Augustus Road

"(Soldiers on both sides) extorted money, plundered, ransacked homes, and destroyed livestock, grain and property." - Anthony Goodman describes the War of the Roses in England in the fifteenth century

When Calabis said this, not to mention Malca, Claudius and even all the centurions screamed. They simply couldn't tolerate that the opponent in front of them was actually a girl.

"Bastard, Calabis, I asked you to annihilate her three years ago!" Hebrida raised her big hand and shouted.

"Don't underestimate her!" Calabis shouted, "According to the information sent by the Pope Self-Defense City, there are many centurions similar to the Roman legions in the Pontic army. She is a smart and cunning person, a colorful streak. Vipers, these centurions who imitate our tactics must be her work."

Many centurions immediately started shouting, "Damn it, we don't care if you have been fooled by Calabis before, or how well you cooperated with Pope before, but this is simply unbearable, and it is a huge blow to the legion." The insult, we are fighting a woman."

"I repeat, she is not an ordinary woman." Karabis became anxious. He tried to correct everyone's perception of Adiana, but it only added fuel to the fire.

Claudius stood up immediately when he saw the opportunity and said provocatively, "For almost thirty years, I have only fought with women on the bed, and every time they begged for mercy. I think it is the same on the battlefield. Envoy of the Legion Karabis, if you are only intimidated by her beauty and charm in front of the princess and do not dare to confront her head-on, then give back the command. By the way, I vaguely remember three years ago in Xiaoya. , you have been a follower of this princess, and you have a good relationship with her. She is very kind to you. When I cut off your rope, you two were leaning together, aren't they?" said. At the end, Claudius actually looked up and sighed, obviously trapped in long-lasting memories.

"I didn't expect that, Your Excellency, the special envoy of the legion, you have been a follower of our Pontic royal family before?" Malcha also took the opportunity to tease, "I understand a little bit, a servant cannot draw a sword against his master."

Even Helen Putina was a little angry and added, "Dear envoy of the legion, in this atmosphere where the whole army is questioning whether I still need to fight under your leadership, maybe one of the generals here will We have captured the princess of Pontus named Adiana. You can sit down and have a good talk with her about the past."

In the end, Karabis made a gesture to stop everyone, and then announced: "We can go to war, let Pope still guard the Acropolis, I will lead three brigades as the central force, and the Governor's troops can cover us on both wings, but this The scale of this battle is limited to contact warfare - the enemy is outnumbered, and we must always pay attention to enemy ship attacks - Lord Claudius, you must take on the responsibility of guarding the long bridge and blocking ropes in the bay. "Then, he walked up to Helenputina and said, "Send Nicole to the safety of the acropolis, and you three will now be responsible for guarding me."

In the Pontic camp, Adiana sat obediently in front of Mithridates. The King of the Black Sea's physical condition improved slightly, and the princess returned the highest command to her father.

"My previous thoughts were so stupid. I actually expected to have peace talks with these greedy executioners in Rome. We must win this battle no matter what, even if it is just to avenge the bison. He was with me in the wilderness of Asia Minor and I grew up in the forest. I remember that every time we hunted when we were young, I would ride on a horse, hold up the prey and call him back, and he would run behind me, always running behind me, even on gravel. The fall on the ground was bruised, but Tucker Siler still followed behind, shouting, telling me to wait for him, wait for him..." Thinking of this, the King of the Black Sea's voice actually choked up.

Two lines of tears silently fell from Adiana's eyes. "Stratonis, before this battle, you must give all the soldiers half a year's worth of rewards to boost their morale." The princess looked at Stratonis on the other side coldly and said.

Stratonis also sneered, "Of course, I will give the money to His Excellency Menander, the commander of the Bronze Shield Army, and let him perform this task - also, I want to be a soldier and see something like this A woman like me will definitely be upset and discouraged." At this time, Menander, the young general of Pontus next to Stratonis, immediately bowed sideways with a flattered expression.

"This time the frontline commander of the entire army is General Archelaus. If we want to give out rewards to boost morale, it should also be Archelaus." Adiana refused to give up an inch of ground.

Then Adiana seemed to remember something and said with a mocking tone, "By the way, it is said that the man who led the Roman army this time was actually the man named Calabi who killed your father Orbisius and then fled. Slaves."

Stratonis suppressed the overflow in her heart and returned calmly: "You are indeed your Royal Highness. Even the escaped slaves around you can hold a high position in the city of Rome."

"Okay!" Mithridates in the middle patted his knees and shouted, "This time I will reward the soldiers."

On the altar of the camp, under the knives of several blood-stained priests, a cow lay in a pool of blood, its internal organs taken out, and fortune-telling was performed. Rows of fully armed soldiers, led by the flag of the sun god Mithra, stepped on the remaining snow, with the rising winter sun on their backs, holding Macedonian spears with hammer tips at the bottom and brass shields, marching in unison. In the gaps between the square formations, teams of light shield scattered soldiers mixed in and rushed to the west.

"What a stupid military formation. I didn't expect that my father was still stubbornly using the military formation that was completely defeated by the Romans a hundred years ago." Adiana said sadly to the generals such as Archelaus beside her on the wooden building of the camp, holding the railing.

"What about the new model army of the princess?"

"The new model army, now trained and formed, only has 20 centurions, but I will use it in the most appropriate place, waiting for my Carapis." Adiana's mouth suddenly showed a cunning and inexplicable smile.

Stepping on the slippery grass where the remaining snow melted, Carapis staggered twice and almost fell down. Helenputina beside him had a calm face and didn't even mean to help him. Carapis could only cough twice awkwardly, took the baton handed over by the soldier next to him, squinted his eyes, faced the dazzling sunlight, and observed the Pontus Legion opposite.

"What era is this military formation?" Carapis said in surprise, covering his eyes with his hands. (To be continued.)