"Does Appis mean, then, that I should stand still before Labienus attacks him, and wait until old Labienus has thrown all his men into battle, and then I will come out and surround the legions of Labiaenus and Sektus? If I'm not mistaken, that's what the letter means? ”

Anthony sat in a soft bearskin chair and spoke arrogantly to Crane. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info He always has the stubbornness of Brother Childe on his face.,People can't always get close.。 Appis had told Crane about this, telling him not to mind. But today, when Klein himself stood under Anthony and talked to the Roman cavalry commander, he still felt uncomfortable, and this kind of gaze was full of disdain and mockery. Like the slave owner's sarcasm about a defeated gladiator, however, although Crane was a gladiator, he was never sneered at by his master, because he was born a warrior and never lost his honor from his first appearance to the end.

"Yes, Your Excellency, that's how Appis planned it."

Despite being uncomfortable with Anthony's arrogance, Crane humbly replied to the cavalry commander's words.

"Is he the son of the god of war when he is his own soldier? The army of Rabienus has tens of thousands of men, and your master Apis now has less than 3,000 men, and the army of more than 10,000 people encircles and suppresses the army of less than 3,000 people, how long can the tenth legion survive? Moreover, if Rabienus does not throw all their forces into battle, but only send out their hired barbarian army to attack the remnants of your master's army, then our siege plan will also be in vain. ”

Anthony sat in a plush and comfortable chair and continued to be arrogantly sarcastic.

"When the time comes, the Legion Commander will ask the archers to give a signal, and you just need to attack when you see the signal. Also, Your Excellency Antony, I would like to explain one thing - Apis is not my master, in fact, we are only good friends, comrades-in-arms. Even brothers. ”

"Brother? Oh, oh, I remembered that it was not unusual for Appis to be a commoner, a slave, and that his friends and brothers were equally lowly freemen or slaves. ”

Anthony's cold ridicule almost made Klein unbearable, but as a free citizen, the difference between the identities of Klein and Anthony is indeed huge, if he publicly refutes it in this barracks, I am afraid that in the next second, he will be hung up and whipped by this arrogant noble child, and he can't bear it, so he can only continue to endure it...... Crane thought again about what Apis had said to himself, and perhaps it was a test.

"Your Excellency......"

"Go down, go down to the cook, ask for some bacon, and enjoy what you can't get from Appis. Then, I know your plan, and I'll think about whether or not to go ahead with it. And you don't have to go back, the area around Apis is now probably full of Rabienus's army. When you go back, they'll just grab you like wolfdogs, skin them, roast them, and eat them. Maybe they will get some answers from your mouth. It's safer to stay with me. Freeman. ”

Klein wanted to explain, but was stopped directly by Anthony. It seems that Anthony didn't have the patience to listen to a free man nagging here. When he knew the general meaning of the letter, he didn't want to talk nonsense with this freeman. In the attached barracks, there are still too many female slaves waiting for him to deal with them......

……

"Soldier, how is Appis now? I mean the situation the Tenth Legion was in before you came. ”

After Klein asked the cook for two plates of bacon, bacon and fruit platters and devoured them, Octavian found him. Beside this boy was another boy who was plainly dressed and equally handsome-looking, Agrippa. Now, Octavian and he are almost inseparable.

"Well, to be exact, there's nothing to be happy about on his side other than to be able to join you. Since the Legion was shipwrecked......"

"Wait. Are you saying that the legions of Apis and Marcus were shipwrecked? ”

Octavian interrupted Klein's remarks halfway through.

"Yes, when we were about to make landfall in Spain, there was a hurricane, and the waves were so high that the boats could barely hold on. We staggered around the cabin and were finally knocked over by the crazy waves. I can barely remember how I got ashore, as if I had been dragged ashore. ”

"And both Apis and Marcus survived?"

Octavian then asked, wanting to get the answer and know the situation, rather than listening to the rude gladiator describe the "earth-shattering" shipwreck.

"Yes, but many of the soldiers did not survive, twelve thousand of them, and only three thousand five hundred and sixty survived, well, the centurions reported the data, but I guess there will be fewer alive, because after that many people died of their injuries."

Crane said as he spoke, sucking the grease from the bacon that had remained on his fingers with his big mouth.

Octavian, on the other hand, ignored this shallow behavior and continued to ask—

"It is a blessing in disguise that you survived the shipwreck and captured a city. And what about later? How did it get to where it is now? ”

"Soon after we took the city, the great army of Sextus arrived. I heard that they defeated you, and defeated the high Lord Anthony. So, we were surrounded, completely surrounded. The enemy blocked all roads into the city and sent warships to attack the pirate ships that were carrying grain for us. Seeing that this would not last long, Appis ordered everyone to break out. Of course, the breakthrough was also full of twists and turns, but fortunately, the breakthrough was finally successful. Later, Sextus continued to attack us along the way. Until we find you. ”

After Klein finished speaking, he casually threw the bacon on the ground that had been gnawed to the bone. The slaves in the barracks immediately came over and cleaned up the filth on the ground.

"Then his situation must be very bad now, but he still wants to create this encirclement war?"

Octavian continued to ask.

"Yes, Apis is in a bad situation, but he is still optimistic, but I know that is what he has shown, and when there is no one in private, he is often melancholy, silent, as if he always has something on his mind."

It took Klein half a day to finally nibble on all the food on his plate, regardless of whether the Legion's chef would laugh at it.

"Yes, he always did. By the way, soldier, you seem to know him well, why would Appis send you (the recruits) to convey such an important thing as passing on information, instead of sending those veterans? ”

Octavian asked suddenly...... (To be continued.) )