"I personally took the Fifth Legion and went to the Isthmus of Corinth, and God told me that my fateful grave is in Delphi, not in the city of Rhodes!" Cassiyo shouted loudly to the generals and servants in the camp, "As for the siege of the remnants of Rhode Island, then entrust my lieutenants to do it." ”

At this moment, in the dark clouds of Pulama's villa, the water in the siphon trough in front of the fish pond was still murmuring, and the water surface was glowing, and in the sparkling pavilion, Li Bida held a gilded baton horizontally in his hand, while Paruma and Leo stood on either side of him.

"Now I am going to give this baton to my son Leo, this time you are a high municipality, but you have also returned to the city of Rome to perform the duties of this duty after you have destroyed the murderers-and little pigeon, you will be Leo's auxiliary this time, and I will hand over all four legions in Brindisi to you both, this time you will go into battle alone, Leo - you must not do anything on your own, you must unite all the legion commanders and chief centurions before you can give an order, but you must also remember, Even if you are a lieutenant or a provincial treasurer, they are also your subordinates, you are under the joint authority of the Senate and the Executive Yuan, and you are the agent of my high priest, so even if you are confused and confused, do not come out of the joint meeting, hide your true thoughts, do not speak rashly, and communicate privately with the little pigeon, Agrippa, Lucius, and other peers. I don't know what I'm saying, do you understand? ”

"Yes, I will treat this baton as a master, as the embodiment of my father, and be conscientious. Command these four legions. Leo finished. Hunched forward. He respectfully took the gilded baton from his father's hand, and then carefully hung it from his waist.

"Little pigeon, you and General Dussonville are the commanders of the new cavalry regiment, and I have also assigned Hansk to you to act as a scout, but your duty is to fully assist Leo in the battle." The High Priest then turned his gaze to Paruma and said.

"Naturally, my father, I will use all my blood and life to keep Leo safe. I am the sword in your hand, and then Leo's in the hand, and I will crush all enemies! Paruma knelt down before her adoptive father and swore an oath.

Later, Leo asked with concern, "Then father, you are sitting in Rome?" ”

"No, the city of Rome will be left to Paulus and Bassatus, and I will leave here the Fourteenth and Sixth Legions, which Antony brought from southern Gaul, to guard the capital of the country, and I will set out by ship to-morrow. Go to Cyrene - where I will command the main force of the fleet, and the three legions that have already driven over. From the south to flank the Brutus coalition, those three legions did not belong to me before, so I must personally take command of them in order to be effective—I will entrust you with the legions of New Leus, and do not disappoint me. All the decisive battles will end in the next two months of the following year. ”

"Everything we do is for the Aemilius family, for the father, for the glory of the country and the family." With that, Paruma, Leo, and their father all raised their glasses and said this in unison, and then handed over their glasses and drank them all.

The Apsius River, the Aeturian cavalry of Brutus' vanguard, had galloped and fought with Lucius's forty-two and forty-third legions, "We are the fearless Aetolian League, and all the warriors of Epirus were our servants, and they were still paddling on the sea while we were playing with our swords!" With this slogan, the tribal chief of the Aeturian cavalry, Synesis, with laurel leaves fluttering in the wind on his helmet, more than 4,000 elite Aeturian cavalry, forming a wall-shaped formation, and the dark clouds in the sky, swept across the plains of the Apsus, whistling one after another—they attacked each other in this way, and the sound of iron hooves boiled the waters.

Lucius's cavalry also rushed out of the makeshift fortifications, and the rest of the light and heavy infantry flanked the two flanks of the formation, using javelins and shields, and confronted the Aetolian cavalry, and the two sides did not give in to each other, and the melee was in full swing.

"Tell the Second and Third Legions to press up." Brutus, who was watching the battle from behind, wearing a navy blue cloak, ordered.

Then about ten thousand soldiers of the Brutus side, all dressed in fine linen armor and cuirasses, their shields and hilts inlaid with glittering broken stones, rushed inexorably toward Lucius's position as the stars sank and the morning sun rose, stepping on a thin layer of snow, and soon javelins, swords, and spears were fighting each other, and the wide lines of battle on both sides were biting together, trembling violently, fighting, and the shrill sound of trumpets and trumpets almost shook the ears to the point of bleeding!

In this way, both sides suffered heavy damage, and in the middle of the day, Agrippa came running with the seventeenth and eighteenth legions, and very skillfully took over the battle of Lucius under the cover of the Guò winter camp, and continued the fierce battle with Brutus, and took the opportunity to rush forward, and knocked back the two legions of the enemy, which were already exhausted, by three furlongs, killing hundreds of men.

Brutus took the place of the rest of the legions, and Agrippa formed them into a dense array of fish scales capable of supporting each other, taking turns to take over the battle, and fought until dusk, when they retreated to the camp.

The battle was fought on this day, with equal losses on both sides, but it was evident that Agrippa's command was more skillful, which made Brutus feel what Cibalas had said to him earlier, "Turinus with folded wings is a bird, but perhaps it is an eagle who will take his place." ”

Agrippa, who is not greedy for money, who values love and justice, who is talented and thoughtful, is usually the most difficult to buy, but at the moment he is "trapped" by Li Bida without spending a single associate, with a sense of responsibility and a letter of appointment - he must devote twelve points of energy and enthusiasm to guard the defense line of the Apsus River with all his might, waiting for the arrival of Li Bida's army.

That night, a letter was delivered to Brutus, written by the young Agrippa, "Judging from the battle of the day, all the soldiers of your army are well armed and their morale is high, which shows that you have robbed your Excellency Caesar of the military resources used for the war against Dacia, but have not spent them on yourself, but have distributed them all to your subordinates, and I have my sincere admiration for you. However, in the current situation, your army's chances of victory are slim, and when the sea route is unblocked in the coming year, it can be said that the defeat has been decided, and the wise and foolish are well known. Why don't you surrender your army, and all the cities of Greece, so that your army and all the cities of Greece will be saved from the ravages of war and plunder, and the people will be saved from the sorrow of slavery. ”

"Bastard, the fluff on his lips probably hasn't been cut off yet!" Brutus was furious. (To be continued......)