Augustus Road

"Don't worry, if Uteris doesn't move, I will kick his ass with my military shoes." Of course Murilla understood that this centurion was Lucullas' favorite general, so he joked that the people around him were kind-hearted. Laughing, Uteris excitedly thanked the coach for his trust in him and his team.

"You pigs don't want to rest tonight! Everyone is carrying baggage and luggage and moving with the regiment." In the camp of the third regiment, Hebrida's cry was like a wolf's howl, and everyone The soldiers were fully armed and gathered around him, while he was lecturing the slaves in the camp, "Because this time we are going to take a mountain road, it is a very strong attack. From now on, you are also combatants of the regiment. Don't make any noise, don't move around, otherwise I have the right to execute you on the way. Do you hear me? Everyone wears their own nameplate. If the harvest is big, I promise to give you every pig. Ten drachmas, and the gift of three bushels of wine.”

There were more than fifty camp slaves in the third regiment, both men and women. When everyone heard Hebrida's promise, they were worried and a little excited at the same time. However, they had no choice at all. , it would be great to get some rewards.

"Calabis, Poti, Demetrius, when the time comes, you must follow me and obey my command, so as to save your life." In the camp, "Calabis" asked Calabis and Bodie packed his bags, pacing up and down, thinking and giving orders.

"I have to advise you in advance that it would be better to change your graceful robe into a short shirt, otherwise walking on the mountain road will kill you." Calabis mocked Adiana, and Demetrius What Si said before was not a lie. The wound medicine prepared by this Jew was very effective. Now, both Calabis and himself have recovered to 70% or 80% of their injuries. Everyone rolled up their blankets and medicine bags and carried them behind them, but Adiana was still unwilling to take off her robe. When passing by a certain soldier's camp, Adiana suddenly opened the curtain in the light and took a look inside: Titus was lying on a stretcher in the camp tent, his eyes dull and motionless.

"Is he not dead yet?" Adiana asked coldly.

The uninformed Demetrius, because he was the one responsible for treating Batiatus, answered casually: "He was punished by the gods for killing the body of the Princess of Pontus in the palace of Calabi, and was chopped off the back of the neck. There was a deep wound. Although he was not dead, his soul had been chopped into pieces and he had lost his normal thinking. "

"He's going to die, which can be considered a relief, right?" Adiana's beautiful side face raised, and then in the dark night, her expression could no longer be seen clearly.

Soon, in front of the camp, the third regiment formed a formation, including the camp slaves. Uteris held a cane and made an impassioned speech: "Brothers, this is a rare opportunity to win honor. Our third regiment The one hundred and sixty brothers of the regiment must be at the forefront of the left wing rangers..." Calabis paid attention, while Hebrida next to Uteris was restless, as if she was afraid that her prey would escape. He looked impatient as he was afraid that Uteris would shut up soon.

As Uteris waved his cane, the third regiment shouted in unison, lined up in column, held pineapples smeared with olive oil, led by several Armenian prisoners, and was the first to camp on their own. Departed.

It was already dawn. When the third regiment marched along the military road of the camp, there were auxiliary soldiers and slaves everywhere. They pushed the ballistae and stone cannons to the forward position according to the order. Many centurions of the central army there were already in offensive formation, ready to wait for orders.

"Raise the camp flag of the brigade, we are at the front." When Uteris climbed the mountain road, he said proudly to the flag officer. This camp flag can guide the subsequent Rangers along the route they surveyed. The road moved forward, and then all the people of the third legion, including Calabis, Adiana, Poti and Demetrius, all carried baggage on their backs, walking higher and higher along the winding mountain road, in the morning light The sky was covered with frost, and it penetrated people's collars and armors without any obstruction. Karabis, whose eyebrows and beard were dyed with a light frost color, looked down: the Sophini River was like a gray belt, lying across the wilderness. Between the mountains and the "confrontation" between the Roman camp and the Armenian camp, the campfires were still dotted, but the sun wheel had jumped out, reflecting the slightly cold white light in a corner of the field, and rapidly expand.

"Click", a not too loud sound - or it was too far away from Calabis, giving him the feeling that the sound was not too loud - in the Roman forward position, a flaming stone cannonball, high up Flying up, rolling in the air, with hissing flames, like a trailing meteor, it crashed into the Armenian camp, and the flames shot up into the sky.

Next, there was a continuous "click" and "click" sound, and the Roman gunners received instructions to throw out all the stone bullets at once. As a result, Calabis on the mountain saw a spectacular scene: The shadow of the fire kept passing over his cheek, and thirty or fifty Roman ballistae and stone-throwing machines sprayed out like fireworks from the mouths of countless monsters.

The Armenian camp was suddenly riddled with holes. The worries of the staff conveyed by Nesa yesterday became a reality. The 10,000 infantrymen had no courage to hold on to the battle because they had witnessed the defeat of Messara in advance. Instead, they scrambled to escape, disrupting the troops in the rear. Under the sudden attack of Roman stone cannons, the entire Armenian army fell into a chaotic and congested situation.

"Go!" the centurions in front of Mianyanlu Village shouted the orders one by one. The flag officer held the eagle flag and the camp flag, walked at the front of each queue, and took the lead to cross the pontoon bridge built by the Roman auxiliaries on the Sophini River. , launched a general attack, the sound of horse hooves was like bursts of thunder, shaking the sky.

"Don't be in a daze, come with me quickly." Hebrida arrived with the second centurion: the camp slaves were sandwiched between the two centurions to prevent anyone from escaping. He said viciously to Calabis.

"The general attack has begun. Our left wing must speed up the pace. Speed ​​up the pace." The Roman soldiers, who had already mastered the pace of their steps in daily training, increased the speed with mechanical precision, and the sound of footsteps on the mountain road began to stir. Get up, "Idiot, I told you to take off your gown a long time ago!" Calabis grabbed the backpack from the shoulders of Adiana, who was panting and holding the "Gitong" robe, and cursed in anger, Adiana Her face turned red from exhaustion, but she had to force herself to follow the team. The dagger held by Hebrida behind him and his little temper were no joke.

The mountains and forests were retreating rapidly from place to place. The left-wing Rangers led by the third regiment were rushing on the mountains to the right of the Armenians. Their mission was to detour back to the enemy's baggage positions behind them. The commander's camp was better, but then As the altitude increased, the air became thinner and the road became more and more rugged. Adiana's cumbersome robe finally made her unable to support her. She suddenly sat down on the edge of the trail, and Bodi hurriedly helped her up. , "Bitch, don't touch my arm." Adiana actually gave Bodi a mouthful with her backhand.

Potty didn't show any signs of anger, he just looked up and said: "Karabia, you have to get up quickly!"

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