In fact, after Curio seized the cavalry commander's supplies, he was also a little afraid of his boldness, because he did not expect Li Bida to climb so fast in the past two years. You must know that when Caesar crossed the Rubicon River, his critical counterattack made him a hot figure in Caesar's camp, so he became the extremely important governor of Sicily, leaving Li Bida behind, which also made him feel very satisfied at one time.

But after a short time, he was overtaken by this alien general. Li Bida actually became the deputy of the dictator, and now he brought several legions to Afriga. Curio was frightened. Perhaps Caesar was disappointed that he had no progress in the past few years. If this continues, let alone running for the consul in the future, I am afraid that in another year, I will not even be able to maintain the position of governor and become Li Bida's deputy general? No, don't even think about it!

Now the opportunity has come. Pompei's elite army is now eight out of ten. After all, Curio has four legions, right? The basic one is the 14th legion, and the commander is Cicero's younger brother Quindus, who is also Curio's friend - the Cicero brothers had always liked to curry favor with the nobles. Then Curio recruited another legion in Sicily, namely the Twenty-Two Legion, and he has no experience in combat yet. However, the strongest legion of the four legion was adapted from the 17th and 18th legion, mainly the surrendered Massi people, although Curio was trained by Curio, but he was not very close to the Governor.

The Masi people have always been known as the most brave country in Italy. There is a saying that "only the Masi people win the triumphal style, but not the triumphal style that defeats the Masi people." However, for a hundred years, the Masi people have never been convinced by Rome. They were still the main force of rebellion during the rebellion war. Therefore, the Allied War is also called the "Masi War". Libidapi Lord Lukuras also wrote a special history to describe this matter. As a result, Curio is reluctant to let them go, but he still cannot win their allegiance.

However, when the battle of Cocula in Greece was settled, Curio had no time to continue to coordinate. Pompeii's collapse speed exceeded his imagination. It would be too late to do it, so he hurriedly took these four legions to the shore in Anquilaria.

Anquilaria is located in the eastern section of the Gulf of Carthage. The Gulf of Carthage. It is what we call the Gulf of Tunisia. It is also a huge concave bay. The huge cape in the west is called Cape Apollo and Cape Mercury in the east. The city of Carthage is located in the center of the hinterland of the recess. Utica is separated from this city by a river called Bagrada. The distance between the two is only ten to twenty Romans.

After getting ashore, Curio defeated small-scale enemy cavalry several times in a row, killed hundreds of prisoners, and won the first battle to greatly boost the morale of everyone. Curio's prestige was significantly enhanced - so the Governor of Sicily quickly sent a notice to the 300-man Chamber of Commerce in Utica City, ordering them to send all merchant ships to help themselves after receiving the document, otherwise they would be punished as a crime of colluding with the enemy.

The Utika Chamber of Commerce panicked and indeed sent two hundred ships, but at this time, Pompeii's side, the governor of Africa, Tulas, also brought two legions to fight, while Pompeii and the remaining two legions refused.

When the four legions had just crossed the Bagrada River, Curio, who was in the first chess, suddenly sent his deputy general Rufus to lead the 14th legion from the sea, and suddenly occupied the "Gonailius Old Camp" sandwiched between the old city of Utica and Carthage. The camp is located on a high and raised ridge, extending straight into the ocean. The steep cliff on one side can overlook the wide Bagrada River. The other slightly gentle slope faces the city of Utica. There is only three Romans between them, but there is a swamp pouring into the sea, which doubles the distance to go around.

Then, now this old battalion was occupied by Curio's men, and Pompey and Tulas who crossed the Bagrada River were in danger of being attacked from the front and back. When he learned that Curio's other three legions were rushing along the coast, Pompey avoided the danger. He went around the river and quickly retreated back to the city of Utica. Then Pompey left only the two legions of Tulas here, and he disappeared - intelligence showed that he might have gone to Massacia to talk to King Juba.

Therefore, Curio tried his best and seized the "Gonailius Old Camp" with a unique geographical location, staring at Utica with a fierce look, and had the momentum to seize it at any time.

Opposite, Tulas set up a fortress at the Grand Theater between the Acropolis of Utica and the market town, so that his army was only separated from Curio and guarded the only channel between the two armies.

The following is a stalemate, accompanied by a small-scale cavalry battle. However, late one night, the two Masi centurions of the 17th and 18th Legions joined together to the Utica camp and told Toulas about the inside story of Curio's four legions, subordinates and camp duty system.

Now, Curio's troops began to get into trouble. In fact, the most dangerous thing was not that the military information was betrayed, but that this emergencies deepened the rift between the Sicilian Governor's army. The representatives of the 14th and 22nd Legion ran to Curio, saying that they were unwilling to call the centurions or soldiers of the 17th and 18th Legion to watch the night because they were afraid that they would be betrayed and betrayed when they were asleep. These Masi were originally from Pompei's camp and surrendered to us at Kofinium. Both their hearts and loyalty are questionable, but they are just temporarily worshipped under the generousness and generosity of the dictator Caesar.

At the same time, representatives of the two legions formed by the Masi also came to meet Curio, and were very excited, saying that they were suspicious now, which was even more uncomfortable than defeat and death. He also said that the 17th and 18th Legion were willing to rush to the front, and immediately asked Curio to ask them to take the initiative to prove themselves with sacrifice and victory.

In this way, the entire camp was in a state of uneasy, and the army was divided into two factions, Caesar's old troops and the new recruits were going to retreat to the old camp of Gaunalius to stand for help, while the two Marsi legions firmly demanded to fight. Curio was sandwiched in the middle and could not hold back the dispute, so he appealed to the dictator who was still in Egypt.

But now Caesar threw the ball to Li Bida, which was something Curio didn't want to see. "What can that guy Li Bida do? Isn't it just robbing my merits?" So Curio took the lead and intercepted supplies from Sardinia and Shannan Gaul.
Chapter completed!