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Chapter 16 Demobilization of the Troops (1)

"I leave this battlefield for Carthage and Rome." - what Pyros said when he evacuated Italy

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Soon, Xixos ran back from the camp there and reported to Libida, "General Hitius said that he had sent a fleet to intercept Scipio who had escaped from Utica."

"Oh, where is the starting place?"

"It was the Port of Hippo that was originally used by the Numidian royal family." Hiksos said, and handed over the board to describe the movement of Hittius.

Sabo next to him immediately took out the drawings from the box and pointed out the location of the Hippo port to the Chief Executive. Li Bida took a few strokes on the drawings and said with a smile that Scipio and Cruise clearly wanted to take a boat to Balearic and meet Pompei's two sons.

"But Kasio is a general who is good at commanding the navy fleet. He will definitely not give up this opportunity to compete for merit. Just like Curio before - let him take it away, because the political situation after Pompeii's death is already lonely enough." Li Bida said leisurely, then turned his horse's head and ordered him to go towards Utica City, waiting for Caesar's arrival.

On the sea outside Utica, Scipio's fleet was sailing quickly in the pre-determined direction. Scipio was glad that he did not die with King Juba and immediately arrived at the archipelago on the Spanish sea. According to his qualifications and seniority, he would be the leader of the army again. However, due to the restrictions on ship carrying, he finally brought only a few monkeys and parrots on the ship. Bighorn sheep, hippos, wild donkeys and so on were forced to remain in the port. This was his most disheartening thing. But I heard that there were many rare birds and beasts in the Balearic Islands, and Scipio was at this time relaxed.

"I discovered the enemy fleet!" At this time, the lookout on the mast shouted.

Scipio was so scared that he quickly held the shield hanging on the side of the ship, and looked in the direction the lookout pointed by the lookout, and there were indeed some masts slowly rising on the sea level there, "That was a fleet that came from the royal port of Hippo, and it must be Hetius's. They paddled very quickly, all light Librna ships, hurry up and I want to transfer to our own light ships!"

Scipio and Cruise did what they said, and they soon jumped onto a single row of paddle boats and threw all the rest behind them - because most of them were provided by Utica, Scipio did not have to care about the lives of these people, he just arrived at Balearic safely.

This move was very effective. The single row of paddling boats with Zhang Manfan and his strength were extremely fast, which made Scipio and Cruise easily ask for entanglement, "If this continues, we will arrive at a safe island when the stars fall by the sea tomorrow." Scipio was full of hope.

At the early morning of the next day, the sea fog blocked the moonlight. Before the rising sun rose, Scipio's ship encountered a huge fleet. The logo on it happened to be from the Pompey family. Scipio was extremely excited and asked the lookout officer to raise the flames indicating the signal, and asked everyone to speed up the paddle. After getting ashore, they would receive a lot of rewards.

But when the ships approached each other, the cans with flames were thrown on Scipio's ship, and the raging fire soon burned on the deck. Scipio screamed, hugged a few monkeys and ran to the stern, behind him, arrows and javelins fell from the other's tall side of the ship, and with a slogan, "Catch them and kill them!"

It turned out that Pompei's flag was fake, all of which were made by Caesar's fleet. Scipio shouted in despair, because several ships were around the stern, throwing iron hooks, hooking his ship, and jumping down to fight with his hands and hands! Sure enough, many people jumped over with swords and battles, and started killing on the deck. Scipio saw Cruise kneeling on the deck begging for mercy and then being split into pieces. He trembled and soothed the whispering monkey and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Hannibal, Aristotle, and my King Ancus. The water will be very cold right away. Everyone holds me tightly and will be together at any time!"

Several monkeys really listened to Scipio's words, and indeed climbed onto his shoulders and back, and then Scipio jumped into the sea.

At this time, the sun had risen, and Scipio's ship deck was in a mess. In the blood and flames, there were dead bodies of many veteran knights, including Cruise. The two commanders over there came, just like Kasio, the governor of Lusitania, and Brutu, who was still a little uneasy when he saw this miserable scene. Kasio walked calmly to Cruise's body, which had fallen apart, and identified the other party's identity, saying, "This is exactly the person Caesar is looking for." After that, he drew out his sword and cut off Cruise's head. Then he asked the people around him, where is Pompei's father-in-law?

Several soldiers at the stern of the boat were torturing a slave. Kasio walked over and asked what was going on. The slave cried and said, "He saw his master jumping into the sea with his own eyes, but the group still didn't believe it and wanted to beat him. Kasio asked the soldiers to let go of the slave and pointed out where Scipio jumped down. After the slave did, Kasio asked all the ships to throw them down, "Catch up the great father-in-law, whether it was life or death."

The dead bodies falling into the sea will float up after a while, and Scipio's white and gray body was soon found. The oarsmen on several ships fiddled with long oars and pushed his body up to the ship where Kasio was located.

Casio took out an iron hook tied with a rope and handed it to Brutu's hand, "Hook him up yourself."

Brutu stared blankly at the big hook in his hand, and then began to start the body of Sepia floating on the water under his feet. It was his back, and he couldn't see his face clearly. He swayed like a fish. Then he gritted his teeth, hung the iron hook, and hooked the cloak button on the other party's armor. The body was very heavy, and it seemed that he had absorbed water. Brutu took a lot of effort to pull it up.

What caught my eye was the first one of the cold and pale thighs. Gradually, the rest of the body was pulled to the deck, "turn over and identify his identity." Kasio continued.

Brutu resisted his disgust and fear, pressed the other party's body with his hand, closed his eyes and turned it over. As a result, when his eyes opened, Brutu suddenly felt that his eyes were about to pop out. There were still a few hairs on Scipio's body, which were attached like monsters. Brutu shouted and quickly retreated backwards. Kassie asked to hold him down and said, "Don't be afraid, that's just the corpse of a monkey. Scipio was in a state of mind before his death. He jumped into the sea with these beasts."

Sure enough, these monkeys died with their owners, but when they saw them attached to the corpse, they showed indescribable disgust and weirdness. (To be continued, please search for Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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