"Apis, hide, hide behind the towering walls and be your Roman hero. Hide under a woman's pomegranate skirt, be your beautiful man, be your good husband. By the way, I almost forgot, you were still the commander of the Roman legions, ah, leading the best soldiers of Italy to the territory of the barbarians, only to be beaten all over the ground by the barbarians, and almost put your life there. In Africa, he was almost besieged by Agrippa in Tisdos...... Well, Roman hero, your road has been bumpy, and I heard that while in Gaul, your wife Tertila was snatched away by Octavian's childish man. On the surface, he really respects your wife, Tertira, but behind the scenes, you don't know if you have done anything to her, right? I had heard that in that house, Octavian frequented at night, and could often hear cheerful moans and shouts coming from inside. And Leonie, a Germanic barbarian, but alas, your lover, was killed by you. For the sake of your position, for the sake of what you have achieved today, Apis, your sacrifice is great. I admire it, because even I can't do that. ”

Apollonia, outside the barracks of Appis, Anthony rode a black war horse and brought his men to the camp to provoke. His voice was so loud that it could be heard by the entire legion. The taunts and insults between the words were even more unbearable for many of Appis's men.

"Is what he said true?"

Crane asked resentfully. Anthony's words were too much. I can't stand it for any man.

"What do you say? A desperate beast dog jumps over the wall and sprays people indiscriminately. ”

Antony's insult to Apis in front of the camp was unbearable for many, but Apis himself "didn't care" about it, at least on the surface. He stood above the fortifications, his face unchanged. The commander was so bland that many people were puzzled, and it was common sense that the enemy would rush down to fight him if he insulted his family and his wife, and if he was a normal person. But Apis did not react at all, but ordered that no one should go to war, and if he violated the order, he would be punished according to the strictest military law.

Antony and many other soldiers abused for a long time under the high wall built by Appis, and finally their mouths became dry.

"Klein, go to the logistics department, ask the chef to start making lunch, today, take out the best meat and vegetables, and make them to the top of the defensive wall."

Anthony takes a sip of water and prepares to continue the abuse, while Apis is in the camp, tells Klein to go to the kitchen, and starts "making trouble". When the military order was delivered, the entire back kitchen began to get busy. Then, less than halfway through Rome, plates of sumptuous food were served.

All did not understand what their commander was doing.

However, the next moment, when the northwest wind blew, people suddenly understood. The delicious food wafted out with a strong aroma, just in the direction of Anthony's group outside the camp.

Anthony's men had been suffering from hunger for days, and now, suddenly smelling the aroma of such food, they suddenly lost their fighting spirit, let alone insults, and even had no motivation to fight. The instinct of human beings, when they are hungry, is full of only food, and the soldiers around Anthony recall that they can only eat the coarse bread and beans every day, and they can't eat enough, while the food floating on the opposite side can smell all kinds of flavors, the smell of fat from cattle and sheep, green vegetables, cooked wheat, all kinds of delicious food, and for a while, the insults outside the camp gradually subsided.

Then, Anthony, with a bitter face, stood in front of the camp and glared at the soldiers beside him. Everyone suddenly dared not stare at what was above the city wall.

"Don't just stand and smell, brothers, enjoy this delicious meal. I think we should be generous and invite General Anthony outside the camp to join us. Lo and behold, he had been standing there for almost a morning, and he must have been exhausted. ”

Seeing the subtle change in the scene, Appis smiled and asked the soldiers guarding the camp to eat on the spot. The commander-in-chief let go of this, and the soldiers no longer hesitated, and many sat down, grabbed the food directly with their greasy hands, broke the thighs and wings of the pheasant, and gnawed it with great gulps. The smell of beef and sheep wafts through the air and is mouth-watering.

Such a sumptuous meal was close at hand, but they couldn't ask for it, and the soldiers around Anthony couldn't afford to scold anymore, stretching their necks one by one, swallowing their saliva......

Seeing Apis laughing at himself with the stolen food as bait, Anthony was furious and ordered his troops to go back. In the afternoon they prepared to attack the camp of Appis.

"Apis is a beast!"

Anthony, who returned to the camp, could no longer control his emotions and did not listen to the advice of all the generals. Siege equipment and tunnels were immediately organized.

Hundreds of shield wagons and crossbows were pushed to the front line, and the sappers who were digging tunnels hid behind the shield wagons and began to desperately dig the tunnel entrances. In the rear, hundreds of siege crossbows, loaded with stones, aimed at the walls of Appis' camp.

However, before they could take aim, the catapults and crossbows above Appis's fortifications were already ahead of the curve, throwing lead stones and heavy javelins at the besieging team.

There is no doubt that this time, it was still a group of Eastern militia and Egyptian soldiers who were sent to the front by Anthony. They have no human rights, and they will go wherever the commander tells them to go. The most dangerous front line is always this group of people doing it. Only when fighting head-on, in order to prevent the rout of the legion, will the main phalanx be allowed to go up.

Heavy javelins thrown from above the fortifications pierced the shield cart and set it on fire, leaving the unprotected Egyptian militia and the Oriental infantry a target for the Roman legions of Appis.

Heavy javelins, fired from above the fortifications, pierced even two Egyptian militiamen who were digging entrances to the tunnels. Arrows and stones flew in the air, and it didn't last long before the Egyptian militia who were digging tunnels withdrew because of heavy casualties. In front of Appis's camp, hundreds of corpses of Eastern infantry remained. Blood and guts flowed all over the ground......

There is always an advantage to being condescending, plus the defenders of Apis are downwind, arrows and javelins can fly longer distances.

Anthony paced impatiently back and forth in the camp, looking for a solution.

Eventually, a Greek subordinate advised Antony that he could start from the water. Appis's camp was stationed on the coast, the sea was undrinkable, and the army was supplied with water from a small stream in a mountain stream not far away. As long as the stream was cut off and diverted, the camp of Apis would have been terrified by the lack of water. At that time, they had to go out of the camp for a decisive battle.

Anthony felt that there was some truth in this, so when it was dark, he began to organize the cavalry and two brigades of soldiers, brought digging tools, and set out overnight. Rush upstream of the water source......