Augustus Road

The anxious Caesar ordered his soldiers to stick to the camp, and he took a ship to find a closer freshwater island in person, because he could find an island called Palatonium from Alexandria's map, but When the ships he sent found the island, they discovered that it was a full 130 miles away from the Cape of Aquinos. It was simply wishful thinking to rely on this round-trip distance to solve the water supply problem for the army. 》

Caesar also considered transporting fresh water directly from Pharos Island, but the residents of the island also began to besiege Hittius's anchored fleet and garrison, and the opponent's situation was also very embarrassing - "This Palatonium must be The mapper made a mistake. There must be another island producing fresh water near the entire city. You have to believe in fate." Caesar held the drawing in vain and repeated these words while riding in a small boat. After leaving the cape, the oarsmen and soldiers cried out that they were thirsty. Caesar could only ask them to secretly send some people to swim to the land near the mouth of the Nile to find some fresh water.

After a while, the wolf smoke on the shore ignited, and the people who were still on the ship shouted anxiously. Caesar, who had a split lip, also hurriedly held the side of the ship, and found that in the forest and long grass on the shore, many Egyptians suddenly rushed out. The cavalry came and surrounded those who went to fetch water.

"Oar quickly and leave. The enemy will definitely know from those prisoners that I, Caesar, am on this ship!" Caesar quickly ordered to weigh the anchor and leave.

However, several bonfires quickly burned, which was a signal for the warships in the royal dock of Ibos to attack. In an instant, Ptolemy's naval commander moved the four decked ships that had been hidden at hand. Take out a group of reed boats and bring them all out. Because he captured the most valuable target. That is, the Roman dictator.

Amidst the sound of war drums, the Egyptian fleet surrounded Caesar's ships. While fighting bravely, the crew on board hurriedly sent semaphore signals to Pharos Island and the Cape of Akinos, requesting them to come to rescue as soon as possible, "Don't cry, even if Misfortune has befallen me today, and it is destined!" Facing the wailing personal slave on the deck. Caesar cursed angrily.

At this moment, Lepidus' fleet arrived. These fast warships followed the wind and saw the battle on the sea, so they rushed in quickly. Seeing this, the Egyptian naval commander asked the flagship to turn around and run away. The remaining reed canoes were burned to ashes by the bellows flame cannons ejected from Lepidus' ship, and dead bodies were scattered all over the sea.

But the wind speed was still strong. As a result, most of the ships in Lepidus' fleet drifted directly with the wind all the way to Pharos Island before settling down and settling down. At this time, Caesar's ships also turned around and returned to the Aquinos Cape. So Lepidus temporarily met Hitius on the island of Pharos. After the two parties met, they embraced him warmly. "This is my patron. If it hadn't been for his loan back then, I would have been heavily in debt and sold the entire property." Hitius This is what Si said in front of his subordinates.

"What, the ship that was besieged just now was the one that the dictator was riding on?" After learning about the situation, Lepidus said in surprise, and then he decided to meet with Queen Elizabeth and the guards the next day. Taking a four-rowed ship, he rushed into Akinos to contact the dictator's team.

Early the next morning, Lepidus put the plan into action. He asked Macmillan to hang a ferocious sea beast pattern on the mast and install a terrifying sharp-mouthed horn. This was particularly effective for the timid Egyptians who did not have any ships. to intercept them, thus safely entering the bay, landing on land and entering Caesar's camp.

"The water shortage of the soldiers is very serious. We can't dig out wells, and the water canals have been cut off by the Egyptians. What's even more terrifying is that we are afraid that we will die of thirst when the rest of Xiaoya's reinforcements arrive." On the dance floor of the Grand Theater , Caesar was still thinking about the true location of Palatonium Island, staring at the chart on the shelf, so that when Lepidus and his party arrived, he said such words without looking back, and then grabbed He was bald and touched his chin again, looking very distressed.

A very feminine voice said, "The island identification on this chart is wrong."

Caesar turned back in surprise, but the Egyptian aristocratic woman stepped forward directly and pointed with her finger at the location east of the mouth of the Nile River. "Platonium Island should be here, but the direction is completely wrong."

"So that's it." Caesar exclaimed, and then he immediately straightened up, politely bowed to Cleopatra, and asked her name and identity.

"Princess Cleopatra has always been your most loyal sponsor. As for the newly crowned child, I want you to compare the two, because it is not difficult to choose one from the two." When the flaming stone bullets outside the theater were After the door fell, Lepidus, who was standing slightly behind, said these words to Caesar calmly.

Caesar nodded, shook his head, and said, "Even if I have an answer to this kind of thing, I have to live to talk about it, right?"

As a result, Cleopatra smiled slightly, raised two oak branches like magic, and asked Caesar, "Even if you find that island now, your drinking water for thousands of people will not be relieved at all, so according to what you just said To be fair, of course the military camps still need well water.”

"Well, although this is very polite, I have to say that, dear lady, you can't dig out well water when my tombstone is covered with ivy. Moreover, we can't confirm the location of the water source. This is the most distressing thing." It is obvious that Caesar likes the girl opposite.

"But isn't there a word called 'Ptolemaic wisdom' in this world?" Then, the little queen walked out of the theater and came to the camp surrounded by residential houses, holding a cross of oak branches in her hand. Lepidus hurriedly called several Medger Guards to accompany her as a guard, and many soldiers in the camp sat on the ground, sitting under the roof that was extended to resist the enemy's stone bullets, pointing at Cleopatra in surprise and talking.

The little queen walked back and forth slowly, her eyes just looking at the branches in her hand, and even Caesar stood at the exit of the theater, watching her figure.

Suddenly, Cleopatra stroked the two branches with her hands, muttering something, and the branches swam back and forth between her fingers like two green snakes. Finally, the little queen walked to an alley between houses and said with a smile that there was a clear water source below.

The soldiers shouted disdainfully, saying that they did not believe the tricks of this young and beautiful witch at all, but the little queen said seriously that she herself was the incarnation of the goddess Isis, and everything in the land could not escape her wisdom.

"Do as she says." Caesar issued this order.

As a result, in the early morning, sweet groundwater really gurgled along the shovel. (To be continued...)

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