Augustus Road

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"The Gauls believed that unless the fortifications were breached, all hope of escape would be lost, and the Romans also believed that as long as they could endure this day, all their hard work would be over. ∷ Top ∷ ∷ Xiao ∷ story," - —Description of the Battle of Alesia in "The Gallic Wars"

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Then Anthony moved his hand, and many dancers immediately surrounded them with their bare feet. They half pulled and half pressed the two young tribunes to the ground, "sat" on the couch, and then began. Continuously provide delicious food, wine and beauty.

"Hey, you cheap maid, stay away from my friend's son. He just married a young lady from a famous family. Don't stain his robe with your dirty skin. Just go and serve the heir of the great Caesar, haha. "Antony said loudly to the dancer who rubbed her face against Leo, causing her to scream and even the wine spilled on Octavian and Leo.

The annoyed Octavian stood up and gave the dancer a slap in the face. The dancer was holding the plate and her hair was messy. Antony continued to laugh wildly, and only Leo stepped forward and turned the dancer aside. The poor girl was helped up, gave her a few words of comfort, and told her to go to the backyard to straighten her makeup. Otherwise, if the madam saw her, she might not even be able to guarantee her labor allowance tonight.

The girl hurriedly got up amidst the ridicule, thanked Leo a few times, and then covered her face. Ran into the backyard. "I will not be stingy with this small amount of money. I am as generous as your father, no, even more generous than Lepidus!" Anthony shouted, and after speaking, he shouted to the servant in charge beside him, "Give that girl just three A hundred dinars of silver, yes, draw it out immediately at the counting house, and tell her that because Lepidah's son raised her up, she was favored by the goddess of fortune."

At this moment, Duomu Jiang, who was watching this scene on the periphery of the porch, whispered a few words to the girl who ran over, glanced at Leo with admiration, and turned around to go to the accounting room.

Meanwhile, under the cover of night, Maecenas and Agrippa were wrapped tightly in their cloaks and in the drizzle. We set foot on the path of Palatine Hill and entered from the backyard of Cicero's mansion. In the hall, Cicero was angrily scolding him. He was angry that his son-in-law Eurabella had completely betrayed him, colluded with Antony, and deceived his father-in-law's innocent feelings. It was really abominable. !

So when these two people appeared in front of him, he was still in a very bad mood. He just coldly invited the two new military tribunes to sit down, and then asked if there was anyone who needed his help in the assignment of legions, " But maybe I need to receive payment in advance, there is simply no one trustworthy in this world, not even relatives."

"We are fully aware of this. Urabella will soon abandon you and go to the East to take up his post. But Young Caesar has called us here to tell you about a more urgent danger. That is, if Antony succeeds, then you and your "It may not be a question of disappointment or not," Mecenas said, "Dear Sir, in today's world, it is very terrible to not have the support of the legions. Now that Antony is the governor of Macedonia, all six legions are under his control." He, plus the Skylark Legion in his hand, once he is asked to reinstate Caesar's veterans and annex the armed forces of Shannan Gaul, he will soon be able to expand to the strength of twelve to fifteen legions. Then whatever he wants to do to the city of Rome, that will be the case, right?”

Of course Cicero understood this. He sighed and felt deeply that the world was difficult. With his financial resources and image, where could he get the support of the legion? That was the purpose when he sent his younger brother Quintus to Gaul, but now the Fourteenth Legion had been pulled over by Deximos with just a few words. Quintus, the former commander, was the same as he was without him—— People without money and ambition are just passing clouds in the eyes of soldiers.

"Let Caesar protect you!" Agrippa said boldly and straightforwardly.

Hearing this, Cicero couldn't believe his ears. What a joke! With just this young boy, where does the legion come from?

But then he thought again, Leo was the son of Lepidus, and Octavian might want to use his influence to unite the four legions assembled at Brindisi, including the six and ten legions, with Lepidus. They are more or less involved, but Lepidus is now far away in the province of Nebo, so why should a few idiots fight with Anthony?

"Please rest assured, your Excellency, you only need to use your eloquence and influence in the Senate." Maecenas said with a smile, then he slowly stood up and approached Cicero under the light... ...

Here, the banquet at the Bergalondi Manor is coming to an end. Octavian and Leo are obviously a little drunk, and Antony's feet are already "wild", with slaves and dancers constantly busy in front of his knees. Busy and tidying up.

"I will go out to kill Decimus, who is the most despicable. Someone will send the vote of the people's assembly and the Senate to him soon. If he still dares to resist, we will use the army to crush him!" Antony's heroic words appeared again, but this time he said to the two people sitting opposite him, "My wife and mother will be left in Rome, so I have another request to the Senate." Then he burped on his back and looked at Octavian and Leo, "I need you, Leo, to follow me to the Gaul..."

The whole scene seemed to freeze, Octavian muttered Caesar's name, and then he said to Antony, "You are Are you asking me for hostages? You obviously don't trust our alliance. Are you afraid of a teenager? "

"Everyone wants to ensure a way out, everyone is the same! You have to know that I didn't ask you, Caesar, after all - this is considered a concession, because everyone knows that I won't hurt Leo, he is the son of Lepidus - it may not be the same for you." Antony immediately slapped the small table loudly, the wine splashed, and said with red eyes...

The next day, Cicero suddenly announced with Basatus that they would strengthen the deployment of Antony's expeditionary army, hoping that Antony could postpone the expedition to Southern Gaul and wait for the Spanish legion to arrive, and then let the Senate allocate him two or three more legions.

Around the same day, Cicero also read out Decimus' letter from Cisalpine Gaul, which contained his defense, "Since Antony can disrespect Caesar's memorandum and the Senate's decree, then I don't have to respect the resolution of the Tebris Assembly - my sword-fighting slaves have formed a new legion, and now I have four legions in my hands, and I am preparing to recruit a new fully armed legion here. If Antony comes, then come! I have joined forces with Lepidus. If he doesn't want to be killed by mutinous soldiers on the way, he can continue to dream." (The novel "The Road to Augustus" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "Add Friends", search for the public account "qdread" and follow it, hurry up!) (To be continued..)