"I was defeated by Varo first and then by Hannibal." During the battle of Canny, Paulus, the fallen consul, said that his colleague Varo, strongly demanded a decisive battle with Hannibal.

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"The enemy is coming again!" The Curio Legion, which was busy with fortifications, could only put on armor, pick up weapons, and fight against the "returning" King Juba's army, but no one could have expected that King Juba's 40,000 troops would be sent continuously to the five places in front of them, five Romans, and a steady stream of troops.

The Spanish swordsmen under King Juba also lined up in a cross-strait similar to the Roman legion, fighting with Curio's men alternately. Previously, Curio's deputy general Rai Bruce could defeat his opponents several times and drove them back, but there were more and more enemies. Even the brave and warlike Masi soldiers were extremely tired, and the sandstorms were getting bigger and bigger. They crossed the cross-section along the road to Utica, and the battle formations were constantly being forced to retreat, and more and more wounded soldiers were getting more and more.

In the flying gravel, the Roman soldiers carrying armor and shields were not used to it. His nostrils were full of this thing, and thirst and physical overdrawn bothered everyone. However, Raibrus bravely stood on the left wing of the queue, and together with all the senior centurions, boosted morale on the front line and repelled the enemy's attacks again and again, making the Numidian Palace general manager Tapsha in a mess. In addition, groups of Numidian or Mauritanian cavalry emerged from some ground. They did not pay attention to any position or target at all. Anyway, they were constantly interspersing and detouring. They ran all the hills and hills. Then they launched an unorganized attack on Curio's rear battalion like piles of flies and hornets. Although most of them were defeated by Curio, over time, the soldiers also reached the critical point of physical strength.

"Go quickly, five brigades of Quindus and Rufus, with all the cavalry in the camp, rushed forward to reinforce. There are very few cavalry on our side, so you will be trapped if you continue like this!" Curio became more and more nervous. His previous confidence had disappeared. He would only take a small number of direct cavalry, constantly but in vain to repel the attacks of King Juba's cavalry again and again. When the opponent approached, he would shoot the javelin on the horse's back, but he would never fight you in close combat. He was coming and leaving, and the team repeatedly.

At this moment, Pompei's two legions also boarded a Gaofu overlooking the battlefield. "Curio was completely finished. Before the enemy situation completely disappeared, he rashly asked the soldiers to scatter and build fortifications. In a hurry, these legions lacked the experience of cooperating with each other and did not have enough personnel to provide reserve forces. The connection with the rear camp was also not smooth and too deep." Pompei, standing on the top, watched the fierce battle below, and did not forget to comment.

"Although I know that I am disrespectful to Rome, I still have to remind you that you should be happy now and make arrangements for our actions immediately." Demethlius reminded on the side.

"Yes, yes, the bad habits I have been nagging whenever I encounter a military formation cannot be eliminated. Vibrius led the First Legion directly with the First Legion; Peletaus led the Second Legion directly. Although I am the supreme commander of these two legions, you are both the chief senior centurion, so let me watch your performance here. The First Legion marched forward quickly, searched for enemy camps and attacked; the Second Legion headed towards Utica City, telling Tulas to launch a decisive counterattack, break the enemy's blockade, and drive them back to the old camp of Gornalius." Pompey issued these orders very clearly and orderly.

The "Hare" Legions led by Vibrius were all first-class iron feet. Although they were infantry, they ran like the wind. About two days later, the group rushed to Quindus' camp. Curio's cavalry had just arrived. Then Vibrius ordered the soldiers of the First Legion to draw their short swords and launch a rapid assault on the camp of the Fourteenth Legion. Quindus found himself traveling to Gaul Province.

The military experience he trained for several years was not enough - less than half a moment, the five brigades led by Rufus were defeated on the front line. Rufus's view was "Walking directly towards the old camp, there was still a glimmer of life to board our ships, because Pompei and King Juba were both here!" Quindus could not refute his opinion, and could only run back frantically under the escort of his own cavalry, discarding all positions and weaknesses under the front of Pompei's army.

In this way, Curio was really besieged by thousands of cavalrymen. Then King Juba's cavalry launched a long-term assault, separating his rear team from Rai Bruce's front team. Curio repeatedly refused his cavalry captain's request to leave the team and escape, and continued to fight with everyone, but now he was only brave in desperate situations, but he had lost his judgment on the entire situation. He was so angry that he forgot to send cavalry to the city of Utika, because there was a Masi army there.

In the end, Curio issued the most failed order. When he saw that the team was surrounded by King Juba cavalry driving back and forth, he thought that going up the mountain was the best confrontation strategy now. It was pitiful. If Rai Bruce was by his side at this time, he would definitely refute this plan: the infantry must set up guards and shooters, and constantly alternate covers are considered a good strategy to fight against the siege of the cavalry. Once he rashly goes up the mountain, he will inevitably be completely surrounded.

Previously, when Li Bida fought with Rabinus' cavalry after getting ashore, he never went up to the high ground next to him, but instead formed an array to fight and control the water source tightly.

Sure enough, after Curio finally went up the mountain, the enemy cavalry quickly surrounded the mountain. Although they did not have the bows and arrows like the Parthians in their hands, they still cut off the connection between Curio and the river.

At this time, the soldiers in front of Rai Bruce were still fighting hard against more and more enemies, until a horn sounded, and all the Masi and the soldiers of the Fourteenth Legion felt the soft sand under their feet trembling and cracking. The wounded Rai Bruce stood up with his sword. He saw the enemy cavalry in front running towards both sides, and the smoke and dust on the front were raised like a hurricane in the sunset, but this was a windless day. The black shadows were getting bigger and bigger in the soldiers' sight and closer. The towering towers on their backs were like warships sailing on land, with thunderous screams.

"It's an elephant!" Thrilling screams came everywhere, and then the elephant group of King Juba crushed into Rai Bruce's battle formation. The soldiers could no longer maintain the dense formation. They scattered in front of the fangs, and some rolled under the elephant's belly, preparing to draw their swords and poke, but they were quickly shot and chopped down by the Numidian infantry who were following behind.

"Keep calm down, grab the javelin in my hand and shoot at their soft parts." After saying that, Rai Bruce bravely pulled away the two scared soldiers, picked up their javelins, and looked at the battle elephant that rushed in the front. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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