"If you want to suppress the Imperial Guards, you can only have a stronger provincial army." -Turajan

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When the envoy returned to Alexander and returned the bad news to Ptolemy Thirteen, the young man heard that Caesar had shamelessly intervened in the internal struggle between brothers and brothers, he spread his anger on all the envoys and ordered them to be castrated and confiscated as royal slaves.

But since the facts were already in front of him, Ptolemy Thirteen could only make serious preparations for the challenge according to the proposal of his staff and ministers. At this time, five thousand people from the border guard entered Alexander City. The new pharaoh appointed General Xiebekhu, the former "Capital Imperial Guard" as the supreme commander, and General Serapion as the deputy general. "These personnel, plus the Gorta Legion, are only 10,000, which is far from enough." Xiebekhuru said.

So Ptolemy Thirteen gritted his teeth and took out the gold and silver from the royal treasury, and ordered the recruitment of soldiers from the royal city and the surrounding suburbs. Whether it was a gangster, proletarian, veteran, herder, horse bandit, or slaves willing to join the army to change their destiny, they all had to make up the numbers. In this way, the army guarding the royal city expanded to 20,000, including two thousand cavalrymen. But what was ridiculous was that these three cavalrymen were only one horse. So Shebekhu was allowed to open the stables in the Pharaoh Palace Garden and allow the cavalry to go in and select mounts freely. About half of the thousand horses that were originally raised in the palace garden were led away, and the remaining half were stolen and sold by soldiers - most of them were bought by Cyrene's horse dealers to support the horse political journey that enriched Li Bida.

Not only that, these soldiers became more and more courageous. In the end, not only did they sell horses, but they also pulled out all the rare birds and beasts such as crocodiles, ostrichs, and bighorn sheep that the flute player raised during their lifetime and sold them. Then they could not satisfy their greed, and they actually surrounded the Ipos Palace many times and asked the Pharaoh to give them a raise and reward.

Ptolemy Thirteen had just succeeded to the throne, and half of the limited money in the treasury was used to bribe Caesar, but half was used to reward the army. As a result, the flute blower's coffin was still in the palace. Even myrrh and spices could not be collected, and there was no way to make a mummy, let alone send it to the Valley of Thebes for burial.

When the Gorta Legion could not fulfill the request of the Gorta Legion, the soldiers shouted the slogan "Let us reward ourselves." They forced the Pharaoh to issue an edict, demanding the execution of the Ptolemaic royal family, nobles or wealthy businessmen, and then rushed to the other party's house with a sharp blade, and blatantly set fire, loot, rape, and rape, and "work" for the Pharaoh. Then, the Gorta Legion set its target on the Jewish district of Alexander City. Here, the monopoly of trade business,

It was Joseph, the "Crien" of Adianna and Li Bida. After obtaining the authorization of the secret letter, the great merchant immediately circled the shops and temples in the entire Jewish district with fire-proof brick walls, and secretly armed the warehouses, dock workers, and merchant ship oarsmen, guarded day and night, repelled the many harassments of the Gorta Legion. A battle of robbery and self-protection started in Alexander in advance. The situation in the entire city had reached a chaotic level.

However, in such chaos, Ptolemy Thirteen continued to gather his servants and convened military meetings to discuss how to deal with the upcoming conquest of the Romans.

Chief eunuch Motanmenis took the lead in suggesting that the rebel centurion Ceptimius, who killed two former consuls, would be arrested, and then tortured him and forced him to confess that he was instigated by Cleopatra.

As a result, Ceptimius, who was detained, was worthy of being immersed in the army for many years. This old guy was very smart. When the pharaoh's entourage came to prepare to torture him, this person shouted, "If you dare to touch my subordinates and I, I will commit suicide immediately. Once I die, your chances of re-examination will be lost forever, and Caesar's invasion of your country will be even more unhindered. Later, Pharaoh not only did not dare to touch this person at will, but also served him carefully every day.

Seeing that this trick was not working, Pharaoh and his servants thought of Scipio again, and some people suggested releasing Scipio and handing it over to Caesar, but they were quickly rejected by the awakened people. "There are two excuses for Caesar's invasion. One is to come to question the murder of the former consul, and the other is to arbitrate the internal struggle between Pharaoh and his brothers. So even if Scipio was handed over, Caesar still had sufficient reasons to raise an army."

Finally, veteran Selapion proposed a relatively reliable plan: not to give up on peace talks, treat Caesar very humble, and let him stop on Faros Island first, and then while his successors had not yet followed, we mobilized the Gorta Legion and citizens to take action first and kill Caesar, who was at a disadvantage, so that there was still a chance to win in a dangerous situation.

So Ptolemy Thirteen could only agree to this plan. Then the young man begged Caesar to bring the fleet to Alexander quickly, "If Caesar was one month later, the rebel soldiers would probably have robbed the palace!"

But Caesar came in time after all. Even though he encountered a headwind on the ocean, he still led the 4,000 soldiers of the Tenth Legion to anchor the Port of Onodos on Faros Island in the shortest time. It became sunny that day. The eagle flag of Caesar's Legion appeared high on the most eye-catching lighthouse on the island. Then, according to the plan of the generals in advance, Ptolemy Thirteen sent an envoy again, saying that Caesar and the Legion could be welcomed into the royal city and discussed the peace in detail.

"My proposal is that first of all, Pharaoh and his sister unify their respective troops, and then they all came to me to clear out the contradictions and barriers openly. Then, let's discuss the arrest and punishment of the murderer." In the temporary command post in the big lighthouse, Caesar used a hook pen to carefully describe the Alexander map on the table, and said to the envoy.

As a result, the Egyptian envoy took the opportunity to say that because the flute blower had just passed away, the new pharaoh could not leave the palace too far without authorization, so he asked the dictator to take the legion and go to the Nokias Cape, which was very close to the Iposian Palace, which was also convenient for both sides to discuss matters.

So Caesar's sharp eyes immediately moved to the so-called Nokias Cape on the map. Faros Island is located in the northwest of the Pharaoh Palace, connected to the sea with a nine hundred Roman foot breakwater (i.e., the Qili Dike). Walking along this causeway, you can enter the royal city of Alexander and the iconic large library. Then, the Nokias Cape is located in the northeast of the palace, with a narrow land like tentacles.

"This place is OK. The narrow and long terrain is easy for us to prevent accidents. In addition, we can also use sea routes to connect with Faros Island." Deputy General Caesar and the commander of the 10th Legion Secretreus said, "And there is also water source in this area." (To be continued, please search for Piaotianyi, the novel is better and faster!
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