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Chapter 30 Tithing (Part 2)

At noon the next day, the chief brigade of the five legions, with five hundred selected cavalry, quickly controlled the passage of Pinochincha town and the surrounding high slopes. Caesar used his skills to deal with the enemy on the Ninth Legion, and the crossbows and stone throwers were set up against the town.

The new commander of the Ninth Legion, also Caesar's nephew, Diccias, rode out of the town on a horse. He stuttered and explained all kinds of helpless reasons, and hoped that his uncle would not deprive the Ninth Legion of the number and the eagle flag symbolizing glory.

"Dicias, you say this to mean that there are good people in the legion causing trouble, right?" Caesar, who was on the high-floor, asked expressionlessly.

"They still have to put in the corresponding conditions before they can give up, but they have been relaxed and you only need to cash out half of the bounty." Diccias hesitated for a while before he hesitating and speaking out the truth.

Obviously, Caesar was extremely dissatisfied with his nephew's handling plan. He shook his head and asked another nephew, Peidi, "Go and ask how long it will take for artillery and cavalry to prepare for battle." Peidi did not dare to say anything, and hurriedly took his entourage to check. Not long after, he returned with sweat and said, "It's about half a day left, the cavalry are getting on the horse and making formations."

"Please don't do this, uncle, no, respected consul, although the Ninth Legion has been destroyed once, please forgive its sacrifice and glory. Then give me half a day, and I will definitely solve the problem." Diccias almost begged, and then he saw Caesar continue to remain silent on the horse's back, but did not give orders to prepare for an attack. He felt a little calmer. He hurriedly turned the horse's head and ran to the camp of the rebels of the Ninth Legion in the town again.

All the generals, including Caesar and Libida, were located four furlongs northeast of Pinochincha town, staring at the uneasy and turbulent market town, and soldiers were running in and out there, with frequent noises. It was obvious that Diccias was still painstakingly asking his soldiers to give up their unrealistic ideas, "Because Caesar would not negotiate any conditions with everyone. Now, only our legion is left, everything is over. You are not qualified to talk to the consul. Give up, look at the flags of the five thousand-person brigades outside the town, which clearly illustrates the current situation."

When they learned that Caesar's grace had been left for half a day, and were extremely tough and unwilling to discuss any conditions with the rebels, the leaders began to panic, but they had no choice. Ordinary soldiers were no longer willing to follow these people, and if they fought out, they were not enough to have nearly 5,000 elite soldiers to get stuck in their teeth.

Soon, Diccias rode over again with a relaxed expression and reported that "the chaos of war has been resolved, and they pray for forgiveness."

"There is no forgiveness, this time the tithing is implemented." Caesar's tone was extremely cold.

What, titan! Not to mention Diccias, even all the generals present were stunned. This criminal law has not been heard in the Roman army for more than ten years. Many younger civil guards or centurions thought it was just a legend in the army, which scared the new recruits. But Caesar said it twice because it was very important - to implement the titan.

Soon, Diccias arrived on a horse for the third time. He and his mount were covered in sweat and exhausted. He once again brought the soldiers' pleas, asking him not to implement such a cruel criminal law. At this moment, Caesar's reply said: "Ask the soldiers of the Ninth Legion to report the rioters themselves. First, the commander reported the civil servants and the centurion's commander, and then the soldiers in the centurion-level reporting team, and then the soldiers in the centurion-level reporting team came layer by layer. Then, the innocent soldiers lined up to the field outside the town to gather, and the guilty ones lined up."

At dusk, the soldiers of the Ninth Legion took off their red cloaks, took off the golden chains and golden seals that symbolized glory, indicating their condemnation. Then, under the leadership of the centurion, they stood in front of the designated venues. Then, Caesar shouted and led his troops to slowly head towards the team.

"Your Excellency, my guards come up to follow you." Li Bida, behind Caesar, suggested, but Caesar shook his head and began to trot. Then he and all the generals passed through the independent queue of the soldiers. There were 120 people standing there, all of whom were reported, and many of them knelt on the ground and begged for mercy from the consul. Then Caesar stood in the middle and spoke to everyone:

"I, Julius Caesar, are not a person who likes to procrastinate. You all know how fast I do things, rewards are like this, and punishments are like this. It is not me who delayed in this war, but Pompeii. You should vent your resentment. Did I refuse to admit my bounty in Gaul? But now I have found Pompeii to fight to the decisive battle, and cross the sea to the mountains of Greece, or the desert of Afilica. But even though many of you entered this legion later, they all swore to the consuls to the end before entering the camp. The allegiance here is for the entire war, not part, not to mention that now is the most critical and difficult moment. You dare to betray me. Perhaps some people, according to their usual impression, think that I, Caesar, is magnanimous, but this time is different, because you have committed a crime, I will never forgive you. I must enforce the tithing law and strictly enforce it!"

Immediately, Caesar said to Chief Deputy General Li Bida, "You supervise the lottery ceremony."

Li Bida secretly said that he did not expect that before he decided to take office in the province, he would actually implement the titanium lottery method.

In the end, the twelve unlucky ghosts were drawn out and were to be punished with the iron nails. Then they went to the cross and cried loudly. One of them shouted, "I was wronged. My name was Marciakos. Because I had worked for the wife of centurion Yubius before I joined the army, he reported me with a grudge. I have many innocent comrades, which can prove that during the war, the entire camp team was in the tent, and no one was walking around."

Before Caesar nodded, Li Bida stopped Marciacos's executioner and then asked all members of the other party's camp team to come out to testify. As a result, everyone confirmed Marciacos's statement.

So Li Bida stood up and asked Caesar for advice, "Since the situation is true, can the nailing of this soldier be cancelled?"

Caesar replied, "Maciakos can live without death, but the tithe must be carried out in full, so let the centurion, Yubius, who falsely accused him, replace him."

In this way, before Jubius could react, he was pulled out of the queue in a confused manner and enjoyed the treatment of iron nails piercing his head. When Maciakos, who returned to the "life" queue, was excited and afraid, and was trembling all over.

Twelve crosses were erected outside the town of Pinochencha, and all the legions passed by and entered northern Italy.
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