Augustus Road

No one was willing to let Akbarus die so easily. They wanted to torture him to death and seek revenge on the deceased. This behavior was approved by the officers. They took back all the goods looted by the Arabs. Many camels were also captured. Then the Roman soldiers did not spare the gold and silver. Instead, they asked the Arabs to kneel on the sand, tear off their turbans, shave off their sacred hair and beards, and then put the gold and silver jewelry, Forcing them to swallow it, they watched these people rolling naked in the desert, wailing, and slowly dying.

As for the death of Akbarus, it was even more tragic. The Romans stripped off the greedy chief's robes and underwear, tied his fat body to a donkey, and walked around the entire battlefield. Then the soldiers surrounded him. They came up, burned them with torches, beat them with canes, and some people used iron scissors to cut the silver coins in half, and then cut off his flesh and blood. Akbarus's wails were almost earth-shattering, and then Bagulus discussed again, Wanting to give this guy some local "new stuff" to try, several soldiers understood and sharpened a piece of wood and inserted the lower half into the sand. Then the soldiers even took their time and made a simple pulley. The lifting equipment tied up the half-dead Akbarus and hung it on the top of the wooden stake. Two or three soldiers carefully supported him, flew his fat legs apart, and then aimed at him. The tip of the pile was slowly lowered...

Anyway, Faisal, who was standing on the hillside watching the execution, could clearly see that Akbarus, who had been beaten and cut into pieces until he was in a dying state, suddenly started shaking crazily on the stake again, with debris on his skin. , the grease was shaken off one after another. It must have been an unspeakable pain. But the Romans who were watching spat. Others stepped forward to support him, hoping that he could be slowly and safely inserted into the wooden stake, and then slid down the wooden stake until all his internal organs were pierced and torn apart and he died.

But because the surface of the wooden pile was extremely rough, it probably took the chieftain almost a day to finally die.

"Greed will inevitably lead to death." Feisal sighed, and the victim prayed to the gods and looked at his dying body from a distance. Like a huge toad, stuck on a wooden stick.

All the soldiers cheered loudly. They also said that there was still a Greek spy guide who had not been executed, and the matter was not over yet. Sabo carefully calmed down their excited emotions, and handed over the captured materials to the Soldiers' Committee, all of which were distributed equally among the soldiers, including the defeated troops. He knew Lepidus' intention: to take advantage of Crassus's defeat and try to recruit as many people as possible. Expansion of the army, anyway, these things are all left over from other legions. There is nothing wrong with being generous to others.

"Are we going to chase Surena's defender below? He should be heading towards Calais City." Polo asked.

Sabo shook his head. "Go to Ikni first, try your luck, and see if you can get the first brigade of the first legion, the Eagle Flag." Polo tilted his head, looking at Sabo with a gambler's expression on his face, and felt that this The guy is becoming more and more like a miniature Lepidus.

But when they came to the city of Ikni, their suggestion was rejected by the chief centurion on the other side. They believed that they were the elite of the Syrian province and would not be willing to serve under the general of the partial division, even if Crassus himself Death, "We also have to return to the winter camp of Zhukoma and accept the control of Financial Officer Casillo." It seems that there will no longer be any common language with these elm bumps, so Sabo took the existing team and once again With Faisal as our guide, we return along the original path of the mountain pass.

At this moment, Paya General Serxis, who was left to restrain Lepidus, unexpectedly sent an envoy to ask for a secret meeting with Lepidus, "Helenputina, why do you want to leave?" In the camp, Lepidus was playing with his daughter. He said this to Helen Putina who was about to leave. Then he told the emissary that this was his family and there was no need to hide anything.

"Surena is extremely arrogant now, and his rear team is almost defenseless." The emissary's words were really shocking.

After Lepidus heard this, he was stunned for a moment. He quickly winked at Arp, who immediately went out and led his guards to surround the camp tightly. Then he said to the envoy, "It's Asa from Paya." The Sith asked you to come, right?"

The messenger did not mean to deny it, "Since your governor Crassus is dead, but a considerable part of his military power is still in his hands, then if Surena takes the city of Kalai again, Assasis will really There is no way to reward him unless he gives up the throne." Then, the emissary added, "After capturing Crassus' camp, Surena captured no less than three thousand talents of wealth. He didn’t turn over half of the copper to the treasury. It is estimated that he will spend all of it on his private family after returning to Seleucia.”

"So your Asasis needs to use my sword to weaken Surena." Lepidah held his daughter in his arms and asked with a smile.

"Yes, all three thousand talents are yours."

"What doesn't belong to me? This is mine, and I am the successor of Crassus' army."

"But I heard that there is a financial officer in Syria named Longinus Cassio who is still alive and is now in Antioch. He is the actual controller of this province." The emissary was not in a hurry. , said calmly.

"You can threaten me like this?" Lepida chuckled, but it frightened little Nicole. She clearly felt the cold feeling coming from her father's hand, "Then go back, Tell your Assasis that Lepidus has decided to return to Cinodosia immediately, let Surena capture the city of Calle, and return to Seleucia in triumph. After he has made a splash, he will still send troops to Antioch. I will wait until both he and Kaxiyue are defeated, then send troops to intercept and kill him, or -" As he spoke, Lepidus pointed his slender finger straight at the emissary and said, "Or, I will go straight to Ctesiphon again. Anyway, I With the king’s brother Mingdaz on hand, there is no shortage of calls to send troops.”

The emissary trembled all over, his back seemed to be covered with sweat, and then he muttered that Asasis Herod really hoped that the general would think carefully about it, and it would be best to defeat him in Kalai City, and then His Majesty would Fulfill the promise, deliver Surena's head, and ensure that the border between the two countries remains unchanged. Hearing this, Lepidus had an expression of "This is not enough" and ordered his servant to hand the emissary a glass of fine Peloponnesian country wine. Then he touched Nico's hair and said softly to the emissary. , "Okay, I think both parties can now discuss some details." (To be continued...)