Chapter 25 Marching Towards Alexandria (Part 2)

"Paddle back, paddle back!" Scipio, who was roaming the rear, suddenly saw the bloody incident in front of him and hurriedly told all the crew members to turn back and retreat to Pharos Island. He was thankful that the people on the ship were all his armed slaves and the men recruited in Asia Minor, who were temporarily willing to obey his orders for their lives - but the Pompeian veterans stationed at the Lighthouse were obviously not like this. They had already colluded and betrayed their old superiors, and their stance was completely consistent with Septimius. This group of people took the opportunity to expel and capture Scipio's servants who were still staying on Pharos Island, completely occupied the Lighthouse, and fired cannons and arrows at Scipio's ships floating on the sea. At this time, the Pharaoh's light warships, which had been hidden on the beach and in the docks - woven from reeds, with both speed and toughness, also quickly surrounded Scipio's ships. (

Finally, Pompey's father-in-law was captured like a defeated rooster. Some of the armed men he had put together were killed, and more surrendered. They were then escorted to the island of Ibos. At this time, the curtain of the Pharaoh's sedan chair was lifted by several eunuchs. Scipio realized that the supreme ruler of Egypt he was facing was a teenager whose beard had not yet grown, staring at him with angry and irrational eyes.

"I think this wretched Roman should be thrown into the crocodile pool." The teenager quickly shouted to the guards in a sharp voice.

Scipio immediately felt dizzy and protested, "What you are doing is no different from the barbarians who violate the agreement at will. Just now, you have instigated our traitors to wantonly kill the two former consuls of Rome."

Ptolemy XIII rolled his eyes, "What consul? In the land of Upper and Lower Egypt, only the orders of the sacred Pharaoh are obeyed. . My father has entered the mausoleum to wait for rebirth. Now it is my decision. Now I will offer the heads of those two guys to Caesar, and you will still be thrown into the crocodile pool. "

"You stupid child, do you think that if you offer the heads of Gabinus and Marcellus, Caesar will forgive and let your country go? How stupid! It seems that the desert can only produce a group of gerbils." Scipio continued to shout, and when the interpreter translated his words to Ptolemy XIII, the angry boy roared again. He said that he had changed his mind and asked the captain of the guards Diotus to take the long nail. He wanted to try the scepter in his hand to see if he could penetrate the head of the fool in front of him and kill him.

"Let's imprison this man for the time being." The eunuch Mortanmenis folded his hands and suggested grimly, "When playing gambling, it is not a big deal to use up all the chips at once. It is a wise idea. The heads of those two are the first bargaining chips. We must send envoys with the bargaining chips to Cyprus Island to negotiate with Caesar as soon as possible. Yes. The other party has arrived at that place, and it is said that they also brought a legion. There is no time to lose. "

"Who else in the whole kingdom stands on my sister's side." Ptolemy XIII was angry for the third time, "What is the attitude of the New Hermetic Legion? What about the Border Guards? And the Tomb Guards and the River Guards?"

This time it was Diotus who answered the new pharaoh's question. He said that the New Hermetic Legion was in the Idauian Fortress and its attitude was very **; while the River Guards and the Tomb Guards were near the city of Thebes and were also ambiguous; only the Border Guards, under the command of the veteran Serapion, still maintained unconditional loyalty to the royal family.

"How much surplus gold and silver is there in the treasury?" Mortanmenes asked immediately

The answer was that there were still 400 talents. After a moment's hesitation, the eunuch said that the order of the royal city should be stabilized first. The wealth would be divided into two parts. Half would be used to reward General Seraphim and his subordinates, and they would be sent to Alexandria as soon as possible to serve the king. The other half would be carried by the envoy's ship and presented to Caesar in exchange for his recognition of Egypt's independence.

"Also, send more envoys to ask the rest of the army to swear allegiance to the new pharaoh as soon as possible." This was the eunuch's additional request.

In this way, Scipio was imprisoned in the underground dungeon of the palace. The dungeon was cleverly designed. Through the window, you could see the crocodile pools on both sides, which ran across like a bridge. Of course, Scipio could also see the crocodile's "food": the large number of captives he brought, and he saw these subordinates being eaten alive by crocodiles with his own eyes, and it continued every day, which was also a different taste in his heart.

But Scipio's adaptability was very strong, which was completely consistent with the character of the Romans. Soon the guards reported to the new Pharaoh and Motamenes: the captured Roman general could watch crocodiles eat people while excitedly masturbating to relieve stress.

At this moment in the spring on the island of Cyprus, Julius Caesar was admiring the Temple of Love in Paphos. Of course, he came here with a pilgrimage mood, because Caesar's family was known as the descendant of Venus. The chief high priest of the temple, Defomokis, rushed out with a team to welcome the Roman dictator at the first time, and guided him to visit every beautiful corner of the temple at will.

Of course, when Caesar just stepped into the main hall of the temple, he saw the giant relief on the screen wall. The scene was the beautiful goddess of love bandaging the wound of a warrior in full armor, so the dictator asked the high priest with interest, "Look at the lime plaster on this wall, it looks very new, it should not be very old."

Defomokis immediately replied flattered, "Yes, this was built with the donations of the friend of God, Roman General Lepidus, who was in charge of 'Cogenia'. It has not been many years since then."

Choregia means "sponsor" or "tax payer" in Greek. Caesar understood that this relief was built with money from Lepidus.

"Can you explain the meaning of this relief? I can only see the face of the god of love." Caesar asked with a smile.

"Isn't this the most popular scene for the Romans?" Defomokis was a little surprised, and then he pointed to the relief and said that this was the legendary story of Aeneas retreating back to the city after being injured in a heroic battle before the fall of Troy, and then being treated and blessed by the god of love, and escaping from the city with his people to establish a country in Italy.

"So, I understand the meaning of this relief a little bit, that is, the throne of the Romans was actually given by Venus." Caesar said this publicly in a private occasion, "I wonder if General Lepidus said something similar when he instructed you to build this wall?"

"Of course!" Defomokis dragged the end of his affirmative words for a long time.

After hearing this, Caesar's face looked very pleased, but he quickly told the high priest intimately that it was just a joke between friends, and he would immediately ask the priests in the temple to temporarily cover the relief wall with a curtain to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings among his people. (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!