Chapter 19: Pardon (Part 2)

Is this a big deal? The commander-in-chief immediately walked to the temple courtyard. Several slaves had already taken the owl out of the stable. Lepidus and Sabo got on their horses. "Do you need to ask Tagus's brigade to also dispatch?"

Lepidus's answer was to shake his head, "Just take two of the guards and ask General Otto Aarons to follow us!" Sabo nodded, and at this time Lepidus had already disappeared into the gate of the fortress in the dark night. .

The three people quickly arrived at a distance of one and a half Roman miles from the fortress. Among them, Otto Aarons was full of anxiety. He was afraid that Lepidus would doubt his position and deliberately wanted to hold him jointly and severally responsible, so he rode on horseback. Said: "These dark-skinned soldiers are unstable and prone to rebellion. Although they are my subordinates, I still ask you, Commander, to have no mercy."

But Lepidus, who was riding in front, didn't answer him even a word, so he felt angry and afraid, and subconsciously touched the saddle and clothes. What was disgusting was that although he was treated well after being captured, all his weapons were confiscated. After General Otto Aarons surrendered, he could calmly resume his allegiance to the Pharaoh and become an army commander again. But who would have thought that this group of restless dark-skinned untouchables would live in the jungle beyond the Second Falls? Monkeys, hiring them as soldiers is really a historic mistake, it will only hurt me!

At this time, in the wind-swept bushes, Lepidus ran into Hebrida's suppressing centurions. They were lighting torches here and arresting escaped prisoners of war everywhere. According to the report, the situation has been brought under control, and those who rebelled and mutinied were mainly the Medje people from Kusi (ancient Nubian kingdom). About three to four hundred people. They suddenly started roaring at night. There was a commotion throughout the prisoner camp, and then this group of people, led by a junior officer named Arp, destroyed the wooden fence, filled in the trench, and ran towards the seaside.

"I am working as a camp unit to search for these guys in the valleys and woods. The local people dare not take in these black monkeys with different skin colors. We have already captured half of them. The rest will be nailed by me at dawn. Cross!" Hebrida proudly boasted to her in-laws and supreme commander, hanging on the gold chain she had just obtained in the Battle of Perusium.

Lepidus nodded and said thank you for your hard work, and then ordered, "The chief centurion of the Thirteenth Legion must not kill any escaped prisoners. In addition, he sent people to the camp to appease other people's emotions, and took out the bread, beer and linseeds in the fortress and distributed them." To everyone, especially Arp, I want to live!"

"As I wish, this bastard must be publicly executed in front of all the prisoners!" Hebrida made a bloodthirsty voice, and after saluting, she led her camp team. Heading deeper into the area with a torch.

And Lepidus was riding a white horse, waiting in the morning breeze that had just arrived.

Around the second daylight hour in the morning. Haibrida's camp team made a makeshift stretcher out of two wooden sticks and tied an extremely strong black man to it. There were actually injured soldiers around, supporting each other and carrying the man to Lepidah. In front of him, Hebrida was like a ferocious hound, able to smell any trophies and prisoners. "This is Alp. He escaped to a fishing village by the sea, but the locals did not dare to take him in and deceive him." We went into the house to eat and locked him in - we were able to capture him. This guy was a black beast. He was able to make a simple bow and arrow using the wooden skewers and fishing rods in the house, and wounded two of his men. . "Hellbrida pulled out his dagger with a grin, and the soldiers behind him began to prepare crosses, spikes, hammers and other items.

However, the commander-in-chief stopped them and raised his hand to signal a few soldiers to continue carrying Alp and follow him into the prisoner camp.

"But should our team follow in?" Now it was Heibrida's turn to be confused.

Li Bida shook his head and motioned for everyone to just stay here.

Under the incomprehensible eyes of his relatives, Lepidus, riding a white horse, faced the morning light and smoke, and walked into Peru with only Saab Kemus, Otto Aarons, and a few soldiers on foot carrying stretchers. In the prisoner barracks of Sim Fortress, the soldiers guarding the towers and wooden fences in front of the towers and wooden fences were all inexplicably surprised when they saw the commander-in-chief's appearance. The black soldiers sitting densely on the ground under the scorching sun, carrying ropes, and shackles, grabbing wheat rice and linseed oil, the whole camp was filled with clanging sounds, many Nubian blacks looked at the commander of the Roman legion with frightened eyes while eating, maybe this was the reason why They kill for the last full meal before execution, right?

Lepidus' first step was to find several scale officials and asked sternly, "Is this the same kind of food these days? Why don't you distribute the bread and beer just brought from the fortress!"

After a while, the food in front of these black people was replaced by fine bread and beer. Many people could not believe it because they had never seen such food before when they served under Otto Aarons. Some people began to cry. This seemed to be the real last meal. Soon these little Latin men, under the command of the yellow-skinned general in front of us, crucified us all.

In front of everyone, several soldiers erected Arp's stretcher so that the young black man who was tied to it stood in a standing position opposite the commander of the Restoration Army. Then Lepidah slowly drew out his sharp bucket. Sword, "I bet that Arp, and all the Medjeans, will die." At this time, several lower-level officers who knew Greek among the prisoners were saying this repeatedly to everyone.

With a soft sound, Lepidus' sword cut through Arp's rope, and two pieces of wood crashed to the ground. The entire camp was filled with surprised silence.

Then, Lepidus, who was under the flag and parasol, made another soft sound and neatly sheathed his sword. Then, to the surprise of many people, he began to announce his handling of this incident in fluent Greek:

"I have heard that the reason why you started a commotion in the camp is because the families of many soldiers are still trapped on an isolated island, but they are afraid that if they speak out, my army will raid that place. If If your family can make you, who are already defenseless, burst out with the courage to face death, then I have to say that I admire you, especially you, Alp, so because of your courage and courage, I forgive your faults, including all wheat. Dejie people, including all the prisoners in this camp. In addition, I will present it to His Majesty the Pharaoh immediately and grant you the same 'brave gold'." (To be continued...)