"We can have the cavalry ask Anthony for help with a letter, agreeing on a time and place to join Antony's large army. Pen Fun Cabinet www.biquge.info then deliberately allowed Rabienus and Sextus to intercept the letter, believing that we would be unsuspecting to join Antony on the appointed date, and that Rabienus would send troops to ambush and hinder our rendezvous with Antony until then. From here to Anthony's base camp, there was only one way to go, and we fought their troops on this road. ”

Apis sat in the tent and slowly laid out his plan. However, little Crassus did not look satisfied. He frowned and returned—

But Rabienus wouldn't believe it. He had already trusted us once, and led to the robbery of the baggage team, and from what I knew of Rabienus, he would not have fallen into such a simple trap twice. ”

……

"Yes, he won't believe it. But Sextus would have believed. Pompey's youngest son, he hadn't experienced much actual combat, and his experience was just on his father's lectures to him. Moreover, the last time the baggage convoy was intercepted by us, this Roman nobleman must have been unwilling to find an opportunity to attack us again. In fact, the letter was not intended for Labienus, but for Sextus. ”

Appis sat down on a wolf-skin chair and spoke slowly. The mood is complicated, but it is a pity that there was no cigarette in the ancient Roman era, otherwise the pressure at this moment, Apis really wanted to light a cigarette and relax. Because in fact Apis was not absolutely sure, Sextus would believe this information and send someone to attack.

That sounds like some sense. Just why didn't the soldiers know our real plans? ”

Marcus Crassus always had doubts. He had been a colleague of Rabienus for many years, and he knew that Apis might not be Rabienus's opponent yet, because Apis looked too young after all.

"It was sent out a cavalry team, at least six people. I can't guarantee that they won't tell the truth when they are captured by the soldiers of Sextus. If you don't tell them, let them tell Rabienus the truth about the situation in the barracks, and maybe it will be safer. Of course, it is possible that they will not say. In this way, the suspicion of Rabienus and Sextus will be deepened, and in short, no matter how much the six soldiers who were captured at that time resist and do not tell them the truth, their performance will be more trusting of Rabbi Enus and Sextus. ”

It was then that Appis revealed his reluctance to tell the soldiers the truth. It's brutal, but it's war.

"Then we will lose six comrades. Commanders should not deceive their own soldiers. ”

Marcus Crassus looked reluctant, and he stood up, full of emotion and displeasure.

"But they can save the entire corps. Or even save the entire republic. There will always be people who are injured in war, whether it is a physical wound or a psychological wound, there is always someone who must bear it. ”

Appis returned loudly. This view was once so despised and disdainful by Apis himself, but after too much baptism and pain of war, Apis believed that many times, as a leader, you must pay equal attention to cruelty and kindness. A lot of times, things don't get the perfect way to both worlds. Perhaps too many celebrity commanders, behind the brilliant achievements, are how many dirty and despicable methods.

“…… Maybe you're right. Then how are you going to agree on a rendezvous with Anthony, if the cavalry can't reach Anthony's camp for a long time. ”

Little Crassus reluctantly returned.

"Klein, he was my best friend when I was younger, he saved my life, and I saved him. He can be trusted, my friend. After following the pair of cavalrymen, I would let him go down the mountain path and deliver the letters I really wanted Anthony to see. Anthony will meet us in advance. But not on this quadrangular avenue. Five miles outside of Batukras, there is a deserted village called André, where we and Anthony's large army will converge. ”

Appis replied calmly.

"Before leaving, Caesar told me that you were in fact a Roman nobleman, but that you had a family feud that ended up being given a commoner's name. Caesar told me that I must respect your opinions and choices. Now it seems that Caesar may have expected that in this war we would have too many differences of opinion. ”

Little Crassus thought for a long time before he reluctantly agreed to this request. Sacrifice six legionnaires to give the key to victory or defeat to a freedman who has just enlisted. This kind of thing, if it was Crassus Jr. commanding alone, obviously would not have allowed it. But now, the commander of the 10th Legion was actually Appis...... The Eleventh Regiment of Crassus the Younger, for the most part, had already been shipwrecked.

"Brother, we can. Again, maybe after this battle, we will change history. ”

Appis pretended to hug little Crassus affectionately. It was only in his heart that Apis knew that the history he encountered no longer developed according to the original trajectory.

……

"It's a trap, Sektus. Your father asked me to come here to help you defeat Caesar's army. Apis was so cunning, how could such important information be easily captured by our patrol cavalry, it must have been Apis bait to lure us to attack him. ”

Two days later, the cavalry, carrying Appis's supplif, fell into the hands of Sextus. Although the six legionnaires fought to the death, they were eventually captured by a large number of Sextus patrols. The letters recovered from the cavalry were delivered to Sextus and Labienus as planned. And, as things went almost as Appis had imagined, Rabienus soon had a serious disagreement with Sextus.

"The guards reported that the cavalrymen were so fiercely struggling when they were captured that they even tore up the letter. If Appis had deliberately sent someone to deliver the letter to us, why did these horsemen tear it up on the spot? And at this time, Apis, to join Antony's army, isn't it also a reasonable plan? ”

Faced with the opposition of Rabienus, Sexetus tried to calm the rebuttal, analysis. Although he was already angry in his heart, out of respect for the man his father trusted, Sextus still took the trouble to sit down and consult with Rabienus again.

"That's where Appis is cunning. If necessary, he can disguise himself as a clown, a prostitute, a slave, a nobleman. He is so fickle and treacherous, and the people he has cultivated will naturally not be so weak, they are all excellent actors who can confuse any enemy. The cavalry deliberately tore the letters in front of us, perhaps to convince us that the information they had brought was true, and to lure us into attack. Via Ticulas was a standard Roman military route and a shortcut to the Pyrenees. But the terrain around this road was very complicated, with mountains and forests, and I feared that Antony would surround us after we attacked Appis's army. ”

Appis's own letters were to Rabienus like a trap full of thorns. He shouted that Sextus could make plans after the investigation was clear. But Sextus didn't seem to have the patience.

"And yet his disguise has deceived you."

A cold sarcasm once again stung Rabienus directly. But Sextus's sarcasm left Rabienus speechless, and indeed, if he had not promised to make peace with Apis a week earlier, perhaps by this time the Tenth Army would have exhausted all its food and grass and sought refuge in the barren mountains and mountains. It was his credulity in Appis's character and integrity that led to today's situation, and Sektus's words left Rabbi Enus speechless for a while. (To be continued.) )