When this information quickly reached Rilias at the city of Isa, the general laughed and touched the cross scar on his eyes, saying that I knew, and then he turned to the summoning representative in the city, the twelve noble elders who were chosen to be hostages, a priest in wolf-skin, and several drummers and flute players, saying, "The situation is clear now. I will soon annihilate Caesar's reinforcements coming to Illyria and replace the area of ​​the Republic's Ziping, so you must swear to abandon your friendship with Caesar."

Isa surrendered, and Rilias felt very comfortable. His compliment was not only to break through the huge city, but also to the current situation. He was the only one who had seen through Libida's tricks. So he called the clerk and sent a letter to Delphi and Cocula, explaining the truth: those who appeared in Olicombe were probably only a few partial teachers in Caesar. Your energy should still be focused on Caesar. As soon as possible, the legions formed by Xiao Yaxin came here. Let me leave it to me. Two legions are enough.

Then he immediately pressed the rest of the brigade of the "Laloconia" legion and asked the chief centurion, who was acting in command, to launch a general attack the next morning and drove the group of mobs back to Olicomb. "And I myself would take the "Pan Shen" legion and then remove the province of Illyria, Sarona, the only stronghold city left by Caesar."

Near night, all the brigades of the First Legion of the Macedonian Province once again braved the rising fog and advanced rapidly along the streets. The troops here were similar to Pompei's Spanish province. They were all first-class elites. Even in the fog, no one fell behind or lost, and even the queue was still uneven. Everyone still marched meticulously according to the rules of the Taoist script. When the dawn appeared, they arrived at the nameless hillside as accurately as a water clock. Then the officer led the team brought the general's command to the chief centurion who was still holding his position there. The other party replied, "You can form an attack formation, but you have to wait until the fog clears before acting directly. Because from the experience of these days, the fog should not last for a long time."

The chief centurion was right, and even today's fog was even more fragile than the previous two days. However, when the light infantry on both wings began to move towards the opposite hillside, they found that Li Bida's army was only left on the back of the mountain, and there were some cavalry there. Looking at their dense queues and laughing loudly, they turned to the back of the mountain with ease and flexibly. They disappeared - this was a piece of cake for the Mathians who had been living between the Caspians and the Caucasus mountains.

It turned out that last night, Li Bida's entire army marched quietly under the cover of fog. Under the cover of reliable guides, he moved from the other party's nose and along the narrow river valley toward Sarona City.

Now Li Bida can't wait for Olicomb's reinforcements to come. He must rely on these 4,000 men to stabilize the front. If this is not the case, Rilia's two legions would not be restrained. He can quickly control Illyria, connect with King Curtis of Thrace (he is Pompei's loyal servant), and Macedonia, a large province of military power. Then he combined a powerful Northern Line army to oppress Caesar who landed. Unlike Pompei's army with good rest and rest, the several legions brought by Caesar were all insufficient and had many injuries. He suffered great consumption in the previous battle. Once the head-on battle was fought, it would not be the enemy of Gabinus and others.

Fortunately, due to the timely transfer, Libida arrived at the same coastal city of Sarona, a whole day earlier than Lelias (who delayed his rectification in Isa City), which was also the last colonial city in Illyria with complete city defense. Fortunately, the Presbyterians and municipal officials of this city were extremely pro-Caesar. Because during the Gaul War, Caesar sent a large number of nearly free war slaves to this place, used for gold mining, which brought rich profits and great prosperity to the city, so they had long vowed to become Caesar's "Crien", just like the oaths of many Spanish and Greek cities to Pompeii.

After the identification of Li Bida's belonging and number, the citizens of Sarona warmly and briefly welcomed him with four thousand subordinates, but Li Bida had no time to have a party with the citizens. He was eager to find the municipality and demanded full authority to take over the city's defense. "Because tomorrow, Rilias will lead an entire elite armed army to attack it, and even mobilize a large number of barbarians, including the King of Thrace, who may also send troops to siege us."

The Sarona municipal magistrate was frightened and immediately agreed. Li Bida then led the guard to circle the city quickly. He found that the city of Sarona was naturally well-placed. It was located on a platform cliff near the sea. There were cliffs in the west and north, and there were winding coasts below. Neither the enemy's infantry nor fleet could be accessed. Although there was a road to the southeast, it was firmly controlled by a small hill. Only the front of the east was a plain where the attacking troops could open.

"That mountain is called Latin Mountain. Because our citizens will climb this mountain on Latin Day, hold festivals and parades, so this name is given." This was how the city magistrate told Li Bida.

"Then this hill called Latin is the key to winning the defensive battle. Then Li Bida immediately placed the chief brigade of the 16th Legion and equipped three cavalry cannons, and began to build circular fortifications along the villages and squares used in the Sarona civic festival. Then he asked all the men of Sarona and their slaves to build a half wall along the hill and the city wall, and to set up guards, wooden towers and stick-pole instruments on it, so that the defenders in the city could reinforce Latin Mountain at any time under the cover of this half wall.

Finally, Li Bida asked the municipal government how much grain is stored in this city. The answer was that the citizens abandoned the surrounding towns and mines, and buried them to defend the city with a strong wall and cleared the fields, so the consumption of grain would be greatly increased. It would be enough to last for about seven to ten days.

"Well, it seems that we can only send envoys to Olikum City, and ask them to use a boat to secretly supply food to Sarona along the coast." Li Bida instructed Sabo.

But at dusk that day, the envoys sent by Sabo went out and only two came back. They told Li Bida in a furious manner, "When we approached the city, we saw that the atmosphere in Olicombe was not right, so we left two people not to enter the street. As a result, the other four people were detained. It seems that Olicombe regretted turning against the water."
Chapter completed!