"In war, opportunities do not wait for anyone." - Pericles, Athens

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Soon, the sails and decks of the ship were broken and slowly fell down. Because the anchor was still shallow water, it only sank half and was trapped in the mud and sand.

"This is a natural barrier." Karabis said with satisfaction at the half-sinking white sailboat.

In the acropolis, no one noticed that there was a pretty servant around the envoy of the legion. Centurions were supervising soldiers to train and gather in a narrow space. The cavalry hung ropes on the beams of the temple, practicing up and down from the horses (these war horses should feel lucky. If it weren't for the food provided by the Agaya, they would be the target of being killed next day). The Roman army was not tired for a moment because Karabis ordered the troops to enjoy the food of the Agayas and had to finish it within three days. The following would be unsuccessful. In addition, Minand believed that the Romans in the acropolis should have been half-starved, so he started to build siege equipment and launched a general attack three days later to gain full results. Therefore, the soldiers of Bendu no longer took the risk of bombarding the acropolis with wild donkey throwing stone chariots. The whole sky was very calm except for birds flying by.

After nightfall, Karabis said good night with the queen and Neko in the next room, then returned to the narrow room, lay on the couch, and handed the sword to Adiana, the "weapon craftsman" and "must polish it with oil and sponge." Then he fell asleep soundly. Adiana, wearing a double-eared hat, did not dare to go out. Facing the rude soldiers, he obediently nestled in the corner of the room. While listening to Karabis's snoring, he rubbed his sword carefully.

Two days later, Karabis threw a few coins to Adianna, plus a plate of roasted horse meat. The princess smelled the horse meat and became a little anxious, but she still forced herself to swallow it. After eating, Karabis took the princess out of the small temple with her. The chilly spring breeze rushed over, and the princess couldn't help but tighten her ear cap and followed the legion's special envoy silently.

The square, battle shed, corridor, and the soldiers of the Roman legion standing everywhere were full of soldiers, holding shields and weapons in their hands. They were in good spirits and were satisfied in terms of food, so they could fight and kill the enemy. Carabis stepped on the ladder and grabbed a battlement of an inner wall. Looking down - the Agayans under the wooden shed pipeline were digging the corner of the wall. The wall was also shaking, but the Romans surprisingly did not react fiercely. The whole city was silent.

Outside the slope under the wooden shed pipeline, there were dense copper shield troops standing. Minander stood on the side of the queue with a relaxed look on his face, watching the Agayas poaching the walls, and beside him was Stratonice sitting under the parasol. He came to see the heroic figure of the governor of the Copper Shield Army who bravely conquered the Acropolis. On the coastline behind, several paddle boats were moored. Once the Acropolis was captured, Minander would carry the power of this battle and carry the selected copper shield troops.

Arriving on the boat, he went to Pontica Bien to force the palace. In terms of funds, he and Stratonice also negotiated. Once he climbed the city's dock square, he took out half of the gold and silver that Mitradala had delivered to her, and bribed the rewards of his subordinates, so that they could have enough strength and confidence to force Mitradala to die: as long as the body was handed over to Pompeii and gain the favor of the Roman army, at least the reward from the Kingdom of Bosphorus is not a big problem.

Under the main entrance of the Acropolis, there are various built siege equipment sites, supervised by Stratonic's younger brother Pascius, and are covered with stone throwing machines, crossbows, and ladders. After the battle begins, they will completely suppress the towers of the Acropolis and create favorable conditions for the bronze shield army there to rise.

No problem, after so many days, the Romans in the Acropolis were already half hungry, and they were afraid they would not even have the strength to raise the sword. Thinking of this, Pascius's handsome face smiled happily.

At this time, he saw a Roman legion envoy with several centurions standing there on the platform at the top of the city. Everyone was full of beards and angry, "Poor, the person tortured by hunger." Pascius commented with a smile.

Helenputina and Adiana behind Karabis, I don’t know what the purpose of the special envoy came to this stage.

The answer was soon revealed. Karabis suddenly pulled Adiana out of the crowd, strangled her thin neck with his arm, and pulled off the ear cap from her head. In a whisper, the princess's iconic long chestnut hair danced in the wind.

"Isn't this your princess? She was captured by our army on a boat. If you still have any respect for her, let this hungry Acropolis go, and we can guarantee the safety of her life!" Karabis shouted with red eyes, and after saying that, she drew out the fighting sword and placed it on the princess' shoulder.

The two-sided bronze shield army and all the servants of Bendu saw this scene on the platform. Even Adiana was frightened. Her little face was red, but she struggled to say, "Damn, treacherous bi-eared pottery!"

Under the city, thousands of soldiers were listening clearly in the wind, and they all looked at the scene in surprise, not knowing what to do.

"What's going on? We're stuck here. It seems that we missed the wonderful drama that happened in Ponticabien?" Stratonic under the umbrella said to Minand with a gloating tone.

Minander also laughed and said, "This will save more things." After that, he raised his hands to the Copper Shield Army and the Acropolis, "Don't be fooled, this is the last trick of the Romans. As we all know, they only know this and often perform on the Goddess of the Governors Day. That is a fake princess."

"It's true Adiana." Pascius shouted out like a loss of soul.

"Fake?" Karabis smiled grimly, then suddenly pulled Adianna's legion sweatshirt below her neck. The golden pendant swaying on her breasts showed the identity of the princess. Hebrida next to her laughed tactfully and obscenely, extremely vivid. She deserves to be an old corpse who has been around for many years. The effect came out in an instant, but it made Adianna even more embarrassed and angry. Tears hit Karabis' wrist, "Is this the price you have to pay to let me enter the Acropolis?"

"Yes, otherwise you would have thought you were worth anything!"

But Adiana couldn't understand. She clearly saw that the Roman soldiers in the city had enough food, so why did Calabis threaten and humiliate her in public? But Adiana's mind was brilliant. She knew that this was Kalabis's strategy to deceive the enemy: using this illusion of being anxious to jump over the wall to confuse the copper shield army of Bendu, and achieve the goal of an unexpected surprise attack immediately.
Chapter completed!