"Desperately protect this little crown, and negotiate with the city of Utica, this treasure will be delivered to the hands of Liberdaius - remember, even if Lingzun is still alive, do not follow Lingzun, because then you will not survive, just stay in Utica, wait for Liberda or Caesar to arrive, in my experience, this is relatively safest. The mistress always remembered that what she wanted now was to endure humiliation. This was what Demetrius had asked him to do, and now he sat in a pool of blood, and looked at Cornellia until his head rested on his shoulder, and swallowed his last breath, "Calabis, you must be happy to see my corpse, right?" Pompey was the most unsuccessful but also the most successful of my life...... Farewell to Calabis...... Keep going, the end of your journey may be far away, mine is over. ”

In the trench at the edge of the city, sure enough, Scipio's cavalry charged, and Cornellia even saw the figure of her father, his helmet had been lost, and the people around her knew at a glance that it was a defeated straggler, who was swinging her sword to slash and plunder the citizens of Utica, who were running around, she remembered the reminder of the Jew before her death, and was pulled all the way to the acropolis fortress by Galba's men.

"You said that this treasure in your hand belongs to the Roman cavalry commander?" When Cornellia was brought to him, Garba was surprised and asked, "He is also my old man, and when he was prosecuting Catiline in Rome, it was thanks to his help and the Jewish slaves that he was able to save the day." ”

"That Jewish slave has just been killed by your men, because to protect this little crown, can I give it to you? Personally, I think this treasure should be safest in the hands of an elder like you. Please forward it to the Roman cavalry commander. And in passing to relay my condolences. "Finished. Cornellia wept and sent the little crown directly to Garba, who took it with a solemn expression, and ordered all the slaves who had invaded the noble lady's house before to be scalped off and executed.

"I will be responsible for your safety and negotiations, my honourable lady. But your father is out of town right now."

Hear this. Cornellia sat down heavily, tiredly, and made a casual gesture to Garba, indicating that she couldn't care so much anymore. After nightfall, the city of Utica was full of burning fire, and Scipio and King Juba were on a last-ditch rampage, their cavalry killing people indiscriminately and plundering as much as they could.

But the Utika put up resistance on the acropolis, and one of Scipio's cavalry captains, while rushing to the warehouse below to rob, was hit in the head by a stone flying from the tower and died. Scipio, furious, immediately took his guard with him. He also came to the Acropolis, and as a result, he raised another monkey, "Plato". He was also killed by rocks flying out of the city.

"Enough, you mob of living beings, I have already looted more, if you don't want me to raze the whole city, prepare ten ships for us, four with decks, and gather all the provisions and oarsmen, or I will kill all the nobles I captured." Scipio caressed the little corpse of Plato, grief-stricken, and cried out angrily at the tower.

Eventually, the city of Uttica agreed to his request and sent the ships and oarsmen to the harbor, and Scipio and Cruise prepared to flee on deck, but King Juba refused, "My kingdom and my family are in this desert, and if I abandon them, what am I king?" Then King Juba took most of his cavalry and continued in the direction of Zama, while Scipio boarded his ship in trepidation and sailed away in the night.

Cornellia leaned on the battlements of the Acropolis, looking at the moonlit inlets and the shadows of her father's ships leaving, tears had been spilled, and now in this state, she knew that Pompey had basically lost hope of survival.

About noon the next day, the two legions of Itassos were the first to arrive at the devastated city of Utica, and the general politely appeased the chambers and presbyterians in the city, and sent troops to protect the city, and then he replied to Garba that the former cavalry commander was following the other two legions, and that they would arrive in about three hours, and that he would continue to pursue the king of Juba without stopping.

In the evening, surrounded by his retinues, guards, and countless banners, he rode to the surrendered city of Utica, and when he saw Galba, who was bowing down in front of the city gate, he hurriedly jumped off his horse, saying that Caesar had given the city full freedom, and no one had to worry about Caesar's retaliation.

"I'm afraid there is no room for objectivity in terms of fines, and I heard that the city of Tapsus has been fined a huge amount of 200 million cesdes." On the street to the Acropolis, Li Bida said to Galba, "But I will do my best to keep the fine as low as the city can now." Then, on the steps in front of the town hall, he saw the slave with the little crown in his hand, and after a moment of silence, he said to Galba, "If I am not mistaken, this must be Pompey's belongings, and by the way, what is the condition of his wife?" ”

"What about Pompey himself?" Garba asked rhetorically with concern.

"Dead, sunk in the Myknin salt lake." Li Bida lowered his head and said.

Then one of Garba's ranks, and one of them fell down with his forehead in his hands

In the burned house of Pompey, where the body of Demetrius was still there, his face was pale, and the blood on his clothes, his eyelids were half-closed, and he was leaning against the wall, and Lybida walked in silently with Alp's guards, and when he saw the body of the Jew, he went forward and took off his cloak, wrapped him, and then wiped the blood and dirt from the other man's face with his own hands, and then said to Alp, "Go to the inner courtyard and find some decent clothes, wash him and change him, and bury him in the cemetery in the backyard." Then, Li Bida slowly took off the slave nameplate around Demetrius' neck, wiped it clean and put it at the other party's feet: This thing, let's bury it with you!

"We continued the pursuit, leaving the guards to keep Cornellia safe and giving her the right amount of money to live on." After saying that, Li Bida walked out of the courtyard, stepped on his mount, and went to the camp outside the city.

At this time, outside the city of Zama, the eight legions that Aphranius had put together had been defeated by Hittius's troops, and the remnants of the army and the general had all retreated to some old camp by the side of the trench, and then the remnants of King Juba had arrived.

"Has this shameful and despicable city finally betrayed me?" King Juba, who was still wearing the crown of the lion king, was dejected when he heard the sad news, and then he demanded that all the remnants of the army take out all the assets and food and hold a feast. (To be continued......)