Augustus Road

"Your commerce and trade have filled you with violence and sin." - The prophet Ezekiel warned the Phoenician king

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In the evening, the flames of war in Alexandria dyed the sky red. Amidst screams and cries, Diotusos, with his armor in tatters and half of his hair burned off, appeared with several injured and bleeding guardsmen. At the side door of the Ibos Palace, he staggered, holding on to potted plants and pillars, and slowly walked to the colonnade of the front hall. The slaves in the palace were screaming and running around, as if the end of the world was about to come, "Decline and destruction." The god is coming!"

The great eunuch Motenmenes stood in front of the colonnade. When he saw the appearance of the captain of the guard, he knew that the entire fleet was finished, but then Diotusos said that the situation of the battle was even worse - Rome rushed over from Pharos Island. The army not only seized the barrier between Qili Embankment and the city, but also burned a bridge in the dock and captured another. The royal dock was almost flattened by the flames and stone bullets fired by its fleet. If nothing else, tomorrow's Roman infantry and The cavalry is about to charge into the city!

"Now we have to make plans for the Pharaoh's stay." This was Diotusos's request.

Motammenes also looked ashen. Unexpectedly, the Roman reinforcements only came with two legions, and the offensive became so fierce. Indeed, the palace of Ipos could no longer be defended, and the Gorta legion was also in ruins. Only Serapion Because the border guards have always guarded the palace, they have not lost much of their combat effectiveness. If they want to escape, they can only escape now. Before all the officials had finished calculating. The palace of Ibos was suddenly shaken, and the Roman ballistae and trebuchets from the theater began to shoot in this direction again. And the intensity was even more violent than before. Statues and pillars began to shake and fall. Motammenes and Diotusos held their heads and hid in front of a small palace altar under the protection of their guards. About half a white After a few days, the Roman bombardment temporarily fell silent. "However, Caesar's attitude has become very obvious. He has resumed his attack on Ibos at this time. This probably means that he is determined to depose the current Pharaoh." The eunuch slowly stood up holding the altar, "Now even if we try our best Cover the Pharaoh’s escape, but we still need to delay it.”

Now they heard angry screams coming from the young Pharaoh. I saw his thin and somewhat stooped body, standing in the billowing smoke, holding a scepter and an ax in his hand, with wounds scratched by stone flakes on his forehead. He looked at the two most dependent ministers with disillusionment. Shouting that I am unwilling to compromise with Caesar and my sister, I will attack them mercilessly and kill them all! As a result, the eunuch directly called the guards and retinues to swarm over and arrest the pharaoh. Stuffed into the sedan chair carried by the slaves, he then told Diotusos how to delay time. The other person volunteered and said, I am a Roman. And Caesar and I can be regarded as "fellow townspeople" in Suburra. Please give me the Pharaoh's crown and seal as a token of peace talks, and then ask Privy Councilor Charlena to write a letter of attempted surrender and go to see Caesar. In this way, I can help Pharaoh escape. Buy some time, and then I'll catch up with your team with my stuff.

In the chaos, everyone broke up and started running. The eunuch was still preparing to arrange something, but at this moment stone bullets flew from the theater. They flew into the palace and the pond one after another, and everyone started scurrying around like headless flies. Then Diotusos' figure flashed and entered the back hall of the palace.

Late at night, Diotusos held all the above-mentioned things and stood in the middle of the dance floor of the Grand Theater. Opposite him were the Roman dictator, the Pharaoh's sister, and a large group of Roman officers and staff with batons, "Your Pharaoh, Are you asking for reconciliation?" Caesar said to the chief of the palace guard, "You seem to be Dilimer from Suburra. I knew you when I was young, but I didn't expect that you would achieve such great success in countries other than Rome. .”…

"That's thanks to the help of the cavalry commander Lepidus." The other party replied calmly.

Caesar immediately understood, he laughed, and then suddenly took the pharaoh's crown and scepter from Diotusos's hands, and then put it on Cleopatra's head, and then all the officers raised their heads. Caesar cheered loudly, and then Caesar took the Pharaoh's surrender letter, lowered his eyes and read it a few times, then threw them all into the bonfire, and then said to Sekedelius, "The character who loses the crown will Let my cavalry commander deal with him."

The next morning, Lepidus' vanguard cavalry galloped into the streets of Alexandria. Most of the citizens rushed to the temple to take refuge, and many people knelt on both sides of the street, begging for the conqueror's favor. Over there The team armed by Joseph in the Jewish Quarter also rushed out and led the Roman army to quickly occupy various major strongholds in the city. Then, the cavalry commander led the Medje Guards and entered the main square of the city through Qilidi. "Has the palace of Ibos been captured?" he asked his generals.

When he learned that the army had only surrounded the palace and did not dare to enter before receiving specific instructions, Lepidus was furious and said, "A bunch of idiots who don't know how to adapt. If you don't rush in now, are you still waiting for the Tenth Legion to snatch you away?" "The glory of it?" Angandinus hurried to the front of the queue, and the flag bearer and the chief centurion Hybrida followed him, standing on his left and right, and then Angandinus made a few gestures. , indicating that the target was the Egyptian palace directly in front. Hebrida bared her teeth and jumped excitedly on the spot. After waiting for the legion commander to finish the verbal order, she raised her sword in a loud voice and led the rest of the legion soldiers. , swarmed into the palace.

Scipio in the dungeon was like an alert and manic baboon, running restlessly between the iron bars and the walls, raising his head and pricking his ears from time to time to listen to what was going on outside. At this moment, several castrated royals Slaves appeared before him. They were all members of the previous embassy. Scipio recognized one or two of them and shouted arrogantly in Greek, "Your Pharaoh is completely ruined. The Roman army has come to rescue me." , Such a huge force has been mobilized. If these people are angered again, the entire city of Alexandria, including your gods who have escaped with humans and beasts, will be burned by the anger of my legion." Those people were immediately frightened! His spirit was about to collapse. He held his head and screamed a few times. Then he randomly found the key left by the escaped guard outside the dungeon and released Scipio. Then Pompey's father-in-law laughed wildly, rushed out, and killed Scipio. Several people all pushed into the crocodile pool, gasping and looking at the boiling and splashing blood. Then he ran to the palace courtyard, grabbed a cloak, took a sword and shield, and stumbled to the colonnade outside. At this time The soldiers of Lepidus Sixth Army were already running everywhere. Scipio shouted in the most standard Latin, "Go in quickly, go in quickly, look at me I have grabbed this shield with diamonds!"

Many soldiers shouted excitedly and poured into the inner hall of the palace. Scipio took the opportunity to blend into the crowd and slowly ran out of the palace.