As long as the facts exist, the mask will be torn off.

- Lucretius (Roman philosopher)

Needless to say, Rabinus, who first proposed the plan for the Crusade, would have been sent to serve as the main force of the Crusade; However, the plan to attack two countries at the same time is absolutely impossible for only one or two army corps to participate, and at least three or more army corps need to cooperate with each other. Of the seven legions that the Julius family currently has, there will be only three or four legions left at most to defend the homeland; There are more than enough opportunities like this!

Farius, who had always loved to fight, was the first to stand up and ask for battle, but Flavies refused with a smile; In this way, the rest of the generals will understand. Flavies must have decided everything by the time everyone had their opinions; It's too late to say anything now.

Sure enough, after Fravis rejected Pharius, he directly addressed the generals and said with relief: "Generals, this family's crusade plan is just to prepare for a real war in the future; Neither the Salzburg tribe of Norikum, nor the kingdom of Illyria, qualifies as an enemy of our family.

Our legions only need a marching expedition to conquer both powers; So, don't be disappointed with the generals who weren't sent out, and when we finish our short crusade plans, you'll definitely be there to help! Moreover, staying in the rear does not mean that you can do nothing; If anything happens to the native city of Rome, the family still needs you! ”

After Flavis's words, although the generals all said to Flavis on the surface that it didn't matter, only they knew what they thought in their hearts. As the leader of the Julius family, Flavis was able to say such comforting words to the generals, which could be regarded as benevolent; You can't make the leaders listen to the generals.

Flavies did not waste any more time on such small details, but went straight to the subject of the arrangement of the various legions; Before stating the specific arrangement, Flavis took out a map that had been prepared long ago, and then ordered against the map: "There are three legions of our expedition to the east this time; They are the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Legions.

The remaining four legions, including the first, second, third, and fourth legions, were stationed in other areas of the clan territory to ensure stability within the clan. Among them, Vibius led the First Army in Etruria, Gallerius led the Second Army in Ubria, Appius led the Third Army in the three Gallic provinces, and Farius led the Fourth Army as a reserve.

Vibius, Gallerius; The two of you are tasked with ensuring that the two provinces of your family's homeland are not attacked in any way. If anything happens to the rest of Rome itself, you just have to wait for my orders, and don't do anything in your own way; However, you also need to make sure that no enemy forces can enter our homeland!

Appius, your task is to divide the entire Third Legion into twelve separate combat teams in large groups; They were then sent to the major cities of the provinces of Regulia, the provinces of Gallic in the mountains, and the provinces of Veneto. Your legion's mission is to ensure the absolute stability of these three provinces, and there must be no unrest within the clan!

Farius, your Fourth Legion does not need to make any moves, only to remain stationed near the Rubicon; If Etruria and Ubria are attacked, you will immediately lead your army to Arretion to assist General Vibius. If there is an unrest in the provinces of Regulia, Gallic in the mountains, and in Veneto, you will immediately support General Appius.

In short, your task is to serve as their reinforcement; No matter which of them is stationed in a different location, you must rush to the place of assistance as quickly as possible after receiving the call for help! And you, the generals in charge of the garrison, also listen, in the event of any accident, do not hold on, and must immediately ask for help from Farius; Do you understand? ”

"Got it!" The four named legion commanders naturally replied in unison.

Receiving an unwavering answer from the four Legion Commanders, Flavies nodded in satisfaction; He knew that these generals in his family were not some of the great generals who could take charge alone, but they all had their own uniqueness. After all, the talent of a commander who is in charge is rare in the world, and it is also an existence that is difficult to control; It's really easy to use these generals of your own family!

Although their abilities are not strong, they can neither help the family build an invincible and powerful army, nor can they help the family achieve unprecedented victory; But isn't it enough that they can scrupulously carry out their orders?

Genius is great, but not everyone is a genius; Every powerful family is not supported by one or two unparalleled geniuses, but by countless ordinary people who work together. Flavies never disliked his family's mediocre but loyal generals, and his trust in them was still higher than that of Carabis and Rabinus!

Of course, the shortcomings of these people are also obvious; It's too rigid and conformist. It's not just that they don't know how to be flexible on the battlefield, or that they behave in a dull way; It's just that their personality and thinking make it difficult for them to accept new things, things that are different from common sense.

Flavies was sure that he would just propose to these pedantic fellows the idea of skipping his own son and appointing Caesar as the heir to the next head of the family; They will definitely cry and dissuade themselves, and they will also bring out those old reasons that affect the unity of the family and cause internal turmoil against themselves.

Therefore, this crusade is not so much another external expansion of the Julius family, but rather a selection of Flavis himself to select Caesar's team; It was impossible for Flavis to hand over the position of head of the family to his son after his death, and he had already decided to pave all the ways for Caesar during his lifetime, and then let Caesar become the head of the family under his own protection!

It's not that Flavies doesn't love his sons, or that his own sons are incapable of inheriting the position of head of the family; However, no matter which son inherits the head of the family, it is impossible to do it better than Caesar. Flavies could even conclude that Caesar would have become one of the greatest figures in the history of the Julius family, and indeed of the entire Roman Republic!

If Caesar is the leader of the Julius family, then he will definitely be able to lead the Julius family to a new peak; Countless things that Caesar could not do by himself, Caesar will complete them one by one, this is the most ardent hope that Flavis has for Caesar!

In order to achieve the goal of allowing Caesar to ascend directly to the position of head of the family, Flavies did not mind using the blood of Norikum and the Illyrian people to achieve his own ends; Rabinus and Varus and Cecil, they were the first allegiaries he had to prepare for Caesar, and the first absolute supporters of the military!

Flavis didn't get distracted by such a meeting, but it took less than a minute to straighten out his train of thought; After the generals answered in unison, Flavis continued to command: "Rabinus, Varus, Cecil; After the three of you have finished today's meeting, go back to the barracks to prepare for the march, and we will start our army early the day after tomorrow.

This expedition will be led by myself personally; After I am gone, the heir of the family, Quintus, will take charge of Arretien. Quintus, you must handle everything in the family territory carefully, and do not be careless in the slightest; No matter what happened in Rome, you should not be arrogant, but should report it in time, you understand? ”

When Quintus heard his father's command, he quickly stood up and replied, "Don't worry, father, I will be cautious; No matter what happens in Rome, I will report back to you in time and wait for your orders in the future! Flavies nodded at Quintus, then continued:

"In that case, I won't say much else; After I set off early the day after tomorrow, I will leave the affairs of the family to the next day. As for Karabes, after the end of today's meeting, I will send messengers to him morrow morning to convey my orders; I will order him and his four legions to prepare for war against Gaul beyond the mountains.

When we have successfully completed our crusade, I will directly order Calabis to lead his army across the Alps to the Gallic barbarians beyond the mountains; When the time comes, with Calabes leading our family, we will also have plenty of time and intelligence to consider a definite plan against the Gallic barbarians beyond the mountains.

If Karabes' attack goes well, we will order Karabes to continue his attack on the barbarians throughout Gaul; If Calabes's attack doesn't go well, we'll abandon the attack on Gaul for the time being, and shift the family's focus to the fight for Rome proper. In this way, no matter how the situation changes, we can firmly grasp the initiative! ”

Naturally, Flavies's arrangement of Calabes was unanimously approved by everyone present; No way, who made everyone in the Julius family completely unfamiliar with Calabes. They didn't have any friendship with Karabes at all, and they didn't even have the most basic communication, so naturally it was impossible for them to stand up and speak for Karabes.

In fact, the entire Julius family; With the exception of Flavis and Caesar, everyone else was more repulsive to Carabes. No one likes this guy who suddenly appeared and quickly became the most special existence within the Julius family; However, given that Carabes's several results were quite good, there was no dissatisfaction with him. (To be continued.) )