Caesar in front of the eagle flag, his armor shining with golden light. He looked at Li Bida with certainty and said, "You are the commander-in-chief of the siege army immediately. You have the final say. Just remember to give all the gains to the soldiers."

On that day, Li Bida led his guards and subordinates to head towards Olicombe City. After he walked on Duan Egnatiya Avenue, he took the cavalry and left the infantry brigade. It took less than half a day to reach the besieged position of this coastal town.

The Eighth and Twentieth Legion sent by Anthony from the City of Reshas had arrived here, and then their commanders handed over the copies of the soldiers and posts to the tent of the chief deputy general Li Bida.

"Sab, bring the sand table up." Li Bida hurriedly took a few sips of clear water and became busy. All the senior centurions and civilian guards immediately surrounded him. The long-term military career made them understand the general's style: once they entered the general's attack, they would not have such a drag, and they would directly clarify the task, and then supervise the battle.

"There is nothing difficult to implement in my tactics this time. Just before General Anthony's army arrived, the Olikums were still rude and sent cavalry to hurt our soldiers and soldiers who came ashore many times. Their Presbyterian Church also threatened many times that it was the strongest and final barrier in the entire Epirus region, and that it would be the hero of the reinvention of the Republic. Today we will crush their illusions, break their backbone, step on their feet, destroy their cities, capture their ships, and turn all men and women.

Selling into slavery. My plan is to be a legion responsible for the city side, regardless of primary or secondary, and attack without interruption. So I suggest that all commanders and centurions should be good at separating the team and connecting the team in turn. This is a job that seems easy but is very troublesome to implement, so thank you. Your Excellency Dirktuo also promised us that after the city is broken, all the spoils do not have to be handed over to the financial officer!" Li Bida made a generous speech, and the meaning was very obvious, that is, to use this to stimulate the enthusiasm of all the people.

Just as Li Bida finished setting up the arrangement, several nobles from Olicombe came to the camp in a despair, begging Li Bida to give them the treatment of surrender, and said with great mercy that they had handed over thirty hostages before in the hands of Li Bida. In fact, this shows that they were involuntarily in the cracks between Pompei and Caesar. They also asked tentatively: "Does General punish these thirty hostages?"

"No, I still receive and protect them in the camp according to the aristocratic standards, even in the most difficult moments." Li Bida's answer made these messengers feel that there was hope for peaceful surrender and preservation of the city. So tears swayed, thanking Li Bida for his magnanimity and begging him to show the mind that a good person should have at this time.

As a result, Li Bida sneered and asked the messenger, "Just before the situation changes, your town still swears to follow Pompei's footsteps to the death? Their legions have been withdrawn long ago. The time left for you was very abundant, but your town has no sincerity and no surrender during this period. They have attacked and killed our single soldiers many times, using cruel means, and now rely on these false words to win the sympathy of the army! Then, I will tell you now that the inevitable ending of your town is destruction!"

When the whole word "destruction" was spoken, all the messengers of Olicombe shuddered. They cried loudly, expressing their willingness to hand over all the wealth in the city temple warehouse, a total of 150 Tarent's gold and silver, and the debts of 300 Tarent's takeout, will be paid off within ten years, but Li Bida was unmoved at all, "Are these gold and silver not mine right away? Why bother with you?"

The negotiations were ultimately unsuccessful. The day after expelling the envoy, all the legions' total attack on Olikum began without delay!

This war was also the best opportunity for Li Bida to ask Pope in advance to experiment with the improved "Samontoga" organ cannon - the six gates, each with thirty-two chutes, arranged up and down, densely packed with honeycomb-like "New Samontoga" with the friction between fire and air, and spit out a cork rocket that was really raindrops. The stimulating smoke filled the entire launching position, causing the soldiers waiting to go into battle to cover their faces with cloth, but still burst into tears and snot.

The fire rain burned half of Olicombe City, and the merchant ships, fishing boats, docks, and arcades on the streets were burning wildly. Then, two "Marcel Lady Cannons" and four wild donkey stone throwers also wrapped iron bars and stone bullets on Olicombe's weakest city walls. Then, the legions on all sides formed a shield formation, pushing the attacking rams, rolling wooden towers and harp flight ladders, climbing up from all directions like ants. The residents of Olicombe originally had a small number of troops. On the one hand, they had to consider their family business in the fire, and they could not organize their defense work at all. Therefore, the real attack was only half a day until the fall of the city.

The slave market and auction market were soon erected under the city, and the dealers running from Illyria and Italy were like flies finding carrion. "In terms of cash, who can allow you to use the previous national debt to charge the stats and get back!" Several centurions beat the financial slaves with the stats and urns with the stats. Most of them were slaves of the Roman elders who tried to cash in the national debt, but were scolded and beaten up in such anger.

As for the original wealth in the city, they were all looted. After Li Bida finished counting, one was sent to Bugalotum City, and the rest were rewarded on the spot. Then Li Bida promised all the soldiers: "Go to Thessalia immediately, and there is a greater chance of getting rich. It is best to use half of the money in three days, and leave the rest to the vault of the Soldiers Committee." These big-headed soldiers did not have any concept of savings. All the spoils on weekdays were put in their personal luggage (now with the Soldiers Committee, it would be much better, at least when they were discharged from the army, they could save a considerable resettlement fee). When they encountered the opening day of the camp, they were squandered in women, gambling and drinking. This time, they were no exception. Li Bida announced that Olicombe became a bossless city - many surrounding refugees, prostitutes and adventurers rushed to do business and then settled here.

"You should thank the goddess of fate. Only when you were unlucky hostages before, can you always be by my side and avoid bad luck. Now you thirty people immediately become members of the Presbyterian Church of Olikum. If your fellow nobles have the financial resources to redeem them, you can do whatever you want." Before leaving Thessalia, Li Bida called the original thirty hostages and asked them so much. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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