Chapter 24 A Solo Banquet (Part 2)

However, Petheneus's actions were still a little slow - Lepidus's forerunners, the Twelve Legions and King Numa's Legions had quickly rushed to the northern part of the Ursau fortress group and began to seize key points and build blockades and walls. About half a day later, the Lius Infantry Corps also arrived at the battle line.

A cavalry team sent by Little Thunder God overwhelmingly crossed a reverse hillside in the melee in the wild, and then quickly and skillfully formed a raid line, rushing towards the Lepider infantry group at the foot of the mountain.

The new infantrymen of the Leo Legion were extremely skilled in their movements. They half-knelt down with spears in hand. The people behind them directly used the ones in front as human forks and set up poles of copper pipes. Amidst the deafening sound and flames, The Pompeian cavalry who rushed to the front were shattered like a collapsed wall - the men and horses rolled and fell to the ground, and the rest hurriedly turned around and ran away, never having the courage to fight again.

Three days later, Lepidus, who arrived at the front line of the siege, began to mobilize the fourteen legions and besieged the Ursau fortress. Sextus was really in a completely desperate situation - he had no available troops and no troops. There was no possibility of foreign aid, and most of his two legions were composed of barbarian soldiers. Morale and fighting spirit quickly disappeared. No one was willing to fight and suffer for a battle with no future in sight. So the mistakes of Routh were repeated, every time. At night, large numbers of soldiers surrendered over the wall and gave up resistance.

Outside, chiefs and bandit leaders from all over Spain and Lusitania began to go to Lepidus' camp to swear allegiance. After soothing them, Lepidus made a common request. "After the Ursau Fortress was captured, a circuit trial meeting across Iberia was held there to establish a new post-war order."

In the days that followed, deer villages, camps and blockade walls were built one after another, while Sextus's face became increasingly pale and haggard: there was no hope of attacking out of the city, and being trapped was a dead end. Lepidus did not attack the fortress easily, because the high priest publicly stated that in this situation of inevitable victory, there was no need to sacrifice the lives of ordinary soldiers. The army outside the city only strictly patrolled the posts and laid tight snares. In addition, cavalry inspections were carried out every day, and they patrolled the city and lined up to shout and demonstrate.

Sextus, who was lying on the cot, was thoughtful. He was thinking about his father's fiasco and the explanation Marcius had given him before. Finally, he gradually became disgusted with everything now, "I don't have to I will no longer resist the coming of the new generation, but I will not follow and succumb to it. Let the Pompey family disappear from this world..."

After thinking about it, Little Thor sat alone in the city hall. He asked the servants to spread the banquet, although he was actually the only one left. But he still had his servants mark the seats and couches of the "others": Libo's, Cato the Younger's, his father's, Labienus's, Afranius's, and Peleitaus's. , brother Rouse's, Lelias's, plus himself to make up the number of "muses" - nine.

Afterwards, he poured himself a drink and raised his glasses to the air one by one. Finally, he was so drunk that he walked to the backyard. Under the dry sunshine and weather, there were piles of firewood piled up, and corpses were placed on top. "The great descendant of Hercules, the great descendant of Mercury, the great Pompey family, now I am the only one left, so I, Sextus, must bury myself." After finishing speaking, Sextus Staggeringly, he walked slowly to the crematorium holding the wax figures of his ancestors, and then took advantage of the drunkenness to lie on the corpse. The servant put on a mask, covered him with a veil, and stuffed him while he was still alive. Put a coin in his mouth.

Soon, the weeping servant below lit the bottom pile of firewood, and the flames slowly started to burn. Sextus lay like this and slowly disappeared into the fire that reached the sky.

Ursau Fortress immediately opened the city and surrendered. Although it spent a lot of manpower and financial resources, it did not play any defensive role in the unfavorable situation of the battle, and was destroyed along with Sextus.

Later, Libo on the island of Saccinius also committed suicide, and the remaining fleet of his fleet also surrendered. All Pompeian resistance forces completely dissipated in the waters of Africa and Spain.

"Forget it, bury the two members of the Pompeian family, together with the heads of Rabinus, Lailias and Libo, in the city of Ursau." Lepidus, who knew the final outcome, sighed and gave the order Said, "There is no need to transport them back to Rome. I think Caesar would do the same if he were still alive."

Then, Lepidus took a huge guard and began to tour various cities in the Spanish peninsula before the Congress of Corduba, starting from Lusitania, then to Cadiz and Magala in the south, and then to Sagantan. Then prepare to go ashore in Ossetani and return to Rome.

He wanted to inspect a hundred cities that had surrendered before him, but before setting off, several aides found him and asked him something:

The twin legions of Trureas had just arrived in the city of Megara in Sicily. Now that the young Pompey brothers are dead, is it necessary for this legion to go here again?

"Well, you are now abiding by the principle of confidentiality. Give me two orders three days apart. One requires the twin army to arrive at Lilibi, and the other requires them to return to the city of Megara to rest." Lepidah said calmly. In response to this strange request, the clerical staff did not dare to ask any more questions and just complied with everything.

After issuing this order, Lepidus continued to move forward. About half a month later, when he arrived in Gaia, Italy, he found Sabo's old mother and personally received her at his headquarters. He presented her with a full set of gorgeous furniture and tableware, as well as thirty servants and musicians, four beautifully decorated sedan chairs, and a quiet villa. He said that these were worth 100,000 dinars, but they were all what the noble woman deserved, "because of your son's merits and for his loyalty to me for so many years."

"If you really care about Sabo's merits, you should return him. Give it to me, so that my son can accompany his mother. I don’t have many years left to live. ” The old woman said, and then she looked at the high priest, “These gifts mean nothing to me. What I like most is the Celtic chair you gave me when Sabo was still a teenager. I still use this chair now. Sometimes people’s affection is often not concentrated on things that add icing on the cake. ”

Faced with the old woman’s dissatisfaction, the high priest was also submissive and promised that within a year, he would definitely call his son back, because sending you to Lepidus Castle across the ocean was really a tiring journey. (To be continued..)