"Now that the Olicum have decided to defect, will they still care about the lives of the hostages? At this time, it is unwise to kill them again, on the contrary, it is a way to negotiate and then negotiate, and it has no effect except to vent anger. Li Bida quickly refused Kretas's request, and asked him to go with the cavalry captain Hansk to inspect and supervise the progress of the fortifications, but soon the two reported that although all the citizens and soldiers were working hard, they were afraid that it would be difficult to improve the fortifications without two or three days.

Li Bida calculated in his heart, and then made up his mind: The battle of Salona is to consolidate the defense and then fight urgently, and the time must not be delayed too long.

Then he went to the magistrate and asked if there were any brave young nobles in the city, and he replied that there was a man named Ortachilius, who had earlier been a depressed and unsettled miner, but suddenly sued the owner of the gold mines on the outskirts of the city, because of some minor feuds, and demanded that the mine owner compensate him for 100,000 cescals, and in the court Otakilius himself acted as his own lawyer, and successfully provoked the opposing lawyer, drawing him into the realm of anger, and the other party yelled at Otakilius during the crucial part of the debate: "Go, Go and swear to your parents' ashes, so I can believe your nonsense. In the end, Otakilius really called someone, took the urn of his parents, swore to the urn in front of the jury and the judge, that what he said was true, and demanded that the opposing lawyer abide by what he had just said, and the court could only rule in favor of Otakilius, and the young man received a hundred thousand cesdes, and began to study in Rhodes, and now he has just returned.

Isn't this kind of young man exactly what Li Bida needs? Li Bida called him over, "Does Dick Tiduo represent this country?" ”

"This is nature. I am convinced that the republic is only under the leadership of Julius. in order to absorb elites from all over the world. And if Pompey and Cato the Younger were to be victorious, the city of Rome would become more and more closed and backward, and it would always be a village market on the hills. Otakilius replied cheerfully.

Li Bida understood what he meant on the spot, and promised, "As long as you accomplish what I have assigned, and of course the gods bless the city to hold it all, I will invoke you to go to the city of Rome and enter the political arena." Later, at least he returned to his hometown as a provincial treasurer. ”

"Then you must be one of the twelve jurassants of the city of Rome, my lord, preferably the jurisprudence of the expatriates."

The expatriate legal officer, as the name suggests, happens to be the person in charge of the rights and interests of foreigners and colonial cities, which happens to be the position that Li Bida is trying to seek in the construction officer, and of course it also fits the characteristics he has now, but I didn't expect this Otakilius to really think about himself.

At noon the next day, Lelias came with a mighty army to camp on a high ground fifteen miles from Salona, followed by many Illyrian barbarians. He also joins the general's team, as Rilias is also one-eyed (the scar on his face is undoubtedly mistaken for so). Therefore, these fierce and cruel barbarians, including the Tribalians, the Scordisians, and the Librna (they were the seafaring barbarians who were active in this sea-like mountain, from whom the name of the Roman double-row oars came from) all called the general "Polyphimus", that is, the cyclops in ancient Greek mythology, and according to legend, this giant and his wife and children were the ancestors of the Illyrian region, and the name of this province comes from the giant's son Illyrias.

These barbarians, during Caesar's reign, did not have a good relationship with him as well as the Illyrian cities and governors, and it was only after their attack that the Eleventh Legion had lost all their baggage, and was defeated by Rilias's men, losing more than half of them, and although Caesar had no power to sanction them, these barbarians still took the opportunity to turn to Pompey's side, because they felt that Pompey was more tolerant of the barbarians.

In this case, Lelias divided his army into two groups, and the first army went to occupy the city of Olicum and prevent the successors of Lypida from going ashore; He took the second legion, with more than 4,000 barbarian servants, and collected a large number of light ships from the Librnas, and marched from the mouth of the city of Issa, and approached the city of Salona by land and water.

It just so happened that at this time, Otakilius also came with a so-called envoy group to meet Pompey's general, "There is only one way out for your city, and that is to surrender today." "It's Lelias's demand, very tough.

However, Otakilius was emboldened, and demanded a corresponding surrender, that is, the city of Salona should be made the capital of the province, replacing the original capital of Issa, which competed with his own cities for seafaring rights, and then Otta quoted the scriptures and talked endlessly about the unique advantages and history of his city, and also said that Salona controlled the passage to the mountains of the Illyrian interior, and if Lylias was to wait for reinforcements from the Thracian king, he would have to rely on the help of their city.

Rilias, who had never been interested in these false exchanges, listened patiently to these words, and then said that the status and power of the city, after you surrendered, could go to Delphi and ask for the ruling of Marcellus that he was the one who presided over such a matter, "and I will only decide whether to accept your city peacefully or burn it and raze it." ”

The envoy looked very disappointed, and then with a resigned expression, he asked the general to understand their distress, "We were all Caesar's Creon, and if we surrender the city directly and do not resist, it will be a great stain on the faith, so I hope that the general will send a small team to pretend to fight with our city for a day the next day, just pretend, and then on the third day of September, the priests of our city will officially surrender at the festival of the Goddess Patina!" ”

"Don't play any tricks, whether that Li Pida's team has entered your city!" Lelius suddenly roared, and then his guards drew their swords, but Otakilius remained steadfast, and although the other messengers were frightened, he pointed out very solemnly that even the governor of Macedonia should not be so rude to a great city in times of war, especially since he had not seen any of Lipida's troops appear under the city.

The suspicious Rilias finally agreed to this request for the time being, but he also said: "I will still leave the main army three miles outside the city, and then I will send two centurions to follow you into the city to investigate, and if I find any fraud, I will attack at any time, and destroy your city, and give all the treasures of your temple to the barbarians!" (To be continued......)