After hearing Li Bida's words, Sabo pondered for a while, then pushed back the bag full of gold coins and said, "Your Excellency, I am willing to offer you my personal allegiance Yes, yes, I, Saab Kemus. Nerva. The allegiance of Trajanus. ”

"Excuse me, what's your name?" Li Bida seemed to have heard something very familiar and amazing.

"Yes, I'm sorry Your Excellency, I have always addressed you by your name, and now I have only now said my clan name and clan name, and I am willing to continue to follow you, as well as His Excellency Governor Caesar, and use my expertise to continue to serve the legion." Saab Kemus straightened up and said.

At this time, Li Bida even said yes, and then walked to the mirror and shrine of the tent, and said to Sabo: "By the way, you just stand there biedong and observe my demeanor at any time." Then he unfastened his scarlet cloak, took off the splendid bell cuirass, and the helmet that imitated Corinth, covered it with ashes, and carried arrows through the broken cloak, and painted his face and hair with incense ash in front of the small altar, and took out his dagger to scratch the belt and pendant, and then asked Sabo, "How, is there such a sense of the secret of trekking through the battlefield and tossing and turning?"

"Yes, yes, but I'm sorry, I don't know what you want, the barbarians of northern Lusitania have been subjugated." Sabo shook his head and asked, according to his usual observations, the financial officer Li Bida is a superior who pays attention to appearance and appearance.

When Caesar crossed the pontoon bridge of the Douro River with his generals and retinues, carrying eagle banners and scepters, and arrived at the military camp outside Iduka, Saab Kemus seemed to understand what Li Bida was doing (he had always been interested in this strange treasurer. in a state of seeming to understand but not to understand). Stand at the main entrance of the camp "Pritori". Compared to the little Crassus in bright clothes. Li Bida, who was lined up to welcome His Excellency the Governor, did not even have a helmet, his face was covered with dust, his hair was unkempt, his eyes were bloodshot (this Sabo really didn't know how the treasurer got it), he was cloaked in a cloak full of arrowholes like a sieve, and behind him was the undismissed 1,000-man brigade of the thyme auxiliaries lined up in a neat line, all dressed in similar clothes as Li Bida. With a shabby and simple appearance for the rest of his life, Qi Qi stretched out his arms and saluted Caesar.

Caesar wore a laurel crown on his head, dismounted with a group of generals such as Apis and Sektilius, and stepped forward to hug and kiss Li Bida, "The spirit of this thousand-man brigade you left behind is very good, they are all elites after the hard battle, aren't they?" That's right, I'll keep the number of this auxiliary legion. Then he lifted the wrinkle on his forehead and saw the three-headed war elephant behind the group. It's a little late, but I'm happy. These three titans can take part in the expedition of Lusitania Zuihou and the siege of the city of Olcresi. I know that every war elephant will eat the food carried by a baggage team in a day, and your thyme army has avoided the green forest horse bandits, crossed the entire mountain and forest hinterland of Spain, encountered countless barbarian interceptions, and can still deliver them to my hands safely, must have exhausted their own provisions, today I see your loyalty and suffering, this friendship after the bloody battle, will be the strongest bond between you from now on. ”

"For His Excellency the Governor, for Caesar!" Li Bida puffed out his cheeks and shouted, taking this as a signal, all the soldiers of the Thyme Thousand Brigade raised their hands again and shouted together after Li Bida.

In the midst of the thunderstorm, Caesar smiled and raised his left hand to indicate that the soldiers could be quiet, and then he deliberately said to all the generals: "This soldier who has won the honorary titles of Gaurelius and Lybidaeus with courage deserves our praise, he is the model of the entire expeditionary force!" ”

Hmph, Li Bida smiled darkly in his heart, if he made himself miserable and tragic, it would have a dramatic effect, Caesar had been moved by me, deeply moved by me, those little things that disobeyed military orders, let it drift away with the dry wind of May in the Iberian Peninsula,

"Libida, King Numa and Rex, the god of war. Son of Leus! There was another wave of cheers in the barracks, and then Caesar raised his left hand again, smiled and said to the servant behind him, "Now, you can send the successor of King Numa out of Dickman's gate." ”

Dickman's Gate, the back door of the Roman legionary camp; In contrast to the Pritori Gate, the latter is generally facing the enemy and the battlefield, while the former is facing the rear, and generally only soldiers who have violated military discipline and are expelled can enjoy the qualification to walk out of the Dickman Gate.

Well, this joke is too big! When Lybida, who was cloaked in rags, was taken away by the guards, he stretched out his hands and shouted: "Your Excellency, you must not do this to me, I have shed blood in battle with the Sinclerans, and I have been wounded in the siege of the city of Balantia!" I'm going to see you alone, I'm going to see you alone, I can explain it all! But the voice faded away, and Caesar said to his men very calmly, "He is a war hero and a warmonger, and if he were in my place, I would admire and envy him, but he is only my subordinate, and when will he do those acts—let's wait until he climbs to my position." ”

At this time, the thousand-strong team of thyme was suddenly silent, all the people were still shouting the glorious slogan of Caesar and Li Bida one second, and the next second their financial officer and corps commander was dragged away and expelled from Dickman's Gate, maybe they will have to pursue military legal responsibility, will that affect us, and will citizenship and rewards be confiscated?

When he saw the expressionless Caesar and the rest of the generals and servants passing through the procession to be reviewed, the trumpeter hurriedly blew military music, but because of extreme nervousness, the C-shaped trumpet made a difficult and comical long sound, and little Hortensius, who was standing at the front of the queue, looked at Caesar who was getting closer and closer, and suddenly his cloak was tightened, and a golden bowl fell out of it, which he had snatched from a noble tomb in Betnari, and the bowl swirled happily at his feet, and little Hortensius's face became more and more pale, I want to bring the golden bowl over with my feet, but I am afraid that I will suffer the same fate as His Excellency the Treasurer.

The whole scene was quieter.

Caesar sighed, stooped down and picked up the golden bowl, held it up before little Hortensius, who was as pale as the face of the earth, and asked, "Is this the plunder that your temporary treasurer took with you when he attacked the towns on the Roman side?" ”

Seeing that the owner of the golden bowl stammered, Saab Khamus, who was next to him, grabbed the conversation and replied, "This is only the reward of this centurion for his bravery, which has been confirmed by His Excellency the Treasurer." ”

"But now there is no financial officer named Li Bida." Caesar's tone was cold and calm. (To be continued......)