Back in Skopje, Antony lived a very poor and frugal life, without the extravagant royal palace of Rome, without the herdes of ladies and slaves, and in the ordinary and simple mansion, Antony ate the most ordinary food and the cheapest drinks. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info insisted on going to the training ground every morning to practice with the lowest-level soldiers, and the physical training and throwing training were not left behind.

Antony's transformation from his previous style made his soldiers very excited, and the whole army, whether it was the cavalry commander, the centurion or the ordinary legionnaires, seemed to have a sincere and fiery heart for the future, and they became more and more convinced that Antony would take the army and set foot on the Parthian land again to conquer the foreign country far to the east, so that the Parthians would submit to the feet of the Roman legions, and avenge the defeat of the Crassus.

In the western part of the Republic, Octavian was concentrating on internal affairs, promoting a large number of young cadres, and placing a large number of young, promising and loyal officials in his own districts, in the provinces, and in the legions. Re-establish order and stability in the city of Rome. Such an act made Cicero feel uncomfortable. Because Cicero saw his companions and eyeliner being removed by the young Octavian one by one, and if this continued, Cicero knew that sooner or later he would become the commander of the light pole, and the news was closed, and he walked in the streets and alleys of Rome like a deaf and blind man.

But Rome has entered the era of warlordism, there is no army, no matter how virtuous the senator is, the words have become weightless, even if Octavian did this, Cicero could not do anything, because every time the young and intelligent Octavian promoted an official for a justifiable reason, and the old officials were always impeached and removed from office for various reasons. Similar and different from Antony in the East, in the West, in Rome, the young aristocracy saw Octavian as a rising star, illuminating the way forward for the future of Rome. At the same time, it also gave these young people a chance and possibility to struggle.

During this time, Agrippa was ordered to travel to Sardinia and build a large fleet using the abundant timber resources there. Octavian knew that the decisive battle between himself and Antony would eventually take place at sea, and whoever controlled the inland sea would control Rome's economic lifeline. Eighty percent of the Roman world's trade was done through the Mediterranean Seaways, including grain shipments. Therefore, hegemony at sea is particularly important.

During this time, Apis, on the other hand, stepped up his efforts to build Gaul and Britain, bringing Rome's advanced technology and law to these barbaric places. Since Caesar's conquest of Gaul, although this land has been receiving Roman civilization, it is still not fast enough, and Apis knows that Gaul and Britain now actually have a good environment for development, and in later generations, these two places will even develop into two independent Western powers - England and France. For the purpose of immigration, Apis gave the Romans the privilege of not paying trade taxes for three years after immigrating to local towns in Gaul or Britain. To this end, Apis stopped recruiting legions and instead pursued a strategy of elite troops, using the conquest of Germania as a training ground. No longer expands clans, only replenishes battle damage.

Two months later, a secret letter reached Appis, the one from Antony requesting the Alliance. Antony, who had been preparing in Greece for half a year, actually had no intention of going to Parthia, he wanted to reorganize his legions and return to attack Italy, while Apis was in the north of Octavian's forces, and if the two sides joined forces to attack Octavian, then Octavian's reform would have to be stopped immediately and all his legions would be sent to deal with it. Antony meant that Apis would hold 30 percent of Octavian's forces in the north, and that his army that had landed at Brindisi would run rampant all the way to the city of Rome. After successfully eliminating Octavian, he would divide Italy equally with Apis, with Apis occupying the area north of the Lucombi River and Antony occupying most of Italy south of him, including Sicily.

"It's power, it's plunder. There are few towns of value north of the Rubicon, and there is no good faith in such an agreement as Anthony. ”

After reading the letter handed by Appis, little Crassus was furious, this burly and strong man was probably somewhat similar to Mark Antony's personality, both were aggressive, and lacked consideration. Despite working with Appis for a few years, nothing has changed.

"But if we do agree to this deal, then our forces will really not make much difference. Octavian's elite legions were left behind by Caesar, Caesar's legions that had experienced the civil war with Pompey. These people are the elite of the republic. On the Greek battlefield, Antony's corps suffered heavy losses, while Octavian's army, the losses were not serious, which is enough to explain that Octavian actually paid more attention to the quality of his corps than Antony. One corps of Octavian may be enough to withstand our two full corps. ”

Appis sat down in the circle chair and raised his fingers to analyze.

"So, you mean, we're going to take this damn deal?"

Little Crassus was a little annoyed.

"Yes, but not for the partition of post-war interests, but to punish Octavian. He once instigated the seizure of power by Flaminius during my expedition to Germania, and almost caused me to die in the land of Germania. I will send my legions, which will be deployed on the northern frontier of Italy, for a retaliatory attack against Octavian. Of course, we will not send all our troops as agreed in the agreement, and you must know that if Antony really exterminated Octavian, then, with our strength, we will not be able to compete with him. In the competition between the three forces, Octavian actually played a role in a middle balance, because it was impossible for Antony to unite Octavian to attack us, and for geographical reasons, it was impossible for Octavian to let Antony's legions pass through Italy without impunity. So, he can only come and unite me. ”

Appis smiled and continued to analyze.

After the deal was announced, Apis seemed to see that on the classical Roman continent, the three forces gathered a huge Roman legion, like ants, gathered from all around the Mediterranean Sea and converged on the narrow Italian peninsula. There, once again, there will be a sea of people and bloody battles, and after this war, what will be the fate of the brilliant Caesar's heir, Octavian Turinus? Apis is unknown. And whether Cleopatra, the legendary Cleopatra, will appear on the stage of history again, Apis does not know.

Outside the window, the blood-colored remnant sun dyed the entire canopy red......