"It shouldn't be a mutiny, it's just that the soldiers have some feelings about the plan and route." Fearing that the situation would be revealed, Aphranius held back his mood and recounted as calmly as possible.

Sexetus's eyes stared straight at him, staring at the former consul's heart, and then the little Thor spat on the ground with two mouthfuls, this reckless and crude habit formed a strong contrast with his pretentious father, and then he tied the Legion's undershirt to his body, jumped up covered in mud, directly ignored Aphranius, pointed to Peletaeus, who was closer and more trusting, and said, "Hey, you take the people back to the camp, go and solve this matter, clean and neat!" ”

"I'm understaffed." Peletaeus replied quickly and simply.

"Then arm all my father's slaves in Spain and find the one who takes the lead and kill them." Sektus said as he wiped his hands with a cloth towel. Then, he suddenly pushed Aphranius's chest with his hand, meaning that the other party was not allowed to interfere in this matter, "You are just a lieutenant appointed by my father, but you must know that this army was brought out by my father, and this is a private matter of the Pompey family, I don't know if you can understand!" ”

Now, the commander could only step aside, and at last Peletaeus mobilized four hundred armed slaves, and gathered a few brigades of barbarian shieldmen loyal to him, and then raised dust and galloped away in the direction of the main camp.

Sektus then rolled his eyes, looked at the embarrassed commander twice, and after a short rest, went back with his cavalry to build the wall.

By evening, Pompey's camp had been reduced to a slaughterhouse, and Pelettaus was resolute in controlling the signs of rebellion. A list of the leader's private collections was found. Then the cavalry blocked all the roads in the camp. Armed slaves and barbarian guards searched from the tents one by one, and Caesar's spies who took the lead were pressed to death on a wooden frame and their heads driven into iron nails; Those who attempt to rebel against themselves are pierced with their hands and feet and crucified, and those who follow the barbarian alliance are according to the customs of the other side. He was beheaded and put to death before the tent.

The head rolled down and down on the soles of his feet, but Séctus entered the commander's tent with a blank face, and he demanded that Peletaeus immediately summon all the officers who had not participated, or who had hesitated beforehand, to "pledge allegiance to my father's name." At this time, Peletaeus handed him the tablet and whispered, "The son of Aphranius also has a seal on it." ”

"There's no need to make things too big, the army still needs a commander, and my age and seniority are too young." Sextus threw the board into the furnace. To Peletaeus added, "This is the end of the matter. Pull Afranius in and force him to take an oath! ”

When Aphranius walked in in with trepidation, he leaned down and kissed the statue of Pompey tremblingly, and swore an oath that he would never betray, and then Syctus took the joint very lightly, and did not ask anything, but demanded that the two commanders be called, and the tribun and centurion should be called out according to their rank to take the oath, and then the soldiers should do the same according to the order of the hundreds, and no one was an exception.

Seeing that his son was not implicated, Aphranius secretly got away with it, and it seems that Séctus still wants him to lead the army in name for the time being.

Séctus then called an urgent joint meeting to determine that no form of peace or compromise with Caesar's army would be permitted, and that in order to turn the tide of the war, the whole army would now be ready to stock up on sufficient food and water after the completion of the wall, abandon Ilerda, and retreat in the direction of Taraco and the Eporo.

"How much rations do you need?" Sektus asked.

"Although it may not take ten days for a lightly armed soldier to reach Tarraco by foot strength alone, I think it is best for each soldier to prepare twenty days' worth of food and water in order to prepare for the frequent fighting that will inevitably arise on the way." Aphranius replied cautiously, and then Peletaeus reminded, "It is impossible for the legions to carry so many pack horses, so each soldier must carry part of his rations on his own back." ”

"That's it, do as much as you can, I'll be the commander of the rearguard, and General Peletta, General Lipo, you and the commander will jointly command the main force in the front." Sektus was silent, but in fact, he was sending people to monitor the uneasy manager, but he was willing to be the queen, and this Pompey's youngest son was also full of courage.

At dawn, the vanguard of Pompey's army, and its successors, opened one after another, and at this time, after the previous brutal suppression and forced oath, all the soldiers regained order and retreated in an orderly manner in the direction of Epollo, and Pompey's elite appearance, the strong Roman main infantry, not only carrying weapons, shields, tools, wearing full body armor, but also carrying bags of food, unhurried and fast, which was common for the soldiers of the Republic Legion.

In the morning mist, Sektus stationed at the foot of the mountain next to the camp, he deliberately before retreating, selected eight brigades of lightly armed leather shield soldiers, plus a thousand cavalry led by himself, fearlessly stayed in the rear, let the four brigades of leather shield soldiers drive first, and when he saw the mountain pass that could control the street, he climbed up and lined up, and then he took the remaining four brigades of leather shield soldiers and cavalry to follow behind slowly.

At this time, all the officers and soldiers in Caesar's camp, which noticed that Pompey's army had slipped away under their noses, became angry, and the whole battalion automatically issued the command of "ready to go, armed", among which the 10th, 15th, and 16th legions were the most active, and they quickly filled the trench in front of the camp, opened the way, and without waiting for Caesar's specific orders, they swarmed out and threw themselves into pursuit of Pompey's army.

On the street, first Sexetus led the cavalry team, whirlwind against the pursuing Caesar's army to launch a counter-charge, this "little Thor" did not wear a helmet to defend against arrows and flying stones, bareheaded, carrying a sharp and terrifying Kalia battle axe, as his own weapon, howling like a barbarian, and Caesar's cavalry continued bloody battles, both sides suffered heavy losses, but Sexetus's counterattack was still tireless, again and again, Caesar's cavalry did not even have a foothold to expand, The red pony under the crotch of Little Thor is also full of energy.

When Caesar's infantry rushed up, the four brigades of shield-bearers who had seized the slopes of the pass in advance took advantage of the position, and threw their javelins downwards with shouts and arrows, and Caesar's infantry could hardly attack on their backs, because these lightly armed barbarians were as agile as lynxes in the mountains. At the time of engagement, the four brigades on the flat ground and on the streets had already run to the slopes in front of them to take up their positions and recuperate, and then Sektus and his cavalry took out the four brigades of leather shield soldiers who were fighting, and everyone took cover in this way, so that the pursuing Caesar's troops could not take advantage of it at all. (To be continued......)