As a result, the cavalry on the opposite side retreated strangely. After gathering together, the front row dismounted and shot the short and deadly clusters of arrows like water. Galius looked at the arrow feathers falling above his head, and heard the continuous screams and exclamations of the people around him. Because under the diamond formation, all the Ala cavalry were too dense. Moreover, under the tradition of cavalry warfare in the Roman Republic, the usual Ala cavalry standing collars only barely reached the back of their heads, rather than like the Eastern Parthian and Persian cavalry, until their ears were well protected. Therefore, the brilliance of arrows launched from the arch of the Libida cavalry, which was as vicious as a scorpion tail or a venomous snake, fell down one after another. This article was first published by...

"No, if you continue in this situation, when we reach the distance between javelin and fighting, our army will be killed or injured." Galius also felt that facing such elite troops in the place, he was giving away a head, so he issued an order. The diamond team quickly changed its front and rear positions, held up their shields again, retreated quickly under the pouring rain of arrows.

As a result, the thunderous sound of fighting suddenly sounded from the flank of the Galius cavalry. More than ten light two-wheeled chariots quickly emerged from the long haystacks over there, followed by hundreds of cavalry, and slashed towards one's own side. It turned out that these soldiers and horses, under the constraints of extreme perseverance and skillful discipline, deliberately ambushed on the side of the battlefield. The chariots lowered the carriage and covered it with grass, while the cavalry lie down without sending any message. They waited for Varo's cavalry to rescue the defender and then launched a sudden attack.

Now the opponent's goal has been achieved. The chariot at the front spear tip directly tore the formation of its own cavalry, and the horses automatically carried the master to flee. Then Li Bida's cavalry cut in and used a long sword and a cavalry spear to kill. Finally, Galius led the front team to run back in a panic, and the rear team was almost wiped out. The three brigades of infantry from the local Spanish "Taurus" Legion who came to rescue did not look back when they saw such a tragic situation, and ran faster than Galius' cavalry.

The Li Bida cavalry slowly gathered their formation under the sound of the military horns. After calmly igniting a fire on the captured baggage, they then evacuated.

In the evening, Galius, who was still in shock, strongly suggested that Varo dig out camps and trenches to guard against further pursuit of the opponent's cavalry. His lord general angrily scolded him for his "incompetence". Galius could not bear it and argued that "the enemy of the opponent is not a wandering horse bandit at all. They are well-armed and have excellent tactical practices. According to the information I have, they are the cavalry under Li Bida, the chief deputy general of Caesar, and most of them are from the East, Nubia and Gaul!"

Varo snorted a few times, and then threw out an ambiguous plan, "The establishment of a battalion is to establish a battalion, but we must not go to the city of Corduba. Gaio Gallius, now you take the Spanish native army, go to Corduba first; I lead the Legion of the Cotta, bringing five hundred cavalry out, and then form a defense line here, set up a battalion to resist the cavalry of Libida. When you gain a foothold in Corduba and get supplies, we will meet again."

Meeting again? Governor, don't you worry that after the enemy cavalry, there are a large number of main armed forces! But Galius no longer cares about accompanying this old guy and is crazy. Since he can get out of this pit early, he is eager to make a trip sooner.

At the third stairs that night, Galius took the "Taurus" legion, now less than 4,000 people fled, and quickly advanced towards the city of Corduba. Before departure, Galius made a special promise to give all soldiers additional subsidies after entering the city, so that the remaining officers and soldiers were willing to go.

An armed parade began. Galius and all the soldiers endured the scorching heat and dryness of the wasteland, and wriggled along the streams of men. As a result, less than a distance from Corduba, the general met the hundred cavalry who had previously escorted the messengers. Their armor and weapons were all lost. With a shameful look, he reported to his superiors:

"The city of Korduba has rebelled against Caesar's side! After hearing that Caesar in the north was revived and Libida from the south took over Lusitania, they immediately changed their position, closed the city gates, recruited strong men to guard the tower, and drove us all out. As for the members of the Allies, they were tempted by the food and drink, and directly joined the city to assist in the defense."

Galius couldn't help but sigh to the sky, and came from the grief, and asked the leader of the cavalry, "Why did you refuse Corduba's persuasion to surrender and run back?"

"I just think that someone must report this situation to you, that is, the city of Korduba in front, there is no need to continue moving forward." The leader said, licking his cracked lips.

At this moment, Galius just pointed at the team. The leader found that after hearing this news, all the officers and soldiers of the Taurus Legion shouted. They held the weapons in their hands tightly, and the flag-holder pulled up the flag of their own legion on the ground. Then, with the acquiescent and even encouragement of the captains of each clan, they left in other directions one after another.

"Did you see that the soldiers all rebelled?" Gallius said in frustration.

At night, Galius returned to Valor's camp with the few remaining remains.

The panicked Varo had no backbone, because Li Bida's sixth legion was moving rapidly day and night, and had already guarded the way for his return and built a camp.

"Can we go back to Gades?" Varo asked his aides, and the staff shook their heads. One of them said bravely that Gades should have fallen, and all the supplies fell into the hands of the enemy. The southern and central parts of the Lusitanian province have rebelled, and the north is also in turmoil.

"What's the situation of the other side's camp? Gallius, do you think we should send scouts and then go to war with them?" Varo asked hesitantly that he was unwilling to make this decision because he also knew that he was a weak point in military affairs.

Sure enough, Galius vetoed mercilessly, "Maybe the soldiers collapsed automatically after they had set up their formations. We were not fed up, lacked training, and our fighting spirit and morale were extremely bad. Governor--we were surrounded and had no way to advance and retreat."

After saying this, the scene suddenly became cold to freezing point. Varo was still flipping through the file in his hand and forcibly making Ning He, but in fact he was extremely confused. In the end, he announced his decision to his staff without hesitating for too long: "We have tried our best, but the gods are not on our side. We honestly count the accounts and soldiers' lists, so we should surrender!"
Chapter completed!