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Volume 2 The Silver Face at the Colosseum Chapter 19 Beheading (Part 2)

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    Several of the followers in front of Pacrus were immediately shot to death, and their bodies were almost torn apart. The prince lowered his body very calmly and flexibly, turned the horse's head skillfully, held the lance, and stabbed two galloping men in pursuit.  The Roman cavalry fell off the horse, then shook out the noose, captured and pulled one of the horses, and ran back towards the Tigris River. In the middle, he was guarded by a group of cavalry who had not been broken up. This group of cavalry  Seeing that the prince was in danger, he disregarded his own life and launched a suicidal counterattack against the pursuing Reus Legion and Skylark Legion. After a burst of shooting, they all fell off their horses and died like falling leaves.  ¡ü The soldiers of the Lius Legion in the front group knelt on the spot and continued to reload skillfully, while those in the rear group attacked again. They were only about one stadia away from the Parthian prince who was parked on the shore!  "Where are the cavalry? Where are the cavalry?" Even this group of brass and spearmen gave up the honor of capturing or killing the enemy prince with their own hands, and anxiously shouted for the cavalry to come, but Lepidus's cavalry were scattering.  The defeated troops chasing the enemy have not been able to gather them for a while.  At this moment, the high priest followed the guards and boarded the Gaofu where Pacrus had just tried to escape. "What a young hero. I didn't expect Herod, a loser, to have such a heroic son." The flag.  Next, Lepidus looked at Pacrus, who remained calm despite being chased and surrounded, like a tiger whose power had not diminished with age, and admired a newborn lion cub.  Then, the high priest suddenly issued an incredible order, "If Pacrus is really lucky, order all infantry and cavalry to stop pursuing him and let him cross the Tigris River. Let him go."  and when the bugle sounded.  All the soldiers in pursuit along the river bank.  I almost couldn't believe my eyes and ears, but the high priest had always forbidden what he ordered. If he tried to be a hero again at this time, he would be afraid that his previous achievements would be mercilessly discarded, so the soldiers were all lined up.  In a tight formation, watching Pacrus continue to run along the river bank until he found an Asase, the prince looked back at the high priest in the distance.  Then he switched to the powerful horse he had captured, jumped into the rolling river without hesitation, and moved towards the other side.  Paclus finally escaped to the other side. He then rode alone into the city of Seleucia, which had not yet fallen. He gathered a few companions and found a small boat. Then he risked his life and crossed the Tigris River again at night.  Going there, taking a detour and going through many hardships, I finally caught up with my father.  Half a market day later, six Roman legions from Calle entered undefended Seleucia.  In the evening of the same day.  Lepidus' legions also entered Ctesiphon, the Parthian winter capital, without blood.  Almost all the city fortresses on both sides of the Tigris River fell into the hands of Lepidus.  The kingdoms of Nabatea, Petra, and Massaget also sent envoys to request surrender.  At the city gates with lion statues standing on both sides of Ctesiphon, the high priest dismounted amidst cheers and said to Galius and others, "We don't need to pursue the poor bandits like Alexander the Great. This is the eastern territory of Rome in the future.  This beautiful winter capital is just waiting for Herod's peace envoy to arrive. He will definitely come to ask for peace." Then, the high priest walked up, leaning on his sword, and Nico followed behind him in high spirits.  On the boulevard leading to the palace of Assasis, there were soldiers on both sides, on or off their horses, waving their weapons and torches and shouting slogans. In this atmosphere of fanatical victory, the high priest stepped onto the side of the palace.  In front of the royal temple on the side, a small plaster statue of Herod deified stands on a pedestal.  The high priest flapped his cloak, turned back to face all the soldiers who had gathered to listen at the foot of the steps, and said, "I have washed away the shame and anger for His Excellency Crassus, the governor of Syria who died in the past, and for all the soldiers who died in the Kalai Desert.  Revenge!" "Long live!" All the soldiers raised their swords and spears in response.  Then the high priest cried, and he looked up and shouted the second sentence, "And this is the glory that belongs to His Excellency Julius Caesar." The soldiers were silent for a while, and then Flaccus raised his fist and shouted, "Caesar  Long live the high priest!" Then all the soldiers shouted in unison and echoed.  "Here, the temple of the evil god built by the Parthian rats will be destroyed and replaced by the temple of Diana." Lepidus took the torch from his daughter's hand, pointed at the pillars of the temple and continued talking proudly.  In three sentences, "Ctesiphon will become the front line of the Roman Empire, and will no longer be the winter capital of the Parthians to enjoy themselves. And in this case, this statue should be like this!" After saying that, he stuck the torch in  On the pedestal, Zhuge drew out his sword, waved his hands vigorously, and then in the wild cheers of the soldiers, he chopped off the head of Herod's plaster statue with one sword. The "head" was in the firelight, along the steps.  It rolled down and was soon crushed to pieces by the feet of the soldiers rushing up.??.  The glorious achievements of the high priest reached their climax after the capture of Ctesiphon. He will be the highest king of Rome. From this ocean to that ocean, no one dares to question it.  However, the performance of "Beheading Herod" in front of the temple was just a performance for the soldiers and the crowd. Privately, in the palace on the artificial lake of Ctesiphon's palace where you can go boating, Lepidus captured all the captured Herod's harem.  After giving the reward to his subordinates, he met the emissary sent by the other party, just as he had planned before.  "My second-line army in Minor Asia has not yet moved. They are still eager to enter the city of Nissa and enjoy the glory." Facing the envoy, the high priest just said this sentence.  In the end, in order to preserve his throne, Herod agreed to humiliating conditions - all the land and cities on both sides of the Tigris River were ceded to Lepidus, and Lepidus also supported Mindaz in the city of Chinodosa and became the "Kingdom of Parthia"  "King, and must be recognized by Herod's credentials (this is a huge joke played by Lepidus on Herod); the Parthian Empire will pay an annual compensation of 250 talents to the Romans for twenty years.  ; Parthia gave up all diplomatic relations with Egypt, Judea, and Armenia; Herod handed over his concubine's youngest daughter and married it to Lepidus' servant Matthias as a sign of submission. Finally, about 5,000 people are still alive.  All captured Roman soldiers at the Battle of Calle were released within a month.  "Lions and sheep negotiate terms happily and casually." This was Lepidus' final and arrogant evaluation of this peace negotiation. It was also written on Akuta and handed over to the Senate, Executive Yuan and People's Assembly.  Read it in front of all Romans.  However, I really don¡¯t know whether this sentence is his feeling towards the Parthians or his feelings towards the Romans?  No one can explain it clearly, and no one dares to explain it clearly.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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