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Chapter 18 The Thunder (Part 2)

Standing behind the wooden fence are the Parthian cavalry who are in full swing. They are laying arrow feathers into the quiver. Some officers are still searching for their subordinates. When this raid comes, many people are still unclear. Hebrida is not vague at all. Hebreda jumps in and uses a sword to stab and penetrate two or three confused cavalrymen. At this time, the long fence of the entire Vagis camp makes violent shaking and sounds. Some soldiers jump in on wheelbarrows, some use the long sickles used by the seamen to split the fence, and some people are scrambling to climb up the main gate tower. The fighting sounds respond to the sharp sound of the military horns stimulate everyone's nerves, making the Romans even more killing Vagis' cavalry rush around. The officers cannot find the soldiers, nor can they

A proper order was issued, and soon the Romans who attacked the night began to raise fires to burn camps and warehouses. More people were expelled. The whole scene was extremely chaotic. Vagissis was abandoned by slaves and guards. They had already fled when they saw that the situation was wrong. The old man was almost stunned by the sound of killing. He trembled and untied the ropes of the horses from the back door of the camp tent. As a result, he climbed up several times, but still failed to ride on the horse. Until he saw a fat Roman centurion in the fire, with several subordinates, carrying a string of heads and surrounding his horse. Vagissis asked in fluent Latin, "I am the diplomatic leader of the empire, and Vagissis also serves as the chief nobleman of the palace. Then, the officer, report your name."

"I'm not interested in the name of you, the old man. I feel that you're too old to dig a trench. I'll retract myself to the camp and prepare my clothes and jewelry. Now I have to use your horse." The fat centurion shouted and returned, saying that a Roman soldier obeyed the centurion's words and rushed up to lead the horse.

Vagissis shouted, "You dare to be so rude to a nobleman of my identity." Then he seemed to have burst out with great force, and without the help of anyone, he was able to jump onto the saddle. Then he raised his whip and hit the soldier a few times, knocking the other party's Gaul helmet to the ground. The fat centurion shouted angrily, and three or four other soldiers rushed forward, stabbed Vagissis several swords, killed him, and pulled his body off the horse. He cut off his head and ransacked all the valuable jewelry on his body.

At this time, Polo, the chief centurion of the Fourth Legion, also rushed over. He was surprised to see that in the fire, another centurion, Bagules (the guy who cut off the heads of seventeen nobles in one day in the battle against Garamantesen) was carrying the head of the enemy nobles. And it was a gray-haired type, and then said to him, "You are crazy. Do you know what the price offered by Governor Cinodosha before the war? As long as you can capture this old man alive, there are ten thousand Dracma silver coins. Now you kill him, look at it. It would be strange if it doesn't drop to three thousand or five thousand." Bagules curled his lips, looked at the head in his hand, sighed twice, and then threw all the other valuable heads into the ditch and ran to receive the reward.

But Libida still rewarded Bagules with 10,000 Drakhmas. The Parthians who ran out of Vagisith camp were not as good as the horses. They were surrounded by the cavalry of Libida in the wilderness between the camp and the Herod camp. Most of them were killed. Herod, who heard the loud noise in front, was frightened and lost his mind, so he decided to ask Mentis to take a cavalry out to respond. However, as soon as he left the camp, he was blocked by Libida's cavalry. In addition, the remaining soldiers and defeated soldiers in front rushed into the camp of Herod. In the end, the Assasses of Parthia could only shed tears and left again under the escort of Mentis. They ran wildly for thirty Romans before gathering the troops one after another and establishing the camp again.

The results of this battle were even more fruitful than those of the Battle of Mount Ramiyi. At the cost of eighty to one hundred people, they killed nearly four thousand Parthians, captured hundreds of slaves from the other side, and completely ransacked many camps. In the new camp, Hellod fell on the Arabian-style bed under the curtain with a sallow complexion. Under the caress of several concubines, he stared blankly at the statue of the vulture hanging on the top, silently without saying a word.

But unexpectedly, on the next day, Libida sent an envoy to ask for peace with Herod. "The two armies do not invade each other. Our army will return it to the left bank of the Tigris River and return half of the captured people and wealth to His Majesty Assass, you will pay an additional 500 Tarant's military fee to Governor Libidaus, or as a ransom. In addition, we can also make a secret deal with Assassass." When Sabo, the young man explained the conditions in Greek, Herod, who was lying on the couch, sat up slowly, stared at Sabo, and made a stop gesture. He said in a hoarse voice, "Why, I want to negotiate with you? Even with two small setbacks, Assassass still have the advantage!"

"Yes, maybe we can't destroy the entire Parthian Empire, but it's hard to say whether you can continue to be Assassin." As soon as Sabo said this, he hit Herod's weakness. "You can really consider this peaceful proposal, which will benefit both sides without any harm. Can you allow me to continue talking about that secret transaction?"

Hellod's hand froze in the air for a while, then continued to lift it up twice, indicating that Sabo could continue to talk.

"After our army retreated to the left bank of the Tigris River, we can also hand over the city of Seleulia and take away your king Mindaz."

"My condition is to kill him." Hellod began to change his mind.

"No, the Governor believes that killing Mindaz is not good for both countries. He can be brought back to the city of Rome, which will not only increase the prestige capital of the Governor, but also allow your throne to rest assured."

"So good? Are there no other conditions for attachment?" Hellod began to doubt.

"Yes, as long as you agree to our conditions, Assassin you can re-owned the three cities of Niza, Tessifon and Seleulia, and reunify your empire. As for your subsequent grudges with the Roman Republic, it may be ten or twenty years later, but the additional condition is that you can restore your territory and even win the title of the Crassus expedition." Then, Sabo's voice suddenly became gloomy, "The additional condition is that you want to kill Surena and hand over the head to our governor."
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