The two centurions nodded their heads in approval of the commander's words, and then they asked Tellureas to swear a poisonous oath with them in front of the gods such as Mars, Mitra, and the goddess of victory, agreeing to advance and retreat together, and that all the mutineers would be willing to be under the command of Tellureas, and that no one should betray the other.

Then the mutineers in the twin legions joined together, and they agreed that all the men would wrap red strips of linen around their left arms, and then Tellureas issued a military order, ostensibly to carry out the camp and stay behind, but in fact to place the wavering three brigades in the city of Megara, so as not to cause trouble at the critical moment, and then the soldiers of the remaining seven brigades were armed and formed a long column, and ran along the streets on the north bank of Sicily in the direction of the city of Lillibal.

At this time, in the council chamber of the city, Leo was meeting with the provincial envoy Marclus, and reported to him about his father's great victory in the Spanish war, and when he heard that the young Pompey brothers were killed in battle, Malclouse could not help but feel a little sad, he took the report, and stayed for a long time, and then said to Leo:

"Either way, the war is coming to an end, and that's a welcome thing."

"Yes, this is also the most important thing that my father remembers, and now the source of the whole war is only Brutus in Greece. Immediately my father was ready to support young Caesar in the war there, and he was now struggling. Leo was dressed in an elegant robe, and he was not in a hurry.

Malclus bowed. "Then, the current arrangement of the number of legions, I'm afraid we have to make some adjustments. Right? ”

"That's right, that's what I'm here to see the envoys for today." Leo then invited Malcrouse to the map table and pointed with his finger, "Father will be about to end the Spanish Circuit in about two months, but we can make the first adjustments, and there is a nearest legion here." He said. Leo's slender fingers pointed in the direction of Megara on the map.

"Hmm, aren't the twins? That's right. Immediately we drew up an order from the Executive Yuan to present the legion with the corresponding supplies, and told them to leave Sicily as soon as possible to come to the aid of the Greek battlefield. ”

"Yes. It is also possible to get the detachment of General Maximus. Served as an escort, because of the activity of Cassillo, the route to the lower Adriatic Sea was not very peaceful. Leo added, and after the two reached a consensus, they decided to issue an order.

In a moment, Leo passed through the secluded garden at the side of the council chamber and walked slowly to the arch gate, where Fabius, the knight of the Hiptius party, was waiting. After meeting the provincial deputy envoy, Fabiuston bowed and saluted. Leo nodded at him and said, "Do what you need to do." ”

At this time, from the mouth of the alley, a group of boys and girls in white robes or long skirts, only in their teens, with pure gold jewelry around their necks—they had just returned from the school outside the city, and perhaps because they had taken the lead in playing tricks on the teachers who had been freed from slavery, so that everyone had a lot of fun, and they were laughing as they went.

"There is very little copying homework assigned this time, and it's too early to go home, let's go to the Colosseum over there!" One of the children's kings at the head shouted, and the men and women echoed in unison, and the slaves who accompanied the reading were miserable, holding the bookcases of the young masters and young ladies, and persuaded them bitterly in the back, not to go to that mixed place, because if you have a good one, we will not survive.

"I think my personal slave is right, that we should go home quietly and do some copying and reading at this time." At the back of the line, a quiet-looking kid said.

"Come on, Delphimus, all you can see when you come home now is your father and your mother doing that without a curtain, and they do it all night." The kid king smirked back, and the other children let out a silver bell laugh as they passed Leo.

Leo stood there in a bit of a daze, watching the children bounce past him, and when they disappeared around the corner, he was still there looking, and after a long time he left.

Two days later, a herald with a bronze pipe on his back galloped out of the gate of Lilibal along the eastward road, and after about sixty Roman miles, he saw the advance party of the twin legions, all strapped with red linen strips on their sleeves, "The order of the high priest is that your legions return at once and go to the Greek theater of reinforcements." ”

At this time, the advance party stopped very strangely, and the soldiers all had uneasy and nervous expressions on their faces, and some of them whispered, and the herald, holding a brass pipe containing the order, shouted with some impatience, "I repeat the order of the high priest, and ask you to come here and accept it." ”

A moment later, in the midst of the noise of the soldiers in the rear, Tellureas and the other two centurions leaped out, "Please inform the Executive Yuan of the city of Lili, that the Commander of the Twin Legions, Tellureas, has taken over this latest order and undertakes to carry it out. However, now that it was approaching dusk, our legion requested to camp on the spot so that they could embark on a new journey in the coming day. ”

The herald nodded, "I will convey your intentions to Lili, General." ”

Soon after, looking at the herald's distant back, Tellureath whispered to the two centurions, "This is about fifty Roman miles from the city of Lilibal, and now order all the soldiers to rest for a while, prepare all the signs and weapons, and then we will march, because Lilipar is never on the front line, its guards and patrols are lax, this is the best time for us to take this city by surprise!" ”

Then Siphax and Bityas went about the whole army with great excitement, preaching and agitating everywhere, and promising a reward of five hundred dinars for each soldier, and another two thousand dinars for each of them when "the great work was done", and all the people were in high spirits, and they wrapped up their signs, carefully examined their shields and daggers, and fed their mules and horses.

When night fell over the land, Tellureas ordered the cavalry in the lead, with torches in their hands, to say, "If we encounter a patrol from the city of Lili, say that we have been ordered to board the ship there." ”

The rest of the group of soldiers, silently following closely behind, put their luggage in place for the time being, and handed it over to the slaves, and no one brought anything else with them except weapons, for they were more like a large raiding party that had gone to carry out the assassination plan. (To be continued......)