Augustus Road

"More cannons, less bloodshed." - De Vauban, French fortress engineer in the 17th century

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Lepidus' heart trembled. Even he, with incredible emotion, took the tablet. But when Caesar saw his expression, he smiled and explained, "Don't talk about other legions, it's the Tenth Legion. I My favorite, the number of mutinies no less than three times. Even though I forgive most of them this time, the soldiers will still form bad habits in the mutinies, and they will easily be instigated by those they consider to be their leaders. So Li Bida, you don’t have to be soft.”

After hearing this, Li Bida's brows twitched slightly, and then he raised doubts, "If iron nails are used to execute people, I'm afraid the soldiers of the Tenth Legion will not accept it, right? Many words may use the method of drawing one out of ten, and the operation It’s also very difficult to get up.”

"No, no, Calabis, I am not that cruel and unhuman. I am just driving these people away from the Tenth Legion. You are responsible for finding a justifiable reason and announcing that I will do it in public, but I always hope to see one or two of them die, so sending them to dangerous front lines to perform dangerous tasks is a good way - in short, the soldiers must be kept within an acceptable range. The fear of the ruler's actions is the way to control the army." After Caesar finished speaking, he patted Lepidus on the shoulder and indicated that he could arrange the matter. Lepidus walked out of the camp and saw the huge fleet in the sunset. The sails of all ships were furled. The oars were also placed. Oarsmen, crew and soldiers together. The supplies needed for navigation and warfare were carried on the dock. Caesar's new wartime provincial policies were indeed effective. Don't look at the senators and knights who pretended to be poor on weekdays. Once they felt that contracting provincial taxes was profitable, they paid Without even raising an eyebrow for a huge deposit, Caesar had money in an instant, so he was very concerned about investing in combat equipment. In addition, Caesar also negotiated with Lepidus, after completely defeating Pompey. Just divide Numidia and collect it as a wartime province, as well as the Libyan region, so that two more provinces can be added to serve as a reserve force for greater operations in the future.

At this moment, Vercingetorius and Itasus both stood in front of the main gate of their camp, bowing to greet Lepidus. Vercingetorio grew a beard, tied up his long golden hair and wore a gold crown and a luxurious cloak. It is majestic and seems to suppress the war of the Venet people. He gained great honors and benefits in Rome and his country. He respectfully called Lepidus his adoptive father. In fact, he was not much older than him; while Itasus still looked like a deputy fisherman, with a bitter brow. He was hanging on the ground with a melancholy and calm expression on his face, even though he was already the chief consul of Liguria. After just finishing the greetings, Lepidus took the two of them to the destination, because the ships belonging to the Tenth Army were also prepared in the harbor. Although most of the people were still in Naples for replenishment, as the first military force sent over The tribunes still need to be fully prepared for the subsequent advance of the large army.

Without any difficulty, Lepidus found the two legion tribunes specifically responsible for this matter, Avenus and Fonteus. At that time, they were directing the stocking work in front of the ship. When they saw the former cavalry commander, they immediately After saluting, Lebida greeted them with a smile and fist bumps, and then asked them about the progress of the work in a routine manner, and the answer he received was that everything was going well.

"This boat looks quite small. I wonder what it can be used for?" Lepidus pointed to one of the single-row rowing boats seemingly casually. Then, before the two military tribunes could answer, he Oops, isn't this the one I took out from the fleet in Cyrene? I could recognize the bow of the ship, and then I patted the two of them on the shoulders familiarly and said, "Just in time, this little ship will be used by your tribunes to store their horses and luggage."…

"But now the soldiers of the Tenth Legion are about to be replenished. The number of people crossing the sea will not be small, and the ships are also relatively tight. If we take out a separate ship to transport our mounts and luggage, will it cause gossip?" Fonteus asked .

Lepidus said it doesn't matter. Anyway, I have the final say on this ship. Even if it is regarded as a gift to you, it doesn't matter.

So the two military tribunes, after being humble for a while, felt that they could not resist the kindness of the former cavalry commander, and finally accepted this fact by default.

Next, Lepidus seemed to have been prepared. His army slaves not only carried the things that the military tribune should have to the ship, but also many additional gifts, many clay pots and boxes. On the deck, the two tribunes hurriedly refused, but Lepidus hurriedly said that he was begging Duoduo, the tribune, to let the tenth legion support his legions during the battle, especially the twelve, fifteenth and sixteenth legions. So that Caesar would give more consideration to his own legions when setting up settlements in Africa.

Avenus and Fonteus laughed for a while, then reluctantly accepted Lepidus' "deep affection".

After everything was "arranged", Lepidus and the two of them continued to walk in front of the coast for a while, but most of the conversation seemed to focus on Vercingetorio, "How does it feel to be married to Plotchi?"

"Adoptive father, you have a marriage to the granddaughter of old Lepidus, and then you also have a female slave, and also a queen from the East. Now you ask me how I feel about marriage?" Vercingetorius retorted.

Lepidus had nothing to say, but he only warned Vercingetorius to perform well in the war in Africa in order to win greater glory for the Alvini tribe. Then he became concerned about his other adopted son, Paluma. Although the little pigeon kept writing letters to him, Lepidah still felt that it would be more secure to ask about it verbally.

"Your adopted son is a very brave and flexible young man. Although his legs and feet are inconvenient, he has still completed the task of climbing the mountain many times. I still wrote his letters because he does not understand written texts, but his mind But he is very good, and is highly appreciated by Galius, the commander of the Seventh Legion. He has won many medals in the battle to pacify the Venetians. Now he is serving as General Galius's "camp attendant", and his wife We also came to the new colonial city of Orleans. Your Excellency, my adoptive father, Paluma will become the leader of Orleans sooner or later. All Romans and Gauls respect this person, and he is enough to become your right-hand man in the future."

Vercingetorix's reply made Lepidus particularly excited, and he then said that he would soon start to grant citizenship to the city of Orleans.

"Perhaps, the Alvini tribe will eventually become a state under the jurisdiction of Rome, and even become a city with voting rights as Rome's territory expands, but I doubt that all this is what I want. "Vercintoli sighed and said, "Sometimes, I feel that once the Gauls put on robes and receive Roman law and military education, their abilities will be no worse than those of native Romans."

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