Augustus Road

Just when Caesar suddenly frowned, before he could carefully judge the authenticity of Lepidus' statement on the matter, the messenger from outside hurriedly came in and reported the military situation outside to Caesar. Caesar quickly took the writing board from the opponent's hand and turned it over. On the table, he immediately asked the messenger to go out quickly. .

After a long time, he sighed and said, "The Aedui people have always been the scout cavalry in the vanguard. It turns out that I have been misled by these hateful guys for so many days!"

After patting the writing board hard, Caesar asked the two of them, was Diviach staying at the camp at the Ala River, or did he come with you two? Labienus said that in a certain camp, Caesar was furious and wanted to call the fascist guards with axes to catch the brothers in public and cut off their heads, "to warn these shameless barbarians in trousers." .

Who would have thought that Labienus calmly said no (he had already reached a tacit understanding with Lepidus). Upon hearing the words of the chief lieutenant, Caesar immediately suppressed his anger, "Yes, killing Diviarch means losing Without the help of the entire Aedui tribe, it will also arouse the suspicion and fear of other servants, and this is close to their territory, so we can't ruin things because of temporary anger. "

Seeing that the Governor had regained his senses, Lepidus said, "In fact, we can turn this around and take advantage of this matter."

On the main square of the camp, the Governor of Gaul, Julius Caesar, began to lecture amidst the roar of the crowd. He first thanked the various legions for the commendation for their heroic and outstanding performance in the Battle of the Ara River some time ago, and also praised the troops who had been on the outside. The Wandering Eleven Legion, "Although I haven't been able to see Apis yet, I will step on the corpses of all the Helvetii in the future. Pass through the Santoni region. Find him further north. And A pure gold citizen crown was placed on his head in recognition of his hard work and perseverance during this period, and he successfully blocked the enemy's path."

Then the tribunes, centurions and soldiers began to make a loud noise. Many people were not interested in Caesar's account of his achievements at all. They just kept asking when the next supply day would officially arrive, because now the whole military camp was full of people. The news of "running out of food" is spreading like wildfire.

But a lack of food is nothing, a lack of military pay is nothing. Lepidus remembered that when he was in Lusitania, Caesar directly borrowed money from his lieutenants, tribunes and centurions, and then distributed it to ordinary soldiers. This time, the lack of food could not stop him from continuing to cheat, "I'm lovely Children, please allow me to call you this, because I have long regarded you as my closest relatives. The previous temporary food shortage has been completely solved. What the Aedui people delivered is enough to support us for six supply days (i.e. The food and meat for the three-month war are on the way. They will arrive in four or five days at most. Then..." Caesar said, holding his hand affectionately. Deviach, who was smiling awkwardly, and Rhyax, who was smiling with a real smile, came forward and said, "This is the most beloved Deviach of the Aedui tribe, and also my dearest." My friend in trousers, oh, in three years' time will be my friend in robes, and I will send him to the Roman Senate, and let him tell you that the food will be taken care of immediately."

Amid the howls and questions of the soldiers, Divyach tried hard to remain calm. Behind him, Lepidah kept muttering: "Your Majesty, think of the sharp fascists, think of your beloved brother in the audience, unnecessary words. Don’t say it, don’t say anything excessive.”

"I have complete trust in your Excellency the Governor, and I promise all the people of the Republic - not only will Aedui's large quantities of military rations be delivered soon, but I will also ask Biblakde, who is adjacent to here, to prepare drinks and supplies. This camp is only a dozen Roman miles away. Your Excellency the Governor will take you there to have a feast, and then fight to the death with the Helvetii!" This is what Diviarch said "completely without unnecessary words" to the audience. All the soldiers cheered, and their previous doubts and anger disappeared.

Lepidus was also very satisfied. In front of nearly 30,000 soldiers, Divyach's words were arranged by him in advance and included all the induction information that should be covered by the operation strategy, because Lepidus clearly observed that the station Among the barbarian servants and cavalry on the west side of the podium, there was a tall, cold and arrogant young nobleman with only half a beard. This eye-catching feature showed that he was Dunoleks, and he smiled very happily.

After Chief Aedui finished his statement, Caesar said logically, "But Helvetia's camp is less than ten Roman miles away from us. These people have been like this these days, neither daring to look back and fight with the heroic legions." In the decisive battle, they were also despicably prepared to attack us at any time. If we wanted to go to Bibrakde, we would have to cross in front of their line of defense. This was a very dangerous move, so we had to hit these people hard at once. , so that the other party cannot interfere with the legion’s plan to go to Bibrakde, I need a legion.”

At this time, Lepidus stepped forward, stood in front of Caesar and stretched out his hands to salute, "Please, your Excellency the Governor, please consider my twelve legions."

Caesar maintained a very satisfied look and said, "Absolutely, Lepidus, please rest assured that as long as after this expedition, all the auxiliaries of the Twelve Legions will obtain full citizenship rights."

The upper part shows the tears of gratitude for the grace of meeting, and the lower part shows the joy after the hope of satisfying the appetite. The matter was "successfully resolved" on the scene, and then the group of people who entered the coach's camp, Diviaqi was removed from his belt. After holding the sword and dagger, he stepped forward, hugged Caesar's neck, kissed him, and cried and begged: "Because I am your closest friend, if that stupid brother Dunolex is punished, then With my status in Aedui and my kinship with him, no one will believe that Dunolex's actions were authorized by me. My dearest friend, Your Majesty the Governor of Gaul, please. Don’t let me be despised by all Gaul, let alone extradite my brother to Rome for trial and execution.”

At this time, Rheas and other Gallic nobles also began to intercede for Diviarch.

Caesar turned around, held the opponent's right hand, and said softly: "Since I didn't talk about this at the soldiers meeting just now, I will never make it public again, but what I hope now is that it will happen immediately. You and your brother are temporarily separated, and I will not deprive your brother of his right to command. In fact, Lepidus' previous statement is inconsistent with the truth. You will be living in my camp these days, do you understand?"

After stabilizing Diviarch, Rabinus and Lepidus stood under the flag in the Aedui branch camp. "The Sequonni scouts reported that the Helvetic camp was eight miles away. At the foot of a mountain inside and outside Rome, His Excellency the Acting Commander-in-Chief will immediately lead the vanguard to reconnoitre that mountain. Then my twelfth legion and your auxiliary cavalry will follow up, occupy the top of the mountain and the main road, and attack the people at the foot of the mountain. We will conduct a raid on Helvetia’s camp, and if the result is great enough, His Excellency Caesar will lead the main force to kill them.” )