand and hand, while the other six brigades were all shooting soldiers, and there were two brigades of subordinate soldiers, all of whom were cavalry cannons with iron shields, pulled by mule carriages, and followed in a mighty manner.

Then came down the new cavalry army, and the ones running in the front were the Mathia and Vibichinas, whose outfits were not different from before; followed by about three squadrons of Sweaver cavalry, who abandoned the traditional rough spears and replaced them with iron nail hammers with stronger melee killing power, tomahawks and swords, hanging everywhere on the towering saddles, like a moving arsenal; and finally appeared a mysterious team, who did not ride horses, as if because the horses were still on other ships and had not yet landed, the group of people were wrapped in cloaks from top to bottom, making it impossible to see clearly.

However, judging from the number, the new cavalry legion formed by Li Bida was the essence. Its organization is larger than all infantry legions, close to eight thousand people.

"It's very interesting. As promised, the new cavalry legion was handed over to Paruma, and the new infantry legion was handed over to me personally. Then I decided to adopt the strategy of two-line battles - two new legiones, the sixth legion and the fifteenth legion, a total of four legiones crossing the sea first, and the rest were stationed in Lilibi, waiting for my command." Li Bida pulled out the gilded baton from his waist, pointed to the south of the ocean, and said.

At the same time, in the distant city of Corduba in the center of the Iberian Peninsula, there were also densely packed legions standing in line with the formation and flag. They had heavy infantry equipped in the style of the Roman legion, standing in the first row, and many barbarian auxiliary soldiers wearing leather armor, carrying darts and Spanish swords, mixed in the middle of the array. On both sides and in front, there were countless barbarian light cavalry shouting, galloping in circles, stirring up smoke and dust in the sky.

This time, the young Pompei brothers pushed Labinus as the leader and commander of the entire restoration army, and waved at all the legions on the tower he built.

Soon, more than a hundred people wearing knight cloaks were escorted to the front of the army by the executioner, and all the people fell silent. Then the executioner cut off their heads and their bodies fell into the dug pit. Cheers suddenly rang out, "These are all figures in the Iberian Peninsula who are loyal to the Caesar party. I will kill them now, confiscate all their property and farms, and allocate them to you-the soldiers loyal to the Republic, whether you are a citizen or a barbarian." Rabinus shouted

, "There is no other reason, it is the revenge of the public enemy declaration incident in Rome. In addition, the nine towns that have resisted stubbornly have been seized by our army. I now announce that all these cities will be flattened, all the people inside will be confiscated as military slaves and prostitutes, and all the goods will be allocated to everyone. Now I can proudly announce that the entire Spain and Lusitania are our territories. Now it is said that Li Bida has led the crusades without knowing the death of life and death, which is just right, so that we can cross half of the ocean to find him."
Chapter completed!