"The warrior of the country must be chosen. The son and father passed on the business, and then exhausted the military skills. ——Xuanzang's description of the Tianzhu Praetorian Guard in "The Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty".

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After looking at the stunned Arp, Li Bida turned around and said to all the captives, "I am the Pharaoh's supreme commander at the front, and I have the power to act on the fly, and now I have three paths for you to choose from, and if anyone wishes to return to the Kusi region of Upper Nubia, we will distribute the severance pay; Second, I will immediately send a fleet to the island of Sepi to take the family out, and I will never infringe upon their liberty and property, and distribute the unclaimed land around Perusium; The third, and certainly the most desirable of all, is that you will join our legions—I know that the Negroes of Cussi, who began to serve Pharaoh a thousand years ago, are the most warlike soldiers in Egypt, and if I give you the same bread, beer, and spicy fish, and the same fine equipment, will you have the confidence to exert the same fighting power as the other Hormahi's legions? ”

By this time, the lower-ranking officers who were in charge of Greek among the captives had already conveyed Lybida's words to all the rank-and-file soldiers, sentence by sentence, and the vast majority of blacks (except for a few unbelievably unbelievable) were boiling, and the three paths that Liberda had spoken of were in fact useless to think about: they had left their homeland a few generations ago, and Cussi was only a name for their homeland for them, nothing more, and even if they went back now, they would have to pass through the area controlled by Benenici's army, not be re-Latinized. that is, they will be brutally executed; Other than that. If the Roman commander was willing to protect the families of some of the officers and soldiers on the island of Sepi. And if you allocate the fortified fields, then farming is also a family business, and for yourself, being a soldier is an additional income, and everyone will calculate this account - since you can get the same treatment and salary as those fair-skinned soldiers, and can continue to be loyal to the legitimate Pharaoh, this is of course the best choice!

"Commander, I want you to unlock it first before you can match the words of your actions." Then. Alp, who was standing behind Lypida, also suggested in fluent Greek that this young nobleman, who was actually a native of Meadje, could have such a high prestige and encourage his soldiers to rebel? Of course, Li Bida obviously also found out about this, so he cut his rope with a sword to invite all the prisoners of war to buy the hearts of all the prisoners of war.

Three days later, Lybidaeus did what he said, and after the high tide, the huge fleet arrived at the island of Sepi, which was once a naval fortress of the ancient Egyptian army. Later, it gradually fell into disuse and became a refuge for families. Surrounded on three sides by the sea, only one of which leads to land, and which is only accessible to men and horses at low tide, all the black prisoners of war, unshackled, stand densely on the beach, and when they see their families and animals, still with frightened and tired expressions, sitting on the deck, seeking, looking at each other, and cheering in the crowd," Rex . Long live Lepidaus, a descendant of Leus and a descendant of King Numa! With tears in their eyes, everyone cheered.

The general Ottoarens, who had followed him, was soon liquidated in Perusim - tens of thousands of yogurt land, planted with flax, wheat, spices, and a number of well-equipped fish ponds and canals, which had been used to support the Macedonian general's rich and luxurious life, and his eight hundred servants and servants were now distributed among the Nubian soldiers. In return, among the 2,000 prisoners of war, except for more than 300 wounded and disabled who were placed in the fortress to do some odd jobs and receive a considerable salary, the rest were all incorporated into the Restoration Army, and Li Bida repeatedly reiterated: "The release and preferential treatment of you is not actually my own arbitrary, but the benevolence of Pharaoh, Your Majesty is tired of continuing to indulge those magnates and priests, and what they need is the help of you mortals, and on behalf of the gods Serapis, Zeus, and Amun, you will never take back the benefits that have been allocated to you!" ”

At the end, the Ottoarens, who had lost his property and power, was kindly summoned to the front by Lipida, "General Otuaarens, do you know the sin of rebellion against the Pharaoh?" ”

"I don't know." It's a trembling voice.

"No, I think you should know that His Majesty Ptolemy will smash it deep into your head with a nail-headed mark, and then cut it off and hang it on the tower to dry."

"Your Excellency Commander, I don't know what this is, this is, what this is for!" It's a mix of bewilderment, anger and horror.

Li Bida and Anthony next to him giggled, and then Li Bida got up, pressed Anthony's shoulder, and said that he was going to patrol the camp, and the matter here will be handed over to you, anyway, it is also the duty of the military protector.

So His Excellency the Protector sighed at the defeated general who was still sitting hesitantly opposite, and then crossed his hands, crossed his legs on the table, and said in an extremely cynical attitude and tone, "There is still room for maneuver in this matter, but I am curious, in addition to the land of the fortress, how many assets do you have?" ”

The nerd also knew what Anthony was referring to, and Ortuarens gritted his teeth and said that there were about fifty Tallents left.

Anthony chuckled, then pointed at the other man and said, "Within three days, give me a hundred." Also, this matter is a little secret between the two of us, even General Liberdaus doesn't need to know it, I think you will definitely keep your promise, right? With that, he walked up to the dejected general of the defeated army, slapped him on the cheek kindly and affectionately, as he did with a little slave close to his family, and then walked out of the house, suddenly stopped in front of the door, and turned back and asked, "By the way, I heard that the general has several beautiful black-skinned slave girls." ”

"It's so hateful that after a long time of review, the other party is only willing to hand over thirty Talents in exchange for stability." In the fortress temple, Anthony picked his teeth with a small stick, and slowly walked to Li Bida, who was praying in front of the altar, and reported.

"You don't have to tell me everything, I've already entrusted you with this anyway, haven't I?" Li Bida gently sprinkled the water in his hand into the basin of the magic weapon, and then Sabo next to him handed him a silk scarf, Li Bida got up and wiped his hands clean, and said to everyone to follow me to patrol the camp.

Perusim's barracks, divided into three main parts, one part was a fortress barracks, mainly two thousand-man brigades; One part was the sentinel barracks, scattered through the streets and hills by the various brigades of the regiments; There is also a part of the "Serapian Legion", which was newly formed by Lipida with Nubian prisoners of war, natives and sailors of the fleet with some of the spoils of war, and some of the military slaves who had been liberated in advance (mainly those who had made meritorious contributions in the siege of the fortress of Perusim), with a total of less than 3,000, stationed near the island of Zippi and building a bridge towards the island of Zippi - in this way, Lipida used this way to integrate these people into the life of the Roman legions as soon as possible. (To be continued......)