‘The people who were once given command, ruling power and all other rights by the Republic, now do nothing, they are eagerly looking forward to only two things, bread and entertainment.”—Juvino in the Imperial Government era

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"What?" This is the only word that Li Bida popped up when he met the Essian delegation in the camp.

The tribute offered by the Esios to the King of New Cyraniga was the source of his surprise and amusement, a large plate of ostrich eggs, a horned python, and a naked and fat black-skinned tattooed woman.

The envoy who was familiar with Greek hurriedly explained to the Commander-in-Chief that the ostrich egg was the most favored gift from the Esios, and that long-horned python was the totem of their tribe. This snake was only found in this desert and was very rare. As for the woman, she was from below her knees and up to her ankles, all of which were golden circles. Li Bida asked the envoy to tell me what this is. As a result, the envoy of Esios returned proudly. This was the most noble lady in their kingdom. Women in this country gave birth to children after having sex with a man, and every time they had a child, they added a golden circle to their legs. The number of this lady was the most. People in the country believed that she was the most virtuous and most favored by God. Now I hope that the Commander-in-Chief would also accept her with a smile and be able to appreciate the kindness of our nation.

Several centurions next to them, including deputy general Petternius and civil guard Anthony, couldn't help laughing. Sabokemus, who was standing straight on the side, was trembling with his dark face. It seemed that he was almost injured by being held in his internal injuries.

The commander-in-chief's face was full of "defeated" expressions. He reluctantly accepted the ostrich egg and the python. But he politely returned the woman full of golden circles, saying that he was busy with military equipment and had no time to enjoy such welfare. As a result, the envoy patiently explained to the goddess who was already naked, covered in fat and stretch marks, who was determined to fight fiercely. The goddess immediately made a dissatisfied and angry scream like a bat. She had never been ridiculed like this before.

After sending off the goddess, Li Bida politely said to the Essian envoys, "Besides these precious gifts, what else can you serve the king?" Everyone present noticed that Li Bida did not mention the identity of the Roman officer, but directly claimed to be the king of Cyrene. The envoys respectfully replied that the Essians could select fifty noble children and serve as guides for you, because there was no wet thing in the entire southern Libya, and only we could lead your army out of this land of death. As long as you go to Mount Atlas, the place called "the pillar of the sky". and find the Apollo Spring, you can avoid the destruction of your entire army, that is, the same tragedy as the Proi.

"You love me so much, I believe our army needs to pay the corresponding price in advance?" Li Bida did not believe that these dark cavemen would be so sunny and would throw the conflict in the day so quickly.

"We need to use the power of your army to sweep away the Galamantes people in the west. They are a very strong nation. There are as many as 10,000 men who can fight, and have two hundred four-wheeled fast chariots. Even the Greeks in the Kurene region have learned from them the ability to drive chariots. Dear king, you don't know how we were bullied and abused by this powerful tribe in the past few hundred years ago. The men of their tribe are

At the adult ceremony, they would automatically form teams, and then drove chariots to hunt us all over the world, and took the heads of the customs and used as a token of adulthood." The envoy said this, with an extremely angry expression, and then he asked Li Bida in a more intense tone that as long as the Roman legion could destroy allegiance, the Essios were willing to offer an eternal oath of allegiance. With our familiarity with the entire Libyan customs and geography, we would assist your army in the city of Cyrene.

"Then offer your kingdom's oath first, now." Li Bidaming said that for these ancient barbarians, the oath before God was still extremely binding, so the envoys immediately walked out of the tent, took out hammers from their entourage, smashed their teeth one by one, and then shouted a spell at the bloody teeth, and threw them onto the top of the tent.

"You can attack the Galamantes and destroy this nation, which is also beneficial to our retreat security!" At the following secret joint meeting, Petternius used his finger to draw a trace on the papyrus map. "It is obvious that after Galamantes was defeated, he eliminated his worries. In addition, the grateful Esio Caves will also guarantee us considerable logistics. In particular, the Atlas Mountain and Apollo Spring mentioned by the envoy, as long as we can reach there, our army can obtain precious wood and water sources, so that we can be invincible."

The deputy general's plan made Li Bida nod frequently, and then he waved to all the generals, "Our logistics burden is too heavy. With pack horses, we will consume huge amounts of food and water, but without pack horses, we cannot carry heavy equipment and baggage at all. Therefore, whether we can defeat the chariot in the battle against the Galamantes is the key to victory. Hebrida, the chief brigade of the 13th Legion, get out of the line!"

Hebrida, who was full of golden seals and gold chains, raised her chin and stood up.

"Your brigade, first fight a small-scale battle with the Galamantes people. We are watching the battle on the side. Saab serves as the military supervisor. Do you need auxiliary brigades and cavalry cannons?"

Hebrida said arrogantly that no, but Li Bida finally gave him a cavalry wing, that is, one hundred and twenty cavalrymen as flank defense, and told him that the chief brigade was mainly engaged in the nameless hill at the front of the valley. I set up three cavalry cannons on the mountain and two auxiliary archers. If the situation is unfavorable, I will come to pick him up and take all the legions to observe.

Amid the thunder of the wheels, more than a dozen Essians let out bat-like whine again, rolling and crawling towards the ochre rocky mountain without any chance. Behind them, the two Galamantes were about to flew the wheels, but they were not dispersed. This four-wheeled chariot, which woven the body of the Afilica cork and rattan, has the advantages of being rough and durable, and has a very light speed. There were only two passengers in each car, one was responsible for driving the horse, and the other held a dart in the right position of the car, and shot with his left hand. All the occupants wrapped their heads with white towels, leaving only their eyes exposed to prevent the damage of sand and dust.

At the pass, the Esio people in front escaped. The caves on both sides suddenly walked out of the heavy infantry in armor. After forming a horizontal line, they overlapped the heavy javelin and the square shield. The Galamantes actually had a steering setting on the vehicle! Although they circled a lot, they still alertly drove the chariot back with the neighing of the car and did not hit the Roman shield wall.
Chapter completed!