Rome Must Fall Chapter 46: Bubius and Toreligo
Frontinus on the side ignored their noise. He actually didn't care whether these people would be punished. He was paying attention to the center of the field while scanning the lively crowd around him. What interested him was The rebel army adopted this method of soliciting everyone's opinions.
Although the Roman army had many military laws and strict military disciplines, he had a long military career and knew that in fact, the life and death of a legionnaire was ultimately decided by the legion commander, and ordinary soldiers had no chance to appeal. The rebel army does not yet have military law, but it seems to be handing over the right to punish to the soldiers. Is this the so-called freedom?
Maximus walked into the center of the camp, followed closely by two trembling young women. They were both thin and had red and swollen eyes. One of them even had clear red palm prints on her cheek.
The soldiers looked at Maximus standing in the center curiously. Speaking of which, many recruits probably didn’t know this young baggage team captain two days ago, but this is not surprising. The recruits who joined the team every day Busy going out to rob farms, he rarely had contact with Maximus, who had always stayed in the baggage train. Only when he fought with the Roman army and finally retreated, he stepped forward and pointed out the solution to the defeat. The winning method attracted everyone's attention for the first time. But this time, he once again became the focus of everyone's attention, but he wanted to punish everyone's comrades, which made everyone's mood a bit complicated.
Maximus didn’t know that the soldiers were feeling a little tangled at the moment. He introduced the two women he had brought to the soldiers in a loud and somewhat heavy voice, and focused on what they had done. The suffering experienced.
Endless work driven by whips and sticks is a common experience for every slave in the team, but the somewhat pretty young female slave has to endure some unspeakable violations and pain, similar to Nesia. Similar experience.
Perhaps it was Maximus's narration that reminded the two women of those terrible past events, and they couldn't help but start sobbing.
Maximus stopped narrating and spoke louder: "They joined our team with high hopes. They felt that they had come to the Elysee Paradise from hell, so they worked tirelessly to make delicious food for everyone every day. Now They actively took care of the wounded soldiers, but their enthusiasm was rewarded with shameless aggression by these people!"
Maximus's final sharp accusation silenced the entire venue.
Cross was a little uneasy at first, but then relaxed. He understood his soldiers. These guys may feel guilty now, but Maximus's continued accusations will only make them more supportive of the innocence of the four. , because only in this way will they feel that they are also innocent.
Maximus looked around, but said: "I believe you all heard what I just said in the medical team camp. I am not going to say more. I want to invite the other two people to come over and tell everyone."
The other two people? ... Cross was a little surprised, and then he saw Maximus escorting the two women out of the center of the venue, and then someone walked in.
This man was holding a wooden stick and his right leg was wrapped with linen. After he stood awkwardly in the field, the soldiers of the second brigade started a commotion.
"I...I am Bubius from the second group." He said nervously: "The day before yesterday, during the battle with the Romans...I was stabbed in the leg by a Roman dagger... I ran... I ran... I escaped their pursuit and ran to the back mountain. After that, the wound on my right leg became swollen and big, and it was very painful. It hurt so much that I couldn't sleep. I wished I could just do it. Just cut off the right leg...
My teammates were busy going down the mountain to raid the Romans and move our camp, and no one noticed how much pain I was in! For two consecutive days, I didn't eat much or sleep much. My whole body was weak and I couldn't even open my eyes. I thought I was going to die..." Bubius became more and more excited and fluent as he spoke: "Thankfully, The baggage corps set up a medical team, and those girls became the nurses who took care of us wounded soldiers. They carefully cleaned and bandaged my wounds, fed me, and comforted me not to worry... it was just a matter of time. After one night, I could stand up with a stick! ”
Bubius was so excited that he shed tears. He choked and said: "Except for my mother when I was a child, no one in my life has cared about me like this! What good people they are! Ole "Kes, you **** bastards! How dare you violate them, you are not worthy of being my teammates, you should be punished!"
Bubius pounded the ground with his stick and roared angrily.
There was a commotion in the venue.
Cross felt strongly uneasy. He asked several centurions under his command: "Is he really a soldier of our brigade?!" Previously, the number of soldiers in the second brigade had exceeded a thousand, and the time they spent together was still short. Cross couldn't possibly know everyone.
"Bubius is a soldier in our team." A centurion replied.
"This cunning Maximus!" Cross cursed in a low voice. At this moment, he was a little at his wits' end.
Then he saw four **** soldiers carrying a wooden frame into the center of the venue. A man was lying on the wooden frame. When the man was being helped by the guards to sit up, Cross could see his face clearly. I was immediately shocked.
Toreligo, a gladiator from Gaul, has a good relationship with Cross and is the centurion of the second battalion. In the battle with the Roman army, the second group was defeated. He refused to retreat, and finally fought his way out of the Roman siege. He led his soldiers to escape the pursuit of the Roman cavalry and retreated to the back mountains. When the soldiers were thankful to be saved, he fell to the ground. His whole body was covered with sword wounds, and the blood stained his armor red. Even Cross thought that he might not survive with such serious injuries. A few days later, I didn't expect that he would appear in the middle of the venue at this moment.
In fact, the vast majority of seriously injured patients in the medical team camp are gladiators. It is precisely because of their fierceness and tenacity that they were seriously injured ~IndoMTL.com~ and their rich experience in the arena also allowed them to be seriously injured. Tolerugo is just one of those people who can insist on running to a safe zone even when there are many situations.
"These soldiers deserve to die!" Although Tolerugo was pale and out of breath, his face was angry, and the moment he spoke, the surrounding soldiers were shocked.
"I can live here to speak to you only because of the careful care of these women! Any **** who bullies them is the enemy of me and other wounded soldiers! Anyone who agrees that these **** will not be punished will not be punished. When you are injured in the future, I will advise the medical team not to treat them and let these fools die screaming!"
Tolerugo's words were angry and impulsive, but caused even greater commotion among the soldiers.
Damn Maximus! ... Cross cursed secretly in his heart. He didn't know what the situation was like in the other brigades, but the outspoken Tolerugo in the second brigades was quite prestigious. If he scolded him like this, the people who supported these soldiers would probably be dissatisfied. Not much left.
On the other side, Maximus praised Nesia in a low voice: "You have done a great job in being able to have Torrelugo stand up and support you!"
"Sisters are following your instructions, captain, and are doing their best to take care of these seriously injured people." Nesia was not proud, but complained: "They can't move, sisters have to bandage their wounds and wipe their whole bodies. , I have to **** and pee, which is not only very tiring, but also..."
"But it's all worth it, isn't it!" Maximus pointed at Tolerugo in the center of the field.
At this time, Tolerugo was carried down, and Spartacus walked into the field again: "Now both sides have told their own reasons. The brothers must have made their own decisions, so the one who agrees to the punishment , please raise your arms!"