"An emperor in need will pounce on the rich like a torrent and bite them." - Maclinus, historian of the Roman Empire

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"The defenses to the north seem to be weaker." Laugilus blurted out.

"Why, I want the number, the deployment, the details of a qiē a qiē!" Rabinus pursued it relentlessly.

The other party could only continue to answer, "On that side are the Ninth Legion and the Eleventh Legion, although Caesar's nephew Dicias is the commander, but the Ninth Legion has actually just been formed, and it was thought that the rebellion had been 'drawn out of ten'; After saying this in one breath, Laugilus felt sweat on the top of his head.

Rabinus walked to the sand table map, looked at him, and then at the sand table, the meaning was very straightforward, and Laurginus slowly stepped forward, pointing to the position above with some trembling, "Here, here, and here" His words mostly used vague pronouns, but the shrewd Rabinus quickly gave a map of the defense of the two legions, and said-"In front is a swamp, each camp is guarded by a wooden fence, and behind is a gentle sandy area by the sea. ”

Saying this, Rabinus sat down with a smile and thanked the brothers repeatedly, "When His Excellency Pompey returns to Rome, your clan will still be allies of the Republic, your father will still be king, and you two will still be members of the Senate." Then he waved his hand and motioned for both brothers to go out. Then he called for Relias, Machius and other subordinates. Shen Sheng asked. "Is Scipio's battle at Andabukia real?"

"It's true, it is said that nearly a quarter of the soldiers and horses were killed and wounded, and nearly half of the baggage was lost. Scipio also begged for surrender to Lybidaeus before the battle. Machius said cautiously, knowing that these words could only be communicated internally, after all, Scipio was Pompey's father-in-law, and if his "glorious deeds" were to be passed on. Not a good thing for the whole camp.

"Well, let's analyze and analyze, since Scipio Adu has surrendered, but Li Bida still gave up the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the other party's three legions, I think there is only one reason, that is, Li Bida has more urgent things to deal with, that is, to reinforce Caesar. Just like in a gambling game, at the critical moment of victory or defeat, gamblers often sacrifice small chips to induce the opponent to bet all their assets. For Caesar and Lypida, they were keenly aware that Kocula was a place of destiny. Subsequently. Rabinus let out a long breath and covered his mouth, obviously also very excited, "Gentlemen, in fact, it is the same for us, the reason why we gave up the idea of confrontation at the beginning was to deceive Caesar to besiege the city, and now although there were small setbacks in the previous battle, I think that it is no problem to defeat Caesar, his supplies can't last for a few days, and he is dragged by us to death, as long as he collapses, it will inevitably be the end of all the prisoners killed by our army." ”

"Then how do we open up the situation in the north, I believe that as long as what those two Gaul cubs say is correct, we can defeat Caesar's ninth and eleventh legions, and Caesar's other besieging troops will surely be finished one after another." Lelias said confidently.

"Don't worry about this, my killer weapon is the three legions, originally I assigned to Aetolia are the three and five legions, now the five legions are reunited to Kokoura, but the three legions are the back, Caesar always thinks that I will use this legion in the landing battle against the city of Olicum. But, with the transport capacity of the Lipo fleet, I can—" With that, Rabinus pointed to the sand table, the position behind the Ninth and Eleventh Legions, which is the long and narrow sandy area just mentioned, "Here, it is easy to use the fleet to send a legion to the back of the enemy, and then General Lelias, you lead one or two legions to attack across the swamp in the front, and the landing three legions are flanking behind them, and the time must be perfect!" ”

"Leave it all to me, and give the military order to Lipo and Sektus now!" Rilius was full of confidence and immediately said with a wave of his fist.

Later, Machius cautiously reminded Rabinus, "Your Excellency, since Scipio has failed, you must also consider the position of the three legions of Lipida, is he really led away by our fleet and goes to the northern seaport?" ”

Rabinus thought about it, and said that this is naturally in my consideration, Li Bida is the most important figure in the whole battle, maybe the other characters in Pompey's camp don't think so, but I think he is regarded as a more dangerous figure than Caesar. Hearing this, Machius, who had been cheated by that person before, felt related, and hurriedly shed tears of embarrassment and nodded in agreement.

So Rabinus wrote a letter to Lipida, and sent it to a man acceptable to both sides of the war, the content of the letter was simple: I have heard that you have captured Salada, prince of Thrace, and I have Antony's brother Gaius in my hand, and I wish to consult with you in writing about the exchange of hostages, of course I do not think that this letter will cause you any trouble, and I hope that you will understand my impulse in the peace negotiation, so I must give this letter to Caesar first, and then Caesar to you.

The letter was held by Machius, waving his arms in the confrontation between the two armies, and after explaining his intentions, it was handed into Caesar's hand, and Caesar smiled after reading it, saying that I would not interfere in such a matter, it was between Rabinus and Libida, and then he glanced at a young staff member beside him, and then warmly invited Machius to stay as a guest, but the other party refused, saying that since His Excellency Caesar agreed to this exchange, I must send the letter to General Lipida.

Caesar regretfully said that he would have to feast you again at the banquet of victory, and then he himself rode farewell to Machius.

Machius was a little surprised, because Caesar was walking with him, from this side of the camp to the side of the main gate, in other words, this is to hand over the military secrets in the camp, whether it is the transformation of the barriers, the layout of the battle line, or the situation of the soldiers, to him at a glance, not to mention that he is the director of engineering, is an expert, this subconscious habit, so that he can't help but look at it a few more times, delay a little more time.

And in the wilderness outside Gimons, Sabo rode his horse, gritted his teeth, galloped lifelessly, he was so tired that he almost fainted, but he was still holding on, General Lybidaeus's camp was still thirty romans, and even more efforts must be made to report the news to Macius before he arrived!

In this way, Saab and Machius were separated by two days, and they reached the camp on the Gimmons River first, and as soon as Libida heard Sabo's words, he stepped on his horse's back with an arrow, and whipped fiercely, and galloped towards the Dixachan region. (To be continued......)