Augustus Road

In terms of salary, Lepidus did something completely different from Caesar. The dictator liked to make some rhetorical but erratic promises when boosting morale before the war. Sometimes the amount was scary. But looking back at Lepidus, the Sixth Army Corps he led had already built a veterans resettlement area on Sardinia Island, and the serial numbers of several auxiliary army regiments were not paid in full every time. In other words, , about 30% was forcibly deducted from the treasury of the Soldiers Committee. Even though many soldiers protested many times, Lepidus still went his own way. "Originally, the auxiliary corps should not have military pay!" This was his great attitude towards the soldiers. Killer weapon.

Of course, Lepidus did not enrich his own pockets by deducting 30% of the money. Instead, he appropriated it to his family through "transfer of accounts" (this kind of fictitious transaction was very common in ancient Rome) just like in the current era. The business expansion of the Jewish Chamber of Commerce for Joseph will be used to pay for the settlement and retirement of the soldiers when they retire. This risk is far safer than that of Caesar's subordinates.

Cyrenaica and Carthage on the opposite side are just like two horns facing each other, with the indented Libyan coast in the middle. Since he did not start directly from Sicily, there is no reason for Lepidus to go directly to the other side of the horns. What's more, there is Curio, whom he hates the most, and who hates him the most, stationed in the "Old Camp of Cornelius" (the camp where Scipio the Younger attacked Carthage) there. According to the intelligence feedback sent by Lepidus, Rabinus and Lelias were defeated from the city of Cocula. The "La Loconia" legion (the first legion of the Macedonian province) was stationed in Zeta deep on the Libyan coast. According to legend, they were reinforced by the cavalry of King Juba of Numidia. There was also a fleet anchored on the island of Kerki. It seemed that Pompey had been prepared for his appearance and specifically asked Labienus to intercept him in the Zeta area.

In addition, Pompey himself, Turas, Afranius and other generals personally commanded four legions, as well as tens of thousands of auxiliary troops recruited from Africa, including Numidian harpooneers and Mauretanian cavalry. and hundreds of giant war elephants, centered on the city of Utica. Confront Curio who has landed on the coast.

"We have the advantage in naval power, so we will go ashore along the Leptis area, establish a solid base, and then conduct a tentative attack on Labienus's headquarters in the interior. Don't be afraid, gentlemen. You must know that Leptis Putis is three hundred Roman miles away from the city of Utica where Pompey is located. It is difficult for Pompey's main force to appear in front of our army. In addition, the wheat in Cyrene this year is abundant, and our army You don’t have to worry about logistical issues at all,” LeBida said confidently. Immediately, the entire city of Cyrenaica was spinning. In the large warehouse blocks, slaves and hired workers were carrying grain in a steady stream, and the fleet sailing out of Chio Island was rowing in unison. Go to the larger dock in the new city to load supplies. Tobias, who was in charge of horse administration, replenished the army with many strong horses. Lepidus' fleet not only has Macmillan's Purple Sail Fleet. He also got the fleets of Hitius, Aidanjis and Gable to join together. In terms of numbers and armaments, he no longer paid attention to Pompey's maritime power.

During this time, Lepidus personally moved to Chio Island to supervise the dispatch of supplies and ships. Soon he received a letter from Adiana. In the letter, the Queen admitted her mistakes in a rare and humble manner. She confessed that she had misunderstood the amphora out of jealousy. But I hope it won't affect his love for her, "In addition, Amphora, I fully appreciate your treatment of the Pharaoh's daughter. Caesar has no heirs. According to the secret will you said, his The first in line of succession is Turinus, the second in line of succession is Deximus, and you are not sure yet, maybe it is Antony, right? Or maybe Mark Antony has always been so proud of himself, or even With your friend's character, he probably thinks that he is the first or second heir. Now that you are Turinus' guardian, what if Cleopatra gives birth to a real son for Caesar now? , this child may replace Anthony and become the third heir, and you will naturally become the guardian of this child. What more secure power can there be than this? "...

Then, under the sheepskin letter, there were some tulip petals, which still had a fragrant smell. Lepida smiled, placed the petals in the sunshine under the window sill, and looked at them carefully.

At this time, Sabo suddenly broke in and said that his detailed work had obtained the latest information: Pompey's father-in-law Scipio suddenly appeared on the coast of Leptis. Because the general made too much noise, he I am sure this news is true.

"I should have thought of it earlier. Septimius said before that the long-legged general was imprisoned in a cell in the palace of Ipos, right next to him. But after we captured Alexandria, we never found him. If we can find his traces, it seems that we should let him run away. But that's fine, let him continue to harm his teammates." Li Bida thought for a while and said.

On the coast of Libya, Labienus, with a livid face, appeared in front of the gate of Leptis City with a group of Mauretanian cavalry - because General Scipio had just boarded the ship alone in a broken shrimp fishing boat. When he arrived at the dock of the city, he arrogantly told Condisius, the commander of the garrison, that the person in charge of this war zone should come to see me.

When Condicius and Labinus greeted each other with fist bumps in front of the city gate, they walked towards the general's temporary residence. At this time, the garrison commander whispered to Labinus, "You will meet the great father-in-law soon (this is the new nickname given to Scipio by the army to tease him), you have to be careful."

When Labinus asked what to be careful about, the garrison commander seemed to be a little embarrassed, and just reminded that "the great father-in-law seemed to have a big change in his personality after escaping from Egypt".

As a result, just when he walked to the door of Scipio's residence, Labinus seemed to understand something - in the reservoir in the front yard, several huge crocodiles opened their bloody mouths to the guests, and several frightened slaves used long poles to hide far away and constantly slapped and restrained these scabby and cold-blooded beasts.

Then, when Labienus walked into the inner hall, he found that the whole room was full of parrots and pheasants flying around, leaving his head covered with feathers. Then, in front of the window of the room, the "great father-in-law" was sitting on a Celtic bench, and several Mauritanian monkeys were moving up and down on his shoulders and head. "Labienus, you are here." Scipio said in a very calm tone, then picked up an Egyptian banana, peeled it and put it into the mouth of a chirping monkey, and ate the rest himself.