"There is no other country in the world with as many thieves and robbers as England." - An Italian envoy in the 14th century

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When the board was handed over, the high priest became expressionless, and he gently flicked away the tears with his slender fingers, and said to the navigator, "Lift anchor and set sail, and we will go to the next island to replenish fresh water, and after resting, we will continue our journey to Cyrene tomorrow." ”

To the beat of drums and oars, the fleet left Malta, and Turinus continued to stand there, watching them depart, and after a long time he slowly returned to the stone house where he was staying, full of horror, and then began to write to his mother, babbling about the "great events" he had seen today, and he began to analyze the situation, saying:

"As you know, my former guardian, now the authority of the Republic, allow me to call him so honorable, long live the house of Emilius (Turinus is already afraid, and every letter of his will begin with this)—Mother, I am thinking about the future situation in Greece, and I have received the news by guò by all the limited means, that the High Priest has sent only about three legions to Africa and Libya in the south, and where will he choose to attack Brutus? I think it will be in the Peloponnese, because his army is limited, and it is a narrow place on the other side, so that he can use a small amount of army to fight the enemy, while Leo will cross the sea with most of the main force, join Agrippa's army, bulldoze Athens and Euboea in the front, and cooperate with the kingdom of Pontus to attack and destroy Eulabella. ”

But the letters of Turinus. Now in the city of Rome. It's like a ripple in stagnant water. It has no effect or reaction. Time dragged on like this, and it was not until a month later that the city of Athens learned of Lypida's movements, in Cyrene.

Brutus hastily consulted with Cassiillo, changed his disposition, and arranged the four main corps horizontally, near Corinth, by means of a mountain pass. Preventing Lypida's landing on the Peloponnese, all the information now clearly points to this, "I will encircle Lypida's army in the narrow plains of Arcadia and annihilate it!" That's what Brutus and Cassiyo thought.

Then Cassiyo tossed back again, and he took a legion and hurried back to the city of Rhodes on a ship taking advantage of the current of spring, and asked for an attack on the city of Camillos.

On the other hand, Eurabella also led a legion and began to encroach on the Lydian Plain, preparing to destroy the spring cultivation of the town of Libidafang.

But. Soon the Saab army at Fort Lybida moved quickly - Adiana with the newly formed "Model Legion" and the hired Cappadocia cavalry. Stationed at Taktun, the main road of communication, and eyeing the regions of Bithynia and Ephesus, she then carried another "Eubert Legion" on Achilles' fleet to Fort Libida to join Saab's XVI, XXVIII, and XLVIII Corps (Saab's newly recruited regiments in Macedonia and Thrace).

"The Forty-eighth Legion remained at Fort Lybida, and the remaining two legions followed me on the expedition." Saab and his two elite legions continued to use the Achilles fleet as a vehicle, and raided the Aegean Sea sandwiched between Greece and Asia Minor, the island of Persia and Chios, and Samos, and other powerful maritime states, and immediately surrendered. Saab then dispatched various brigades and ships to garrison the islands, severing the connection between Brutus and Eurabela's subordinates.

At this time, after the arrival of spring, in Cyrenaica, the peasants are slash-and-burn on the vast fertile land, the green smoke is everywhere, the new country of five cities has now become a hub of trade, the new city of Brendim is lined with weaving workshops, neat shops selling rhinoceros horn, ivory, amethyst, tax collectors with round hats carrying money bags to walk the streets and government halls, more and more people give up their nomadic life to settle here, want to realize their "Brendim dream", At the gates and docks, caravans and merchant ships were transporting goods to places like Greece, Italy and Egypt.

In the colonel's field outside the new city, the larks, the twelfth, and the seventh, stood in dense formation, under the command of the high priest and the deputy general, General Galius, but beside them there were two full legions, all dressed in Greek-style bronze cuirasses, holding round shields and broad-edged swords, and the light infantry carrying sharp spears - yes, they were all the two legions sent by Adiana earlier, the thirty-third and thirty-fourth legions, and Lypita did not call them to the Spanish battlefield, Instead, he stayed in Brundim to rest and be on standby, just to prepare for the current expedition.

Now, Li Bida has also armed these Pontic legions with the war horses raised by Tobias, told them to use new drill tactics, and gave them a good salary, so that these two legions can act as a precursor for themselves with peace of mind.

"Very well, all of them will be of great use, but I still have one more thing to do before I go on the expedition." Sitting under the pergola, Li Bida said happily, and then he asked the Medejie guards to follow him and hurry to the border area of Egypt.

There, in a temple dedicated to Serapis, Lypita sent an invitation to Cleopatra.

The tone of the invitation was extremely enthusiastic, saying that he wanted to pay homage to Caesar's youngest son, Caesarion, and the child's mother, "Now that Turinus has been banished, Caesarion deserves his own share of this empire, and I am ready to build your mother and son's palace in Brundim in Cyrene, and after destroying Brutus, I plan to give you Crete, the island of Cyprus, and part of Libya." ”

It took only two days and three nights for the letter to be delivered to the pharaoh's palace in Alexandro, where Cleopatra, dressed in a sari robe, sat on a lion's leg chair and read the letter from Lypita, whose hair-combed maid was lying on the ground for Caesarion to ride.

"It's nonsense, Li Bida is a poisonous scorpion and pit viper, every word he says needs to be carefully judged, I don't even believe the letters inside him." Cleopatra sneered and quickly threw the tablet into the crocodile pool, when Theotusus, the chief of the palace guard, saw this scene and silently told the servant to re-snatch the crocodile's tossing and biting board with a hook.

"Theotusus, you impudent bastard, what Pharaoh discarded, that is, abandoned!" Cleopatra angrily scolded the palace guard.

But Diotusus did not show any expression at all, but bowed to the female pharaoh in the so-called "apology", and then clasped his hands and stood aside again. (To be continued......)