Augustus Road

Everyone looked at Adiana or Karabia in great surprise. She held up the bloody ax and turned back and said: "I have faced off with Hebrida with a sword before, so I will no longer be afraid of swords. I have already told you to follow me." Calabis's face felt a little hot, and he and Demetrius ran forward in a hurry, one picking up the short spear and the other picking up the shield.

Another Armenian archer shot an arrow at them randomly, but Demetrius blocked it. Then Karabis did not give the opponent a chance to pull the string again. He shouted loudly and chased the opponent with a short spear. When the archer was trembling and preparing to run away in the other direction, Adiana came forward with a diagonal stab and hit the archer's arm with another axe. The archer fell to the ground, clutching the broken bones of his muscles. The arms rolled and whined.

"What are you waiting for, stab him to death with a spear!" Calabis could hardly believe that these words came out of Adiana's pink mouth. He stepped forward, raised his short spear, and the crippled The archer blocked his face with his other hand, and spoke sadly and quickly in Armenian, twittering, which Karabis definitely understood, "Please, don't kill me."

Over there, Adiana urged again, surrounded by shouts and fighting sounds. Calabis raised his spear, with sweat on his palms, the tip of his nose, and his forehead, muttering, "Forgive me, forgive me... .." After saying that, he raised the spear high, pointed the spear tip down, and stabbed it down hard. For a moment, he only felt the warm and moist blood and flesh trembling on the archer's body, all vividly passing through that The spear passed directly into the palm of his hand, into his body, and even into his blood, causing him to tremble endlessly. Under the tension, his eyes began to tremble inexplicably, so much that they almost broke through his eye sockets.

Before Calabis could recover, he was hit hard on the cheek. The moment he flew to the roadside, he heard Hebrida's voice: "Pigs, get out of here, I'm going to get you." ! "It turned out to be the Centurion of Hebrida, who had taken over. They were quickly moving towards Uterius's Centurion. As a result, Karabis, who was blocking the road, was knocked away by Hebrida with his shield. .

At this moment, Karabis popped up a few meters away, staggered and sat down, his nose was bleeding, Bodi and others quickly supported him, and saw the team of Hebrida like a whirlwind. Uterius's centurions were also transformed into three columns of soldiers fighting in close combat. They gained a firm foothold before the Armenians' urgent battle. Once they fought with swords and shields, they became the domain of the Romans.

Of course, the most miserable experience was for the camp slaves who were blocked in the middle of the mountain road and ran around. Most of them did not listen to Karabis's advice. As a result, they were either killed by the Armenians or caught up by Highbury. Da's troops drew their swords and stabbed them down because they were hindering the army's advance.

Finally, the two centurions "received". Seeing this, Uteris whistled a few times, so his tired soldiers held up their shields and retreated slowly and orderly, while Hebrida's The centurions were divided into several parts and moved forward slowly and orderly. In the end, the two centurions passed each other in the gap between the queues, completing the battle relay. The Armenian security detachment, under the liveliness of the new replacements, Under the attack of the Hebrida team, they persisted for half an hour, but they could no longer hold on. They turned their backs to the Romans, threw down the bodies of their companions, and fled down the pass!

"Pursue!" Hebrida shouted excitedly, and he turned back to the slaves in the camp and shouted: "Pigs, you should also carry your packs, follow me, and rush down from the pass, ready to receive the spoils." His centurions were also very excited. They all banged their swords on their shields and made cheers in preparation for a battle.

Uteris, who retreated to rest for a while, heard Hebrida's performance and saw the camp slaves rushing forward. He suddenly had an unpleasant premonition, "This guy who is always a low-level guy, what is he going to do?" He took two of his followers and quickly ran to the pass, just in time to see Hebrida pulling the camp flag out of the soil, "Low-ranking Centurion Hebrida, you must not do anything beyond your authority." !”

Hebrida held up the camp flag and looked back at the angry Uteris with an incredulous expression, and said, "What are you talking about? Didn't the enemy retreat? We have captured this pass, and the next step is natural. I have to rush down, rush into the Armenian camp, and do something big. Please don’t waste my time. Once the Armenians notice it and strengthen their guard, the things in their mouths will fly away.”

Uteris was angry. He pointed at Hebrida and shouted: "I have just used the horn to contact the follow-up team of the Rangers. General Murila asked us to stand by and wait for his arrival before we can act together." ”

"Oh, then just wait here. Maybe Murilla comes, and you can have a drink with him on the top of the mountain and enjoy the breeze or something." Hebrida said sarcastically, and then he threw down his shield, one on each side. He carried two daggers on his shoulder strap, ready for a quick assault.

"Hybrida, as a senior centurion and military tribune, I order you, if you still have the slightest respect for the decrees of the Roman legions! Just..." Uterius's voice was still Before it was over, Hebrida hit him hard on the head with the tail hammer of the camp flag. He swayed sideways twice, preparing to hold on and keep himself from falling, but in the end, Hebrida hit him on the back again. A few times.

Under the dumbfounded eyes of Carabis and other fellow soldiers and slaves, Uterus was knocked to the ground, and then tied to a tree with a bruised face. His two followers were also disarmed in a stunned state. "I swear to my father Jupiter, you will get the most severe punishment, my father, woo woo woo!" The tied Uterus cursed. Hebrida took off the silver ring on his finger and stuffed it into Uterus' mouth. This ring is a symbol of the centurion's identity. "If the punishment is to take off this thing, then I will give it to you in advance. I will be rich soon. I don't care about this thing worth only three or five dekram." Hebrida was very proud.

In the end, even Uterus's centurion team was "robbed" by Hebrida-these soldiers all understood "always low-level" and knew that following him would generally rob more spoils. As for the infighting between the two centurions, these soldiers were too lazy to care.

Standing on the pass, Hebrida looked at the scene below the mountain through the low night sky and gasped in surprise: the Armenian camp with transparent lights was surrounded by a particularly large tent embroidered with gold, surrounded by soldiers on horseback holding torches, and parked in front of the tent were densely packed chariots, each with a parasol canopy, inlaid with gems and gold, and the light emitted even in the dusk was enough to be breathtaking. These vehicles should be used by noble chiefs and kings.

Not far from this tent, there were many positions built by the Romans who broke in during the daytime, because they were all erected with brown-red legion camp flags, which were clearly visible, and the control areas on both sides could only be described as interlaced.

The soldiers of the three regiments were sitting in place at this moment, taking out bread and water bottles, eating silently and quickly, because there would be a life-and-death battle waiting for them soon, either being surrounded by the enemy and leaving their bodies in the wilderness; or succeeding in a surprise attack and making a fortune.

"Yes, yes, this must be the tent of the King of Armenia, there is no mistake!" Hebrida's voice seemed to tremble with excitement in the night wind. At this moment, the sound of "tick-tick" military trumpets came from the bottom of the mountain road. His face changed. That should be the signal for the follow-up team of the rangers to contact. No! Now we have to charge down.

"Stop eating, everyone stand up and line up in an offensive formation." Hebrida raised the camp flag, ignoring Uterus's intimidation and abuse on the side, "Camping slaves, each person carries three torches and ties them to the pickaxe." This was Hebrida's second order.

Karabis tied a longer wooden strip horizontally to the soldier's pickaxe, and then, according to Hebrida's instructions, tied three short torches to the pickaxe one by one with ropes. After completion, it looked like the trident of Poseidon, the god of the sea, and also like the large candles of the Jewish Hanukkah. Then he and Demetrius helped Potti and Adiana tie the pickaxe.

"Bugler, blow the signal behind the mountain road and tell me that there is no enemy on the top of the mountain. We are going to camp." Hebrida dragged several buglers over, and soon three very soothing bugle calls were heard. Murila, who walked to the mountainside, and the centurions of the other regiments heard this message and discussed: the front is safe, and now all the soldiers will temporarily stop, eat and rest, waiting for the legions down the mountain to act together tomorrow. "Damn the mountain road, damn the night." Murila sat on a low stool, took off the heavy and tiring helmet, and complained. Just as several soldiers brought him roasted meat and wine, three more sharp bugle calls came from the top of the mountain, scaring Murila to put on his helmet again, "Could it be that Uterus's regiment encountered the enemy up there!?" How could he know that Uterus was now tied to a big tree on the top of the mountain, enjoying the cool breeze of the Taurus Mountains in the autumn night! And those three sharp trumpet calls were Hebrida's order for the whole team to attack!

The Armenian Royal Guard Cavalry had just seen a few remnants running down the mountain pass, and learned from them that a Roman team had appeared on the mountain over there. A Royal Guard Captain did not dare to neglect it, so he passed the gate and came to the camp of Tegrenis. This camp was so huge that it was built with fir frames and purple curtains on all sides, just like the walls. The ground was covered with thick blankets of wool and camel hair, and there were countless rooms such as the front hall, dining room, meeting room and bedroom. The Royal Guard Captain first came to the front hall. He only saw that in the deafening noise, all the chiefs were eating and drinking wildly in front of the dining table. Several male and female slaves were whimpering, kneeling on the dining table, and all the "doors" on their bodies were [] by the same chiefs and generals. The whole hall was full of the smell of alcohol and body fluids.

"With me, Biduita, here, a few petty Roman thieves are nothing. My Ebona will send them all to the underworld in an instant." A big man with indigo tattoos all over his body, although naked, had a long sword hanging on his waist. He laughed wildly, holding a wine jar in one hand and drinking wildly, and holding a kneeling plump slave girl's hair with the other hand, hitting her breasts like a wild bull. The wine dripping from his beard flowed down the slave girl's plump back valley, constantly overflowing and falling to the ground.

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