The terrified Eighth Legion of Afiliga returned to the camp and counted it. It had lost more than half of its injuries, which was equivalent to losing its combat effectiveness. As a result, it was directly "thrown" by Pompei. Then Pompei led two elite legions to advance to Uzta to meet with Scipio.

Then, Pompey formed a crab-like formation. He lined up the heavy infantry corps in the center against the wall of Uzta, so that he could get the cover of the city towers and crossbows. Then the left and right wings stretched forward like two large claw clamps. Each wing had a team of cavalry in front of the infantry and projectiles. The cavalry was mixed with the battle elephants of King Juba, and each elephant had a towering tower standing on its back.

Taking advantage of the enemy's opportunity to set up a formation, Caesar improved the blockade line. He connected the isolated fortification barriers into a line, starting from the Gemal Mountain in the south and extending to the city of Ruspina in the north. Then Caesar ordered five legions to be in front and six in the back, and a large number of cavalry and shooters were equipped in the middle to guard against the elephant assault, and to come to the plain to set up a formation and shout.

As a result, the two sides had been facing each other from sunrise to sunset, and there was no action of fighting. Pompei and Caesar looked at each other on their respective command posts or high altitudes. For Pompei, if he stepped forward and entered the plains, he would definitely be killed by the long-range firepower of Caesar's army, which was in the upper elevation. Similarly, Caesar was unwilling to advance because he would be attacked by the enemy's wings. If he bites both wings, he would be attacked by the elite central army of Uzta Pompei.

After the sun sets, the two armies return to their camps, "The deadlock must be broken." This is the words Pompei and Caesar say at the same time.

Next, the climate suddenly changed, and it was clearly a day close to summer. The stars disappeared. The dark clouds were wrapped in heavy rain and the sky was flooded. Both armies suffered great disasters. However, Caesar's warehouse was built in low-lying areas and could not be transported to the ridge. Most of them were completely washed away by water. Caesar was anxious and raised urgently from the surrounding towns, but lacked enough funds at hand, so he could only ask the soldiers to advance the payment first. Soon the financial officer and fleet commander Aquila sent a report: "The Libyan coast is still many towns under our control. Before the next wheat harvest, the burden was already extremely heavy. Many towns had less than 100,000 yuan in cash deposits. The further collection would inevitably cause changes."

Just at this moment, Caesar, who was helpless, received a sealed letter from the Presbyterian Church in Hadrumom City, which said that Pompei had stored countless grains and supplies there, and most of his warehouses were in the harbor and the city, so even in such weather, it was still well kept. Now Hadrumom is willing to resign to Caesar's side again to support the supply of Caesar's army - hoping that Caesar would send a fleet to carry an infantry team, preferably with six to eight brigades of troops, to assist their city in case of Pompei's revenge.

Caesar, who received the secret letter, was undecided. He was afraid that the information about Hadrumom City had been leaked, or that the secret letter itself was Pompei's conspiracy, and the ships were very precious now. If the fleet and soldiers he sent were destroyed by a conspiracy, it would harm the overall situation.

"I am going to reply to the letter, saying that there is any other land route to Hadrumom City." Caesar was determined to be cautious.

He also reached a very embarrassing situation, with soldiers even lacking tents, and many people could only carry swords in the rain, running around the camp or wandering around the camp for warmth. In May and June, the temperature was surprisingly cold, and he really wanted to get assistance from Hadrumam City.

After three days of another trip, the second letter from Hadrumom City came, saying that there was a Hengduan Mountain Range full of caves in the path of Jemale Mountain. Caesar could send a lieutenant to pass through it with his infantry and cavalry directly, and then he could come to a dense olive grove. After passing through this forest, he could go around the back of Pompey's camp and come to their city. Then Caesar sent a fleet to transport food and wood, which was safer.

In the camp, Caesar asked his personal slave to copy the content of the letter on a large wooden board, so that all the generals and staff could see clearly under the lights. "You guys, in this abnormal weather, the illuminated seven sister stars disappeared, and sea transportation could not function normally. We must fight to support the war. I have two plans, one is to go to Hadrumom, and the other is to select a famous deputy to raid the city of Zeta in the inland, where it is said that there is also food storage."

Caesar's clerk, Ijulus, was very familiar with the format of the letters and the information hidden inside. He immediately pointed out that the letter from Hadrumom was very strange. "Because if this city is afraid of Pompey's revenge and the price of betrayal failure, it will definitely emphasize various difficulties. But here the road to their city is depicted like an outing, and the tone is full of optimism and frivolity. I suspect that all this is Pompey's conspiracy behind the scenes."

"Indeed, are there any mountains and ridges around the olive forests and caves? Will there be ambush? There is no word in the letter, but we can work together." Li Bida, who came to attend the joint meeting from the Jemale Mountain Camp, responded, "General Sekdelius selected five hundred Essians from my team, and 500 Agrienans accompanied me, and four brigades selected from each legion to move forward together, asking the Essians and Agrienans who are familiar with mountain wars to search from the corners of the mountain, and the general followed up with the main force."

Caesar nodded. At this moment, the centurion of the 12th Legion's chief brigade, Hottenhus, took the initiative to serve as the guide and walk at the front of the queue to open the mountain and split the road. Caesar rewarded him with two Amira's golden arm circles and encouraged him to complete the task well.

"In addition, Libidaus, you led the cavalry and the twelve and fifteen legions to the south and advance sixteen Romans at the same time to attack Zeta. According to information, there was only one Numidian minion army left by Rabinus, and its strength was not strong."

Sure enough, the letter was Pompey's plan. He personally invited King Juba to set up a king's imperial camp at the pass of the olive grove, so that he could drive the Numidian and Mauritanian cavalry, who had always been in a state of unstable state, to fight bravely. "Your Majesty, ask your cavalry to climb the high ground on both sides of the woods. As long as Caesar's troops rushed over from the cave, we could easily attack and annihilate it."

After the arrangement, Pompei called Rabinus again, "Caesar is an extremely cunning man. Perhaps he will only send a branch of the unobstructed situation to the city of Hadrumom. And our Zeta is lonely in the inland hinterland south of the coast of Libya, and has some food and salt. Caesar and Libida are likely to use troops against it, so you have to lead a force to detour from the farther hinterland, and have confidence to defeat them?"
Chapter completed!