"If your laughter is like a female donkey, try to laugh as little as possible!" - Ovid's advice to ancient Roman women

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Facing Angandinus' inquiry, Li Bida was aware of it. He said in front of many soldiers and generals that if we abandon these high acres and mountain walls and go to the swamp to rescue the governor, we will only fall into an unobstructed plain like before and be surrounded and annihilated by the Parthian cavalry. If we go to the city of Ikney first, we will obtain solid city defense and appropriate supplies, and then compete with the opponent's cavalry.

The result was not unexpected. Most of the officers and soldiers, including the four brigades of Angandinus, agreed with Li Bida's plan. Because everyone's spirit was really dragged down by the battle a few days ago, they were unwilling to stand up and take risks. Now they have sufficient supplies to follow Li Bida's brigade of infantry and cavalry, and they feel very safe. It is absolutely impossible to ask them to rush back to the desert dunes.

This vote was almost one-sided. Even Angandinus himself quickly turned to Li Bida's tent and expressed his willingness to wait for the order. After resting in Gaofu, the entire army rushed back with a female knight in a silver-plated vest, saying that the 50 Stadias in front were covered with Roman corpses, and that the flags and figures of Casio's troops who served as the defender had not yet been seen.

"All of them were killed? It's not that way." Li Bida thought to himself.

In fact, on yesterday night, Kasio also led his troops to leave the defending front privately. He was uneasy at the beginning. He was not originally planning to bury Crasso. But he was determined to bring out the most elite First Legion. But after breaking out of Kale City, Crasso made personnel adjustments and asked him to command the third legion with the second-last combat power to take charge of the rear, which clearly wanted to sacrifice him - because Eugutaves was Pompei's confidant general, and in Crasso's eyes he was a man of Katu and had no practical value of exploitation.

Since he could not take out the first legion and could not walk with the third legion, he could only take care of himself. Kasio pursued the Parthian cavalry and came to the beginning of the battle. He asked the Arab guide beside him, who told him to wait until the moon sank down and retreat to the direction of Ikney - but Kasio was unwilling to stay in this damn desert for even one second. He gathered five hundred cavalry and deceived the centurion of the infantry and said, "You must first stand on the front line here and drag the enemy as much as possible. I will take the cavalry forward to explore the way in the twenty furons in front, and I will use the military horn to contact you."

But after gaining the trust of the infantry, Kasio fled. According to his own explanation, he was disgusted with the stupid behavior of the Syrian governor. He no longer swore to obey him, so this was not considered "escape" but only "leaving away from the front". What's more, the Romans had no frontline and clear orders at that time. Everyone was seeking a way out, and they could not blame anyone, and they did not have to blame themselves for such behavior. Kasio took the Arabs as the guide and took the five hundred riders and horses, and did not go to Ikney in the north, but chose a more sinister and desolate road. Although it was unknown and there was no water source or supply, as long as they whipped up, they could arrive in Sinaca in a short time and then go to Jukoma.

The eight brigades of the Third Legion soldiers who were abandoned by him were almost all massacred by the Parthians and Arabs who came. Most of the dead bodies Helenputina and El Capa saw were left by these soldiers.

Since all the organized resistance was disintegrated, there was no need for Li Bida to go there to collect the body. He urgently ordered several legions to escort the cavalry as the flanks, and the entire army quickly advanced towards Ikney City.

On the vast field of the Sinaca Mountains, the Parthian light cavalry, who was galloping with bows and arrows on his back, was surprised to find that a huge Roman legion appeared along the mountain range, moving westward in a direction parallel to them. All their cavalry were standing on the outermost line, on the left side of their body, holding a huge shield with leather buckles on their arms. This shield was different from the Celtics, Macedonians and even the Romans themselves. It was a narrow and long water droplet shape, and the extended part just covered the most fragile ankles of the cavalry. Then the infantry on the outer line was also stacked into a long moving shield wall, and the rest of the soldiers and pack horses were sandwiched between the shield wall and the mountain wall. This really made the Parthian light cavalry very difficult. The arrows they shot from the side, the Roman infantry on the outermost line, released.

He slowed down and raised the huge shield slightly, and then the arrows thrust up, but there was no longer such obvious penetration and lethality as they did before the previous Gaul cavalry. The shield of Libida's army was obviously guarded. After seeing the power of the Parthian recurve bow, he instructed Gabor and Sabo and others to supervise the worker to transform the soldiers' shields. In fact, the transformation content was very simple: with copper bars and iron bars on the edge and the core position, although the weight increased, the protection power jumped to more than one level. Now the actual effect shows that in this "spear civilization" and "bow and arrow civilization", or the confrontation between shields and arrows, Surena surpassed Crassu, but now he met Libida who was prepared for it, and the situation was reversal.

In this way, in a whistle, Li Bida's shield wall was guarding it in place. After the Parthians' bow and arrow shot, they stood up and slowly approached the mountains, moving unwaveringly towards the target.

When the information of the "Cheng Yaojin" that had come out halfway reached Surena's ears, he was surprised and panicked. This was still rare for this noble man, because if this team broke in and disrupted the situation, it would inevitably delay his desire to hunt Crassus. So when Selcith went to him to ask for instructions exhausted, he discussed with his guide Akbarus and learned that between the routes of Ikney and Libida, there was a cross-sectional ridge, like a "branch" next to the Sinaca Mountains, but even this "branch" was nearly ten Stadias thick enough to separate the entire swamp from the plains, with many passes and canyons in between.

"Turn Crassus to Ikni as soon as possible, and block the uninvited guest outside the transverse vein. The former is led by me to implement it personally, and then it will be handed over to General." Surena's arrangement actually made Selcith feel extremely dissatisfied. It was obviously a chore to ask him to do it, and the pursuit and great credit were given to Surena. Why? I am also a nobleman from the Great Rong clan. Originally, you transferred me from the City of Seleulia without authorization, but you had already lost a piece of credit for me for no reason. Now you are following you to eat sand and drink wind, and you are still doing this to me. Could it be that the "Palavi" of the seven Great Rong clans are the only ones?
Chapter completed!