"The stones shot out from the Turkish siege equipment, like a dark cloud, obscured the sun and the sky." - George Spantz

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The three brigades of Pompei's army, just as Li Bida stood on Gaofu, were mostly street hooligans, rural fools and liberated slaves, and were completely a mob. Therefore, Li Bida held the flag of the statue of King Numa and stood on Gaofu to command. Next, Dussenvier and Vicentoli's two thousand Gaul cavalry attacked on the right wing. The thousand Mathian cavalry led by Mindaz were in the center, leaving the street on the left - the enemy collapsed at the touch, and they threw the camp tents, cooking utensils, and of course weapons and shields all over the ground, wearing disheveled armor, blocked the streets in front of the street, and fled towards the direction of the Roman city.

After about one day, the battle came to an end. Three brigades of about 1,200 soldiers were killed, and more than 100 people were trampled on each other and died. The rest were surrounded by cavalry after exhaustion and raised their hands.

There were two commanders of this defeated detachment, one was a veteran of Pompeii, Vallo, who had been the chief centurion in the province of Africa, and he was the actual commander of the battle formation; the other was the nominal supreme commander, that is, the legal officer Marclus, who had previously persuaded Pompeii to recruit troops urgently.

Without saying a word, Li Bida's personal soldiers tied Vallo to the trunk, then raised his compound bow one by one, shooting him into a hedgehog.

The prisoners next to them were almost scared to incontinence. Caesar's team was full of golden hair, black skin, half-naked, or dressed by the nomadic people in the East. They rode high-headed horses like the wind, and arrived in a flash, carrying countless life-taking bows and spears, and more importantly, they killed without blinking.

However, after killing Valro, Libida no longer wanted to continue killing people. He blinked and asked Alp to take his men and pull Marclus, who was dissatisfied with his face, and "Tell me, Pompei's subordinates."

"I only know that Pompei's First Legion has gone south to Capua." Marclus looked at his unjustly dead comrades covered in arrows and replied stutteringly.

"Poor. Are you going to abandon Rome? If I continue to attack now, I may catch Pompei and Gatu on Capitoë."

But Marclus did not comment on this question. He knew what to say and what not to say. However, Li Bida did not continue to make things difficult for him, but asked him to continue reporting: Pompei had any additional subordinates on the Avenue of Flaminia.

The other party replied that Pompeii entrusted the First Legion to Marcelas and then allowed Gabinus, because this person who was legally required to go to Gaul to replace Caesar, went to Pinukem with the second chief consul Dumigos to continue recruiting troops and deploying defenses, ready to resist Caesar.

"How many people have Gabinus and Dumijius recruited now?" Li Bida asked, but the other party shook his head. It seemed that he really didn't know.

At this time, Li Bida's vanguard, the Mathias, had already fought with the city of Arizo. When the cavalry arrived, he had already told his commander: There was no garrison in Arizo, and the cavalry rushed in directly and are now looting the whole city.

"Take my token to restrain military discipline!" Then, Li Bida ordered: Each of the 1,000 prisoners below Marclus would be given ten Seth withdrawal fees, and all of them would be put back to Rome.

This was to completely defeat the will to resist Rome. In the evening, Li Bida, who entered Arizo, looked at the straight Cassia Avenue in the distance, and of course made up his mind: the first one to enter Rome must be me and the Thirteenth Legion!

Under urgent supervision, the 13th legions of Fessulai, Bologna and other places gathered while marching and finally arrived at Arizo City one after another at noon the next day. However, Li Bida gave them only a lunch and two open-air rests in the daytime.

Then all the centurions conveyed this order from the commander-in-chief: "Because General Libida prefers our legion, the twelfth legion is following His Excellency Caesar, and the fifteenth legion and the sixteenth legion are still at Ravenna, so we must be the first to follow the general, enter the great capital of the Republic, and capture Pompei alive!"

Many soldiers raised their hands and shouted while eating, and their enthusiasm for fighting was extremely high.

The military situation was extremely urgent, and Li Bida was not worried about Pompei's resistance. The other party had no way to resist his 5,000 infantry and 3,000 elite cavalry on the Avenue of Cassia. If this was the case, he would be even more indifferent. What he was really worried about was Curio's actions. Therefore, Li Bida frequently sent scouts in the northeast that night. The information he received was that the three brigades led by Curio also acted very quickly. Without encountering any decent resistance, he cleared several towns in the southwest of Rimini.

"Curio must not be allowed to walk to Cassia Avenue, nor can he rush in front of us!" So at dawn, the chief brigade of the Thirteenth Legion rushed in front under the command of Tagus, while Li Bida led the cavalry to rush behind the formation, holding torches, marching teams winding between the avenues, leaving no sight to each other, and advanced rapidly, and the "Subra" commands came one after another.

The city of Rome was in a state of turmoil at this moment, and there was no confusion, because Dirk Thiddor was still in the synagogue, with a mysterious attitude. The elders and priests could not stand it. They gathered together and bypassed the streets of rural refugees and defeated soldiers, especially the soldiers who fled back in Arizo, all of whom were playing piano and storytelling. "Caesar's army had 100,000 cavalry, and their horses would shed blood when they ran. One thousand two hundred Stadias could run in half a day. Their arrows could take our lives before we changed our breath. The hired soldiers looked hideous, like monsters and giants." The group of defeated soldiers began to yell from outside the gate of Rome, and then shouted the streets and the square.

Many older citizens, especially those who have seen the bloody scene of the Sula Mallorian Civil War, opened their hands and petitioned along the streets to scold, shouting that all politicians were selfish, especially Pompei and Gatu, who were in their own selfishness, abandoned the people, ignored the disasters that the masses might face, and rejected Caesar's previous surrender and peace talks, but these people were still illusions about the future prospects, and they continued to shout, "Ask Caesar and Pompeii disband the army at the same time, so that the Republic can restore peace."

But the gangsters still don’t understand that it is the warlords. When the powerful are so angry that they turn over the table, they will not care about their proposals and feelings at all. It is a completely wishful thinking and ridiculous fantasy.
Chapter completed!