As a result, first of all, there was a fierce debate in Caesar's camp about whether or not he should return to Rome and run for election.

As far as Caesar himself was concerned, he was absolutely full of ambition, and changing his position as governor of Illyria to the consul of Rome, even if it was a second seat, was a crucial step. For this reason, young Caesar had all planned: he would return to the city to marry Corinna, and then be elected second consul, and then in this name, after the beginning of the next year's reign, he would come to the Greek theater of operations to command the army that had been strengthened in name and funds, defeat Brutus, and establish his deeds.

Young Caesar's idea, Meecenas fully agreed, and took the initiative to ask when Young Caesar crossed the sea to return to Italy, he would supervise the winter camp himself.

Agrippa, however, strongly disagreed, "I can't give any reasonable and strong evidence for this, but in the dark, or rather a god, I am telling me, Turinus, that you are going, it is full of danger!" ”

"Are you saying that my guardian and Leo are going to harm me?"

"It's hard to say, because my intelligence officer said that when he was in Spain, he attacked you here, and when you asked Leo for money, Leo flatly refused, and that wasn't enough, and he appealed to the entire Provincial Council." Agrippa has a lot of words.

"I wonder if I can explain this." Meecenas, who was standing at the table in the tent, said in a very earnest tone, "The first source of the attack on the young Caesar did not come from the high priest at all, and when such remarks were already in the air. The high priest can only superficially echo the bottom. Inside, they're trying to find a way to protect you. This invitation to return for election is proof of this—it would be more justified to have a sub-consul, command a war zone, ask the treasury or the Executive Yuan for provisions, and use the winter camp and election campaign time to dilute the country's previous doubts about you. Afterwards, Mecenas also took out a letter and handed it to Young Caesar, the contents of which were written by Leo himself. Sure enough, what he said was exactly what he just said, in short, "After the election is successful, there will be soldiers and food." ”

Caesar Jr. put down the board and thought by the candlelight, tapping on the table, and then he looked at Corinna's correspondence with him, which was neatly laid out on the side, "Yes, if nothing is done. Then it is not the young Caesar, nor is it the heir of the House of Julius. ”

"But you are not a lone candidate at all right now. Rather, it is the man who is responsible for the command of the seven legions, and the fate of the entire family, and now it is no longer the situation when your adoptive father was alive, the Emilius family is enough to fight you, and you are so so-so, pinning your hopes on the elections in the city. Agrippa was also anxious.

"Then what do you say I should do?" Young Caesar was also angry, "We can't eat the four legions of Brutus in front of us, and Cassiio has calmly conquered the Peloponnese and led the fleet to cooperate with Eulabella in besieging Rhodes, don't you think I'm not ashamed enough to fail?" What I need now is not only a winter camp, but also the support of the guardian family to get back on my feet in the coming year. ”

"Well, then, Turinus, you can follow your adoptive father's example, register as a candidate in absentia, and continue to supervise the seven legions here, knowing that now the army is your base, and your name can be real or false." Agrippa's construction made Caesar hesitate again - it was clear that this was the best choice.

As a result, the next day, Agrippa's brother Lucius. Vipsanius suddenly came to the camp, it seems that he also came with the mission of the high priest, and the core topic is only one - to invite the young Caesar to leave and return to the city to participate in the election of the second consul, "Now the High Priest and Leo have just arrived in the city, and they have gone to visit the remaining Lord Panza at the first time. ”

"What is the purpose of the visit?" Young Caesar asked urgently.

"It is to persuade Lord Panza to abandon the election of consulship for the coming year, for there have been four other candidates so far, namely, Panza, Helcius, Paulus, and the former Caesar's lieutenant Gobalai, and the last one does not need to be considered at all, the first three are under the control of the High Priest, so it is also a pretense - the High Priest has paved your way." Lucius's answer made the young Caesar feel relieved and excited, and then he spread his hand and made a gesture to Agrippa, "How, your own brother must believe it."

"In addition, the high priest also asked me to stay in the city of Apollonia to assist my brother in supervising the legions, and on the other hand, to be responsible for the deployment of reinforcements and supplies from Italy."

"Oh, reinforcements and supplies are finally here?" Young Caesar was already agitated at this time, and then he directly gave instructions, "Agrippa, you and the Lucius brothers will supervise the winter camp together, and Mecenas, you will follow me back to the city of Rome to participate in the election of the second consul, so it is decided, no longer suspicious and indecisive." ”

Over the next few days, Caesar the Younger moved swiftly, taking with his guards, mules and horses, and the necessary funds for the campaign, and by boat with Meecenas, arriving first at the port of Brindisi, and then heading north down the streets, ready to reach the city of Rome as soon as possible.

This trip, the young Caesar felt a lot: now the towns in southern Italy, have been freed from the whirlpool of the civil war in the past, the high priest's order abolished many checkpoints and sentry posts, claiming to revive the battered economy, now has begun to bear fruit, young Caesar this is the second time to come here, sure enough, the great changes are great, the business travel and farming are revitalized, the tourist chariots and horses are also endless, rich and poor, and now they are not afraid to continue to play in the tree-lined valleys and picturesque coasts, As in the peaceful times of the Republic, tomb robbers and horse bandits gradually disappeared, and law and order was rapidly restored - even though there were still wars in Greece and Asia Minor, it was firmly believed that this would not last long, and that an eternal golden age was about to come.

In addition, craftsmen began to restore the section of the road that had fallen into disrepair, and post posts were built along the road, "so that we could move faster!" Young Caesar rode on a mule and horse, and traveled with Meceenas for thirty miles, and at dusk came to a completed post with all the food and fodder, which pleased Young Caesar exceedingly, "If so, we will reach Ostia in about two or three days." (To be continued......)