"The denser the grass grows, the easier it is to harvest." - King of the Goths, Alaric who captured the city of Rome

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

While Lypida's campaign demands and impeachment briefs, which were carried by the herald, boarded a fast ship and headed for the island of Sardinia, ready to go further to the city of Rome, Tellureas of the city of Megara received a warrant from the high priest to hurry to Lilipar and take part in a new war that might arise in Spain.

Tellureas, who initially received the warrant, was not too surprised, his identity is now an outlier in the army system of Lypida, he participated in the plan to assassinate Caesar, and was quickly defeated by Liberida in Sardinia, and the remnants of his subordinates were retained by him as the number of the first and third legions, and he was fortunate to be pardoned, rather than suffering a tragic fate like Aquila, and later directly after the expedition, the first and third legions were merged into the "twin legions".

But then, Tellureas received an order that was peculiar:

At that time, Tellureas thought that his duty was to continue to show the majesty of the high priest in the city of Seven Hills after the high priest's expedition to Numidia and Spain, and to guard against Antony and Octavian, so as to prevent them from taking advantage of Lypida's departure.

Therefore, Tellureas, who was given this important task, was still grateful, believing that the high priest did not deliberately bury him because of his original status. But then when the Battle of the Tumr River was being prepared. The Twins received a new order to leave the city of Pasini and hurry south, ready to support the battlefield on the Tumr River.

Soon. At the Battle of the Tumr River, when the ten legions of Rabinus were exhausted, and Tellureas was ready to return home, the second order came: to cross the Strait of Messina and prepare to participate in the Spanish war.

"Could it be that the Pompeo forces of the remnants of the Spanish legions are still going to make such a big move and use us?" With such doubts. Tellureas continued on his way, arranging ships to cross the sea, but there was nothing urgent in Lypida's paperwork. Therefore, the pace of the twin legions was relatively slow, and when they arrived in the city of Megara in Sicily, the news from Spain was also devastating and the overall situation was decided.

But now, they are still told to continue their march towards Liliba?

Just when Tellureas, confused. Late at night. Two centurions of his legion, Siphax and Pitheas, suddenly appeared in front of him and tried to persuade him to take advantage of this opportunity to attack Lilipol and kill Leo who was stationed there.

At this time, it happened to be Leo at Lilibal City Hall, publicly impeaching Octavian and privately demanding the assets of the Executive Yuan from him.

This signal alerted Tellureas. He asked the two centurions what their reasons and justifications were. Let them do so.

"Honorable commander, know that we were all veterans and subordinates of Caesar, and that the current situation, even if Brutus and Cassius were to be killed, was not what Caesar wanted to see—Lybidaeus was a very dark figure, and he was actually taking the opportunity of revenge for Caesar to overthrow the Senate, the Republic, and the House of Julius, and to recreate the dark age of the Gentile king in Rome."

"But I and you are not all the way, you have long buried your loyalty to Caesar in your hearts, and I have regarded you as the most personal commander of the army when I was the governor of Spain." Tellureas replied with mockery and distrust, "But I almost died once, and I don't want to fight against Li Bida again, I am no match for him, and whoever realizes this will never die." ”

"But what is the difference between a Roman who has lost his dignity and freedom and death?" Parteias said suddenly.

"Shut up, I haven't discussed anything with you right now about the meaning of the value of life." Tellureas roared in displeasure.

Instead, Siphax began to mediate the situation, "Your Excellency, we are for the Eullius family, and you rebelled against Caesar for the Republic. That is to say, no matter how different our philosophies were, the core interests of the present are the same, and now Lybida wants to destroy the Republic and replace it with the power and glory of the House of Julius - so we have brought a secret letter. With that, Siphax quietly but cautiously handed the letter into the hands of Tellureas.

The commander watched the contents silently, and then he suddenly laughed, "Look at this ridiculous and suspicious signature, it is a JL, the abbreviation of the Julius family, then the ghost knows whose commission I accepted, I am not a fool, now I can ask Hu Cong to expel you, or even stone you both to death." ”

"Yes, Commander, you are indeed not a fool." After the two centurions said this, they fell silent.

Then Tellureas seemed to understand something, and he began to sit down in his chair with some nervousness, and bowed his back, "I want to know, how many teams have you two connected to this legion now?" ”

"Seven brigades, including your chief brigade, have endorsed our proposal. Enough of the grievances of everyone, we have been left to dry in this war, and we have suffered the shame of merging numbers, haven't you noticed that Lybidaeus is merging the first and third legions of the glorious number into one and dismissing most of the centurions and veterans who have served for more than five years? The soldiers are already dissatisfied, so it doesn't matter if you don't agree with our plan, Commander, we don't have all our hopes in you, but we must remind you that maybe all your hopes of survival depend on us. These words are tantamount to a naked threat from the two.

At this time, Tellureas sighed and said leisurely, "I actually have a grudge against a foreigner who holds the authority of the republic, and if Caesar is still alive, the republic is likely to fall, then if Li Pida is put in power, then the country will be absolutely gone, and everyone, whether it is the senator or the knight, the nobles or commoners of any clan, will be reduced to his servants and slaves.

"Lili, it is the cantonment base of all the military assets of Lipidaus, and there is no decent army stationed in it, Libida's son Leo is the inheritor of his approved bloodline, if we succeed in the raid, we will unite all the people who are dissatisfied with him to help him, intercept his logistics, and kill his son, so that even if Libida does not perish for the time being, he will only have half a breath left." Tellureas, then, said himself.

"Then we can also mobilize the envoy of this province, Malclus, to join our team!" Sifax shouted excitedly.

But Tellureas raised his hand and made a "don't" gesture, "Malclus's position is delicate and unclear, and we don't need to let more people know about this plot." (To be continued......)