Now, seventy, eighty, ninety, four regular legions went again, and went to Santony, if nothing else, Appis's eleventh legion had begun to block the path of the Helvetians, and only the poor twelfth legion remained in place to rest, it was really a thing to gnaw bones, let's do it, eat meat and drink soup for others.

Lybidaeus was very angry, but he was sulking, he had to hide his displeasure wisely, it was not right to be angry about the current plan, and he had to think of a good way. He wandered around the stinking slave camp market, taking Sabo and Tagus with him, leaving all the affairs of the barracks to Milou, and on the dirt roads surrounding the trading market, the slave traders and the weighing officers were bargaining fiercely, and Li Bida pulled one of them at random and asked, "How is the market?" ”

"The price has not come down," said the peddler, "and those who really want to trade in large quantities cannot afford it, and those who do not want to trade are not willing to risk their lives to cross the huge mountains to Gaul." ”

"You mean, the cost of the journey and the cost of feeding the slaves here is too high?"

"Yes, even if the Legion shares the cost of food for the slaves, I would be willing to pay a few more Sethreus, but now the Captain tells us that there is no food in the Legion anymore, and even we can use the grain to buy slaves." The vendor said.

When Li Bida heard this, he thought to himself that Caesar's biggest problem immediately was to raise food, even if he had sent some supplies one after another during the period of his garrison, but it was undoubtedly a drop in the bucket, and Caesar had told him when he asked Caesar for supplies before. The only way to get food now is to rely on the large Adoui tribe. The population of this tribe is not less than 100,000. and had the best quality and high yield of wheat fields, but only sent 2,000 auxiliary cavalry to help the battle, and Caesar's request for military rations was always contrary to the law, causing Caesar to be angry about this matter many times, both in public and in private.

Just before leaving, Caesar also told Libidaeus and the chief lieutenant Rabinus to pay attention to the transportation of the Ara River with the army. The Gallic provinces, unlike the Italian mainland, began to get cold as soon as the summer and June passed, and the soldiers, who were accustomed to living in the warm regions, needed more bread and meat to replenish their calories.

"In our camp the Adoui had two chiefs in charge of law enforcement, one named Deviachi and the other Lesgus, whom I had promised to grant them Roman citizenship after the war. But I didn't take these two men with me in this pursuit, the purpose was to keep them as intermediaries. Urge the Aedui to deliver the grain to the crossing of the Alaa River as soon as possible, and then escort it to the front line of Santoni. This was Caesar's statement before leaving.

Determined to seize this opportunity, he heard the slave trader's complaint, and immediately went to the main camp and asked to see Rabinus.

Now the title of Rabinus is no longer "chief lieutenant general", but "acting commander-in-chief", which was specially promoted by Caesar, indicating that in the entire expeditionary army, except for His Excellency the Governor, he is the most authoritative, so Li Bida is looking for him.

"The daily turnover of slaves in the camp is very low, so there will be problems with the immediate salary and gifts." Rabinus had no arrogance, and received Li Bida very politely in his tent, and after greeting him, Li Bida raised this question.

"Yes, I'm also worried about this problem, especially since your 12th Army Corps has lost a lot of troops when crossing the river before, and it needs to be replenished, but now it can't even provide the basic military rations needed for the battle." Rabinus thought it was a private complaint from Lypida, so he explained with a look of shame.

"No, I'm worried about the Governor crossing the Ara River, and the situation of the entire province." Li Bida said his words very loudly, he raised his hand and analyzed, "If the Edoui delay for another half a month, then the four legions will be in a situation of no food, and your Excellency the Acting Commander-in-Chief, you also know that the Helviti have only been annihilated by one tribe of Gunirin, and they still have more than 200,000 people in the Santoni area, once the news of the lack of food for the governor's army is known to them, they will launch a counterattack desperately, and then our expedition will be destroyed." ”

Rabinus fell silent, to be honest, he did not particularly approve of Caesar's war in his heart, but he also made it clear that he was a plebeian party in political terms, which doomed him to support Caesar wholeheartedly, regardless of personal feelings, after such calculations, he asked Li Bida if there was any good way to urge food, and he was willing to fully support it.

"During this time, the Aedui sent envoys who said that the grain had been collected, that it was difficult to raise enough ships and mules and horses, and that some of the wheat had not yet been harvested. This kind of reversal can only show that they are making trouble, or at least someone is making trouble in it. Li Bida's analysis, in fact, Rabinus had long doubted it, but he never said it in front of Caesar, he was worried that if it was pierced, it would lead to the turn of the Adoi tribe - the one who could detain the food and not send it must be the big man in the tribe.

"I can find the two law enforcement chiefs who stayed in the camp to find out." Seeing that Li Bida was going straight to the ground, Rabinus thought to himself that this problem seemed to have to be solved.

"Nope." Li Bida rose up and said to Labinus that he would call the two chiefs over and explain it clearly, that being gentle and tolerant would not help anything to solve the matter, and that the tribunes and centurions who had remained in the camp should come to the joint meeting.

Rabinus thought for a moment, then nodded yes, so when Diviaci and Lesgus bowed their heads and entered the camp, they found that all the Roman generals were pressing the hilts of their swords, looking at them murderously, and their hearts were empty, but the two centurions quickly went around to the entrance of the camp, and Rabinus, who was standing in the center, stepped forward enthusiastically and hugged the two law chiefs of the Edui Ministry, which made them stand in the center of the crowd.

"What the hell is going on with our military rations?" The following words of Rabinus made the two chiefs like a man, and they stood up, saying that they were sorry, they would send people to urge them tomorrow, and now the military rations are probably still being raised.

"It's too late! I need it in three days. Rabinus put his arm around one, and there was no room for negotiation in a polite tone, "Or let's say, who in your ministry is hindering this?" No one wants to destroy the entire chain of the army in a critical battle in the future, right? I am unwilling to be responsible for this matter, I wonder if the two of them are willing? ”

In the end, Lesgus admitted that there was indeed a powerful figure in the Aedui tribe who was vain in this matter. (To be continued......)