Chapter 2: "We Have Found You" (Part II)
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While Casca Jr. was on his way there, Antony and Caesar the Younger were equally enraged by Aetius' rebellion.
It turned out that the court officer Aetius, after learning that he had been declared a public enemy, also followed Casca's example, summoning all the sword slaves of the family and the manor to his own mansion and distributing them weapons and wine.
"You can't just be tied up, that would be a permanent shame." These are the exact words of Aetius, "Let the butchers know that not everyone in the republic is a coward like Cicero." ”
This made Anthony in the square furious, "In the face of such resistance, you can no longer continue to believe in superstitious firing squads, most of them are composed of freed slaves, and the strength and will to fight are inadequate." ”
"To deal with such diehards, if you let it go gently, then there is no need and no ability to implement the order of plagiarism." Li Bida made such a statement, which was approved by Anthony and Caesar the Young, while Panza was silent, and they quickly put out signs demanding that a wing be drawn from the Ninth Legion, the Forty-second Legion, and the Sixth Legion to "deal with" the matter, in other words, they began to let the army deal with the matter directly.
Soon, the soldiers of the three wings surrounded Aetius's house in the flat land of Subbra. They went into battle. The surrounding courtyard walls and streets were completely leveled in advance. Then nooses and ballistas were lined up on all sides, and all of them were formed in infantry shock formations, with iron ropes and hooks in their hands, while the freed slave firing squads with swords stood densely behind them, ready to strike after the door was breached.
"Launch, kill those hateful murderers, and they dare to resist?" Hebrida, with her horsehair helmet, shouted, raising her dagger in her hand. Then the lead bullets and javelins smashed into the courtyard of the Aetius family like a violent storm, and the smoke and dust that had been smashed flew up, and many of the Ligurian soldiers climbed onto the arcades and chimneys overlooking the courtyard, and fired fiercely at them with their light bows.
Many javelins and arrows flew into the courtyard, and everywhere there were groaning and falling dead, including Aetius's slaves and his family, among whom Aetius' youngest son was walking through the courtyard. When he was about to run to the front door to cheer for his father, he was shot through the ribs by a flying javelin. He fell to the ground, shaking his hand twice at his father before he died.
But Aetius did not see the tragic fate of his son, and he and many sword slaves, wearing armor, stood at the door of their house, shouting loudly, encouraging everyone to persevere to the end. And the soldiers who came to execute over there also used hooks to pull down the iron fence on the periphery, and then lined up in a battle formation, approaching in turns, and the sword fighting slaves and armed slaves around Aetius continued to fall with swords, because they were not destined to be the opponents of the regular army, and when a wave of soldiers retreated again, only Aetius was left alone on the tragic battlefield in front of the gate, and he couldn't help but remember the previous warning of Li Bida, "Beware of the one day you will be attacked by ghosts."
"No, this is not a backlash, Lybidaeus, this is the sacrifice I made as a citizen of the Republic, as a man of good standings, when I saw the Republic fall." With that, Aetius continued to touch the arch door, and stood up with his sword in his hand, he had recovered a little.
At this moment, a short chief centurion on the opposite side stepped over like a sharp arrow and lightning, and before Aetius could make a move, a sword blade pierced his forehead, and immediately blood lay all over his cheeks, Aetius staggered back two steps, and leaned against the courtyard wall of his own flower gallery, but he did not fall, but supported it with all his might, trying to wipe the blood and fight again, but the blood flowed more and more, several soldiers shouted, pressed him against the wall, and then drew his sword and stabbed him in the chest and abdomen.
Soon after, the firing squad rushed in, beheaded Aetius, and killed all his family and slaves, and his house was set on fire, and soon the head appeared in the square for public display.
"It's finally your day." Li Bida sighed, and the young Caesar, although he had no contact with the dead before, did not know where such a great grudge came from, and it is said that before hanging the head, he personally trampled on the head of Aetius, and kept saying that this was the end of the first evil.
At this time, little Casca appeared in the square, and when he saw Leo, Caesar the Younger, and the rest of his classmates, and the increasing number of heads piled up there, he immediately knelt down in mourning clothes.
At about dusk, a group of firing squads arrived in front of Casca's mansion, holding a board in their hands, and demanded that Casca open the door, saying that his son was now under the persuasion of Leo, the tribune, and committed himself to serving as a staff member under the command of Young Caesar, and there was no need for your mansion to continue to hold on.
Casca, who was in a desperate situation, hurriedly ordered the sword slaves to open the door, and then the firing squad walked in, at this time Casca was in the firelight, and saw that the two leaders were actually dressed as centurions, and he felt bad in his heart, but before he could react, he was held back by the other party, and Casca shouted, "If you are not cheating, then you are ignoring the fact that my son is already a subordinate of the noble young Caesar." ”
Seeing that the master was instantly accused and shouted in vain, the surrounding sword fighting slaves were actually frightened stupid, and another centurion stood up and gestured to them, "All lay down their weapons, we don't embarrass the others." ”
Then the centurion drew his sword and said to Casca, "Your son has indeed interceded." ”
"That's good!" Casca shouted as he leaned his green tendons and twisted his neck.
"But what he wants is to kill you in exchange for his life." After saying that, the centurion slashed his hand, and Casca's head immediately rolled down, and then everyone lifted their heads, threw down the sword slaves who were still stunned, and left.
But the next day, Casca and his son Casca's head were tied to a pillar - young Caesar did not spare anyone, and when he saw his father's head, he ordered the guards to remove his son's head as well. The father and son leaned their heads together, and their expressions were hideous, as if they were biting each other.
The former consul Banks, who was not involved in the plan to murder Caesar, was still on the list because he threw himself into the Senate after the incident and "shielded the murderer". Banksy did not want to resist or be put to death by the firing squad, and when he learned that the other party had marched towards his house, he called all his family members and doormen and said to them, "Separate all the possessions, take one with each of you, and run as long as you can, my sons and daughters, though I know that the hope of living by doing so is extremely slim, but forgive me for my selfishness, for if I die first, I will not have to be heartbroken to see this qiē, all of you, at once!" (A pie-in-the-sky event, cool phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)