Chapter 5 Brutus' Confusion (Part 2)
At the end of October, the Shari Priests in Rome officially started a grand performance under the authorization of the high priest. This priests were first created by King Numa. According to legend, in ancient times, a huge plague came to the city of Rome, causing the devastation of life. The second-generation Sabin king Numa obtained a bronze Alien Shield that fell from the sky under the inspiration of the "Sibir Prophecy". The Alien Shield was salvaged from the water of Takun swamp lake outside the city. After King Numa obtained the Alien Shield, he immediately announced to all citizens, "This shield was given to the seven hills by the fairies and the muse of the mountains and forests, and was used to eliminate the transmission of plagues. We must offer gratitude to God and prevent bandits from taking away this sacred object."
Then King Numa ordered the surrounding area of the lake where the ASHIKE is located to be surrounded by fields, and presented the place to the Kitchen God Temple. Every day, the Virgins would hold a water bottle and come here to draw water to wash the inside of the temple. On the other hand, King Numa asked the skilled craftsmen to imitate eleven shields, mixed with the real ASHIKE, and hung them in the Temple of War God to prevent bandits, and set up a group of Shari Priests. Every March and October, when the plague may be raging, they would be asked to tour the city and pray to heaven.
At this time, the twelve samurai warriors of the Shari Priests, wearing purple short shirts and copper nail belts, each holding wavy ASK shields and daggers, jumping on Thrace's war dance. Every three steps, they would hit the shield with their swords, spin it, and then shout at the crowd in unison, "ancilia!"
And the crowds who watched, especially many people with illness, would raise their hands together to respond.
“anecathen! (Fallen from the Sky)”
"Ake private s! (eliminate disease)"
“Auch touch n! (drought to remove)”
"Anasche private s! (Distance away from the disease)"
Such auspicious shouts, which start with the Greek word "a", are heard one after another. At this moment, Libidamon stood on the stone bridge of the Tiber River with a sheepskin cloak and an olive wood round cap, and prayed for eternal peace as a high priest.
At the same time, Anthony was sad, holding the so-called "Venus Holy Light", and taking the newly established Julius priesthood, he also climbed Mount Silly, the earliest habitat of the Caesar family, where Libida built the altar to worship Caesar. All the poor people could go there to receive the "Divine Meal" on the day of the ceremony. The high priest told the group, "These meals were given to everyone by His Excellency Caesar. The high priest would allocate funds from Caesar's legacy to establish a special vault to operate the altar and the divine meal." So Anthony then stood in the throne of the priest, standing in the passage of the altar, watching many cooks and slaves. He distributed baskets of steaming food to the lower class people who waved their arms and smelled all over.
The lively celebration lasted for two market days. The Roman parties, whether it was the Parthenon vault, the Executive Yuan, or the priesthood, paid about six million dinars for this grand festival, to create a scene of prosperity and singing and dancing. The republic dominated by Libida became increasingly mainstream, while the Brutu Republicans, limited to Greece and Little Asia, further deepened the "rebellion" color.
At the backbone of Rhode Island, a fierce naval battle was underway. This was a siege by the Rhode Islanders who were punishing the "supporting the Libida bandits". Standing on the deck of the flagship, Lossio looked solemn and commanded. He saw light ships flying the "Sea Snake Flag" in Rhode Island, lined up in a wide formation, lightly splitting the waves, just like a light cavalry on the sea surface galloping towards him, and he understood the tactics of the Rhode Islanders: to use the flexibility and speed advantages of the small boats to divide their fleets into sieges, and you must know that the decks of those ships are full of flammable materials, javelins and crossbows, which are more suitable for close combat.
"Land all the heavy ships of our army to the four sides of the front line, and arrange light ships inside to resist the infiltration of enemy boats." Gorcio immediately ordered the navigators and flag bearers around him, and then they used fireworks and flags to send the commander's orders out.
The "heavy ship" mentioned by Lossio was specially made by many craftsmen in advance. The ships raised the double-story towers, increased the number of paddlers and sails. On the decks and portholes inside, there were doubled crossbows, catapults and thunderstorm rocket launchers, and the "giant ship of the arsenal".
Soon, the Rhode Islanders' ships fought with the four pioneers, the arsenal ships, the vanguard, and the vanguard ships, and "Cross the oars and drop the sails!" With this command, the arsenal ships flexibly retracted into the cabins one by one, and then the arsenal ships were like a static fortress on the sea. All the crew and soldiers were waiting in front of the towers and high decks, and shot the barrage of stones and rockets against the enemy boats from all directions.
, and the light ships of Kosio also shuttled out and made a refreshing "finish" on the fire and tilted Rhode Islanders. The Rhode Island fleet, which was proud of its naval power, could not capture the four-sided defensive fronts of the arsenal ships. Instead, they were injured and sunk one by one. More than twenty ships sank in less than two moments, five of which were decked, and the rest could only cast thick smoke, and then fled to the port of Rhodes City in a mess.
"The naval dock in Rhodes City is located on a protruding independent island. Chase and completely encircle the island." Lucio stood on the bridge, looking at the defeated enemy fleet, calmly continued to issue orders.
So the oars of the arsenal ships extended out one after another, and quickly chased them up with the sound of trumpets. The sixteen arsenal ships soon surrounded the outer island fleet base of Rhodes from all sides. The soldiers on it used stone throwers to destroy the ships and fortresses that the Rhodes remained in the base from all directions. After nightfall, the remaining Rhodes people took small boats and did not dare to hang out the lights, slipped back to the city from the gap of the Khodes fleet. At dawn the next day, these brave sea warriors did not dare to defend even Rhodes. They covered the government and the baggage and ran quickly towards the city of Camillos (where Xiao Katu once was the government office) in a corner of the island, because although it was a small city, it was more sturdy and durable and could effectively resist the enemy's joint attack on sea and land.
"Very good. All the two legions entered Rhodes with me. After replenishing, we quickly advanced into Camillos. As long as we could completely subdue Rhodes, we could use this as a springboard to capture Crete or Cyprus again. In this way, there would be no threat from sea in the Greek war zone." Kusio was full of confidence. He knew very well that Li Bida would definitely send fleets and infantry from the port of Cyraniga.
But soon, in Brutu, Athens, an envoy was sent, and it was obvious that his ideas were contrary to Korsio. (To be continued, please search for Piaotian, the novel is better and faster!
Chapter completed!