"I'm a true believer, and I want others to do the same, it's as simple as that." - Julius. Caesar

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I didn't expect little Cato to be so reasonable, but Tri Ali still had an extra heart, he ordered six hundred elite soldiers, most of them from Sicily, to surround the residence of little Cato, of course, Tri Ali's order was to "protect His Excellency the Judge Officer", but in private he was spying on little Cato, because he regarded the other party as a bargaining chip for begging for glory and promotion, and he was a strange commodity - because compared to himself, little Cato was more attractive to Li Bida, or directly, up to Caesar, all wanted to catch this character, Even if it's a hot potato.

And little Cato was also very indifferent, he stayed comfortably in the courtyard, feeding the roosters that came and went, and did not seem to take this impending humiliation to heart at all.

When the messengers of the city of Marcelia once again wore their belts, raised their hands and shouted peace slogans, and walked out of the collapsed city walls, Li Bida's troops were preparing to launch a general attack, and the brigades selected from the four legions were all lined up in dense ranks behind or inside the siege towers of the giant beasts, and many of them were nested in the tents, weighing the heavy fighting swords in their hands, constantly waving, jumping, warming up before the battle, and shouting at each other's merits and mockery, which spread throughout the entire blockade position.

At this time, the act of firing at each other between the acropolis and the siege towers also disappeared, for it was not necessary for both sides, and many young women, crying and pleading, stood on the ruins of the city. Holding up his young child. She begged the Roman soldiers below to spare her and her family's lives after entering the city. "Other than that, we can do whatever we want!" This pitiful image aroused the desire and murderous spirit of the besieging troops—as soon as the Acropolis was stormed, Massella was finished, a day and night of work, in which all the men were killed, and the women could be sold into slavery with their children. The treasures of the storehouses in the temple and the town hall were to be divided equally among the people, as long as a small portion of the loot was symbolically handed over to the treasurer.

Therefore, when Li Bida, who was in the rear camp, decided to meet with the envoys of the city begging for peace, there was a fierce injustice and commotion in the entire front-line troops, especially Bagulus, the chief centurion of the Sixth Army, who sat on the ground and began to curse in front of the soldiers and flag bearers, and after scolding Massella, he scolded Caesar and Pompey. Then he scolded little Cato, and finally scolded the supreme commander Li Bida. "And this, dog mongrel, alien cub, you will pull out and block other people's words when they are visiting brothels and trying to cum on the bed? It's a shame to think about it! ”

When the envoys entered the tent, Li Bida was calmly reading the official papers, and seemed to be very busy, so the Marcelian side first expressed his extreme gratitude to the commander-in-chief for being willing to meet them in such a situation. "This is not what I meant, but the benevolent orders given by the two Excellenses, Caesar and Banks, before the battle, because your city has a long history and glory, how can we bear to destroy it?" Anyway, now that the victory is decided, Li Bida simply said it beautifully, followed by the actual content, "Pay eight hundred talents in cash and silver immediately, and give me half of it to appease the army, and I believe you have seen their feelings; The other half was given to the Ligurian city-states. ”

Before the envoys could make a counter-argument, Li Bida said without question, "For the next twenty years, Massella will not be allowed to build large ships that can go to sea for business, only barges and fishing boats can be retained. Moreover, there must be a long-term indemnity for the war, a total of one thousand talents, to be paid over fifty years, the principal paid to the treasury of the Republic, and the interest to Liguria. ”

This condition is simply calling Massella a slow suicide!

But when the commander-in-chief had finished speaking, he continued to bury his head in the public, as if he had no interest in allowing the other party to bargain.

What to do, now that the tens of thousands of siege troops under this command are still gathering momentum, as long as he is slightly dissatisfied, the negotiations are broken, and all the big soldiers rush into the city, they can still easily get what they want, and they can rest on their own.

After a painful ordeal, the envoys bowed their heads and accepted Lee's offer, but they also reiterated that the offer was so humiliating that Marcelia would never be grateful to the immortal gods for their "help" in this matter.

The two sides exchanged oath boards in front of the gods, and after stamping them, the messengers slowly and solemnly retreated, and soon there was a wave of protest in the camp outside, and the soldiers, with their money bags and swords, no longer obeying their posts, ran around, shouting that the war was over, but that we were not getting the benefits we deserved.

Li Bida was lingering in the incense, quietly holding his chin with his hand, and after watching the other party's departure, he exhaled, and the staff next to him, Sabo and Angandinus, hurriedly handed over the secret letter box that he had put away before, and Li Bida took out the scroll from it, which recorded Caesar's battle in Ilerda - the three legions were inked!

Yes, the three legions were wiped out, and Caesar suffered a crushing defeat that had not been seen before in Gaul.

The beads of sweat on Li Bida's forehead rolled down instantly, not because of sadness, not because of fear, but because of the confusion of his thoughts!

Originally, Caesar, who was preparing to attack Ilelda, engaged in a large-scale cavalry battle against Aphranius, causing the opponent's camp to retreat to the left bank of the Sikris River, and did not dare to come out to graze during the day. However, when the summer rainy season came, Caesar was distressed by the overflow of the Sikris River, and Aphranius, who was still entrenched in the city of Ilelda, still had a good location, and more importantly, he had the only stone bridge over the river, and he was free to attack Caesar's food convoys from all over the country.

In order to break the stalemate, Caesar used six brigades of soldiers to carry out fortification work at the main stream of the Sikris River, that is, the Hiberlus River, and built two pontoon bridges, which were common for his subordinates in the Gallic Wars, and then led by the adjutant general Koda, with the Nine, Nineteen and Twenty-first Legions, the latter two of which were newly recruited by Caesar in Italy after the capture of Rome, and quickly crossed the pontoon bridge and threatened the city of Ilelder from the flank.

But that night, heavy rains fell on the area of the Sikris and Hibelus rivers, and the rivers swelled, and the two pontoon bridges were washed away—and the three legions that crossed after were trapped in a dead place, and at dawn, under the personal leadership of Sektus and Pelettaus, 30,000 of Pompey's veterans stormed Koda's headquarters, and the two new legions were the first to be unable to support the rout on both flanks, and then Koda and the Ninth Legion also died under the fierce attack of the other party.

"We seized three of Caesar's eagle flags, plus a hundred team and wing flags." Aphranius said triumphantly. (To be continued......)