The envoys were speechless in the face of the great captain of Pheidius, since he had rebuked the king as a "fool", and could not promise them any reward in terms of benefits, what could they say? In this world, isn't giving for the sake of returning?

So the recruits, who surrendered, did not even say hello, but went directly to Matthias and Arp, gave the standard Roman legionary salute, and left—and then Matthias made it clear to the envoys that there were many such soldiers, and that the high priest had screened prisoners of war, and that as long as the Mauritanians and Getulians who did not die, they were all mixed into the fifteenth legion, the legion of Leus (the new infantry legion), and the army of King Numa (the new cavalry legion), and they were commanded by a centurion who was close to him, and this group of men was about 5,000 men; But the 12,000 or so men who were taken prisoner by Rabinus from Spain were all collected and sent into the slave camps, where they were followed by all the legions to carry the baggage and serve as coolies.

Therefore, it is rumored that the high priest did not trust the Spaniards, and when he invaded the Iberian Peninsula, in order to demoralize the young Pompey brothers, they would all be slaughtered and crucified.

The negotiations broke down completely, but Li Bida didn't care at all, he already regarded the two kingdoms on the desert border as meatballs on the plate, as long as he could seize these two places, and set them up as "wartime provinces" under the jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan. Or "border provinces". Not only can they ask for large quantities of strategic goods such as ivory, timber and olives. It can also open up more backward countries rich in luxury goods to the south, to supply and please the people of the whole republic.

In the port of Hippo, where all six legions of Libida were arranged, the harbor was full of ships for transport, and sixteen ships of the "New Fleet of Cyrene", and the rest of the ships included thirty multi-column decked ships sent by Adiana and Cleopatra, and nearly a hundred double-column "Librna" attack ships. In the tent of the cantonment. Li Bida walked in with the guards, and the generals stood up and saluted them, "You have worked hard, after the Battle of the Tumr River, the lack of personnel and materials of each legion, I and the dogs have made up for it perfectly, how is the army resting and training during this time?" That's your job. ”

"The olive oil, the women and the rewards are in place, the joint training and the boarding training are also skillful, and all the soldiers of the regiment have been fat and strong this month, and they are eagerly waiting to exercise in Spain. Lose your fat. Karenus replied aloud, and everyone around him laughed.

Li Bida nodded. Drawing his gilded baton, he dotted the northern part of Spain on the sand table, "The Ossetans of the southern coast of the Pyrenees have sent envoys to the armies of Vicintoli and Itassos to pay allegiance, willing to lead us into the mountain passes near Spain. Pompey is said to have retreated with three legions to the vicinity of the city of Corduba, and he did not dare to stay any longer, fearing that the Osetans would take his back route—so at once our fleet, carrying six legions, made a forced landing in the Gulf of Ebro; The rest of the legions, the 7th, 9th, 10th, 19th, and 27th legions, the 'twin legions' formed by the 1st and 3rd Spanish legions originally led by Tellureas, and the 11th legions sent by Antony, have also arrived, a total of seven legions, all under the command of my chief lieutenant General Petnius, and together with Macmillan's detachment, they will force their way through the Balearic islands held by Lipo and land in New Carthage. That is to say, the immediate situation in Spain will be a centripetal offensive of nearly twenty legions from three or four directions against the areas held by the younger Pompey brothers, forcing them to abandon their stronghold towns and servant barbarian tribes, and finally annihilate them for me in the core areas of the Corduba, Ursau, and Munda Plains. ”

When all the ships on the sea were sailing from the royal port of Hippo, an army of three legions in the direction of the city of Vitonny in Far Spain was hurrying towards the area of the city of Corduba, which was divided by rivers and mountains. Gnaeus. Pompey meeting.

The man who claimed to be the chief of the Sinclets, Mukouas, whose tribe had been defeated by Libida who had first entered Lusitania more than ten years earlier, had since lost his ancestral territory, and the whole tribe had a bitter enmity against Libida, and this time he had volunteered to join the army of the Pompeians, and Mukouas brought with him the cavalry that Laus lacked most, about 800 men, so he was warmly welcomed by the latter.

And almost at the same time, Rouse's younger brother, the "little Thor" Sexetus, who was stationed in the city of Urshaw, sent a herald on a fast horse, bringing bad news to his brother:

"Rabinus and Lelias, with ten legions, were wiped out at the Tumil River in Numidia, and both generals were killed in battle, and their heads were taken off by Libida."

Rouse's eyes darkened when he saw the parchment letter, "The situation and the gods, no, the whole generation, are there not many quotas and time left for us?" "He had just retreated from the Pyrenees for fear of the Ossetani revolt, and now that the Gallic and Ligurian legions loyal to Lybida had broken through, who would have thought that Rabinus would end up so badly again, and it seemed that soon the Iberian Peninsula would be besieged on all sides, and we would be in danger.

At this time, the herald sent by Sektus asked his three legions not to rush back to the city of Corduba, but to hold the fortress Betnari in the heart of Spain, and take the initiative to contain the combined forces of Gaul and Liguria moving south.

"Anyway, take care, brother, forever! If I can't defuse Li Bida's offensive, then ask my brother to take the cavalry and flee to Lusitania, whether it is the southwest corner or the northwest corner, if you can't do it, you can sail to the sea, become a foreigner, and protect the blood of the Pompey family. After reading Sektus's letter, Rouse took out a seal from the box containing the letter, which Sektuste had sent to himself, the seal of his father's "Pompey the Great", with the Latin inscription "Magnus" engraved on the bottom, and a bronze lion with a short sword in his paws.

Rouse, who couldn't stand it anymore, let tears flow out of his eyes. (To be continued......)