Outside the camp gate, it was Caesar's nephew Pedis who greeted Li Bida's troops, and he did not let the soldiers who came from the reinforcements go through the main gate, but must ask everyone to enter from the Dickman Gate in the back, which made the grumpy little Hortensius feel very insulted, and even the two sides quarreled, and Pedis had to find Li Bida, who was riding behind the dispatch, saying that this was Caesar's order and must be carried out.

"But the Twelfth Legion also has the honor of the Twelfth Legion, and it would be a serious blow to the morale of all to let our falcon flag enter under the Dickman yoke, so I will go and negotiate with the Governor alone first." After Li Bida finished speaking, he dismounted and entered with Pedis through the back door of the camp, but behind the yoke, Li Bida saw a group of Gallic warriors with long braids and trousers, standing in the small square of the camp, looking around, holding a small flag in their hands, Li Bida suddenly understood something in his heart, and instructed Saab Kemus, who was following behind: "Run back and tell Milu that all the troops are scattered and resting, and that the soldiers are not allowed to do anything, even if they go to the city of Geneva to have fun, do not hinder them." ”

When Petis lifted the curtain of the commander's tent, Li Bida hung his head and looked extremely tired, and sure enough, he saw two or three middle-aged barbarian nobles with gold chains sitting opposite Caesar, presumably messengers of the Helvetians.

When Caesar saw that he was both surprised and a little worried, he quickly asked him how his journey along the Alpine Gap to Lake Leman was, and a young barbarian nobleman was clearly watching him with his eyes, as if he was very interested in what he had to say.

"Your Excellency the Governor. Not very optimistic, many soldiers and mules and horses fell behind or even died somewhere, and I only brought a third of the men and horses out. Li Bida walked up to Caesar with heavy steps and whispered.

"For the sake of Lu, give me the roster of soldiers who have counted the good numbers first." Caesar's words seemed to have some resentment in his words, and he desperately needed this in order to know how much power he had at his disposal now, for it was the capital he had to bargain with the Helvetian envoy opposite.

Li Bida was very embarrassed to say that the soldiers had been extremely difficult in their previous journey, and when they arrived in the city of Geneva, the generals could no longer control them. Because these people all went to the city to drink and gamble and have fun.

Caesar's fist slammed into the table. He bowed his head and looked hurt for a while, then waved his hand and said to Li Bida that he could go out and try to restore and maintain the discipline of the barracks after three days.

As a result, when Li Bida went out. The young Helvetian nobleman exchanged words with his companions. The one who takes the lead uses a translator. To Caesar, he said: "Your Excellency, we reiterate once again that we are here on behalf of the two great chiefs of the tribe, South American Eusi and Veroklo. With sincerity more true than gold, I beg you to lift the blockade of the Rhône, which has caused great panic among our people by tearing down the Geneva Bridge on the river, but now, if you agree to our request, the Horde will promise not to harass the legions of the Roman Republic, nor to take any plundering against the rest of the Gallic tribes who have taken the refuge of the Republic along the way. ”

"This is very difficult, and I am now waiting for the decree of the Senate to decide what course of action to take towards your Ministry." Caesar's answer seemed to be stalling for time.

The words of the leading messenger were sharpened, and seemed to be attributed to some kind of threat, "Your Excellency, you must know that before the departure of the Dao Tribe, many tribes such as Gurorachi, Durin, Rabidoch, and Boi have joined us, and now there are no less than 100,000 valiant warriors under the Great Chief, and your Excellency now only needs one legion, plus some auxiliaries, which is only one-tenth of ours. Hehe, with all due respect, the attitude of the Senate is easy to turn, but once the swords intersect, the fight on the battlefield is not good. ”

Caesar immediately stood up with annoyance, but as if it was inconvenient to turn his face with the messenger completely, he paced back and forth on the edge of the table for two steps, and thought for a moment with his hands behind his back, and then said to the messengers in a depressed tone: "In this case, give me two more market days, and I will give an answer." ”

One by one, the Helvetians stood up and bowed, and then they took their leave, and as they walked out of their tents, they conversed in their own language, "The Romans are terrible in their preparations for war. ”

"The corps commander just now told all the confusion and helplessness."

"Even if they were given time, they would not be able to effectively establish a line of defense around the Rhone to blockade us. And these ten days can be used for us to prepare for war and collect ships, and there are quite a few shase places on the Rhône River to cross, and this Caesar thinks that after the bridge is demolished, we will have nothing to do. ”

Caesar, who remained in the tent, silently soaked his hands in the basin of water, wiped them off slowly, and then said to the orderly, "Call me the commander of the Twelfth Army just now." ”

But before the service was gone, Li Bida walked in by himself with the tent door, "We are the vanguard of the Gorge, we have all opened up the route, and every interval is inserted with javelin instructions tied with streamers, the successor army of Rabinus, a whole five legions will arrive soon, tomorrow!" ”

"Oh my God, this is a gamble, thanks to you knowing my situation and my thoughts, otherwise it would have been difficult to clean up after a few days, and the eyes of countless enemies in the city of Rome are staring at me in the dark. In the event that the Helvetians attack my isolated Tenth Legion, I will be annihilated. And if I let these warlike barbarians out of battle, the impeachment papers in the Senate will be like snowflakes. Caesar was relieved at this time, "I have given up all rest, drawn up my orders, and all the soldiers have been rotated, and the night has been divided into four shifts, and the trenches have been dug in turn, and the fortifications have been erected eight Roman feet high, and the whole fortification has been ordered from the bay at the confluence of the Rhône and Lake Leman until it enters the Jura on the side of the Seguangny Gorge. Execute it now. ”

After nightfall, the 10th Legion and the 1st Brigade of the 12th Legion of Li Bida began to work on earth, and the soldiers contracted in sections, digging with shovels on the south bank of the Rhone River, and erecting a fence with iron nails, which must also be staggered in the shape of dog's teeth, because Caesar specially confessed: "The whole tribe of the Helvetians is divided into four small tribes, and they have raised tens of thousands of war horses, and they are the best at raiding and assaulting, and they have ambushed and defeated the legions of the Roman consuls fifty years ago, and annihilated all the Roman soldiers, which is a great shame. My father-in-law's grandfather was killed in the battle. And this kind of fence arrangement is just the right way to reduce the enemy's cavalry power to the greatest extent. (To be continued......)