"In war, money is more important than armaments." - King of Sparta

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"Most people advised him to stay in Rome and raise a popular confrontation with the Senate, but he vetoed it, saying that he would go to Etrunia, join up with the army of Manius, and take the city of Rome with dignity."

"Foolish aristocrats, this is just in the hands of Cicero - it doesn't matter, this guy is out, it's a good thing for us - Milu, Tagus, Pope! Retired life, did your sword dull? "I've heard that Catiline was followed by three hundred nobles when he left, and that there were many more lurking in the city, and of course since he decided to go to Etrunia, war would be inevitable." ”

"There are now only one and a half 'city legions' in the city of Rome, which is not enough to defeat the Catiline army." Milou said with certainty.

The City Legion, as the name sounds like a bluff, is actually a paramilitary organization composed of ruffians and freed slaves, who are responsible for the defense of the Roman city on weekdays, and follow the regular legions in wartime, doing some logistics and auxiliary work. In addition, half of the army will run to follow Catiline, and Cicero's forces at hand will naturally be stretched.

"That's right, that's right. So I ask if your sword is blunt, Cicero now needs a new army, and the time has come for us to perform! Calabis was a little excited, biting into the barbecue and said.

"No, I'm not that optimistic." Milou folded his arms coldly and said, "I heard that Cicero was still waiting, and he thought that it would be enough to drive Catiline out of Rome, and as for the affairs of the army, this consul has always been very unenthusiastic, and he is waiting for Marcus on the Gallic side. When General Metra's three corps returned, it was also said that he was waiting for the triumph of Pompey's army before he would militarily settle Catiline. ”

The triumph of Pompey's army? Calabis's mind immediately flew, could it be that Bendu was destroyed, and the proud and vicious little princess Adiana didn't know what to do.

But now is not the time to care about this, if Cicero and Catiline delay too long, and if Pompey really returns to Rome after ending the Mithridates war, then I can't turn over Jihua.

Who least wants Pompey back, needless to say? Then I'm going to have to open the gap. Just then, the door of Domuj's tavern opened, and two Gauls with braided hair, gold chains, and trousers walked in, and with a look of delight, handed a roll of papyrus to Calabis.

Calabis took a look at it, and the same happy expression appeared on his face, "Printhia is doing a good job, and you are the same, I will try my best to mediate for you about the debt problem of your tribe, at the level of the tax collector, as for your complaint against the chief executive, there will be other people who will help you solve it immediately." And when you leave the city of Rome, you will have five hundred jars of fine wine, which I will give as a small gift to your tribe. ”

The Gallic envoy was only glad when he heard the first two words, but when he heard the five hundred jars of wine, his expression changed to ecstasy, and since the Romans began to dump this luxury into Gaul, the Gallic sanity and reason fell at the feet of the god of wine, Bacchus.

In the evening, in the courtyard of Crassus, Calabis stood humbly before the master of the courtyard and Caesar, handed over the papyrus scroll, and said: "Forgive me for my trespassing, and I dare to say that if Pompey were to return to Rome with his army to suppress Catiline, according to the consul Cicero's Jihua, it would be very detrimental to the political cause of the two Excellencies. ”

Crassus's face was first displeased, ten years ago it was he who generously took out his private wealth, raised a few legions and the rebellious sword slave Spartacus, and fought all over Italy, from south to north, from north to south, but Zuihou let Pompey from Spain steal the limelight. Although Caesar's attitude was not so obvious, he considered: I am committing adultery with Pompey's wife, and when Pompey returns, I am afraid that he will not spare me, not to mention that if he joins forces with Cicero, I may also be the next Catiline.

But now with this thing - Crassus rolled up the papyrus and said to Calabis: "Calabis, you mean to use this thing to force Cicero and Neruda to declare war on Etrunia as soon as possible?" ”

"Yes, I will do everything I can when it comes to recruitment, so don't worry about your Excellency." Calabis hurriedly replied, "Pompey is far away in Asia Minor, and we must seize this opportunity to destroy Catiline and Manius's Partisan army in Etrunia as soon as possible." ”

Crassus interrupted Calabis with a smile: "My little Calabis, do you have three million assets now, or five million Cesquis?" That's only enough money for you to recruit two or three brigades, but your words remind me that I can pay a little for the recruitment of three hundred Talents, but I don't know what my dear Gaius thinks. ”

Caesar, whose name was affectionately mentioned by Crassus, quickly rolled his eyes twice, and said generously: "Marius has a great relationship with my family, and now the eagle banner that symbolizes his glory has been taken away by Catiline, and I naturally want to take it back with all my might." Only, Calabis, why are you so concerned about this? ”

"Because Pompey's enemy, His Excellency Tuna Road Curlas, is my protector, the one he hates, and the person I hate, so I naturally want to stand with the two." Calabis is not a fool and has also waved a banner.

Both the procurator and the high priest laughed

Sure enough, two days later, Cicero convened another emergency meeting in the Senate, at which he presented evidence of the Gallic envoy's head, the papyrus scrolls that Calabis had read beforehand, and the general process was as follows:

Two Gallic fellows of Opric, in order to apply for debt forgiveness, came to the city of Rome and "coincidentally" met" Calabis and Princia;

Under Princia's introduction, the two men infiltrated her mistress, Syra. Gao Nerlius. In the conspiracy meeting of Turus, the main theme was how to set fire to the city and kill people, help Catiline to cleanse his political enemies, and in order to be seamless, force everyone present to show their loyalty, and put the ring seal on the Jihua book one by one, and the two Gauls also stamped it, and asked for a copy of the Jihua book on the grounds of bringing it back to the tribe;

The Gallic envoy, who wanted to finish the copy, handed over this terrible thing to Calabis, and after Calabis negotiated with Crassus and Caesar, he secretly handed it to Cicero.

"It was a shameful crime, a crime against the Republic, and now the conspiracy of Catiline has finally come to light, and it is real, and not contemptible speculation. Liantulus, you sinner, is going to set fire to twelve key points in the city of Rome at the same time! Cicero shouted excitedly, holding up the jihua book stamped with the seal of the ring.

The senators were also filled with righteous indignation, and they stripped off the robes of the five "first criminals" including Liantulus, who had not yet known and had come to participate in the meeting, beat them, called them murderers, and shouted vigorously, demanding that the consuls Cicero and Neruda immediately sentence the five to death, and organize an army as soon as possible to march towards Etrunia.