Chapter 13: The Plague of Adultery (Part I)

The two were silent for a while, and in order to defuse the more embarrassing atmosphere, Li Bida asked Sabo to take out the papyrus of the legion formation, and the two of them leaned against the wall and began to study, after all, they were about to start a war with the Egyptian army, and they needed a lot of changes in the formation of the drill.

Just as the two were talking, suddenly the wall board was hit violently and continuously, and only the head of the commander of the Restoration Army leaning on it staggered, and the dust floated all over his hair, and he held on to the armrest of the couch in horror, and the wall over there was still beating rhythmically, accompanied by Aschel's indistinct shouts, mixed with her and Anthony's scolding at each other, "How long has this stinky been holding back!" Li Bida swept his hair with the formation drawings and scolded in a low voice.

Finally, as the man and woman breathed involuntarily, and the bed stopped making loud noises, the two of them knew that the next thing was to be regarded as a stop, and that Anthony was going to talk to the prostitute about the conditions while smoking LSD, and leaned against the wall panel, ready to listen to the important words.

As a result, suddenly the wall panel shook violently again, and the commander was covered with dust again, and he was so angry that he was about to scold, this Anthony wants you to get a piece of information, why are you working so hard? But this time the shaking part is different, just now it should have been Anthony holding Asher against the wall and slamming it, so the commander was hit by Asher's buttocks just now through the plank; This time, the orientation was obviously upward, and it seemed that Asher was drilled from the back by Anthony, and he couldn't bear to use his hands against the wall to support himself from falling.

Sabo also nodded again and again, and it seemed that he could also see the difference in the decisive points of the two fierce battles.

So the two shook their heads together. Hold the formation diagram. I sat down on the couch at the other end and continued the discussion.

About half a night later. The wall panels avoided the fate of being torn, and ended the violent shaking, and here is what Anthony said, Asher seemed to gasp and whispered in reply, and it didn't take long for the wooden ladder to sound, and Li Bida and Sabo were sticking to the blinds, it seemed that the brassoroder Asher had messy hair, and he didn't even dare to bring the red cloak in a hurry. The two legs seemed to be together, holding on to the handle of the wooden ladder, and walked slowly one by one, seemingly tossed in place.

"It seems that the plague of adultery has succeeded, and now it is reassuring. Saab, we will return to the barracks to-morrow, and prepare to set up the winter camp and the camp to begin the Egyptian expedition in the coming year. Li Bida hurriedly picked up his luggage and began to prepare to leave.

"Actually, I have a question that I don't understand, why do you want to arrange all this. Does it have anything to do with the Thirteenth Legion or the conquest of Egypt? ”

Li Bida heard this question and thought about it. Just say, "No, no, because I just want to get revenge on Cato." ”

On the hillside outside the port of Salamis, Li Bida stood there, looking at the infantry brigade training along the winding mountain road, and asked Sabo, "How is the arrangement of the winter camp?" ”

"Everything went well, the climate here is very good, not at all as cold and humid as in Besançon, where we had to cut down trees and set up camps, and if we had used stones, it would not have been long since they corroded. Here, with an abundance of stone and plaster, the soldiers' winter camp is as solid and livable as a small city. In addition, because we sold the loot at a discount, we are now out of stock, and the military funds obtained are enough to support the next war. Now, under the guidance of the centurions, the soldiers of the Legion have also begun to break down the barriers between the clans and begin to train together. After hearing this, Li Bida patted Sabo on the shoulder with satisfaction, he knew that his subordinates were from all over the world, there were Spaniards, Gauls, Cretans, Cypriots, Latins, and Dalmatians, and the weapons and tactics were all varied, and it was already rare to be able to accept the orders of Latin in a unified manner, and to be able to cooperate with each other to make drill movements, and Saab and Tagus should have suffered a lot.

"Yes, since the winter camp needs to be closed to resist the cold wave, then this period of training will be hard for you, and the Egyptian army we will face is not as weak as the previous Cypriot army, and I know that the current Egyptian king Archilaus (Beneniciki has appointed him as a co-pharaoh to share the rule of the kingdom with him) is also a famous general, so don't be careless, or we will all die in the rolling yellow sand." After Li Bida patiently finished speaking, he saluted each other with all the generals, and finally said, "When the Goddess of Order Festival in March next year, we will hold a grand reading ceremony in front of the pharaoh, and immediately cross the sea to fight!" ”

"What is this, the Rite of Order?" Sabo, who was recording next to him, was a little confused, so he asked curiously.

"That's right, in front of the throne of the Pharaoh, we will hold infantry brigades in formation, cavalry combat, and fleet and cavalry artillery drills and training."

This is a new thing, and Peternius and Antony over there actually laughed, probably to say that it was necessary to show the might of the legion in front of the weak and incompetent pharaoh. "Of course, there is a necessity, you all have to do it carefully and carefully, you must know that the current military funds of the Dao Dao are specially allocated by the Pharaoh, so that he can understand that the money is worth it."

This was true, so everyone understood the commander-in-chief's painstaking efforts, especially Peternius raised his fist and said that he must build the Thirteenth Legion into an elite army during the winter camp, as indestructible as Achilles' spear.

In the evening, Li Bida appeared in the palace of Salamis, this large building with seven stables, four hunting gardens, more than thirty sewage ditches, five kitchens, full of precious flowers, originally owned by the eldest cousin, now slightly renovated, it has become the piper's station, although he generously gave most of the money to the thirteenth legion as military funds, but spent a fraction of a few hundred towers, that is not merciless, soon his palace hall in the noble furnishings and musicians and servants are more and more, there is a great return to Alexandria, The courage to swear away all the money.

"Dear Lybidaeus, do you know the truth? My disobedient eldest daughter, who, in order to build a lavish palace and pay for her extravagant newlywed, had taken the liberty of increasing Egypt's tax revenues by thirty percent, and had now provoked mutinies and riots. "I didn't expect that at a banquet with thirteen dishes at each table and dozens of dancers and musicians, the piper would be embarrassed to criticize Benenici.

"Is that so?" Li Bida cut open the belly of a small quail stuffed with ruby-like Carthaginian pomegranates, smashed his mouth and replied happily, "Then please wait for the end of the winter camp, and there will be a greater surprise." (To be continued......)