Chapter 8: The Altar of Bullet Crushing (Part II)
The butler shook his head, deposited the title deeds, and walked out, leaving Anthony sitting comfortably in the distance, looking up at something.
At the same time, in Pulama's villa, Li Bida was also discussing warmly with all his cronies, "Anthony is definitely going to play tricks on the title deed of the inheritance." This was Li Bida's sentence with great certainty, and then he slowly paced back and forth a few times, "In addition, the Fifth Legion will also come soon, as long as there is a strong backing, Anthony can blackmail the Senate and continue to exclude me with all his might." β
"What kind of eclipse will this exclusion take?" Saab asked.
Li Bida smiled and gave a startling answer, "Maybe only send me to be the governor of the second-class province - no, maybe it is even more out of line, the Senate will give me a legion in the capacity of a full-ranking lawyer, and appoint me to go to fight against the rebellion of the Illyrian or Germanic barbarians, and then use this year to turn the situation into their world, and then decide Caesar's case in the middle of the way, and issue me an ultimatum, I will be defeated like Yulia's grandfather, and my power will be wiped out, and it would be good to be able to go back to Sardinia to retire." β
After speaking, Li Bida asked, who wants to go back to the manor in Sardinia with me for retirement, everyone was silent for an instant, only Sabo raised his hand as if he had no objection, and then put it down.
Then, Li Bida turned around vigorously and said to everyone, "Pension? Why retirement! You know, we are Caesar's greatest heroes, we go on expeditions to half of the sea and land, raise troops, money, and food for him, and when he fights Pompey, we provide him with the backbone of the battle. Until Pompey was sent to the bottom of Lake Myknin - Julius was also the most personal to us. I may be promoted to the rank of cavalry commander by a foreigner. and asked me to be Octavian's guardian, and by this trust alone I would have to finish Caesar's career, and now Antony had betrayed him, and waged his tail to the Senate for mercy, but he could not see through the present situation, and was completely blinded by profit and short-sightedness. So, now there is no need for priests to the gods. There is no need to fantasize about anyone, we have to rely on ourselves! I believe that my legion, my Sardinian children, my comrades from all over the world, and my staff and relatives and friends will absolutely support me, and it is right to go to Sardinia to retire, but before that time comes, we must first arrange for some people to retire. Only then can he think about himself, because Lybidaeus has always been selfless. Right? Finally, he said in a mocking tone, "Now we have to strengthen the surveillance and response to Antony's actions, and besidesβwe must retreat into advance, and call Antony and Brutus, the two scheming idiots, to make a fool of themselves, and then we will launch a full-scale counterattack!" β
"Are you saying that the Six Legions are going to withdraw from the city of Rome?" Peternius asked with Angandinus.
"Of course, why not, immediately I will accept the conditions of the Senate in full, withdraw the Sixth Army to Alimilon to rest, and let Antony and the city do as much as they want, just as he did with the veterans of the mutiny, now as long as Octavian and Leo, Agrippa and Mecenas return, and separate the tribunes and military tribunes at that time, they can play a role in completely containing them, by the way, I still have a pawn that I don't need to make a big move!" Li Bida finally seemed to remember something and said leisurely.
In front of the altar in the main square, Amartius looked at the messengers sent by Lipida with some surprise, Arp and Kelly, and many slaves carrying boxes and pottery urns behind him, "This is the activity money given to you by the cavalry commander, fifty tarents, and your separate gift, as well as two apartment buildings and ten talents, which will be delivered to your mansion after nightfall." Now there are more and more angry people gathered in front of the "Altar of the Cremation Pile of Julius", which has tended to be 50,000 people, and even many veterans have quietly sent all kinds of weapons, short swords, hunting spears and small shields, to arm these people, Amartius is indeed worthy of the heir to Claudius's mantle, no, he is from a humble background, compared with Claudius, he is better in simplicity and acting, everyone believes that he is Marius's grandson, Caesar's relative, and even he can now go to Corpunia's mansion, "We await the order of the two cavalry commanders to make our men an eternal terror to Caesar's murderers." This is his consistent slogan.
Now seeing that Li Pida has sent money again, Amartius is naturally grateful, but Kelly then sighs and says, "But the cavalry commander can no longer continue to support you publicly, he wants you to evacuate the people in front of the altar immediately." β
"Why?" Amartius was even more surprised.
"He told me to tell you, for Caesar's murderer was ready to fight back, and he himself would soon be stripped of the title of chief cavalry and expelled from the city of Rome. Therefore, as the heir to the mantle of Julius's cause, although you have received so much support from the people, it is better to keep a low profile, because the fifth legion of Antony, another cavalry commander, will soon be stationed, and military ammunition may be used against you at that time. β
"Please tell General Liberidaus that Amartius will not give up halfway, because I am the grandson of Marius, and this identity is not obtained by boasting everywhere in the first half of my life, but General Liberidaus gave me this opportunity, so that I have been recognized by everyone in this short period of time - please rest assured, Commander of the Cavalry, since I, Amartius, have borne this identity, I can never be an opportunist, and if I want to avenge His Excellency Caesar, then I must stay here. I will accept the money and gifts as deserved, so please ask Your Excellency the Cavalry Commander to look forward to my watch! Amartius generously said, "I will give the money to all the people, but for the fighting, not for the demobilization." β
After saying this, he jumped on the altar, first wept on his back, and then said to all the people, "Soon I will die." β
As soon as these words came out, tens of thousands of people present exclaimed, expressing their disbelief.
"Yes, my dear friend has just admonished me, for at once, with the connivance of the Senate, murderers and traitors will join forces, and will not only bloody and bloody suppression of us, but also utterly suppress our needs, and Your Excellency Caesar will forever sink into the abyss, as they did with the Gracchus brothers." Amartius raised his arms and said.
Everyone raised their hands and brandished all kinds of weapons, angrily denouncing who was going to do such a despicable act, forgetting Caesar's grace and going to conspire with the murderer, "Don't let me know who he is, or he will suffer the same fate as that Luga!" A crumpy old man selling fish, holding an iron hook, yelled at the noisy crowd around him. (To be continued......)