There are mountains around Cokula that are higher than the city itself. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is steep mountains. This is also the confidence of Anthony to "surround the more with less" in advance - to use steep mountains to replace thousands of soldiers. As long as a fortress is built at the pass mountain road above it in time, and then connect them with walls to form a huge blockade line to surround Cokula. In this way, as long as a small number of cavalry guard the entry and exit of the streets, the goal of 20,000 people siege forty thousand people can be achieved.

Then all Caesar's soldiers started to work, and they consciously reduced the supply of food, because what Caesar felt most difficult now was the raising of food, and he could only buy it locally in Epirus and Illyria. However, the reserves of many towns were previously plundered by the cavalry of Pompeii, and these two provinces were never boasted of for food production. They only had barren mountains and boundless stones. Originally, wheat flour had to be imported from Athens and Pera, so now it was completely impossible to supply Caesar's army, while the food from Italy and Gaul could not be transported across the sea.

Even so, the morale of Caesar's army was still high. He could cut down trees, carry stones, and build fortresses on various hills when he was hungry. Caesar made arrangements: the Ninth Legion and the Eleventh Legion were fortified in the swamps in the north, and Caesar let his nephew Diccias be responsible for this section; Caesar himself brought the strongest Tenth Legion and the Twelfth Legion to fortification in the mountains in the east of Cocula; Anthony was responsible for the blockade in the south, with the Sixteenth Legion and Twentieth Legion; and finally there was an Eighth Legion, which was with Li Bida's newly recruited "Cyclops" Legion, scattered and left behind in the area from Bugalotum to Apollonia.

"We are surrounded!" On the high ground where the Acropolis of Cocura were located, Rilias and Rabinus looked at the movement of Caesar soldiers opposite each other, and said.

"No, I was not surrounded, because Cocula has our fleet, docks and equipment, and abundant food reserves. As long as these are still in my hands, what is Caesar's worth? Besides, he only has 20,000 people in front of him, I have 40,000 people, and two legions on the periphery, and can attack him at any time! General Lelias, this is exactly my plan. Caesar is always a gambler. I know him so well, so I will let him taste the taste of a dangerous defeat." Rabinus sneered confidently, and then ordered, "We also build a blockade around Cocula to fight Caesar!"

In addition, he also let the two naval deputy generals of Vispilo and Mirokius who had escaped from Olicombe before, strictly urged the craftsmen to repair the damaged ships in the dock, "Prepare to work together with Lipo's fleet, and I want to take back Olicombe!"

After the deployment was completed, Rabinus pointed his finger at Caesar's besieged camp and said, "General Rilias, and Director Machius, will lead the servants' light infantry and stone shooting aircraft tomorrow to attack there; I personally lead the team to deal with the enemies in the south, wait for an opportunity and return the Third and Fifth Legions, defeat them, and then surround Caesar from outside!"

The next day, the cruel mountain battle began. Pompei's army had an absolute numerical advantage. Lelias left half of the people to build the fortifications in the inner circle, and then personally led the other half to go up the hillside to fight with Caesar's subordinates. The mountains and valleys were full of soldiers fighting each other. Many hundred-man teams could only fight on their own, because the two hills looked very close, but if they really wanted to get close to each other, it would often take a day. As soon as Caesar's soldiers repaired the temporary camp and the wooden fence, Lelias' subordinates rushed up with stone shooting machines and destroyed them. They often had to fight back and forth three to five times before they could consolidate the built fortifications and fortresses.

The two legions under Caesar had different combat styles. The 10th legion was standard Roman heavy infantry tactics. The 12th legion was brought out by Li Bida, equipped with a large number of archers and stone casters, as well as cavalry. Now in this kind of mountain battle, the latter is obviously more outstanding because Pompei's army is also equipped with a large number of light infantry, so the ones that cover the sky and the sun are all arrows and stones shot by soldiers on both sides, and there is no risk of lack of ammunition - both sides replenish by collecting the arrow feathers shot by the other side.

Caesar himself was on the back of the front line. He was in front of him with mountains flowing blood, and behind him was an endless wilderness. The great river of Gimons ran across it. "I am here, so whether it is my soldiers, centurions, civil guards, or deputy generals, they must run past my eyes if they want to retreat!" Caesar sat on a stool in front of the camp, saying, "This will be more effective than any kind of supervising war action - we cannot persist. If the terrain behind us, we will be completely wiped out by the enemy's pursuit. Now there is no way out. We can only fight to the death and block it to the end!"

At dusk, the battle became more intense. Rilias's team was like a pervasive "sand". The soldiers of Caesar's side had just guarded the fortifications of "land A" and they broke through from "land B". Even Caesar's hill was attacked several times. The stone bullets and guns shot from stone shooting machines and crossbows fell about dozens of Roman rulers next to Caesar.

After nightfall, the battlefield slowly fell silent. "I ordered that no rest is allowed. All soldiers were divided into squads and continued to repair the fortress and dig trenches!" Caesar issued this inhumane order, and then left the deputy general to guard him. He did not rest. He risked his horse and ran from the night road to ten Romans, and came to the northern blockade line where Diccias was, and strictly urged them to build a solid barrier.

In the early morning, Caesar returned the same way. On the way, he was shot by the cold arrows of the Rileys. In the second half of the night, the soldiers heard the sound of horse hooves at the foot of the mountain, but they did not look carefully, so Caesar slipped over. This time, he was not polite. He took advantage of the rising sun and shot towards Caesar's group of people and horses. Caesar was shot in the ribs with an arrow, and his groom and shield-wielding slave were all killed by stones on the spot. Caesar immediately rolled off the horse's back, but fortunately, he had a thick leather leather lining inside the armor in advance, so he was not injured. Instead, he quickly calmed down, pulled out the arrow and threw it down, jumped directly onto his subordinates' horses, and continued to rush over without a word, leaving them out of danger.

"Continue to visit Anthony's fortifications in the south."
Chapter completed!