But the first one to appear on the Alexander coast in April was Scipio, who escaped from the Asimanus Mountains. The general shamelessly abandoned his subordinates and rushed to Silesia with more than a dozen elders and about fifty Tarents. But he couldn't stay here because the capital Talsus and Antioch in the Syrian province next to them decided that the whole city would fall to Caesar. So Scipio could only disperse his money, recruited some exiled slaves and green forest horse bandits, pieced together a team of more than 500 people, took eight ships, avoided the patrol of various enemies, and miraculously sailed to the island of Faros, where the Alexander's lighthouse was located.

Here, Gabinus and Marcelas have already made a step forward. The two came with hundreds of armed slaves. In addition, the Pompei veterans stationed on Faros Island, about 300, also supported the two former consuls. In the end, Scipio joined the two refugees and was elected as the supreme commander, responsible for commanding the Pompei gangs in Egypt.

The Egyptian Kingdom was already in a split situation long before the outbreak of the Roman Civil War. Previously, under the control of Libida, the new "Holmahi" guards of the Pigeon were all the non-commissioned officers of the Libida Expeditionary Force, and the soldiers were Galatians and pirates from Xiaoya. These people only followed the orders of Libida and Cleopatra. In addition, the River Guards and the God Tomb Guards in the upper reaches of the Nile River, and many treasurers were close to the Little Queen; but then they returned to Lisancho City, Ptolemy, also

It was Cleopatra's younger brother, with the support of the eunuch Mothamenis, who also began to secretly train a group of dead soldiers and close confidants, called "Gorta Legion". "Gorta" is a triangle. It refers to the Nile Delta, ready to attack at any time and kill his sister to monopolize the entire family. In addition, Pompey had tried every means to ask his confidant Gabinus to infiltrate power into Egypt, and sent veterans to Faros Island, Ming to serve as the consultant for the Egyptian king. In fact, it was the chess piece that Pompey's party fought for Egypt.

In this way, the entire Egyptian kingdom was always in the undercurrent vortex of the competition between three forces.

Now, although Scipio has the consul, veteran, and about a thousand armed forces, and occupy the island of Faros, and is only a short distance from Alexander (just a breakwater), Egypt has two legions, "Holmahi" and "Gorta". Even if these two legions are in the same state, they will definitely be united once they face foreign households. Scipio's chances of winning are very small. Because Alexander's citizens will not support their side. Therefore, Scipio adopted a cautious diplomatic strategy, and he kept sending envoys to lobby for the "Plower", saying, "His Excellency Pompeii was kind to you in the past, and without his approval, you will have no hope of restoring the country. Therefore, in such a close friendship, you should provide our army with garrison and supplies, and mobilize your ** regiment to fight against Caesar."

The flute player was a person who had no idea. He was about to introduce the Romans, but he was strongly opposed by his subordinate officers. The brothers and sisters of Cleopatra and Ptolemy were rarely dissatisfied with their father's ideas at the same time, which made the flute player feel extremely distressed. In addition, he was in poor health and fell ill after all.

Now in the palace of the King Alexander city, there are miserable mists and conspiracies everywhere. The Pharaoh's face is like a collapsed lime wall that is about to break open and is tortured by illness on the sickbed. However, the envoys of the closest servants and Scipio's envoys refused to let him go and surrounded his bed. The former asked him to raise an army to kill Scipio, while the latter asked him to fulfill his will and give the kingdom to Pompei's side after his death. Now Caesar's envoys have also come and are also threatening him.

"I only hope to see my best friend Libidaus. If it were him, I would rescue me from this boundless slumber disaster." The Pharaoh was so angry that he kept repeating this sentence.

At this time, the palace guard chief Diotus asked the priests to place the ship, the god of the underworld, and various animal models on the bench in front of the bed, and placed a screen behind the Pharaoh to isolate the inside and outside, and drove all the idle outsiders out. Then he and a group of guards knelt in front of the Pharaoh, asking the Pharaoh to wake up as soon as possible from the confusion of diplomatic affairs, and to arrange the inheritance of the kingdom first. "So... My most loyal subordinate Diotus, my determination is to follow the tradition of the Ptolemaic royal family, before I die, to organize the wedding between Cleopatra, and let them become husband and wife, and become the co-lord of the Egyptian Kingdom, and then..."

"Then I will the contents of Your Majesty's will will be handed over to your Majesty's two heirs before solving it?" Diotus finally understood the Pharaoh's thoughts. This flute player was a tragic character who had no decision until his death.

The Pharaoh nodded heavily, and then the high fever made him dying. Seeing this, Diotus immediately stood up with his sword and walked straight to the corridor of the palace with his pharaoh's guards. The eunuch Mothamenis was carrying a gloomy face, hidden in the shadow of the pillar. The heavy eyeshadow and eyeliner on the face of the eunuch made his expression more rigid and unfathomable.

"The keys of the palace gate and the command of the access guard soldiers are now in my hands." Diotus said in a deep voice, and then he looked around vigilantly, and said to the eunuch who handed over the keys, and said with a puzzled expression, "Is this really OK? Let the son of Pharaoh, the supporter of the Gorta Legion, take the throne, and then expel and kill his sister?"

"No, not only the sister of the future Pharaoh, but also the Roman escapee who occupied the island of Farros." Mothamenis said with a hunched back and a hoarse tone, "Just cut off the heads of Scipio, Gebinus and others, give them to Caesar first, and collect 1,500 Tarante's money to the Roman dictator (the flute player had previously established a document to borrow 1,500 Tarante from Pompei and Caesar each), so that Caesar would never have an excuse to come to Egypt again - in this way, the throne of the son of Pharaoh can be safe and sound." As he said, the eunuch's dry hand suddenly pulled the collar of Diotus and said, "You are the most trusted person around Pharaoh. I also know that you became the chief of the palace guard after you received the recommendation of Libidaus. How about it! Can I and the entire royal family trust you?"

"My wife in Egypt is in your hands, let alone my loyalty to the entire royal family." Diotus said tremblingly.
Chapter completed!