Augustus Road

"The daily requirements of war cannot be accurately estimated." - Greek orator Robberus

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"But I still won't kill you. I just want a chance to appeal, but no one gave me this chance." Caesar took a deep breath, then waved his hand and said, "Little Cato is right, the most tragic thing during the civil war is It’s citizens taking up swords to fight each other.”

At this time, the four municipal magistrates of Corfinium came forward with the file. Caesar took it and looked at it. It turned out that Dumitius had plundered 600 talents of military supplies in the Pinucium area. Antony was beside him. His eyes were straightened when he saw it. It happened that the soldiers of the three legions had been complaining about the reward issue in the past few days. Even Curio suggested to him, "Give a hundred talents to the city of Corfinium. Distribute the rest to the centurions and soldiers!"

But Caesar handed the file to Dumitius and said softly, "You raised these funds, and you are still the Roman consul after all, so I will return the money to you."

Now Antony couldn't stand it, and he told Caesar that he must not do this, because the current enemy Pompey was still in southern Italy. He still had many elite legions in Spain and Macedonia, and was rapidly moving towards Brindisi to gather. , In addition, Pompey was still instructing the two consuls to unite and issue orders, "Now that the second consul has been captured, the time has come for us to destroy Pompey's political advantage. As long as he and Marcellus cannot get together, Then many areas will no longer obey the order!" However, Caesar remained stubborn and made a promise to the centurions around him. If I persist a little longer, I will definitely fulfill the reward issue. At least until we pursue Brindisi, we will have enough time to resolve the financial and official promises. But you must not stop fighting because of temporary scarcity, otherwise you are not considered a soldier, but can only be regarded as a refugee and a bandit. Of course, this was also said to Lepidus and others, because when Caesar mentioned the "official promises", he specifically mentioned all of them.

In the end, Dumitius and Gabinus were allowed to leave. Lepidus watched them enter the city and ask the soldiers to carry funds, and immediately said to Caesar, "I have received information. Over at Capua, Pompey has sent reinforcements, and their posture towards Corfinium is "You probably don't know yet." "Yes, I ask you to allocate the fifteenth legion to me, as well as Marco Antony and Selha. I will set up a pocket formation in the hilly area south of the city to annihilate this reinforcement. I suspect that there is the chief brigade of the Spanish First Army here. If it can be defeated, it will have a great encouraging effect on the entire battle." After saying that, Lepidus clearly noticed that the person standing over there looked dull. Anthony, who had a poker face, immediately became energetic, like a lion smelling the smell of blood and copper.

After pondering for a while, Caesar approved the battle plan, "I just wanted to make it clear to all Italian cities that I, Caesar, will respect the traditions of the Republic without discrimination, and will protect their property and safety to the greatest extent. But this does not mean that Since I don't know how to fight, since Corfinium has surrendered, it would be a typical invasion for Pompey's legions to come here - Antony, you go to command the cavalry for General Lepidus, while Selha goes Command the infantry, while Curio and I wait here with peace of mind - soon, the Fourteenth Legion will be here with thirty cohorts of new soldiers. I want to make a new organization for the battle before entering the city of Rome. And reorganize, I guarantee that there will be no interruption in the attack on Pompey!" After Caesar said this, he brushed the wooden fence hard with his riding crop. After receiving this signal, Antony shouted, mounted his horse and followed. Li Bida left in a cloud of dust.

While they were advancing rapidly towards the south of the city, many Massi and Penilla people in Corfinium consciously put on their armor and picked up weapons. There were probably no less than seven or eight brigades of volunteers. They followed Lepidus one after another, expressing their willingness to fight for Caesar and guiding Lepidus to set up positions, because they were very familiar with the dense forests and hills here.

"The camp of Caesar's army is very dusty, and there are soldiers running everywhere in the city. They seem to be making big moves." At the door of the temple in Corfinium, several loyal retinues or centurions were horrified. Reported to the two commanders who came to direct the loading of money.

Gabinus reacted quickly, and he said to Dumitius with a rusty face, "It's over, we have asked Capua for reinforcements before!"

"Could it be that Caesar wants to take the opportunity to annihilate our reinforcements?" Dumitius gritted his teeth and almost fainted. Then he cursed Caesar's treachery at the top of his lungs, but after cursing for a while, he felt that the curse was really missing the point—— Even when Caesar did this, he really couldn't find a reason to attack. And Gabinus murmured to himself, "It seems that Caesar will soon have three or four more legions on hand, and the whole of Etrunia, Pinucem, and even Campania in the future will be reduced to The source of his troops. To be honest, even I think Pompey and Cato the Younger are mainly responsible for the situation that has developed into this situation. The former is too arrogant and the latter is too stupid. They waste great areas and financial resources to the enemy. Now we can only retreat directly to Canosha in the south. If nothing happens, Pompeo will not stay in Capua for too long. After we meet him in Canosha, we will hold on to Brindisi."

As for the reinforcements that Pompey rushed here, the two of them unanimously came to the opinion that they could only leave it to fate.

At this time, the Spanish Legion's First Battalion, holding the Golden Hare Flag and the Eagle Flag, led by Vibrius, had advanced along the horizontal Via Barreria to a distance of 40 Roman miles from the destination. The battle-hardened Vibrius ordered the First Battalion and the other three battalions to stop and select two centurions to occupy the high ground on both sides for vigilance. Then he ordered the cavalry to search forward, and the rest of the troops formed a column to wait.

Half a day later, the ala cavalry reported that the front was stable and there was no enemy.

Vibrius nodded and said to his centurion, "Continue to advance 20 Roman miles, we can rest and then send out scouts to contact the city."