Augustus Road

The Achayans turned against the Bronze Shield Army who was attacking the city from the front. This decision was confirmed the moment they saw Calabis "push" the princess off the city wall.

Due to the cunning and special terrain of the Acropolis, the Pontic army had to be divided into two parts to attack the city. One part was the main force of the Bronze Shield Army led by Menander. They followed the pre-set slopes to attack the southern part of the Acropolis, because there was only This is an open coastal land, which is convenient for the deployment of large armies; part of it is commanded by Stratonis's brother Perseus. Most of the craftsmen and military slaves are there, but there are few regular soldiers. A siege position was set up at the main gate of the city on the east side. For no other reason than the forests on both sides of the street were adjacent to each other, making it easier to obtain wood.

Now, the Achaeans burned the hub camp where the two Pontic armies were connected, cut off their communication, and drew their swords and rushed towards the Menander tribe. With the mood of avenging the king, they were unstoppable (they could not mind clearly distinguishing the differences between Mithridates' and his daughter's positions).

Menander acted very quickly. He summoned his personal guards, carried the beauty who called his brother Perseus on his shoulders, abandoned most of his men who were still fighting bravely on the slope to attack the city, and stepped on the sparkling waves. In the sea water, they boarded the small boat and quickly headed towards the large fifty-gallon boat anchored on the shore, weighed anchor and left. Of course, having lost their men, they did not dare to go to Ponticabion, but turned to go to Pompeii.

After all, Stratonis has the treasury in her hands.

Just a quarter of an hour later, the Bronze Shield Army gathered on the slope was squeezed and attacked from two directions by the Achaeans and the Romans. The battle quickly evolved into a massacre, and all the Roman soldiers were exhausted and exhausted. With nearly numb arms, he stabbed the enemies who were still resisting to death, or used a pickaxe to smash their heads and helmets. "Stop killing them. They surrender! The Bronze Shield Army of Pontus has surrendered!" on the high platform on the inner wall. , Calabis waved and shouted in order to stop the red-eyed soldiers, and the flag officer next to him kept shouting flags, but it still didn't help.

Then, at the exit of the corridor hidden in the city wall, the Roman Ala cavalry rushed out with a loud noise. Although there were only a hundred cavalry, they still rushed towards Perseus' siege equipment position without any obstruction like sparks. Every cavalryman Bales of hay were hung under the saddles of their horses. After lighting them, they threw them at the huge siege equipment. Then they jumped off their horses, drew their swords and engaged the enemy's artillery and craftsmen like infantrymen. At this time, the veteran team who had formed a turtle-shell formation also came down from the main entrance. In the center of the turtle-shell formation, people kept lighting pots and torches and throwing them in all directions, destroying the Pontic people's equipment.

Everything was burning and collapsing, and followers were escaping everywhere. Perseus also felt that it was too dangerous to continue to hold on to this position, but he was unable to join Menander and his sister, so he hastily issued a "Retreat to "Quarry, assemble again" was ordered, so he mounted his mount and fled in a hurry. This "retreat" quickly evolved into a "disorderly retreat", and then evolved into a complete collapse. People all over the mountains and plains rushed to the quarry. Fleeing in the direction of the field, mules, horses, and war horses rushed in groups, and were easily captured by the Romans. .

It was not until sunset that Perseus and a few core soldiers erected simple stones and wooden fences on a high ground in the quarry to defend themselves. They stopped to take a breath. He looked at the vast ocean next to him and the burning fire ahead. Abandoning the position, he could only weep and feel sad, and prepared to retreat to the Cimmerian Strait and slip away by boat before the Romans came after them, waiting to meet up with his sister again when there was a chance.

At this time, several of his subordinates advised him not to act rashly and to establish a firm foothold first, so as not to be chased and killed by the Romans who came in panic. In addition, there were many wounded soldiers and a lack of horses, so he had to gather the troops first - Perseus met his subordinates The advice was sincere and he agreed.

"Open the gate quickly, those are our horses." Several Pontic soldiers shouted excitedly, and some people who were familiar with horses blew the summoning whistle. Under the dim setting sun, in the rising night fog, about ten people The remaining war horses and pack horses were running towards Perseus' camp.

The soldiers were divided into two groups and struggled to push open the temporary gate. Perseus asked two of his men to light torches and ran forward to choose a horse for tomorrow's escape. His current mount had just sprained. foot.

The neighing of horses and the sound of hoofbeats sounded at the gate, and then Perseus saw two impressive horses running towards him with hooves. He felt very satisfied, but did not pay attention to the soldiers at the gate. With a look of horror on his face, he finally heard the soldier shout:

"There's someone under the horse's belly!"

Sure enough, two people suddenly appeared strangely on the backs of the two horses. Of course, these were Helenputina and Elcapa. They had approached the Pontus camp before, holding the saddles with both hands and their legs. He stretched it out to the opposite side and hung it on the horse's stirrup. He hid it under the horse's belly and rushed in among the horses.

Now that the target was determined, the Amazon Queen touched the ground with her long legs, bounced her legs, spun around, and then sat astride her, all in one go. The Tifo shield in her hand popped out of the tip, and then followed the horse's habit, knocking the stunned Perseus away. The head of the horse was cut off directly. Elcapa, who was galloping from the side, took out a short javelin from under the saddle and stabbed Perseus' head firmly in the air. Then the two of them turned their horses' heads, and the head of Perseus was picked up. He got up, escaped directly through the gate, and disappeared into the dusk.

In the middle of the night, the Romans were still reveling in the Acropolis. They followed the barbarian customs and cut off the heads of the enemy's dead soldiers, preparing to hang them on the city wall near the bay in the future to intimidate the Pontic navy. Hebrida drank the wine seized from the Pontic camp and shouted that it would be great if there was a fleet here, so that he could take a boat, destroy all the Pontic ships and capture the prisoners, rush to the Palace of Marcea and leave, and capture the emperor of Pontus.

"Give half of the captured spoils to the Achaeans and allow them to continue living in the camp abandoned by the Pontic people. The Acropolis still needs to arrange guards tonight. I will personally patrol in two dark quarters." In front of the small temple of Minerva, Carapis instructed several centurions. He did not dare to let the Achaeans into the Acropolis because he was worried that the other party would discover Adiana's "trick".

"Listen, legion envoy, half is not enough, at most one third, we Romans won this battle!" A centurion said with a dissatisfied tone.

Carapis looked at him, pursed his lips and nodded, then hung the helmet on his waist and walked into the temple hall, where Carapis saw Adiana sitting with her knees hugged and coming back to life, and standing next to her was little Nicole, holding a dagger and staring at her covetously. It was obvious that the princess was under the strict supervision of the envoy's daughter.

"Want to eat masa bread? Made with newly seized wheat flour, although it's not as delicious as my woman's." Carapis held the bread and said to the princess who was staring at him with angry and helpless eyes.

"Asshole!" Adiana gritted her teeth, and then two more tears fell, her eyes unexpectedly had a kind of determination, "The Mithra royal family will not be willing to be insulted like this, and I have endured until this moment just to die in front of you. When I go to the underworld, I will curse your two-eared pottery jar again!"

After saying that, Adiana suddenly took out the gold pendant, twisted the lid, and poured the venom completely into her mouth! (To be continued.)