After leaving the gladiatorial arena, Xu Ding went to the prison again, and then asked people to find the prisoner's roster.

He took the pen, his eyes swept down quickly, and then kept ticking and crossing.

Finally, he threw the register to his subordinates and said: "Check with the person in charge of the prison, if the facts are clear, let me go with the checkbox, pull out the one with a cross and kill it, and continue to lock up the others." ”

"It's the commander!" The subordinates who received this order were a little strange and confused, and they didn't know what Xu Ding was doing.

If you want to put it all the hemp, how can you put it, kill it, and still don't move.

It's weird.

Xu Ding didn't care whether they understood it or not, and then left the prison with people.

Soon Mengdu's people brought Soros to find Xu Ding and reported the situation.

"Excellent! Soros, you're doing a good job, that's how you should deal with pirates, they don't give ships, don't even think about taking them from Naples. Xu Ding said: "Since there is no progress on the dock for the time being, then Soros, you go and take your team to monitor the pirates in the city, but you don't have to conflict with them, just keep an eye on them, if they dare to break through, you and Meng Du will directly destroy them." ”

"It's the commander!" Soros replied, but he wondered in his heart why Xu Ding gave him such a task, whether it was another test.

Looking at Soros's departing figure, Xu Ding said leisurely: "I'll just say that I didn't see the wrong person, I hope you can really do it, Beidu, Macedonia is a legendary place!" ”

Half a day has passed, and Xu Ding's side still hasn't removed the barricades and soldiers.

Instead, the manpower was strengthened, so that the pirates in the city could not leave the city at all.

The pirates outside the port were also a little anxious, and they didn't know anything about the situation in the city, and if they were delayed, no one could guarantee that Xu Ding would not directly eat their people and swallow the money that should have been in their hands.

The city of Naples is a large coastal city, with many rich people in it, and there is also the emperor's summer palace.

So someone proposed: "Why don't you talk to that Alexander Qin, if you can really let our man out, and give him some boats?" ”

Someone agreed with this proposal at the moment: "I think it's okay, we can keep the big boat ourselves, give him some small boats, anyway, we don't have enough manpower, we can't take all the boats with us." ”

"Okay, talk to him, but he must make sure that no one touches us and doesn't swallow our money."

Soon a ship docked and made contact with Mengtu, who sent someone to inform Xu Ding.

Xu Ding said to Soros: "What do you think about this? ”

Soros said: "Commander, they must be afraid that we will encircle and suppress their people in the city and swallow their money, so they are in a hurry and want to talk to us."

But at this time, I'm afraid we won't be able to take advantage, and they will definitely take the big boat away and leave the small boat for us. ”

Xu Dingdao: "You're right, talk to them at this time, we are still passive, so you are responsible for this matter, I don't want all their big ships, but at least half, and you tell them, I can not only talk to them about this, but also talk about other buys*** If we go all the way east, we will capture more cities."

Money is of little use to us, and if they are interested they can make a deal, and if they can send us east to the city of Sparta, Achaia, I am willing to pay the full amount, and I think it will be a good cooperation. ”

Soros was a little puzzled, didn't he say that he would go north to Macedonia?

Why did he suddenly want to cross east to fight the city of Sparta in the province of Achaea.

That's a bit of a gap.

However, Xu Ding had Xu Ding's intentions, and he had to be ordered to negotiate with the pirates outside the port.

Eventually, Soros brought back the news that Xu Ding wanted, and the pirates agreed.

He will give half of the boat to Xu Ding and the others, but he will have to pay an extra thousand gold coins and six thousand silver coins to them.

"Okay! According to this, we must first establish initial trust before we can carry out the following cooperation. Xu Ding listened to Soros's report and agreed in one bite.

Soon Soros took over the ship, and Meng Du also let the pirates go and gave the money.

The two sides worked happily together, making a secret call and a meeting place, and then the pirates disappeared into the sunset.

"Will the Commander keep his word about these pirates?" Seeing the pirates' ships gone, Currency was worried.

Others were skeptical.

In the front, there were people who had money to detain in the city, and these pirates had to give in, but now that they have no constraints, it is difficult to get them to cooperate honestly.

Xu Ding said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if we pull, what we want is the support of the ship and not the pirates, whether they keep their promises or not, we don't have to think too much about it, be ourselves, take a rest tonight, and we will leave tomorrow."

When the time comes, I'll tell you the story of Spartacus and the pirates. ”

The story of Spartacus and the pirates?

Did anything special happen to them?

Everyone was looking forward to it for a while.

Especially Soros, who was born as a pirate.

With the ship, Soros was even more busy, he used the money he promised to support him to move to the street, resisting along the way, and said as he walked: "Our rebel army recruits a sailor, and those who are willing to join will be issued a hundred silver coins first, and there will be no less than forty silver coins per month in the future." ”

The high settling-in allowance and monthly money alarmed the people of Naples for a while.

There must be brave men under the heavy reward, which made the people in the city have some fear of Xu Ding and other rebels who dare to take down the city of Naples quickly replaced by money.

After all, the rebel army was not allowed to do things of adultery and plunder, and was not prepared to kill people without permission and harm ordinary people.

Moreover, the person who raised the heinous disease from the prison was directly killed, and some local corrupt officials were also ruthlessly clicked by Xu Ding.

This series of measures has made the reputation of the rebel army spread a lot.

The people of the city of Naples then knew that this was a special force.

They were dissatisfied with the Roman government, with the Senate, with the governments that oppressed them.

Naturally, he was a lot less wary and had some sympathy for the rebels.

Of course, there are still some people in the rebel army who can't control their belts and tempers, and they still do some illegal things, and Xu Ding did not tolerate this, killing those who should be killed, and punishing those who should be punished.

Military discipline has always been his top priority in building the army.

Whether an army has combat effectiveness or not, troop discipline is very important.

So with these positive and negative examples, Xu Ding's recruitment work has gone a lot smoother.

Soros recruited a naval army of four or five hundred people at once, and the team expanded several times.

The other four centurions under Xu Ding's name also expanded, and many poor local families joined in.

The lesser has doubled the army, and the more has tripled.

The entire army of the insurrection numbered more than 1,500 people.

Xu Ding was not polite, and promoted the five centurions to captains, and a new centurion was set up under each team.

So he had five captains, fifteen centurions.

The number and equipment of each team have also been arranged more reasonably, and they are divided into naval division, cavalry division, archery division, shield division, sword division, and spear division.

Except for Soros, who controls the naval army alone, the cavalry department only obeys the command of Xu Ding.

The other four captains also control one class each.

For example, Meng controls the archers, Mengdu controls the shield department, Carbby controls the spear department, and Veratoli controls the sword department.

In this way, the advantages of the rebel army can be brought into play in the shortest possible time to gather combat effectiveness.

After all, a combination like the Roman legion requires constant running-in and training to form a coordinated, unified and powerful combat effectiveness.

…………

In the city of Rome, in the Executive Yuan, the people of the Senate quarreled with the generals of the emperor.

Severus was very disgusted with this endless and meaningless quarrel, and said coldly: "I have sent a legion to search for the traces of the rebels, and I believe that they will be found, and the army of the Empire will crush them."

Compared with the inconspicuous rebels, I think we should devote more energy to dealing with the rebellion in the west, and the British governor Albainus is more deserved, our strong army needs food and grass, and I hope that the Senate can handle it as soon as possible, so as not to delay the real suppression of bandits and quelling the rebellion. ”

As soon as the new emperor's words came out, the entire hall of the Executive Yuan suddenly fell silent.

Although many people were dissatisfied with Severus and did not want to support him, it is undeniable that the new emperor was now in high prestige, because he defeated the former governor of Syria and won the war in the southeastern Mediterranean.

leveled the rebellion on the Syrian side.

Moreover, the time to sweep down the rebellion was very short, and it was still a frontal defeat of the enemy.

He had the most powerful army in Rome at this time.

"His Majesty the Emperor's words, I don't dare to agree." The khaki of the Senate was carried in with a strap, and although he was wounded, after a simple treatment and recovery, he still came to the meeting, and I saw him say with a deep hatred:

"In order to quell the external strife, we must first resolve the internal troubles and sweep away all threats on the peninsula, so that we can single-mindedly wage war against the rebels on the side of the British governor.

At the same time, for the sake of His Majesty's reputation, if the slave traitor, Alexander Qin, is not eliminated, I am afraid that our people will misunderstand what he said in the Colosseum the day before yesterday.

Therefore, His Majesty should send a few more legions to quickly exterminate him, and Alexander Qin found the boat and fled across the river, which will be a stain on His Majesty. ”

knew that Xu Ding was stirring up right and wrong that day, stirring up the relationship between the Senate and the new emperor, and stirring up trouble, but Khaqila and others still resolutely fought back, preferring to blame the cause of the incident on the new emperor Severus.

After all, the 'femme fatale' did have contact with Alexander and Qin, and the 'femme fatale' had a bad relationship with the military.

All the spearheads are still pointed at the new emperor.

Killing Alexander Qin is the top priority of the Senate, and it would be even better if he could be captured alive and used to implicate the new emperor.

Severus stared at Khaki for a long time, and the old man stubbornly replied with the same gaze, Severus had killed some people in the Senate, but Khakira's prestige and relationship were there, and Severus didn't want to move this head for the time being.

Otherwise, if he is moved, more provincial governors will rebel.

So Severus was about to speak, because Alexander Qin was not his man, and he killed him.

But one of the men who came in suddenly muttered a few words in his ear, and Severus suddenly straightened up, his eyes shooting an incredible light.

But he soon disappeared, and his face became calm.

When his men were finished, he waved his hand to step aside, and the khakila, who had been staring at him, showed a look of suspicion.

What the hell is Severus doing, where is something big going on.

There seemed to be something wrong with his expression.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I applaud the opinion of the Senate, Alexander Qin, who has indeed brought great losses and bad effects to the Empire, and they must be removed from both the flesh and the spirit.

Therefore, I will add half a legion to encircle and suppress, and the Senate will send local people to encircle and suppress the rest of the situation, and the command of this encirclement and suppression will be handed over to the Senate from now on, and I hope that you can shoulder the great responsibility of eliminating the influence of the Colosseum incident. ”

It was a surprise to see Severus so readily agreed, and also gave full authority to the Senate to pursue the enemy bandits.

The people of the Senate immediately congratulated the new emperor on his wisdom and wisdom.

When the matter was discussed, Severus immediately left with his generals.

When leaving, his subordinates were puzzled and asked: "Your Majesty, why do you suddenly have to compromise with those old guys, we can take care of the affairs of Alexander Qin, if the Senate is allowed to do this, it will be very disadvantageous to Your Majesty, especially if Alexander Qin is captured alive, this madman may bite Your Majesty." ”

Severus stopped suddenly, because a senator hurried over, Severus pointed to the man: "See, the latest news of Alexander Qin has arrived, that damn madman has captured the city of Naples, and has obtained a lot of ships, and I heard that he also wants to cross east to Achaia." ”

At this point, Severus suddenly laughed.

Everyone was stunned.

What!

Alexander Qin attacked the city of Naples, capturing the largest city in the south of the peninsula.

This was the first real appearance of Alexander Qin with gladiator slaves, and it turned out to be big news from the start.

Just like when he was killed out of Rome, a big embroidery was staged.

Only then did everyone understand why the new emperor suddenly agreed to the request of the Senate and gave them the lead in the matter.

The city of Naples is a harbor city, Alexander Qin, there are only about 500 men, they have captured the city, and they have captured ships, as long as they are not stupid, they will sail out to sea, and then they can hide if they go to some island in the Mediterranean.

Since then, there may have been an additional pirate in the Mediterranean.

If the Senate can't catch up and catch up with Alexander Qin, then it will have to face the anger of the people and be spurned and blamed by everyone.

It's amazing for my new emperor, and this big move is very good.

As for whether Alexander Qin will continue to attack Achaea in a frenzy, it can only wait for the test of time.

It is a province under the Senate, and if Alexander Qin Zhen goes, it will also be a struggle with the power of the Senate.

So this new emperor has a good calculation for a few hands.

Khakila, who was supposed to be happy in the hall, couldn't be happy, the new emperor's behavior was too strange.

Suddenly agreed so happily, and also gave up the dominance, how does it feel like a conspiracy.

It's just that their Senate can't help but accept it, otherwise they won't be able to compete with the new emperor for anything in the future.

After all, you don't want to give you a chance, and you will have an excuse to say it later.

"Things are wrong for the senators, the city of Naples was captured by Alexander Qin, and the city of Naples has fallen......"

The joyful atmosphere in the hall froze and became cold.

…………

Before dawn, Xu Ding quietly withdrew from Naples with his people and disappeared into the path.

However, Soros's sailors did not leave, but after eating at noon, they pulled the banner of Alexander Qin and drove out of the dock, making it out of the port and into the sea.

People who don't know the details still think that Xu Ding and the others all ran away by sea.

So the Roman army killed in the evening got a very confused answer.

Whether Alexander Qin escaped by sea, where exactly they went, and how they were going to pursue the enemy next is a big question.

Out of the city of Naples, Xu Ding led the people into the main mountain range on the Apennine Peninsula, and then led the people over the south side of the mountain range to the north.

Needless to say, this experience is very hard.

In order to climb over the mountains, they ran out of food and had to throw away some heavy equipment.

Fortunately, they managed to get rid of the Roman army once again.

"Commander! The good news is that the Roman troops that originally came to block us on the north coast have been transferred eastward, and there are no formed Roman troops nearby. The people who went out to inquire about the news came back happily to report.

No one could have imagined that they deliberately let the navy lead the Romans eastward to chase them eastward, diverting the army that had been blockaded on the north coast.

Xu Ding said: "Where is the largest city in the north, and how long will we have to walk to get there?" ”

"Back to the commander, the largest city is in the northeast of Brindisi, which is a day away. It was also a seaport city, and it was mainly used for trade with the provinces of Macedonia, Epirus and Dalmatia in the Balkans. The spy replied.

Xu nodded fixedly, then took out the map captured from Naples City and looked at it again, and finally said: "Let's go, first sneak outside this city, see the situation, take here if you have the chance, and then raise ships and wait for Soros and them to cross north together." ”

Naples City!

Soon after Xu Ding and the others left, they were taken over by the people of the Senate, and it was a younger senator of the Senate who was in charge of this matter.

Chuan Pu summarized the information reported by the various troops, and then asked the generals of the navy who had been dispatched: "So, Alexander Qin wants to go all the way east, wants to fight Crotone, and then jump to attack Achaia." ”

"That's right, the Elder Chuanpu, that's what the pirates said, he said that Alexander Qin was willing to pay a lot of money to cooperate with them, and when the time came, the pirates would earn the money, and the men and supplies would go to the rebels.

That Soros headed east ahead of time and headed for the east coast. The general replied.

Chuan Pu thought for a while and said, "Is it possible that Alexander Qin led people over the mountains to the north, didn't he say at the beginning that he wanted to cross the north?" From the previous operation, Alexander Qin is very good at avoiding reality and fiction, and he is a guy with a very strategic vision, which cannot be underestimated! ”

"It's not impossible for the elder of Chuanpu to cross this possibility, but it's very small, if Alexander Qin wants to cross the mountains and cross the north, then there is no need for him to offend those pirates, there is no need to get so many ships.

Now that his forces have more than doubled in size and are much larger, it is extremely difficult to avoid our sight completely.

Only by taking a boat to the east can you take advantage of the advantage, and if you don't have a cheap, you can escape to the sea, which is the perfect strategy. The sailor soldier analyzed.

Reasonable, Elder Chuanpu nodded lightly and sighed: "Yes, this is an extremely cunning guy, then we will continue to shrink our forces to the east, increase the search efforts, if Alexander Qin really goes to Crotone, then we will eliminate him there."

There is also his ridiculous army of sailors to be killed together, and if I can, I hope those pirates will actually help Alexander Qin. ”

The general of the navy smiled: "This may disappoint the patriarch, these pirates know how capable they are, they don't dare to help Alexander Qin, otherwise they won't secretly reveal the news to our navy."

Besides, Xu Ding also took their ship, and these pirates are very vindictive. ”

Soros went all the way east, landed and fought when he saw a place where he could go ashore, and if he couldn't avoid it from a distance, he would rob merchant ships along the way, and he kept recruiting people and pulling people.

Now he wants money and money, food and food, and fame and the banner of Xu Ding's doppelganger.

The whole team swelled up all at once.

If it was before, he could have taken the opportunity to stand on his own and become a big bandit, but he finally chose to follow Xu Ding.

He became a big bandit, and the result was that it was obvious that he would be beaten by the Roman army and eventually be defeated, but he would be able to do it vigorously with Xu Ding.

If he dies, he is worthy of the name of Soros.

In this way he made his way east, firmly attracting the attention of the Romans.

Soon his ship reached the south-eastern corner, for which he sent men to attack some towns in the province of Sicily, and also made some gains.

However, during the attack on the city of Messina, it was fiercely counterattacked by the Sicilian provinces.

So he decisively gave up the invasion, and then turned the rudder and headed north.

"Damn, those pirates are right, the rebels are really going to fight Crotone, fortunately we have some preparations here, otherwise Sicilian Province will be finished first." The military commander of the province of Sicily, after looking at the Soros division from the walls of the city of Messina, who had turned the rudder and headed north, immediately said to his opponent:

"Immediately inform the elders and tell them that the rebels are heading for Crotone."

Soon, Chuanpu and the others tightened the siege of Crotone.

However, the defense of the city was not strengthened.

They just want Xu Ding to fight, and when Xu Ding fights down, they are surrounding.

To give Xu Ding a full reason, to make him feel that he can come down and dare to bite this bait.

However, after a few days, no trace of the rebel army was found, and even Soros's sailors had not yet reached the vicinity of Crotone.

It was as if the trolls had suddenly disappeared.

In fact, Soros went east into the depths of the sea, and then went all the way east and all the way east.

Because his goal is not Crotone, nor to the north, but to the Aegean Sea.

"Elder Chuanpu, the group of pirates contacted us just now, and Soros didn't contact them according to the original code, they may go directly to fight Achaia." The Roman navy pursued Soros from behind, trying to blockade him from the sea, but never caught up.

After all, Soros's sailors have to leave a few days early.

"Leave aside the pirate alliance and fight Achaea directly." The elder of Chuanpu touched it, suddenly realized something, and shouted loudly:

"Not good! The rebels are going to fight Brindisi, Alexander Qin, in fact, they want to cross north, quickly, quickly transfer troops to pursue me north, and they will flee to the Balkans when it is too late......"