"Nothing is more frequent than the revolution and improvement of military art.----" - Ancient Greek orator Demostini

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When Rabinus's military order was issued, many Pompei soldiers were still lying on the cattle drinking greedily by the streams of the occupied camp. Lelias's troops had fled in the opposite direction, but Libida's three legions advanced and were stalking and stubbornly unrelaxed. In the forest, the seashore and the wilderness of the river, Pompei's rear guard troops were successively broken through. Their casualties were even more serious than the Caesar's army in the previous northern position. Some fled to the canoe left by Libo, some were hiking around in the Caesar's camp, and some were running towards the city of Cocula, but more people hid everywhere, whether it was Rabinus or any other general, they lost control of their subordinates.

At the same time, Karenus also led his subordinates to raid from the small battalion, cooperated with Li Bida's offensive to attack the enemy.

In the evening, two heads appeared before Li Bida, who was in charge of the commander, the traitors, Giros and Elgus. The former was slashed by a black soldier from the 15th Legion, while the latter was hiding in the corner of the camp in chaos and was discovered by Alp, the captain of Li Bida's guard.

"Have these two people always followed Rabinus?" Li Bida asked, and after being recognized by the prisoners, he said, "It seems that Rabinus's aides and entourage team have also collapsed. He told the front-line army commanders to continue to pursue fiercely and to annihilate Pompei's elite team in Greece. They had experienced a long battle before. The troops were extremely short of water. They had no strength to resist at all. They asked them to surrender and we would like to protect the lives of each other."

Then, several military slaves led Li Bida's mount. He whispered, looked at the vast twilight and the battlefield with sandy bones, and then stepped on one side. He flipped onto the saddle and ordered that all the troop squads, baggage teams, and commander's guards, carry flags and advance six Stadias, and also sent orders to the frontline soldiers, to expel Pompei's remaining soldiers out of this range by tying them up from the original camp.

About 3,000 Pompei soldiers were killed on the spot, plus the losses from previous attacks. That day can be said to be the worst day in Rabinus's life, with five thousand elite subordinates killed. About the same number of people were captured or surrendered, most of whom surrendered with Gaius, and later they were incorporated into Pompei's army to fight. Now they have swung back again and handed over weapons and armor to Chief Deputy General Caesar.

There were more people who escaped and scattered. Whether it was Caesar's or Pompei's side, they could not grasp their exact location. They were all over the mountains and valleys. However, Libidaus told his subordinates that they would come out automatically in about two or three days, and were tempted by clear water and food.

In the end, less than 10,000 soldiers followed Rabinus back to Cocula, he returned to the starting point in a daze, and then sat blankly in the camp, holding his head, trying to prevent himself from crying, but the soldiers ignored the torture of fear, disappointment and thirst, which made them cry as much as possible. This creepy cry could be heard by the two legion soldiers on Caesar's position.

On that day, Caesar and Anthony were not idle either. They each organized twelve brigades and attacked the enemy's blockade line, making considerable progress, destroying a piece of city wall, and then expelling and killing many auxiliary soldiers of Pompei's side.

The arrival of the "reserve troops" completely reversed the situation of the war. Now there are only two roads in front of Rabinus. One is to escape in a fleet as soon as possible, and the other is to be wiped out when the water is cut off.

The next day, Rabinus stood on the wall of the city and sent a guard to send Anthony's younger brother Gaius to the confrontation position between the two armies, and then asked Caesar and Libidaus to discuss.

After Li Bida received this news, he thought that the other party wanted to exchange Prince Sarada of Thrace, so he also invited the prince to go with him and came to Caesar's camp together under the "escort" of the Medegis Guard. "I don't know what words should be used to thank you for your merits and timely arrival. This proves that Anthony's plan is perfect, but I overestimate myself in the process of execution. If I want to hold myself accountable for the loss of the North Front, I think that as the supreme commander of the army, I must take over everything." Caesar kept expressing his gratitude when he saw Li Bida riding a horse, and Li Bida replied humbly that he was just fulfilling his duties as a chief deputy general.

But Caesar was still very persistent, "You will be rewarded, my dearest deputy general and assistant." Then he narrowed his eyes, looked at the prince Thracian with panic in front of him, and comforted and joked, "You should know that we actually don't want to let you go, because there is no water there."

At this moment, all the guards turned their faces to the other side - the commander of the southern line Anthony shouted and galloped over on horseback, and it seemed that he had definitely thrown his duties to Faobinas.

"I'm here to visit the process of my brother being redeemed." That being said, Li Bida clearly saw the other party's eyes shining brightly, so it's more like "surveillance". Today the other party must see his brother returning to his camp safely.

Gaius was standing, still wearing shackles, behind him were Rabinus and the soldiers holding sharp blades. It seemed that the atmosphere of the discussion was not so harmonious and relaxed. Seeing the former chief deputy general, Caesar felt disgusted with hatred. He had heard that Rabinus killed his captured officers and soldiers, so he said to Li Bida with a calm face, "You are responsible for negotiating with this villain, and I don't want to say more to him."

At this time, Rabinus spoke first, "I am willing to release Gaius. In addition, we don't need to return Prince Thrace, because the entire army is in the water cut off, and all my subordinates are suffering, so there is no need to let him come and suffer. Also, I owed Li Bida you a huge favor, you forgive my hometown, so if you don't dislike me, please accept my apology."

"You might as well surrender as soon as possible to avoid the remaining soldiers suffering again." After seeing the other party untied Gaius's shackles, Li Bida loudly persuaded, "Then he was just accepting the punishment he deserved. Can't you bear this?"

"What are you talking about? I am a person who takes political responsibility and will not give up easily. Therefore, Lord Julius and Lord Libidaus, we will meet again on other battlefields. As a real soldier, we can only be stronger for a long time." After saying this, Rabinus licked his dry and cracked lips, turned his horse's head, and returned to the fortress line on his side.
Chapter completed!