Susa, the thousand-year-old capital, was destroyed in the hands of Appis and in the hands of the Roman legions.

To reward the soldiers for their bloody battles, Apis ordered that the legions could plunder freely in the city for three days. But in reality, in two days, the city was sacked.

Then, laden with booty, Appis led his army to evacuate Susa, the eastern plateau.

Two months later, in the Parthian winter capital of Ctesiphon, which was in ruins, Apis convened a meeting of all Parthian chiefs and above. Discuss the re-establishment of the Parthian order.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are all nobles and lords of fame and status in this kingdom. I invite you to gather here today, not to show off the might of the Roman legions, nor to proclaim the absolute domination of Rome over the land. In fact, on the contrary, I will follow your advice and form a new Parthian regime. It would be a Parthian regime that would be in the interests of all parties and would have the rule of a Ming monarch. ”

At the meeting, Apis sat in the position of moderator, giving a speech to the more than fifty Parthian noble lords and oriental patriarchs present, and at the same time, presiding over the process of the meeting. Of course, many of the agreements had already been made in private, and as long as a few major tribal chiefs and local lords agreed to such conditions, the meeting was actually passed. The rest of these little patriarchs and little lords are in place today, but they are just routinely appearing.

"How can our interests be safeguarded? We can recognize the new king, but we cannot recognize him as having leadership over us. After all, he is not a king elected by election. ”

The patriarch of a small clan questioned the meeting at the meeting. This is exactly what Appis hopes to reach through the meeting.

"Yes, that's exactly what we're going to talk about today."

Appis finished speaking, and the translator followed suit.

"How to protect your interests, it's very simple. During the reign of Orodes in Parthia, all of them were his subjects and had their own powers. You usually need to pay taxes and all kinds of wealth to the central government of Orodus. In wartime it was necessary to supply him with soldiers and troops. But now, I can tell you responsibly that such times have passed, and that everything can be talked about as long as you recognize the son of Palicia as the new king of Parthia. You will no longer have to pay taxes to the new government, and you will have the freedom to send troops to assist the king in his war. ”

Appis stood up, took a sip of warm wine, and continued

"You can recruit soldiers on your land and collect taxes. In time of war, you are free to send troops, and if other forces threaten your rule, you can keep your armies against the invading enemies from the periphery. ”

Appis spoke eloquently at the round table. Most lords and patriarchs already knew that this was a plot by the Romans to dismantle Parthia. Apis was very blunt, in fact he did not need to beat around the bush, he was already the victor, and the whole kingdom was at his mercy, not to mention the respect for the nobles and lords of the original Parthia.

Of course, the plans of the Romans were evil and ugly. The unification of Parthia was also very destructive, as it was well known, but all the lords and nobles of Parthia seemed to have acquiesced in such a phenomenon. In their own land, they can say what they say, and they don't have to pay tribute to the central government, so who doesn't want to.

As a result, the meeting was held in such a default atmosphere. No one was willing to rise up against Appis, against the proposal of the Romans. Because, whoever intervenes first, interferes with the strategy of Appis, interferes with the plans of the Romans, must be targeted first, and a single tribe cannot fight against the powerful Roman legions. Therefore, no one was willing to rise up against Appis either.

Most of the time the whole meeting was spoken by Apis, and the Parthian nobles and lords below listened. Finally, everyone signs on a piece of papyrus. Heralded the formation of a new regime in Parthia. Gus Bigg, son of Parisia. Palicia became the new master of the kingdom.

And this puppet king, Appis did not treat him badly, and gave him real benefits, returning the land of Lucummans to Gusbis, and, like the other lords, Gusbig. Palicia has absolute autonomy over the land. The people here must obey him and accept his leadership. This is not difficult, his father Palicia was originally the lord of the land, and the people loved him.

The East, the threat from the East has finally been lifted. With a large legion, Apis embarked on the long journey back to Rome. Looking back at this oasis in the desert, it is difficult to calm down. This time, I am afraid that it will be the last time I will step on the land of the Middle East, and after this retreat, I am afraid that I will never be able to set foot on this land again in the future. In this year, Apis was forty-five years old......

The news of the beating and maiming of Tretus followed, and at this time the army was in Syria, and part of the legions remained to garrison the frontier, and the legions from Rome were preparing to return to Rome by boat.

"Who is it! Who beat Tretus! Isn't my command clear enough? Get Teretus back to Rome safely! ”

Hearing the news, Apis was furious, to be exact, Teretus' disability was not a physical disability, but a broken brain. The beating that day was so brutal that, according to later generations, Teretus was beaten into a concussion and beaten into a fool...... Such a Tretus might as well die on the battlefield as a happy one, and for Octavia, it would be a fatal and painful blow.

"Appis...... It was Maximus' men, the infantry of the four legions. ”

Publius added.

"Damn it! Maximus, you are so capable that you can't even control your own men. Not a single prisoner can be protected. ”

Hearing the news, Appis angrily dropped his wine glass, and no one at the scene dared to say anything. Although Appis knew that he had no affection for Tretus, he was the son of Octavia and Szectus, and every time he saw him, he felt pain in his heart. But Octavia's love for Teretus is sincere, so she has to love Teretus as well. This was a kind of compensation for Octavia, but now, this compensation was shattered, completely shattered, because of the reckless actions of a few GIs, and this compensation for the hard work of his own protection was also shattered.

It's just that in the eyes of outsiders, Teretus is a traitor, just like Brutus in the past, who hired foreign troops to fight against the Roman army. This was spurned and despised by the Romans.