Chapter 30 Battle of the Amon River (Part 2)

After the chariot convoy collapsed, the accompanying infantry was attacked by a pincer. Arp and Lepidus' troops who rushed out, like two iron pliers, crushed the fragile egg in an instant. Hundreds of people were massacred on the spot, and the rest of the corpses floated. Over the river, more people pushed aside the corpses of their companions and fled towards the Amon River without their lives.

"Drink, drink!" Sabo, with blood stains on his cloak, bared his teeth, rode his horse and rushed to the temporary camp of the attached cavalry brigade who was sitting or lying behind, and shouted loudly to Anthony who stood up while holding the hilt of his sword. , "The infantry ambush in front of our army achieved a brilliant victory. Your Majesty the Commander-in-Chief ordered your cavalry to immediately engage in pursuit!"

"Asshole, we have been fighting for two days and three nights in a row. The soldiers can no longer ride on the saddle. Their eyes can hardly see. Does this guy Lepidus know?" Anthony protested angrily. He said emotionally. Standing in front of Sabo's horse, he clapped his hands.

Sabokemus didn't seem to hear this person's difficulties at all. He then turned to Dusonville and continued with an unquestionable command tone, holding the token in his hand, "This is the Thirteenth Legion and Serapis Commander-in-Chief of the Legions, Companion of the Pharaohs, Military Chief of the Egyptian Defense Nomads, Ptolemaic King of Cyrenaica, Treasurer of Illyria, Friend of the Great Temple of Venus in Paphos, Carabis Cornelius Do you need me to repeat the order of Lord Marcus F. Aemilius Lepidus?"

After saying that, he pulled the reins, raised his front hooves, made a half circle, stood firmly in the opposite direction, and then drove away.

"Would you like to follow me to the Amon River, which is dozens of miles away, and chase north without stopping, to defeat the remaining troops of the Garamantes there?" Lepidus was surrounded by the flowing pine trees. He encouraged loudly to the black soldiers running hard behind him. "The crown of the King of Cyrenaica. The glory of God Serapis!" the black soldiers responded loudly. Barefoot striding to catch up with him, the sound of thousands of horse hooves quickly turned behind. Anthony and Dusonville's auxiliary cavalry also caught up, then advanced, and made a surprise attack in the direction of the Amon River. .

When they saw their own defeated troops commotion in the direction of the river meander, and Roman cavalry wielding javelins and swords were chasing after them, the main force of the Garamantian army on the bank of the Ammon River began to loosen up and make noise. It was already noon, and the chiefs standing on the gorgeous chariots began to question each other fiercely, not knowing what to do. On the other side of the river, under the command of General Petheneus, the centurions of the Thirteenth Legion also began to stand up, looking like they were crossing the river to attack.

"Tear their rear guard to pieces!" Lepidus took the lead and slashed through the gap in front of the Garamantians like a sharp blade. Several enemy soldiers shouted and threw javelins at him, but the slave soldiers next to him stepped forward. He raised his shield and blocked it. More and more infantry and cavalry followed their commander-in-chief, tearing the gap into a huge "wound". Then the rear column of the Garamantes began to flee over the mountains and plains, and was driven out of the battlefield by Lepidus' cavalry. However, the nobles, accompanying tribal soldiers, and chariots of the front column were crowded by the Amon River and were mercilessly attacked. Siege and massacre.

As the sun set, when the whole battle was over, the Romans had the right to clean up the battlefield. Because they were the victors, they mobilized the main force from the city of Asamangars to block and annihilate the opponent's reinforcements at the Ouse River, and then took advantage of the situation to blitz the Assamangas. Menghe, killed about 3,000 Garamantes, including 28 noble heads hanging with gold collars.

Similar to the Baranya people in Spain, although this people in the desert used to rely on bravery and fierce fighting to become famous in southern Libya, they have now also suffered a devastating blow from Lepidus. According to the previous expressions of the Esio people, this people The nation had 10,000 men capable of fighting, but now 3,000 were killed in the battle, which is not far from annihilation.

"Their remnants probably retreated to the caves that produce amethyst in the distance." The Esio envoy said to Lepidah with a proud and gratified tone.

"You Aisio people don't even know how to use torches, right?" Lepidus asked in a teasing tone. When the envoy gave a negative answer, Lepidus took the pine tree from the retinue and gently handed it to the envoy's hand. Li, with a gentle tone, said, "The team I led today is very tired and needs to rest for a while. So I will dispatch the prepared River Guards and God's Tomb Guards, who have nothing to do in the camp. Your people Serve as a guide and search out the rats in the caves, or burn them to death directly."

The torch in the messenger's hand was trembling, but he quickly accepted this cruel order.

Lepidus always found this kind of boring rat war "boring". He ordered the soldiers on the battlefield of the Amon River to wash their horses with river water, clean the blood on their weapons, and then bury the corpses of both the enemy and ourselves. This thing actually lasted for nearly four days. Because there were too many bodies left by the Garamantes, after identifying all the dead nobles of the other side, the Romans threw them all on the mule carts and accompanied the army towards the city of Asamangals.

In the past few days, the city has not launched any proactive attack, which proves that these fools still pin their hopes on reinforcements. Therefore, Lepidus nailed all the corpses of the chiefs and nobles who died in the Amon River to crosses, and erected a long row under the city, and then waited for the envoys of the city to surrender.

Three days later, no messenger came.

It seems that the opponent's weapons and food reserves can still sustain it, and they are not completely intimidated.

Until the Roman soldiers put the heads cut off from the rotten corpses on the catapults and smashed them into the city like stone bullets, the defenders of the city finally collapsed. They opened the city gates, gave up resistance, and were willing to surrender. Even being sold as slaves was better than suffering such a miserable end.

But Lepidus did not sell them to foreign mines, because the commander-in-chief had no military traders behind him. Most of these people wanted both money and life, and were unwilling to cross the sea of ​​death to do such business. Therefore, Lepidus first let these captives stretch their muscles - demolish the entire city of Asamangals, and then ordered them to build a temple of Serapis, an altar to King Numa, and a temple of the goddess of hunting in the wilderness outside the city.

"After all this is done, let these captives be managed by the Eciopes and continue to work in the salt wells, but my legion will get half of all the proceeds. Also, Sabo, please write a letter to Ptolemy as soon as possible. I want to arrange a treasurer on my own in this land."

"But?"

"No buts, it was agreed that I am the king of Cyrenaica, and I have the final say here, even if I give the kingdom to Rome in a blink of an eye, so the letter is just a courtesy consideration." (To be continued..)