As a result, before he arrived at Karabi, and there was still three hundred stadia, Lukuras couldn't wait. He called Secretreus in the march and pointed at the front with a horse whip: "Although I have told Apis in advance to deceive Armenia and say that I am still in Sinop, we cannot be too slow. I have said before that Sofini in front of Karabi is the key place to enter and exit Taurus, and must get it-I will assign you six hundred Gaul cavalry, plus one thousand light infantry from Sadis, and at twice the speed of the marching, when passing Karabi, he will lead the four brigades that had been left there together, and rush to Sofini to kill the Armenian army. My main force will then arrive and fight with them."

"As for the order, the four brigades of Karabi are probably well-raised now!" Sekdelius bowed readily, and then rode his horse forward.

When the cavalry of Sekdelius quickly crossed the marching column, Hebrida shouted to the commander again: "Do you want to get a good start first? Why don't you bring our wing? We will kill the barbarians and Greeks, but we are good players!"

When Secredellus passed by, he patted his helmet with his hand, indicating that he could not hear Hebrida's shouting, and then suddenly disappeared into the smoke and dust stirred by the horse's hooves.

A row of cavalry came slanted, and the senior centurion Utarius was the leader of the army. He shouted: "From now on, I will take back the command of this army. Now my order is that the whole army will continue to maintain the marching column and must not be crossed or made noise!"

"Brothers, you have to listen to Utharis. Maybe in this way, we can seize a few pairs of shorts in their camp after defeating the Armenians?" Hebrida whistled and said, and the dozens of men around him burst into laughter. But Karabis found that there was a fierce light in Hebrida's eyes. This fierce light was very familiar to Karabis now. He either wanted to beat the slaves to vent his dissatisfaction or to plunder the spoils on the battlefield.

But if Utaris is really in command, where does Highbrida's opportunity come from?

Now, this kind of dispute doesn't seem to be what Karabis should care about.

The junction of Sofini, the Taurus Mountains and Anatolia, is also located in the southwest key point of Armenia. As long as you break through this place, you can enter the bag-shaped plain between the mountains. There is a new capital of Armenia, which is also the center of population, cultural and economic importance, Tegrasetta.

At this moment, Apis and three or four followers were sitting in a simple solid wooden mule cart, slowly moving towards Karabi through Sofini. At this time, the huge noise of the large number of cavalry and infantry advancing attracted his attention - it was the advance force led by Tegranis' favorite Misaro, with a total of 3,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry, also heading towards Sofini.

Misaro, who was under the army, was extremely heroic, but his face was filled with melancholy and grief. This was a battle he was most reluctant to fight. He also believed that his monarch and country should not be involved. But now all this peace was disrupted by a beautiful half-old woman and a stupid queen. They were all in a dangerous and selfish desire to push the entire Armenia into a state of no return.

When Misaro saw Apis, he stopped his horse's hooves and shouted, "I envy you, for you have a wise commander."

Apis sat in the mule cart and said, "If I am not wrong, your army is going to block Sofini's pass?"

Misaro shook his head, "Maybe my king's plan is like this, but he cannot fulfill this wish. You Romans are afraid that they will be here soon--if you don't mind, please move on to the hills on that side and see how a betrayed loyal minister fought to death."

"Do as he said." Apis became interested and ordered the coachman-Sure enough, smoke and dust were everywhere opposite the Sofini field. "That were the four brigades of Karabi stationed. No, no, there were many cavalry and light infantry, holding the logo of the Seventh Legion and the eagle flag." Another civil guardian beside Apis judged.

Apis, standing on the hill, nodded and said, "I have seen Secretreus, the head of the cavalry. Raiding is his specialty, and they are also the advance team of our army." This hill happens to be located in the middle of the confrontation between the two men of Misaro and Secretreus. The battlefield situation is bird's eye view and the view is clear.

The scout cavalry on both sides had obviously completed contact, estimation and feedback through eye contact. After a while, the Roman army's ground sounded intricate trumpets and whistles. The heavy infantry quickly circled the axis from the marching column and arranged horizontally to meet the enemy.

Next, the cavalry and light infantry were divided into squads of ten to sixteen, passing through the gap between the infantry ranks, reaching the front and flanks of the infantry array, wandering around the alert. Using such a safe space, the infantrymen of Sekdelius began to smash the pickaxe to the ground, and then erected them to unbutton the lock curtain and helmet from above, and then took down the rectangular shield and javelin, pulled out and inserted into the dagger to check whether the equipment was well used. The friction between the armor and the weapons was orderly. Then, with orders, the centurion in front of each hundred-man team ordered the flag bearers to raise the camp flag (embroidered with the Bacchus logo) and the team flag (a small pennant with the Century number embroidered on it), indicating that they were ready.

"We are well-trained and will win this battle. Don't you believe it? Friends, please look at the poor Armenians over there!" Apis smiled and proudly pointed to another direction, and his followers set up a pergola and looked out.

The Armenian light cavalry had completed the so-called assembly, but these warriors from the brave tribes of the Arax River ignored the signals and flag languages ​​of the Misaro Guards. They could not communicate even between different tribes, and they did their own things - some were running around in line, some were at a loss, and some were gathered in front of the coach and listened to the teachings themselves. The whole scene was chaotic.

Let Misaro blush and scolded something loudly, but the situation was still uncontrollable - more than 10,000 infantrymen behind also followed, they could not line up, or they had never received such tactical training at all. Most of these infantrymen were forced to recruit, neither had combat skills nor the habit of obeying orders, and their equipment was messy. Most of them had no armor and helmets, wrapped in Persian headscarf, wore patterned Persian clothes, and held a simple spear made of thick wood in their hands. Many people would only follow the movements of their partners in front and decide what they should do.

Apis suddenly saw Misaro holding up the banner, and said something to a entourage next to him with great anger. The entourage kept nodding, and then suddenly slapped his horse and ran to the back of the crowd.

Then, Misaro shouted loudly, wrapped the flag around his body, led the guards and rushed towards the Roman formation!

"This man is a madman! His reckless behavior will ruin the entire army." A civilian guardian next to Aspis commented.
Chapter completed!