Augustus Road

"Indeed, that's why Caesar distributed more Tebris voting rights to foreign communes. Look at me. Now, through my familiarity with Roman society, haven't I become a governor or even a cavalry commander?" Lepidus He spoke to Vercingetorelli in a drunken tone, and then the remnants of his eyes continued to test the other party's reaction.

"Yes, your success will give me more inspiration, adoptive father." Vercingetorius then said the following words without saltiness, temporarily leaving Lepidus nowhere to be found.

In this atmosphere full of doubts, Caesar's fleet was ready and set sail for Africa within the specified time.

As a result, upon arriving at the city of Leptis guarded by Antony, Caesar got angry, saying that some military tribunes had no sympathy for the soldiers' plight and actually dared to directly use ships to transport their own personal goods, and demanded that all All the officers of the legion were gathered together, and he wanted to punish him in person in front of the whole army.

Avenus and Fonteus were horrified 3.s., because they soon knew that Caesar meant what he said and was coming for them. The troops of the Tenth Legion were still on the other side of the ocean. The two of them were originally responsible for transporting supplies and opening the camp first, and followed the others across the sea. Although they vaguely felt that the anger of the former dictator was definitely related to last year's mutiny, they still had to go. They arrived in front of the Temple Square of Leptis, where the tribunes and centurions of all the legions were standing. Previously, the two men had sent a summons to Le Pida to inquire about the situation and asked him to come forward to testify, but the retinue of the Chief Executive of the Executive Yuan told them otherwise. Lepidus this morning just after the sun rose. He took the boat back to Brindisi. Go and arrange the second wave of troops to cross the sea.

In front of the temple altar, Caesar's anger was like thunder, "A very shameful act occurred among our fleet. You must know that the number of our fleet ships is very limited, and we will encounter enemy attacks and arson on the sea. , so I repeatedly emphasized that each ship can only be used to carry armed soldiers, so that every precious ship can be protected. But a certain military tribune of the Tenth Legion elected him and went there. When Africa was liberating its compatriots from the enslavement of Pompey's gang, he dedicated a ship to transport his military slaves, luggage, mounts and belongings. "Avinus, Fonteus!" As expected, Caesar publicly named names without mercy this time, which was extremely rare in the past.

The two tribunes of the Tenth Legion did not look too surprised as they walked out of the queue and stood under Caesar's rostrum. They lowered their heads, neither defending nor begging for mercy. These two people believed that they had always been diligent in their work during their service in the legion and never abandoned their duties on the battlefield. Now that the former dictator and old superiors are looking for a reason to punish them because of some public or private grudges, Then just accept it calmly. After glancing at the two of them, Caesar's tone became soothing and sad, "I have always forgiven some wanton people, hoping that sooner or later they will realize my gentleness and the overall interests of the Republic. But they have never restrained them. After checking, when the Republic needed soldiers the most, they instigated a mutiny and left the commander without soldiers. Now you have used ships to transport personal belongings. Avinus, you once played a leading role in the mutiny. , didn’t you? Fonteus, you encouraged the veterans to rob the towns of Campania, didn’t you?”

"Yes, I also saved an entire wing of cavalry in the Battle of Mount Tijon, for which I also won the Citizen Laureate." Avienus said.

"I ate tree roots and fennel seeds in Kokula Mountain, and never abandoned my position. However, these words now are not begging for mercy, because sooner or later the punishment will be imposed on us. From the time we jointly submit the letter Behind the board." After Fonteyus finished speaking, he automatically took off the gold chain, cloak, helmet, Amira and other items and laid them out in front of Caesar.

"Avinus and Fonteus, you two tribunes of the legion, you must know that your current status and achievements are not because of anything outstanding about you two. Everything comes from me, Caesar." Promotion and grace. But you have shown yourself to be unworthy of courage in battle and unfaithful in peace. I now decree that Avienus shall be deprived of his military service and shall be discharged with dishonor, but that his estates in Campania shall be retained. , deprived of half of his retirement pension; Fonteus, dismissed from his position in the Tenth Legion and replaced as the commander of the Orleans Colonial Regiment, you must board the ship and leave my camp immediately, each of you only keeping one military slave to accompany you. They can only carry their personal belongings and leave. There are also several centurions who participated in the rebellion. They are still training and reorganizing their troops in Naples and will wait until they arrive in Africa." After saying this, Caesar didn't look at anyone. Walked straight down the temple altar.

The two military tribunes also left the crowd silently and accepted the punishment they deserved. However, when they reached the main entrance of the camp, a young man wearing a Jewish hat stopped them and said to General Lepidus. He feels uneasy because he has concealed the facts, but he is unable to change the dictator's order, so he allows me to stay here and asks the two experienced commanders to tolerate their fate for the time being, and then they will be sent to each of them. He will give five thousand dinars of silver coins to cover the settlement expenses. When the time is right, he will use his power to rehabilitate the two of them.

As a result, Avinus and Fonteus burst into tears and repeatedly asked Matthias to remind the general not to forget today's promise. They were willing to offer double loyalty to Caesar and serve Lepidus.

Next, Caesar, who focused on the battlefield situation, found that in the two or three months between, Pompey, who defeated Curio, acted quickly. He not only basically restored the situation around Utica, but also integrated his war zone with that of Labienus. Then, Pompey sat in Utica and commissioned his two sons and fleet to capture the Balearic Islands in the Spanish Sea; his father-in-law Scipio, joined with King Juba, and took all the cavalry and infantry of Numidia to press towards the coast of Libya. Some towns that had surrendered to Lepidus surrendered to Pompey's army again.

In short, Scipio and King Juba were approaching Hadrumum, and Labienus and Condicius in Zeta also moved quickly and began to move north to cooperate with Scipio's offensive. The Pompey fleet on the island of Kerchi also ravaged the sea and strangled Caesar's shipping line. After the great victory, the enemy had regained confidence and fighting spirit, gave up the behavior of undermining each other, and began to focus on dealing with Caesar.

"Build two walls, one extending from my camp to Hadrumum and the other to Leptis." Caesar ordered.

But to his surprise, a message soon told him that these tasks had been completed by Lepidus and Antony.

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