"So, what exactly do you want to do?" Caesar, who walked up to the pulpit, did not have any superfluous words, and directly stretched out his hands to thousands of veterans and asked.

After saying this, even Skava and the others fell silent, and they all fixed their eyes on their toes, because just now they saw the appearance of Caesar, who became thin and dark, and there were many gray hairs mixed with the few hairs left, and it seemed that they must have slept in Egypt, and commanded the march and suffered many sins, which made the soldiers, especially the soldiers of the Tenth Legion, uneasy, and the thought of "what was I doing at that time" naturally came out of their hearts, and finally some brave people cried out, Say we just deserve it.

"What the hell do you want!" With that, Caesar's words came to an abrupt end.

The soldiers looked at each other, and then Scalva squinted his eyes and slowly read out a few unchanged requests in front of Caesar.

In the wind and sunshine, looking at the familiar faces, to be honest, Caesar's mood is mixed, he can't help but think of when he was a child, at the dining table of his house, many people mentioned his uncle, that is, the war hero Marius, are praised, Caesar at that time also understood, the uncle's work is inseparable from the support and love of ordinary soldiers, soldiers dig trenches Marius also dig, soldiers repair wooden fences Marius also repair, soldiers eat single grain wheat bread Marius also eats, soldiers feed mules Marius also feed, so in the end the soldiers are all become"Marius's Mule".

Caesar, who had been following his uncle's example since he was a child, became an ascetic to the outside world or as soon as he walked into the barracks, even if his private life was bad. But before the soldiers, he had no selfish intentions. All loot obtained. Except for the operation of the government, he gave it all to the soldiers, and he ate whatever the soldiers ate in the camp. He asked himself if he owed nothing to the other party, but he also thought that the soldiers would be loyal to him, and this was indeed the case, and Caesar certainly knew: all the people who came to make trouble did not really want to leave the army, they just wanted to cash in the bonus. As long as they do it, then the Skava group will still be born and die for themselves in Africa, even if it is poisonous snakes, drought, scorching sun, and even the most fierce enemies, they will not be taken seriously.

Why is it frozen to this point now? Caesar was tempted to blame the soldiers, like the Battle of Kocula, to make them reflect on themselves, but Caesar couldn't—most of his descendants rebelled, even if they weren't on vacation. In the Seventh Legion in Gaul, most of their families stayed on the colonel's field. The attitude inside speaks for itself.

In a moment of silence, Caesar seemed to understand, or from the memory of his uncle's tragedy, why did the army created by Marius, a total of six legions, be provoked by Sulla to invade Rome and expel him? Because the soldiers were only concerned with reward, they thought that if Marius replaced Sulla, he would surely abandon himself and recruit a new army to conquer Mithridates in the East, and then lose the opportunity to make a fortune in the war.

Isn't it the same now?

In the face of thousands of comrades who have been born and died for many years, Caesar felt lonely and lonely like never before, his hand rested on the pulpit, lowered his head, revealing the yellow-orange bald area, in the face of the soldier's accountability, he did not know how to respond, but he could not remain silent, at this time the deputy cavalry commander standing behind him, put his hand on his shoulder, as if to express relief, and then Caesar heard Li Bida's low words:

"Take out the previous measures to deal with the mutiny in Northern Italy, maybe you don't need tithes this time, but you can dismiss most of the legions and leave the ten legions."

Then in the next sentence, Li Bida said very gently, "Don't worry, even if your Excellency's legions are discharged, my legions are still at the mercy of the drive, and they will go to Africa without hesitation, plus the ten legions, there is no problem in defeating Pompey." ”

At this time, Caesar slowly straightened his waist as if he had been stupefied, and his affection for the soldiers had changed from uneasy and sad to a little resentful, and then he said word by word, "I grant that the Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh Legions shall now be discharged from the army, and that the Seventh Legion shall remain until the completion of the Gallic garrison and shall carry out the discharge formalities in a timely manner, and the Tenth Legion shall continue to be on leave and shall be approved for discharge after one year." ”

When Caesar finished saying this, some of the soldiers closest to the pulpit couldn't hold back it, and suddenly burst into tears, they just wanted to make trouble, but they didn't expect that Caesar would dismiss them directly when they couldn't step down on both sides.

The soldiers passed on Caesar's words one by one, and more and more people wept, but Caesar still used all his strength to shout again with a trill, "Approve discharge!" ”

After speaking, he got off the pulpit with a calm face, and in the chaotic crowd around him, Li Bida, who was standing behind Caesar, showed a subtle smile, and then Hu Cong brought horses for Caesar, and Caesar stepped on the horse, but did not tell the crowd any orders about the expedition, but said directly, "Citizens." ”

This phrase "citizens" broke everyone's psychological defenses, which means that Caesar no longer regarded these people as soldiers, he had personally removed everyone's identity, and they had completely left the legion and returned to their original natural origins. However, this time Caesar was not as intimidating as before, his feelings were real, he continued to ride on horseback, and said to the soldiers, "In terms of resettlement of land, for the time being, only two-thirds can be cashed, and the issue of allowances and rewards, please copy it clearly on the relevant board of letters jointly by your responsible representatives, and hand it over to the cavalry commander, even if there is no money now, but I, Caesar, will definitely admit it to the end, but now I am really sorry, I have very urgent military affairs, and I have to rush to Africa, I have received the oath of allegiance from the rest of the legions" After saying this, the entire colonel cried loudly, and Caesar couldn't bear it violently in his heart, but he couldn't help it, he knew that now was by no means the time to be soft, Li Bida was right, according to the current embarrassing financial resources, he could indeed only keep ten legions, and the rest relied on the auxiliary legions, and he was really forced to do so.

Caesar rode slowly to the exit of the schoolyard, and then he turned around, waved his hand to all the tearful soldiers present, and said, "Take care, gentlemen!" Julius. Caesar was going on. ”

Li Bida also slowly walked to the entrance of the school field, where the dejected Skava still handed over the board with several representative names to the cavalry commander.

"I'll do my best to take care of everything." Li Bida said indifferently, and after speaking, he handed the word board to the hands of the Jewish servant next to him, and the other party carefully put it into the leather box he was carrying.

"I'm the biggest sinner." Skava didn't seem to hear the cavalry commander's words, but said these inexplicable words, and turned away. (To be continued......)