"Octavia! How many times have you told you, don't run around the barracks, let alone leave the camp, those legions from Gaul are like barbarians, slaughtering our men, **our women. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info If you leave the camp like this without my permission, I will have people lock you in a military tent and not let you leave my sight for half a step! ”

In the camp of the Spanish Legion in early summer, Pompe-Sektus Jr. was distraughtly reprimanding his wife Octavia, because when he had just returned, Sextus did not see his wife, and asked the guards and did not know where the woman had gone.

"What's wrong? Sextus, your anger is not with me, but at me. Life in the barracks was so monotonous that I just went out to breathe. Why are you so furious today? I guess there's something else bothering you. ”

In the face of her husband's thunderous rage, Octavia stood still, gently explaining and asking. She was always so cold to Sextus, but she seemed to start with a faint affection again. After all, over the years, Sextus has been very good to himself. Octavia knows it firsthand.

"Oh, I'm sorry, my beloved wife. Indeed, there have been too many things that have irritated me lately. I shouldn't have done that to you just now. ”

Looking at Octavia's innocent and pitiful expression, and remembering his out-of-control emotions just now, Sextuston calmed down. He looked at Octavia's delicate and beautiful face, and couldn't help but want to love her. It's just that there is so much boredom that he can't relax.

"What is it that makes you angry? Say it, and maybe I can pray to the gods and ask them to help you. ”

Octavia asked softly.

"Apis, that damn Apis. During the peace talks with us, he sent men to attack my baggage. This wild dog under Caesar, he has no credibility to speak of, and Rabienus says that he believes in his character and integrity, but in my opinion, he is no different from a Gallic wild dog! ”

"Appis?"

Hearing this familiar and unfamiliar name, Octavia reacted like an electric shock. It was the girl's constant affection, and in those distant years, Octavia had given him all her sincerity, all her feelings. It was given to the slave gladiator named Adunius. Now, as fate would have it, Adunius had grown from a gladiator slave to a legion commander, and was an enemy of her current husband.

"Do you know this person?"

Sextus felt something was wrong with Octavia's expression, but he didn't know what it was. Why did his wife exclaim when she heard the name Apis? Because of fear? Or did they actually know each other?

"No, I don't know. I just heard from my uncle that he was a demonic gladiator. Hundreds of beasts have been killed in the arena. ”

Octavia was timely to hide her gaffe. And temporarily changed his words, giving a plausible reason.

"Nope. If he were just a beast, I wouldn't be so angry. He is a venomous snake covered in colours, deceiving his companions with his hypocritical façade, and then sticking out his bloody jaws in the darkest corners and biting you by the throat. Yes, he is that kind of person. Rabbi Enus trusted him and believed in his integrity and sense of honor. However, he took advantage of this and bit us back. He forsook the most precious honor and integrity of the Romans, just for the dozen carts of wheat. He knew that the negotiations were fruitless, but he still deliberately created them in order to get us out of the barracks, to let our guard down, and then to attack our baggage. Looking at those conditions he put forward at the negotiating table, I should have thought that this was a conspiracy! ”

Sextus said, clenching his fist in resentment, then slowly releasing it. In front of Octavia, he still wants to be a qualified husband. A husband who never vents his anger on his wife. But apparently, a lot of the time, he didn't do it.

"Maybe it was just an accident. Don't worry about it, and don't worry about the affairs of the Legion, it will make your already troubled heart even more anxious. A lot of things seemed anxious at the time, and in retrospect, they were just false alarms. ”

Octavia said lightly. At the same time, she also remembered her past, and this sentence can be regarded as a summary. Too much to worry about, maybe not to worry about. In many cases, it just adds to my own troubles at the time.

"Good girl. Being able to have you is my greatest source of happiness at the moment. I wish this troubled war would end soon. Sextus said, hugging Octavia into his arms again. Although, happiness is so false and short-lived.

……

"Appis, our cavalry has returned, and the whereabouts of Antony's troops have been discovered, and the cavalry has made contact with them. Anthony promised to come to our aid as quickly as possible. ”

On the third day after the peace talks between Rabienus and Appis broke down, the cavalry of the Eleventh Legion returned. And told Marcus Crassus a message of charcoal in the snow. When little Crassus told Apis this information, Apis felt that the sun and rain finally appeared in front of him. Those days of darkness, exile, and survival in the cracks will never have to be spent again. Just join up with Anthony's big army. This lone Roman legion had a chance of survival. And it just so happened that the food that had been plundered three days ago could sustain the needs of the legions these days.

"My friend. As I said, the gods will not forget us. Jupiter's mercy reborn us once again in a desperate situation. Celebrate tonight! ”

Appis said, hugging little Crassus warmly. Originally, in Roman etiquette, Apis also needed to kiss the other person on the cheek to express his pleasure, but this etiquette was never learned by Apis. Because the psychological hurdle is always so difficult to cross.

"Yes, thank the gods."

"Also, are you going to tell the soldiers about it?"

Little Crassus hugged Appis and suddenly asked. Appis understood what he meant, and a lot of information and decisions were known to the two of them. Now, although hope is in sight, this is also a military priority, and whether or not to let the low-level soldiers know has become the consensus that the commanders of the two legions must reach.

"No, don't let the soldiers know. I have a new plan and need to be in this situation......"

Appis said, a bold and risky plan echoing through his mind. (To be continued.) )