Chapter 10 The Sixth Legion and the Sixth Legion (Part 2)
"Send a command to General Scipio to come back as soon as possible, otherwise I will give the entire army's baggage and luggage to the enemy." Apis, looking at the opponent's movements, ordered his subordinate cavalry captain.
, , rushed over Mount Andabuki, where Libida's fifteenth legion, whether it was the cavalry, chariot and infantry, were hidden perfectly, and were not noticed by this anxious cavalry captain at all. When he handed over the latest battle situation to Scipio, the commander was worried, looking at the thirteenth legion of Caesar's side, who was waiting in line on the hillsides outside Rome, under the arrangement of Libida's deputy general Petternius, the thirteenth legion was simply impeccable. The archers and stone-tallers were scattered on the vital high ground, surrounded by light and heavy infantry with distinctive armor and high morale. On the plains of the front line below, there were guarded cavalry galloping back and forth, raising dust, and loudly showing their power.
Even if Scipio had two legions, it would be extremely difficult to defeat such a defense head-on, and it would be impossible to go around. "It seems that the enemy has been prepared for a long time." Scipio said hatefully, "Go back and tell Apis not to abandon my baggage. The entire army demanded all the money in Asia Minor. If he wants to escape, the entire army will not have to fight and will completely collapse - OK, okay, I give up Macedonia and immediately take the cavalry back to rescue him?"
Then Scipio pulled the reins of the mount, but found that the horse was a little stubborn and was always digging soil with his hooves. He subconsciously looked at the rushing Alyakmond River. Looking at the vague shadows of the distant mountains, he muttered in his heart, "On the front of me is a legion of the enemy, and in the camp behind, an enemy legion also appeared. How did the enemy use the army? Is it so simple to just mobilize me to turn back?"
So Scipio called out the name of Prince Sarrath, "Take your cavalry and serve as a roaming guard on the periphery of the infantry. When encountering every horizontal valley and street, people must be divided into posts and probes. In addition, all infantry are lined up in a long column, fully armed, and marching in a fighting posture!"
In the canyon of Andabukiya Mountain, the four hundred cavalry led by Prince Sarada were nervously following the narrow road and looking up at the barren and rugged hills on both sides. It was just dusk. All kinds of unknown birds and bats made gloomy screams. They flew around and circled in the sky, "If you walk forward with Stadia, you must leave this damn ghost place, you must!" Prince Sarada complained in his heart, his palms and forehead were covered with sweat, suddenly
However, he heard the slight neighing of the horses, and faintly followed the wind that crossed the valley. Although it was not very clear, he, who was very familiar with the horse, suddenly smelled the danger, "Hurry, turn the horse's head and retreat!" But the entire hillside on both sides made barbaric and terrifying screams, and countless figures flashed above Sarada's head. Arrows and flying stones flew down like pouring rain. At the exit of the valley, trees and huge rocks were rolling back, and their way out was cut off!
At the end of the valley, the sound of horse hooves and the sound of fighting horns were getting closer and closer. Sarada, who was surrounded by injured people, turned black. It seemed that the enemy was still ambushing the cavalry in advance in the valley.
"Who launched the attack without authorization? Bastard!" Somewhere in the more hidden hillside, Li Bida heard the sound of trumpets and charges everywhere, and was so angry that he held the whip and shouted at his entourage. "Sepia first stayed in the plain for a long time, and then set out in the afternoon, because she was afraid that we would have ambushed and prepared to escape at night. If she had kept silent, she could completely annihilate his defender."
Sabo next to him explained: A legion of 6,000 people, plus a thousand cavalry, was scattered on these mountains, and it was too difficult to accurately ambush. In addition, Scipio was also prepared and sent out the Sereth cavalry to scatter the sentry, so that our ambush could not calm down and it was normal for us to take the lead in attacking.
At this moment, the battle had reached the most intense level before the sunlight dissipated at dusk. Li Bida's small groups of cavalry and archers lying on various hillsides surged out, shooting arrows and killing wildly towards the Sipio Legion running along the river below. There were clouds of smoke and dust everywhere. "Don't worry about these people, it's going to night soon. They can't surround the battle, just rush forward for me!" While riding a horse, Sipio kept shouting these slogans to boost morale. The newly recruited Sepian Legion ran in the front, and many people threw their equipment all over the ground, and some were killed in panic, captured or shot to the ground. However, there were many old corpses in the "Twin Legion", which set up guards and ambushers to entangle, while the rest of the soldiers were still running steadily with their loads.
Further away, the Thirteenth Legion also chased after him. Petterneus asked his subordinates to blow the trumpet, trying to echo Li Bida's troops, chase and annihilate Scipio. Scipio was quick to make a fool of himself, and also asked all the trumpets around him to blow the trumpet together. The scene in the dark night was even more chaotic, full of trumpet sounds, regardless of the enemy.
The melee continued until dawn. Scipio's fearful army finally ran out relatively intact, but the Seventh Legion almost lost all its equipment, equipment and pack horses. However, the Eighth Legion was still quite solid and rushed out in groups of three or three. However, many officers and soldiers were injured and their armor was not in a mess, which obviously suffered a great blow to their spiritual morale.
"Don't stay, keep rushing forward!" Scipio did not allow his troops to do any rest, because he also understood that now was the critical moment to escape, so he ordered the abandonment of the wounded soldiers and not to set up a camp, and only focused on moving towards the Sixth Legion of Atpis.
At this moment, Li Bida also rode a horse and gathered people everywhere. Many people scattered far away. They could only re-adjust to start a pursuit again. At this time, his main force was close to twenty Romans from Scipio, and the captured Prince Thracian was also escorted to him. Because of military emergency, Li Bida only told his entourage to treat the prince well, "Use him to exchange for Anthony's younger brother Gaius, and also strive for the kindness of King Thracian,
Chapter completed!