"Her body is beautiful everywhere, why should I list it one by one? I put her in my arms and put her on each other. Who knows what's left?" - The ancient Roman poet Ovid

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"I will lead the veterans and the Hundreds' Team behind the Hundreds!" The two preparatory Hundreds' Team stood up and prepared to perform their duties, replace the troops in front and fight to the end, stopping the offensive of Bendu, and winning time for their main force to retreat. Hebrida raised the sword and said.

Someone pressed down on Hebrida's shoulder. It was the old guy Arminius. "Let me go, don't forget to send my military pay home." After that, the immortal veteran let out a sigh, put on his helmet, put down his cheek armor, turned his head and waved his hand at Karabis, "The veteran will die on the battlefield. You and Hebrida are not that age yet - take all the team flags away, don't fall into the hands of that little girl Bendu."

Finally, the two preparatory 100 teams passed through the body gap between the soldiers on the front line, and the sound of whistles and the horns of the warriors completed the relay. Then the remaining soldiers of the Roman brigade turned around collectively, discarded their heavy equipment, and rushed towards Pope's trench formation.

The retreating Roman cavalry took the lead in quickly passing through the narrow vertical embankment between the trenches. The entire chariot was filled with smoke and dust. Bosphorus's servants could not stop at all. They let Pope scold and encourage him, and they did not look back. They first fled to the Acropolis, and then followed the long bridge to Pontikabiang. Many people were trampled to death. Pope had to let the military slaves throw the bodies of these people into the trenches to open up the road for the troops that followed.

Karabis followed Ella's horse to the vertical embankment, then jumped down directly. He took the eagle flag with the flag officer next to him. He stood up straight, raised the eagle flag, pointed out the passage for the soldiers later, and calmed the morale. Seeing the envoys of the army, the 100-man teams running in a mess also calmed down, lined up, and followed their respective flags to enter the chariot formation in an orderly manner, and continued to stick to the combat posts on the second line.

It was not until the last soldier ran in that Karabis personally held the eagle flag. Walking through the embankment, Helenputina and three other female Amazon soldiers followed. The two hundred-man teams led by Arminius, who were attacked from three sides, were slowly blown away by the wind.

The strong sea breeze roared, and the sunlight hung above my head. It was noon. Many Roman soldiers in the chariot licked their cracked lips, did not discard their weapons and cannons, and were preparing to wait for the second wave of attack from Hondu.

"Father. What we are most important at this time is not to attack the second line of defense of the Romans. The line of defense with trenches and sanitation will not be captured for a while. Please, wise, please listen to our strategy." In the camp, several Bendu officers who came to report on the front line and wait for the next order stood on the spot, while Adianna fiercely insisted on his own opinion, "If you can adopt my strategy, the results you have achieved will be far more than destroying the two hundred-man teams of Rome. They will surely reproduce the glory of completely annihilated the Eighth Legion three years ago and seizing the eagle flag."

"Good girl, we have won the first battle. Isn't the next step to break the weak grass-like fortifications that the Romans temporarily built? All the Roman soldiers were there, why should we look far away?" Mitradati was in a good mood, put his hands on his chest and said with his thumb.

Stratonice next to him possessed her and joked: "Maybe in today's battle, His Majesty's Copper Shield Legion shines, which makes His Highness feel a little lonely?" These words made Mitradati and the Copper Shield Army soldiers standing in the tent laugh.

Adiana was a little angry, "If I had not asked Archerus to ambush the new model army in the forest of the highlands, today's battle would have been brutally encircled and annihilated. It was your Copper Shield Army, the army that bears the reputation of being elite, was too inconsistent with its name. It was backward in training and backward in tactics, and the soldiers had no ability to adapt to the battlefield. The governor and the non-commissioned officers were both guys who were in a group of people who were in a group of incompetent people. After repeated defeats, they did not think about how to improve, but they were even more stupid and continued to commit suicide with rigid thinking. So..." Before Adiana finished speaking, the soldiers or officers of the Copper Shield Army rolled up their sleeves and shouted, expressing their dissatisfaction with the princess. Stratonis stood up and laughed unpredictably at the princess.

"Enough, you've said enough, my good girl." Mitrada stopped the noise in the tent, and then pointed his daughter with his finger as a warning.

But Adianna was very uneasy, as if she had opened up the conversation, and thundered to the end: "Father, did you not rely on my strategy three years ago to deceive the Romans and seize the eagle flag of their Eighth Legion? Before in Korkis, when you were only a few thousand useful slaves left by your side, it was also a new model army I trained with Pompei's deserter. I defeated the Agajas and allowed you to safely enter Korkis and cross the Simmerian Strait to come here. Believe me, the arrogance, stupidity and greed of the Bronze Shield Army have long made the entire army angry. Minander and your beloved concubine's two younger brothers will only brag about themselves. You should not have spent money that is rich and powerful into this useless legion. You should..."

"How should I not need you to teach you a lesson!" Mitradati shouted angrily, interrupting his daughter's resentment, "When it comes to Agaya, wasn't you executed their king Agassis? This matter is embarrassing and difficult to deal with. Good girl Adiana, you must always remember that you are just my daughter, the princess of Bendu. Your value and significance are to marry into a kingdom that can help my career, rather than caring about spears and war horses. I don't want you to be infected with conspiracy and poison, which will only harm you, good girl."

"But! There is no husband worthy of my wisdom in this ocean."

"Then you have to find someone who is inferior to you. God gives you exclusive gender. It is not a foolish thing to interfere in the future. Even if you and the handsome male slave are in a dark palace, relying on alcohol and wasteland to live in old age, it is a blessing. Do you think the father is a happy thing to walk along the way by killing and poisoning? Stop having stupid thoughts, good girl!" After Mitradati said, he struggled to support his fat body in the seat. Stratonis hurriedly helped him. The Emperor Bendu then pointed at several officers on standby, signaling that their bronze shield army governor Minander had the right to deal with the front line. Then he looked at his daughter with some dissatisfaction and said softly, "Good girl, I will consider your strategy." Then he limped to the back camp to rest.
Chapter completed!