At noon the next day, the chief brigade of the five legions, with five hundred selected cavalry, quickly took control of the passage of the town of Pinocenza and the surrounding high slopes, and Caesar used the hands of the Ninth Legion against the enemy, and even the ballistas and stone throwers were set up against the town.

The new commander of the Ninth Legion, and Caesar's own nephew, Dicias, rode out of town with a twelve-point embarrassment, stammering to explain the reasons for his helplessness, and hoping that his uncle would not deprive the Ninth Legion of its number and the eagle banner, a symbol of glory.

"Diciath, you say that it means that there are good people in the Legion who are causing trouble, right?" Caesar, who was on the high horse, asked expressionlessly.

"They still have to put forward the corresponding conditions before they give up, but it has been relaxed, and you only need to cash out half of the bounty." Dicias hesitated for a moment before he told the truth.

Apparently, Caesar was extremely dissatisfied with his nephew's plan, and he shook his head and asked his other nephew, Petice, "Go and ask how long it will take for the artillery and cavalry to be ready for battle." Petis did not dare to say anything more, but hurriedly took his servants to inspect them, and soon after, sweating profusely, he came back and said, "There is still about half a day to go, and the cavalry is getting mounted and lined up. ”

"Please don't do this, uncle, no, Your Excellency the Archon, although the Ninth Legion has been destroyed once, please forgive its sacrifice and glory, then give me another half a day, and I will definitely settle the matter." Dicias almost pleaded, and then he saw Caesar remain silent on horseback, but did not give the order to prepare for the attack. I was a little more stable. Hurriedly turned the horse's head. Run towards the camp of the rebels of the Ninth Legion in the town again.

All the generals, including Caesar and Lybida, were four furlongs northeast of the town of Pinocenza, staring at the restless and tumultuous market town, where soldiers were constantly running in and out, with a lot of noise, and it was clear that Dicias was still painstakingly asking his soldiers to abandon their unrealistic ideas, "for Caesar would not negotiate any conditions with you." Now there is only one legion left in the corner, and it is all over, you are not qualified to talk to the Archon about anything, give up, and look at the flags of the five thousand people on the outskirts of the town, which clearly illustrates the current situation. ”

When they learned that Caesar's grace was still half a day, and that they were extremely intransigent and unwilling to negotiate any terms with the rebels, the leaders began to panic, but they could not do anything. Ordinary soldiers are no longer willing to follow these people, if they are killed. This is not enough for nearly 5,000 elite people to stuff their teeth.

Soon after, Dicchias rode again with a relaxed expression and reported that "the rebellion has been settled, and they are begging for forgiveness." ”

"There is no forgiveness, this time the tithing is performed." Caesar's tone was unusually cold.

What, tithe! Not to mention Dicias, even all the generals present were stunned, this criminal law has not been heard of in the Roman army for more than ten years, and many people in the younger tribuns or centurions still think that this is just a legend in the army, scaring the recruits. But Caesar "said twice because it was important"—tithing.

Soon after, Decchias came on his third horseback, and he and his mount were covered with sweat and exhaustion, and once again brought the plea of the soldiers, that Caesar should not apply such a cruel penal law, and Caesar replied: "Let the soldiers of the Ninth Legion themselves report the rebels, first the commander and the centurion, and then the centurion, and then the centurions, and so on. Then, let the innocent soldiers line up to assemble at the field outside the town, and the guilty ones come out in a procession. ”

At dusk, the soldiers of the Ninth Legion took off their red cloaks, took off the gold chains and gold medals that symbolized glory, and then stood in front of the designated place under the leadership of the centurion, and then Caesar shouted and led his troops slowly towards the procession.

"Your Excellency, my guards have come up to follow you." Behind Caesar, he shook his head and began to trot, and then he and all the generals walked through the separate ranks of the rebels, and there were a hundred and twenty people standing there, all of whom had been denounced, and many of them knelt on the ground, begging the consul for mercy. Then Caesar stood in the middle and addressed all the people:

"I'm Julius. Caesar is not a man who likes to procrastinate in problems, you all know the speed with which I do things, the reward is like this, and the punishment is like this, and it is not me who is delaying in this war, but Pompey, and you should vent your grievances with him, is it not that I once denied the bounty in the Gaul period? But now you have to find the decisive battle of Pompey, and you have to cross the sea, to the mountains of Greece, or to the deserts of Africa, but even if many of you entered this legion later, you swore allegiance to the consul to the end before entering the camp, and the allegiance here is to the whole war, not a part, and even more so now is the most critical and difficult time, and you dare to betray me, and some people may think that I, Caesar, are magnanimous, according to the usual impression, but this time is different, because you have sinned, and I will never forgive you'tithes' must be enforced, strictly enforced! ”

Immediately, Caesar said to the chief lieutenant Li Bida, "You supervise the lottery ceremony. ”

Li Bida secretly said that he didn't expect that before he drew lots and decided to go to the province, he would actually carry out the lottery of tithes.

Eventually, twelve unfortunate spirits were drawn out to carry out the punishment of iron nails, and then went to the cross, and the cries shook the earth, and one of them shouted, "I have been wronged, my name is Maciakos, because I had been the wife of the centurion Ebius before I joined the army, so he denounced me with a grudge, and I have many innocent comrades, which can prove that during the time of the rebellion, the whole camp was in the tent, and not a single one walked around." ”

Before Caesar could nod his head, Libida stopped Marciakos' executioners, and then called all the members of the camp to testify, and everyone confirmed Marciakos's account.

So Li Bida stood up and asked Caesar for instructions, "Since this is true, can the crucification of this soldier be canceled?" ”

Caesar replied, "Marciakos may not die, but the tithing must be carried out in its entirety, so let the centurion Ebius, who falsely accuses him, take his place." ”

In this way, before Ebius could react, he was pulled out of the queue in a daze, enjoying the treatment of an iron nail through his head, while Marciakos, who returned to the queue representing the "birth", was excited and afraid, and trembled all over.

Twelve crosses were erected outside the town of Pinocenza, and all the legions passed under them and entered northern Italy.

The mutiny was put down completely. (To be continued......)