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Hearing the news of the Germanic invasion of the northern part of the empire, Lepida was first surprised, however, in Appis, he saw hope, a rare opportunity.

"You're saying this Germanic invasion is our chance?"

Lepida asked in surprise. He didn't understand what Appis was contemplating.

"Yes, if you think about it, what is the purpose of our long struggle between Antony and Octavian? It is to weaken the strength of the two factions and gain a foothold from them, but if we only weaken them, we ourselves will not have a chance to gain a foothold, then we will eventually be swallowed by the two factions, so we need absolute dominance of a piece of territory, a legion that is only loyal to us. And before the Germanic invasion, we did not have the opportunity to raise such an army, nor did we have the opportunity to establish our own territory, and now, the Germans have come, and they have just given us such an excuse and reason. You can return to Rome with your legions, then go north, recruit legions along the way under the pretext of exterminating the Germans, and then, use the northern battlefield as a training ground to train a legion that is extremely resilient and tenacious, and, once the Germans are defeated, the Gauls will claim to you, and at that time, the north will no longer be under the jurisdiction of Antony, and if all goes well, we can also take advantage of the situation to go south and take Spain. Lepida, my friend, brother, this is a very rare opportunity, my fear is not that the Germanic invasion is numerous, but that they are not coming enough, Rome is already Rome under Marius at the beginning, the whole republic has the strength, the strength to resist this barbarian army in the north, the more they come, the more time we will be entrenched in the north. ”

In the face of Lepida's doubts, Apis gave out his plan in full, and the last three-headed alliance has been circling to this day, and Apis finally sees the hope and motivation for development. And Lepida couldn't help but be very excited after hearing such a plan, at the beginning, the Roman consul only used his connections to introduce Tertila to Apis, and brokered the two of them together, but now, Apis brought him far more benefits than the original investment, which made Lepida can't help but be ecstatic.

"But what if Antony and Octavian join the war?"

But then, Lepida thought of an uncertain factor. For what Apis could see, Octavian and Antony might have seen as well.

"No, because the war that took place in Greece distracted their attention, not only Antony and Octavian, but the whole Roman world, is now paying attention to this war of Brutus, as the mastermind of the assassination of Caesar, who killed Brutus and won this war, who will win the support of the Roman people, win the affirmation of public opinion, and moreover, Antony and Octavian may still be planning to kill Brutus, win this war, and take advantage of the situation to occupy the East, there, But in the richest part of the empire, all the taxes of the western regions combined, were less than half of those of the East, and in such a situation that Antony and Octavian would have to fight for the defeat of Brutus, and neither of them would be willing to disperse their forces to Gaul against the Germans, so that we were given the opportunity. The barbarians in the north are amazingly combative, and the legions trained to fight with them will be the most powerful legions in the entire Roman world, wasn't that what Caesar was like back then? ”

Apis's second analysis of Lepida completely dispelled Lepida's doubts, indeed, instead of fighting to the death with Antony and Octavian in the East, it is better to lead troops north and occupy a vast area in the north, just like Appis said, Antony and Octavian will definitely not be able to take advantage of the final battle results, such a rich province in the East, whether Octavian or Antony, will definitely not give it to him, so it is better to go north while everyone is aware of it, and intercept the invasion of the Germans, yes, This can be achieved and, most importantly, the legion is trained!

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"Germanic? Oh, don't laugh, they will threaten the heart of Rome? Even if Caesar had told me about this, I wouldn't have believed it. Those barbarians just took the risk of going south and looted some villages because they were starving last winter, and had nowhere to go and no food and clothing, and the Senate only needed to form a legion to deal with them, a group of barbarians, but you are here to discuss whether to send troops to support the northern frontier? I tell you, Brutus is the real threat. ”

In the evening, Lepida, Appis, Octavian, Antony, Rabbi Annus, Agrippa, and others discussed the turmoil in Gaul in the tent of the camp, and Antony was the first to speak and analyze the current situation. In his eyes, the Germans were nothing more than a bunch of ragged, unorganized barbarians, not even barbarians, a bunch of hairy and blood-drinking beasts, and Antony believed that the local garrison of Gaul would be able to cope with it for a while, and that there was no need to discuss this matter here, and that the Senate could recruit a legion of its own to quell the unrest.

"A bunch of brutes? I'm afraid it's not that simple, Anthony, as far as I know, Caesar repeatedly emphasized during his lifetime when he fought against the Germans that it was a terrible people, they were bloodthirsty and brutal, they were amazingly powerful, and they were not afraid of swords and wounds, and they were numerous, and how many such blue-eyed and blond Germans were hidden under the Black Forest in the north, we don't know, how can you say so simply, that this is just a war caused by a small tribal migration? ”

After Antony finished speaking, Octavian retorted. His eyes were dark and deep, and no one could tell what Caesar's heir was thinking in the circle chair. Even Appis was inexplicably worried.

"So what do you mean, boy, that you're going to bring the legion back to Rome to deal with what you call the horrible beasts?"

Antony asked Octavian rhetorically.

"If you can solve Brutus alone."

Octavian then returned.

……

The scene fell silent, everyone knew that although Brutus's military strength had just been frustrated, it had not yet injured the main force, whether it was Antony or Octavian, at this moment, no one had the strength to fight this army alone, so Octavian just used a very simple sentence to make Antony have nothing to say.

"So, Lepida, what do you think?"

After the silence, Octavian turned his head and asked about Repida, who had been sitting quietly in his seat......