Augustus Road

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"Are there springs, woods, wilderness, wild horses, and elk there?" The Queen asked a series of "are there any" questions.

Calabis shook his head and said: "There are only people there, all kinds of people, and their wives, who together built this great and corrupt city." At this point, he even felt that he had brought Little Nicole with him. Going to the city of Rome is not a very good thing. Helenputina also fell silent. She bravely raised Karabis's neck, looked at the man, and said: "Ella told me many times before her death that she hoped that Nicole could live a different life from our tribe. , she said that after a woman has a child, she will no longer be stubborn about her own ideas, is that right? "

Just when Karabis wanted to answer something, El Capa's voice sounded next to him, "Since Her Majesty the Queen and the Legion's envoy are awake, I have overstepped it - Your Excellency the envoy, the centurions of the legion are already at the temple. "I've been waiting for you to wake up for a long time."

The queen's big eyes flashed with a sense of shyness and embarrassment, and she turned around quickly, with her back to Calabis, motionless, while Calabis quickly and gently pulled out from under the blanket, for fear of waking up. After hearing little Nicole's sweet dream, he crawled out. Elcapa was standing at the entrance of the room with a sad expression. She was extremely sad because of Ella's death.

Calabis, who had put on his armor, said hello to Elcapa and walked to the main hall of the temple. From time to time, there was the sound of stone bullets whizzing past his head. It seemed that the Pontic army had begun to besiege the acropolis. I don't know how long he has been unconscious.

"Calabis, if you want to ask who helped you change into clean and warm clothes after you fainted, don't be too moved. It was my brother and a few others." In front of the temple, when Hebrida saw him After coming out, he raised his thumb and boasted, "After killing the Greeks, the reward will be huge. You have to know that we Romans are not good at them. Helping you change your clothes from top to bottom will really affect my reputation in the hearts of my colleagues." Perception.”

"Then you were the one who deliberately poked a hole in the back of my shorts while I was asleep?" Karabis walked down the gravel steps and asked, causing the officers and soldiers around him to laugh rudely. He was short and strong. Pop's face was covered with soot, and only his slit eyes were still shining. He hugged his helmet and saluted Calabis, "Pontica Bian is finished. I heard that the Pontic Princess's new model army contingent was only It took a day to capture it, and Claudius was escorting Governor Malza to escape from the city."

"Brothers, we can only rely on us now. If we persist for half a month to a month, General Petnaeus will definitely come with the main force of the legion to help us out of the predicament."

At this time, all the centurions were silent. Calabis stretched out his hands, meaning to speak bluntly. Hebrida licked his tongue and said, "That bastard Malcha took him away when he escaped beforehand." Most of the grain in the acropolis, our current reserves can only last for one market day. "

"Son of a bitch..." Calabis wiped his face and said harshly. There are indeed a lot of coins in the soldiers' boxes, but coins are just coins after all. They cannot be used as food or clothing. , then he thought for a while and said: "Kill the mules and horses brought in to satisfy hunger."

"Many mules and horses have scattered, and many were taken away by Malcha's men. Now there are only about thirty of them left, and they won't be able to eat for a few days." As soon as Pop finished speaking, a stone bullet hit the stable next to everyone. Inside the house, it penetrated through the ceiling, and various pieces of wood and bricks flew up along with smoke and dust, followed by a mule's cry, "Now there is one missing."

"Then eat this dead mule first, don't waste it." Calabis then walked towards the top tower of the Acropolis, explaining to Pope as he walked: "Except for the guard troops, let the soldiers Try to stay in the temple or warehouse, or hide under the war tent on the battlement to rest, and do not move around randomly. In addition, cancel daily physical training to save energy and consumption. My dear Pope, although I feel sad to say this, but From now on, the soldiers will be divided into three groups. One group will be responsible for city defense and security every other day. Only this group can eat two meals a day, and the other two groups will prepare troops and eat one meal a day. "

When they reached the top tower, several soldiers were sitting and taking a nap against the wall, with shields and javelins beside them. Calabis did not wake them up, but looked out through the narrow shooting opening. Because there is no shortage of stone in Ponticabion, the acropolis is extremely strong. It is built on a high ground near the sea according to the terrain, with a steeper stone cliff on the back. The tower here happens to be parallel to the top of the mountain. The acropolis is a narrow rectangle, with only one point leading to the bottom of the mountain, which makes it difficult for the enemy to siege it. Moreover, the main portcullis gate is specially opened between the city wall and the cliff. Only one side can enter between it. The gate is double-layered. , the eight surrounding towers and ballista emplacements together constitute a death trap at the city gate. On the bay side, the two walls of the Acropolis are like arms, hugging the small dock. The walls also have eight towers with intersecting angles. The water area on the beach has been staked by soldiers to prevent ships. break in. In the city, there are temples, soldiers' dormitories, stone troughs and cisterns, small squares, warehouses, sewers and other facilities. Looking down from the top, you can see the snow-capped peaks, the navy blue pine forest reflecting the ocean of the same color, Ponti The army set up four camps in parallel under the Acropolis. In the bay connected to Ponticabion, Pontus's small fleet was arranged in a chain shape across it. "Probably Mithridates will be able to enter his son's palace soon." There are still a lot of things left in our command post, which is a benefit to him," Karabis said, "Sometimes I wonder why that idiot Malza doesn't stay in the Acropolis, what a strong barrier it is here. Ah. He took away all the food and money, it was purely greed, and in the end he could only benefit the princess. "

"You have to add, if there is no food to eat, here is a strong coffin." Pop blew his nose.

"There are enough war supplies, including nails, leather, weapons, etc."

"Don't worry, Malcha is not interested in these things. By the way, I have an idea. How about eating the horses of the ala cavalry?"

"What a good idea. Anyway, the war horses won't do much good under their bodies now." Karabis agreed.

As a result, there was a huge commotion in the stables of the Acropolis in the evening. When a talkative infantry battalion soldier relayed the words of the legion's envoy, the ala cavalry almost rioted with their swords drawn. No one wanted to let the old guy's mount become the belly. The food was not suppressed until Hebrida and several other old centurions appeared. (To be continued.)