Chapter 159: The Opening of the Contest (Fourth Watch)

“。。 Well, I heard movement outside, so I went out to see what was going on! Zhao Yu hurriedly found a reason for himself, and this reason was very legitimate, after all, his return was the best proof.

"What's going on out there?" Senatia continued to ask, obviously not thinking that there was anything wrong with Zhao Yu, and secretly ran out and back, at least indicating that he didn't want to escape or rebel: "Why do you have so much blood on your body?" ”

"It seems that there are slaves and gladiators who have rebelled, and the fight was hot before, and a few soldiers thought that I was also a runaway slave and wanted to kill me, and then..." Needless to say, everyone is not stupid.

Senatia covered her mouth, obviously shocked: "Why are you so bold!" Hurry up and wash it, and if someone comes to search, don't come out! ”

"Good, good!" Zhao Yu hurriedly agreed, even if this matter is over, as for the search, it is impossible now, after this night, the defense force of Carthage City was disrupted all of a sudden, and it was impossible to operate normally again without a period of integration.

The next day, as Zhao Yu expected, the whole city became a pot of porridge, nearly 100 nobles and wealthy families were wiped out, more than a dozen gladiator training grounds were turned upside down, nearly 200 residential buildings were burned down, and the fire was not extinguished until the evening.

As for the casualties, the civil affairs system of this world is still very chaotic, and it is impossible to find out, but the guards of the light city, the personal guards of the governor, and the legions stationed outside the south of the city have killed more than 1,000 people in total!

Among them, the most casualties were the garrison legions, which fought a tough battle with the gladiators, and were chased and cut by Zhao Yu, and the infantry corps directly lost more than forty percent, and the rest also had a psychological shadow, and their morale dropped greatly.

Senatia participated in the protests, a large group of surviving wealthy merchants gathered at the governor's gate to make trouble, and at the same time raised the care of the slaves at home to a higher level, and a few cowardly sent the slaves out of the city!

However, the protest of the rich merchants did not make the governor the most worried, the most difficult thing was that most of the gladiators ran and died, and now if the gladiatorial tournament cannot be held smoothly, he will not be able to complete the orders of His Majesty Commodus, and if he cannot complete the order, he will lose his position, and if he does not do it, he will be killed!

This is much more serious than the threat of rich businessmen!

Finally, the governor had a bad idea, aren't you afraid of the rebellion of the slaves in your house? I'll buy your thorns! Then they were all thrown into the official gladiator training camp that was built at the same time, and said to the commander of the regiment who had suffered heavy losses: "In three days, train to be able to see the gladiators of the past, and if you can complete it, I will give you additional soldiers!" ”

Of course, he doesn't expect this group of slaves to get ahead, he just wants to be a good target, so that the real gladiators can cut it well, and let the audience watch it cool!

And in the past few days, Zhao Yu has shrunk at home and become a good baby, except for feeling sorry for his vampire heavy sword that has been slightly worn, he is waiting for the opening of the competition, the slaves in the mountains and forests don't need him to worry about it, Carthage City's own ass can't be wiped off, how can he have the spare strength to encircle and suppress them.

In the end, the tournament was held as scheduled, and the citizens of Carthage, who had just experienced the ordeal, needed to vent, and the gladiatorial arena was the best place to vent.

"My dear citizens!" The Governor, dressed in a silk robe, stood on a high podium and delivered the opening speech in front of thousands of spectators: "The other day @#¥%...... I am deeply saddened and condemn the atrocities of these slaves! The great Roman Empire will punish @#¥%...... Now, I announce that the Duel Contest has officially begun! ”

"Whew!!" The audience screamed excitedly, and after holding back for many months, they were finally able to watch the gladiatorial competition again.

The format of the gladiatorial tournament is very simple, the first day is an exhibition match, which is composed of the remaining elite gladiators, and the teams are engaged in confrontation combat performances, which are based on historical battles, but they will not really fight, just look good.

From the next day, it is a real bloody fight, with the training camp as a unit (slave owner) for direct confrontation, there is a grudge to revenge and revenge, it can be a single person or a group, as long as the number of people is equal, how to match, this mode of fighting will last for forty days, guaranteed to have more than five battles a day, as long as the loser is not disabled or killed, he can still continue.

However, because of the uprising a few days ago, the training camps opened by the slave owners suffered heavy losses, and some of the unlucky ones were seriously undernumbered because they lived in the training camps, and even took them in, so most of the training camps were set as new official training camps under the instructions of the governor.

So this should have been a very tragic forty days, just like a joke passed, a lot of people died every day, but basically innocent slaves lying on the gun.

Zhao Yu and the rice bucket, as gladiators of the 'Senatia Training Camp', also appeared twice, and the objects were all poor slaves, so they were just defeated and finished, and every time Zhao Yu ended up, he also pointed to the poor slaves to educate the rice bucket: "Look, this is the pot of incomplete revolution, as long as these nobles are still alive, it is impossible for the slaves to be truly liberated!" ”

Rice Bucket thinks so!

Because of the clumsiness of the battle, all the spectators were angry, they felt that this kind of one-sided slaughter was not a real gladiatorial fight, every day the door of the governor's palace was thrown full of rotten leaves, and the governor hid in his own house and didn't care, anyway, I reached the required number of fields, and I gave you the death that deserved, it is not my responsibility to look good or not!

As soon as the forty days arrived, the official training camp was almost consumed, and the competition finally entered the regular game, and the remaining more than 400 gladiators began to fight in teams, or the training camp was organized, each forming a team of up to five people, (a training camp can form several teams) for the elimination round, and the loser would lose the right to take it over until only 50 people remained.

"Are you sure you're just two people in a team?" The municipal staff of the statistics event asked differently, almost all the teams were full, and it was the first time that two of the four people had seen each other!

"Sure!" Senatia said, "Is there a rule that is not allowed? ”

"Not really, but you're going to suffer!" For the sake of the beauty, the staff still persuaded her.

"I think whoever draws us will suffer!" Zhao Yu rushed to answer, helping Senatia strengthen her confidence.

The staff shrugged their shoulders and didn't persuade them again, thinking that these were two fools who didn't know whether to live or die, and he said while recording: "Okay, there are fifty gold coins for a battle, as long as you play." ”

"Good!" Senatia's eyes glowed with gold, and this appearance fee is really not low! (Same for every team)

"Really?" Out of the registration office, Senatia began to ask again, she was still a little uneasy.

"Don't worry, just press us to win!" Zhao Yu patted his chest and replied.

However, looking at Senatia's hesitant appearance, it is estimated that the first game will not be bet again.