Immediately, the Twelfth Legion, which had followed Antony, also carried up to the high ground with its banner, and at this moment Rabinus's troops had left the position they had been stationed in, advanced forward by three stadias, and began to prepare to besiege Libida, because the manor mentioned by Atrius was in the shade of the hillside, and Rabinus could not see it, nor did he know it, and he was full of the belief that if he waited patiently for a few more days, the enemy would disintegrate by thirst.

It's summer, the previous rainy days have ended, the sun is unobstructed, and the daylight hours are particularly long, so the sunset lasts for a long time.

Secretly, Li Bida's two corps had already taken turns to alternate, and they drank enough water to the farm in the rear, and the soldiers standing in front were densely packed, well blocking the enemy's sight.

A moment, a half passed, and the triumphant Rabinus wandered his mount back and forth in front of the battle, waiting for the scene of Libida bending his knees to him for mercy. Sure enough, soon, the two enemy legions on the opposite side began to stir, and the sound was very loud, and many soldiers in sweatshirts ran down from the hill and shouted, "It's not bad, it's worthy of Li Bida's soldiers, who can hold out for so long before they begin to collapse." Rabinus waved his hand and gave orders to all the cavalry, "That's the enemy's surrender, watch for their weapons." ”

The Numidian cavalry burst out laughing, thinking that soon more of the enemy would come down and surrender, and the Romans had been defeated by them at Utica before, and more than one legion had died by their swords, and this time seemed to be no exception.

So they didn't line up a cordon, but the group of troops descending the mountain was getting faster and faster. Before Rabinus could notice something. Li Bida's "surrendering soldiers" suddenly pulled out the short sword and dagger in his clothes. They rushed up, and treated them in the same way as men, and stabbed the unsuspecting Numidians in the belly, or cut off the hooves, for most of them did not even have a saddle. In the mournful roar of the tide, the first line of cavalry of Rabinus immediately collapsed, "The cavalry behind, press up." Kill all those who dare to resist the sneak attack! Rabinus was also almost hit, he pulled the reins and ran to the back team, and he was angry.

But this was clearly not a mere near-death counterattack, for the infantry of the Lypida regiment on the hillside violently split the passage, and the cavalry then rushed over like a burst of magma and fought Rabinus's men. Then, Li Pida's infantry also marched forward and attacked with all their might, and the corpses of the Numidian cavalry killed were piled up. The rest of the people could no longer heed Labinus's scolding and commands, and fled in all directions. Rabinus hurried to his caravan of "new command centers". Prepare to use the camel flag language to save the troops.

"Despicable villain!" At this moment Antony galloped and threw a javelin at Rabinus, who slapped his horse and crossed it, and the javelin fell right on the token officer on the camel, and he fell down with a muffled grunt.

Seeing that the other party was like an angry Hercules, Rabinus did not dare to fight, so he could only continue to avoid the road, and he could not remember how many times he had suffered such a heavy defeat under Li Pida. By this time the moon had risen, and the cries of the pursuers were slowly left behind, and Rabinus rode his horse in a "sea" of gravel and corpses, and fled with the defeated in the direction of the place from which he had started.

Yes, it was another escape, and in the wind and the moonlight, Rabinus's tears, running down his cheeks to the stubble, were cold.

Twenty-two abandoned camels were captured by Li Pida, "This is quite interesting, using camels to command the whole army." Li Bida unceremoniously laughed at this group of animals, no matter how Rabinus's raid still caused him great trouble, and the name "Rabinus" itself to Caesar or Li Bida means "fierce enemy", not to mention, this battle Li Bida's two legions killed 600 people, but the horses lost nearly 2,000 horses, this battle to attack Zeta City, according to Li Bida's later evaluation, is worth the loss.

Correspondingly, the Rabinus side lost about 900 men, but did not lose too many horses.

In the next battle, the 12th and 15th legions were afraid to become mere infantry legions.

Li Bida first led his troops to stay at the farm for one night, then returned to Agaba, and after confirming that there was no hostile situation, it took half a day to return to the camp on Mount Jemal.

As a result, the body of Little Hortensius was also carried back, covered with sword wounds and javelin scars, it turned out that the troops sent by Caesar to the Cave Mountain were also ambushed by Pompey and King Juba, and the losses were very heavy.

"In the end, he was just as unlucky as his father." Li Bida sighed, and after seeing the remains of little Hortenhuus, he asked to prepare the shroud and the ferry money from Hades, and then bury them on the spot with the other war dead.

The two sorties against Hadrumum and Zeta were frustrated, and the fierce southerly winds blew every summer, which had previously been encountered by Li Bida and others during the expedition to Cyrene, and was enough to bury the entire tribe at once, although the momentum of blowing to the coast of Libya had been greatly weakened, but it also made it difficult for ships from Italy and Sicily to dock, and Pompey's naval fleet was also active again, and they no longer fought against the superior Caesar fleet as a whole, but broke into pieces and specialized in attacking transport ships, Engage in wolf pack tactics. Caesar's dozen legions were now more and more prominent, but Caesar still asked everyone to build a fortress every short section, and then the next one, trying to surround the Uzta on the left and right along the ridge, like an outstretched arm, which made the soldiers involved in the vigilance and engineering feel even more tired.

Then the biggest problem arose, the narrow valley plain between Uzta and Caesar's camp, which had no groundwater at all, and could only be brought from the rear towns, "so that it would be difficult for the soldiers to hold the fortress." ”

But the soldiers of several legions were still eager to overcome the difficulties for His Excellency the Dictator, and they drank very little water a day, endured the attacks of Pompey, and continued the fortification. However, the efforts of these brave men eventually came to naught, and when they finally reached the foot of the Uzta, Scipio and Rabinus had already prepared to make the walls on both sides of the acropolis higher and thicker, and set up many projectile weapons, so that Caesar's "arms" were blocked.

Then Caesar's legions took no pains and began to stretch across the entire battlefield of confrontation, building a long fortification directly against the city of Uzta, extending a section of the wall every day, but the result was the same: when they were halfway through, Pompey's army, as if mocking, dug a very deep trench around the outside of Uzta, and in front of the fortification, the fortifications were cut off by this deep ditch, and could no longer be extended.

"Isn't it okay to go on like this?" Li Bida on Jemal Hill at the top of the left wing sighed when he saw this scene. (To be continued......)