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Now his goal is to escape to Egypt, not to die in the assassination of his subordinates, Pompey, the carrier of the space virus.

The Phoenician-style ship that Kirk rode on was obviously much more skilled than the Romans. The Phoenicia, as a seafaring people, began to row around the Mediterranean world thousands of years ago. They were the best sailors and merchants.

But even then, Kirk saw the magnificent lighthouse of Alexandria ten days later. At this time, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of Alexandria, stands majestically in the harbor of Alexandria. The lighthouse is 120 meters high, and with the base of the tower, the entire height is about 135 meters, making it the tallest building in the world at this time. The tower consists of four floors and slopes slightly inward. At its tip, daylight is reflected by a mirror during the day, and the ship is guided by the light of a fire at night. This majestic marvel, which took 40 years to build, is not only beautiful on the outside, but also complex on the inside. There are more than 50 rooms at the base of the tower, which are used for accommodation, office or construction, and are special rooms for astronomers and meteorologists to observe celestial phenomena.

Kirk was so excited that he was fascinated by the wonders of ancient civilizations, and the lighthouse of Alexandria was destroyed by an earthquake in 700 A.D., so that posterity could not witness this great structure of the Common Era. Now that he is slowly passing by him, how can he not be excited?

Egypt at this time was more than 100 years after the death of Alexander the Great. The result of the collapse of his great empire spanning Europe, Asia and Africa. After the untimely death of Alexander the Great, his empire was divided into three after a civil war among his generals, and Macedonia, where he started, was still the king of the Greek world before submitting to Rome. The Seleucid kingdom ruled the Iranian plateau. Ptolemy divided Egypt and has remained in the country ever since. At present, the Ptolemaic family has two bloodlines, the first is the 12-year-old Egyptian king Ptolemy, and the second is his sister Cleopatra, which is later known as "Cleopatra".

Alexandria. It is the confluence of the Black Sea, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea. At the same time, it also communicates the long Nile River water transport, which can be called the transportation of three seas and one river, with thousands of sails passing by ships from south to north, and mountains of goods at the wharf, and the prosperity of the entire Mediterranean world. And. Alexander's successor, Ptolemy, established government institutions modeled on the Egyptian model. The capital is Alexandria. It is not Thebes, the traditional capital of Egypt.

Kirk and the others quickly got off the boat and found a hotel near the dock to have a meal, and by the way, they inquired about the news from all directions.

There are two anecdotal anecdotes that are extremely interesting. One is that Pompey was already the legitimate ruler of the suzerainty of Rome. Met the current king of Egypt, 12-year-old Ptolemy XIII. In 51 BC, King Ptolemy XII of Egypt died, leaving a will appointing Cleopatra VII (Cleopatra) and her half-brother Ptolemy XIII (63~47 BC) as heirs and ruling together (the king and queen of Egypt were brothers and sisters). But the two of them are at odds with factional struggles and power struggles.

Pompey arrived in Egypt and apparently chose the currently ruling Ptolemaic king. Egypt was rich in food, otherwise Pharaoh would not have been able to feed hundreds of thousands of laborers to build the pyramids. The reason why Rome "cared" so much about Egypt and included the Ptolemaic dynasty as a vassal state was that Rome did not have enough food to eat, and there were frequent famines, and the only solution was imports. This is exactly the same as the "concern" of a superpower in the Middle East. One of Pompey's great achievements lies in the fact that in 67 BC he was ordered to eliminate pirates in the Mediterranean, adopting a policy of dividing and suppressing and pacifying, and achieved quick results, Egyptian grain arrived in Rome smoothly, and the food famine that threatened Rome was relieved.

Pompey fled to Egypt, where he could quickly control the military and political power of the entire Egypt and cut off food to Rome with the power of his subordinates and his ability to act as a space virus. If he gets his footing, it's Caesar's turn to be painful.

This is also the reason why Caesar was impatient to announce that he would pursue Pompey in the short term and conquer Egypt in person.

The second rumor is even more interesting. In fact, in the Roman province of Africa, under the command of a man who called himself Spartacus, and under the leadership of Princess Winrita, the Carthaginian royal family, the remnants of Carthage united with the Numidians to launch a riot. The latest news is that three days ago, the rebellious army had eliminated the Roman 36th Cavalry Legion, and the momentum was getting louder. Many Numidian tribes have taken the status of Princess Winrita and the name of Spartacus, and have already surrendered. The leaders of the Sinumian tribes refused to surrender and prepared to join the Romans in strangling the rebels.

Kirk consulted with Wang Han and others on how to deal with Pompey.

Now there are two options, one is to wait patiently for Caesar to conquer Egypt, and the other is to assassinate Pompey in Alexandria.

Wang Han urged not to risk assassinating Pompey. According to the information sporayed, Pompey did not die according to history, but his strength increased dramatically, and his generals stationed in Syria and Egypt, and even as far away as the province of Africa, mobilized their troops one after another, and once again gathered the strength of six legions. Coupled with the fact that he had the full support of Ptolemy XIII (Kirk suspected that Pompey had used the virus to control the sanity of the already stupid little fat Ptolemy), he had established himself in Egypt.

Although Kirk agreed with Wang Han's analysis of the risks, he pointed out that at the current rate of expansion of Pompey's power, Caesar may not be able to take Pompey in a short time with the full support of the Egyptians. If it dragged on into a protracted tug-of-war, Rome, which lacked food, would become Caesar's mortal wound. If Caesar loses, Pompey will be even more difficult to get rid of.

He advocated the assassination of Pompey at the right time.

In the end, everyone decided to live in Alexandria and observe the situation.

At this time, Egypt had entered the end of its glorious ancient civilization, and the continuous foreign invasions and civil strife had exhausted all its energy and wealth. But on Alexandria and the Nile, Kirk can still feel the beating pulse of an ancient civilization that has experienced more than 3,000 years.

Suddenly, there was a commotion ahead. Kirk's team hid in the shadows, watching from the sidelines. It turned out that King Ptolemy and Pompey were traveling together.

Ptolemy was a pampered 12-year-old chubby, full of meat, arrogant and lascivious, with a very bad temper and a lack of calcium in his brain, which at first glance was the product of the marriage of close relatives of the Ptolemy family for generations. He sat on the wide pure gold incense and complained about the heat as he accepted the fruit from the beautiful maid next to him.

Pompey, on the other hand, sat in the back with a gloomy face. around him. Follow a large number of elite guards. According to the results of Chubby's detection with [Helen Keller glasses]. At least all of them are the strength of a commander or more.

"It seems that this Pompey has a lot of wisdom and a big fight, and the last time he lost was when we disguised himself as his own people and approached the Chinese army to make a big fuss. It ended bleakly. This time I'm going to assassinate him. It's overwhelming. Wang Han said helplessly.

She frowned. Take care of it.

Qianqianyu pointed at her hand, and a silk thread that seemed to be there was pierced on a Roman officer who was very close to Pompey.

Everyone was amazed, and Kirk knew that this was the [Mind] skill attached to Wang Han's [Xavier's Ring of Mind Control]. It is possible to control the other person's mind for a short time and read important information in the other person's brain. For Dr. Xavier, the founder of the X-Men, this level of mind control was just a piece of cake.

The Roman general failed to pass Wang Han's attribute test with a favorable modifier of +10 intelligence stat and was successfully linked.

But just a few seconds after reading, Pompey's falcon-like eyes aimed their gaze at the inn on the street where everyone was hiding, and with a roar, dozens of Roman masters surrounded him!

At the same time, the general who was controlled by Wang Han was directly cut off by Pompey's sword! Tragic death on the spot.

Wang Han screamed, and was forcibly cut off from the general's brainwave contact by Pompey with his spatial ability, and suffered a mental backlash.

Kirk hurriedly hugged her, and the team hurriedly disappeared in place, activating [Teleport] and running away.

Outside Alexandria, the crowd stopped again. Little Fat scolded: "This Pompey is really very vigilant, it seems impossible to get close to him." ”

Wang Han's face turned pale, he gasped for a while, and finally smiled reluctantly: "Although time is limited, I still get a lot of information. Including where Pompey lived, and what about his guards. In general, we did not have any chances of assassination. ”

Kirk wasn't in a hurry: "If it's difficult, let it go first." Let's go to another celebrity first. ”

"Who?"

Kirk smiled slightly: "Cleopatra".

At present, Cleopatra VII, who was only 21 years old at the time, was expelled from Alexandria, and gathered troops along the border between Egypt and Syria to prepare to invade Egypt and find her fat half-brother to find a place to return.

Wang Han really made sense: "Do you want to achieve the goal of containing Pompey's forces from the flanks by uniting with Cleopatra, and create the best conditions for Caesar to invade Egypt?" ”

Kirk sneered: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Since Pompey chose to support Ptolemy, why should we sworn enemies choose Cleopatra? Cleopatra had the support of at least half of the Egyptians, and her army grew. I have written to Caesar asking him to support Cleopatra. Cleopatra marched from the Sinai Peninsula, Caesar took Alexandria from the sea, and then it was time to see how Pompey died! ”

The men quickly mounted their horses, left Alexandria, and rushed to the Ethiopian-Syrian border in search of Cleopatra, who would become famous all over the world and was now dormant on the border.

Kirk rode his camel through the wind and sand, and the yellow sand had completely blocked the road ahead. He didn't tell Wang Han all his plans, in fact, after observing the fact that Caesar's 500 opinion was exchanged for dark gold equipment, Kirk realized a huge gap between his team and the large reincarnation team!

This gap lies in the strength and vision of long-term investment!

Since Kirk's team entered this world, they have gone through hardships and adventures, and only then did they get 100 points of Caesar's favorability and exchange for the [Gift of the Lord God] equipment. But since Caesar can list the option of exchanging 500 opinion points for dark gold, according to the rules that the space will not issue the inability to complete the task, it means that someone must be able to do it!

It can only be those large teams of reincarnators who are powerful!

They are able to continue to work on a plot and fully exploit all the potential of the plot for its use.

According to Wang Han, some reincarnation teams have done their best to make a certain American drama. The plot has changed dramatically. In order to achieve this goal, they actually invested tens of millions of survival points and entered the world realm no less than ten times. Just a team item like [Starry Sky Coordinate Instrument] used up 3!

Kirk felt a crisis that there were no fools in the space, especially the Samsara team. They will not hesitate to spend a lot of money in this way, and there must be greater benefits.

Entering this dangerous world, although Kirk's team has received a lot of benefits, just talking about Kirk himself, they have caught a full 4 [Gifts of the Lord God] sets. But there is no doubt about it. As the battle gradually developed into a war, if the Kirk team could not dig deep and support their own strength, it would be difficult to escape the fate of a bleak end.

Princess Winrita was certainly a useful attempt. But Carthage's national fortunes had been interrupted for hundreds of years. It was too close to the center of Roman rule. The financial and military strength foundation is too poor, even if there is a fierce general like Spartacus in charge, it is difficult to become a big weapon in a short time.

Of course. Kirk believes that with the full support of his team, he can at least form a strong military force to help the team at critical moments.

Another ideal object of Kirk's support is the currently dormant Cleopatra. He wants to support Cleopatra and eventually control all of Egypt!

Of course, the Romans would not relax their grip on Egypt, and Cleopatra was a political master of both wisdom and courage, so it was extremely difficult for Kirk to intervene, but it was man-made, and as long as you had the heart, you could always find the best way to control Egypt.

If you can plant a loyal power in Egypt and Carthage at the same time, Kirk's power will be united, monopolizing the entire African coastline and controlling the southern Mediterranean and the Middle East in one fell swoop!

He even had the opportunity to threaten the absolute dominance of Rome, the hegemon of the Mediterranean!

Of course, in the American drama "Rome", it can only be in vain to shake the rule of Rome, Kirk will not challenge Rome's power head-on, and secretly cultivate his own power, borrowing power and power, but it is not difficult.

"Ahead is the Egyptian border, where Cleopatra is located." Warren North said with difficulty. Now they walk in sandstorms, pouring a mouthful of sand with every word they say.

The Kirk team continues to struggle. Wang Han motioned for everyone to stop.

Kirk knew that her [Xavier's Ring of Mind Control] possessed the [Sensing] ability, which automatically sensed the traces of enemies within 500 meters, which was equivalent to the effect of permanentizing [Advanced Detection of Evil]. Within this range, it can effectively shield the enemy's psychic scanning and detection magic.

"There are people fighting in front of them, one of them has more people, one side has fewer people, and they are all Egyptians in costumes." Wang Han said in the team channel.

Kirk said: "Can you find out exactly what forces they belong to? ”

Wang Han was silent for a while: "It has been investigated, one side is the Cleopatra we are looking for, she is leading her loyal people to fight against the Egyptian army that is several times her own. It seems that the Ptolemaic king sent troops to kill his sister who was vying for the throne before Caesar came to Egypt. Only he would be eligible to inherit the throne of Egypt. ”

Kirk said decisively: "Immediately enter the battle!" Assist Cleopatra, and if there are too many enemies, rescue Cleopatra and break out! ”

As he spoke, he immediately summoned Catherine, Pearl, Meg, Nightblade, Dream, Meiva, and Elicia. After Spartacus, who was of A-level strength, left, the quota where the [Spirituality Stone] could summon three A-level strength suddenly relaxed. This time, it was an A-level Catherine plus six B-level beauties who formed the strongest lineup in Kirk's hands at the moment.

Catherine was divided into four, and for a time, ten goddesses, witches, and female vampires lined up in a row, following Kirk into the sand.

Xiaopang's face was full of envy, and he looked down at the three-headed grinning hell flame dog behind him, and suddenly felt a gust of autumn wind blowing desolately, and a lot of yellow sand was poured into his neck.

This person is really angry compared to people.

Volenos and Plo, as well as Sheva, crept into the sand.

Cleopatra's face was calm, and she did not feel in danger of being in a desperate situation. Although the loyal guards around her screamed one by one and fell to the damned brother, the army sent by the brainless Ptolemy, cut down and killed.

The faithful maid ran to her side, knelt down and grabbed her long golden dress: "Cleopatra! Come on! Ptolemy was determined to kill you this time, and he sent Pharaoh's Abinus personal guard, as well as the Romans who supported him, to kill you! ”

Cleopatra was still calm, and only the long, thick eyelashes blinked from time to time to show that the mood of this peerless beauty was not as calm as it seemed.

"Today the priest of the god Amun told me that I would have noble men to help. Besides, since Ptolemy is menacing, he must have been heavily fortified around, where can I flee to when I am alone? If the oracle does not come true, it is the fate of my Cleopatra, and I would rather die here. Cleopatra said calmly.

At this moment, a stout slave warrior used a scimitar to split the head of one of the queen's guards standing in front of the golden tent, and the blood splattered on the thin curtain of the golden tent, which looked particularly hideous. The scimitar held by the enemy is covered with blood, and the image of slowly walking resembles the god Abinus in Egyptian mythology!

"It's over! It was the Pharaoh's Abinus guards, they wore the dog-headed helmet of Abinus, and their bodies were naked, showing the majesty of the Pharaoh with their bravery! The maid threw herself to the ground: "Cleopatra! Let's go! ”

Cleopatra stared at the Abinus guards approaching on the window screen, a bleak smile on her lips. (To be continued......)