Even ferocious beasts can lose their fierce nature if they are always kept in a cage.

- Tacitus (the greatest historian of ancient Rome)

The cavalry commander and his ironclad cavalry have decided to surrender, but it will not be easy; Looking at the overwhelming army of the Brutus family coming slowly, the cavalry commander believed that as long as he dared to rush in front of them with the ironclad cavalry, he would definitely be attacked by the army of the Brutus family.

As a result, the cavalry commander shuddered when he thought about it; In addition, the cavalry commander could not think of any other way to surrender. Thinking left and right to no avail, the cavalry commander began to discuss a good plan with the cavalry captains under his command; In the end, the cavalry commander decided to dismount and surrender five hundred meters in front of the Brutus family's army, hoping that the Brutus family's army would not attack directly!

Now that the cavalry commander has decided, he naturally begins to act; After the main army led by Tiberius himself discovered the ironclad cavalry troops in front, they were also secretly ready to meet the battle. When they noticed that the ironclad cavalry in front of them was starting to gallop on horseback, Tiberius immediately ordered the army to stop advancing, and the hoplites at the front also set up tortoiseshell formations, ready to meet the enemy!

Tiberius, however, soon realized that something was wrong; The ironclad cavalry in front of them did not keep charging forward, but slowed down halfway! If you slow down halfway, the charging power of the ironclad cavalry will be gone; Why did the ironclad cavalry commander on the opposite side make such a mistake, was it a temporary plan to cancel the attack?

Just when Tiberius and his generals didn't know why, the ironclad cavalry in front of them all dismounted less than five hundred meters away! Now Tiberius and the others did not understand why, but looked at each other; What is this group of ironclad cavalry on the other side trying to do? Do they want to fight their own army on foot with their ironclad cavalry of less than 2,000 men? Is this a bunch of crazy people?

It was clear that the Tiega cavalry were not insane, and Tiberius knew that there must be something else going on in this; Tiberius tentatively sent one of his guards to inquire about the enemy. Under the watchful eyes of Tiberius and the generals, the guard galloped away with a tragic face, leaving a cloud of smoke and dust in his wake.

Soon, the guard rode back with excitement on his face; He conveyed to Tiberius that the cavalry commander wanted to surrender. These 1,800 ironclad cavalry on the opposite side want to surrender? Tiberius' first reaction was that there was deception; But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that this was very likely to be true, after all, these ironclad cavalry were the army hired by Pyrrhus, not the army he recruited.

Even so, Tiberius did not dare to believe in the surrender of this ironclad cavalry easily; What if this ironclad cavalry was a swindling force sent by Pyrrhus? With less than two thousand ironclad cavalry alone, the 60,000 troops of the Brutus family could not be shaken at all; But what if these two thousand ironclad cavalry broke into the interior of the Brutus army?

At that time, only about 2,000 ironclad cavalry were needed to launch a mutiny raid while the Brutus army was camping at night; Then the consequences are simply unimaginable, and even the 60,000 army of the Brutus family may be destroyed in the chaos and overnight. Such a possibility was terrifying for Tiberius to think about!

However, since the enemy army came to bring down Tiberius, he could not accept it; Tiberius once again sent the guard to the dismount of the ironclad cavalry, so that the commander of the ironclad cavalry would come before him. The guards set off again without saying a word, and this time the guards came back with a person; A stout man who is mighty at first glance!

Immediately after arriving in the presence of Tiberius, the cavalry commander performed a Seleucid general to Tiberius to meet the emperor; Tiberius was also a well-informed man, and he naturally understood what such etiquette meant. Although Tiberius was more happy and proud, he still looked at the cavalry commander without smiling on the surface, and directly asked him why he surrendered.

The cavalry commander had long expected that the people of the Brutus family would not easily believe in their surrender; So, once again, he recounted the reasons why he surrendered. Of course, the cavalry commander also spoke to Tiberius; As long as the Brutus family is willing to accept the surrender of himself and others, he and the others will completely give up their identity as mercenaries and become the army of the Brutus family!

Such conditions are relatively cost-effective for the Brutus family, and it is not a disadvantage to obtain an elite ironclad cavalry unit for nothing; Especially the Roman power, which was severely lacking in cavalry strength, was a real surprise. Tiberius, however, did not directly agree to the surrender of the cavalry commander; Instead, ask what you would do if you didn't accept it.

The cavalry commander also thought about this problem, and he calmly told Tiberius that it was impossible for him and others to continue to serve Pyrus; Because Pyrrhus has become a complete madman, it is impossible for Pyrus to resist the attack of the Brutus family with Pyrrhus's strength, and it is naturally impossible for them, the ironclad cavalry, to stay and accompany Pyrus to his death.

If the Brutus were unwilling to accept their surrender, they would go to the Macedonian kingdom or the Greek city-states and surrender to them; In short, he just didn't want to stay with Pyrus and wait for death. Listening to the explanation of the cavalry commander, Tiberius did not speak; After a period of dreak, Tiberius suddenly accepted the surrender of the cavalry commander!

Of course, such acceptance is also conditional; First of all, of course, as the cavalry commander said before, the ironclad cavalry must completely surrender to the Brutus family and give up their status as mercenaries. Secondly, it was Tiberius who demanded that the ironclad cavalry units be the vanguard of the Brutus army until the end of the Semonite War.

The last and crucial one; That is, Tiberius demanded that the cavalry commander and his 1,800 ironclad cavalry must swear allegiance to himself. For these three requirements, the cavalry commander agreed to all of them without the slightest hesitation; Just as the cavalry commander led the ironclad cavalry to offer allegiance to Tiberius, Tiberius suddenly asked for his name.

The cavalry commander immediately told Tiberius that his name was Harold, and after Tiberius learned the name of the cavalry commander, he announced to all the ironclad cavalry and the generals of the Brutus family in public: After this battle, the Brutus family will form a powerful cavalry legion, and Harold will be the first cavalry corps commander of the Brutus family!

When Harold heard of such an appointment, the shock in his heart can be imagined; As a general, he was directly appointed by the leader of the Brutus family as the commander of the cavalry corps, and this reuse made Harold involuntarily give birth to the mentality of the soldier as a confidant and die. As a result, Harold also changed his previous oath of allegiance; Swore allegiance to Tiberius again, only this time in blood!

After receiving Harold's blood oath, Tiberius was also satisfied to help Harold up from the ground and personally bandage Harold's left hand, which moved Harold even more to almost burst into tears. Even though Harold's tears didn't come out, the already reddened circles of his eyes still showed the excitement in his heart at the moment; The ironclad cavalry under his command were naturally also emotional.

The deep affection between the monarch and the minister finally came to an end temporarily with the re-opening of the army, and this time the army was different from the previous one; In addition to the still unhurried advancing army, Harold also personally led his 1,800 ironclad cavalry to clear the way for the army of the Brutus family.

Neither Tiberius, nor Harold, they did not know; Just as Harold and Tiberius were in a deep relationship between the king's courtiers, a spy arranged by Pyrrhus behind Harold in the distant jungle quietly took in all of this. When the army of the Brutus family started again, the spy also quietly left the jungle and went back to Semon.

When Pyrus received the agent's report in Semon, he immediately smashed everything that could be smashed in a rage; Pyrrhus really didn't expect that the ironclad cavalry, who had always been loyal to him, would betray him, and that Harold should have been torn to pieces!

Pyrrhus was smashing everything around him frantically, and he kept insulting Harold with all the dirty words he could think of; After all the anger was released, Pyrus began to reluctantly calm down and think about what he should do next. It is definitely impossible to trap Semon, and it is impossible for the city of Isemon to resist the attack of more than 60,000 troops of the Brutus family!

How to find a way for himself to survive in the current situation has become a top priority for Pyrrhus; Pyrrhus is still Pyrrhus after all, and Pyrrhus who has calmed down is still the wise King Pyrrhus! Soon, Pyrrhus came up with another way to survive; That is to abandon the city-state of Semon and immediately march to the city-state of Athens in the heart of the Greek peninsula!

The current city-state of Athens is no longer the powerful city-state of 200 years ago, plus the city-state of Athens did not join the alliance of Greek city-states led by the city-state of Sparta; Pyrrhus felt that marching into the city-state of Athens was his best way out! Moreover, the city-state of Athens was more prosperous and wealthy than the city-state of Semon, and also had an excellent port; That's the place to make a comeback!

Most crucially, the city-state of Athens and the city-state of Semon were separated by the border between the provinces of Thessaly and Peloponnese of the Kingdom of Macedonia; The 30,000 troops under his command should be able to hide from the Macedonian kingdom through these places, but it is impossible for the 60,000 troops of the Brutus family to pass through here, so it can be regarded as completely getting rid of the entanglement of the Brutus family! (To be continued.) )