"Light infantry is the hands, the cavalry is the legs, the heavy infantry is the torso, and the general is the head." —Athenian general Epiracles

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But the cheers spread to the headland, and Rabinus, hearing this disgusting shout, went to the aft deck, where he took the sail rope and looked at Caesar and Libida on the cliff of the headland, "You are still a slave to ambition, Julius!" ”

Similarly, looking at the sea full of Pompey's fleet that had just fled, Li Bida slammed his saddle and said to Caesar that it was a pity that our fleet arrived so many days late, otherwise Pompey's army would not be able to run a single deck today, "instead of letting go of an elite legion and continue to make trouble for our expedition to Africa." ”

"Alright, my friend, the war in Greece has been pacified, and what cannot be solved by the sword must be solved in the synagogue - Pompey is no more, I will no longer regard him as the first enemy, he has lost Spain and Greece, and the East, and has lost nearly ten legions, and now he can only nest in Africa with elephants, but a more intractable enemy will appear." In the sea breeze, the only remaining hair on the top of Caesar's head remained unmoved, and he said with some sighs.

"Now in the whole republic, who else can be your enemy?" Li Bida took the opportunity to pretend to be surprised and asked.

Caesar pondered for a moment, then said, "Yes, the Republic, and the Republic is my last enemy. ”

After hearing this, Li Bida immediately fell silent. And Caesar spoke no more. He then asked Li Bida what he thought of his previous admonition to the Ninth Legion.

"It should be reinvigorated. Both legions are looking very good now, as long as you complete the whole training in the winter camp, you will definitely be credited in the coming year. ”

"No, you're saying in your heart that Caesar was a duplicitous man, one for the generals and another for the soldiers, unwilling to take responsibility before the citizen army. But why should I do this? Because the people and the soldiers are the easiest to buy. So they are also the least obligated and duty-minded people, you have to keep giving, feed them into gluttonous monsters, and then when you have nothing more to give, you can only sacrifice yourself, the republic has long since deteriorated, I hope to turn the tide with my own strength, but I don't know yet, this salvation itself will cause more terrible damage to it, and in the end I may become an enemy of the republic. One of the most unconscious, but perhaps the most conscious enemies. Caesar smiled bitterly when he finished speaking. Then he said to Li Bida, "But we still have to go on, don't we?" Those who continue to walk on this dark journey and want to control their destiny will always be foolish. ”

"Your Excellency, I agree with you that there is only one corpse left in the Republic." Li Bida suddenly continued the topic, "The smell of its corpse can even be smelled clearly by the leathermen in the countryside, what will eventually fly out of this rotten shell?" It's a maggot full of fat brains, it's a vicious hornet......" At this, he stared at Caesar and whispered, "Of course I want to fly out of the flames of Felix, your Excellency." So please continue to lead our side in the fight until you have the power to reshape this country. With that, he made a gesture of allegiance, indicating that he would follow the dictator to the end.

Caesar laughed, and he said that you don't like to listen to me as an old man now, and I have just started to speak, and you interrupted me like this, is it really good? Then he said of course, and then pointed to the east, "Since the winter camp was cancelled at a heavy price, then the victory of Cocula must be put to good use - I am prepared to leave the Ninth and Eleventh Legions to rest on this coast, and Curio has finally begun to send a fleet to fight the Pompey fleet of Africa in preparation for the landing and containment." Immediately you and I have four legions, and you will continue to follow the northern line of Thesalia and Macedonia, and by the way, you will be entrusted with all the right to negotiate with the barbarian kingdoms of Illyria, Thrace, and Asia Minor, and your duty is to pursue the three armies of Scipiana, annihilating them, stopping at Ephesus in Asia Minor, and then cooperating with our allies to destroy the kingdom of the Bosphorus that is participating in the Pompey; I took the southern route of Athens, Crete, and Rhodes, pursued Gabinus and Marcellus, and by the way, took advantage of the power of victory to coerce Ptolemy and Herod of Egypt to surrender again. ”

"The city-state of Cyrene has a chamber of commerce that I know well, and they will provide you with plenty of ships and food. It's just General Dehemoth of the Syrian province, he has several legions, but his attitude is always extremely **, of course, he also has good reasons to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, because the Parthian threat to the border is always there. Li Bida said, by the way, to test Caesar's tone towards Dehemoth.

"Don't worry, Dehemoth is one of my most trusted men, his hesitation is understandable, as long as my eagle banner and ship appear in Alexandria, he will come to pay my allegiance, not to mention that he is a candidate for the governor of Gaul in the coming year." Caesar was about to dispel Lypida's doubts, but the other party wondered why I was not asked to take on this important position of governor.

A few days later, Caesar and all his generals, amid flowers and applause, entered Apollonia further north, where a procession of former consuls Banks, and tribune Helcius, each wearing a laurel crown and garland, claimed to have been collectively authorized by ten tribunes to appear to Caesar on behalf of the people of the whole republic, "asking Dictus to extend the dictatorship for another six months." ”

"And what about the election of the consuls? I don't want to create a gap in the normal political order of the Republic because of my attachment to this position. Caesar, who was standing humbly on the edge of his seat, politely declined the plea of the team.

But then, in a thick Sicilian accent, Helcius said that the election of consuls would go on as scheduled, and promised not to "interfere" with Diction's ongoing military campaign against the thieves, and would only support it with all his might—and that there would be no flaws in the fact that the two consuls would take over the state once Dictio's six-month term was over.

Caesar nodded reluctantly, and then asked everyone present about the change of governor for the coming year. Banks also said he hoped that the current governor would take advantage of the winter camp to return to Rome and conduct a lottery under the supervision of Pinzel, the senate procurator.

"Don't be that troublesome." Caesar said suddenly, and then he looked at the stunned crowd present, and repeated the sentence, adding an explanation, "The soldiers are swift, and all the governors of the provinces will now be designated by Dick-Tudo!" ”

Then he took the bronze stick from the slave and handed it directly to Antony, "You will be appointed governor of Illyria, and you will continue to be in charge of the food supervision of the city of Rome." ”

The second sign was given to Li Bida, "You will immediately become the deputy of Dictida, the commander of the cavalry, and the governor of the province of Macedonia, and the governor of the army of the Minor Asia." (To be continued......)