"Without Islam, there would be no Rankish Empire; Without Muhammad, there would be no Charlemagne. —Pireni's Reflections on the Dialectical Relationship between Europe and the Rise of Muslims

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This time, Karenus and Angandinus had nothing to say, but only warned the young Caesar to pay attention to the first adjustment of the forces, break through the cavalry on Antony's alert, and then concentrate his forces to destroy one of the camps that occupied him, and then wait for the opportunity to capture the rest.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have already reconnoitred that there is only about one legion in the Antonine fortress facing us, and the rest have been taken by him to besiege Dehemoth." This time Octavian was very confident, and then Meecenas stood up and showed and dictated the battle plan: the reorganized 42nd and 43rd legions were divided into several detachments to clear the cavalry on Antony's periphery, and then the chief brigade of the 6th and 12th legions was to serve as the sharp knife team to attack the camp, and the rest of the team was responsible for pinning down the rest of the camp.

So it was done, and to the sound of the trumpet, the two new legions, led by Panza and Hzyus, and guided by Octavian, suddenly charged out from the camps on the left and right flanks, and began to drive out the small cavalry that attacked Antony in all the woods and hills, according to the pre-marked, and they made the young soldiers lightly armed, carrying only javelins and throwing constantly, and with the support of the archers in the rear, Antony's cavalry was overwhelmed by the dispersion, They fled in droves in the direction of their own fortifications.

Amidst the roar, the chief brigades of the Sixth and Twelfth Legions, led by Hebrida and Tagus. There was a neat line of attackers. Running fast. Following the Anthony Sentinel cavalry, they approached the camp in the middle of the Eighth Legion with a speed not inferior to that of horses.

Curio happened to be in the camp where his right flank was at this time, and in the midst of an alarm, he climbed the tower in a panic, and saw that the central camp was in danger under the onslaught, so he asked the token officer around him to ride forward quickly to warn Anthony to ask for reinforcements, and directly asked the soldiers to light the beacon smoke, so that the whole city of Mutina knew. Octavian was in trouble.

At this time, the cavalry cannons of the 6th and 12th legions with iron shields also advanced rapidly to the area about 300 Roman feet in front of the camp, where the sappers had already dug shallow ditches and earthen enclosures for shooting under the cover of shields, and then the cavalry artillery was in the center, and the rest of the infantry were scattered on both flanks, one side was pouring buckshot stone bullets, and the other side was constantly impacting on both wings, and finally the wooden fence and the breastwork in front of the camp were shattered, and then Hebrida was in front. Tagus was behind, and his soldiers rushed in. The cavalry artillery also flexibly changed direction, and made blocking shots on the ridgeline on both sides of the camp, killing and wounding many soldiers of the Eighth Army Corps who came to reinforce other camps, forcing them all to retreat to defend themselves.

About a day later, the 42nd Legion and the 43rd Legion also rose bravely, each capturing a camp, or more of the Eighth Legion voluntarily abandoned, they realized that the enemy was a strategy to break through, so they quickly gathered in the remaining strongholds, concentrated their forces and began to make a fierce resistance, the Eighth Legion is also Caesar's team veteran legion, since the Gallic War and the Civil War all the way over, is defeated but not chaotic, holding shields on the towers and walls one after another, and also began to shoot fiercely with ballistas and stick projectors, Because the seven camps are low in the center and towering on both sides, they occupy a condescending position, which is quite a lot of damage to the army of Young Caesar.

"Hold on, and soon the Governor will come with cavalry to reinforce us." Curio ran back and forth in several camps, constantly encouraging, and dispatching men and horses to support the crisis everywhere, and the two camps on the ridge on the other side also resisted to the death under the leadership of their respective centurions, and there was no danger of falling for a while.

The day was already bright, and Antony naturally saw the beacon of the alarm, and in front of the Ninth and Tenth Legions who came to "negotiate" the team, he shouted, "This is a conspiracy of the Senate, Young Caesar had to attack us for the safety of the hostages who remained in Rome, although I have no intention of meeting Young Caesar, but when the sword stabs us in the neck, even if the owner of the sword is innocent, it will still endanger our lives, isn't it?" If there's anything, let's finish the battle first. ”

"No, we will never fight Young Caesar, if his army attacks, it will be right to surrender." The cavalry of the two legions said, "But we have no objection to you saving your life, now do what you want!" Just give us the son of General Lybidaeus. Then they drew their swords and demanded that Anthony hand over Leo.

"This is not possible, this child is mine, and I need him to prove the covenant with Young Caesar and Li Bida." Anthony strangled Leo at once, and also drew his sword, "Listen Leo, you have to save me, I know you will save me, right?" Your father and I had a holiday, but now it's all gone, and we'll go back together right away. Anthony put his sword on Leo's neck and whispered a plea.

"Soldiers, the covenant was secretly determined by my father in advance with his father and the young Caesar, and if you force it now, it will be a violation of the covenant." Leo shouted.

Over there, Anthony's general, Wendisis, who had been camped with the Fifth Legion, immediately realized that Anthony was in trouble when he learned of the Token Officer's delivery, and asked the Lark Legion to arm themselves en masse, and then briefly told them, "The Ninth and Tenth Legions may have mutinied over the issue of reward and held the Administrator hostage." "The Fifth Legion, which consisted mostly of straight-hearted Gauls, immediately dressed up and swore to preserve Antony's integrity and honor, and at last everyone, including the neatest cavalry brigade of Tarracos, rushed out with Wentitis.

Then, for unknown reasons, the Dalmatian cavalry brigade of the 11th Legion also rushed out, joined Wentitis, and pressed towards the commander's tent, which was thirty Statia away.

In the smoke and dust, Wentitis's cavalry quickly arrived, and the cavalry of the Ninth and Tenth Legions besieging Antony was small, and they were not willing to engage him on a large scale, so they each withdrew, and Antony pulled Leo, ran down the hill quickly, and then stepped on the mounts sent by Wentitis. Anthony looked at Leo with a complicated expression, and finally said, "Don't worry, I'm talking about it, but I won't accept such conditions in the event of defeat, and I'll wait until I'm victorious." (To be continued......)