Augustus Road

Rossius looked at the bleeding body lying on the sand and knew that Surena was not inviting him to do something, but ordering him to do something, so he held up the box and walked up to Surena. , several followers stopped him aside, and then poured out all the contents of the box.

Unexpectedly, Crassus did not put the seal or diplomatic contract in the box at all, but only some clothes, books, and a short sword. It seems that the governor did not believe Surena's lies at first. Surena did not come out with these things that symbolized the power of the republic. Surena jumped off the horse and fiddled with it with his riding crop. Then he clicked his tongue because he turned out some very important books and immediately laughed. It turned out that they were all from Milli. A collection of love poems from both cities. Of course, the word "love" exalts this kind of market language, which is basically pornographic literature.

"Put all these books into large leather bags, and select the most obscene passages to teach the soldiers to sing, and tell the people of Seleuria and Ctesiphon that the so-called powerful Roman legions, their commanders, usually read these "Surena said proudly, and then he threw a few gold coins to Pomaceris, who was still asking for a reward, kicked him away, picked up Crassus' head, and hung it with his own hands. On the spear tassel, his Rong clan followers also chopped off the heads of Eugutavis and Petro, picked them up with Contus spears, walked to the bottom of the hillside, and loudly mocked the stunned Roman soldiers above. They said, "I heard that in Rome there was a group called citizens. Most of you belong to this group. They rely on so-called votes to decide and elect the oligarchs who manage the country and the army. Today on the battlefield, I finally I see. You can still use this method to cover up your humbleness and cowardice, push your commander out and let him be innocently killed in the conflict. I think you should not use the word 'citizen' but the word 'mob'. , even monkeys to describe you. In order to punish you for your betrayal of your superiors, I decree that no one of you will be spared. "

After saying that, Surena raised the spear in his hand high and openly galloped back and forth down the hillside twice. When the Romans saw the death of Crassus, their morale immediately hit the bottom and began to collapse. Even though many of them were elites from the first legion of the province, after losing their governors and generals, they were not as brave as the peasants who protected the villages. Some centurions listened to Crassus's warning before his death and led their men to escape into the mountains, while others led their men to flee towards the city of Ikni indiscriminately. As a result, the Arabs who were surrounded took the opportunity to cause chaos. They were hacked and killed indiscriminately, and their miserable cries shook the wilderness. These men of Akbarus were the most ferocious group, and they looted Roman prisoners and corpses crazily. Even the Parthian nobles could not stand it.

More people threw down their weapons and shields and walked towards Surena's command to surrender. This made Surena feel particularly happy. Serxis seemed to have killed the Roman army. If he lived, then he is no longer planning to attack Ikni, but is planning to return to the horse and pull out the isolated city of Calle, and then annihilate the five Roman legions with the lowest combat effectiveness and capture them all. , so there were 10,000 Romans he bound alone, and another 20,000 were killed by him. Now Crassus had five legions, not even a quarter of them escaped.

"If I triumphantly conquer Seleucia immediately, my merits will shine throughout Asia Minor, Syria and Persia. Whether it is valleys, plains, rivers or oceans, Surena's name will be like a god, and everyone will be in awe. "Surena looked up to the sky and smiled, and then he began to feel sad again, thinking that he had such a great military merit, but he still lacked something, that is, he captured the eagle mark of the Roman First Legion, but this eagle mark was taken by their chief The brigade carried and protected them, and they must have escaped into Ikni by now.

The moon rose quietly, shining in such an endless sea of ​​sand, and there seemed to be an undulating silver sea under the horses' hooves. Surena looked up at the slightly missing silver plate, and her heart seemed to feel more comfortable. After all, there is no place in this world. There is no perfect existence, and the human heart cannot be centered. Now his plan is to continue to humiliate the Romans in the east for the defeat they suffered, capture Calle, and push the national border to Syria. It is best to gain another The city of Antioch, but this is a later story - because yesterday Herod sent a letter of congratulations, requesting him to hold a victory congratulatory meeting with him in the recovered city of Seleucia on his way back to the army.

Suddenly, among the captives walking by with their heads bowed, a veteran caught his attention. He immediately stepped forward and raised his chin with a riding crop. The veteran had a frightened look on his face, but Surena Then he uttered an exclamation, and then he asked for an interpreter and said to the other party, "This guy, has anyone said that you look particularly like your governor?"

"Someone did say that someone just now encouraged me to go back and pretend to be him and sleep with his wife, but the condition is that I get your release." The soldier, who was seventy-nine points similar, soon lost his fear and spoke with a characteristic of the Romans. Speaking in a rogue tone.

"You don't have to go back to Rome. As long as you cooperate with me in a play, I can give you the best prostitutes in Miletus and Seleucia. You can choose whether they are fat or thin. Even my concubine, you Anyone you like can ask her to sleep with you." Surena's words were even more cynical, accompanied by a very obscene gesture, "Give me your name, old guy."

"Pasianus, Pasianus." The veteran coughed a few times and replied emphatically.

Surena continued to laugh, shook his cloak, and said loudly, "Pasianus, yes, I will also imitate the 'invincible' Romans and hold a ceremony for myself in Seleucia immediately. A grand triumphal ceremony, and you will be the protagonist, the great General Paxianus from Rome, hahahaha." His laughter was almost crazy.

At this moment, Sabo, lighting a torch and meandering through the mountain valleys, felt the extreme difference between day and night in the desert area. He wrapped an extra layer of blankets on his armor, but he still couldn't withstand the biting wind in the valley. There was a cold wind, and his mood was extremely contradictory. According to Lepidus' instructions in advance, he could stay in place or go home when he reached this point, but he still resisted softly, so when Polo came to ask for instructions At that time, he just said softly, "Continue to search forward, we should have friendly forces on the opposite side."

Around the fourth outpost, they kept encountering defeated soldiers who had lost all their clothes and armor. Then Sabo again resisted softly. After a brief screening (to see if they could speak Latin), he gave them clothes and blankets. Tell them to follow the team and continue moving forward, and the news that "the Governor has been killed" has been made clear to Sabo. (To be continued...)