"That's true, that's why Caesar distributed more of the Tebris voting rights to the foreign communes, you look at me, and now I am also familiar with Roman society, and I have become a governor, and even a cavalry commander?" In a slightly drunken tone, Li Bida spoke to Viccintoli, and then the remnants of his gaze continued to test the other party's reaction.

"Yes, your success will inspire me even more, adoptive father." Vicin Toli then uttered the following words, which for the time being left untraceable.

In this atmosphere of suspicion, Caesar's fleet, which was ready, hoisted its sails and sailed towards Africa within the allotted time.

As a result, upon arriving at the city of Leptis, which was being guarded by Antony, Caesar set fire on him, saying that some of the military tribunes had no sympathy for the plight of the soldiers, and had the audacity to use ships directly to carry their own personal goods, and demanded that all the officers of the legion be gathered together and that he should personally punish them in the presence of the whole army.

Avinus and Fonteus were shocked, because they soon knew that Caesar was coming for them, and that the troops of the Tenth Legion were still on the other side of the ocean, and they were supposed to take on the responsibility of transporting supplies and opening up camps first, and they had crossed the sea with the others, although they vaguely felt that the anger of the former dictator had something to do with the mutiny of the previous year, but they still walked to the temple square in the city of Lyptis, where all the legion's tribunes and centurions stood.

Previously, the two had sent a summons to Li Bida to inquire about the situation and asked him to testify, but the chief executive of the Executive Yuan told him. Li Bida just after the sun has just risen this morning. He took the boat back to Brindisi again. It's time to arrange the second wave of troops to cross the sea.

In front of the altar of the temple, Caesar's anger was like thunder, "A very shameful act has occurred in our army crossing the sea. Knowing that our fleet is already very limited in number of ships, and can be attacked and set on fire by the enemy on the sea, I have repeatedly stressed that each ship can only be used to carry armed soldiers, so as to protect each precious ship. But a certain military tribune of the Tenth Legion. When the citizens elected him to Africa to rescue his compatriots from the enslavement of Pompey's henchmen, he set aside a ship for the transport of his slaves, luggage, mounts, and goods. Avinus, Fonteus! Contrary to most people's expectations, Caesar was ruthless in publicly naming names, which was extremely rare in the past.

The two tribunes of the Tenth Legion, without too surprised expressions, walked out of the line and stood under Caesar's pulpit. Bowing their heads, they did not plead or beg for mercy. The two men, who considered themselves to have worked diligently during their time in the Legion, and who had never abandoned their duties on the battlefield, now that the former dictator and his old superiors had come to find a reason to punish them for some public or private vendettas, they accepted it calmly.

After glancing at the two of them, Caesar's tone became soothing and sad, "I have always forgiven some people who act recklessly, and I hope that sooner or later they will recognize my moderation and the overall interests of the republic. But they never restrained the checks, and when the Republic needed soldiers most, they instigated a mutiny, leaving the commander-in-chief without soldiers. Now that you are transporting your personal belongings by boat, you have abandoned your incorruptibility and your oaths. Avenus, you played a mastermind role in the mutiny, didn't you? Fonteus, you have encouraged veterans to loot the towns of Campegna, haven't you? ”

"Yes, I also saved an entire wing of cavalry at the Battle of Mount Tihon, for which I also won the Citizen Laurel." Avinus said.

"I have eaten roots and fennel seeds in the Kocula Mountains and have never abandoned my position. But these words are not a plea for mercy now, for sooner or later the punishment will be inflicted on us, after we have jointly handed over the tablets. After Fonteus finished speaking, he automatically ripped off the gold chain, cloak, helmet, and Amira, and laid them out in front of Caesar.

"Avinus and Fonteus, the two tribunes of the legion, know that you have not achieved your current status and achievements because of any outstanding things about you, but because of my Caesar's promotion and grace. But the two of you are not brave on the battlefield and disloyal in peacetime. I now decree that Avenus be stripped of his military office and discharged with honor, but that Campeña's property be preserved, and that half of his pension be deprived; Fonteus, deposed from his position in the Tenth Legion, became the commander of the colonial regiment in the city of Orleans. You must board the ships and leave my camp on the same day, with only one slave per man, and you can only carry your personal belongings. There were also a few centurions who participated in the rebellion, because they were still training and reorganizing their troops in Naples, and they would wait until they came to Africa to deal with them! With that, Caesar didn't look at anyone and walked down the temple altar.

The two military tribunes also silently left the crowd and accepted the punishment they deserved, but when they reached the main entrance of the camp, a young man in a Jewish hat intercepted them, saying that General Lybidaeus was disturbed by the concealment of the facts, but that he was powerless to change the order of the dictator, so let me stay here, and ask the two experienced commanders to be patient with fate for the time being, and then they will each be given five thousand dinars of silver as the cost of settling, and when the time comes, He will use his power to reinstate the two.

As a result, Avinus and Fonteus burst into tears, and begged Matthias to remind the general not to forget the promise they made today, and that they were willing to sacrifice double their loyalty to Caesar and serve Lybidaeus.

Next, Caesar, who focused on the battlefield situation, found that in the two or three months apart, Pompey, who had defeated Curio, moved quickly, not only basically recovering the situation around Utica, but also linking his own theater with the theater of Rabinus. Pompey then took control of Utica, where he appointed his two sons and his fleet to conquer the Balearic Islands in the Spanish Sea; His father-in-law, Scipio, joined up with the king of Juba and took all the Numidian cavalry and infantry with him towards the Libyan coast, and some of the towns that had previously surrendered to Libida were re-surrendered to Pompey's army.

In short, Scipio and King Juba had approached the city of Hadrumum, and Rabinus and Condisius in the Zeta area had also moved rapidly and began to move north, preparing to cooperate with Scipio's offensive, and the Pompey fleet on the island of Kirki was also ravaging the seas, strangling Caesar's sea lines—after the great victory, the enemy had regained confidence and fighting spirit, gave up the act of demolishing each other, and began to concentrate on dealing with Caesar.

"Build two walls, one from my camp to Hadrumum, and the other to Lyptis." Caesar ordered.

To his surprise, however, he was soon told that the work had been completed by the former Lybida and the later Anthony. (To be continued......)