"No, I will not accept such humiliating conditions. Pen %Fun %Cabinet www.biquge.info Appis, if this is your bottom line, then I also tell you, let me return to Rome as a defeated man, and kneel before Caesar, such a condition I will not accept! That's my bottom line. ”

"And what about Octavia? You have to think about her. You selfish and heartless hypocrite. ”

Sextus fell silent, the son of Gnaeus Pompey who must follow the ancestral teachings of glory and liberty, but at the same time he was the husband of Octavia. And like Appis, Sextus was deeply in love with the woman. And right now, the one that Sextus can't give up the most is Octavia. Like Octavia, Sextus is in a dilemma at the moment, on the one hand, he hates his family and his family, and on the other hand, he loves his children. Sometimes, even Appis felt that the Sextus in front of him was indeed a little miserable. But when he thinks about his past, the predicament he faces now is nothing compared to his previous adversities.

"I'll take her with me and go to Greece. Sharpen your weapons, Aphes, and in two days we will no longer be sitting together face-to-face negotiating, but will be facing each other on a bloody battlefield. I heard that you are a heroic figure, and I am waiting for a decisive battle with you. ”

Sextus was silent for a long time before slowly spitting out these meaningless words from his mouth with a stiff expression. Appis was only grieving for Octavia. She wasn't supposed to be this fate. Historically, Octavia was even sold to Antony by Octavian in the end, to marry Antony, but what is the difference between this and selling? Apis now only hoped that Octavia would not experience such a tragic fate in the future.

"Sextus ......"

Sextus was about to leave the tent when Octavia stopped him. With an almost choked voice, Apis couldn't bear to look at it directly, Apis silently turned his head and listened to the crying words of the woman he once loved deeply beside him-

"Don't forget, I'm pregnant, he's your baby."

Sextus looked at his wife in front of him with a sad and painful look, Octavia's body was still emaciated, but his waist was already bulging, Sextus did not have the joy of being a father, because he did not know if he would be able to bring his wife back to him in two days. This pain grieved even the servants around him.

……

"Wait for me to come back and take you away."

Sextus pretended to be calm. The phrase was so familiar that Apis remembered the same words he had said when he left Rome for Gaul, but it turned out that any promise is nothing, because you don't know what will happen tomorrow, so that promise is in fact always just a word to fool a woman. Even if you have the heart, many times you are powerless to change anything in the face of the cruel reality. This was the case with Appis.

……

"Don't wait for him, Octavia. I'll have the guards take you back to Rome to-morrow, and Caesar may have a lot to say to you. Sextus refuses to surrender, and you may never see him again. ”

After Sextus left, Appis spoke slowly to Octavia.

"No, I'll stay in the barracks, and if he gets captured, I'll intercede with Anthony and let him let us go."

But Octavia still doesn't give up. Maybe it's for the children, maybe it's for the feelings of those two years.

"Sextus is not going to be a prisoner, you see what he said today. If you are not even willing to surrender and give up your military power, how can you lay down your arms on the battlefield when the time comes? Even if it had laid down its arms and become a prisoner, Antony would have taken him back to Rome. Sextus will become a war criminal. ”

Appisla's voice was raised, trying to wake up Octavia in front of him. Although she has always been so simple, so simple that she is a little stupid. This was once a trait that Apis loved, but now it also made Apis feel very tired.

"You're not going to let that happen, are you?"

In the hardest moments, Octavia always stared at Appis like this. He had witnessed his lover's numerous escapes, and she believed in Appis's abilities. This time, however, Apis turned her down.

"What can I do? I've given him a chance, but he doesn't appreciate it at all. I can't give him a second chance, and tomorrow at dawn Anthony will be marching with his large army towards the city where Sextus is. The surviving nobles all took refuge in Anthony, and Sextus had no chance. ”

Octavia was almost desperate, her hands clutching her bulging belly. The shallow eyes are full of tears. Appis couldn't bear to see this appearance, and directly hugged her in his arms. Comforting softly.

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"Brothers, citizens, warriors of the Roman legions, we are here today to complete the final battle against the Spanish legion of Pompey. The enemies who oppose Caesar and rebel against us are about to be buried on this plain to-day, and Sextus and his band of beggars and mercenaries will soon pay their blood debt with their blood. Let the glory of Rome shine again on this rich land of Spain! ”

Two days later, on the southern plains of Spain, two opposing armies of great disparity. Antony rode on his horse and shouted to the 30,000 legionnaires behind him, his voice was already mentioned to the maximum, but the soldiers behind still couldn't hear what his commander was saying, but knew that after the battle, they could return to Rome, and if they were lucky, they could get some slaves, or booty......

On the other side of the plain, the morale of the legions led by Sextus was significantly lower. Before the war, many mercenaries even deserted, they didn't want more salaries from Sextus, they didn't want to die in this battle, then no amount of money would be of any use to them.

In fact, Sextus is not unwilling to fight a guerrilla war with Antony, but he has persecuted almost everyone in the city who has wealth before recruiting the legion, in other words, Sextus has nothing left around except mercenaries who only recognize money, and the people will tell Antony and Apis where he is hiding, so under the pressure of the situation, this son of Pompey, who is driven crazy by honor and emotion, can only make such crazy moves. (To be continued.) )