"More guns, less bloodshed." -- 17th century French fortress engineer De. Vaubana

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Li Bida's heart sank, even him, with an incredible feeling, took the word board, but Caesar saw his expression below, so he smiled and explained, "Don't talk about other legions, it's the tenth legion, my favorite is no less than three mutinies, even if I forgive most of the people this time, but the soldiers will still form bad habits in the mutinies again and again, and it is easy to be instigated by those who are considered leaders by them, so Li Bida, you don't have to be soft." ”

After hearing this, Li Bida's brows twitched slightly, and then he raised doubts, "If the execution is carried out with iron nails, I'm afraid that the soldiers of the Tenth Legion will not accept it, right?" Even if you use one out of ten, it is very difficult to operate. ”

"No, no, Calabis, I'm not so cruel and unkind, I'm just driving this group away from the Tenth Legion, and it's up to you to find a plausible reason and announce that I'll do it in public, but I always want to see one or two of them die, so it's a good idea to send them to dangerous fronts and carry out dangerous missions - in short, it is important to keep the soldiers within acceptable limits and to keep the fear of the officer's disposition, which is the way to control the army." After Caesar finished speaking, he patted Li Bida on the shoulder and signaled that he could arrange this matter.

Li Bida, who walked out of the camp, saw the huge fleet in the sunset, and the sails of all the ships were folded. The oars were also placed. Oarsmen, crews and soldiers. Carrying the materials needed for navigation operations on the docks, Caesar's wartime provincial new policy is really effective, don't look at those veterans and knights who cry poor and pretend to be desperate on weekdays, once they feel that the tax revenue of the contracting province is profitable, they pay a huge deposit to not frown, Caesar has money in an instant, so he is very concerned about the investment in war equipment. In addition, Caesar also negotiated with Li Bida, after completely defeating Pompey. Numidia was divided and included as a wartime province, as well as Libya, so that two more provinces could be added to serve as a reserve for greater operations in the future.

At this moment, Vicintoli and Itassos were standing in front of the main entrance of their camp, bowing to Lybida to say goodbye. Vicintoli grew a beard and parted his long golden hair, which he wore with a gold crown and a luxurious cloak. It was a majestic war, which seemed to suppress the Venets. He received great honor and benefit in Rome and in his own state, and he respectfully called Li Bida his adoptive father, but in fact the other party was not much older than him; And Itassos still looked like a vice-fisherman, with a bitter brow on his brow and a melancholy and calm expression, even though he was already the chief consul of Liguria.

Just after the greetings, Li Bida took the two of them to the destination, because the ships belonging to the Tenth Army Corps were also prepared in the harbor, although most of them were still in Napoli to make up for it, but as the military protector who came first, he still had to make full preparations for the advance of the large army later.

Without difficulty, Li Bida found the two regimental tribunes in charge of the matter, Avinus and Fonteus, who were directing the stockpiling work in front of the ship, and immediately saluted when he saw the former cavalry commander, and Li Bida greeted them with a smile, and then asked about the progress of the work as usual, and the answer was a qiē shun lì.

"This ship looks pretty small, I wonder what it can do?" Li Bida pointed to one of the rowing boats seemingly casually, and then before the two military tribunes could answer, he groaned, "Isn't this the one I drew from Cyrene's fleet?" I could recognize the bow of the boat, and then I patted them on the shoulders and said, "It just so happens that this boat is for your tribunes to put their horses and luggage." ”

"But now that the soldiers of the Tenth Legion are about to be replenished, the number of people crossing the sea will not be small, and the ships are also relatively nervous, will it cause gossip if one is taken out separately to carry our mounts and luggage?" Fonteus asked.

Li Bida said that it doesn't matter, anyway, I am in charge of this ship, even if it is counted as a gift to you, it doesn't matter.

So after the two military protectors gave in for a while, they also felt that they could not resist the kindness of the former cavalry commander, and finally accepted this fact by default.

Next, as if he had been prepared, his enslaves not only transported the things that the military protectors should have on the ship, but also carried many additional gifts, many clay pots and boxes, on the deck, and the two protectors hurriedly refused, but Li Bida hurriedly said that this was to ask the protector to let the tenth legion carry his legions, especially the twelfth, fifteenth, and sixteenth legions, so that Caesar would consider his own legions more when setting up a settlement area in Africa.

Avinus and Fonteus laughed for a while, and reluctantly accepted Li Bida's "deep affection".

After the "arrangement" was made, Li Bida and the two of them continued to walk in front of the coast for a while, but the topic seemed to be mostly focused on Vicintoli, "How does it feel to marry Plocchi?" ”

"Adoptive father, you have a marriage with the granddaughter of Lao Li Bida, and then there are also female slaves, and there is also the queen of the East, and now you ask me how I feel about marriage?" Vicintoli sneered.

Li Bida was speechless, but only warned Viccintoli to show himself well in the war in Africa in order to win greater glory for the Alveni tribe. Later, he cared about another adopted son, Paruma, although the little pigeon has always been in constant correspondence with him, but Li Bida still feels that it is more reassuring to inquire verbally.

"Your adopted son is a very brave and nimble young man, and although his legs and feet are inconvenient, he has completed many tasks to reach the peak, and his letters are still written by me, because he does not know how to write, but he has a good mind, and is very much appreciated by the commander of the Seventh Legion, Gallius, and has been awarded several medals in the battle to pacify the Venettes, and now he is serving as the 'camp attendant' of General Gallius, and his wife has come to the new colonial city of Orléans. Sooner or later, your adoptive father, Paruma will be the head of Orleans, and all the Romans and Gauls will respect him, and he will be a man of right hand in your future. ”

Victor's reply made Lybida particularly excited, and he said that he would soon be up and running, granting citizenship to the city of Orléans.

"Perhaps, the Alveni tribe will eventually become a Roman state, and even a city with voting rights as Rome expands, but I doubt that this qiē is what I want." "Sometimes, I think that once the Gauls have put on their robes and received a Roman legal and military education, they are no less capable than the native Romans," said Viccintoli. (To be continued......)