Augustus Road

Next, Lepidus explained that the eastern countries have always been regarded by Pompey as their most basic sphere of influence. Although the states in various places have different shapes, they are indeed only led by Pompey. Now he is arrogant. I am afraid that the intelligence has been blunted for a long time, and he thinks that Egypt, Armenia, and Galaxia are still his forbidden favorites. I don't know that I have already planted a wedge. But the Menanders' sense of smell should be the same as that of Pompey. They have a fatal weakness in the Bosporus, that is, they are separated by a vast ocean, and they probably don't know much about the situation here, including When I came to Ataxeta this time, the smart city-states and kingdoms had already sent envoys to bribe me with all kinds of loyalty money. By the way, during this period I collected nearly two thousand talents of goods—— But the Kingdom of Bosporus did not, so when the civil war broke out, "you immediately declared the Kingdom of Eubotia to be loyal to Caesar."

Hearing this, Adiana was slightly shocked. She knew that this meant that if Caesar and Pompey were to confront each other, how much isolation and siege she would have to suffer as the Asia Minor kingdom that responded to Caesar's side, but Lepidus encouraged her and said: " It doesn't matter, be more diplomatically flexible. When the time comes, you can reach a private no-war agreement with Galaxia and Armenia. Everyone will fool each other, and then violently attack the surrounding countries that are loyal to Pompey. Those are not your opponents at all. And Bosphorus. When the kingdom gathers strength to cross the sea and attack, you give Sinope to Menander and give him a taste of the sweetness, and then like this." Lepidus made a counterattack gesture, which meant asking Adiana to encircle and annihilate the opponent. In the valley plains of Anatolia.

The next morning, Lepidus was standing in the courtyard. Next to him stood a tired-looking Matthias, who was combing the feathers on the owl. He was leaving to go back to Chinodosha to preside over the winter camp, because for the Romans, Said that the most troublesome thing about winter camps is raising food supplies so that soldiers can maintain their health and fighting spirit in the coming year. He had to deal with these trivial matters personally.

A row of gray-backed larks stood on the branches protruding from the wall of the villa, chirping. Adiana was wrapped in a cloak and smiled gracefully. She was no longer the girl she was when she first met her at Karabi Palace. Now her face was full of the charm of a beautiful mother. She came up and hugged Nicole first, and then kissed Lepida gently. "Go back to the winter palace in Eubotia as soon as possible. I bless Eugit, as a father." After saying that, the two kissed again, and then Lepidus nodded and left holding the somewhat reluctant owl. . It seemed that the animal was a little stubborn, so he whipped it twice on the buttocks.

"It's old, you should replace it with a three-year-old tooth." Adiana said to Lepidah's back.

But the other party did not look back. Instead, he raised his hand and waved it twice, indicating that he already had a deep relationship with the mare and was not ready to change it again for the time being.

Adiana then stood under the blue-gray sky. The tip of his nose was slightly red, and he stared at the mountains in the distance, exhaling two puffs of misty white air.

When Lepidus and Nicol returned to Chinodosha, talking and laughing, the entire military road across the mountains had been roughly completed, and the city of Chinodosha had become a solid and complete fortress. Take half of the two thousand talents bribed by other countries. It was given to the Mattia tribe. The other party was very happy and decided to provide the lord with 500 cavalry. The employment contract period was extended to three years. However, the shrewd Lepidus politely rejected the request and was very generous. The answer changed to "I only need fifty stallions and two hundred stallions from your department."

Of course, Mattia didn't allow anything, and he quickly selected the most powerful horse in the tribe. He was sent to the military camp of Chinodosha, and then Lepidus asked Herod to set up a camp on the south side of his castle to exchange supplies. He purchased hundreds of Persian horses again, and then he delivered all the horses to Hanske. "Take these horses, dress them up as merchants, take a ship in Antioch, and send them to Cyrene from Cyprus and Egypt. I’ve opened up the joints along the way.”

Now everyone knows that Lepidus is preparing to implement horse politics and privately raise excellent war horses. In the future, he may form an independent cavalry regiment. This is the conclusion drawn before and after the Battle of Calle: the only thing that can resist cavalry is disciplined infantry. , but the one that can truly annihilate the cavalry will always be another stronger cavalry team.

Nowadays, in Chinodosha, urban facilities have been rapidly improved. Skilled craftsmen and merchants from all over the country have come to work. Instead, they have followed the spring breeze of war and used it as a trade channel connecting Parthia, Armenia, Syria and Judea to camp. Markets, bazaars, and black market trade were extremely prosperous. Lepidus directly asked the Soldiers Committee to replace the previous states and collect taxes independently in the market. It was rare that even Antony began to gradually stop mentioning the topic of moving his camp to Armenia, because he could completely do it here I bought good drinks, some novelties from the East, and of course some exotic beauties. The Greek merchant Edlomax, who had betrayed Crassus before, was also secretly tied up by the Parthians and sent to Lepidus' military camp. "Keep him under good supervision and feed him well. I will go to Del in the future." Fei Shi can use it. "This is the order given by Li Bida.

Compared with the proud Lepidus, Cassius in Antioch was much more depressed. When he learned that only one of the requested legions would come to Syria, while the other was intercepted by Pompey and stationed in Capua. Siyo became increasingly depressed, with insufficient soldiers, difficulties in providing supplies for the winter camp, and an extreme shortage of ships. His centurions publicly threatened more than once that they would plunder the city of Antioch at the appropriate time.

So when Brutus, who was in great spirits, came here, he saw his good friend Cassius sitting in a chair languidly, "like a spotted leopard losing its hair in the arena."

"Why don't you ask for the return of the Fourth and Seventh Legions? It is said that there are also several brigades of the Three Legions that Angandinus ran away from." After the two embraced excitedly, Brutus asked curiously. After the name was announced, Brutus understood everything, "The army will undergo strange changes in his hands. This cannot be forced on anyone, my dear friend."

Then Brutus turned around, looked at the winter sea in the shadow of the colonnade, and suddenly said to Cassius, "I will ask Lepidus for the return of the army."

"You? How to get there?" Kaxiyo was extremely surprised.

"Give me a few capable followers and bring food and water. I'm ashamed to say that I thought I didn't know how to ride, so I had to ride a donkey." Brutus smiled.

But Casillo thought he was crazy. Going along the winter camp of Zhukoma, then back to the mountains, and arriving at Chinodosha was not a journey that could be completed in a few days. Moreover, just relying on the character of his friend, he could Would you like to go through one round under Lepidus?