"No, no, it's not me!"

The poor "thug" struggled under the sword of the Roman soldiers, crying, in fact, this hapless local civilian was not really a thug, he just happened to pass by the alley where the incident happened that day, he was caught by the soldiers, used as a gang henchman, interrogated by words and deeds, and the GI, who could not get an answer, held him down and put the blade of his sword against his throat.

"Tell me, you alien bug."

The centurion roared. The poor civilians trembled under the centurion, and if they made up the name of the mastermind, they would admit that they were thugs. And if he doesn't admit it, then the next moment, the centurion's sword may slit his own throat.

The man's wife was crying and shouting for several GIs to stop doing it, and his husband was innocent.

However, the centurion did not listen to such complaints, and even found the woman's screams too annoying. Then a sword went down and cut the civilian's throat. Blood splattered on the table, slowly dripping from the corner of the table.

Afterwards, several GIs furiously took the Phoenician woman who was huddled in the corner crying. Great Lepotis, originally a small city with beautiful scenery on the coast of North Africa, is now completely reduced to a place where wild beasts are infested.

Agrippa's massacre of innocents caused many civilians to resent and revolt, but they were starving and unarmed, and were killed one by one by Agrippa's Italian hoplites during the assault on the temple. The corpses were even piled up with spiked stakes in front of the temple. In order to prevent the outbreak and infect his own men, Agrippa directly ordered the soldiers to burn the corpses.

Two days later, the real mastermind of Agrippa's assassination, Obisus, was found.

The Roman knight Obisus, who was already numb, looked loveless, was pressed by two Roman soldiers, knelt down in front of Agrippa, there was no magistrate, Agrippa himself became the chief judge, sat on the main seat of the temple, and "judged" Obisus.

"You actually instigated these alien thugs to attack me, tell me, what are your thoughts? We are all Romans, and you should have taken up arms and fought for Rome, but you gave your money to those foreign mad dogs to assassinate me. Tell me why you're doing this! ”

Agrippa sat on a high seat and solemnly interrogated Obisus in front of him. In Obisus's eyes, however, he read hatred and contempt.

"Tell me!"

Seeing the sick knight silent, Agrippa asked aloud.

"Your Excellency, do you hear the crying outside the temple? As they say, it was you who brought the plague and death to the city. The city could have been undestroyed, it was you, who brought the sword here, and your legion, who took my son. Outside the city was not an army of barbarians, but another Roman army, they were very disciplined, it was nothing but a civil war, you could have accepted Apis's offer, but you refused, you took my son and let him die on the battlefield, and this battle was pointless, a senseless death from the beginning. My wife fell ill and died. She was cursing you a moment ago, Agrippa, and that's why I rebelled against you and instigated the ruffians to assassinate you! Now, you know, take your executioner's sword and kill me. My family is destroyed because of you, and all my wealth is perished because of you. ”

The dying Obisus cried out. He no longer fears the pain of the sword, and the lack of emotion has made him miserable.

"Damn, this civil war concerns every Roman, and your son is nothing but fulfilling his duty to fight for Rome and die on the battlefield, this is his glory!"

Agrippa fired back.

"But this is not his fate, I can leave a large amount of rich property to him, so that he can live a life without food and clothing, since you came, everything has been ruined, my wealth has been taken away by your men, even my son's life will not be spared, now if you are dealing with a group of barbarians, a group of invaders, I will let my children join the army without reservation, but this is not the case!"

Obisus cried out in pain.

"Apis does not represent the ...... of Rome"

Agrippa was about to continue his rebuttal when a violent roar came from outside the main hall.

Wearing his cloak, Agrippa hurried out, and in the sky, huge boulders carrying brilliant flames were passing through the sky, making a terrifying roar, and it was clear that Apis had begun to attack the city......

"Push the wild donkey cannon up, don't worry about them fighting back, they don't have the strength to fight back now!"

Outside the city, Apis personally ordered the siege brigade to push forward the siege equipment built in advance, and had besieged the city for nearly a month. So, he ordered the siege team to start bombarding the city at dawn.

Twelve Roman wild donkey catapults fired at dawn, revealing a white fish's belly in the sky, and with the bombardment of field ballistas, the gray night was completely lit up. The flaming boulder smashed into the walls of Lepotis the Great, shattering the walls of the city in an instant.

At this time, the regular army phalanx of the Seventh Army behind the siege weapons issued a loud horn. Thousands of Roman legionary hoplites, on standby, marched towards the main city of Lepotis in full order!

The phalanx of Roman legionary infantry, one by one black squares approached the battle-torn city, and on the ruined walls, several loyal archers were still making the last resistance, their arrows attacked, and soon drowned in the vast sea of legions. The legions marched forward in unison, like the roar of a lion, and the surviving civilians in the city wept even more in horror. They know that today will be their end. And it is true that the soldiers under Apis have not enjoyed the taste of plunder for too long, and now the inhabitants of Lepotis the Great help Agrippa rebelled against the legions, and the legions have a reason to plunder and slaughter, and the Romans have always been cruel to the foreigners who rebel against them, and in this regard, Apis conformed to the Roman tradition.

Soon, the terrible cries of old people and women were heard in the streets and alleys of the city. More corpses were piled up in the streets, blood flowing and gathering into rivers into the sewers of Lepotis, the only high ground in the city, Agrippa had gathered the last of his guards, the dead, and prepared to defend the temple. Apollo, the sun god who represents light, is in front of its temple at the moment, but it is dark and bloody......