"This month is disappearing, and next month is coming soon." - Homer's Odyssey

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Minand woke up on time at 6:00 a.m. This was a good habit he developed in his twenty-year military career. He was a descendant of the Spartans. As a mercenary officer, his ancestors had long been mingled in the Persian sub-marginal areas and became a professional military officer family. Minand himself was also very lucky. His father died in the war to follow Mitradati VI, so he was promoted by the king and arranged to train the elite bronze shield army in the rear of the Bendu Empire. It was said that it was a training, but in fact it was because the "Bronze Shield Army", a symbol of the power of the Bendu Empire's guards, had been crippled several times in the Roman war. Experienced grassroots officers and superior commanders were lacking, so Minand climbed very quickly.

So, slowly, in Minander's mind, the Bronze Shield Army and the Divine Empire became equal. He hated the old-school Sehun such as Archilus and Achilles, and was not satisfied with the imitation of the "New Model Army" formed by Adiana. "These troops and personnel have no effective effect except to disperse the essential investments that should have been concentrated on the Bronze Shield Army. Your Majesty's empire should have been protected by my men." This idea also made Minander himself

He was also becoming more and more stubborn and arrogant. Even before Mitradati VI's death, he had the idea of ​​controlling the Copper Shield Army and replacing it with the new emperor of Bendu. Later, after the Copper Shield Army and the Empire were destroyed, Minandopi also became the king of the Bosphorus Kingdom and the Crien of Pompei. However, during these years, he was still committed to reviving the extremely great army of the "Copper Shield Army", believing that as long as the Copper Shield Army was resurrected, he naturally had natural inheritance rights over the Pompei Empire.

No, there is another reason, that is, he and Stratonis. The princess of Bendu have a legal and qualified marriage. When Lin'er was born, he thought of this, and Minander, whose face was shaved with a shiny and white beard, knelt in front of the altar of the flag of the God of Mitra, hanging with purple-edged and sun-patterned, praying for his family and army, "My wife, my children, I hope you are in the city of Sinop. He also offered rich sacrifices to the gods, sinking the white bull and the black cow into the lake in front of the Royal Mausoleum of Amasia, to

My soldiers' spears increase the blood of killing and increase the blessing of divine power to my soldiers' breastplate. As long as I defeat the slut's army and Caesar's two or three legions, many kingdoms on the southern coast of the Black Sea will re-turn under my tent. I will reappear the dominance of the Bendu Empire. In the future, whether it is Pompey or Caesar, either side will win the civil war, and I will have to recognize my rule here. Then, the recruitment and training of the army for a whole decade is worth it, and the reputation of the Bronze Shield Army will resound throughout the world again."

After praying, he sat straight at the dining table, used up his simple breakfast, then put on a leopard-tail helmet imitating the emperor's show, and walked out of the camp. Several horsemen brought him a green Medite horse, and Minand stepped on it easily. Then he waved his young guard's flag Sicobodias with great momentum, signaling the other party to the priest's sacrifice ceremony when the priests were completed. This was also a signal for the entire army to attack.

The war is coming soon, and Sicobodias is very excited and nervous. When he heard the priest's chant, he was about to pull the flag high and raise it up. After hearing the birds cries, the soldiers around the wedding saw several gray-black crows, who came from somewhere, all stopped on the spear forks of the flag. Moreover, there were more and more crows, and those who were unable to rely on them, made an annoying noise around the military flag.

Sweat from Sicobodias's forehead flowed down. He initially shook the flagpole slightly, preparing to drive the crows away, but who expected that they would get more and more. The coach Menander was also extremely scared to look at the scene. Everyone knew that the crows represented carrion and death. So, the next to him quickly made a suggestion: either replace other flag bearers, or ask the priest to explain the terrible vision.

Because of Sicobodias' loyalty to himself and his duty on the battlefield, Minander believed that he could not find a more suitable candidate than him to guide the army's combat forward, so he asked all the priests to give an explanation, what exactly was predicted - if the explanation could not satisfy the entire army, he would kill the chief priest in public and let the chief priest's body attract the crows.

Just when all the priests were frightened, one of the clever young men came out and yelled, "This is a great auspicious sign. The crow symbolizes all the cities of the entire Eukxinghai. They are rushing toward the king's military flag, which means that the king will rule the Eukxinghai after the victory of this battle!"

This explanation made Minander almost satisfied. Long live the cheers of the soldiers. The morale of the entire left-ear and right-ear troops quickly rose. Today, the snow cleared and the sun shone on the battlefield, and there was no smog blocking the soldiers' advance. Minander waved with great enthusiasm again. Sicobodias used his strength to raise the flag and strided to the forefront of 15,000 soldiers.

The bronze shield troops of each detachment began to form long horizontal lines that could cross the entire battlefield front line, rumbled the fingers flat. They were all young people with good looks, with neat helmets, and the first three rows of receiving double pay were equipped with solid bronze breastplate and colorful feathers, competing with each other to inspire each other, fighting against the camp of the enemy's 12th Legion, and launching a surging spear forest assault!

Opposite them were Romanized legions in three rows of lines. These people seemed to be deeply affected by yesterday's defeat. The two lost camps also made their left wing unable to be deployed, making the entire formation look crooked and strange. Now, as long as the Copper Shield Army shows its power and can tear the opponent's defenses in the central front, they can achieve a great victory in this battle. Their commander and king can rule the entire Youkexinghai, and the Copper Shield Army itself can also win huge wealth and glory.

"In order to realize today's prediction, my friends follow the flag in my hand and bravely step through the enemy's camp!" The most exciting one was Sicobodias, the young flag bearer. He took the lead in rushing to the front of the team, and the sunlight from above the eaves of the helmets clearly saw the battlefield situation between the enemy and us.
Chapter completed!