The only thing that can be taken away from a person is now. If this is true, i.e., one only has the present, then one cannot lose one thing that he does not have.

- Marcus Aurelius (the only philosopher-emperor in Western history)

Countless questions lingered in Lugotorix's mind; It's a pity that Lugotorius could never have imagined that the Julius family was still hiding a Calabesian legion under the means of Flavis. This determined that it was impossible for Lugotorix to see through the countless fogs of this war, and it was also decided that it was impossible for Lugotorix to win the final victory of the war; Because he has unwittingly fallen into a new trap!

Three days later, Flavis received another piece of information from Calabes; This time, Calabes had already led his army to occupy the entire kingdom of Regulia, and executed Daniel, the puppet king of the kingdom of Regulia. Most crucially, Calabes persuaded Cadoradu to renounce his succession to the throne of the Kingdom of Regulia and make him a legion commander under Karabes; This means that from now on, there will be no more kingdoms of Regulia in the world, and only the province of Regulia of the House of Julius will be replaced!

In this regard, the Julius family paid for: the Calabes Legion and the so-called Regulian Legion of Cadoradu, the military expenses of these two legions, as well as the provision of weapons and equipment; It's the best deal in the world! When this news was reported to Flavis by Calabess's cavalry, regardless of the faces of the generals present, Flavis commanded directly to the cavalryman:

"Go back at once and tell Calabis that from this day forward he is the first commander of the Calabes' expeditionary corps of my family Julius; His Calabess Legion was renamed the First Calabes, with a maximum strength of 10,000. The Regulian Legion of Kadoradu was renamed the Second Regulian Legion, with a maximum strength of 7,000; And subordinate to his expeditionary corps. After this battle, I will personally hand over to him all the weapons and equipment needed by the two legions; When the time comes, I will give him whatever he wants! ”

Flavies's order can no longer be described as a command, it is simply a declaration of reward; It is no exaggeration to say that after this order, Carabis will become the most powerful military boss of the Julius family after the leader. But. The cavalry did not move at all after Flavis' order was given, but handed over the secret letter that Calabis had already written; And declare that General Karabes has already crossed the Rubicon with seven thousand main forces and four thousand corps of General Tusus!

Not only did Karabes occupy the entire kingdom of Regulia, but he also took advantage of the victory to lead his army across the Rubicon? Did he want to launch an attack on the elite army of 24,000 Gallics with the 7,000 light infantry under his command and the 4,000 light infantry of the captured Regulia? The generals in the tent felt that Carabis had been carried away by the victory, and sent him to his death; Only Caesar and Octavian began to think thoughtfully about Calabes's intentions.

And Flavis, who was sitting on the main podium, after reading Carabess's secret letter. I had to sigh in admiration: "General Calabes, who is really worthy of being a natural handsome, actually came up with such an ingenious plan; Not to mention a little Lugotorix, even Hannibal on the other side of the bank can't escape his palm! Flavis lamented that the generals of the Julius family below were a little dumbfounded, what kind of plan this Carabes had come up with; Let Flavies see him even better than Hannibal?!

While the generals of the Julius family were inexplicably surprised in their tents, the armies of Calabis and Tursus had successfully crossed the Rubicon River into the mountain of Gaul proper. The difference is. Tursus's expeditionary corps was allowed to cross the Rubicon after communicating with the Gallic cavalry on the part of the river patrolled by the Gallic cavalry; The patrolling cavalry was sent by Lugotorix, and the number was a thousand.

A thousand cavalry has an absolute combat superiority in front of four thousand light infantry, so the cavalry commander confidently allowed the Tusus legion to cross the river after knowing the identity of Tursus; and personally escorted the four thousand Gallic infantry of Tursus with these thousand cavalry to the camp of Lugotorix. In other words, the Regulians were originally a branch of the Gauls, and they spoke the same language, wore the same clothes, and even used the same weapons. This always made the Gallic cavalry feel good about their compatriots who had come from afar.

Unfortunately, they did not know that their so-called compatriots were in fact their enemies; Even this crossing was deliberately chosen to cross the river in a place patrolled by cavalry, in order to cover the crossing of the river by Calabes's legions. At this time, it was ten miles upstream from the crossing of the river by the regiment of Tursus; The elite soldiers of the 7,000 Karabeth Legion also completed the crossing very quickly. and made a rapid march towards Milan, the capital of the province of Gaul in the mountains.

The regiment of Tursus, which was protected by the cavalry and entered the Gallic camp, was soon placed in the center of the Gallic army by Lugotorix; And Tursus himself was brought into the tent by Lugotorix. As soon as he entered the tent, dozens of Gallic warriors rushed up and tied up Tursus, and then Lugotorix clapped his hands to let his generals come out, and said to Tursus with a sneer: "Where did you come from, a nobody, you dare to pretend to be the general of the Kingdom of Regulia, Tursus, to deceive me; If I don't tell you who you are, I'll throw you and all the 4,000 garbage under your command into the Rubicon River to feed the fish! ”

At the moment when he was caught, Tusus thought that Calabess's plan had been leaked; Or the changes in the Kingdom of Regulia have long been known to Lugotorix. But as soon as Lugotorix spoke, Tursus understood that the other party had not seen through his plan at all; The current swords, axes, and threats are just a cautious temptation by Lugotorix. So, Tuss had no choice but to stand up straight and say righteously:

"I'm Tursus, so why do I need to pretend? Our Majesty Daniel only found out after leading an army into Etruscan in Rome. There was no Roman army in the whole of Etrusia, and we easily took Aretina, the capital of Etruscan. Through interrogation of the remaining officials of the Julius family, we learned that Flavis, the leader of the Julius family, had gathered all his army on the south bank of the Rubicon, but the strength of our army alone was not capable of launching a sneak attack on the Roman army.

Therefore, His Majesty Daniel sent me with an expeditionary corps to assist General Lugotorius in launching an attack on the Roman army in the front; Afterwards. We, His Majesty Daniel, will also attack from the rear of the Roman army. Of course, I have come not only to assist His Excellency General Lugotorius in attacking the Roman army, but also to pass on our information to the General; lest the Romans react and lead their army back against Arethion. ”

"I think your King Daniel wants to kill with a sword; With the armies under his command alone, even if they took Arestion in Etruria, it was impossible to hold Aretion under the counterattack of the Roman army. He sent you not only to convey information and assist us in attacking the Roman army, but also to encourage us to attack the Roman army from the front, and then relieve him of the pressure and help him hold Aretian. One of the generals under Lugotorix couldn't help but sarcastically after hearing Tursus's words.

Hear the general's sarcasm. Tursus ostensibly did not dare to refute; In fact, I have put my heart down in my heart. Because the general's words have already shown that Lugotorix and his generals believe in their identity. Therefore, Tursus still pretended to be justified in arguing with the generals under Lugotorix, even though he was tied up; Soon, an emissary sent by Daniel to contact Lugotorix arrived at the tent. He confirmed the true identity of Tursus.

After Tursus' identity was confirmed, Lugotorix had already believed all the information that Tursus had said; It was thought that Tursus's identity determined that he could not be a spy for the Romans, and that he could not have known the number of Roman troops on the other side better than himself. Now the information he gave accurately reflected the situation of the Roman army on the other side; What made Lugotorix choose to believe him was that the information brought by Tusus perfectly explained all the doubts in Lugotorix's mind.

Now that the cause and effect of the incident have been clarified, Lugotorix naturally can't test Tuss anymore; After personally untying Tursus. Lugotorix also held a grand welcome ceremony in the barracks for Tuss and the four thousand Gallic infantry he had brought with him. However, in the matter of arranging the regiment of Tursus; Lugotorius did as Karabes expected, and placed Tursus's legion at the rear of the Gallic military camp, which is not to say that Lugotorius did not believe in the identity of Tursus, but he did not trust the fighting power of King Regulia's ** team at all.

Naturally, everything that happened in the Gallic barracks could not be concealed from the spies in the Roman barracks on the other side, and the information that the Gallic barracks had received a batch of thousands of reinforcements today and held a banquet was soon sent to the chief general of Flavies; Now, Flavis knew that Karabes's plan had succeeded. In order to cooperate with the more realistic and effective implementation of Calabes's plan, Flavius immediately ordered Gallerius and Appius to secretly lead the Seventh and Twelfth Legions to withdraw from the barracks and withdraw in the direction of Aretion after nightfall tonight.

Of course, Flavies did not really want to withdraw the two legions to Arethion, but to make them ostensibly retreat towards Arethion; In fact, it was only hidden ten miles from the Roman military camp. As soon as the decisive battle broke out, they would immediately lead their troops back to help. The reason why the troops were chosen to withdraw at night was to cover up; But it was impossible for the retreat of the two legions to go undetected on the other side, so that the looming action would seem more real and would convince Lugotorix.

Sure enough, the late-night withdrawal had just begun; Lugotorius discovered an anomaly in the Roman barracks after being reported by the scout cavalry. However, due to the cover of late night, Lugotorix did not know what was really going on in the Roman military camp, but only roughly guessed that the Roman army might have secretly withdrawn to Etruscan. Early the next morning, Lugotorius and his generals began to climb the lookout to observe the situation in the Roman military camp.

Although the soldiers in the Roman barracks tried their best to cover up, it was not easy to cover up the vacancy of two legions at once; Lugotorius and others clearly noticed the changes in the Roman military camp from the heights. For such a situation. Lugotorix judged that at least one or two full legions had withdrawn to Etruscan last night; Because having less than one legion would not solve the threat of Daniel's legion, and having more than two legions would seriously affect the confrontation along the Rubicon, Flavis's options were extremely limited.

The scales of war seemed to be tilted in Gaul's favor at this moment, at least as Lugotorix thought; But. Such a situation caused Tusus's displeasure. Since the withdrawal of the two legions would inevitably cause great pressure on Daniel's side, Tursus met with Lugotorius several times and demanded that he immediately attack the Roman army on the opposite bank; Otherwise, Daniel's army would not be able to withstand the combined attack of the two Roman hoplites for long.

Tursus even said in front of Lugotorix that his legion could act as the first wave of attacking forces with the largest casualty rate, as long as Lugotorix launched an attack as soon as possible; It seems that Tursus has successfully taken his current identity as his real identity, and he has not only deceived Lugotorix, but even deceived himself in many cases! Lugotorix, of course, comforted Tursus's anxiety; But for the sake of these two corps, they could not return in time. Lugotorix could only indicate to Tursus that he would not be able to attack tomorrow morning. (To be continued.) )