"I will pass on the order, Tretus, even the lowest-ranking centurion can command you, command you. If you want to be honored on the battlefield and become a qualified general, you must start as an ordinary soldier. Immerse yourself in their lives and hang out with them, so that you can gain the love and respect of the soldiers. A general who has not experienced bloody battles and commands others has no prestige, and no one will be willing to die for him. Do you understand? Tretus. ”

Appis walked up to young Tretus and said. At the same time, he winked at Octavia, indicating that the matter was settled. Octavia, on the other hand, was angry and didn't want to pay attention to Appis. This dictator is not only politically and militarily dictatorial, but also dictatorial over the affairs of other people's homes......

"Thank you, Uncle Appis!"

Tretus danced with joy. His eyes were full of anticipation and adoration.

"Octavia, there are some things we want to avoid, but it can't be avoided at all, and our fate is often not at our disposal. By the way, Lilia came to me the other day to hope that his son Tiberius. Claudius was able to join the army and go to the Germanic regions to suppress the rebellion there. It doesn't seem like much, but it's actually quite significant, do you understand what that means? ”

Appis turned and whispered to Octavia.

……

Octavia didn't speak, but Appis had guessed that she understood.

"None of us can control our own destiny, Octavia, and must accept this reality. In the same way, Tiberius, Tretus, and Nevia are not in control of their own destiny. They are nothing more than poor children who drift along in this great torrent. Even if you don't want to jump into this dirty and muddy river, there are people behind you who push you and make you unable to extricate yourself. Let Teretus join the army, so that in the future there will be someone who can balance Tiberius and Lilia. Do you want me to kill their mother and son? Reasonably, it is not appropriate, and I think you still have feelings for their mother and son, after all, one is your brother's wife before his death, and the other is your brother's adopted son during his lifetime. ”

Appis put his hand on Octavia's shoulder, comforting. Although what I said was a very cruel reality.

……

Three days later, the disciplined and morale-boosting Roman legions marched out of the capital of Rome and marched north to the Germanic hinterland to put an end to the rebellion. After thirty-five days of hard work, the local garrison finally waited for the army sent by Rome.

"I really don't understand, what are these two kids in the legion here for? They were not yet of the age of military service, and they were dressed brighter than the average person, with thin skin and tender flesh, and they looked like children of noble families. ”

"You don't know, they're all members of the Octavian family."

"You mean the young man who was defeated by Appis, Gaius. Octavian? ”

Teretus and Tiberius accompanied the army to Germania and soon attracted the attention of the local defenders. They saw two young men in the legion, their stature and face clearly out of place with the people around them. Moreover, he is still young. Not at all like an ordinary soldier. The garrison also began to talk about the two Roman teenagers in private.

"Yes, it is him, and the two children are said to be his relatives, one is his adopted son, and the other is his sister's child."

A more goblin legion veteran said.

"How do you know that?"

The other soldiers asked curiously.

"I said hello and talked to the soldiers of the Thirteenth Legion, and they told me personally."

The veteran replied.

"What did Apis send them for? to train them? If this is me, I will kill them directly, and I will not let their children come to the army for training! ”

A fat soldier said dissatisfied. There was a hint of incomprehension of Appis in his words, and even a hint of mockery.

"That's the gap between us and Appis. Think about it, everyone understands the truth, as the commander of the Roman legions, doesn't Apis understand? He deliberately did not kill Octavian's widow in order to show his image of tolerance and fraternity. Keeping a pair of orphans and widows, and treating him kindly, Appis's fame has soared in Rome in recent years, and people have a good reputation for him, and it has to be said that it has something to do with his various practices. ”

The Scar Veteran lay down and said confidently. As if he knew a lot of things......

……

A few days later, the massive legion arrived at the site where the mutiny had spawned. However, the rebellious Germanic army had long since taken refuge in the forest, so Maximus convened a military council. As those GIs had discussed before, Teretus and Tiberius, no matter how much Apis arranged them in the ranks of low-ranking soldiers, they were not ordinary soldiers after all, and their identities and backgrounds made the soldiers always look at them differently, and Maximus's military meeting even allowed the two boys to attend directly.

"The dilemma we are facing now is that the rebellious Germanic people are unwilling to fight me, they hide in the forest, relying on the familiar terrain to maneuver around us. This will inevitably increase the difficulty of logistical supply for a long time. This has almost become a tradition of the Germanic defeats of the Roman legions. Ladies and gentlemen, I have gathered you here today to discuss this issue. What do we do next, how can we wipe out the rebellious Germanic people in a short time? ”

Maximus sat in the center of the meeting, imitating the style of Appis when he marched to war, and held a military meeting. The experienced Roman general had just wanted to listen to the opinions of the crowd and combine the wisdom of the crowd. However, when the meeting started, it was not like that at all. Everyone expressed their opinions, and there was a lot of discussion on the spot, just like the downtown traders and ruffians were bargaining, and there was no order at all.

Maximus himself, sitting in a chair, also lost patience. He yelled and ordered the soldiers to be quiet and keep the meeting in order.

"Bribery and bribery of them. Divide them, let our messengers make contact with their realms, and then divide their alliance with money. ”

After the silence, Tretus sprang out, he should have sat in the corner and listened quietly, but now, seeing that there was no one to come up with an idea at the meeting, he jumped out and expressed his opinion. Although he was only sixteen years old, he grew up in such a family, heard and witnessed the intrigues of his fathers, and his vision and knowledge were broader than those of ordinary centurions.

As soon as Tretus finished speaking, many centurions stared approvingly at the good-looking young man. Even Maximus himself nodded in acquiescence.

So, what do you think? Tiberius? ”

Tiberius and Tretus were to be treated equally, which was the explanation given to him by Apis before Maxim's expedition. Now that Teretus was on the show and Tiberius was silent, Maximus had to routinely ask about the more gentle-looking teenager.

"Well, my idea is that we should burn the Germanic villages, so that they have nowhere to go, no food, the refugees will pour into the forest, and the more villages we burn, the more unbearable they will become, and they will eventually come out of the forest to fight us. Once on the plains, the legion will crush the undisciplined barbarians. The method of bribery, though feasible, is not a cure, and will make it a habit for the Germans to continue to make trouble in the future, when the legions go out again, and stay in the forest, until our messengers deliver money into their pockets, and these barbarians cannot be allowed to have such thoughts and habits. ”

Tiberius, who has been obscure, spoke amazingly. Being so cruel at such a young age can't help but make many officers a little unacceptable. If you say this, if you say it, I'm afraid you won't feel anything, but when a child under the age of 16 says it, it's a little difficult to accept. Moreover, Maximus himself did not accept such a suggestion, it was indeed too cruel, the scale was not well controlled, and it could cause a larger revolt of the Germanic tribes.

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