Chapter 17 The Enemy in the Face (1)
The weak eunuch would only be inspired by greed and extended his slavery hand to the country's money cabinet, like a thief. - The words of a social critic in the late Roman Empire, eunuchs, a unique product of the Eastern countries, had already penetrated into the body of the empire at that time.
Save? Wait, I followed these three tomboys in a daze and still had a romantic relationship with the queen all night, but have I never thought that I was saving Adiana? No, no, no, judging from the current situation, the one who kidnapped her last night was Bendu's men, and Adiana was Mitradati's youngest daughter!
I am hijacking her now. Although the person who wants her is her brother Marca, with the relationship between Marca and Mitradati, Adiana must have gone to Bosphorus and would not receive any good treatment. Maybe it was a card in her brother's hand. However, Adiana returned to her father's side? His father had sent someone to almost poison her. Will there be a second time?
This is Adianna's father, brother, and aunt. Is this her family?
Karabis thought quickly, and suddenly felt pitiful of Adiana.
At this moment of hesitation, Helenputina had already run far away in front of him. The soldiers of Bendu reacted a little. Some soldiers climbed onto the carriage and urgently wanted to push the ox carriage out first. In addition, the half of the cavalry who were attracted to pursue El Capa in advance noticed the Amazon woman's plan, and all came back to protect the princess's carriage.
A soldier holding the reins of the ox cart was cut off his neck by the flying chain axe and fell down with blood. Helenputina flew up with the chain, and the two-headed sword in Tifo's shield stretched out, and a rapid blood-light and sword shadow. The three or four Bendu soldiers in the car were all in different heads. "I'll drive the car, Ella, you take that Karabis together, don't worry about El Capa!"
"Drink!" Ella swung the iron rod under the siege of the other Bendu soldiers, and then got her order. The three Pischitai horses hidden on the back of the hills shook their heads and ran down. Ella, who had fought out a bloody road, yelled at Karabis, who was shrinking in the smoke and dust, and shouted: "Hey, get on the horse, slave!"
Karabis shook her head anxiously, saying that I had not mastered this skill yet. Ella called out trouble, then rode his horse, picked up Karabis behind him, and galloped away.
After running along the pass for about three or four quarters of an hour, El Capa also rode his horse with his bow and arrows on his back and joined their team. The three Amazon female warriors looked at each other confidently and smiled. It seemed that the master's mission had not failed yet.
Slowly, El Capa ran to the front of the queue. She could completely remember the road she ran last night and guide everyone to the camping location of the Third United. Karabis hoped that at this time, Utaris, Apis and Hebrida had not left and were still in place.
As expected, they soon encountered the Third Regiment's guard team, led by Arminius, the tenth commander. According to Arminius, they discovered the abnormal state of Adianna's camp in the morning. Then the Third Regiment instinctively chose the high ground next to the water, digging trenches and setting up camps, and sent a warning team led by him to follow the camp as the axis and also pursue the ruts.
"What did you encounter?" On the way back, Helenputina and the other three were covered in armor and cloak again. Arminius looked at the three of them and asked while walking. Karabis answered selectively, such as encountering the hijacking of the soldiers of Bendu, but after another fierce battle, he snatched the princess back. As for Helenputina's true identity, he did not mention a word.
"Damn it, I've long said that the tuna was a task that was odorous than goose dung." When he entered the simple camp of the Third Regiment, Hebrida shouted at the car. Utaris sternly warned him again that when he mentioned the commander of the Legion, he must maintain the necessary respect whether in front of or behind the scenes.
Apis was no longer in the camp, and he couldn't wait, because he learned from the hijacking incident last night that the army of Bendu appeared in the territory of Silesia again, and he had to hurry up to bring other troops, "Silesia also has three battalions of troops from the Eighth Legion. I immediately rushed to their camp, which is called Rikdanya, and I will bring them, meet with your three corps, and guard it here to prevent the counterattack of Mitradati--in less than three days, the main force of the Eighth Legion in the area of Sinop will also come, as long as we persist until then, we will be completely successful."
This is also the reason why Hebrida swears. He was anxious about the slave transactions in Bitinia, and who would have to perform additional defense tasks here. But even so, after entering the camp of the Third Regiment, Karabis secretly admired that even the temporary camp was built in order, introducing a canal. The fig trunks and newly cut trees in the soldiers were erected into square fences. The camp tents had areas and did not interfere with each other. The soil was piled up in the middle to form a small highland for defense and observation.
Just as Hebrida complained about the car, Utarius asked cautiously, "How many troops are there for the Bendu people to hijack the princess, where are they camping sites and what is the scale?" Karabis replied to Utarius according to the message given to him by El Capa in advance: The Bendu people were outside one hundred stadia, passing through the pass in the dense forest, and there was a cavalry guard camp. Judging from the scale and shape, it was just a scout base, with a scale of about dozens to hundreds.
After receiving this news, Utaris let out a sigh of relief. It seemed that the large army of Mitradati did not appear in this position. So as long as Apis came and after the defense was delivered, the third wing would continue to go on the road and send the deadly princess to the city of Sinop and be able to hand over the job safely.
As a result, the shrill sound of trumpets sounded from all directions, causing Utarius' heart to rise again. It was the sound of trumpets like a tide. The two centurions looked at each other, looking dazed. Hebrida grabbed Karabis' collar again and asked, "Did you see clearly the camp in Bendu??" At this time, the lookout soldiers on the central platform of the camp sounded the small bell in despair, "Enemy attack! Direction... all directions, number of people... no, unknown."
The sun set in the west, and the sun-embroidered flags of the people of Bendu were raised on the hillsides on all sides of the camp. Teams of cavalry, wearing shining armor and cloaks, rushed to the camp of the Third Regiment from all directions, with no less than two thousand people. At this time, the number of people in the Third Regiment was only about seventy people. Everyone looked like earth, but they still took their shields and javelins and prepared to fight with the Bendu team.
"Everyone picks up weapons and listens to my orders. Brothers, be sure to persevere until tomorrow. Military guardian Apis will soon come with three brigades of Silesia, and we will be saved." Utaris put on the centurion's helmet and inspires him to his running subordinates.
Chapter completed!