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Chapter 21 Crossing the River (Part 2)

With thunderous sounds, in the barbarian camp on the other side, more than a thousand cavalrymen carried flags made of oxtails or ponytails, and also walked parallel to the Guadaggivi River and the Roman traveling army. The traveling army crossed the river wherever it crossed the river. The two teams were like two snakes in the river, galloping in the same direction.

After walking about ten Stadia distance, the firepower of the bridgehead and projectors of Li Bida's army's bridgehead suddenly became even more intense. The trajectory of rockets and javelins could almost cover the entire sky above the bridge. Then, the infantry of the four main brigades hidden behind the walls and hills stood up with flags and weapons, and lightly pushed the sheepskin raft down the river. In the burning fire on the other side, they waded on the turbid river and suddenly rushed towards the empty barbarian camp on the other side. A brigade of veterans lined up with shield walls, and under the cover of the crossbows, they slowly approached the other side along the bridge.

The Lusitanians had only 1,500 people. When they saw the "group of Romans" who had sufficient military strength, they were marching towards the river, and they drew the main force to intercept them, but they were deceived by Li Bida: the so-called Romans were only the two columns outside the column, which were standard new soldiers, with complete helmets and armor, and most of the inside were non-military personnel temporarily summoned from Caldes yesterday. In fact, there were only two or three hundred-man teams. The real main force was hidden around the bridgehead by Li Bida. After the Lusitanian defense appeared empty and flawed, they forced their way through.

The barbarian army left behind in the camp was shocked. They hurriedly sent a messenger to ride a fast horse and asked the main force to come back to assist in defense. However, Li Bida's sheepskin raft was very fast, because the soldiers on it were all light and simple attire, and many of them rushed up in short shirts. They were pursuing speed. When they arrived on the beach on the opposite bank along the horse, the barbarian camp began to shoot stones and arrows, but most of them were light cavalry and the equipment they carried was limited. So Li Bida's subordinates turned the sheepskin raft over, forming a wooden woman wall, and a waterproof leather curtain hung to block the barbarians' shooting. There were dense tails of arrow feathers on it, and slowly and steadily advanced towards the camp.

When the main barbarian cavalry who learned of the attack on the camp in the upper reaches began to turn back to rescue in panic, but at this time, the three Romans' teams of three hundred men in the upper reaches also wade through Asase.
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