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- Aristotle (one of the great philosophers, scientists, and educators in the ancient history of the world)

The main army of 60,000 well-equipped Macedonian kingdoms was all buried in the plague created by the Thracian barbarians; What's even more terrifying is that the river where the Thracian barbarians threw a large number of plague corpses is the largest river in the capital province of the Kingdom of Macedonia, and it is also the source of water for the people of Thessaloniki, the capital of Macedonia!

The plague-ravaged region of Paionia has become a place of corpse-strewn death; The manic and tyrannical Thracian barbarian outcasts were already in a frenzy, and their corpses were decomposed by the terrible plague.

However, these crazy guys succeeded in bringing the plague in Belasora to the entire area of Peonia, making the ruthless plague a weapon to destroy Paionia, and causing countless innocent civilians to die in agony.

After five days of continuous marching, Tiberius's army came to the place where the main army of the Kingdom of Macedonia was infected with the plague; The sparkling river may look refreshing, but the murderous power it contains is enough to destroy the world.

Originally, Tiberius' army was also going to drink the water from this river, but the sharp-eyed scouts found a large number of dead fish in the lower reaches of the river not far away; The dense density of dead fish made these scout cavalrymen feel disgusted and shocked.

They quickly reported the situation to Tiberius, who immediately led his generals to the lower reaches of the river; The river in front of him, which was almost clogged with dead fish, made Tiberius vomit directly, even those generals who were used to seeing dead people, and many generals vomited on the spot like Tiberius.

Before Tiberius could figure out what had happened, the cavalrymen in charge of the reconnaissance in front of him hurried back, and the dejected scouts told Tiberius and the generals all the cruel surprises they had found in front of them.

Ten miles in front of the Brutus army, there were dead Macedonian soldiers lying on the ground; Judging from the struggle and horror of the corpse, it should be a terrible plague!

When the scout cavalry heard the word plague utter, everyone's faces, including Tiberius, became extremely ugly; The generals, in particular, immediately rushed back to the resting place of the army at the behest of Tiberius, and forced all the soldiers of the Brutus family to touch the waters of the river.

Unfortunately, the news of the plague came too late, and at least more than 3,000 soldiers had already drunk the water from the river, and many more were drinking from the river; Tiberius, who had no time to explain, again gave the order for the whole army to retreat twenty miles, and all the soldiers who had crossed the river were gathered together and not allowed to remain in their original legions.

The army of the Brutus family, which quickly withdrew, was not lucky enough to escape, and many of the soldiers who were gathered together had fever and itching on their bodies that night; What is even more terrifying is that those who have not drunk the water of the river have also developed fevers and other symptoms related to the plague.

For a terminal illness like a plague, an outbreak of a large-scale plague in such an era is basically no different from the arrival of death; Tiberius didn't dare to be careless at all, and all the soldiers who had symptoms such as fever were all isolated and sent to a special military camp for these soldiers, while the other normal soldiers' barracks were three miles away from this barracks!

Even so, there were people in the Brutus family's army who were sent to that barracks with fever and other symptoms; In five days, nearly 20,000 of the more than 60,000 soldiers of the seven legions had been sent to the barracks.

What is even more terrible is that there are less than 5,000 soldiers left in that barracks, and the other 15,000 soldiers have died under the relentless plague; The panicked Brutus family army, everyone has become a frightened bird, only dare to stay in their own military tent, and dare not take a step out of the barracks.

In such a situation, Tiberius could not say that he led an army to attack the capital of the Macedonian Kingdom, and it was a skill to be able to keep more than half of the Brutus family's army alive; In order to prevent the terrible plague from spreading to other areas ruled by the Brutus, Tiberius had to station his army in the border areas, and did not allow any soldiers to come into contact with the outside world.

At this time, Thessalonica, the capital of the Macedonian Kingdom, had almost become a dead city; In fact, long before the news of the destruction of the 60,000-strong army reached Thessaloniki, a large number of citizens in Thessaloniki had developed large-scale fever and other symptoms due to drinking river water, but none of them thought about the plague.

It was only after the news that the 60,000-strong army had been swallowed by the plague that the officials of the Macedonian kingdom realized the seriousness of the matter; It's just that by this time, it was too late, and the plague had already spread on a large scale in the city.

From the time the officials of the Macedonian kingdom began to try their best to clear the plague from Thessalonica, by the third day after that, the people of Thessaloniki had begun to die extensively; Even, even the maids and guards in the palace have died in large numbers, and the plague is simply out of control!

Immediately after that, the king's youngest daughter and two sons died of the plague; Before the king could recover from his grief, he himself had developed a fever the next day, and there was nothing else that could be done to save the whole of Thessaloniki.

In just seven days, Thessaloniki went from being the largest city in the Macedonian Kingdom with a population of more than 200,000 to a city of death with a population of less than 30,000. What's even more terrifying is that most of the remaining 30,000 people are just surviving, they have all been infected with the plague, and they are only one step away from death.

Until now, the people of Thessaloniki did not know that the source of the plague came from the water they drank from the river, and they still drank a lot of water from the river while they survived, and no way could keep the people of the city alive.

In fact, the Macedonian kingdom had already fallen two days earlier; Because in the previous five days, all the royal family members of the Macedonian Kingdom had been killed in the plague, and even the glorious royal legions of the Macedonian Kingdom had been destroyed.

However, at such a time, no one will care about these things, and everyone is dying, who cares if there is a king or not, whether the country will exist; All people care about is how many days they can live.

The large-scale outbreak of the plague was not limited to the city of Thessaloniki, the entire Macedonian region has become a place where the plague is raging; Every city, every village, was swept by the plague and became full of corpses.

In addition to the six members of the royal family, including the king, who died in the palace, more than 100 other members of the royal family of the Kingdom of Macedonia died on the way out of Thessaloniki; There is no way, the plague has spread throughout Macedonia, and where can they flee, but it is just a painful death in another place.

Compared to the tragic situation in Macedonia and Paionia, the state of the Brutus army's army is already very good; Although a large number of people were still sent to the plague barracks every day, there were no large-scale outbreaks of the plague.

Even so, the army of the Brutus family collapsed almost completely; Needless to say, the morale of the Brutus family has no morale to speak of, even the sharp decline in numbers has exceeded Tiberius's worst expectations, and it is still declining.

In order to get the rest of the Brutus family to get the information, Tiberius had to carefully select three cavalrymen who were sure to be physically strong and had not had any adverse reactions, and let them serve as the messengers.

Tiberius first wrote a letter in which he made clear the situation of his army and the great plague that had broken out on the part of the Macedonian kingdom; Tiberius then ordered Gnaeus to abandon his previous mission and retreat back to the province of Thessaly, where he did not need to get involved in anything else until the plague was over.

For Aulus Brutus, the heir to the Brutus family, Tiberius sent him a letter to temporarily take over the power of the head of the family and manage all the affairs of the Brutus family; In the event of any accidents, Aulus would simply succeed him as the head of the family, and Tiberius strictly ordered Aulus not to send anyone near his barracks.

In addition, Tiberius repeatedly told Aulus to do the first thing he should do after exercising power on behalf of the head of the family, that he should make all necessary preparations against the plague in the territory ruled by the Brutus; And don't allow anyone from the Brutus family to get close to the barracks ahead, or they will all be killed!

In addition to these two letters, Tiberius also wrote a letter to each of the Brutus clan commanders and important family members, admonishing them to be loyal to Aulus and assisting Aulus in governing the Brutus family.

When all the letters had been written, Tiberius had three hand-picked horsemen deliver them to those who had signed them; After seeing the three horsemen go away, the gate of the Brutus family's barracks was once again tightly shut.

In Tiberius's heart, there was no more dominance of the Brutus family at this moment, and there was no success or failure, only a desire for life; In fact, Tiberius was not the only one who wanted to live at this time, and who of the 40,000 soldiers in the barracks did not want to return home alive? (To be continued.) )