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"Oh, Lybidaeus, are you still afraid that you will not be able to be Marcelicus? Rest assured, I will never rob you of your merits, for Pompey's power is concentrated in Spain, so I must seize this place and dismantle his army. Caesar sat on a circle chair in the tent, fiddling with a crochet pen, and said.

"No, because this idea of yours is contrary to the doctrine of military victory, for the strategy I have offered to you in the past was to use military force to contain Pompey's arms, and then concentrate on kicking him in the abdomen, i.e., Italy. Pompey had been kicked in the abdomen by now, but it was likely that both of his fists would swing at the same time and knock us to the brink of blood. Li Bida stood and copied his hands and analyzed, "Therefore, it is right to concentrate on cutting off one of Pompey's arms, but now we should not go to his strongest left arm, but let me take the city of Marcellia first, and then act as a shield to block the sword he stabbed with his left arm, and Your Excellency will form a naval army, cross the sea to Epirus, destroy Pompey's army in the east, and concentrate on cutting off his right arm holding the shield." ”

"Also, take the Sicilian Curio, leaving only one legion and navy for him to hold on to the island, and then ask him to hand over the remaining two or three legions to you." The latter sentence, Li Bida said quietly, he already vaguely felt that after the capture of Sicily, perhaps Curio's momentum and strength would rise sharply.

Caesar, however, smiled nonchalantly, and continued to hold his sight. "Maybe I can break Pompey's strongest arm at once? As long as Pompey does not pass through Mauritania. Personally came to Spain to supervise the war. Then I don't think there is any opponent on the other side. ”

Then Caesar actually began to divert the topic, and asked very carefully about Li Bida's encounter with falling into the water in the naval battle last time, whether he was injured, whether he was cold, etc., which made Li Bida's heart even more wonderful. Caesar's IQ, why should he overturn the reasonable strategic plan he had formulated before, this is not at all like what he did. Other than that. Especially when he mentioned Curio just now, Caesar was obviously a little flickering, and there was definitely a lot of cattiness in that mood.

So he was ready to get to the bottom of it, "What is the plan that Your Excellency has for Curio?" ”

"Lypidaus, I recognize your concern and enthusiasm for the overall situation. And you are a good assistant who is both intelligent and capable, and I have promised you that I will not consider your special identity or origin at all, because now as long as the Julius family does not perish, the two Ombudsmen will not be allowed to be identified by us in the future? When the time comes, as long as the Ombudsman says what your background is. That's what kind of origin, he said on the roster that you are a slave is a slave. Say you were born free. Caesar continued to divert the subject violently, "In addition, I promised you that when you reach an age, you will definitely become the consul of Rome, so you must understand my way of employing people." ”

It was almost a kind of coercive tone of "please shut up", and the centurion and the soldiers under the tent were walking around with the timber on their shoulders, and soon some people began to complain about the weather, because it was raining again, and the dirt outside the tent was soon speckled with spots, and then in the murmuring sound converged into puddles everywhere, and the sound of military shoes stepping to and fro was particularly harsh.

The tent became very quiet, because this time it was only Caesar and Li Bida chatting, Caesar was silent and looked out of the curtain, and after a long time Li Bida still said the words, "In about two or three months, Curio will have to be ordered to go out of Sicily to Africa, right?" ”

In the rain, Caesar raised his eyebrows, and then used his good-looking fingers, slightly bent, to grasp the armrest of his chair, "He is a very enthusiastic and courageous young man, he has succeeded in recruiting a new legion in Sicily, and has set about preparing an abundant ship, and Curio has also told me that he is well acquainted with the knights of the Chamber of Commerce on the side of Unity. ”

"But he won't be Pompey's match at all." Then Li Bida picked the words more obviously, "And he has no experience in commanding the army before"

"There are people!" Caesar loudly held the hook pen and interrupted Lybida's words, "The standard Roman aristocracy, well educated in his youth, but forever dissolute until the age of thirty, they are very capable and flamboyant, squandering their youth at balls and casinos, and the other eye is forever fixed on the altar and the racecourse, rubbing the ring on his finger, pondering how to win the triumphal ceremony in his lifetime, or to become a consul in a white robe, the seniority and fame of his father, his own elegance and wisdom, Subconsciously believing that I was superior to all the low-level elements, they would naturally say that I was a natural commander, and that experience was not indispensable to them - Curio, such a man, he was energetic, he was full of ambition in the position of tribune, and now he was going to Africa to show his skills, why not? Because at the end of the day, he's not like you, you started as a shelterer contractor in the mall, starting from a fishpond; On the battlefield, you start step by step as the commander of the scales, the acting tribune, the adjutant general of the legion, and the commander, so I asked you to gnaw the city of Marcelia and Curio to Africa, because the former requires ability and experience, and the latter requires more courage and courage, and I think that there is nothing wrong with such personnel. ”

Caesar spoke very tactfully, in fact, Li Bida knew that his arrangement was intentional, but he did not leak it: Caesar took advantage of Curio's ambition to make a difference, and also used his self-righteousness in the study of battle formations to achieve his own plan.

"I'm just worried that if Curio misses in Africa, he will bury our legions." Li Bida also covered up his words.

"Someone has to sacrifice, Li Bida, we have been fighting side by side for so many years. From Rome to Asia Minor, to Lusitania, to Gaul, and now Spain, fate will determine who will survive in the end, and it is impossible not to lose or lose - when I was a child, when the city of Rome was soaked in blood, I stood in front of the pulpit in the great square, and looked at the severed heads of my uncle, who were among my two uncles, and then you would reprimand me, should I feel sorry for my uncle's death and betray my uncle? No, it's very simple, because my uncle is the one who can really help the whole family to rise to the top, and between family affection and interests, I choose the latter. Caesar recounted with a blank face.

And Li Bida turned around, he understood in his heart that Caesar needed to focus on dealing with the collapse of Pompey's five most elite legions in Spain, and Curio's attack on Africa had been used by him as a pawn to contain Pompey's pawn, and the greater Curio's sacrifice, the safer he would be on the Spanish front.

However, Julius. Caesar, maybe you don't understand that there are some things that you think you have earned, but you are actually losing a lot. At this moment, Li Bida suddenly heard the sound of tables and chairs colliding behind him. (To be continued......)

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