In the hollow phalanx, next to Luculas were the servants holding the fascist and eagle banners, and the shields under him were stacked to form a temporary high platform, and all the generals were lined up on either side of him, all expressionless, except for Claudius.

"Soldiers, who have followed me in battle, I have broken my promise, and I have promised you that in the spring of the coming year, I will destroy the enemies of Rome, Mithridates and Tegrenys, and at the end of Shijie, the Sea of Hikaria will wash our shoes and shields. But now that the cunning enemy has changed the course of their march and made it impossible for us to meet each other, I know of your hardships and sacrifices, and now you have turned back to where you came from, after you had just climbed the towering Taurus Mountains, but we cannot give up yet. Once Mithridates returned to Pontus, he would re-enslave the Greeks there and force them to pay high taxes for the war, and he would soon be able to raise an army of 100,000 or 200,000 men, so that not only would Rome not be able to retain its newly conquered territories, but even the vested territories of Bithynia, Sardis, and even Piosia. As he spoke, Luculas clenched his fists and raised them high, encouraging, "Follow me one more time, brethren, we have been fighting side by side for so many years!" Not a single defeat was due to my lack of command, believe Lucuras. At this moment, Calabis in the crowd noticed that Lucuras, whose voice was hoarse, had tears running down his cheeks.

But almost all the soldiers were silent, their expressions were extremely numb, they were tired of marching and fighting without winter camps, they were completely tired of it.

"Could it be that the first thing this guy thinks of is not to bury the body of the dead Eighth Legion first?" Calabis clearly heard someone complaining about him, and as a result, this complaint spread from mouth to mouth like a rapidly exploding epidemic, and became bigger and bigger, and the Zuihou soldiers broke their silence and shouted the slogan: "We don't need a hard-hearted commander like Tuna, who only cares about his reputation and does not sympathize with the feelings of the soldiers." ”

The reproaches rose higher and higher, and Lucuras soon lost his footing on the stage, his body trembling violently with resentment and disappointment, and the anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed when he saw that his brother-in-law, Claudius, below had actually snickered with a gloating snicker. He let Hu Cong rush down, and in front of more than 10,000 soldiers, pressed Claudius to the empty snow in the center, and stripped the cavalry captain of his gorgeous and bright armor piece by piece, Claudius cried out loudly, "Lucuras, Lucuras, Tuna, brother-in-law - you can't treat me like this, my sister is your wife!" ”

Perhaps having found a person to vent completely, Luculas gritted his teeth and shouted at the whole army: "This is the worst villain, yes, he is my brother-in-law, but he is the sinner of the whole army." I already have the evidence that he colluded with Mithridates to secretly betray information to the Pontus, causing great harm to the Eighth Legion. He also secretly incited the soldiers from tent to camp, saying that Pompey's army had made a fortune in Italy, and why should we suffer here to incite you to rebel against the authority of the army. He also took bribes and committed adultery at will with the noblewomen of his enemies"

Claudius's handsome face, whose head was held down, was completely distorted, and he shouted with bruises: "Damn, don't forget that you yourself obtained the power to go to Asia Minor through a courtesan prostitute in the city of Rome!" As for myself, I was held hostage by the Pontus, and I was also a victim. This made Luculas even more angry, and he quickly rushed down, pulled one from the fascist rod, and slapped his wife and brother on the back of the sleek white flower, causing it to bloom in an instant, "You, like your sister, have inherited the bad seeds of your family's evil and debauchery. When I first came to Asia Minor, you did lawless deeds, and you left the legion for fear of punishment, and you were captured by pirates—and you had the audacity to write to me and ask me to ransom you with fifty tarrants, but the pirates said that you were not worth the price, and that you were only worth two tarrants. zuihou, how did you get back from the pirates, you say, you don't say it, you don't say it! ”

Claudius's nostrils were bloody, and when he heard his brother-in-law questioning him like this, he panicked, and immediately hugged his brother-in-law's thigh under the sticks that rained down, "Please, please, don't say it" Lucuras held the stick, gasped, and threw the stick away, and then kicked Claudius on the snow, scolding: "You must pay for this failure - you will immediately be naked, through all the centuriens present, and then I will lock you up and wait to be sent back to the city of Rome." and receive the punishment you deserve! ”

"Claudius, that's the only thing I think the tuna is doing right." When Claudius walked to the ranks of the Triple Wing with his face covered in blood, his hands on his chest, and his bare ass, Heybrida looked at him and said this, and then all the soldiers of the Wing angrily threw small stones and garbage on him.

However, even though Luculas punished his wife and brother, the mentality of the regiment remained the same, and many soldiers no longer carried out orders, but refused to go out on patrols or training on the grounds of falling snow, and military discipline quickly deteriorated. Luculas had only one tent, one tent, to persuade and enlighten. But many of the soldiers were not polite to the commander, and when he entered the tent, they turned their backs to him, or threw him again the empty purses of the tent.

"Triple team, fully equipped, ready to go out for training!" One afternoon, Heblida was desperately whistling in the wing camp, and everyone, including the free man Calabis, panicked and put on their clothes and armor, and quickly formed the team with the centurion as the core. Then, after a brief lecture, Heybrida shouted, "The whole team is out of the camp, and the twenty Stadia distance must be trained, and the equipment must be carried. Then he was the first to turn and trot, and forty or so soldiers formed two formations, shouting slogans, and followed the centurion, through the fence and the camp gate, and the curling smoke of the cooking, and ran out of the camp.

As soon as he went out, Calabis in the running queue saw Lucuras, who was leading his horse and his follower, standing on the side of the road, looking at them in amazement—Lucuras's approach was easy to judge, and there was only one one-way journey there, and there was only one Triple Wing camp.

It seems that it was Heblida who deliberately did not want to see Lucuras, afraid that he would come to hold hands again, talk about what strategy and what honor, and urge the soldiers to go somewhere as soon as possible to stop Mithridatis, so Hybrida simply pulled his subordinates out in the name of training and did not see Lucuras.

As he passed by, it was evident to Calabis that Lucuras's confident and carefree expression was gone, and he was haggard and languished, especially when he saw that the soldiers were looking at him with disgust, and the corners of the commander's mouth twitched weakly from time to time.