Chapter 18 The Abandoned City of Scipio (Part 2)
Apis was sitting in front of the holy forest at the corner of the steps outside the temple. After hearing Scipio's questions, he said absent-mindedly, "Let's gather the team first and count how much combat power we can still have!" So Scipio temporarily gave up the idea of looting Diana's temple and ran to the city camp to go to the city camp. As a result, Apis was worried about it. The previous Seventh Legion had turned against him. Now, the Ninth Legion, which was originally brought by Kasio, was the original Syrian First Legion, stayed in the camp and refused to accept Scipio's dispatch.
"Our superior commanders are only Kasio and Brutu, and the other generals will not accept any of the instructions." After saying this, the flag-master of the Ninth Army led the Eagle Bian to the central school ground in the camp, so that they would not even think about going out or coming in.
"Bastard, when I was distributing the rewards, I treated them equally, and they handed over all the luggage bags." But this was just Sepia's simple anger. The soldiers of the Ninth Legion were all holding weapons, crowded in front of the wooden fences and the camp gate, and they were yelling at each other in the air with Sepia's Sixth Legion and Eighth Legion. That meant that they dared to collect our luggage, and everyone had to fight to the death in the city of Ephesus.
The entire city of Ephesus suddenly became lively, and the danger of internal strife suddenly increased to infinite extent, while Caesar's march continued every second.
"Give up Ephesus." After "deliberate thought", Scipio made this decision five minutes later. In fact, it is hard to say how wrong his decision was. Caesar is now unstoppable with the power of Cocura's victory. The Rhodes, Cretans, and Cypriots all surrendered to him and provided him with ships; the Greeks and Macedonians provided him with funds and food; he led four thousand men and some plunge boats to capture Kasio, who had a whole excellent fleet, and then as soon as he got ashore, he made the entire Seventh Legion change his flag without any effort.
So, even the Nine Legions are unable to command now. What prestige does Scipio, who has just escaped from the Greek sea, have he used to fight against military strength and Caesar?
So this plan is more than just good, it is wise. Scipio did what he said, and prepared to order the centurion on duty. As a result, Appis came and hurriedly asked, "Where should we go to give up Ephesus's words?" Scipio realized this problem.
After a short discussion, there were two routes, one was to head north to the southern coast of the Black Sea to meet with his ally Menander, and the other was to follow Lydia and Rikdania to Silesia and see the situation. I heard that Gabinus and Marcelas also fled there.
As a result, Scipio advocated taking the previous route, while Apis advocated taking the next route.
"The road to Sinop was cut off by Takton, a city owned by the Kingdom of Ubertnia, and Libida's legion in Byzantine could threaten us at any time." This is Apis's view.
But Scipio obviously had different opinions, "Now that the Seventh Legion surrendered, the Ninth Legion was unwilling to follow me anymore. We had only two legions left at hand. If we crossed the Lydia wilderness, supplies and soldiers would be a problem. In addition, I heard that the cities of Silesia and Syria were all descending in sight. So, I think I should go and meet Minander. He had 15,000 bronze shield troops and a fleet, and our forces merged, and the capital to compete with Caesar."
Seeing that what Scipio said was also reasonable, Deputy General Apis also agreed to the plan to advance north, and then the two divided the work. Apis commanded the Sixth Legion to move forward with caution from the front, striving to bypass Takton and enter Sinop from the Amacia Valley; while Scipio commanded the Eighth Legion, the "Twin Legion", to escort the baggage and walk in the rear.
"If Libidaus's main force has arrived in Takton, then we will bravely break through the past." This is the worst plan, but Apis has lost confidence. He thought to himself that in this situation where the general situation is overwhelming, just two legions are invincible on all sides, whether they are heading east or north, it is equivalent to a rat in the bag. From this knotted bag to another, "the difference is only to become Caesar's prey or Libidaus's meal on the plate."
That night, Scipio's team lined up the streets of Ephesus and the boundary line with the Ninth Legion camp. This was a distrustful attitude - indicating that Scipio was afraid of the rebellion of the Ninth Legion or the betrayal of the Ephesian citizens. Then he asked the hired light archers to line up behind the Lüzhai to guard him, and he and Apis took two legions and quietly left the city.
At this time, Caesar had already walked to the eight Romans outside Ephesus to camp, and Libida's twelve legions and five thousand cavalry also marched under the city of Takton.
On the archway bridge connected to the Twin Towers, Adiana was a little excited and uneasy and fiddled with her hair. She had been tidying and dressing up her clothes, accessories, and buns for four or five times before she finally decided. Seven maids were beaten and punished by her. Finally, she was perfect. In the firelight on the other side of the bridge, she saw the Roman cavalry commander wearing a robe and twelve entourages of sticks. His changes were even bigger than when he met last time. If a Roman man still shaves his hair at the age of forty and keeps his short hair and face clean, Li Bida began to grow a thick beard, which made his appearance more mature than his actual age at the age of thirty-four, but his pupils were still the pure black color, which was also the color that Adiana was most interested in.
"Where is my son You Aijit!" Unexpectedly, this was the first shameless question that the other party blurted out.
Adianna was already a little unhappy, but Li Bida glanced around and probably his child wouldn't be in Taktun, so he asked more carelessly, "Come to my team and feed and drink water, and then give all your team as a servant and give me the command."
"You came back with the idea of harvesting wheat fields. You creepy ghost, this cruel bastard. You have become a Roman slave farmer, only caring about slaves working in the fields. Even more than ten drachmas hanging on the lime wall have to worry about it!" Adianna was completely sad and angry.
Then, she was taken into her arms by Li Bida, and the other party's beard gently rubbed against her cheeks, "Okay, we don't have time to do these things now. I promised you to snatch your mother's little crown, your father's sword "Altolicus", and the Bendu Empire you long for day and night, from all kinds of enemies such as Pompei, so the road is still very difficult and long, and there is no time to fight with each other." After that, Li Bida put his face on Adiana's face and said with a smile, "Is the ugly lime wall considered hanging a beautiful embroidered tapestries?"
Chapter completed!