"Great deeds come from hardship." - Ancient Indian proverb

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As the others continued to mingle, Caesar, who was a little drunk, put his arm on the shoulders of the new Acting Commander-in-Chief and suddenly asked in a low voice, "My niece Attia is still widowed because of the turmoil in the situation, and you, as her guardian, have not planned this matter?" You're the assistant of our House of Julius! ”

Hearing these somewhat strange words, Li Bida hurriedly explained that since the invasion of Rome, he has always been busy with the battle array, and for Attia and his ex-wife Pepea, it is mainly out of courtesy and gifts, and he really has no energy to take care of personal affairs. Caesar hurriedly said, "Don't worry, don't worry, the reason why I care so much about Attia is because of my personal reasons. After saying that, the man touched the top of his head, which was becoming more and more sparse, leaned on the couch, and continued sadly, "I am fifty years old, but I have always been alone, and my favorite daughter has now died in childbirth - the closest is the niece of Attia, and she is also born, which is little Turinus, and this may be my only first heir in the future." ”

Li Bida drank very carefully this time, because he instinctively felt that Caesar would have a "showdown" with him on some key issues tonight, and he could not be sloppy at all.

He comforted Caesar and promised him, as Turinus' guardian and future father-in-law, that he would help him inherit all your inheritance.

"Don't you have the intention of marrying Attia as your wife, do you have to call me, an old man who is in the twilight, to make my lines so obvious?" Who would have thought. Caesar may have been on the strength of wine. Frowning. Speak out loud.

Sure enough, this tentative attack was already in Li Pida's expectation, and he understood that with his own strength, although he could calm the side, but Curio, Anthony, Cota, Dehemoth and other powerful factions all had a deep connection with Caesar, or they all coveted the throne of the Diadochi, and now because the war against Pompey has not ended, everyone is still on the same ship. Some things are embarrassed to be so obvious, if he really marries Attia, not to mention the emotional factor, he knows very well that he will become the target of public criticism and perish prematurely, so his answer is very simple, "I will not be ready to abandon Yulia of the Li Bida family and remarry." ”

"The Li Bida family is just a local family of military merits, how can it be compared to the Julius family?" Caesar dispatched the "second-line queue".

"Quite simply, my honorable Excellency, I myself need to be good in my own estate. And you don't really want your business to fall apart if you can't even inherit it. "Li Bida knew that Caesar was a wise man. So just read between the lines, "Please rest assured, I am just the assistant and guardian of Turinus's mother and son, and other non-trivial thoughts will only ruin everything." ”

Finally, Caesar threw in the "reserves": "Now my will may sue you, for I have nothing to hide, I am sick, I have no suitable heirs, and I will not die well in the heat of battle, so I intend to refer to Turinus as the first heir, and the second I am considering whether it is you, or Dehemos, or Antony?" Brutus I don't think about it for the time being, his political stance and character really make me feel helpless, do you know what I mean? ”

Li Bida still came to block, "Your Excellency, I remember that you were not like this before, the average Roman would buy a cemetery around the age of thirty, because in this Colosseum-like world, one day any of us will fall into the sand, the blood will be sucked dry and die, and when you are forty years old, you do not have any cemetery, nor do you buy any property, and you are moving forward without scruples for your dreams and ambitions, it is precisely in this way that we are willing to follow you, and now you are at the moment when your old enemy is not destroyed, Just be so sad and soft, like a layman, arrange your own will, which will make all the followers present feel very frustrated! ”

Caesar was stunned for a moment, and then laughed happily, "Yes, that's right, the republic has not yet been rebuilt according to the ancient traditions, and the public enemies such as Pompey and Cato are still at large, and I am now going to continue to suffer and do it myself, not like a bad old man with a snotty face and a sickbed - I said similar bold words in front of you when I was in Lusitania, and I can't break my word now." ”

"Cheers to Caesar's cause of reviving the Republic!" Li Bida took the opportunity to pick up the wine glass and shouted loudly on the spot.

Caesar cheered up, and made a grand wish to all the generals and chiefs, "In this expedition, you should all work tirelessly to annihilate Pompey's five most elite legions. ”

Caesar's expedition to Spain this time was unshakable against the opponents, all composed of Pompey veterans of the five Spanish provincial legions, the chief commander of the other side, Aphranios, also served as the consul of the republic, and just a year or two before Caesar took up this position, the age was also similar to Caesar, it can be said that in terms of seniority, prestige, or ability and experience, he can control this arrogant army. As for the second commander, named Peletaeus, he was promoted from the grassroots level by Pompey from the grassroots, and for Aphranius, it was the most suitable auxiliary role - this very reasonable arrangement shows that Pompey had previously worked the personnel arrangements of his province, and it is said that the tactics of the provincial legions were similar to those of the First Legion under the city of Cofinium, many of them held Iberian leather shields and long shields, and were particularly good at skirmishers, and there were nearly 5,000 elite barbarian cavalry to assist these five legions, He was commanded by Pompey's son Céctus and his father-in-law, Lipo.

No one would doubt that Caesar's attack on Spain was an out-and-out tough battle.

So after Caesar's six legions were gone, Lypita began to operate, one was to encircle the city of Marcelia; One is to do a good job of supplying the city of Rome this year. The former is a matter of his personal reputation, while the latter is a matter of the tenability of Caesar's camp as a whole.

In Li Pida's tent, a column of selected high-ranking slaves who could pinch and calculate, sat in front of the Roman arithmetic, making a very rhythmic sound of calculations, and the sound of brushing records from the account books, Matthias was pacing to and fro, acting as overseers, and there could be no mistake in these figures.

"Etrunia and Sardinia, have you calculated the amount of food supplied to the city of Rome at the end of the summer?" As he spoke, Li Bida, who had taken over the thick account, inspected it for a while, nodded to Matthias with satisfaction, and then demanded, "Calculate the amount of money, transportation, and warehouses needed to buy wheat from all regions of Liguria, Aquinoa, and Old Gaul immediately, and I need to know the results tomorrow!" (To be continued......)