"The Roman oligarchy after the failed reforms of the Gracchus brothers was only interested in how to get rich, and its policies were unprincipled." - "The War of Juguda"

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This is natural, there are always many nobles in the city of Rome, whether it is speculation or insistence, are in private dealings with the Pompey party, sometimes they will provide some specious information, sometimes they will express some feelings of moaning without disease, but Aetius's letter is the content that the two "little Pompey" can not ignore, because his concept information is accurate, concise, and can also put forward corresponding plans, when he opposed Crassus's expedition to Parthia unsuccessfully, as a result, the other party was completely wiped out in Calle, This tribune became famous, and later fought against Li Bida in front of the Holy Treasury (of course, in the end), which can be regarded as earning eyeballs, and now the nobles arch him like a new star, raising a lot of money, saying a lot of good things, and promoting him to the grand court of the capital.

As a result, last year, Caesar's plan to expand the number of chief legal officers with only two posts to sixteen immediately made Aetius hate. So he secretly colluded with the Pompeo, and constantly sent new strategies.

This time, Aetius carefully observed the situation after Pompey's death, and then drafted a detailed document for the two Pompeys:

Caesar will soon launch an expedition to Dacia or Parthia in order to consolidate his dictatorship, so you don't need to be too arrogant now, and make Caesar think that the three Spanish provincial legions alone can pacify you, so just engage in some piracy in the Balearic Islands and don't attract Caesar's attention. That is not good for you;

Your combat power mainly saves about a hundred ships. It's more appropriate. disperse the garrisons, mainly threatening the Macellia and Ligurian seas, to confuse the judgment of Caesar's camp;

Immediately Caesar's fleet will escort about four thousand prisoners of war, most of them foreign soldiers recruited by your father, including Iberians and Numidians, passing through the Balearic Islands, and you may have information to attack the fleet. capture as many prisoners of war as possible for Army reinforcement training;

The target is the province of Far Spain, which is adjacent to Lusitania and is a certain distance from Gaul and Italy, and many of the disciples of Krien who are your father's father, as well as some veterans who have been dismissed after being captured by Caesar last time, as long as they act decisively and quickly, they should be able to control these two provinces in a short time and continue to fight Caesar, but before that, the purpose must not be revealed.

At last. Aetius said this very secretively, and in an ambiguous tone. "Now is the time when we are not very clear between friend and foe, and for Caesar, the dictator, he is actually alone, and he has no power except for the army and a few fierce men. So we also have to use political means, whether it is the local portiers and chiefs in Spain, or many nobles in the city, in fact, there are many people who are dissatisfied with Caesar, even if it is a figure like Tellureas or Cassillo, some things can be done without the use of the sword. ”

After reading the letters, Rolls and Sektus immediately made a division of labor: the former was in charge of the army, the latter was in charge of the navy, and Szectus's father-in-law, Lipo, was in charge of the camp.

At this time, the two brothers walked out of the low tent, surrounded by camp fences supported by short spears and sticks, many military slaves and soldiers were holding axes to cut down the dense forest, this group of islands in the Spanish Sea, in fact, is not scattered, there are several large islands large enough for farming and garrisoning, can build barracks and docks, the only disadvantage is the lack of rain, but this is not necessarily a disadvantage for the little Pompey brothers, who are good at fleets. Under the blue sky and white sand, many crew members were dragging the light Librna raider to the beach to dry, and then sat down to light a fire and rub oil, otherwise the skin would soon be chapped in such weather.

Séctus also took off his undershirt, and then a servant handed him the ointment, and he looked at it, and the label on the bottle was the Latin inscription "Ophelenus, the city of Rome was founded six hundred and eighty-four years old, and it is at your service," and "It is a mixture of pea flour and olive oil, very effective, and very sellable, and we have spent great effort to buy it from Sardinia." The slave smiled flatteringly, and then Syctus nodded, and gave him back the bottle of ointment, asking him to wipe his upper body.

Before he could finish wiping his arms, a small boat came on the sea, and many of the resting crew members were noisy, holding weapons and preparing to be on guard, but after a few people on the small boat came down, everyone cheered again, it turned out to be Rabinus, Lelias and Machius, all of whom were the great Pompey generals, although it was a hot day, Rabinus was still wearing a cloak, and it seemed that he was suffering from malaria, and he trembled and led everyone to wade ashore on the water, and hugged Sektus, "How did you escape?" ”

"Don't worry, it's not like you've escaped by pretending to be humiliated - we're all veterans of the battlefield, and after figuring out the rules of Caesar's encirclement and suppression, while they're lax, we spent a lot of money to hire a few fishermen who didn't want to die, and sent us from Utica, and I heard that Scipio was not so good, he was too conspicuous." "But since we've all survived, Caesar has a good look." ”

"Are you not afraid of the death penalty of the neck?" Touched by the fact that Sektus asked.

"Unless Mount Surat moves to Baie Beach, unless the ravens give the good news, we will follow Pompey's son and fight Caesar to the death." Rilius replied in place of everyone.

Very good! So the group soon gathered together, although there were only a few lime-roofed ram houses on the island, but no one said bitter, Rabinus still wore a blanket, trembling on the marching bed while discussing the plan, and then, after grasping the exact information, Lipo unfolded the sub-chart, and said, "This is what the general Pompey drew when he encircled and suppressed the pirates, I was one of his twenty-four lieutenants at that time, and now there is also the traitor Maximus on the side of Caesar's camp, and the most remarkable thing about this drawing is that it subdivides the large sea area into blocks to facilitate encirclement and suppression." , now it's good for us to raid. ”

"Repair all the ships that can be used, unify the signals and work together, and distinguish the war zone from the interception zone." Rabinus then drew a few lines on the map with his fingers, "This is the site of the raid of Sektus, and the two sides are at the disposal of Lipo and Macchius, respectively, to cut off the rest of Caesar's fleet. Rilius and I sat in the camp because we were Army talents, so we wouldn't be in trouble. ”

As a result, when Caesar was sailing to the port of Calaris, Sardinia, he received the message that the rear prisoner of war fleet had been "intercepted", hundreds of guards were killed on the deck, and most of the prisoners and transport ships were snatched, and then Caesar slammed into his feet and said that he would leave the prisoners of war at full speed, the number of enemy ships was unknown, and we would stop at the shore first. (To be continued......)