Augustus Road

"Whenever the name Greece is mentioned, educated Europeans, including us Germans, will feel a sense of home." - Hegel

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"Oh, Lepidus, are you still afraid that you can't be Marcelicus? Don't worry, I will never rob you of your merits, because Pompey's power is all concentrated in Spain, so I must seize this place and disintegrate it His army." Caesar said, sitting on an armchair in the tent, playing with his pen.

"No, because your idea goes against the principle of military victory - the strategy I gave you before was to use military force to restrain Pompey's arms, and then concentrate on kicking him in the abdomen, which is Italy. Now Pompeo has been kicked hard in the abdomen, but his fists are likely to come at the same time and beat us to a bloody head." Li Bida analyzed while standing with his hands folded, "So, concentrate on cutting. It was right to break off one arm of Pompey, but now we should not hit his strongest left arm. Instead, we should let me take down the city of Masseria first, and then act as a shield to block the sword he thrust with his left arm. And your Excellency formed a navy, crossed the sea to Epirus, destroyed Pompey's army in the east, and concentrated on cutting off his right arm holding the shield." However, Caesar smiled casually, and continued to insist on his opinion, "Maybe I will. Can Pompey's strongest arm be broken in one fell swoop? As long as Pompey doesn't come to Spain to supervise the war in person, I think there will still be no opponent for me there."

Then Caesar actually started to change the subject, and asked Lepidus very carefully about what happened to him when he fell into the water last time in a naval battle, whether he was injured, whether he caught cold, etc. This made Lepidus even more puzzled. His mind was racing and he felt: With an IQ like Julius Caesar. Why should he overturn the reasonable strategic plan he had formulated earlier? This is not like what he did at all. In addition, especially when he mentioned Curio just now, Caesar was obviously a little evasive. That kind of attitude definitely has a lot of tricks in it.

So he was ready to get to the bottom of it. "What is your plan for Curio?" This was almost a threatening tone of "please shut up". Under the tent, centurions and soldiers were walking around carrying wood in agreement. Soon someone began to complain about the weather, because it rained again, and the dirt ground outside the tent soon became speckled, and then puddles formed everywhere amid the pattering sound, and the sound of military shoes stepping back and forth was particularly harsh.

The camp became very quiet, because this time only Caesar and Lepidus were chatting. Caesar silently looked outside the curtain. After a long time, Lepidus finally said, "In about two or three months, Curry will I have to accept the order and set off from Sicily to Africa, right?”…

In the sound of rain, Caesar raised his eyebrows, and then used his beautiful fingers, slightly bent, to hold the armrest of the chair, "He is a very enthusiastic and courageous young man. He successfully recruited a new legion in Sicily, and We have prepared sufficient ships, and Curio also told me that he is very familiar with the knights of the Chamber of Commerce in Yunonia."

"But he will not be Pompey's opponent at all." Then Lepidus made his words more obvious, "And he has no previous experience in commanding an army..."

"Some people!" Caesar loudly held the hook pen and interrupted Lepidus. "They are standard Roman aristocrats. They received a good education when they were young, but they were always bohemian before the age of thirty. They are very capable. , is also very flamboyant, squandering his youth at dances and casinos, while his other eye is always fixed on the altar of politics and the racetrack, stroking the ring on his finger, thinking about how to win a triumphal ceremony in his lifetime, or put on a white robe and become a Chief Consul, my father's qualifications and reputation, my own elegance and wisdom, subconsciously think that I am superior to all the lower-level elements, they will naturally say that I am a natural commander, and experience is not indispensable to them - Curio , he is such a person, he is full of energy, he was full of ambition in his previous position as tribune, and now he wants to go to Africa to show his skills, why not? Because after all, he is different from you, you are in the mall? You start as a patron contractor, starting from a fish pond; on the battlefield, you start step by step from being a scale officer, acting tribune, deputy general of the legion, and commander, so I asked you to eat Masseria City, and asked Curio to go to Africa, because the former requires ability and experience, and the latter requires fearless courage. I think there is nothing wrong with this kind of personnel. "

Caesar's speech was very smooth. In fact, Lepidus knew that his arrangement was intentional, but it was watertight: Caesar took advantage of Curio's ambition to make achievements, and also took advantage of his self-righteousness in the knowledge of battle formations to achieve own plan.

"I'm just worried that if Curio fails in Africa, our army will be ruined." Lepidus also covered up the conversation.

"Someone has to sacrifice, Lepidus. We have fought side by side for so many years. From Rome to Asia Minor, to Lusitania, to Gaul, and now to Spain, fate will decide who will survive in the end. It is impossible to survive without damage or loss. When I was a child, when Rome was soaked in blood, I stood in front of the podium in the Grand Forum and looked at the heads cut off by my uncle, among which were my two uncles. Then you would scold me. At that time, should I feel sad about my uncle's death and betray him? No, it's very simple, because my uncle is the one who can really help the whole family rise. Between family affection and interests, I choose the latter." Caesar narrated expressionlessly.

And Lepidus turned around. He understood in his heart that Caesar needed to focus on dealing with the disintegration of Pompey's five most elite legions in Spain, and Curio's attack on Africa was regarded as a chess piece to contain Pompey's chess piece. The greater Curio's sacrifice, the safer he would be on the Spanish front.

But, Julius Caesar, maybe you don't understand that when you think you've made a profit, you're actually losing a lot. At this moment, Li Bi Da suddenly heard the sound of tables and chairs colliding behind him.