"War is not won in the study and military parade." - Suvorov

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At noon, several token officials rode their horses and entered Mutina with their orders. Dihemoth, who was covered in stubble and tired, stood in front of the other party's horse, "This is the order of the Senate and the new administrator. Abinus Dehemoth, the governor of Shannan Gaul, immediately took his subordinate army to fight to pursue the public enemy Anthony."

In front of the square full of fireworks and ruins, there were Dehimos' soldiers, most of whom were injured and very tired. Dehimos turned to look at the scene, shrugged his shoulders and said to the token officer sent by Li Bida, "My subordinates have suffered heavy casualties. Now the two consuls and Young Caesar have several new forces, so they should be pursued."

"I am just sending the order, and you are responsible for this order, Chief Executive." The token officer threw the bronze tube containing the order proudly on the ground, then turned around and left on horseback.

So Dihemoth took a few followers to the city of Mutina, where he looked at the rivers and wilderness outside the city, full of neat legion camps, and patrol cavalry coming and going, all of which were the army of Libida and Young Caesar, with strong troops, sufficient supplies, and strict defense. "I never expected that the Senate was eager to rescue me, and Anthony would have become a wanderer, a betrayal dog, but who expected Libida would quickly enter the city of Rome and gain real power. Now I am fish on the chopping board." Dihemoth sighed, and tears flowed down his cheeks. "The big mistake was already made when I made a conspiracy with Brutu and Kassi."

After thinking for a while, a thrill suddenly surged in Dihemoth's heart. He turned to all the commanders and said, "Since this is the case, there is no need to continue to live up to it. Abinus is the richest family in the whole Republic, and Brutu is the most glorious family in the whole Republic. I am both, so I must not let the money be exchanged for the son of a knight who was a merchant, and let the foreign naturalized people who had previously become slaves be proud. I, Dihemoth, will not have any suspicion or hesitation in the last figure of my last figure on the stage! I ordered the entire army to line up and leave the city at the fourth stairs tomorrow, meet with the two recruits recruited earlier, and defeat Anthony first. Then we will compete with Libida and Young Caesar."

When this almost crazy and impossible command came out, all the middle and lower commanders understood that this was a tragic suicide attack.

After the night ended, the first one to leave the city was a legion composed of Dihemoth's private sword-fighting slaves, followed by the fourteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth legions, and at the end were two newly recruited new recruits. Dihemoth knew that his morale had collapsed, so he ordered the escort of baggage sent by Li Bida in the middle of all the military teams, because he was afraid that the deserters would plunder these things at will.

After leaving the city of three Romans, the two new corpses almost fled, and many new recruits killed themselves while looting things and luggage, followed by the 17th and 18th legions. In addition to their chief brigades who still held on to the honor of the army, the rest of the brigades began to flee.

Only the most of the fourteenth Legion, and the most loyal Sword Slave Legion, were about 2,500, who were still following the logo and flag of Dehimos, and heading towards Anthony's camp.

At this time, dust was flying, and under the dark blue sky, Libida, Young Caesar, Pansa led the guards, and had already been stationed on the high ground beside Anthony's camp and came to "watch" this one-sided battle. Anthony, who was personally responsible for the front line command, was also extremely excited. He ordered his three legions, plus the twelfth legion sent by Libida, the Ninth legion sent by Young Caesar, and the Forty-three legion sent by Pansa, and six legions together, arranged three lines in front of the camp. Then Anthony also arranged Gaul, Spain, and Dalmatia's cavalry on the right wing - because the left wing was all

The highlands and streams, and the young Caesar also deliberately adopted Agripa's suggestion and entrusted him as the engineering director. At the forefront of Anthony's six legions, about two furlong distance, many glasses castles arranged in trapezoids, with the least at the front, and then the wider and denser the later. Agripa adopted the construction method of the Gaul city. He inserted the simple and early wooden fences into the soft mud, and then filled each section of the wooden fence with sandbags and stones, and arranged them into a semicircular guard against the enemy. Each guard was stationed in two ten-man teams and two wheeled scorpion crossbows, and then Anthony's infantry in the legion were stuffed in the rear and in the middle.

In fact, there is no need for Octavian to move such a big move, because the moment Dihemoth decided to go to the battle, it would be a loss-loss ending, but he still had to use this method to establish his prestige and take out the team to temper his direct team. His wheeled scorpion crossbow was also a counterfeit Li Bida cavalry. But Li Bida just smiled and said nothing about Octavian's actions, and his son Leo also stood beside him, with a little uneasy face - because when he came forward to greet his friend Young Caesar who had met again for a long time, the other party was very enthusiastic and polite, but there was a certain subtle sense of estrangement.

"On this day, your troops will surely establish great military achievements, Mr. Caesar." Li Bida rode on the horse and praised Octavian.

"No, guardian, I just want to let my men kill Dihemoth, an ugly enemy, with my hands." Octavian also replied with a smile.

Then, a long warlock sounded in the wilderness below, and Dihemoth ordered all his subordinates to be arranged in a single array, and without any tactics, he shouted and killed at Anthony and Young Caesar's army.

On the other side, the scorpion crossbow in the simple protective base of Young Caesar also began to pour out fire. Diheimos's forward sword slave was constantly hit and fell down. In order to show his bravery, the group of people did not wear the lock curtains and helmets of the army soldiers, but still dressed in the Colosseum. When the comrades fell, they didn't even look at each other, but continued to gather and pounced on them forever.

Then, the soldiers in the forefront of the young Caesar pulled the scorpion crossbow down and retreated toward the bottom of the trapezoid, that is, the rear guard. Then the rest of the guards lined up behind them again shot at the people rushing up from Dihemoth. Dihemoth was riding a horse, wearing a white cloak, and the blood had dyed his body red, but he was still shouting and encouraging everyone to continue to charge fearlessly. After a while, in front
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