The countryside where they passed, although the weather was still very hot, had regained their vitality, the farmers drove their flocks into the fields, ate the weeds, trampled the ground, and prevented the fruits or seeds from being eaten by the birds, and the farmhouse courtyard was full of the smell of onions, garlic and fennel seeds, which was their worship of the family god Peters, which represented the real reconstruction of the whole area after the war.

The family members of the Nubian soldiers, holding steaming meals, stood on both sides of the road through which Li Bida passed, and half-knelt and begged His Excellency the Commander to give him a view, "Please let me taste it first." Sabo, who was about to reach for it, was whipped by Lybida, and then he saluted them on his horse, according to Egyptian etiquette, and then took the meal with great joy, and after eating it without any guilt, he praised the deliciousness of the food, and thanked them respectfully for their kindness, and wished their fathers, husbands, and sons every success in their service in the new legion.

Then they inspected the forging workshops farther away, most of which were worked in by the families of Nubian soldiers, the Nubian blacks were the best at three things, hunting, mining and blacksmithing, and the land they went to Nubia was actually very fertile, but because they could not farm, they still stayed at the primitive level of hunting for food, so the Egyptians slowly infiltrated their land, built river fortresses and farmland, and the Nubians were either incorporated into the pharaonic army as archers, or went to work in the mines, with a lot of gold, pure copper, Sold cheaply in exchange for food grown by the Egyptians. The forge is doing particularly well, making hundreds of sets of copper armor, as well as a large number of arrows, daggers, and helmets.

Then, Li Bida took a few followers and did not wear any armor. They entered the camp of the "Serapis Legion" on the edge of the island.

"Maybe you should go in with the Spanish swordsman guards." Saab was two furlongs in front of the main entrance of the camp. Reminder.

"For what. I don't have to take the swordsman guard with me when I'm patrolling other troops. Li Bida replied.

"But this is a newly surrendered team, and it will be dangerous for you to organize them into a separate team and take such a small number of people to patrol them, Commander."

Li Bida smiled silently, and then rode on a striking white horse, and walked directly into the camp gate of the Serapis Legion, and the two Nubian sentries standing on it were surprised that they didn't even have time to blow the military horn. Throughout the camp, some of the black soldiers were kneading the hemp ropes used in the camp, some were carrying timber to the construction site of Zipi Island, and some were practicing in procession.

At this time, Alp, who was training his subordinates in front of the small square, turned around and saw the commander-in-chief who was slowly walking towards this side. All the surrounding Medetier gathered around and exchanged words with Arp in a low voice. Alp closed his thick lips with a fierce look, touched the bell of his right ear, then took his bow and arrows, and walked towards Li Bida head-on, and behind him more than a hundred warriors of Madjie, all with swords and bows, followed him.

"Your Excellency Commander, I'm in the way, you hurry up and get on your horse and leave!" Seeing the menacing Medejie, Saab nervously shielded the commander behind him, then drew his sword, ready to sacrifice himself.

Then, ten feet away from Rome, Arp suddenly knelt down, drew his dagger, carved a bloody streak on his face, and then stained the blood on his bow, and walked to his knees in front of Libida, "The bows and arrows of the people of Medetier are willing to be offered to the Commander, and we are eager to fight by your side, and we hereby swear to the god Amun that we will not spare our lives and blood, and that Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief will take my bow and arrows." ”

With a serious expression, Li Bida took Arp's bow and arrow, and then hung it on the owl's horned saddle.

At the end, three hundred Meadje men lined up in a column of four, carrying well-made bows and arrows, scythe-shaped swords called "Habais", and wearing light leather and copper plate armor, and followed Li Bida out of the camp - from an instant on, Li Bida announced that his guard consisted of forty Spanish swordsmen, plus this "Meadjie Guard", the captain of which was Arp, and that he and his guard were not under the command of anyone, not even the chief lieutenant, the chief centurion, or the military tribune, and he was under the orders of Lybidaeus alone, Even if Li Bida asked him to kill the Pharaoh, he would be ordered to go.

When the bridge over Sepi Island was completed, the pharaoh's royal ships arrived at the half-collapsed naval fortress unharmed and anchored, and Li Bida took it for his own use—he was lined up on the spacious terrace of the fortress with only the Medejie Guard, and the important generals (at this time Petronius had also pulled out Ito's camp and led his army to rendezvous), and the piper and all the royal retinue climbed the stairs, and then hugged Li Bida affectionately, "I'm still from the island, because I don't want to see the face of that guy from Gabinus, and I still like to stay with you, My comrades-in-arms! Why, those rebel generals and lowly black mercenaries have already died under your sword, it must be like this. ”

Then the piper and Xiao Yan saw the three hundred neatly finished black soldiers behind the other party, who were tilting their heads, beating small drums and fork bells, and their faces couldn't help but change slightly, but Li Bida preemptively gave an explanation: "Your Majesty, our troops are lacking, Perusim is just the first step, and I will immediately fight a decisive battle with the Holmach army, and the military strength at hand is not enough." So, I took in the prisoners of war, all of whom were the children and servants of the Pharaoh, and who also possessed excellent bow and arrow shooting skills, which would come in handy on the battlefield. ”

"Of course, my comrade-in-arms, you have the final say on the battlefield!" The piper was a wise man, and he was reluctant to criticize the capable general, so he stroked Li Bida's back, began to inspect the bridge that Li Bida had to show off to him, and prepared to go to the fortress to award the four warriors the "Golden Medal of Divine Bravery".

"By the way, what about the bastard Ottoarens?"

"Oh, yes, after this guy surrendered, he disappeared in a prisoner of war rebellion, I don't know if Lu Dao is dead or has escaped." Li Bida replied quietly.

Fortunately, the piper was not particularly interested in the survival of this fellow, so he shrugged his shoulders, and the group walked out of the small fortress on the island of Sepi and began to follow the makeshift bridge towards Perusium.

"Here I will at once take out two hundred talents to repair the fortifications of this little island, the docks and quarters are much decayed, and here we can build a naval base to enter the city of Alexandro, build an improvised lighthouse on it, and hoard food, which is the strongest means for us to cross the wilderness of the Jar." As he crossed the bridge, he suggested to the pharaoh, and the piper smiled and bowed his head in complete agreement. (To be continued......)