Initially, the city of Korduba sent four priests dressed in wolf's clothing, carrying spears tied with olive branches, and leading white sheep to stand at the gate of Lipida's camp and ask to be received by the high priest.

Li Bida was unceremonious, he directly sent several centurions, pulled in the priests representing peace and sincerity, broke their spears, tore their clothes and robes, and then took off the olive branches, tied each of them to the wooden pillars on the camp square, and gave them fifty strokes each, and the beatings were bloody, "Go back to your city, it seems that the elders of Korduba still don't know how severe the crimes and mistakes they have committed are, this time I will just whip you, if I am dissatisfied again next time, And I cut off the right hands of all the messengers, and of all the men of the city. Then the soldiers of the whole camp kicked the four out of the camp with one kick.

A mule cart, pulling four priestly messengers who had been beaten to the nose and mouth, returned to the city of Korduba in great misery, and soon the dejected elders gathered urgently, and they once again sent fifteen nobles to the high priest's camp to await any punishment from His Excellency the High Priest with "an attitude of absolute apology" and "an act of absolute humility and silence."

The legacy, trembling, came to the slaughtering camp, facing the walls and towers lined with stakes, and the heavily armed soldiers stood on them, and smoke rose from them, adding to the mystery and terror in the midst of it. Several centurions with meaty faces stepped forward with murderous aura, and then stood silently in front of the chestnut-covered envoys, never saying anything, and the horn of the barracks sounded for a long time. Two horsemen armed with scepters ran over. It is said that "the high priest approves the reception of the legations". Then one of the centurions twisted his head and motioned for the envoys to enter the camp.

A few military slaves wearing small hats ran out of the secret door of the camp first, and then pushed open the gate of the camp with a hey-yo hey, and fifteen nobles from Korduba City could only bite the bullet and slowly walked in amid the reproaches and threats of the centurion before and after.

After entering the gate, stand on both sides of the camp gate. First of all, the infantry and cavalry of the legions of King Lius and Numa were neatly arranged in columns, the infantry wore round caps and fluffy multicolored feathers, and held long swords and spears in neat arms, while the cavalry wore pointed Persian or Gallic helmets, loosely leading quiet horses, carrying maces and battle axes in their hands, and many held aloft the brass pipes of "Mama", whose prestige was now spread throughout the Iberian Peninsula. This made each of the fifteen negotiating nobles instinctively shrink their necks and involuntarily quicken their pace.

Further on. It was the veterans of the Twelfth and Fifteenth Legions, all of them with hideous faces, scars, and eyes full of murderous intent and disdain, deliberately making their armor and cloaks dirty, looking different from the eggs of the recruits, and the nobles who negotiated were uneasy in their hearts, for fear of offending these murderers somewhere, so they urged their steps faster.

At last they came to the commander's tent, and the racks of weapons in front of the walls were full of whipping rods, and fascist axes that cut off the heads of sinners, and the elite black warriors of Medejie who were scattered in front of the door, "Take off all their robes." "This is the order of the leading Arp.

Why, this is the treatment of defeated prisoners, but if there is any defense now, I am afraid that it will bring ruin to the whole city, and after thinking about it, the noble man who leads first stripped his whole body, and his descendants followed suit, and in a short time fifteen "light pigs" wore garlands made of olive branches, and entered the high priest's tent.

Sitting on a chair in the ivory circle, with a baton in his hand, he teased a hispanic dog that was barking and barking around in a circle, and then he looked up and saw fifteen naked messengers lined up, and asked in surprise what it was who had behaved so to allow the noble man of Korduba to be treated in this way.

As a result, the high priest deliberately thundered back and forth, and looked everywhere for those responsible for the matter, while the naked messengers with bare butts trembled, miserable, and ashamed, and finally the staff in charge of the clerical work finally confirmed: This is the order that you yourself gave yesterday, the high priest.

Li Bida pretended to be stunned, then laughed, patted his head, and shouted "Look at my memory, it's starting to show signs of decline, "Hahaha! Then the high priest continued to laugh heartily, and sat down on the circle chair, while fifteen naked men laughed with him, and the laughter filled the tent. And the Spanish dog, with its vicious black eyes and nose, walked up and down in front of everyone, seemingly staring at the key parts of each person, ready to take a bite at them.

It was only then that the high priest also gave a slight touch with his baton, and the servant next to him returned the robes to the fifteen nobles and told them to put them on collectively.

"I was in the middle of anger yesterday, so I gave this irrational order, but today because the military plane is busy, I forgot to revoke it, I'm really sorry." The High Priest explained with a little apology, and then he snapped his fingers again, and the Spanish dog, who was dragging his hot tongue, rattled his nose again, and ran back to the High Priest, "But there's no need to be hypocritical, is there?" So now I will directly announce the resolution on the disposition of the city of Korduba, can you? ”

The envoys collectively hurriedly bowed their heads, "The city of Korduba is not required to pay hostages, but must pay a fine of twenty million cestrickens, and bear one-third of the supplies consumed by our army from now on, such as cheese, wheat flour, forage, olive oil, etc., which my weighing officers will give you a list in a moment." Also, the city of Corduba, and the eight other towns around it, with that immediate effect, all the defenses of the city will be handed over to the Thirteenth Legion, and the walls will be torn down automatically, and the ditches will be filled up, and the fortifications such as the deer barn will be uprooted, and I will return eternal peace to all the inhabitants and tribes of the Spanish provinces. ”

Three days later, the gates of Korduba were opened, and Polo entered the city with two brigades of the Thirteenth Legion and took over the garrison.

At this point, Li Bida's five legions mastered the fortresses of first-line towns such as Korduba and Uriah, and along the Baibytis River, the military strength of the two legions of Laus and Sektus was split into two parts that did not rely on each other in the north and south.

Next, it's just a question of who to knife first, Li Bida's decision is to move Rouse first, the only two legions on the other side are all local Spanish auxiliary legions, as long as the suppressive attack and intimidation tactics are adopted, Rouse's troops will be scattered, and there is no need to go through any more hard battles. (To be continued......)