Only educated people are free.

- Epictetus (famous Roman philosopher)

The layout of the city of Ségistica is not too complicated, and the size of the city is not very large; Standing on the top floor of this high-end hotel, Rabinus has an easy panoramic view of the city. The location of the palace is not difficult to identify, the large palace buildings are so conspicuous throughout the city that Rabinus only needs to look up to see it.

After a careful look at the layout of the city, Rabinus did not continue to look out of the window; Instead, he closed the window and began to think about the night attack. From the observation near the city wall just now, Rabinus found that the defenders on the city wall were about 500 people, and they were patrolling the city wall near the city gate in three groups.

The defenders at the city gate were about a hundred people, and at night they would rest in the rest place under the city wall when the city gate was closed; In this case, there are more than 600 enemies near the entire city gate, and the specific combat effectiveness should not be high. However, even if the combat effectiveness of these more than 600 people is not strong, it is not easy to solve them without a single move!

The slightest movement will soon attract all the defenders from other places; There will be no point in raiding then. Rabinus couldn't think of a good solution for a while, so he sat in his chair and thought while subconsciously drinking the wine in the room.

As he drank and drank, a flash of inspiration struck Rabinus's mind for a brilliant idea; Thinking of this, Rabinus immediately summoned the twenty horsemen in the other room, and went out with them. A group of people, led by Rabinus, soon arrived in front of a small tavern.

Upon entering the tavern, Rabinus went straight to the owner at the counter, asked him about the price of wine and ale, and declared that he was buying it on a large scale; The owner of the tavern saw that Rabinus was extraordinary, and thought that he was a big customer, so he immediately gave a relatively reasonable price: one gold coin per bottle of wine, and ten bottles of ale one gold coin.

Such a price is not expensive, but it is definitely not cheap; Rabinus didn't have the heart to bargain with the boss, so he directly asked for five hundred bottles of wine and two thousand bottles of ale, worth a total of seven hundred gold coins. For a tavernkeeper, this kind of business is not a big deal once a year; Of course, he hurriedly agreed.

However, Rabinus also made a request, that is, to come at nine o'clock in the evening to get the wine and pay; This makes the tavern owner a little difficult, after all, the tavern usually closes at 8 o'clock in the evening, so it will be delayed for an hour! After Rabinus offered to raise the price by fifty gold coins, the tavern owner immediately agreed with a smile on his face.

As for the fact that Rabinus did not pay the deposit, the tavern owner did not care; How could someone who could go out with twenty mighty guards not even be able to take out this little bit of gold? After coming out of the tavern, Rabinus did not delay, but went to a medicine shop again; After buying a drug worth only five gold coins for twenty gold coins, Rabinus went straight back to the hotel.

Then it was a quiet wait, and the action would not begin until after nine o'clock; In order to ensure his strength, Rabinus chose to sleep well in the afternoon, and the cavalry also seized time to rest under Rabinus's orders. The time to sleep passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye night had already fallen; At eight o'clock in the evening, Rabinus and the cavalry got up.

Rabinus first had the inn prepare a sumptuous supper for himself and the cavalry, after which it was already half past eight; Rabinus left the hotel with one hundred and twenty horsemen. When he came to the tavern again, it was empty, except for the owner and a few waiters who were still waiting for Rabinus's arrival.

When he saw that Rabinus was coming, the boss naturally greeted him with kindness and respect; However, this time he was greeted by the short swords at the waists of the cavalry. Before the pale-faced boss could ask Rabinus why, he was directly knocked unconscious by the cavalry, and the remaining waiters who wanted to escape naturally had the same experience as their boss.

After knocking out the men in the tavern, Rabinus ordered the cavalrymen to tie them up and stuff them with rags in their mouths; After that, Rabinus told the cavalry to open all the wine and put the drug in it. Five hundred bottles of wine and two thousand bottles of ale are not small amounts, and it is still very troublesome to put the drugs one by one.

Rabinus asked a hundred horsemen to make ale first, and then took out a hundred gold coins from the tavern counter and asked the remaining twenty horsemen to go out and buy big fish and meat; And he filled ten bags of twenty gold coins each. After the cavalry had made the ale and bought a large amount of food, Labinus left half of the cavalry to continue making wine, and he set out with the rest of the men.

Two thousand bottles of ale filled five carts, and food in five carts; Rabinus with sixty of his cavalry and ten carts soon came to the city gates. Naturally, the defenders on the city walls discovered this team of unknown origin and sent soldiers to inquire about it; Rabinus said that he had come to find his cousin, and by the way, he had brought some food and drink to his cousin's soldiers.

The movement near the city wall soon alarmed the defenders of the city gate inside the resting place, and the first to come out was still the leader of the defenders; Rabinus hurriedly beckoned to the leader of the defenders and said, "Cousin, my aunt has asked me to come and see you, and I have brought two thousand bottles of ale wine and five carts of food for your soldiers by the way!" ”

The leader of the defenders did not expect the so-called surprise to come so soon, and immediately ran over; At this time, it was already more than nine o'clock in the evening, and it had already been several hours before dinner, and the stomachs of the defenders were not hungry, but they were definitely not full, and it was good to have such a big meal, and the leader of the defenders hurriedly welcomed Rabinus and the others in.

After entering the resting place, the leader of the defenders naturally wanted to be polite to Rabinus, but Rabinus offered to ask the leader of the defenders to introduce himself to the big men on the wall; For this reason, Rabinus gave the leader of the defenders a money bag. After taking the benefits of others, he naturally couldn't help but do something, and the leader of the defenders invited several centurions of the defenders on the city wall.

After meeting the centurions, Labinus of course invited them to eat and drink with them; During the feast, Rabinus presented a money bag to everyone present, even the leader of the defenders. Soon after, the remaining cavalry brought in 500 bottles of wine, a wealthy act that completely ignited the atmosphere of the scene.

Nor could the centurions eat and drink for themselves, and let their brethren on the walls stare dryly; As a result, the five hundred defenders on the city wall were also called down to eat meat and drink wine. These little soldiers, who are not very wealthy, cannot drink such a good thing as wine on weekdays, even ale wine; To be able to drink so freely today, it is natural that everyone is rushing to drink wine.

Rabinus didn't put a lot of drugs in each bottle, and it took a long time for it to work, so that the fallen person would be almost drunk without being noticed. The bustle near the city gate lasted from nine o'clock to eleven o'clock, and in two hours, the defenders of more than 600 people had drunk all their wine, and now all fell to the ground.

Rabinus had his cavalry tie up all the defenders, and take up all the weapons and equipment; After tying up the defenders, Rabinus understood that his cavalry had changed into the clothes of the defenders and climbed the city walls. Rabinus lit three torches as planned, and ten minutes later three more cat meows were heard outside the city, and Rabinus immediately opened the gates.

After all the 3,000 soldiers entered the city, Rabinus left 500 soldiers to change into the clothes of the defenders and continue to guard the city gates; He himself took the remaining 2,500 men and slaughtered them to the location of the palace. At the head were still 120 cavalrymen dressed in the clothes of the defenders, followed by more than 2,000 Gallic infantry.

The royal palaces of this world are not the kind of city-within-a-city palaces of ancient China, not to mention the tall city walls, and there are not even the most basic gates; It's like a pure Greek temple. Rabinus led his 12 cavalry to the guards guarding the palace gates, and the guards were caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties.

The guards who rushed out were also overwhelmed by the Gallic infantry; In just ten minutes, hundreds of guards guarding the palace were slaughtered. Rabinus did not waste time, and immediately led his men to the palace; The king of Illyria, who had long been aware of the movement, thought that there was turmoil within the kingdom and was preparing to flee!

Unfortunately, his escape did not go well, and he was captured by the soldiers under the command of Rabinus before he could leave the palace; Also captured were the queen and three princes and two princesses of the Illyrian kingdom. The five children are not very old, and the oldest is only six years old; They didn't even understand what it meant tonight.

After taking the palace, Rabinus gave several orders to the captured king; Then the Gallic infantry, on the orders of the king, went to collect the weapons of the defenders on the walls and take them under control. The reason is also very simple, there is a rebellion in the royal palace tonight; Just in case, His Majesty had to keep all the armies under control.

Selgistica, the capital of the Illyrian kingdom, was easily taken by Rabinus; Four days later, the scrambled Fifth Army arrived in Scygistica. With the powerful Fifth Legion to deter the city, Rabinus was able to truly take the kingdom of Illyria; Immediately after that, Rabinus sent a cavalry to Flavis to deliver the news! (To be continued.) )