The decisive battle of the Eporo River has ended, the smoke of gunpowder in the entire three provinces of Spain is also over, the five most elite Pompey legions are completely gone, and this once sharp war machine is now just the endless corpses of dead horses and wounded soldiers all over the river.

Caesar entertained everyone, including Sextus, Aphranius, Peletaeus, and Lipo, at which Caesar asked everyone to toast to the coming of peace and the restoration of the Republic.

With his glass, Sextus toasted Caesar with the same courtesy as he had done with his father, and then asked Caesar what he would do with them and all the soldiers. "According to the prescribed law of the Republic." Caesar replied sternly, "I will consult with Banks, another consul in the city of Rome, to do everything possible to keep the province in order, and to decide what to do with you, but rest assured, I will never use capital punishment against you, who are also citizens, whether by death or exile, for the civil war itself is a tragedy, and there is no need to create new hatred, so you are likely to be released and leave the port from New Carthage—wherever you want." ”

What he said made all the generals behind him surprised, why did he give the enemy back to Angelica? It seems that Caesar has been like this since the Rubicon, constantly winning victories, but constantly letting the tiger return to the mountain. In the noise, only Li Bida was thoughtful and silent.

"The reason is that the rebels are still qualified to deal with those who defend the republic?" When Aphranius said such things, the atmosphere at the scene was tense to the extreme, and even Caesar looked at the former consul. Silent. He had been told before. It is said that Aphranius threatened to question Caesar's actions even if he surrendered, as a former consul.

So Caesar only smiled magnanimously, not in a positive way, but Aphranius was as aggressive as a gladiator in the Colosseum who was angry because of his wounds, and he repeated his words in a loud voice, "Were you not also the legions of the Republic before?" When you follow this dictator, the warmongers, and trample on the laws of the land. Isn't there the slightest trace of remorse? Clearly, he wanted his questions to be answered positively.

"Shut up! Aphranios, if you still have any regrets about military honor. Behind Caesar, the oriental-looking general, with hair as black as silk, stepped forward and said in Caesar's place, "It is you who have laid down your arms and surrendered, so why bother here to seek solace in a substantial defeat?" ”

"I have never shied away from my own mistakes and defeats, and in fact all of us here have done our duty to Pompey as lieutenants and soldiers, because we have no food. There is no firewood, and there is no place to camp and rest. I had to surrender under exhaustion and accept the disposition of the victor, so I personally do not feel any shame. "Afranius is-for-tat.

"Not ashamed? No one is more qualified to say such words than you, and your soldiers have already leaned towards our peace plan, and it is you and your commanders who, for their own selfish interests, have used atrocities, coercion, and demagogy to drive them to continue to work hard, and many have tragically lost their lives, and if I had not stopped you at the crossing, I don't know how many people would have continued to die in future battles. Is this your honor, standing on the pile of bones of a soldier to achieve a golden title? Before I entered Lusitania, Pompey and Cato appointed Governor Marcus. Varro, in spite of his old age, was forcibly sent to the province by you, as well as Cicero of Silesia, and you took advantage of the fame of these people to place them everywhere, just to oppress us? Your soldiers and officials have carried out a policy of terror in the provinces, which have been intimidating and plundering, coercing the peaceful inhabitants to hand over their belongings, and forcing the allies of Rome to provide troops and fleets, and it is you who have been planning war in full swing - the purpose is to persecute the present consul, and war is not what you want, and the ultimatum is not also issued by you? Now that we have crossed the Rubicon, and we have only had more weapons than the tribunes who had been plotted by you in the previous history to bloody squares, you have fled to all corners of the country to continue your flight, and your former spirit has been lost like leftovers in Maxim's gutter, is that nothing more than the power of your faith! How many more people, including Rome and the provinces and vassals, will you have to poison the lives of the people, just as Cato the Younger coerced the citizens of the city of Marcelia to resist stubbornly, and finally destroyed the whole city. Li Bida's counterattack was like his cavalry cannon, continuous, and his body gradually moved from behind Caesar to the core of everyone, like the Colosseum of verbal debate.

Afranius originally spoke, relying on his own identity, among all his wingmen and generals, Séctus was just a young man who had just entered the army to serve, Lipo was a former judge to serve in the province, and Peletaeus was privately promoted by Pompey in the military system, for this scene, he was the most qualified to question Caesar, but he did not expect Caesar to make a false shot and give the answer to a foreign lieutenant to complete. His face was a little feverish and a little helpless, but he still moved out of tradition and law, "There is an ultimatum of the Senate, there are provisions of the law, and if you cross the Rubicon, it is an act of rebellion against the country." ”

"What is the Senate! It is just an advisory body for national policy, when does its ultimatum have the force of law? Or are you oligarchs, accustomed to private teaching in the Temple of Concord, and think that you don't need to take the supreme resolutions of the Ten Tribunes and the Tebris Council in your eyes, or even trample on them—in the conspiracy between Pompey and Cato, the appointment of the governors of the various provinces of their fellow party has gone through a reasonable procedure, with the authorization of the Council of Curia, when will Rome allow the results of the lottery to appear before the procedure is completed? This is an out-and-out act of bribery, and those who get prominent official positions are Pompey's relatives and subordinates, and he also plays tricks to block His Excellency Caesar from the normal campaign, excludes and persecutes him to the extreme, and pushes himself to the throne of the illegal 'Dicktido', and then he thinks that the sword of Damocles hanging over his head does not exist, and the Father and the Queen of Heaven, the God of War and Venus, are always watching the virtues and vices of the world, and we are the chosen army to punish him for such behavior! Unexpectedly, Li Bida actually stepped on the "Senate ultimatum" that the traditional republicans regarded as the most enshrined in his words, and even this institution was trampled under his feet, and Aphranius kept retreating, he was losing and retreating, just like on the battlefield before. (To be continued......)