The commander of the cavalry, as Lybida had predicted, was at last possessed the priestly divination power of Maxima and the command of the legions on expeditions because of his key exploits in Kocula—in extraordinary times he was second only to Dictiot in power, equal to the consul in external affairs, and the jurassic of the capital in internal matters.

Of course, Caesar will be independent all the way to the conquest affairs, and the war and power of the states in Asia Minor. He was no longer just Caesar's chief lieutenant general, a partial division commander, but the number two man with four or five legions, who held the power of life and death in an independent strategic area, was Maxima!

In addition, Caesar awarded another cavalry commander to Dehemoth of Syria. Brutus and asked him to take charge of the garrison of Parthia and punish the Jewish king Herod who had thrown himself into Pompey.

"How's Gaius doing?" At the banquet after the authorization ceremony, Li Bida asked Anthony.

Anthony took advantage of the influence of alcohol and intimately put his arm on Lipida's shoulder and replied that Gaius was fine, but he was frightened, and he didn't trust the military figures here, "At least he can't get along with Celeste and Eulabella, our brother's best friend now is just you, come, cheers for Lipidaus as the commander of the cavalry!" ”

"It's good to send Gaius to Gaul, anyway, there is no time to come to the post, there is no high-intensity war, and there is no high-intensity war, and he can safely seek qualifications and abilities." After clinking glasses, Li Bida said that he could arrange for Gaius to go to the Gallic region as a lieutenant general, "Caesar also asked you to recruit new regiments in Dalmatia and Transgaul. Gaius was in charge of this. You can also get a lot of extra money. It's a fat gap. ”

"Of course!" Antony, who had never been a man of false courtesy, was about to borrow two hundred Talents from Lypita for his proposal to Flivevia, the beautiful widow of Claudius in Rome. But Li Bida laughed, a little unfathomable, "Fulivia, I have already built yì for you, but when you were serving as a tribune and food supervisor in the city of Rome, you focused on horse racing and amusement, and now all your assets have been wasted." And the eyeliner I arranged in the city now tells me that Fulvia has agreed to marry someone else. ”

Anthony clenched his fists and hurriedly asked who it was, and Li Bida patted him on the shoulder, saying that it was "Governor of Sicily, your good friend Curio", and then sighed and said, "But if you open your mouth, two hundred Talents of money, of course I can help you for free". After speaking. Anthony began to drink with a complicated expression until he was drunk. And Li Bida then walked alone to the mansion where he was staying. Many of his henchmen were already waiting there, and the whole scene was a small but elaborate banquet.

When everyone raised a glass to the glory of the new cavalry commander, Li Pida smiled and said that such a thing could be put aside for the time being, and then he said to the people: "Now that Pompey is about to perish, when His Excellency Caesar crossed the Rubicon, what we needed was a quick battle; Now His Excellency Caesar does not need to be anxious, he can wait slowly, for Italy, Sicily, Spain, Gaul, and now Greek Macedonia are in his hands, and by the end of next year, Asia Minor and Egypt will also be in his hands. And Pompey, he may have won some tactical victories in Africa with a few elite legions, but in terms of the whole situation, the great general is finished, finished. ”

Upon hearing this exciting news, the commanders and chief centurions cheered, and in their minds they had attained the highest goal if they could survive to the end of the civil war, be on the side of the victors, receive a rich reward, or advance in the official career of the republic.

Li Bida smiled, put down his wine glass, and then said the specific goal in front of him: cross Thesalia, and then go to find the bad luck of the opponent Scipio, "Caesar has already made a division of the theater of war, Scipio and his three legions, including the first legion brought out of the Syrian province by Brutus and Kasillo, and now the ninth legion of the Macedonian province of Pompey, together with four legions, are my prey. We have the 6th, 12th, 13th, and 15th legions, as well as the Cyclops regiment that I recruited in Illyria, including the Germanic, Gaul, and Agrarians, who have been given the title of the Twenty-eighth Legion, and will accompany us in our operations, as well as the Mattians and Vibichinas, a total of 4,500 cavalry, who have also returned to the battle sequence of our army. After speaking, Li Bida pulled out his dagger and stabbed it at the roasted dormouse dish on the dining table, letting the dagger stand on it, "Five legions, with 20,000 heavy military slaves, nearly 5,000 cavalry, and a large number of projectile equipment, it is the time to make a big move, if you ask me, stop in that city?" I can tell you that it is not the city of Pera, not the city of Thessaloniki, not the city of Byzantium, not the city of Ephesus, we will sweep through the western part of Asia Minor, and then cross the sea of Yukxing, and destroy the Bosphorus, a vassal state of Pompey, and annihilate all the remaining forces of Pompey in the whole east, so that every soldier will be well equipped before he retires, and every general will be richly rich, full of glory and wealth that cannot be matched by his predecessors, and triumph over the city of Rome! ”

"Long live the cavalry commander, for the sake of triumph!" At this time, everyone present geared up and changed the topic of the toast.

"But we need a strong bridgehead to support the cause of war against Asia Minor, a problem that both Sulla and my patron have neglected before. The city demanded that it be able to enjoy the greatest bargain of land and sea transportation between Europa and Asia. Pope, I am going to divide the five corps into two clusters, with the twelve corps covering all the baggage armaments as separate rear columns; The remaining four legions, heavily armed, marched towards Scipio's position, the forward column, and you will be to serve as an assistant to General Kalenus, and collect the materials needed for the construction along the way, which is exactly what you need to build the bridgehead. After Li Bida finished this qiē, he retreated to his bedroom to rest under the pretext of drunkenness.

After Mattia, who was serving, hurriedly lit the bronze lamp and unfolded the papyrus, Li Bida sat in front of him, couldn't hold back his joy, and wrote a secret letter to Adiana, Queen of Eubertenia, "Calabia, I hope you can hold on to the current situation with the help of the alliance, I, the new cavalry commander of the Roman Republic, will soon lead a large and powerful army to help you defeat any enemy." After Calabis joins forces with Calabia, it must be invincible, I will return to you the Imperial Tomb of the Amasya Valley, and the old royal city of the Pontus Kingdom, Sinop, next year you will become the empress who rules the entire Black Ukxing Sea, and in three years I will take back the small crown that you mortgaged to Pompey and belonged to your mother Manemi, which also belongs to you. (To be continued......)