"This is an eternal truth in warfare, to protect the flanks and rear of your army, and to try to attack the flanks and rear of your opponent in a roundabout way." - Frederick the Great, King of Prussia

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Three days later, sure enough, the First Army of Marchlus and the Third Army of Tellureas, carried by the fleet that had originally belonged to Sicily, rushed into the port of the city of Lilipoli, without any resistance, and the stronghold of the vital sea area of Sardinia, Sicily and the African Triangle was announced, and all the soldiers, oarsmen and citizens rejoiced in the streets and squares, and in their eyes "Lilipol has gained the fate and status it deserves, and it falls to Caesar, the former liberator and now the assassinated hero, Even if he is no longer alive. ”

Aquila, who was in the city of Megala in another corner of the island, was stunned, he was still fighting a lawsuit with Tellureas about the supreme command, but he didn't expect that the other party's six legions, from the landing of Sardinia to the miserable surrender of all the troops in Ghebra, only eight days had passed, which happened to be a market day.

With the fall of Lili, the question before Aquila came to the fore: to fight, to surrender, or to escape.

In the camp of the port of Callaris, before sending troops, Li Bida had convened a joint meeting of the commander of the legion and the chief centurion, at which many people were concerned about when to take command of the troops and horses, march into Italy and Rome, completely exterminate the murderer group and Pompey's remnants, and reinforce the war of Young Caesar Octavian.

"My plan is to take Sicily first. lest it pose a threat on the flanks. Because Aquila, the envoy here, is also a notorious traitor. If my team is to continue to grow, I must do something practical to comfort Caesar's heavenly spirits. Li Bida vetoed everyone's proposal, and seemed to have a deeper focus.

Then Li Pida's inscription was sent to the city of Megara, with only a few lines, "The noble descendants of the Aemilius clan have prepared a reward of gold as heavy as your head for your treacherous deeds. ”

Seeing this, Aquila was terrified. He understood that Li Bida was not ready to forgive himself and wanted to make an example of him, and it seemed that Trureas was still cost-effective, and as the first to surrender, he was able to save his position and life, but he was too late.

What to take against Li Bida now? In a market day, the opponent was transformed, and after the compression of his subordinates, there were still four fully formed legions, plus powerful archers and cavalry auxiliaries, as well as a huge fleet. And his subordinates have already betrayed almost. After figuring it out, Aquila sold all the public and private property of the Doge's Palace. Recruited Sicilian mercenaries, known as a "sutdire" in the Hellenistic era, and then announced the emancipation of all the slaves of the Gateway, arming them as their own guards to escape from the Strait of Messina to Italy.

At this time, the news came that on the port of Brindisi, the 13th and 15th legions of Libida's reinstated army, as well as the "isthmus legion" formed by Gaul and Germanic prisoners of war who had used Ben to dig and build the isthmus, had landed under the leadership of Petronius, and the three legions had completely controlled the southern part of Italy, and he had no way out.

The next day, Li Pida's fleet, escorting his own camp and the 7th and 28th Army Corps, landed in the port of Cortaro, northeast of the city of Megara, and pressed towards his own city.

At the same time, the First and Third Legions, which he had just subdued, also pressed towards Megara along the streets of South Sicily.

Aquila had no way to go to heaven at the moment, no way to enter the earth, and the guards he had recruited were useless, and after he wandered out of the city gate less than ten miles away, he scattered as birds and beasts.

Aquila, who was in a daze, could only ride a horse, found Li Bida's camp outside the city of Cortaro that stretched for several miles, walked into the walled gate, and announced his surrender to Li Bida.

Li Bida, who was sitting in the small square at the front of the camp, ordered Hu Cong and the guards to rush up, tear Aquila off his horse, and then smashed his saddle and halter in front of all the soldiers, and then stripped off all his armor and cloak, and pressed his head down naked in front of Li Bida.

"You have been known for your mediocrity and incompetence in your previous campaigns in Africa, and the fleet you commanded could neither guarantee the safe delivery of supplies, nor did you dare to fight the enemy's ships, but Caesar still approved of you, but you did not think that it was the commander's pity for you, and you foolishly took it for granted, but even so, you conspired with the murderers to murder His Excellency Julius, and committed such a heinous crime, and you shamelessly occupied important positions, looting soldiers and people, Today, I, Liberdaus, will avenge Caesar, and you are the prey. After speaking, Li Bida put his hand behind him, and Habaruka took out the wooden box, and after opening it into a plate, everyone saw that it was indeed a human head made of pure gold!

Then Li Bida stepped forward and trampled Aquila's head into the dirt, so that he couldn't speak at all, and then announced, "I will do what I say, this golden head is here to exchange Aquila's real head!" ”

Then, several Hu Servants pulled out the cold and shining axes from the beam sticks, and then the red light flashed, Aquila's head separated from the body, Li Bida kicked with his foot, and the head rolled out a long way!

All the officers and soldiers shouted, and then Li Bida pointed to Aquila's head to the fascist subordinates and said, "Insult his corpse and send him to the Senate!" Then he said to his men, "This golden skull is your glory and merit, and when the First and Third Legions come here, I will melt it down and exchange it for the equivalent of silver coins, which will be given to all the legions, and in addition to an additional two hundred dinars of silver, which will be divided equally among all the towns in Sicily that support Aquila, the thief, and you should now shout the slogan of gratitude to Aquila." ”

Everyone laughed, but then they shouted, "Thank you for Aquila's death."

Aquila's horrific corpse was loaded in a stone coffin, hooked up with a butcher's iron hook, and transported to the city of Rome, for which Liberda specially allocated four fast rowing boats, at this moment Octavian had already sworn to go on the expedition, so when the slaves placed the coffin in the Juilliard synagogue, and then transported Aquila's almost fragmented body, and the severed head, nose, ears, and eyes to the center of the synagogue, almost all the patriarchs felt that their livers had jumped out, and they covered their eyes or noses with robes, I didn't dare to face the terrifying appearance of Aquila's corpse, and I couldn't stand the smell of corpses.

Casca and Spinzer among them recalled what Libida had openly said to them when he had led his guards up Capitol, "I will declare war on you, the Chosen Fathers of the Roman Republic!" ”

"The corpse sent by Libidaeus is a provocation and threat to the Senate!" Thinking of this, Casca couldn't help but scream, and then everyone associated with the killer group began to cry. (To be continued......)