'If you can maneuver quickly, especially if your scouts and intelligence officers are safe and reliable, then you can defeat a battalion of enemies with the strength of a detachment. —A certain Byzantine general

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Ships, ships of all kinds, flat-topped cargo ships, longships with sails, double warships, oarsmen, pharmacists, and military dealers, all assembled in Salamis from various islands and from several directions, and Li Bida made a special request for the duties in the camp, and changed the password to "Alexandria".

Alexandria, Alexandria, now the soldiers and low-ranking centurions of the full army are all aiming at this, and they are practicing in full swing, and many lightly armed skirmishers directly put on knud white decorated with armor, and use stick throwers and bows and arrows to shoot at targets, and the dealers in the camp market have also begun to buy some goods that are in demand, "Prepare to store them, and go to Alexandra City to sell them for a good price." ”

Since it was a deception, it had to be deceived even by his own subordinates, and now in addition to the high-ranking officers and core personnel, the real plan to attack the fortress of Perusim was very cleverly hidden.

In the midst of the magnificent harbor of Alexandria, against the submerged walls, a few spies carefully sat on a small three-masted ship, and docked into the back alleys of the Ptolemaic palace, and when several weary eunuchs opened the door, the spies claimed that there was important information to be reported to the king and the pharaoh, but the eunuchs replied that the most sacred couple in Upper and Lower Egypt had already taken their retinue to the southern city of Thebes. On the one hand, they asked the priests of the major temples of the ancient city to bless their marriage. On the one hand, it is also preparing for the River Valley Feast Festival in three months. Celebrate this festival with all the indigenous Egyptians to show peace in the world.

In addition, there was another factor that the monarchs and upper echelons of the Ptolemaic dynasty were always dominated by Macedonians, which also caused dissatisfaction among the traditional Egyptian people and the clergy, whose center of power was in the Upper Egyptian region, especially Cleopatra's sister Benenici, who was pampered in the royal palace since she was a child. She did not speak Egyptian, only Greek, and during the rebellion, only the officers, merchants, and some powerful people supported her, and the people and priests were very indifferent to her. So Beneniciki and Archelaus, the new couple, rushed to the other side to spend several months, and also had the will to do everything to appease the lower classes of Egypt.

Therefore, these hard-working spies did not meet the female pharaoh after a busy circle, but the high-ranking officer named Shebekhu, with the title of "Chief of the Guards" of the capital, after listening to the report of the spies, gathered several low-level scribes and small leaders. Very casually and smoothly formulated a defense plan:

"Alexandria's fleet was divided into two parts, one of which was stationed in the harbor. One cruising the delta region, trying to annihilate most of the enemy's restoration corps in the coastal area after it approached. Libyan mercenaries were stationed at the Citadel of Idaui, defending the oases and trade routes in the south of Alexandria; The troops left behind by the Hormahi legion were all on standby at Alexandria; The eastern gateway to the Citadel of Perusim, with ten phalanx companies (each phalanx company of 250 men) of Nubian mercenaries stationed. Our defensive front was safe and sound, and when the holy pharaoh and his wife returned from Thebes, the salted head of the enemy had been hanging on the tower of the city gate for a long time. ”

In the small town of Nicosia in the north of the island of Cyprus, in the governor's palace, Li Bida was basking in the mild sun in the courtyard, eating the local olive oil dipped in coriander, which was so fragrant, crispy and sweet, and it had been completely his territory since Cato the Younger's departure, and Cannedis was equal to his men, where he gave orders, raised ships and provisions, and often received the homage of Defoemokis, the high priest of Paphos, as if he were already the emperor of Cyprus.

At this time, Dillinger, covered in blood, shouted at the door, asking to see His Excellency Commander-in-Chief, "He promised me that I would escape the pursuit of the horse bandits all the way, and I hope to be taken care of and rewarded." ”

Li Bida said to the servant of Si Yan, let this one in, and then the curtain of the hall behind him flickered, and Xiao Yanhou walked out, looking curiously at the obscene guy who was standing in front of Li Bida, "I promised you that the reward I promised you before would not be less than a priest, and I will honor it for you tonight." But, Dillinger, oh I'm sorry, now you should be called Theotusus, you poor coolie shirt, and this dirty beard, in charge! Take this one to the back, cleanse your face, remove hair, haircut, bath, and incense. After the order was finished, Li Bida handed two slices of coriander to Theotusus, and asked him if he would eat it, but the other party hesitated, nodded and bowed, and then walked through the middle of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief and Queen Cleopatra, and walked into the backyard.

"I didn't expect my friend, you still like betrayers." Xiaoyan leaned back on Li Bida's circle chair and asked.

"This is not called a betrayer, just a poor man who washed the brain of little Cato before, and with me, he can at least soar without worrying about money."

"What is the value of such a lowly person?" Cleopatra snatched a piece of coriander from Li Bida's hand, chewed it gently, and asked.

"It's of great value to you."

This really aroused the curiosity of Cleopatra, she began to pester Li Bida to get to the bottom of it, but Li Bida just shook his head and laughed silently, until Diotusus dressed up and stood up again, Li Bida looked at this, with a clean and slender beard, wearing a white scholar's robe, plus leather leggings, and wearing a crown of green leaves.

At this moment, Cleopatra, who looked this person up and down, was dumbfounded, and then said with some annoyance, "I guessed it, Lybidaeus, you asked this fake to enter the royal court, should you be my teacher?" You just lack the eyeliner to control our kingdom? Whether it's Peternius, Antony, or your in-laws who can only prostitute and rob, but your skinny little staff officer is so cute, I put up with it, and now I want this lowly guy to turn into a palace and be a squire! ”

Li Bida got up for fear of the armrest, and then walked up to Theotusus, who was uneasy with the six gods, and straightened his body for him, "The chin is raised, the shoulders are narrowed, the eyes are more arrogant, the eyes are looking at people, and the appearance of looking down on anyone should be made." Then I'll find someone to tutor you with other things. ”

"Hey, Libidaeus, you haven't answered my question yet." Xiao Yanhou called behind her.

After taking away Theotusus, Lypita turned to Cleopatra, who was only on his shoulder, and said, "Do you want to be the pharaoh of Egypt?" ”

These words suddenly frightened Xiao Yanhou, and she began to swallow and puff, neither affirming nor denying.

"But when you were in the palace of Naples, you didn't tell me easily that your desire was to take the place of your sister, the female pharaoh of the time? Well, now I can help you make that wish come true. Li Bida said. (To be continued......)