Chapter 26: Dividing the Territory (Part 1)

“God is not the maker of chaos, but the maker of peace.” —Saint Paul

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At this time, before Syphax could answer anything, the servants tied him up and stuffed him into a light mule cart next to the cavalry. The rest of the cavalry densely surrounded Telureas, making it so that just now The captures and killings are unknown.

Then, Telureas drew his sword and shouted to about 500 cavalry around him, "Someone wants to betray the high priest's conquest, and also conspires to kidnap the military commander to launch a rebellion, and the rebels are at the front." Under the city walls of Libi, their crimes have been revealed, let us kill them all with iron hoofs and swords!"

"Kill all these rats." All the retinues and cavalry raised their swords and shouted, then they pulled the reins and shook their horses' heads to charge. The reserve group at the rear, and the two wings charging at the same time, thought Tulu Reas was leading them, so they cheered together.

And from the collapsed wall, the three brigades led by Biteas climbed in. Sure enough, after passing through the aqueduct and two street corners, the circular city square in front appeared in front of them without any obstruction. , "This is the only passage here. Everyone, follow me and charge bravely. Don't let the enemy escape into the acropolis." The horse mane on Biteas's helmet was fluttering, and he also heard the sound of horse hooves outside the city wall. With the sound of trumpets - it seems that the legion commander has arrived with the rest of his men to act as his backup. At this time, we must seize control of this narrow road as soon as possible and directly seize the core of the city. Then we will win. !

In front of the colonnade of the Town Hall. There was thick smoke from burning documents everywhere. There were slaves running around. Seeing this scene, Pytheas, who was running endlessly, couldn't help laughing, "Leo is here, block him, kill him, and give his head as a gift to his foreign father."

And all the Twin Legion soldiers shouting and charging can be clearly seen under the gable of the city hall. Standing there was a calm, medium-sized young man, wearing a rough cloak with a fine Cyrene material robe underneath, and a scroll document in his palm. This must be Leo without a doubt!

Poor child, he is still so young, but who told your head to be so valuable?

Suddenly, from behind and on both sides of Leo, many soldiers wearing Spanish hats and helmets poured out. They all wear fine chainmail and hold a rectangular shield. Unexpectedly, there were about 300 loyal barbarian guards around Leo, but this could not change the situation, and our side still had the advantage.

"Soldiers, you have taken armed actions against the cities under the jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan without the permission of any superior orders. I need a reasonable explanation, as the deputy envoy of the Province of Sicily." Leo said at all levels. Guarded by soldiers, he walked gently from one side to the other, but he spoke to Pytheas and other rebels in a strong voice.

"Your Executive Yuan and your inauguration documents are all false and arrogant! And I am the one who carries out the execution. There must be someone to do such a thing, right? I, Centurion Pytheas, will soon be transformed into Executioners and executioners, this is not the Capitol Hill, but forget it, so be it, uncle Betteas will cut off your head soon, and sooner or later the heads of your whole family will be gathered in the Grand Forum of Rome. Yes, crows and wild dogs will become your musicians and dancers." Pythias taunted, and then began to hit the shield with his sword, which attracted bursts of cheers from the rebels behind him.

Leo pointed with his finger at the crowds of rebel soldiers arrayed in the semicircular square, "Soldiers, although you previously belonged to a different camp from my father, you were defeated in Sardinia. It was my father who forgave everyone. Man, he doesn’t expect anything in return from you. He only hopes that you can finish your career smoothly as ordinary soldiers and receive resettlement money and land. But now you have chosen the most stupid behavior, which is rebellion! "

"Don't listen to his nonsense!" Pytheas and several centurions also roared. At this time, all the rebels, in order to show their determination, also roared in unison, trying to suppress Leo's shouting.

"You only have this last chance. Now lie down on the ground, throw down your shield and weapons and beg for surrender. You know, I have a full legion on hand now, and they have surrounded you. In addition, Mark General Sims's fleet will also sail into Lilibi Harbor to assist in the battle in a moment. Therefore, your future is not bright. Surrender. Only those who understand the situation clearly will survive. Don't you? Do you think about my comrades, my countrymen, my wife and children? I don’t like killing anyone, but if someone despicably tries to kill me or kill other innocent people in the dark, I will not hesitate. Give an order to suppress the enemy." Leo rolled up his sleeves, stretched out his arms and fingers, and said in an unprecedented stern tone.

"Everyone, this poor yellow-headed boy is just bluffing. In the current situation, I think he is too frightened to speak incoherently." Pytheas put his helmet back on, and then slashed the sword in his hand, "Everything, Go ahead!"

At this time, Leo also gritted his teeth, pulled out the fighting sword from the scabbard under his cloak, and slashed at each other, "-Kill-Kill all the rebels."

At this time, rows of lightly armed archers stood up on the second-floor rain corridor of the town hall and on the gables, all holding Ligurian belly bows. Then there were bursts of noises, "There is an ambush!" Before this fierce shout spread throughout the chaotic soldiers, countless arrows and crossbows had already intertwined and fell down. Many people immediately froze, and then fell down with their necks and faces covered. Some of them were quick-eyed and quick-handed, protected themselves with shields, squatted down, and entangled with each other, and continued to advance firmly under the pouring rain of arrows.

But at this time, soldiers holding belly bows appeared in groups of three or two on the buildings around the square, arcades, public villas, memorial towers, and theaters. Crossbows were whizzing from all directions. Most of Bitheas's subordinates fell down with unknown deaths and injuries while groaning. Bitheas felt something was wrong. In addition, more and more barbarian guards emerged from the streets and rushed towards him. "Is this really a trap? Form a formation, stabilize, the rear team becomes the front team, stack up into a shield wall, and retreat along the way we came." Bitheas decided to withdraw from this pocket-shaped square first and meet up with the friendly forces coming to "support" from the city wall.

The bloody massacre took place in that narrow passage. The Leo soldiers who had ambushed on both sides used sharpened stones and boiling oil to smash and pour from top to bottom. Even the shield wall formed by the soldiers of the Bitheas could not stop this most powerful and cruel killing move. Many people rolled on the ground with black burns and fireworks, howling miserably, and stumbled more people, turning the whole street into a purgatory of corpses and burning flames. (To be continued...)