"That madman wants me to hand over the Legion? He was dreaming, there were so many mobs outside the house, and without the protection of these soldiers, I would have waited to be dragged outside the house by those mobs and beaten to death, they would gouge out my eyes and break my tendons! Anthony still wants my legion, go to his daydream! ”

When Anthony sent an emissary to DJ Brutus' house, or rather to avoid it, DJ Brutus angrily scolded Mark Anthony for being too aggressive. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info But Anthony didn't actually take DJ Brutus's attitude to heart, for Anthony, DJ Brutus is just a street rat, his life is not at stake, Anthony only sees the two legions in his hand, only those two legions are of some value to Anthony. So the messenger was not surprised by DJ Brutus' reaction.

"Commander Mark Anthony said that if you don't hand over the military power within three days, he will take the mob to get you out of the mansion."

"Go back and tell him that DJ Brutus won't hand over the command, and if he wants my legion, step over my corpse first!"

Unsurprisingly, DJ Brutus refused Anthony's request, and the town's walls were subsequently reinforced, with hundreds of towers being strengthened overnight. In order to fend off Anthony's impending attack, DJ Brutus even hired the town's street ruffians temporarily, and for this reason, the fugitive exhausted all his wealth and wanted to fight Anthony to the death.

……

"DJ Brutus refused our request."

Domitius calmly reported the situation to Antony, and now a siege was imminent. Antony may not only be for DJ Brutus's two legions, he wants to let all the city-states around Rome and south of the Lucombi River know that if they refuse to carry out their orders, Anthony himself knows that the situation develops, the more allies, the stronger his strength will be, and the greater the chance of victory.

"Prepare the Third Legion and those mercenaries for the siege, and in three days, DJ Brutus will be on his knees begging for mercy from me."

Anthony said domineeringly.

……

"Anthony is besieging DJ Brutus, do you guys have any thoughts on this?"

Two days later, Appis learned of this in Rome, and summoned Lepida and Cicero to his home for a meeting, and now almost all the affairs of the city were in the hands of these three men. Although on the surface, Cicero and Lepida are much older, and their prestige and power are much better than Apis, but in fact, Apis is the mastermind among the three of them, and Apis feels that this is simply a small triumvirate, he is like the original Caesar, Lepida is like the original Pompey, and Cicero is like the original Crassus......

"Antony has just lost the command of the Parthian legion, and at this time he attacked DJ Brutus, probably to get the two private legions in the hands of DJ Brutus. However, he turned his head to Octavian. ”

Largely without much thought, Lepida came to his own conclusions. In fact, Anthony's motives are not difficult to guess.

"But DJ Brutus won't hand over the army, he must rely on those two legions to protect himself."

Cicero replied.

"So, there is the information that we know now."

Appis replied.

"Antony will take Aletion, and I guarantee that, with his strength, he only needs the same two legions to take that city."

Lepida expressed his judgment on the current situation.

"I believe it, but I don't think we should let him take that city."

Appis was quick to respond.

"What are your plans? Apis. ”

Cicero answered.

"Let's put it this way, Aletine is too close to Rome, it is south of the Rubicon, if Antony captures this city and captures two legions of DJ Brutus, then he is too close to the city of Rome, the walls of Rome have been demolished by Caesar two years ago, so, although the city is the capital, it has no defense at all, if Antony captures Aletion, the tribes around Rome, the city-states will surrender to him and submit, at that time, his legions will directly threaten us."

Appis sat between Cicero and Lepida and spoke slowly.

"You mean we're going to stop Anthony from besieging DJ Brutus this time?"

Lebida asked.

"Well, so to speak, so to speak, but in order not to stiffen Antony's relationship with us, I intend to incite Octavian to send troops against Antony. Antony's assault on Aretine was estimated to take between a week and two weeks, and with the speed of Octavian's veteran army, it would take three days to march to the rear of Antony's camp and launch a surprise attack. Anthony would be trapped in the siege net and the clearing in the middle of the camp, and that would be the best time to defeat him. ”

Apis calmly analyzed the current situation, while Cicero nodded in acquiescence.

"But if Octavian drives out Antony, the situation is just as unfavorable to us, and he will directly lead his troops into Rome."

Lepida quickly asked another question.

"But that would also be much less of a threat than Antony, and if Octavian wants to win this battle, he will have to take his best soldiers lightly and make sure to reach Aletine within a week, otherwise DJ Brutus will be killed by Antony, and in order to achieve such a marching speed, Octavian cannot bring a lot of troops, I don't think it will be more than one legion. Moreover, Octavian's physical condition is not good, I know, he suffers from stomach problems and indigestion all the year round, and he cannot overcome the harsh military life, so even if he attacks this time, it is estimated that he will not personally lead the troops, and under various circumstances, let Octavian drive Antony away, the threat to us will be much smaller. And after Octavian drove Antony, we had time to win him over, because at this time, Antony would be very short of allies. We did not help Octavian in the attack on Aletion, but gave Antony a good excuse that he would believe us. ”

Faced with Lepida's question, Appis continued to speak his thoughts. This whole set of plans is like a chain of locks, and it is no wonder that the brains of the little three heads are on Appis's side. Cicero couldn't help but admire.

"In other words, between Octavian and Antony, you choose Octavian, because his victory will be much less of a threat to us?"

Lepida summed up Appis's words.

"Well, so to speak."

"You're draining the strength of both of them?"

Cicero answered.

"Yes, but this is not a long-term solution, in order to gain strength, we must leave the city of Rome and find our own territory, Rome is located in the heart of the tripartite struggle, no matter what we do next, one day, the war will threaten us."

Apis told the two of them about his long-term plans.