Chapter 18 Front and Detour (Part 1)
"When we meet our enemies, we usually give advice rather than advice, we must know that we can bring inevitable destruction and peace and freedom." - Belisarius
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Li Bida led the affiliated cavalry brigade and rushed towards the nostrils of the evil god Taifeng, Sebonia and Akrigma swamps, following the road map provided by Sabo, the first brigade of the 12th Legion lived and died together in Lusitania, Gaul and other places. They were terrifyingly advancing with the cavalry at a speed of fifteen per hour, with terrifying endurance.
The rear team, Hebrida, used a simple wooden fence to set up a supply relay point at the intersection of the two men's routes in time, and raised relevant flags to facilitate Petterneus's pack horses and camels to keep up. "It depends entirely on the efficiency and efforts of this guy staying in the camp in the east!" Hebrida spitted on the ground, watching the saliva instantly turn into invisible, and the sun rising in the desert rose without any obstacles. They were about to advance to set up a besieged camp in five areas inside and outside Rome. Many military slaves were wearing short shirts and carrying wood for siege equipment.
He ran with a sun-shading cloak on his head, not only for Commander Libida's promise to "break the city of Alexander, liberate everyone into free people, and the land allocated by the Pharaoh in Egypt, and the legion rewarded each person with 250 drachmas at one time" (but it took more than one or two years to fight with General Libida, and this person never broke his promise at all), but he was even more afraid of this damn battlefield - behind is the strange Jewish kingdom. In front is the deserted sea of sand and cruel Egyptian enemy. Even if he wants to leave, he will be dead!
About the place outside Perusim Eight Romans, the Thirteenth Legion encountered the attacking forces of the defenders, a rafting army composed of archers and light cavalry. "Herbrida, who is always low-level, is a ironic nickname that fate has imposed on me. Since there is such a good opportunity today, let me prove that I can command not only a hundred-man team, but also lead a brigade and even a legion like a noble guardian! "
"General Petternius is not on the front line, and his command is owned by my chief centurion. Following my order, all centurions will immediately return to their respective centuries. Three infantry brigades will cover two archers to block the enemy's roaming army, and two infantry brigades will protect the cavalry cannon. Keep them as reserves - I personally led the troop of Thousand-man teams to the corner of the Fortress of Perusim. Seize the Eye Fortress on the periphery of the enemy, and go up!" Hebrida stood in front of the yellow sand formation. After watching the fortress in the distance and the roaming army that the enemy was shouting, he summoned all the centurions. After giving this order clearly, he brought his helmet and slashed the dagger forward.
"Utarius, Aminius, you are jealous of Brother's glory in the Temple of War Gods. Finally, those who have made great achievements for the Third Regiment must be Kohebrida!"
"The enemy is attacking by slanting, and the enemy is attacking by slanting!" Perusim's light cavalry first discovered the Thirteenth Legion's Thousand-man team like a rascal and a slightly dirty lion flag. This was not like the Roman style at all. They would not set up a battalion first, but rushed directly in contact battles. The Egyptian light cavalry who discovered the opponent's attempts would make a bend together and prepare to pursue Hebrida in parallel.
At this time, three brigades of Roman infantry rushed out of the smoke and dust opposite, some covered with Celtic coarse cloth cloaks, some were wearing the Knubai light armor of the Egyptian indigenous Knubai, and some were wearing the lock curtains and bowl-shaped helmets of the Roman legion. They rushed out of the figure, and countless arrows shot out from the ash and sand smoke, immediately shot many light cavalry and the infantry following behind. This was the archer brigade of the 13th Legion. Soon, they and the light archers of the Egyptian side, relying on their own infantry, and they went back and forth in the air with the rain of arrows. The entire battlefield was full of murderous aura and sand storms caused by the melee of various parties.
When the Thousands of Highbreda team tried their best to attack the periphery of the Perusim Fortress, some workers were still resting by the "semi-finished" trenches, drinking beer supplied by the defenders. The Romans howled and accelerated their pace within a distance of five hundred Roman feet. They used the thrown javelin to pierce many people into the trenches, and then drove them all away. Then they drew their swords and climbed up like an ant along the surface of the Eye Fort - Highbreda ordered that there was no hesitation.
According to the results of yesterday's reconnaissance, although the Perusim Fortress has a very perfect defense, the walls of the fortress are very special. Compared with Italy and Greece, the bricks and stones of Egypt are softer and cannot be built into vertical walls. This way, when it is rained, it will collapse helplessly. Therefore, the Egyptian army used slids, mixed bricks and stones and soil to build the crane into a thick incline similar to the pyramid, and the angle is small, so the Romans
He was desperate to "climb the wall to attack", and immediately scared the Nubian mercenaries stationed in various small eye castles. The elite soldiers who rushed up the first to stab the enemy archers who were on the top to death, threw down their bodies like rain, and then threw ropes down below. One after another, the soldiers pulled the ropes and stepped on the inclined wall, quickly captured three or four eye castles outside, and began to shoot against the defenders on the core battlements.
About two days later, Perusim's roaming army also retreated under the rain of the Romans' bows and arrows. They never thought that the Roman legion would be equipped with so many stone casters and archers. They were arranged on the two wings of the front line, holding the centipede flag, and cooperated with the infantry team under the Golden Fly flag. The powerful projection and damage, and the short assault of the infantry made the Egyptian army, which had little armor or even no armor, could no longer be taken.
In the evening, with the sound of horns, there were arrows from both sides and torches thrown everywhere. The eight-door cavalry cannons also arrived at several newly captured eye forts in Hebrida. Four gates were unloaded along the front line. The military slaves rushed over with dozens of camels loaded with them. The cannon took out the stone bullets from the camel's hut that they knelt down and started fighting. The defenders clamored and moved the focus of the bow and arrow and crossbow shooting to the other.
However, since the Gaul War, according to Sabokemus' improvement plan, all cavalry caps have been installed with bronze shields in front of them, so even though they are filled with arrow feathers made of reed poles (lighter, longer range, but limited lethality), the shooting is still vigorous and has not been pulled down at once. Even if there are only four gates, it makes Perusim's gate tower crumbling.
Chapter completed!