Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Caracalla twitched and ran out, shouting at the same time: "There are assassins..." As soon as he shouted, he found Makrinus appearing in front of him with a sword in his hand.Kara Kara suddenly felt much safer, and hurriedly said: "Quick, Makrinus, there is an assassin behind, quickly capture and kill him..."

Before Caracalla finished speaking, the opponent's dagger suddenly pierced his abdomen...

Chapter 895 Acting Emperor

Caracalla, who was stabbed, still couldn't believe that Makrinus assassinated him, but the severe pain in his abdomen made him have to face reality.He spat blood from his mouth and said, "You... you poisonous snake! Everything you have been given to you from slavery to present position..."

Before he finished speaking, Makrinus pulled out the sword in his stomach and whispered, "Thank you, but I still want the throne of the Roman emperor." After that, another sword pierced Caracalla's chest.

After Caracalla's body fell, the Roman soldier who started the assassination had also chased to the scene.He is a confidant of Makrinus, and was entrusted by Makrinus with the task of assassinating Caracalla two hours ago.

At this time, Macrinus whispered to him: "You have done a good job. Don't worry, after I ascend the throne, I will be rewarded by you. Now all you have to do is to go back to the tent quietly."

The soldier thought that he would be reprimanded because he failed to kill Caracalla in one fell swoop and had to be shot by Laumarrinus himself.Now, not only did he not see the reprimand, but seeing what Makrinus said, he turned around happily and walked towards the tent, but suddenly felt a chill in his back, and the tip of a dagger protruded from his chest.

Macrinus drew the dagger from the soldier's body, and the soldier's body fell straight forward on the ground.Makrinus drew his dagger from the soldier's waist, and stabbed Caracalla's body twice more.Then he kicked the spear in the soldier's hand five or six times away, and stuffed the dagger covered in Caracalla's blood into the soldier's corpse.

After all this was done, Makrinus yelled loudly: "Come on, His Majesty Caracalla has been assassinated! Come on!"

The whole camp gradually became noisy, and a quarter of an hour later, the place where the incident happened was already brightly lit and surrounded by Roman soldiers.Macrinus had already knelt on one knee beside Caracalla's body, weeping uncontrollably.After the generals comforted him, he told the whole story.Naturally, it was a made up nonsense --- why did this Roman soldier assassinate Caracalla, and when he arrived, Caracalla was already lying in a pool of blood, so he chased after and beheaded the assassin Yunyun.

Most people didn't have any doubts about these words, but some people didn't question Macrinus out of doubt: "But this soldier is very good, why did he do such a big thing as assassinating His Majesty Caracalla?"

Makrinus immediately gave an explanation. It turned out that this soldier should have been promoted to a centurion because of his military exploits, but when Makrinus reported it to Caracalla, he was not approved.So he had the motive to assassinate Caracalla with a grudge.

Macrinus' words were quickly confirmed.A few days ago, there was indeed a group of soldiers who were waiting to be promoted and reported to Caracalla for approval.Such documents are even kept in the army.It's just that the Caracalla army was still fighting at that time, and the number of soldiers was seriously lacking, which could not cause a situation where there were more officers and fewer soldiers, so none of them were approved.

At this point, everyone no longer has any doubts, and regards this matter as an accidental incident.An old senior commander said in front of everyone: "His Majesty Caracalla has passed away. But the country cannot live without a king, and the army cannot live without a commander. It is impossible for your majesty's body to be transported thousands of miles away. The city of Rome is here, even if the funeral is held here for His Majesty Caracalla, we have to choose a leader. What's more, we are still facing thousands of Sasanian enemies in Beirut. A supreme commander must be elected immediately .”

As soon as he finished speaking, someone responded immediately: "This is not easy. Naturally, it is most appropriate to elect General Macrinus as emperor. He is the most trusted person of His Majesty Caracalla, and all the soldiers in the army also believe in him. "A voice of agreement erupted from the crowd.

Macrinus did not immediately agree, but looked at the other two legion commanders.The two army chiefs knew what he was thinking, and after discussing in a low voice, they said: "General Macrinus ascended the throne of God, we have no objection. It just needs to be submitted to the Senate for deliberation and approval. There is no king, so the general can act as the acting emperor first. After returning to Rome in the future, the Senate will pass the deliberation process, and then it will not be too late to become the official emperor."

Macrinus agreed without the slightest hesitation, then stood on a high platform, and said loudly to thousands of Roman soldiers who gathered densely: "From today, I will take over the control of the great Caracalla." The authority of the Emperor of the Roman Empire. I swear that I will lead the Roman Empire and its citizens to overcome this difficult time and extend the honor of the Empire to a more glorious future..."

After his compliments, all the Roman soldiers raised their right hands in salute, shouting: "Caesar! Caesar!" Makrinus raised his right hand and waved outwards as a return salute, and then said: "His Majesty Caracalla was surprised! Assassinated to death, it is impossible for us to continue this war, so I decided to immediately withdraw to Apennines after cremating His Majesty!"

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Beirut City Head.Looking into the distance, Musil found that the [-] Roman army had already set out one after another, winding northward like a giant python.He was overjoyed and said: "The Roman army has retreated, and the whole army is ready to attack! The scouts will go out of the city to check first, to see if they are really retreating or falsely retreating to lure the enemy and us out of the city."

After a while, the scouts he sent flew behind, reporting that the Roman army had indeed retreated.Musil said excitedly: "Soldiers, follow me out of the city and pursue the Roman army. This time, I will definitely defeat them in one fell swoop."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the soldiers around him commotion, and there were also loud shouts from outside the city.Musil thought that something had happened again, but when he heard the voice, it was standard Persian.Then I found out that it was someone from the city calling the door.He looked up and saw a caravan with dozens of people outside the city, and an old man with gray beard and hair was smiling at him.Mushir hastily ordered the soldiers to open the door, because he recognized this person as Hayef, who was in charge of intelligence in the Sasanian court, and also his uncle.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Musir personally welcomed Hayef into the gate.Seeing Hayef, Musil immediately said anxiously: "I ordered someone to arrange for my uncle to stay, but I can't chat with my uncle now. I have to go after the Roman army. They have just retreated. It is a good time to attack. .”

Nahasar stroked his gray beard and said, "No. You can't fight the Roman army."

Musil asked, "Why?"

Hassar laughed and said, "Silly boy, you really thought you were the one who drove the Roman army away. To tell you the truth, it was the old man who tricked them into fighting among themselves and assassinated Caracalla before they retreated."

Musil opened his mouth wide: "Is Caracalla dead?"

Chapter 896

When the Roman legion led by Alexander reached Mount Carmel, two hundred miles northwest of the Dead Sea, two fast cavalry appeared from under the horizon.They galloped towards Alexander's army.The Roman soldiers immediately became vigilant, thinking that it was another Bedouin attack, and more than a dozen war cavalry rode out from the queue to meet the opponent.

But soon, the dozen or so war cavalry surrounded the two cavalry and returned.Alexander understood at a glance that the two must be messengers.

One of the messengers saw Alexander, and after giving a military salute, he said: "Report to the general, His Majesty Macrinus' decree ordered the Egyptian army to turn around and return, and there is no need to attack Beirut again."

Alexander thought he heard it wrong, and asked, "What? Your Majesty Markus?"

"General, His Majesty Macrinus. The current Emperor of Rome is Macrinus. There is..."

Before the messenger finished speaking, Alexander exclaimed, "That's my head of the bodyguard? How did he become the emperor of Rome? Then where is my uncle, the Roman emperor Caracalla?"

The messenger continued: "Don't be in a hurry, general. There is still something difficult to tell you. The former Roman emperor His Majesty Caracalla was assassinated and died the day before yesterday. With the support of the whole army, the chief of guards of His Majesty Caracalla, His Excellency Macrinus, Commander of the Guards, has taken over the throne of Emperor."

When Alexander heard this, his pupils shrank for a while, and he shouted loudly: "What happened, you have to tell me the exact details!" This tone, not to mention the two messengers, even the soldiers around Alexander Both the general and the general were taken aback.

When the messenger saw that the other party was angry, he didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately narrated the incident carefully from beginning to end.In the meantime, Alexander kept asking for details.These questions include when exactly did the assassination take place?Who are there?Who later elected Macrinus as the successor emperor?The motive of the murderer and so on.The two messengers answered one by one.

Alexander asked the last question: "Did anything unusual happen inside or outside the barracks some time before the assassination?"

One of the messengers shook his head and said: "Nothing unusual. We followed the orders of His Majesty Caracalla and waited for sufficient supplies and your Egyptian army before launching a general offensive. The Sasanians were huddled in the city of Beirut, and the two sides were in a stalemate like this, basically There was no fighting. So it was quiet inside and outside the barracks during this period, and nothing unusual happened."

Another person also said: "Yeah, don't say anything unusual, not even outsiders entered the barracks, and even our own supply team behind did not come to the barracks. Everyone has to go to the vendors to buy some wine and food to supplement."

The speaker had no intention, but the listener was interested. Alexander quickly caught this information and asked, "What merchant?"

"Some merchants from the provinces of Achaia and Asia heard the news of the war, and they came to set up stalls near the military camp. They resold some daily necessities to earn gold and silver coins from the soldiers."

Alexander nodded and said, "Oh, so that's the case. When the case happened, were there any vendors near the barracks?"

Another messenger took over and said, "Yes. The chamber of commerce is from the province of Asia, and the president is a Persian. And at that time, His Majesty Makrinus almost had a knife with the chamber of commerce in order to buy wine."

Alexander's eyes lit up, and he remained calm, just pretending to be curious and asked, "Oh? Why is it necessary for a majestic legion commander to fight a trader? Let's hear it."

The two messengers then told Alexander what they had seen and heard about the clash between Macrinus and the merchants that day.In the end, he told Alexander that the merchant was still a knife handle of the Roman Legion in the end, and he wisely gave away a few jars of fine wine for Macrinus's own use.

When Alexander heard this, he already had his own reasoning about the ins and outs of the matter.In fact, although there is a difference between his reasoning and the actual situation, the difference is not that great.Having made up his mind, he said to the two messengers: "Man is not as good as God. In this case, I will follow the order of His Majesty Macrinus and lead the troops back to Egypt. Please go back and report to His Majesty Macrinus. "

After the two messengers left, Alexander immediately issued an order: "Send our military order, the whole army turns around, and return to Egypt on the same road!" Amid the sound of horns, the entire Egyptian army turned from the front to the rear, and from the back to the front, and headed south. go.At this time, a head appeared in a large bush in the distance.This person is a Sasanian scout from Beirut.Seeing the Roman army going away, he got on his horse and galloped towards Beirut.

When Alexander's Egyptian army marched for less than half an hour, Alexander ordered again: "Pass my military order, the whole army turns around, and continues northward, advancing towards the city of Beirut."

All the soldiers will not know what happened, but the military order fell like a mountain.In the continuous sound of drums and trumpets again, the Egyptian Roman Legion turned around again and marched northward.By sunset, they had reached the shore of the Mediterranean Sea less than eighty miles away from Beirut.

At this time, Alexander stopped the whole army from advancing, and then ordered the soldiers to form a neat phalanx facing the east.He galloped to the front of the battle, and the setting sun dyed him and his horse red.Alexander began to speak loudly, and he narrated his reasoning as if he had witnessed it.Then finally concluded: "Despicable and ungrateful, like a poisonous snake, Macrinus, in order to obtain the throne, did not hesitate to treason, and colluded with foreign enemies to assassinate His Majesty Caracalla who is like our father. Everyone said, should we take revenge?"

Six thousand Roman soldiers immediately erupted into shouts like a tsunami: "Revenge! Revenge!"

Alexander continued to mobilize: "The first step in our revenge is to take Beirut City at an extremely fast speed. Rest assured, as long as we are fast enough, we can attack the city before the enemy has time to react! "

Alexander's Egyptian army moved quickly again, rushing towards the city of Beirut in the dark night.For the sake of secrecy, they didn't even light a torch, they traveled entirely with the help of the moonlight in the sky.

After almost a whole night of rapid marching, Alexander finally saw the dark and tall city walls of Beirut.He made a gesture, and the soldiers and generals around him stopped. Soon afterward, Alexander's military order was relayed to all ministries.Six thousand soldiers and horses stopped two hundred battles outside the southern city wall of Beirut one after another.

Alexander waved his palm forward again, and nearly two hundred scouts ran out of the woods without a sound, bowed and rushed towards the city wall of Beirut, but only a slight rustling sound came from their feet...

Chapter 897

Under the night, two hundred elite Roman infantry scouts bowed and sneaked silently to the base of the city wall of Beirut.Among them, 12 people in groups of four also carried small ballistas.This kind of ballista was called scorpion crossbow by the Romans. Unlike conventional ballistas, it was specially used to launch crossbow guns, so it could not project objects such as stone bullets and hot bombs.Because it is specially designed to fire a crossbow, it fires a crossbow more powerful than a crossbow many times its size.

The three scorpion crossbows continuously fired four-foot-long thick crossbow guns.In order to cover up the movement, the arm of the scorpion crossbow was wrapped with thick floc.Therefore, every time it is fired, the collision between the crossbow arm and the baffle is just a muffled sound.

Those crossbow spears did not shoot at the city head, but directly at the city wall.The gun head made of fine steel was deeply embedded in the stone bricks of the city wall, and then the cluster heads cut into cross flowers swelled and split, firmly fixing the entire gun shaft to the city wall.

However, every time the crossbow shot into the city wall, it would make a very crisp and loud sound under the silent night sky.At this time, these Roman scouts were most nervous. Whether the defenders at the top of the city could be alarmed by the sound was the key to the success of this operation.

Fortunately, all the more than ten crossbow guns were fired, and the scouts didn't notice any noise from the top of the city, and their nervous expressions immediately relaxed.These more than ten crossbow spears firmly inserted into the stone wall are evenly spaced about two feet apart, forming a ladder fixed on the wall.The scouts followed the ladder and climbed to the top of the city.

Seeing that they had succeeded in the first step, Alexander in the rear waved his hand and said, "Second echelon, come on!" More Roman soldiers swarmed out from the bushes where the army was hiding, and stooped towards the city gate quietly. Advance silently.

At the top of the city, the scouts continued to advance towards the city gate with their backs bowed.The centurion who led them felt a little uneasy, because everything went so smoothly, and there was not even a single defender at the top of the city.But then he was relieved, because from a nearby tower with a steeple came the sound of soldiers drinking and frolicking.Next, he saw two Sassanid sentinels walking slowly along the stairs of the city wall.The pace was still a little faltering, obviously a little drunk from drinking.

The two Sassanid soldiers were humming a tune while walking, when one soldier suddenly found his companion falling straight forward, he laughed and said, "You bastard, how can you drink so little? get down..."

Before he finished speaking, he realized that his head was tightly bound and his mouth was tightly covered.When he was about to kick his legs and dance his hands and struggle, a sharp blade cut his neck.

On the street a few battles behind the city gate, a dozen Sassanid soldiers sat in a circle around the bonfire.There are still several empty wine barrels piled up next to it.Some of them are bragging and beckoning to the sky.Some were already falling asleep, and some seemed to have not finished drinking, looking around the barrels and jugs, trying to find some more wine.

Two of them saw some dark figures walking towards them from a little distance away, and said inarticulately: "Don't come here, we don't have any wine here. There are more than a dozen of us brothers three... three" Barrel wine, where...there are still many."

Apparently they saw each other as Sasanian soldiers from elsewhere.But the other party continued to approach silently, and the speed became faster and faster, completely galloping.In the blink of an eye, the few people in the front were less than a battle away from the group of Sasanian soldiers.

The two Sassanid soldiers who spotted them first broke out in a cold sweat, because they had already seen that although the other was not wearing the Roman Army's iconic ring armor, it was a Roman Army-style chain mail.

Just as one of them was about to cry out, a javelin whizzed towards him and pierced his newly opened mouth, piercing his entire head.The rest of the Roman scouts also threw their spears and swung their swords. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen Sasanian soldiers were beheaded.

The remaining five or six people scrambled and ran away, shouting loudly at the same time: "The Romans are coming, the Romans have sneaked in... ah".They didn't run very far, and they were also brought down instantly by the Roman scouts who were chasing them.

However, their exclamation still alarmed the soldiers in the nearest tower.Several Sassanid soldiers ran out of the tower with torches and bent down to look down the city.

One of them suddenly felt a force coming from his lower body, which lifted him out of the wall, and fell to the bottom of the city screaming.It turned out that the Roman scouts who were ambushing nearby grabbed his legs and threw him out the moment he looked down.Several other people were caught off guard, and were penetrated by javelins or daggers.

The remaining [-] or so Sasanian soldiers in the tower finally sensed that something was wrong.Under the yelling of the leader, he took the sword, gun, sword and shield and was about to rush out.At this moment, a fireball was thrown into the gate of the tower, and there was a detonation and muffled sound, and a raging fire ignited in the tower in an instant.Then two more barrels filled with Greek fire were thrown in by Roman scouts.Later, heart-piercing shouts came from the tower.

The Sasanian soldiers in the rest of the towers and in every corner of the city also noticed the anomaly, shouted one after another, found their own swords and guns in a panic, and gathered together.But before they were ready, the gates were opened by Roman scouts.The Roman infantry who had been waiting outside the city gate swarmed in, and then Alexander personally led the Roman cavalry into the city, and went straight to Musil's Governor's Palace along the main street of Beirut.

A quarter of an hour later, the entire city of Beirut was full of killing sounds and flames shot up into the sky.For the unsuspecting Sasanian army who had just finished drinking the celebration wine, the surprise attack by the Romans was not a battle, but a one-sided massacre.

Three Roman soldiers broke into a barracks of more than 20 people in a Sasanian military camp.They raised their swords and killed six Sasanian soldiers who were still asleep and smelled of alcohol.The rest of the ten or so people jumped up from the bed in a panic, and went to touch their weapons.

One of the Sasanian soldiers had just grasped his spear when the sword light fell, and his entire right hand was chopped off.Before he could howl twice, he was stabbed in the chest by a sword.Another Sassanian, shirtless, shouted and swung the scimitar in his hand to slash at the opponent, and the opponent sent the short sword into his chest lightly.And because of the drink, his strength was several percent weaker, so this knife could only leave a knife mark on the opponent's armor.

Because these Sasanian soldiers were shirtless, Roman soldiers could stab their daggers into their bodies without much effort, so the killing efficiency was extremely high. In less than a quarter of an hour, all the Sasanian soldiers in the barracks were killed. beheaded.Another Roman soldier came in and threw the torch in the bedding of a certain bed...

Chapter 898 Capture Hassar Alive

When Alexander's Egyptian army entered Beirut, the Sasanian governor of Syria, Mushir, was still having a banquet with his uncle Hassar and a group of Sasanian generals.

The celebration banquet had been prepared by Musil on the day Macrinus withdrew.But his uncle Hassar persuaded him not to forget that there is a Roman army coming from the south. Although this army is not as large as the Roman main force in the north, it is also a threat to Beirut.Before Macrinus withdrew, he would send an edict to the Roman army, but no one could guarantee that the leading generals would obey his orders after reading the letter from Macrinus.

Musil listened to Hassar's advice, and immediately sent scouts to monitor the Roman army coming from the south.As a result, the scouts found Alexander's legion in the south, and after sneaking around for a day, they saw that they ran into the messenger sent by Macrinus and withdrew.The scouts hurried back to Beirut to report to Musil that the Alexander Army had withdrawn.Musil was overjoyed, and immediately held a banquet to reward the three armies.Even the treacherous and cunning Hassar believed that the Roman armies from the north and the south had all withdrawn, and Beirut was no longer a threat.None of them expected that Alexander would suddenly turn back.

At this time, the generals in the restaurant lobby of the Governor's Mansion also faintly heard the noise.Musil thought that the soldiers of a certain army under his command had drunk too much and made trouble, and a riot broke out.He frowned and ordered his soldiers: "Go and see who is causing trouble. Pass on my military order, whoever dares to cause trouble without a reason will be killed without mercy!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier ran into the hall covered in blood, and said out of breath, "President... Your Excellency Governor, it's not good... the Romans killed... and entered the city..." Before he could speak, After speaking, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and fell to the floor in despair.But everyone has already understood that the Romans have entered the city of Beirut!

Musil and Hassar were at a loss for what to do. Hassar said again and again: "How is this possible? The two Roman armies have all retreated now. Where is the third army coming from? Could it be that Maklinu It's impossible for Si to deceive me. But...it's impossible!"

There was no time for Musil to listen to his nonsense, and he shouted anxiously: "All generals listen to the order, quickly put on armor and helmets, and follow me to kill the enemy!" Clear and audible.

When Musil put on his armor, carried his weapons, and rushed out of the gate of the governor's mansion surrounded by his own soldiers, there were already a mass of Roman soldiers with large shields gathered outside.They ran fast on the street, throwing thick javelins with momentum.

Hundreds of javelins rushed towards the crowd where Musil was. These Sasanian soldiers will be panicked, and few of them have prepared shields.After the javelin fell to the ground, ghosts and wolves howled, and at least hundreds of people were pierced by the javelin.Musil danced the spears in his hands into a ball, and managed to escape five or six javelins one after another.

Roman soldiers have already rushed up in rows and rows holding their shields.Musil's eyes were already red with anxiety, and he waved his spear and shouted in his mouth: "Kill! Kill!" and rushed towards the Roman soldiers.After all, he was one of the best warriors in the Sassanid Empire. He quickly stabbed left and right with the spear in his hand, killing and wounding three or four Roman soldiers one after another.Seeing that he was brave and unstoppable, all the soldiers deliberately avoided him.But at the same time, few of his personal soldiers had been killed.

At this time, there were bursts of crisp horseshoes, and the Roman soldiers who had been densely distributed on the street outside the Governor's Palace receded to both sides like a tide, giving way to a passage wide enough for battle.Musil saw a majestic Roman war cavalry rushing towards him in front of him, but the person on the saddle was a young man who was still immature.

Musil gritted his teeth, tied his horse's stance, straightened the barrel of the gun, pointed the tip of the gun at the galloping horse, and assumed the posture of wanting to die with the opponent.The person who came was Alexander, and when the tip of the opponent's spear was only two feet away from the chest of his mount, he swiped the straight lance in his hand outward, and the tip of Musil's spear suddenly Finger crooked.

Immediately afterwards, Alexander's mount completely slammed into Musil.The latter felt a mountain-like force coming, and then flew into the air, and finally hit the eaves with a bang, and was instantly smashed to pieces.

Alexander immediately stood in front of the Governor's Palace, pointed at the door on the wall and said: "Kill", hundreds of Roman soldiers poured into the gate of the Governor's Palace like a torrent.

About half an hour later, the shouts of killing in Beirut gradually weakened.The sun also rises over Mount Lebanon in the east.The streets were littered with corpses of Sasanian soldiers. The civilians in Beirut should have gone out at this time, but the doors of every house were closed.Teams of Sasanian captives were escorted by Roman soldiers to gather in the square in the city.

A financial officer of the legion came to report to Alexander and said: "League Commander, we have captured too many prisoners this time, there are more than [-] people. Even in the nearest slave market, we don't have enough people to escort them to the Selling there, please let the legion commander express how we should deal with the redundant slaves."

Alexander said without hesitation: "Select the strong ones that can sell for a good price, and execute the rest. We don't have so many rations and supplies to support them."

After the treasurer left, another group of Roman warriors came to the compound of the Governor's Mansion, and they also brought a group of prisoners.Alexander looked from a distance and found that the clothes of these captives were not ordinary Sasanians.

The centurion of this team of Roman cavalry has reported to Alexander: "Report to the legion commander, we have captured some particularly valuable prisoners at the West Gate. At that time, they tried to sneak out of the city, but they were still captured by us. According to our investigation , These people are high-ranking officers and generals of the Sassanid people, and there is also a person named Hassar, who is the uncle of the Sasanian governor Mushir. Moreover, he is also a spy chief and has only recently come to Beirut."

Alexander's eyes lit up and he said, "Oh! They are indeed high-value prisoners. Bring them all to the garden of the mansion, and I will interrogate them myself."

After a while, the captives knelt in a row in the garden.The centurion whispered a few words in Alexander's ear, and the latter came to an old man with a gray beard and asked gloomily, "You are Hassar, Sassan's spy?" Hassar proudly He raised his head and looked at Alexander contemptuously, but he didn't say a word.The result was a heavy punch from Alexander, and the blood flowed all over his face.

Alexander continued to pause every word in a cold voice: "Do you think that if you don't tell me, I won't know about you? My uncle, the Roman Emperor Caracalla, was killed by you in bribe of Macrinus."

Chapter 899 Torture

As soon as Alexander said this, except for Hassar who pretended to be calm and calm, the rest of the people were taken aback. They didn't know how Alexander knew about it, and they thought he was an undercover agent among the Sasanians.In fact, this is just his inference.

Alexander continued to these captives: "If you tell the details of the matter, you can release them to one of your fellows. Otherwise, you won't even be able to be a slave, and you will suffer flesh and blood!"

After hearing Alexander's words, some timid people immediately revealed what they knew.There were also those who tried not to cooperate and conceal it, but were tortured by Roman soldiers, and all of them were recruited.

In the end, only Hassar remained silent.But this person was the key person who experienced the whole incident, and other people's confessions could not satisfy Alexander, because most of these people's confessions were only what they had heard.To complete his plan, he must pry Hassar's mouth open.

Hassar was tied to a rack, and two shirtless Roman soldiers beat him severely with leather whips in turn.But Hassar was specially trained to withstand torture.He gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, lowered his head and said nothing, letting the whip rain on him.However, there was no response as if he had been drawn on a stone.The whip didn't work, and he changed the soldering iron again. Then he let out a scream or two, but still didn't say anything else.

A Roman legionary reminded Alexander: "This old guy has obviously received special training to withstand torture. If this continues, it is easy to kill the old guy, and then he will be silenced."

Alexander nodded and stopped the torture.Then he said: "It seems that we have to use the unique torture skills of our scout battalion. Go, call the centurion of the scout battalion, and tell him to bring the equipment."

After a while, the centurion of the scout battalion brought over a dozen people.The strange thing is that in addition to carrying bottles, cans, boxes and other things, they also brought a sheep.An uninformed general behind Alexander laughed dumbly and said, "Why did you bring a sheep here? Do you want to roast the lamb on the iron."

The centurion met Alexander, and the latter pointed to Hassar and confessed to him: "Pry open the old guy's mouth, but make sure not to kill him." The centurion agreed happily, and took ten Several soldiers started working.

Hassar, who was in a coma, was awakened by a ladle of cold water, and then was firmly tied to a bench by several strong men.Percentage took out a jar, dipped a viscous yellow-brown liquid in it with a brush, and brushed it on Hassar's feet.This thing is actually honey.Another soldier had brought the goat over. The goat sniffed Hassar's feet with its nose, and then greedily licked it with its tongue.