"Anyone who goes out to eat but doesn't make a will is a fool, and how many open windows you pass through will suffer as many deaths." - Juvenarius complains about the garbage and heavy objects dumped from apartment buildings on the streets of the ancient Roman city.

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"What you mean by this is to make me throw myself into the republicans." Li Bida questioned unceremoniously.

Cassiyo shook his head and said, "There are no plebeiers, and there are no aristocratic republicans. Especially for the two of us, I'm an opportunist, I'm also a wall-rider, what about you? ”

These words choked Li Bida, and he hurriedly diverted the topic, "But now that Caesar wants to solve the work of dealing with the Belgians in the coming year during the winter camp, he not only needs the thirteenth and fourteenth new legions, but also needs someone to train and take care of supplies, so I am trapped, what can you do?" ”

Cassiyo said don't worry, when the time comes, we can get someone to help you, and that person is an old acquaintance of you.

"Gnaeus. Pompey? ”

"Yes, you're a smart man, and that's why I said that to you before." Cassiyo exclaimed.

It turned out that in the link of the Big Three, the weakest was still the great Pompey, especially when Caesar achieved glorious military exploits in Gaul, Pompey, who was still stranded in Rome to build the Colosseum of Dreams, felt very lost, and he sometimes returned from the Villa Alba to the streets of Palatine Hill, looking at the gate below, when Caesar's cronies threw the slaves and gold ornaments brought back from Gaul to the looting citizens. When he learned that more than 5,000 slaves were being auctioned off in the port of Ostia in a day. When he learned that there were now some of the chosen fathers in the Senate who accepted bribes. When he was singing in support of the Gallic War and holding a grand triumphal ceremony for Caesar, a wave of jealousy involuntarily churned in his heart.

Julius. Caesar why! When I went on a conquest of the East, he was but a debt-laden road magistrate from a down-and-out nobleman in Subura, and he was the least capital-free at the time of our alliance, but he climbed the dragon and the phoenix, and flew up the high branches, and now he still cares about Caesar's daughter. Pompey really thought

There is no doubt that Brutus sensed Pompey's thoughts, so he sent a message through Demetrius: Caesar's current foundation in the army is not particularly deep, and the only objects to rely on are Rabinus and Lypidaus, the former has a strong concept of principle and we don't need to buy it (on the contrary, it will have the opposite effect), the latter has no principled bottom line just to win over, the latter invested almost 2,000 Tallent in Ptolemy, so if you can use your strength to help him control Egypt. And to win it out of Caesar's hands, Caesar's strength will be greatly weakened.

Over here. Brutus proposed a bold "substitution plan" - Pompey began to write to Caesar, because he was the governor of Spain at that time, but he did not go to the local post, but handed over the provincial affairs to his son and staff, and he had been in Alba's nest, plus the situation in Spain had been stable for many years, and there were not so many legions, so the "First Spanish Legion" could be lent to Caesar for three years, for which Caesar needed to deal with the requirements of the Senate.

Because little Cato of Rhodes on that side proposed "at the right time" that he had succeeded in convincing Ptolemy of Cyprus to accompany him to Rome to surrender to the Republic, but thus met with hatred from the Egyptian side, Alexandria's fleet began to block the sea route between Cyprus and Rhodes, and wantonly attacked the passing ships, at this time even I hoped that the Republic would send an army, about 4,000 men, with a medium-sized fleet to escort me, so that I could fulfill the mission entrusted by the Republic.

"Now, Caesar has no reason to hinder your cause, and our win-win cause. Caesar was a shrewd man, one was the Thirteenth Legion, which had only a number, and the other was the First Spanish Legion, which was full of veterans, and he would agree to this deal. ”

Is that the case? Libida fell into a deep groan, and then Cassiio struck while the iron was hot, and continued: "Curio and Antony are also waiting for you, Curio is willing to finance the money, Anthony is willing to give people, and I have heard that Claudius, the tribune who has recently gained fame in the city, is also fully supporting you, so why should you stick to some frivolous position—war, getting rich, taking more power, that's what you and I should do—Brutus has already formed a fleet, and entrusted it to me to command, and the implication is that I will go to the East with you." ”

Could this be the counterattack of the new generation! Is the new four-headed little monster alliance that I managed before finally going to work? At this time, Li Bida was indignant and said to Cassiyo, then let our army and navy carry flowers and good reputation into the city of Alexandria!

"Very well, I heard that there are three hundred baths, three hundred libraries, fifty bazaars, and thousands of gold, silver, and bronze sculptures, plus tens of thousands of well-stocked shops." Cassiyo painted a picture of Alexandro as if he were talking about his backyard, and then he held out his hand, "Let's form an alliance together!" ”

So the hands of the two were clasped tightly, and Li Bida felt a clammy chill in the palm of Cassillo's hand

The covert counteroffensive of the aristocratic republicans soon took effect, and Caesar of the village of Russell, after a hasty review of a few Akuta and letters, decisively judged that the best deal had arrived, that Pompey would send a strong and stubborn First Legion, and that Lybida should heed the proclamation of the Senate that the governor of Gaul should send a legion to assist in the defense because of the tense situation in Egypt and Cyprus.

"Hmm, it seems that the Concorde Temple is still particularly concerned about Egyptian affairs, and this time I don't even need to use the word volunteer legion, and directly let me send a legitimate legion. Lybidaeus, this is great! Caesar said pretendedly, "Take your Thirteenth Legion, and I will sponsor you with a hundred tarents, and the treasury will allocate three hundred tarents, and ask you to recruit about three thousand oarsmen in Thrindon and Brindisi. Can you handle it? ”

"My wife sold some of the family property and scraped together some money, so I don't think it's a big problem." Li Bida deliberately confused the exact number, he didn't want Caesar to wipe out the patronage of one hundred Talrants.

Caesar said it was good! Three days later, you'll set off with your team.

"Not only the Thirteenth Legion, but I also need a thousand-strong brigade of the Twelfth Legion, and the attached cavalry, namely Juniconville, will also go with me. Your Excellency the Doge, in two or three years I will definitely be able to return to Gaul with three legions, and then I will be able to help you in the conquest of Britannia. Li Bida's eyes began to burn. (To be continued......)