Cato the Younger's words aroused the indignation of Merissus, and he lost his cool for a while, because his wife and children died tragically in the battle of the rebels because of the so-called words "legal" and "faith", and he raised his hands and asked: "If you are so indignant and dissatisfied with Caesar, why don't you go to our vassal city and fight with your citizens in the city of Rome, and encourage the sword soldiers to cause the people to suffer." What is our city, whose orders dare to disobey? Did we confer the power of military administration on Caesar? So many high-ranking people in your republic have given up their freedom and dignity, why should we die to defend your rights? And in your eyes, we don't even deserve to be obedient and beg for mercy and protect the most basic freedoms of the city! ”

The more Merissus spoke, the more agitated he became, tears streaming down his cheeks, and remembering his painful experience, he finally hugged his shoulders and sobbed, and even the soldiers who were listening to the quarrel fell silent. Cato the Younger stood on the steps speechless, and at last he could only say to him: "I am very sorry for this, but I will never go and talk to the besieging general, and I do not expect to change the minds of all people, but only to insist on myself." ”

"Your persistence is stubborn, but tens of thousands of innocent people have lost their lives." Merissus said.

"Blame Caesar who started the war, he was the first to break the order and rules, otherwise no one would have died, and I dine on the floor every day to mourn these innocent souls." Little Cato said indifferently.

"Then you should die in this siege, and if you live, you will be involved in other people. Your hypocrisy will not save anyone's life. You're a butcher executioner. Kill without bloodshed! Merissus was so agitated that he cursed, and soon the soldiers drove him out, and at this time Merissus had no illusions in his heart, and made up his mind to die with little Cato, in order to obtain a consequence and meaning for the death of his wife and children.

He was in the dimly lit streets, treading carefully and slowly on the dense cover. The stinking corpses of the stinking dead in the sweltering heat, most of them innocent citizens who had been killed or starved to death not so long ago, who had not so long ago had a happy and prosperous family, who were now lying in the cool shade of the courtyard, young men and women were biting the hook pens in their mouths and writing emotionally on the board as they thought, children were running around in the sun with toys, and old people were lying idly on their beds listening to the lazy chirping of cicadas in the summer in southern Gaul. Young couples look forward to their future lives, having sex and reproducing anytime and anywhere with wanton and joy

Now a qiē is ruined. There is no more beauty in the original qiē. Marcellia, the pearl city by the ocean, is truly finished.

"Since little Cato wants the whole city to accompany him to the funeral, then I will turn around and ask little Cato to be buried for our city!"

At nightfall, Triari's men hung linen and cables with wooden poles, and after begging the immortal god for forgiveness, they climbed up to the gable from the houses behind the temple, and then set things on fire, and threw them through the narrow windows, and soon the flames rose, and there was a sound, and Cato was awakened in a cacophony, and he immediately jumped up and went to fetch the short sword that had been shelved by the cupboard, but found that it could not be found, and the whole temple was surrounded by shouts and shouts. "Riots and riots have taken place against you!" With a panicked expression, Sotis ran up and reported, "For your safety, let's get out of here as much as possible, a noble man has found a ship for me, and I can run out at night, not to mention that there is still wind and rain tonight, and the enemy's blockade fleet may not be able to detect us." ”

"No way!" Cato shouted, and then searched everywhere for his sword, and Munajus and Sochis explained that the servants and attendants had put away the weapon because they feared that he would kill himself with the sword.

Little Cato's eyes became fierce, shouting that he had been betrayed by the doorman and the servants, and he also slapped several of them, so frightened that Munajius and the others fell at his feet, and loudly begged him to calm his anger and decide how to decide the matter and the future, "If you really cherish your disciples and friends, you should be kind to yourself!" ”

The scene was already chaotic, even the Sicilian soldiers who had previously sworn to follow Cato the Younger, now, as Cato the Younger said, "The human heart is like a boiler, it can only be heated when there is fire, and it will become cold if it does not last long without fire", and began to worry about their lives and family property, or have been secretly bewitched by someone, and began to take off their armor and throw down their weapons and flee.

The mob swarmed in all directions and began to smash stones and arrows into the temple with slingshots and hand throws, and the vaults and windows were soon riddled with bullets, and the night wind was filled with shouts of "Kill Cato". Little Cato turned his back into tears and cried out, "Why do we have to deny our beliefs in order to survive, and what we have learned in the past is not useless?" ”

At this moment Munajus winked, and Sochis, together with the few strong soldiers who remained here, together with the servants, set up the shouting little Cato, and the wolf Bèi left the burning temple through the side door.

On the streets, the mob was still crowded together, keeping a distance from them, not wanting to relax their targets, nor daring to get too close, but just throwing debris far away. Little Cato had to turn back and reason with them, but he was constantly being dragged forward by the soldiers, and now the sky was raining, and once the sky was bright, it was the time when Li Bida's besieging army had scheduled a general attack.

"There's no time!" At this moment, there was a sudden encouraging shout from the crowd, "Citizens, don't be cowardly like little Cato, everyone rush forward together, even if there is damage, as long as you can save the city of Marcelia, it will be worth it, and it will be the hero of our city!" In the end, these words played a decisive role, the first few people screamed and pounced, Soches swung his sword and cut down the first two, but was also overwhelmed by the crowd that kept coming from behind, a crazy woman grabbed his saber directly with her hand, let out a terrifying shout, raised it high, and repeatedly stabbed down, Sochi was soon stabbed to a bloody blur and died, which inspired the confidence of thousands of people on the field, they bravely stepped forward, beat with their arms, and killed the soldiers and slaves around little Cato one by one, He snatched their weapons and killed Apollonide as he tried to escape, and then stabbed Munajus, who was protecting Cato the Younger, and trampled him to death.

By the time seven or eight swords plunged into the body of little Cato, leaning against the corner, from all directions, the greatest citizen of all looked up in agony at the inky black night sky where raindrops kept falling.

In an instant, stone bullets with firelight, with strange and loud sounds, swept past his rapidly shrinking pupils.

Li Bida's siege began!

And I'm dead, and so is the republic! (To be continued......)