Then, Marco Anthony rudely dominated the command of several legions of Brindisi. He believed that he had this capital. Although Tlureas and Eulabella both sent letters angrily and impeached him in front of Caesar, "lucky Anton" was unmoved at all. He was still serious and energetic to prepare for the ferry of the sea - training oarsmen, mobilizing ships, and even tying up a raft, tied up a skin bag on it, and asked the soldiers to "cross over at one time. If there is no place on the deck, I will sit here with you!"

In addition, Bibruce, who was on the way back, did not know about Caesar and Libida's besiege of Olicombe, but only knew that his side had suffered a huge suffering - lack of firewood to make fire to keep warm, and lack of leather to make a deck to cover the wind and rain. What was even more painful was that there was no fresh water, but Bibruce was still insisting on it. When it rained, he called on the crew to collect rain. When it was sunny, he scraped off the dew from the leather shed, and all the staff were evenly distributed. Although he was the supreme commander, he shared the joys and sorrows and never drank a sip of water. This made his health worse, and he felt that the ghost of the private ship owner who had been killed by him had come to the trouble.

"I don't even fear the sword I'm afraid of your humble and pitiful ghost? Get out, my sword blade is prepared for my enemy Caesar, and you are not qualified to try it." Sometimes, during the day voyage, Bibruce gets up, holds the hilt of the sword, and shouts like a skeleton.

He was already in a state of delirium.

At this time, the fleet came to the waters near Olicomm and was about to enter the port, but everyone was shocked to find that Caesar was indeed as Rabinus expected. He drew a large number of cavalry and infantry. He was stationed around the city of Olicomm and on the shore: Bibruce's fleet neither dared to enter the city and wait for death, nor could he dodge the dock to obtain supplies, so he could only sail towards Corfu. This was an almost disastrous ending, because Dikhaqiang and Apollonia along the way were all in the hands of Caesar, and the fleet was sailing without any supplies.

The day before arriving at Corfu, Bibruce died on the bridge. His servant pulled his armor and was about to apply oil to him, and found that his whole body was like a pile of dry firewood, like a pale dead fish in a puddle.

"Bruce has been fighting until the last moment. Although he is my old enemy and I look down on his abilities, I will still respect him. He is still the arrogant Roman noble until his death, sending condolences to his family." Caesar, who was on the front line, said sadly from the bottom of his heart after hearing the news.

After Bibruce's fleet arrived at Corfu and Cocura, one-third of the crew members and paddlers died, including the Supreme Commander. Almost all died of illness due to lack of nutrition.

Fortunately, the ship did not suffer much loss, but needed to go to the dock to repair it. Then Gebinus became the highest commander of the entire Greek war zone, and he divided the fleet into two and handed it over to Lipo and Maximus, asking them to continue patrol and combat immediately after the rest.

When Caesar's urgent letter came to the besieged position, Li Bida was commanding the siege team, familiar with the use of "Samontoga", because according to Pope, many soldiers were not proficient in this novel weapon, and their ammunition was not as universal and easy to obtain as cavalry cannons and wild donkey stone throwers. It needed to be made of special wood. Of course, what was even more difficult was that the combustion agent modulation on cork rockets was also a complicated task.

When watching the cork rockets fly into Olicombe and ignite the raging fire, Li Bida told Sabo that the team of alchemists who are called Cyrene will be fully equipped, and most of them will be recruited from Greece, Judia and Egypt. "I will not not improve this weapon because it comes from Pompeii. I have two requirements for the new Salmontoga. One is to improve the formula so that it can burn more violently or even explode at the end of the flight; the other is that the pipelines of each Salmontoga need to be increased, otherwise it will not be able to achieve the shocking combat effect of the volley."

Then he received the letter, and Caesar appealed to him that the people he could use were only four or five thousand. His bluffing tactics were initially effective against Gabinus. At one point, he was so scared that the other party had several legions but was preparing for the winter camp. But now he heard that Rabinus was coming, the situation changed, and the two Pompei legions were approaching, and there might be more in the future.

"So I want to take a gamble, draw out the main force of the siege, and at least gather 8,000 people to go to the Apsus River, intercept the enemies, and prevent them from rushing in. In terms of strategy, I am going to delay time with peace talks. I heard that you captured Pompey's engineering director Machius for the third time, and you can use him as a tool."

So Li Bida quietly pulled out three thousand people from the Mahara, including all the Agrien people, and galloped all night to a town called Bugalotum, and met Caesar.

"The army's food and soldiers are very tight. Even in the winter camp, some people will not be able to survive. But in my eyes, these veterans are more expensive than the gold that is heavier." In Bugalotum, Caesar brought several cavalrymen and joined Li Bida with a little tired and pale face. He followed the banks of the Apsus River and approached the Pompei camp opposite. "Two full-time legions, Pompei issued a bill to replenish the aliens recruited from Greece and various islands. It is ridiculous to think about it. Pompei was doing the same behavior as me. In addition, they had nearly 4,000 archers and stone casters, and together they had a total of 20,000 people, and our strength was less than half of them."

"If you persist, as long as you keep the streets and this market town, Rabinus and the others can't get over it, and there is no question of rescuing Olikum." Li Bida's reply was very simple.

"Only by relying on the people on the other side, when will your successor army come?" Caesar asked tentatively.

"At the same time as Brindisi, you, as long as the wind direction changes and the wind slows down, everyone will cross together, so you must collect food in the Epirus area in advance. In addition, my suggestion is that once reinforcements arrive, you must give up the winter camp and fight with Pompey immediately." It seems that Li Bida's idea is the same as Rabinus, although he is not in the same camp.
Chapter completed!