Chapter 4 The End (Part 2)
Two rubber canoes that had been collected from the evacuated Achayans were floating in the bay heading to Ponticabion. Pope was wearing a gorgeous general's uniform that overrode his identity. The forged rods and axes stood at the stern of the ship together with the cloaked Calabis, still complaining about the legionary envoy: "You will kill yourself and us. If Pompey knows about our actions, He will be exiled or beheaded."
"Shut up. Someone will help us solve this matter when we return to Rome." Calabis said. The flag officer next to him was not holding the eagle flag of the Thirteenth Legion, but the eagle flag of the Eighth Legion. This eagle flag It was captured under Adiana's plan, but was later given to the Bronze Shield Army as trophies. This is also the reason for Adiana's great resentment towards the Bronze Shield Army. Moreover, before leaving, the Agayan people also thanked Calabis passed by and thanked him for "executing" the princess of Pontus for their king, but Calabis also learned that Pompey's army had arrived in Colchis and declared that the entire territory had become a kingdom of independence. There is no need to be a vassal state for Pontus anymore, so the Achaeans are preparing to withdraw to their own country from the Cimmerian Strait.
"Pompey is coming, but hurry up!" Calabis thought to himself, Adiana was sitting on the bow of the ship, enough for everyone in Ponti to see her, although the city of Ponticabion was in a mess , but the water is very calm today. The sailors all know that the war is about to end, and they will soon go to the merchant ship to earn rewards, so they all lie on the deck and take a nap, while the Pontic navy goes directly to the shore to plunder Went.
The closer she got to the city pier, where black smoke was rising everywhere, the more Adiana's whole body trembled. She naturally stretched out her hand and held Calabis.
On the pier, Achilles stood there to "greet" Pope. Fortunately, he did not recognize Pope, while Calabis hid behind the "staff attendant", covered his face with a cloak, and threw away Ah Diana's hand to prevent recognition by the former Pontic naval commander.
"Princess, what happened to your father is a tragedy. Stratonis and Menander ran away shamefully and killed him." When Adiana jumped onto the dock square, Achilles held her hand and comforted her. .
Adiana, who was wearing dark mourning clothes, looked even paler, "Achilles, you should do your best to ensure that your father's body is not insulted by the gang of traitorous soldiers."
"Of course, the rebels of the New Model Army have achieved their goal. Many of them fled to the countryside after looting cities and warehouses. All of these people will become pirates or bandits in the future. Don't worry, your father will get a complete solution before his death. With Duita's help, his death was not so painful, and his body is now being guarded by the Galatian swordsman." Achilles then stopped Pope and his party with his hand, "Excuse me, this is not the trophy of the Bronze Shield Army. ——The eagle of the Roman legion?”
"Now that we have been shamefully surrendered by our Eighth Army, you should also know that all the Bronze Shield Army is finished!" Pope continued speaking a little stiffly according to the words prepared by Karabis in advance, but fortunately, Adi was beside him. Anna acted as a translator, and Achilles did not notice the unnaturalness in Poplar's Latin, "The advance party of the Eighth Legion garrisoned at Colchis came on behalf of General Pompey to receive the city and the body of Mithridates, General - you can withdraw from the city with your troops and station yourself in the countryside immediately. When the commander comes, you will have peace." After saying this, Popper pursed his lips, and a "servant" next to him put a hand full of words on one side. The wooden board was handed over, "This is the document for defense delivery, please stamp it - the formalities must be done!"
After Adiana translated this paragraph, she added: "The attitude of these Latin barbarians is always so arrogant."
Achilles was not that unhappy, but asked Adiana very strangely: "I gave you the white sailboat before, didn't you go to the advance team of the Thirteenth Legion on the Acropolis? Why did I escort you here this time? It was the Eighth Army that delivered the goods peacefully.”
"You have to understand that only Pompey was given the power of the Roman imperium maius (that is, a plenipotentiary commander with the power to make peace and declare war, which was granted by the assembly of citizens. Pompey was awarded this power when he suppressed the pirates). If I want If you want to retain a place after the war, you will naturally have to please Pompey's Eastern Army, not the Thirteenth Army under the Governor of Macedonia. "
Hearing the words of the princess, Achilles nodded. He understood the Eighth Legion and said, "General Archelaus and I do not want to negotiate with the advance team of the Thirteenth Legion. That would only insult our military careers." As he spoke, he stamped the mark on the wooden board.
Unexpectedly, the soldier took out a wooden board with dense calligraphy engraved on it to the Pontus general and asked him to stamp it, and then another... (This is a valuable experience of Karabis's life before crossing over), Achilles gradually felt dizzy and stopped reading the content carefully. Instead, he asked the soldiers to arrange the wooden boards into a fan shape, and then directly handed the seal to the clerk for operation.
When Achilles and Adiana walked towards the palace, Calabis stepped forward and received the stamped wooden boards in front of him. One of the boards made a smile appear on his lips:
The content of this board is written in both Latin and Greek styles, but Achilles didn’t read it at all. This was a gamble, because it actually wrote about the two generals Achilles and Archelaus of Pontus. The letter to Pompey was made up in a fictional tone, and it clearly stated that Mithridates had committed suicide. The Pontian army was willing to hand over his body to Pompey, hoping that Pompey could bury it according to royal etiquette.
There is also a piece of wood, but it is an order to mobilize a Phoenician fast rowing boat in Pontus. It was also stamped by Achilles's clerk in a confused way. In fact, the clerk was ready to read the details on it. , but was frightened by the angry Roman soldiers standing next to him with their swords drawn, so he looked away - the war was now over, so why bother thinking about it?
Soon, a rowing boat with black sails sailed out of the harbor. Calabis threw the plank to the sailors on the deck. Then several soldiers held a body wrapped in blankets and threw it to the sailors. The sailors then threw it to the sailors. Carrying the body and stuffing it into the hold, Calabis gave the sailors on the ship a lot of money and gave a few important words. The sailors gratefully drove the ship away like an arrow.
After watching the black sailboat leave, Calabis led everyone, avoiding the street, and moved towards the back door of Malcha Palace. There were a few looting skirmishers along the way, but they were quickly blasted away by them holding eagle flags. Calabis was familiar with the passages around the palace before. "I don't know if that bastard Claudius is dead or not. Wear a cloak and don't catch the corpse plague!" When he opened a small door in the back garden of the palace, , Karabis said, covering his nose to block the stench. (To be continued.)