Augustus Road

"I leave this battlefield to Carthage and Rome." - Pyrrhus said when he evacuated Italy

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Soon, Hyksos ran back from the camp there and reported to Lepidus, "General Hittius said that he had sent a fleet to intercept Scipio who had escaped from the city of Utica. Ah."

"Oh, where is the starting point?"

"It's the port of Hippo originally used by the Numidian royal family." Hyksos said, and handed over the tablet on which Hittius described the movements.

Next to him, Sabo immediately took out the blueprint from the box and pointed out the location of the Port of Hippo to the Chief Executive. Lepidus made a few strokes on the blueprint with his hand and said with a smile that Scipio and Cruz clearly wanted to take the ship. The ship sailed to the Balearics to join Pompey's two sons.

"But Cassius is a general who is good at commanding naval fleets. He will definitely not give up this opportunity to compete for credit. Just like Curio before - let him take it away, because Pompey died The current political situation is lonely enough." Lepidus said leisurely, then turned the horse's head and ordered to head towards the city of Utica, waiting for Caesar's arrival.

On the sea outside the city of Utica, Scipio's fleet was sailing rapidly in the predetermined direction with a favorable wind. Scipio was glad that he did not die with King Juba, and immediately arrived at the islands in the Spanish sea. According to his seniority, Due to his seniority, he would soon be the leader of the army. However, due to the restrictions on the ship's carrying capacity, he only brought a few monkeys and parrots on board. The bighorn sheep, hippopotamus, wild donkeys, etc. were forced to stay at the port. , this is the thing that worries him the most, but when he heard that there are many rare birds and animals in the Balearic Islands, Scipio felt more relaxed.

"The enemy fleet has been discovered!" At this time, the lookout on the mast shouted.

Scipio was so frightened that he quickly held on to the shield hanging on the side of the ship and looked in the direction pointed by the lookout. As expected, some masts were slowly rising on the sea level there. "That's the mast coming from the royal port of Hippo." The coming fleet must be from Hitius. They paddle very fast and they are all light Liburn boats. I want to switch to my own light boats quickly!"

True to their word, Scipio and Cruz soon jumped into a single rowing boat, leaving all the other ships behind - for most of it was provided by Utica, and Scipio was He didn't need to care about the life or death of these people, as long as he arrived in Balearics safely.

This move was very effective. The single-row rowing boat with full sail and rowing was very fast, allowing Scipio and Cruz to easily get rid of the entanglement. "If we continue like this, we will wait until the stars set on the seaside tomorrow." By that time we will reach the safe island," Scipio was full of hope.

In the early morning of the next day, when the sea fog blocked the moonlight and the rising sun had not yet risen, Scipio's ship encountered a huge fleet. The logo on it happened to be that of the Pompey family. Scipio was extremely excited and hurried The lookout was asked to raise a signal flame and everyone was asked to paddle faster. Everyone was rewarded heavily after landing.

But when the ships got closer to each other, the flaming jars were thrown onto Scipio's ship. A raging fire soon burned on the deck. Scipio screamed, hugged a few monkeys and ran towards the stern of the ship. Behind him, arrows and javelins fell from the side of the opponent's tall ship, with the slogan, "Catch them and kill them!"

It turned out that Pompey's flag was fake, and it was all pretended by Caesar's fleet. Scipio shouted in despair, because several ships came around from the stern direction, threw iron hooks, and hooked his own ship. Ship, the next step is to join the gang in hand-to-hand combat! Sure enough, many people jumped over with sharp swords and battle axes, and started killing on the deck. Scipio saw with his own eyes the scene of Cruz kneeling on the deck begging for mercy, and then being chopped into pieces. He trembled and comforted him. He said to the chirping monkey, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Hannibal, Aristotle, and my King Ancus, the water will be very cold soon, everyone hold on to me, when All together!”

...Several monkeys really listened to Scipio's words, and they clung to his shoulders and waist, and then Scipio jumped into the sea.

At this time, the morning sun had risen, and the deck of Scipio's ship was in a mess. Among the blood and flames, lay the dead bodies of many senatorial knights, including Cruz. Two commanders came over there, It happened to be Casio, the governor of Lusitania, and Brutus, the financial officer. Brutus looked a little uneasy when he saw this tragic scene, while Casio calmly walked to Cruz's disintegrated body. , identified the other party's identity, and said, "This is exactly the person Caesar is looking for." After speaking, he drew his sword and cut off Cruz's head. Then he asked the people around him, Pompey's father-in-law. Woolen cloth?

Several soldiers at the stern of the ship were torturing a slave. Cassiyo walked over and asked what was going on. The slave cried and said that he saw his master jump into the sea with his own eyes, but the group still didn't believe it and wanted to beat him. . Cassius asked the soldiers to release the slave and point him to the direction where Scipio had jumped. When the slave did so, Cassius ordered all the ships to drop their nets and "bring up the great father-in-law." , whether it’s life or death.”

Dead bodies that fall into the sea will float up after a while, and the same goes for Scipio. His white-gray body is quickly found. The oarsmen on several ships use their long oars to move his body to the sea. Siyo was pushed onto the ship.

Cassio took out an iron hook tied with a rope and handed it into Brutus's hand. "Hook him yourself."

Brutus stared blankly at the big hook in his hand, and then started to step on Scipio's body floating on the water. It was carrying him on his back, and his face could not be seen clearly. It was dangling like a fish, and then he Gritting his teeth, he lowered the iron hook and hooked the cloak button on the opponent's armor. The body was very heavy, as if it had been full of water. Brutus spent a lot of effort to pull it up.

The first thing that caught the eye was a cold and pale thigh, and gradually the rest of the body was pulled to the deck. "Turn over and identify him." Casillo continued.

Brutus resisted the feeling of nausea and fear, pressed the opponent's body with his hands, closed his eyes and turned it over forcefully. When he opened his eyes, Brutus suddenly felt that his eyes were about to pop out. There were still several hairy, monster-like things attached to Scipio's body. Brutus shouted and hurriedly stepped back. Cassius came up and held him down, saying, "Don't be afraid, then It’s just the corpse of a monkey. Scipio was not in his right mind before he died. He jumped into the sea with these beasts.”

Sure enough, these monkeys all died with their owners, but seeing them attached to the corpse was indescribably disgusting and weird. r1152