"Too easy, isn't it? There seems to be something wrong with this. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"What?"

"I mean, from the time we laid siege to Antony, to the time we entered Rome, to the time Cicero was forced to perform a triumphal ceremony, to the time I became consul, it was too smooth, wasn't it? There were hardly any substantial obstacles. Don't you think there's something strange about this? ”

Octavian and Agrippa were chatting in the residence, and the melancholy Octavian suddenly felt a sense of unease as he recalled the course of the three months and the progress of all things.

"What's the problem? Octavian, you're just too suspicious, it's not that we're not without obstacles, you see every time you talk to Cicero, you see what he looks like, Cicero's nose and eyes are almost crowded together, I've heard that every day he walks down the street with a sad face, he has no choice, so he can only help us do it all. The obstacle we encountered was the obstruction of the Senate, but, under the sword of the army, they compromised. Isn't it? ”

Agrippa said, picking up a fresh apple from his plate and bringing it to his mouth to nibble on. There was no such anxiety as Octavian.

"Yes, but these are not real obstacles that I am talking about. Don't you notice? Repida was so quiet about what we had been doing lately that he barely had any dissenting voice, just echoing it. Perhaps, this is the end they were hoping for? Am I just following their path? ”

Octavian looked a little anxious, he seemed to recall something, was this a conspiracy? Or is it a trap that someone else has already prepared? But Agrippa was much more calm about such speculation.

"Lepida is a gentle person in his own right, he is like Crassus in the first three, in fact, our fight with Antony, he will only play a role in mediating it, other than that, his power is far less than ours and Antony."

Agrippa responded.

"Yes, I know the character of Lepida, but the current Lepida is not the original Lepida, after I inherited Caesar's will, he has always been mild, and even entered the city of Rome with his legions. The intent is clear. Perhaps Appis was involved in other events that followed, after being involved in the plot with Lepida? Including our entry into Rome this time? ”

Octavian suddenly understood a clear logic in Agrippa's conversation, and such a speculation suddenly alarmed him. If this is the case, then he may have been deeply involved in the conspiracy of Lepida and Apis, but what the conspiracy was, Octavian did not know at this time.

……

"Cventus, we must attack, Octavian is very weak now, he has only four legions, an army of less than 20,000 men, but he occupies the capital of Rome. If we attack at this time, with Octavian's leading ability, he will definitely not be able to compete with us. Cicero wrote a letter in which he expounded the Senate's dissatisfaction with Octavian. We must seize this opportunity! The nobility of Rome will support us again! ”

Brutus was excitedly arguing with Kventus in the camp. Because of Kventus's prudence and experience, he did not agree with Brutus's reckless approach this time.

"No, Octavian is not strong, but neither are we. Look at our improvised legion, half of which is even made up of local barbarian mercenaries, whom we have not yet systematically and comprehensively trained, and who are not sure that such an army, despite its numerical superiority, will be able to defeat Octavian's army of less than 20,000 men. Moreover, the letter came so suddenly that it made me feel weird and uneasy. ”

Faced with Brutus' request, Kventus sternly refused. He remembered how Caesar used these despicable political tactics to defeat his father one by one, and Octavian now is very similar to Caesar back then. Cventus even suspected that Cicero's letter had been deliberately sent by Octavian in order to lure the fledgling Brutus to his death.

But such an idea seemed to Brutus to be unfounded.

"What's weird? What are you upset about? My friend. Have you been frightened by Caesar's name, Cventus? Don't forget, Octavian only inherited the name of Caesar, he was not Caesar, he was just a young man under the age of twenty. Are you so afraid of even a boy? ”

Brutus longed for his return to Rome, and did not listen to Cventus's admonitions. He even turned his head and laughed at the cowardice and incompetence of his collaborators. This annoyed Kventus.

"Foolish man is you, Brutus, Octavian if he was just an incompetent boy who could have achieved so much in such a short time? Even if he inherited Caesar's legacy, how could a person who did not know political methods and military strategy defeat Antony in just three months, enter Rome, and blackmail the Senate? It takes not only wisdom, but also courage, Octavian was no ordinary boy, I warn you, Brutus. ”

Kventus replied loudly.

"Then you take your cowardice and cowardice, oh yes, and doubts and horrors, stay here, stay in this barren land, and spend all day with these barbarians, and I, with my legions, will go westward with the hope of the Republic, liberate Rome, and Octavian will fall into my hands, and you will not get a share of the glory."

Brutus said indignantly, and then, in a rage, he walked out of the tent and disappeared into the night.

A month later, twelve Roman legions, marching from Silesia, passed through the mountains of northern Thrace and entered the territory of Greece, Brutus and Cventus, and Cassius's troops marched in three directions towards Rome, the capital of the empire. Later, the news of the invasion of Brutus' army caused panic among the people of Rome. After all, the ability to spread and distort public opinion is very powerful, at the beginning Brutus only led twelve legions, more than 70,000 people, when it reached the territory of Rome, Italy, it became 1450,000 people, the number was more than doubled, and the people also felt that the danger was approaching, and Octavian, because everyone knew that Brutus marched at this time for Octavian, the heir of Caesar declared him an enemy of the motherland, and Brutus wanted to regain his position and the right to survive......