Triari felt a little uncertain, he touched his chin, and said: "Pompey has just won a great victory in the war against pirates, and is now visiting various coastal cities - the civilian tribune Manius has proposed a resolution to ask Pompey to take over the provinces of Bithynia, Armenia, Phrygia, Rikdania, Cappadocia, and Silesia, and to take charge of the war in the East in place of Lucuras, and the fathers of the Senate have passed this edict." But I heard that Pompey had a strange reaction when he heard the news. ”

"What's his reaction, Your Excellency?" Sonajus asked.

He immediately expressed his distress and displeasure to his staff, he patted his thigh, complained about the drudgery that followed, and shouted that I can't end my service like an ordinary veteran and return to my hometown to reunite with my wife and children. Terry Ali said, shaking his head.

As a result, Apis and Sonajus both held their bellies and laughed, making Triali a little confused, "What a poser, but the commoners like such characters." Sonajus said, and left the tent with Appis.

In the darkness of the night, in the camp on the other side of Pontus, all the generals and servants prayed for the serious wounds of King Mithridates. Timothy debrided Mithridates from his thigh wound and stopped the bleeding, and during the whole process, Mithridates continued to faint and wake up, sometimes shouting angrily at the vileness of the Roman dogs, and sometimes calling at Takschiller and Pytuita, telling them not to worry about their injuries and to defeat the Roman enemies as soon as possible.

Zuihou, the emperor's injuries were finally controlled, and everyone retreated, leaving only Adiana at her father's bedside.

Under the flickering candle flame, Mithridates' face was very yellow, his blood and qi had lost a lot, his breathing was very weak, he crooked his eyes, looked at his daughter with a worried face, and said softly:

"Good girl, tell me, it was you who killed Naissa"

Adeanna slowly withdrew her melancholy expression, her face turned cold, and then she looked at her father and bowed her head in acknowledgement.

"You came to take revenge on me in the place of your mother, you continued her life and will, how much I miss the old days, in the golden sun, you were small, with your mother's face, and my father's chestnut hair, in the courtyard of the palace, leading the foal, laughing, turning cough

"Father, you shouldn't talk too much." Adiana admonished coldly.

"Perhaps the noble Mithra needs a talent like you, my good daughter—will you assist me in defeating the Romans, with your intellect? Ahem"

Adiana's little hand rested lightly on her father's broad forehead, and her voice softened, "Yes, I will." ”

As the princess of Pontus walked out of her tent, she saw Stratonis waiting for her by the trailer, which was the swollen body of her father, Obisius.

"You are worthy of being a descendant of the Mithra family, you viper-like woman, you used the one named Calabis to kill my father, and the venom that killed my father was given to him by you in advance, right?" Stratonis gritted her teeth and cursed.

"Cheap embryo, speak with respect, it is Calabis who is afraid of castration and fled back to the Romans, it is none of my business, I told your father not to meddle in this matter a long time ago, but even the wisdom of lowly people is pathetic." After saying that, Adiana looked at Obisius's body proudly, "Your father is just a musician, and he can still enjoy the funeral in silk clothes and enter the tall tomb, how lucky!" And you, the bastard who bewitched your father, you will not be so lucky in the future, you will be like a wild dog, your body thrown into the wilderness, your heart pecked by vultures. ”

"Unless your father is dead!" Stratonis whispered.

"There will come a day, do you think that day will not come? It will come on time like the sun tomorrow. Adiana showed a beautiful pear vortex, smiled lightly, and walked away.

When the sun rose the next day, the camp of Mithridates was filled with joy and weeping, and the sound rose into the sky, dispersing the clouds above and stirring up the birds, which made the Romans here frightened, and Triari was extremely excited: "This mourning means that Mithridates is dead, and I must get it before Lucuras arrives!" ”

Just as the Eighth Regiment was gearing up, inspecting its weapons and equipment, and preparing to cross the river to attack, Apis ran to Triari and gave Zuihou a bitter admonition, but the new commander, who was bent on merit, turned a deaf ear to him, only laughed at Apis's indecision, and sternly warned him not to continue to disturb the morale of the army, otherwise he had every right to use the fascists to execute him in front of the whole army.

Appis, whose exhortation was ineffective, could only stand in a daze on a small protruding slope of the river, and watched as the soldiers of a legion, almost all of the best of the army, of five thousand men, formed a regular formation, and triumphantly waded across the river and marched towards the camp of the Ponticians.

He also saw Sonajus, who was following Triali, who was on horseback, and at the moment before crossing the river, he looked back at himself with hopeless sorrow.

The Pontic outposts and the formation behind them, before the Romans' offensive, were changed one after another, and they had no intention of fighting without Mithridatians, dragging their weapons and fleeing, abandoning their armor and baggage everywhere, Triali refused to give up the opportunity, and commanded the brigade to continue to advance deeply.

Apis had no intention of looking at the "great victory" that had taken place on the other side of the river, and he walked into the front door of the camp with a gloomy face, and shouted to all the soldiers and slaves: "Brothers, no matter what regiment you came from, whose leadership you received, whether you were lightly or seriously wounded, are now under my command. I'm Apis, the military tribune. Yodel, I command you at once to wipe down all your armor, shields, weapons, and equipment, bring your ballistas and nightpots to the tower, and put them on the watch, and act like a true legionnaire! Hearing Appis's words, many of the soldiers sitting in the camp complained quietly, and they had to force themselves to stand up, and to carry out the orders of their temporary superiors, craftsmen and slaves came and went, reinforcing the damaged parts of the wall, or repairing the guards.

It was snowing again, and it was boiling over the barracks.

Cloaked and masked, Helenputina rode a horse, accompanied by Ella and Elkapa, and slowly approached Appis, "Commander, I'm sorry at this moment, but we have to leave. Apis didn't speak, but looked at the three of them and nodded heavily, then made a gesture of admiration, meaning "Even as a woman, I revere your martial prowess." ”

"You're going back to the Bosphorus, aren't you?" Helenputina heard the voice of Calabis, who was unloading the sheep's head stone while she heard the words of the Queen of the Amazons, and came over to ask.