Chapter 20 The Road to Ursau (1)
"As a FiTi, don't believe in any strategy that comes from Oti's white face." - Sula, the Admiral of the Navy of the Empire of Mauritania.
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Odax was very excited. He stepped forward and bowed to the statue to pay tribute, saying that there would never be any wavering performance in front of the formation. "As long as the high priest can continue to give this after I win." What he meant was obviously iced cherry wine, and the high priest smiled and raised his head, meaning you can drink it, so Odax raised his neck, and Guru Guru was very happy.
But soon, Li Bida held the pot and refused to allow him to continue. "The remaining half will come to get drinks when you return to triumph. In addition, I have two large cans of iced cherry wine here. If possible, I want to give it to you immediately."
On the third stairs the next day, the front-line soldiers of the Liwus Legion collected leaves and wooden strips, covered their helmets and shields, and quietly climbed to the opposite side of the camp of Machius, a hillside located a valley below. The high priest himself, with the guard, also quietly entered the shade of a furon tree behind, and then waved his hand to signal everyone to take his seat and prepare for battle.
After a while, Machius's patrol cavalry, strictly followed the regulations, stepped out from the main entrance of the camp, talking and laughing happily. After crossing the valley bottom, the leader of the leader dismounted himself, moved the antlers that could be moved in the middle of the picket stake, and then came out one after another.
The sentry soldiers of the Liwus Legion were scattered and hidden very well. They all lay in the grass that could cover themselves and remained motionless. The Makius's cavalry team probably hadn't seen the enemy for a long time. Or they had never thought that the enemy would cross the entire Snow Mountains and appear under their noses, and walked towards the hillside here in groups and loosely - as long as they pretended and patrol for half a day, they could go back to the camp to rest.
Suddenly, two rows of soldiers stood up from the opposite hillside and shouted loudly. Then rows of arrows and stones flew over. The leader of the cavalry captain was caught off guard and was first hit. He fell down like a kite with a broken string. The rest of the cavalry also neighed and circled in place. Many ambushers also jumped up, some directly rushing towards the trenches and wooden stakes, while others rushed down the horse with their spears and daggers.
"Don't pin all hope on the surprise attack army, all soldiers. All the children of King Numa, press me!" Li Bida personally jumped onto the mount, holding a shiny gilded baton, and rushed to the front of the hillside. At this time, all the Liwus army, about hundreds of soldiers, lined up their formations, rushing out one after another. Following the soldiers were military slaves holding baskets, leather and shovels. They slowly rushed to the soldiers in a short time.
In front of the soldiers (because soldiers are used to adjusting their posture and formation while running), then they cover the leather on the iron hooks and wooden stakes, and then lay the stones and sand in the basket, then waved pickaxes and shovels to destroy the enemy's wooden fences and pickets, and the pieces flew around. The soldiers of the new Lius army bravely followed the leather covered on it and flipped over the fortifications of Machius. Many people flipped their shields directly, and then stepped on them and jumped over them.
At the same time, the two artillery squads quickly pushed out from the lurking ground with iron shields, shouted with the military slaves, slid down from the hillside, bravely set the artillery position at the bottom of the valley, and fired at the camp of Machius, who could only be seen with a look up.
Soon, the Machius tribes on the tower and the battle ladder on the cliff also reacted and threw stones and javelins from all directions on it. "Don't be afraid, although those people are standing above us, they are actually far from us. The things they throw are not lethal!" In front of the wooden fence, the chief centurion Fracus hugged and kept cheering up at his companion who was still climbing and climbing around him. As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, he ran a few shots from the cliff tower. The lead balls shot from the scorpion crossbow cut off the heads of four or five military slaves horizontally, with blood on their heads rolling around everywhere, "Low, low, low, pay attention to the enemy's crossbows in all directions." Then, the soldiers of Liwus' army learned their lesson. They first lay down in front of the wooden cliff stakes and protected them with shields. After the enemy's crossbows were fired, they seemed to continue loading the noose, and they told each other and took advantage of this opportunity to flip over one by one.
Not long after, Dussenvier's cavalry also launched an attack, but although the sound of the bugle was passionate, they did not ride horses because the terrain was not necessary at all. All the cavalry were lying on the ground like the infantry in front, stacking them into formations with water drop-shaped shields, following each other, dodging the enemy's firepower, and looked very unique.
Machius, who received the information of the enemy attack, ran out of his command post and climbed up the tower at the corner of the camp. He looked at the enemies all over the mountains and the Khatilin iron hand flag of Libida, "It's Libidaus, it's Libidaus, why is he here again? I'm here, and finally can't hide from him?" Machius couldn't help complaining loudly. The centurion beside him began to warn him not to make such a loud noise. If the soldiers who resisted below heard it, it would seriously affect morale.
"Yes, yes!" Machius also made a ruthless move, and when he came to me, I will give you some great taste. He drew out the "Sword of Chengren". "Soldiers gathered at the slope of the main entrance, and everyone else stood firm at the towers and posts, and kept shooting with crossbows and scorpion crossbows!" Then, he gave a death order to a centurion - you took four cavalry as guards, rushed down the mountain from the small gate behind at full speed, headed to the area of Ursau and Korduba, seeking reinforcements, the more the better, and really beat Li Bida who came to attack here.
Following the narrow and curved mountain path outside the cliff, the opened small door creaked open. The centurion with the Athenian cavalry helmet was escorted by two Spanish cavalrymen in front and behind. He drank and flew over the horse's hooves and rushed towards the bottom of the mountain.
Chapter completed!