Then Li Bida pointed his finger and said, there are still four million gifts to the priests, warriors and people of your ministry, as for the debts of your ministry do not have to worry about at all, in fact, I knew before I came, most of the debts are attributed to one person: Crassus. What Cicero could not do, I will do it for you, forgive two-thirds of the debt, and the remaining third can be compensated by providing military service to His Excellency the Governor Caesar—I have also calculated, as long as your ministry provides me with two thousand lightly armed cavalry, for a lease of six months, or directly, as long as the day I defeat the Helvetians, I will pay them all back, how about it?

Then Li Bida put forward two conditions, one is that after the war is over, I will assist your ministry to redeem the people of your tribe who were sold to Rome one by one, of course, as much as possible to redeem those who are still alive; Second, once the war against the Helvetians is won, Lord Caesar will give you the status of "Roman allies", after which you and the nobles will gain citizenship and no longer have to worry about the threat of war and debt.

These conditions made Adminils bow his head and remain silent, at this time Li Bida leaned forward and said seriously, "Time is like a deer's vigorous pace does not stop, as an envoy of the legion, I came with the seal of His Excellency the Governor, but I will only stay in your ministry once, otherwise such a generous condition will fall into the hands of other tribes, you learned that there is a tribe named Bailian in Ludao, who sends cheap or even free food to the legion camp all day long, just to obtain an ally." if it weren't for the importance of your location."

Alright, alright, Adminiers had no choice but to agree. After all, the lesson of blood three years ago is still in front of us. Even if there is resentment in the heart. But the eyes still have to look ahead, after reaching a package agreement, Li Bida in the city of Philon with two thousand cavalry mighty away, standing on the tower Adminils suddenly felt as if something was wrong, but he still held the gift that Li Bida specially gave him in his personal name, two cans of Greek country wine, did not want to think too deeply, and drank in the pervasive afternoon sun.

About two days later. At the boundary monument of the Sejuni and Alobrogis tribes, a group of lightly armed riders moved a short distance away from the view of the Secongini standing in front of the fields and huts.

This was Li Bida's request, a team of 100 men, separated by a distance of three or four furlongs, and went around in circles over and over again, and the result was that at the boundary monument, Secongny's men and the cavalry of the opposite tribe began to talk, "For what reason, even you have agreed to the Romans' request for war and joined the alliance." And we and the Adoui have not moved? ”

The cavalrymen were reluctant to answer at first, and then some of them were younger. As if he couldn't hold back his temperament, he replied: "The Roman legion envoy has come, and this time it is indeed very strange, he did not go to your tribe first, but came to us, probably because he saw the Helvetians shamelessly harassing us before, it is better to reach an agreement." ”

"Assault? Hey, you've got to get it clear! ”

"My God, fellow countrymen, the Helvetians are a pack of fanged wolves from Lake Leman, who have plundered many of our fields, granaries, and towns, and many of whom have been taken captive and sold into slavery. So our king would rather give up his old grudges than join forces with the Romans. These Alobrogis cavalry had been spreading the news "inadvertently" all day. And under the short pine of the hill in the distance, Li Bida watched this scene motionlessly against the scorching sun above his head.

It was about dusk, when the panic had completely spread to the entire tribe of Sekoni, that Li Bida and several of his servants safely entered the settlement and siege of this tribe.

As a result, the next day, Li Bida brought out another 2,000 cavalry, which joined into a large army of 4,000 cavalry, and marched in the direction of the Aeduis.

On the fourth day, after making a circle around the Alaa River and the Seguangni Gorge, he returned to Caesar's camp with six thousand cavalry provided by the three tribes, and several envoys, "Do you mean that the Helvetites on the way have burned and ravaged your fields?" Is this news true, can you sign the name of the chief on the paper submitted to the Senate? Caesar pretended to be surprised when he heard the story.

"This is entirely true, my Viceroy, not only do we love the Dui tribe, but even a few of our close people can guarantee that they have been harassed by the Helvetians, and that it is a very shameful military invasion. Your Excellency the Doge, we have always been the closest allies of the Republic, the most worthy of the Republic, and almost every time you are caught in the flames of war, we provide auxiliary cavalry, so you should not let us suffer such a great disgrace in front of the Roman legions! You must help us before our towns are destroyed and our children are reduced to slavery. The Emissary of Aedui bowed.

At the same time, the messengers of Alobrogis shouted angrily, saying that the Helvetians had burned down their field houses, and that they had nothing but white ground, and were willing to provide all the help of the Roman legions.

Caesar and Li Bida secretly looked at each other and smiled, in fact, during the migration of 300,000 Helvetians, if it is said that such an incident of invading foreign races cannot occur, the probability is infinitely zero, but in any case, the irrational statements of these pro-Roman tribes give him ample excuse - an excuse to hold the Senate hostage and start a war against Helveti.

"Of course you can, but I need your cavalry, these six thousand cavalry will be my future winning weapon, and when the period of use is over, I will return them to your tribe with a good reward. In addition, before the Senate's war budget is allocated, I will need you to provide a considerable amount of military rations. Caesar hurriedly handed the case to the confidential slave next to him, and said hurriedly.

After the departure of the legacy, Caesar excitedly shouted to all the generals present, chase, pursue! Tomorrow they can use six thousand barbarian lightly armed cavalry to pursue the Helvetians and drive them to the narrow banks of the Ara River, so that they will have to bypass Torosades and be forced to cross the Ara River and run to the Santoni region, and then make a detour to the Seguangni Gorge!

Then Rabinus nodded to the governor and walked to the center of the veil and talked about the battle plan: the Ara was an unusually gentle river, with little to no waves, so it was likely that the Helvetians would take advantage of this hydrological quality and cross the river on foot, rather than building bridges or bridges that they were not good at, which would give us a chance to annihilate them.

"The barbarian cavalry that assists us will use a swift assault to seize their bloated and huge baggage, and force them to force their way into a disorderly force, and the infantry brigade will follow up and strangle, so that they can annihilate half of their strength, and then in the Santoni area, we will have a surprise army, which will cut off their path, and then we will flank" Rabinus made a pincer movement, and everyone almost heard the sound of shattering. (To be continued......)