Augustus Road

"Stop, stop!" Arp's bone whistle blew more and more urgently, and the Medejians below were shooting arrows more and more densely. At this time, Selha, another commander of the guard, opened his mouth and said with follow-up The army and horses came to this dense forest. Looking at the scene in front of them, they were speechless for a long time.

Archelaus, the "false pharaoh" of Egypt, was firmly pierced and nailed to a tree trunk by more than a hundred arrows. Blood dripped down the reed arrow shafts and white arrow feathers to the ground at his feet. His face and body were all damaged. It's hard to tell anymore. Under his feet and around him, arrow feathers were so densely packed that they couldn't be counted. "Oh my God, we shot the Pharaoh to death." Selha finally said this.

"This is just a traitor. The real pharaoh and commander-in-chief will give us a large reward." The shooting finally stopped. Arp instructed his men to go up and seize the body, and then said to Selha.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves from behind was surging, and Anthony came over on horseback, roaring angrily. He came up with a whip and hit Alp directly on the head. Blood flowed down the bridge of the opponent's nose, and Anthony's teeth were gritted. Pretending, "How can the king be killed by you?"

"He is just an enemy of the legion. Anyone who rebels against the real Pharaoh is just a traitor. We are acting under orders." Arp touched the blood and coldly defended Anthony on the horse.

"Even if he is an enemy, he is the son of King Mithridates and the husband of Queen Ptolemy Benenice. Get out of my way. I will not use the king's body to solicit any rewards, never! "Anthony was still very excited. He took over a gorgeous dress from the hands of the attendants next to him. This was the Pharaoh's dress and crown that he had snatched from Archelaus' camp. Then he jumped off the horse. Alp also scratched his neck and became excited. However, he was hurriedly stopped by his companion Selha, who then passed his bone whistle and blew several times quickly. The Medje guards put away their bows and arrows in a confused mood, and turned back toward the camp and the river bank.

When Lepidus walked into the plundered camp, he roared angrily to punish Antony for violating military orders and attacking without permission. Arp, the general of the rear guard, half-knelt in front of his horse. "I appeal to the military tribune Marcus Antonius."

"It's a pity that Arp, you don't belong to the order recognized by the Republic, so you can't appeal to the military tribune."

"But as a tribune, he is not officially appointed by the Romans. In addition, he violated military orders, robbed the camp, attacked friendly troops, and snatched the body of Archelaus. Aren't these enough to convict him?" Arp continued. Listing them all, it seems that this young Nubian nobleman is not a submissive idiot.

"That's how I understand it!" Lepidah then got on the horse. He said to Sabo, "Lock Antony up. In addition, distribute all the spoils he plundered to the attached cavalry brigades. He likes to invite and buy reputation, so his wish will be fulfilled. Also, the meritorious service of killing Archelaus will naturally be counted." At the head of the Medici Guards, let's go to Sabo and see how that bastard Anthony treated this body." Since Archelaus was also half an acquaintance of Lepidus, he was quite concerned about this person. The end.

When Lepidus drove his horse to the scene in the drizzle, Archelaus's body had been placed on the pyre by Antony, and the arrows had been pulled out. Antony put him in the king's clothes, and then lit it. The crematorium.

"Hey, military tribune, I'm here to inform you that you have been placed in solitary confinement." Behind the fire, Lepidus pointed at Anthony and said, "It will be implemented immediately, but you can still be happy to bury a king with your own hands, right? ?”

Anthony didn't say anything, but turned around and stretched out his hands. He was then tied up with ropes by several centurions and fixed with a short wooden stick inserted between them. Then he was led towards the camp.

The next process was more like an armed parade. When the Fortress of Idaoui opened its gates and surrendered, Lepidus temporarily stopped his march. He was a very smart man and waited for the arrival of the flute player Ptolemy. Then, under the instructions of the Pharaoh, he would enter the city of Alexandria.

Of course, he still had some steps to guide Pharaoh through.

After resting for two market days, the flute player's carriage finally entered Idaoui. "Benenice is dead, and Archilaus is also dead?" The flute player sitting on the legs of the lion chair was a little confused. asked silently.

"Yes, if your Majesty wants to ask about the body, then I can only reply like this - Benenice's head was buried in an unknown place by Archelaus, and the latter was shot by my guards with bows and arrows, and the body Buried by a certain military tribune."

"It doesn't matter." The flute player's face was dark, and he turned the ring on his hand. He understood the principle that swords have no eyes, but in fact, Beneniki had always been his favorite daughter during the rebellion, even until she was sixteen. He did not marry her off according to common sense, but his daughter was regarded as a totem of rebellion against the party and was held hostage to oppose him. Then it seemed that Beneniki was deliberately mocking him and found an inexplicable former general to marry him. , and then she didn’t even want to show up for the last time, and her body was gone. Is her daughter really taking revenge on herself?

Then, Little Queen next to the Pharaoh clearly saw her father's rising anger for revenge. She secretly sneered at Lepidus and said bluntly, "My sister was killed."

Just this sentence made the Pharaoh completely explode, "Yes, yes, this kingdom cursed by greed has been in rebellion again and again."

"It is very important to clean up the powerful, re-employ the natives, and eradicate the financial backers behind the rebellion." Li Bida, who was walking down the steps, also struck while the iron was hot.

"Regent, I instruct your army to be merciless when entering this dirty city of Alexandria. Kill all those who betrayed me before, demolish the Hormasi camp, hunt down and kill the officers, and sell the soldiers as slaves, and go to the second waterfall to pan for gold." The Pharaoh's voice became sharp and terrifying, and his fake beard and eye shadow were twisted together. Mortanmenes hurriedly half-knelt down and advised the terrible Pharaoh that if he wanted to maintain the long-term stability of the throne, he had to rely on Rome externally and appease the Macedonian nobles internally.

"What a ridiculous compromise!" Libido suddenly angrily rebuked the chief eunuch, "I am the commander of the legion and the biggest financier of this war. I am burdened with thousands of talents of debt and have come here to welcome His Majesty the Pharaoh after going through untold hardships. I don't hope that the Pharaoh will forgive and shake hands with those dirty rebels."

"Tell me your thoughts and suggestions, Regent." Before the Pharaoh could react (he was stunned by Libido's sudden anger), Cleopatra immediately asked leisurely. (To be continued...)