Soon, the cavalry and horses under Li Bida began to stir up uneasyly. The beasts' sense of smell of bloody smell of war fire was much more sensitive than that of humans. The eyes of the cavalry commander under Silver Eagle extended to the distance of the desert, where hurricane-like dust rose. Yes, it was the enemy who came.

The sound of warning horns spread throughout the camp. Saab and Angandinus were commanding and shouting on the main road with nervous expressions. After learning the news of the enemy's attack, the young soldiers of the Sixth Legion were busy rectifying their combat readiness and queues. Everyone was both excited and nervous. In addition, Saab also learned that although there were more than a thousand cavalry in the camp now, war horses were a big problem. They were all good horses raised in the Cyrene ranch, but during the ship transport process, they were hungry, seasick, vomited, and pulled into the camp, but they still had not returned to the combat state. Only two or three hundred Vibichinas were able to drive them.

Then, the cavalry commander came to the camp in person and said to all the soldiers: "Before the war, someone asked me if I could climb up to that high ground, because it was very safe, but I refused it at once, that was the coward's way of seeking death. There was no water source on the high ground. If we did that, the enemy's light cavalry would quickly surround us, and would collapse on its own before the reinforcements arrived. But we could not retract back to the camp, as the water source would be cut off. This was the most painful lesson of the Roman army in the Syrian war. So, my children of the Sixth Legion, everyone should follow my flag, calm down, and bravely line up to fight. Crush the enemy's attack. They will not be rampant for a long time, and the rest of the comrades will come to reinforce us soon!"

All the soldiers of the Sixth Legion responded and shouted. They followed the cavalry commander and the legion's eagle flag, lined up in a compact formation, and walked out of the main entrance of the camp. There were Vibichinas cavalry plundering formations next to them, and there were two hundred archers and stone casters behind them, all of whom were hired from Crete and Rhode Island. Many new recruits with little military service began to sweat on their faces. They felt that this desert area was so hot. It was incomparable to Sardinia, which was pleasant and picturesque. You must know that it was late autumn now, and they used these ideas to disperse their tension and anxiety.

Li Bida and other generals jumped off the horse in front of the soldiers. They stood in the forefront, holding a shield, and stood with all the combatants, protecting the Silver Eagle Flag tightly. Seeing this scene, the Sixth Legion began to stabilize. Then they saw that the enemies in the distance lined up and down a strangely long horizontal line, like an extremely long and thin red line, slowly advancing towards themselves.

"What the hell is Rabinus doing!" Seeing this team, even Li Bida couldn't help but get up. If the Parthians and Cappadocians had the advantage, they would confuse their opponents. They probably lined up in a long column, making them look very small from the front, and then suddenly spread their wings to surround the enemy. But there was no such team as Rabinus. Didn't he have many cavalry under his command? They were all infantry? Trying to siege us through long straits?

At least a dozen Stadias, among the yellow dust, it seemed that Rabinus's subordinates were close infantrymen, but within a distance visible to the naked eye, the Mauritanian and Numidian cavalry under Rabinus's subordinates stood up from the horse's back. So that's it! These people were originally lying on the saddle, so from a distance, they were about the same height as infantrymen.

Rabinus used a new tactic of mixed infantry and cavalry. The army he led was full of light infantry and cavalry, closely adjacent to each other, while Rilias followed behind with heavy chief brigade. Of course, because of the obstruction of vision, Li Bida could not see it.

"Prepare to shoot!" When the centurion raised the golden fly flag, a small number of bow and arrow casters passed through the array of the Sixth Legion and rushed to the front line, preparing to cast arrow rain to stop the array of killing the enemy. The four cavalry cannons on the other two wings also began to run nervously.

But with the order of Rabinus on the opposite side, his long-straight team suddenly and quickly separated. The light cavalry stirred up a lot of smoke and quickly galloped towards the farther area of ​​the Libida Legion's position. "Master of the Cavalry, they are trying to surround our wings." Sabo shouted loudly.

"Send the Vibichinas to disperse them." Li Bida responded.

A small number of Gaul cavalry rushed towards the enemy's light cavalry. They thought they had great confidence in dealing with these people in the previous battle. This is true. When Rabinus's light cavalry saw the group of chain mail monsters with glittering "Sparta" and started to whistle and get away. It seems that they have not collapsed. They are playing with Gaul cavalry, preparing to exhaust them and earn military achievements.

At the same time, all the light infantry under Rabinus rushed up bravely, throwing out hunting spears that covered the sky and the sun, with a sharp sound, "Defend-protection!" All the centurions shouted this order almost at the same time. The soldiers of the Sixth Legion raised their shields, and then there was a violent sound of hail hitting the leather canopy.

"Counter-attack!" Hebrida waved his arms and urged the flag manager to issue this order. So the Sixth Legion hit the shield again, and then launched a short-range counterattack against the enemy's light infantry in a raging manner.

But the barefoot enemy infantry ran even faster. As a result, Li Bida squinted his eyes hard and monitored the situation of the battlefield in the rolling smoke and dust. He found that the enemy spearhead was retreating well, because behind Rabinus there were heavy infantry positions, and there were cavalrymen around, ready to lure our army into depth and then surround us from the flanks!

"Everyone keeps his original posts unmoved, and the pursuit distance is not allowed to exceed the respective team's standards and be executed immediately." Li Bida quickly issued a new order.

The cavalry artillery was also pulled back to the camp. Because there was no cavalry or sufficient infantry cover, it was exposed to the assault distance of the enemy cavalry, which was extremely dangerous. Soon, the Vibichinas cavalry also retreated due to the injuries and fatigue of the horses, dismounted and began to join the infantry team, using guns and bows to fight.

At this moment, Rabinus, who seized the fighter plane, took the opportunity to drive all the cavalry to come up. These dark-skinned guys galloped back and forth in front of the Sixth Legion's position, avoiding the hunting spear thrown by the legion soldiers, and arrogantly shouting slogans and insulting provocations. At any time, small groups launched short charges, constantly eroding the positions of the Sixth Legion, oppressing the soldiers to a very small range, trying to wait for an opportunity to trample on everyone.

In the dust and the chaotic sound of trumpets, after all, the inexperienced Six Legion began to no longer be calm. Many young people threw out the hunting spear in their hands before they could see the enemy clearly, but they were picked up by the enemy and threw it back with ridicule.

Rabinus, bare-headed and riding a white horse, rushed to the opposite side of the front line of the Sixth Legion, and said loudly, "Look at these new recruits and rookies, being driven here by your commander to die. I really sympathize with you!"

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Chapter completed!