"Man only begins to think after suffering." - Thucydides

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Under the supervision of the centurion, all soldiers' work was very efficient. Even though Ptolemy's cousin was almost the same as a dead man at this time, there was probably no decent armed force around him except eunuchs and female family members. However, the Roman legion was so meticulous and did not dare to be careless. They first dug a semi-circular trench with a trail of more than a dozen Stadia's under the hillside of the small town, and then there was Muzha Luzhai. Then they transported various materials along the Tisa River, and used iron nails, hinges and wooden boards to jingle various small siege equipment, such as a city bumper hammer with a ceiling, a small siege tower with two stories high, a "V"-shaped wooden shield that could cover soldiers to dig safely, etc.

The commander-in-chief of the inspection position was very satisfied, but when he walked to the front of the siege and stone thrower set up, he frowned and asked the person in charge of the artillery, "Why only aim at the new city, what if there is an enemy hiding in the old city?" It was the turn of the centurions around him to look at each other. I wonder what kind of fire was Mr. Libidaus. Ptolemy's cousin had no army and hid in the new city. It was originally a lot of trouble to build the fortifications of the siege of the city. A thousand-man brigade rushed in directly, and could solve any problem. Now he still had to face the crossbows against the sacred Temple of Love?

Petternius spoke, pointing to the groves and lawns in front of the magnificent temple of love, and said, "Dear Lord. I must inform you. There is a place called the Holy Forest. Soldiers and vicious weapons cannot pass over."

"But I just aimed at it with a crossbow. This is also protecting the Temple of Great Love, right?" Li Bida's words were filled with grievances, and then he brought Hibrida to ask, "You served in the East back then, and you should have heard that veterans talk about battlefield affairs, and know how General Gonailius Sura treated the temples and colleges in Athens back then?"

"Your Excellency, they first cut off all the holy forests outside the academy as fuel for fire-driven fuel. Then they burned the temple with these, smashed the statues, snatched gold and jewelry, and killed most of the priests and scholars." Hebrida replied with a scarred face.

Everyone was shocked. Li Bida asked his in-laws to say this. Could it be that he really wanted to rob and burn the wonder of the Temple of Great Love? No, if this matter spreads, not only you but the entire legion will be bad. Li Bidaus, you are waiting for you to accuse you like an ant after returning to Rome. Will you not even confiscate our property? It's so terrible. You have to wait until those inferior barbarian soldiers are motivated by him and make a regretful move to stop all this.

But Li Bida's words made everyone feel like they were stepping on the air again, "Then is there any way to enter this temple of love peacefully? I wonder if the high priest there is still inside?" Later, he defected to him, and the more informed former Cypriot officer quickly answered: High priest Defomokis, the eldest cousin's younger brother, was still in the temple, but most of the priests escaped.

"I still insist on staying in Paphos. It seems that there is indeed a cousin's vault in this Temple of Love." Li Bida thought to himself.

In the early morning of two days, the Romans' originally silent position suddenly shot out two fire-like rock bombs. Instead of facing the new city, they really fell directly into the Great Temple of Love in the Old Paphos. They smashed into the small pool, tearing the fountain sculpture, and destroyed half of the eaves of the side hall, killing several white geese resting below.

Then after a day, Li Bida immediately took a large group of soldiers and stood respectfully outside the holy forest. Several panic-looking priests under the temple steps held holy weapons (Li Bida worked in the Kitchen Temple and were too familiar with these messy things) and firewood, and their eyes were wandering. Li Bida then shouted in Greek that it was the artillery of our army that just now, and they hit this sacred place, so I wanted to pay a visit to the chief high priest and explain all this in person.

Who knew that after those priests entered, they never came out again. It seems that this trick won’t work!

At this time, no one seemed to care about the life and death of Ptolemy's cousin in the new city, but Li Bida was still very anxious. Logically speaking, the pace of Brutu following behind his butt was also fast, so he had to hurry up.

As a result, in the accidental injury incident, Defomokis took the approach of pretending to be stupid and ignored the various provocations of the Romans. The next day, Li Bida still had new tricks:

The next day, a group of Roman soldiers who took off their armor, including of course their commanders Li Bida and Petternius, were wearing only short shirts and civilian sandals, driving two humming pigs and oxen, and they snarling cows, who were snatched from the nearby villages. When they found out, they were so hungry that they were obviously abandoned by the original farmer owner and entered the Holy Forest with a swagger.

Several white-robed priests rushed out in a hurry, trying to stop their advance, but Li Bida's reason was very powerful, "We are here to love God!" Then a group of people quarreled and pushed at the entrance of the temple, and even removed the rope of the pig. The two pigs ran flexibly all over the temple. The Roman soldiers arrested the temple, and the thin cow lay down listlessly, knowing that he was about to be sacrificed, and he was hitting the bottom with tears.

The farce ended with Defomokis' compromise. He was trembling. He didn't know if he forced to refuse this time, would the Roman camp catch fire tonight and would spread here and burn into rubble. He was afraid to think about it. You should know that in the years of peace, this temple of love was full of pilgrims. Under the natural cliff bridges in the sea outside, luxurious ships were moored everywhere. Millions of Seth's retreat a year. The Kingdom of Cyprus even took the brink of the Kingdom of Cyprus. I was worried about using this temple as a treasury. Now his brother has placed thousands of Tarent funds in it and said to him, "Even if I cannot escape this disaster, I will fight. The Romans originally offered me to serve as the high priest, but they also asked me to go to the Romans to transform into Angelica. I really cannot accept such changes. My dear brother, you must protect this wealth, and I think the Romans will not do anything to you. If the situation is stable, you can succeed to the king."

Now it is obvious that the Romans came to the door, and they are still very cunning and difficult to deal with. They have to bite the bullet and see their commander.
Chapter completed!