"Ankara has been surrounded by a bastard named Zeno with a gang of bandits, damn it! Damn it! ”

Cicedes threw the papyrus letter in his hand to the ground and rushed up and chopped it off, which was a relief.

But the anger in his heart will not be soothed a little by his rude actions, he is the duke of a province in the empire, and to put it bluntly, he can be regarded as a feudal official.

The glory of his family brought him great pride, and he thought himself very high, as he thought he was the best candidate for Augustus, in the event of the violent death of Theodosius II.

It's just that the situation at that time seemed to be much beyond his imagination, after all, Luga who was killed halfway and the huge army and high prestige under Luga's command still surprised him greatly, after all, he was the captain of the soldiers of Rome in the west, and the feat of besieging Constantinople was even more remarkable to the world, and it was also the reason for the princes of various provinces to submit.

But that wasn't a reason for Sisides to give in, he didn't value these things and was convinced that he could succeed too.

"It's all a bunch of opportunistic guys!" Cicedes leaned against the railing, looking out at the sea and the land around him, indignant, probably not expecting that what he feared would come true.

"It's been blatantly bullied to my head." Clenched his fists tightly, Cicedes said fiercely, "You must have caused this, Flavies. Luga, is it because you have realized that you yourself have not a few days to live, so you want to pull me to cultivate before you die? Hehehe, stupid fellow, your idea must not succeed. ”

At this time, Cicedes had three warships under his command, one was his main ship, and the other two were escort ships. After all, it was a secret to go back, how could it be possible to tell the guys along the way with great fanfare: this is the fleet of the Duke of Cappadocia.

"Okay, okay!" Cicedes leaned against the railing, he pursed his mouth tightly, and his hands slapped hard to make a crisp and loud sound, and then Cicedes said to himself: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter Flavies. Luga, I will win, and you, will lose! ”

"My lord, there are a large number of ships ahead of us!"

At this time, the soldier on the lookout on the mast lowered his head and rushed down to Cicedes, who was standing at the bow of the ship, shouting loudly, which also disturbed Cicedes' contemplation.

"What? What the? Cicedes turned his head angrily, only to see him raise his head and look at the soldier who was watching, "Isn't this the sea of Rome, what's the hurry?" Could there still be Sassanid ships? ”

Cicedes responded angrily, causing the officers standing behind him to burst out laughing.

They laughed off the soldier's warning, dismissing such a reminder as utter nonsense, and it was impossible to call it a problem.

If there are a large number of ships in the waters of Rome, it can only be Romans, and there can be no other non-Roman ships. Cicedes had been in this area for several years, and the pirates here were all sustained by the fleet he had assembled, so he knew whether it was safe or not.

"But, but!"

The soldier on the mast looked very uneasy, he looked off into the distance from time to time, and then he looked down at the Cicedes and them, his face clearly showing unease.

The ships continued onward, until the sails of the ships could be seen as far as the eye could see, and the disdainful smile on his face faded, leaving behind a solemn face.

"Are these new trade routes?" Cicedes looked at the ships in the distance and asked his men beside him.

His men shook their heads repeatedly, saying that they knew nothing about it, and from the ignorant glances on everyone's faces, Cicedes did not understand the origin of these ships even more.

"Can anyone tell me when the bill was enacted that allowed the island to trade?" Cicedes complained to himself: "Could it be that Flavies. Did Luga already think that his purse bag could not satisfy his greed at all? ”

As the ship drew closer, they could finally see the ships in front of them, the battleships, and they could see the great Raberan sails all the better.

"It's a battleship, it's a battleship!"

Sicedes' men pointed to the ships in the distance, and their voices began to tremble.

"Strange, don't they know that this is my sea?" Cicedes frowned as he looked at the approaching battleship, muttering to himself in doubt.

"My lord, what are their intentions?"

"How do I know? Could it be that there are pirates in the country, so they are stepping up patrols here? How I don't know anything about it. ”

"So what do we do? Is it a bypass or a ......"

"What are you afraid of!" Cicedes interrupted his men angrily, only to hear him continue: "This is my sea, no matter what it is, as long as it is a Roman warship, they should know who I am, don't worry, I will ask when the time comes!" ”

As the distance progressed, Cicedes even saw soldiers walking back and forth on the battleship on the opposite side.

"Strange?" The subordinates beside Cicedes looked at the ship with a frown, and said to Cicedes: "My lord, why, they don't mean to slow down. ”

"Damn, how would I know about this thing!" Cicedes' attention was entirely on the battleship, "Could it be the Second Fleet Coral?" How did this come to us, a fleet stationed in the Aegean Sea? ”

"They're Flavies. O Luga's men! ”

"Flavies. Luga! Cicedes' heart thumped, and suddenly he seemed to understand something.

"Look, my lord, they look like they're getting faster!" The subordinate beside him pointed to the battleship opposite and exclaimed loudly.

"Whew-"

"Whew-"

The sound of battle horns was transmitted to each other among the battleships on the opposite side, and only the dense oars were seen paddling sharply, driving the huge hull to row forward at a rapid pace, facing the battleship of Cicedes.

"Damn, it's about to crash! It's about to crash! ”

By this time, the soldiers on the deck of the ship where Sicedes was located were already in disarray, knowing that they had been attacked, but they were helpless.

"Turn around! Turn around! ”

Cicedes shouted behind him, but his orders were quickly drowned out by the screams of the soldiers, and even if they were passed on to the rowing slaves below, they would not be able to turn the bow of the ship in a short time, and besides, turning the bow so rashly would only expose their weakness to the opponent's angle of attack.

I saw that the oncoming battleship was getting faster and faster, and the rowing slave had already put away the oars and rushed straight towards the ship where Sicedes was.

Such a tall warship was several meters higher than the battleship where Sicedes was.

Seeing only a huge shadow coming, Cicedes looked up and saw the huge bow of the ship crashing towards him.

"Avoid! Parry! ”

The soldiers shouted loudly, only to see them working together to avoid the ship to one side.

"Click......"

Only a large number of cracking sounds were heard, and the two battleships clamped the Sicedes ship tightly in it, and the metal ramming angle broke all the oars of the Sicedes.

"Boom ......"

The loud vibration made everyone on deck unstable, and Cicedes gritted his teeth, his hands clenched tightly on the railing, and he looked up to see a heavily armed Berialiu standing on the railing and looking down at him.

Berialiu's gaze was extremely cold, and he could only see a large number of soldiers standing to his right and left, their bows and arrows, and the arrows burned with flames.

"Damn it! Damn it! ”

Cicedes could no longer calm down, he raised his head and exclaimed, his eyes full of arrows falling like stars.