Augustus Road

Reginus and Atreus, the captured governors of Pompeii, were being beaten with thorn sticks by several angry soldiers. They screamed in pain. The soldiers forced the masters to take out their penises and hold them with water bottles and water bags. "Hurry up and pee, hey!"

Atreus had never been treated like this before. He cried and said that he didn't want to pee in this situation. However, the soldiers beat them harder and didn't allow them to cry because tears were saltier than urine. The two of them held back their tears and finally peed a lot.

"Please give me some to drink, otherwise we will die of thirst." Reginus knew that if this continued, he and Atreus would die of thirst before Lepidus' army collapsed. Although drinking urine was a last resort, they could only try it in such a desperate situation.

But the soldiers ignored them, and instead said confidently that Rome was not a society that produced and sold its own products, and threatened that the two would not survive at all. Before the battle failed, the soldiers would execute the two in advance and would not consider the ransom. "You can't run away. There are cavalrymen like flies around. You may not be able to run more than 300 steps before being shot or trampled to death." "Please inform your superior General Lepidus that I, Atreus, was also a believer of the Commoners and the deputy of Mr. Galba, the leader of the Chamber of Commerce. I was forced to come here to collect taxes and food in Utica. I am willing to serve in the front!" As a tax farmer, Atreus was the first to feel that his life should not be thrown in this hell. He still had a fortune of one million Sestris that he had not squandered and enjoyed, and he couldn't let this damn war ruin it.

After hearing the shouts of the tax farmers, Lepidus, who was supervising the battle in the front, said. "What else can he do to serve? If he does, just give him some urine mixed with water."

The result came out soon. Atreus said that if you walk eastward for one and a half Roman miles, there is a farm full of ditches. There is precious well water there, because it is blocked by mountains. So it is difficult to find, and Labinus must not know it - "But I know. That farm is my property." So Atreus drank high-grade urine mixed with water. Reginus was half-fainted by thirst in the fierce battle, and the soldiers threw him on the mule cart in the midst of bows and arrows.

At this moment. Antony's cavalry had already charged to the front of the 12th Legion. "Where is your former cavalry commander?" Antony roared. Callenus, holding his helmet and holding his sword, stepped forward and said, "Have you come to rescue from the city of Agaba? The supreme commander is over there with the 15th Legion, which is the position of the rear army." "Then I have to ask you, where is the position of the rear army? I can only see the enemy's cavalry and the smoke and dust over there." Antony said sarcastically.

Callenus became a little embarrassed. He said that his legion was torn into two parts and each was fighting for its own, and he could only advance towards the city of Agaba desperately. "Don't move forward now, commander, take your front troops and horses. First gather with the rear troops. Then go back and ensure the safety of the supreme commander."

After they continued to defeat the enemy light cavalry that came in, they found Tagus's team. Everyone was very tired and thirsty, and there were many wounded, but the Numidians' offensive was weakening-they had also reached the limit of their physical strength. And many people began to rob the goods and vehicles abandoned by Lepidus's troops. "Where is the supreme commander?" Antony was sweating and threw away his horsehair helmet. He continued to ask Tagus.

"About one or two Roman days from now, I will cover you with the strength of two regiments." Without saying a word, the Spaniard changed to a new broadsword and stood beside Antony.

"You are a good man!" Antony said with admiration, and then gestured to the back, "Time is precious, Wenditis, you are also a good man, come together, let the Gaul boy stay behind and rest!"

Wenditis was a rookie promoted by Antony in the previous Greek war. After hearing Antony's order, he threw away his helmet, lock curtain and ornaments without saying a word, wearing only a legion sweat shirt, holding a shield and sword on horseback, and the cavalry behind him followed suit, and Vercingetorix was so angry that he couldn't speak in the last queue, so he took off his cloak and armor, rode one-handed to the front line, and stood with other officers and soldiers.

The sound of horse hooves rang out, and Antony, who was desperate, rushed over with more than 2,000 cavalrymen. Tagus and the infantry gritted their teeth, endured thirst and fatigue, and rushed forward with only sweat shirts and weapons.

Seeing this, Labienus on the high ground hurriedly made a judgment, "We can't let this group of desperate people meet with the rear army corps where Lepidus is. Give an order - tell the group of Numidian cavalry with saddles not to disperse the formation, stop looting and retreating, and continue to bite this group of people." And he soon saw that Lepidus and the 15th Legion actually slowly retreated to the east as he hoped, instead of rushing towards the city of Agaba. Labienus was overjoyed, "It seems that Lepidus finally couldn't stand it anymore. He gave up and will be annihilated by me in a wasteland without water. Tell the troops who went to the city of Agaba to act as decoys to withdraw and join the subsequent general attack on the enemy commander."

The colorful flags on the camels continued to wave. The Numidian medium-armored cavalry with saddles were too tired. They had run out of javelins. Antony's cavalry was lightly equipped and their speed increased greatly. They soon turned to close combat. The Numidian cavalry was no match for Lepidus. The Gallic Germanic cavalry under Lepidus could easily swing their swords left and right with both hands, galloping on horseback and cutting the enemy off their horses.

In this way, Antony quickly defeated the enemy's interception, but when he rushed to the front of the 15th Legion, he found that the enemy was retreating in another direction. At this time, the situation was still very chaotic. Many of his own soldiers picked up the javelins thrown by the enemy and threw them at Antony with their backhands, which made him so angry that he cursed and said that Lepidus, the bastard, was simply confused and ran towards death.

But Lepidus had no time to argue with him, and still commanded the entire army to continue to retreat eastward stubbornly. At this time, Labinus also temporarily slowed down the attack because he readjusted the attack formation.

Under the setting sun, the 15th Legion arrived at the destination mentioned by Atreus. They won the bet. There was indeed a manor there, and there were several ditches and wells for irrigation and drinking. All the officers and soldiers of the legion cheered, but they still did not forget the order. They first took the injured soldiers and horses to the manor to settle them. Then some soldiers went to draw water, and some soldiers set up a defense circle, trying their best to show Labinus some color.

"You are really the lover of the goddess of fate... Some people said this about Sulla, some people said this about Caesar, and some people said this about me, and now I evaluate you like this." Antony, who got off the horse, said to Lepidus who was sitting on the ground drinking.