Chapter 14 Collapse (Part 2)

After saying that, Pompey tremblingly took off his sword and placed it on the stone. Lepidus pulled the reins, controlled the direction of the mount, and said to Caesar: "Your Excellency, continue here. I will go to command the legions on the front line." Continue to pursue, not only to capture all the towns and fortresses on Pompey's side, but also to continue to expel and kill them, without giving anyone a chance to regroup."

Caesar turned his head and nodded. Just as Lepidus was about to move forward, Pompey, the only one left alone on the hill, continued to shout, "Julius, I have no words to talk to you about fate. If you don’t like the Pompey family, then let it go! Thank you for giving me this opportunity to fight freely, so that the Romans will not forget the existence of Magnus Pompey. From this point of view, I Much luckier than my father who was killed by lightning."

Then, Pompey slowly smoothed his hair with his hands, looked at Caesar with a smile, Lepidus who was behind him with cold eyes, and Turinus who was riding a mule with an excited face, and sighed, "Today I am a carrion." , you will be the same in the future. Let the vultures that fly down endlessly sing at the feast!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Caesar stretched out his arms in the saddle and called "Gnaeus!" "Gnaeus" looked at Caesar at this scene. Except for saying the name silently in my heart. There is really nothing else to think about. Easy to say.

Tens of thousands of corpses lay on the sandy ground in the corridor at the northern end of Lake Mykonin. Caesar's Legion captured three eagle flags, which was the full amount of the enemy's eagle flags, plus dozens of team emblems. "Don't stop, hand over all the loot." Let the military slaves deal with it, and all the soldiers overcome the immediate difficulties and advance towards the city of Ruspina!" Lepidah rode on horseback. He sternly asked all the centurions to control their troops and continue the mad pursuit. Thousands of soldiers shouted the slogan "fer" in unison, forming a torrent that swept through the entire wilderness.

In the Hunan corridor, the camp of the Sixth Army, including four thousand attached cavalry, also formed a formation and approached the camp of Scipio and King Juba. The two came out with their cavalry to prepare for the battle. In fact, they are already worried because the battle in the Hubei Corridor last night was earth-shattering. Scipio didn't know the final outcome, but Angandinus quickly told him: about twenty captured war elephants, dressed in gorgeous clothes, stood obediently with the array of the six legions. Then, the collapse began again. The cavalry and elephant soldiers in the camp fled first. The screams of the slaves when they were trampled to death horrified the listeners. Scipio knew that their troops could only run madly towards the city of Utica. , only by crossing Ruspina previously occupied by Caesar's army and reaching the position in the Gemal Mountains could there be a glimmer of hope.

Four thousand cavalrymen from Dusonville, Vercingetorix, Mindaz, and Hansk rushed in front of the Sixth Army and launched a surprise attack on Scipio's camp. The scene immediately turned into massacre and looting.

Around midday, the fighting spread to Ruspina and Leptis. "The time has come for the counterattack. We have achieved a decisive victory in Thapsus." Antony shouted excitedly, and then led the troops As the 14th and 37th legions opened the city gates and stood out bravely, they threw torches and burned all the fortifications of Condisius' siege. When Condisius was about to organize the men around him to resist, he discovered that the senator Sulpicius carried the flag of the legion and escorted himself and his assets to the city of Utica. Condisius was so angry that he shouted that all senators and knights were out-and-out cowards. Then he relied on his own camp and resisted for a while. Antony's soldiers cut down the fence, filled up the trench and swarmed in - Condiceus set fire to himself and burned himself to death.

Over there, several legions in Caesar's old camp also took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack against Turas. Turas's three legions could not resist at all, and were defeated. Turas still fired several javelins and fell from his horse. Below, they were trampled to pulp. Seeing that there was no hope of escape, most of his three legions surrendered. As a result, all Caesar's legions were dragged to the fortification wall under Ruspina City, where they were all slaughtered and used as a blood sacrifice to Juba. The king and Pompey killed his colleagues.

At this time, the legion commanded by Lepidus had arrived like a whirlwind. Sulpicius, who had not had time to run away, and the remaining soldiers all climbed up a hill beside the city of Ruspina, and teams stood upright. They moved, cried, stretched out their arms with all their strength, and trembled all over. They repeatedly shouted the salute of the Roman army until their voices became hoarse, and dropped all their weapons. This was their act of begging for mercy.

"Keep no prisoners, no matter soldiers or senators, kill them all." Lepidus repeated this order to Petnaeus cruelly, and then he chuckled leisurely, put one hand on the horn saddle, and turned to face everyone The people surrounding the mountain shouted in a long voice, "Hey, I plead for these people. They just instigated the outbreak of this war. There is no fault that can be sentenced to death."

Petnaeus waved his hand, and the veterans of the Ten Legions took the lead in rushing forward with their shining blades, gritting their teeth, "Kill these bastards who take the lead in coming up with bad ideas!" Then the rest of the legions also shouted, angry. The ground rushed up, and in the screams, those people on the mountain were chopped down and trampled to death one by one, with arms and heads falling everywhere. Looking at the tragedy in front of them, other desperate people on the hill even cried and knelt down to beg for mercy, but in reply to them All that was heard was the sound of his throat being cut cleanly, "I curse you, you can't treat me like this, I am a noble father." Sulpicius was pulled out by the soldiers. He was still shouting, and then he was He was pulled in front of Li Bida.

"I have long advised you to save your life. Since you love Pompey and Cato the Younger so much, you should be buried with them. Caesar needs you to die to clear the way for him to move forward." Lepidus said to Sulpicius, who was kneeling in front of his horse with his head held down. Then the entourage took out an axe from the fascist and chopped off Sulpicius's head.

Outside the city of Ruspina, 47 senators, their relatives, and more than 200 knights were all executed, and no one survived.