Chapter 14: The Messenger of the Bosphorus (I)

The Romans loved their weapons,

There is still a long way to go.

They will suddenly appear in front of the enemy,

The team is well-organized and the barriers are strong.

- Virgil

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Seeing this, Calabis did not know where to get the strength, threw down his shield, and chased after him.

"Get out of here!" The other party shouted in Armenian, and the return hand was a sword, and Calabis's right arm was suddenly numb, but he shouted angrily, and pulled the man off the horse with his left hand.

The man flipped over on the ground a few times, lying on his back to Calabis in a dog-eating manner, and Calabis pounced, but he kept an eye on his side - he leaned on his side, and sure enough, the man got up sharply and stabbed back, but was dodged by Calabis.

But Rao was so, the man knew tactics after all, and when he realized that Calabis was on his side, he struck him with his left elbow, and Calabiston had a nosebleed, and his whole nose was so numb that he lost feeling and staggered backwards.

"Die!" The man adjusted his posture and stabbed his sword straight at Calabis.

But in an instant, the man's right hand, along with the sword, flew off his shoulder, and blood spurted high, followed by a terrifying cry.

It was Lucuras' shield-bearer Kelly who severed the man's right hand, and Kelly then brushed his sword flat to a clenched downward stance, quickly plunging the blade deep into the man's back. "This man is a royal slave." Kelly kicked the corpse of the other man, tattooed with the coat of arms of the royal family, while Calabis covered his nose and held his right hand, walked up tremblingly, removed the leather bag on the corpse's back, and rolled out a heavy and gorgeous golden crown

"Congratulations on the precious loot we have obtained." After nightfall, in Lucuras's camp, full of laughter and laughter, Lucuras raised his glass, took the crown discarded by Tegrenes, and toasted, "This is the credit of Kelly and Calabis, they are both brave and witty men, I am not mistaken." Ask our weighers to give them a reward of five hundred drachmas each. ”

"By the way, Calabis, how is your right hand?"

"Kelly has already bandaged me, skin trauma." Calabis stood up straight and replied.

All the people present at the banquet laughed and praised the wisdom of the commander and the victory of the world, and Mithridates sister Nessa was no exception, and she diligently poured wine for all the Roman generals and went about the feast as if she were a Roman lady herself.

Adiana sat thoughtfully in her seat, holding her glass and groaning.

Thinking that she was embarrassed, Luculas relieved: "As long as your father and Tegrenice are willing to submit to Rome, I can guarantee them the right to rule freely over the country and the people, and your princess, you can come to the city of Rome and see our shijie, I warmly welcome you." ”

"A river can't carry two equally large ships, Your Excellency." Adiana's tone was still stubborn, "I think that as long as my father is willing to learn from you Romans, it should not be difficult to defeat you." Yes, well, I admit your tactical superiority. ”

"No, it's not superiority on paper, it's something rooted in the blood of our nation, and it's destined for us Rome to become the ruler of Shijie, and we can't learn it." Luculas stared at Adiana and said solemnly.

"The dust hasn't settled yet." Adiana said with a little annoyance, a little confidently, as Demetrius poured her a glass of wine on the side, with a smile on his face, for he knew that this was the princess of the Black Sea Empire, and that following her was much more promising than being a tutor to a rich man. Adyna looked at him in disgust, and then poured the drink on the Jew's face again, "Okay, I think we should really give up our illusory reserve and self-esteem in front of the real shijie." Well, just as I admit that you Romans are more advanced in tactics than in our country, between this Jewish slave and Calabis I prefer Calabis, including those characteristics of him that are very slave-like. ”

Lucuras Haha laughed, "What do you mean, Your Excellency? ”

"I'm going to swap. With this Jewish slave who is proficient in herbalism, writing, and arithmetic, he will exchange you for Calabis. Adiana said in a positive tone.

Before Luculas could reply, Kelly, beside him, interjected, "This Calabis doesn't know anything, master, give me a slave who can help me." Luculas looked at the somewhat confused Calabis, shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "That's a pity, because I've always respected Kelly's opinion." But I agree with you, Your Excellency, that this Jewish slave was indeed a good slave, but he was not a good assistant, and Calabis was the opposite. With that, he shook hands with Calabis gently, "Thank you, my son, for accompanying me in battle, but now I have given you to Lord Adiana. ”

"Yes!" Calabis was a little annoyed.

Lucuras's hand suddenly clenched, "Remember my words, doing anything, even if it's something you don't like, is an experience, and it's what you're lacking the most right now." ”

"Calabis, amphora, come, sit beside me." Adiana felt like a victor and beckoned to the reluctant Calabis.

The feast of the commander's tent continued with joy, and the slender and handsome cavalry captain Claudius slowly paced out of it, and stood in front of the drainage ditch in the small square of the camp with a sense of wine, and "swished" a large bubble of urine. At this time, one of his subordinates, leading the tall man covered in indigo with a rope, walked behind him, "Sir, this captured Galatian, he said that he had something important to do, and he wanted to see you by name." ”

With a charming smile, Claudius asked the man, "I'm sorry, I don't seem to have seen you, and I haven't been to the Galatai Heights." ”

"Mutual friend, I have come to find my mistress, and her name is Ebona. Someone said that a young Roman cavalry officer named Claudius could help me find her. The indigo man grinned, which made his countenance even more terrifying.

"Maybe you're not here at the right time." Claudius' smile is still charming.

"Put!" In the early hours of the next morning, the Roman army, defeated by the King of Kings, began their assault on the huge city of Tegresetta, and the end was already predestined: twenty stone-throwing carts, each of which had ten oxen to pull, would rain a round of stoneballs on the unfortunate city every once in a while.

Almost no sooner had than the legion had eaten lunch, a delegation of the magistrates, priests, and wealthy citizens of Tegreseta came to beg for peace, and on behalf of the inhabitants of the city: the Greeks, Syrians, Gaudis, and Assyrians, they offered the rich city to Luculas.

On the second day of rest, the two Roman legions officially entered the gates of Tegreseta, and although Luculas had assured the citizens of the discipline of the soldiers, when the army entered the city, Luculas took a tacit inaction, because the scene of Amisus had not forgotten him, and he needed to appease the soldiers, and he also expected them to continue to follow him and march into the heart of Armenia.

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