Chapter 13 The Counterattack (Part 1)
"First build his house to comfort his wife, love to livestock and herd cattle, and drag his plow." - The ancient Greek poet Hezevotu
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Because Rabinus's offense was not just a single road, but a multi-element and multiple directions, this reflected his perfect command art and also showed his meticulous preparations. Under this fierce offensive, only the three neighboring brigades were all from the Ninth Army to join the battle group, surrounding and protecting the Eagle Flag. Everyone was excited and ready to die, but in the end it seemed that they were not protecting the position, but focused all their focus on the Eagle Flag.
As a result, the other two Pompei troops detoured to both sides of the camp, climbed up the high ground, and attacked in. The slaves and some auxiliary soldiers guarding the camp's baggage began to escape, and then caused a chain effect. The other nine legion camps followed suit. Even though a few hundred teams could still resist under the scolding of the brave commander, the obstacles to Pompei's army were sporadically invalid - because Rabinus had invested a total of twenty-five brigades in the north attack direction, not including auxiliary soldiers.
The attacking party was not interested in fighting. They understood the mission goal assigned by the coach: to encounter enemies fighting to the death, siege them, and the rest of the troops continued to break through and infiltrate. Our purpose was to drive all these people to Dikhaqiang and destroy their camp, baggage and morale.
Soon, General Serester of the Eleventh Legion was uneasy because Pompei's army also killed his camp, and his subordinates did not seem to have the intention to fight to the end, but began to pack their luggage in panic.
Celest, in theory, was at least equivalent to Rabinus. He was one of the first famous figures to follow the Caesar party. He made great contributions in suppressing the Kathirin rebellion. But later, Rabinus was the chief vice general of Caesar, and he was unknown because he was so enthusiastic about Caesar in politics and served Caesar in military affairs. Previously, Caesar arranged him to be on Gaius and Elabela to take on the task of attacking Epirus on land and sea, hoping to give him a chance to make achievements. But the result was obviously not very wonderful. Not only did he lose all the ships, but Anthony's younger brother Gaius was captured, which made Anthony want to kill him quickly. So when Caesar deployed the siege, he deliberately separated them from the south and the north, and did not interact with each other.
Before Pompey's men came to attack, Celeste was still buried in writing about war history. This was his hobby and seemed to be a proud capital: even though a general had an ordinary practical ability, he could still be famous for his writing. The objects he was concerned about were the Juguda Wars and the other was the Kathirin Rebellion. The former was to honor the former leader of the party, Mallor, and the latter was to boast about himself.
But when the battle formations came, the general began to panic again. He was not lacking in courage, but he was just worried that he would fail again. The camp of the Eleventh Legion was built on a high ground with streams and trenches on all sides. Celester was originally determined to stick to the end. Even though other brigades of the Legion began to flee, he still led the chief brigade, holding the Taurus flag, and repelled Pompei's army several charges with the advantage of geographical advantages.
Confidence emerged again - "Light the beacon for His Excellency Caesar, and if you persist, the Eleventh Legion needs to reshape its reputation." Celester shouted, and then the soldiers burned the anxious bonfire, which was also a signal of contact between Caesar's troops.
But Caesar, and even Anthony, had no way to come for reinforcements, because Rabinus not only left a solid left-behind team in the east and south of Cocula, but also arranged a lot of auxiliary shooters to lock the road to reinforce the northern front on the walls, and even the crew and paddlers in the port were mobilized by him to serve as the guardian of the weak areas.
All directions were fighting and struggling, so the beacon could only become a symbol of symbolism. Only the chief brigade of the 12th Legion, which was the earliest departure of Karenus, was still struggling to carry out a small-scale battle, and then advanced to the goal of support.
At dawn, Celest could not see the arrival of soldiers and soldiers. He looked around and saw the helmets of Pompei soldiers shaking on the roads leading to the camp, with ferocious faces underneath. The resistance power led by Diccias, the chief brigade of the Ninth Legion, was also facing collapse. Although they had promised to protect the Eagle Flag in advance, the flag-holding officer was killed in battle, and Diccias was also injured. The six centurions died in battle, and more than half of the soldiers were injured and retreated to the rear with the Eagle Flag.
At this time, a louder shout came from the rear of Celest. He turned his head and looked and was stunned in an instant. On the back of the camp, there were black enemy troops, lined up in dense formations and attacking his own side. This was the Third Macedonian Legion, which Rabinus had detoured from the sea beforehand. Its appearance completely disintegrated the morale of Caesar's side. The soldiers and centurions no longer took care of their honor and fought for the first time. Many people and pack beasts fell miserably into the deep trenches they dug and died. The rest stepped on their bodies and began to escape further away.
"It's broken, it's all broken!" Serester didn't even think too much, so he also took the guards and armed slaves and fled with the soldiers.
In the morning breeze, on the hillside of five Romanians in the north camp, Li Bida rode up on a horse, and behind him were the flags of the three legions, "What a spectacular scene." When he saw that within his eyes were all flames and defeated soldiers, he said in a sarcastic tone.
"The two legions of His Excellency Caesar are here are collapsed." Saab and Hanske, who were panting next to him, were obviously not as good as the acting commander-in-chief.
"There is enough time, so let Rabinus have three days in the meantime, so I feel so good. I will treat him well until lunch!" After saying that, Li Bida pulled out the gilded baton and pointed to the spot - here, it is the gathering place of the Sixth Legion.
Then, he pointed to the coast on the right, "There is the attack point of the Thirteenth Army, the cavalry and the chariots."
Finally, he focused on his mind to the left, pointed to the extended longitudinal heights, and said, "There is the gathering place of the Fifteenth Legion!"
Behind Li Bida, the first one to arrive was the Sixth Army. They were gasping for breath and could still climb up the hillside where the acting commander-in-chief was located in the midst of the hustle and bustle of dust. Then they came to build simple fortifications with no life. When everyone saw the scene in front of them, they felt that they had the idea of "finally catching up."
Then, the 15th Legion and the 13th Legion arrived, but under the guidance of the cavalry, they quickly separated naturally - Seerha led the 15th Legion to the flank hillside designated by Li Bida, and Petternius personally led the 13th Legion to the seashore.
Chapter completed!