Religion can cause people to do so many evil things and do so many harms.

- Lucretius (Roman philosopher)

As the meeting ended, Flavis and the generals left the conference room one after another; Caesar, on the other hand, followed Flavis. After the two returned to Flavis's study, Flavis smiled and asked Caesar, "Caesar, what new gains have you made after attending today's meeting, tell me to tell grandpa." ”

Caesar had long been accustomed to telling his grandfather about his gains after every family meeting, but he thought about it for a moment; He replied frankly: "Grandpa, I have gained a lot from tonight's meeting; But the biggest gain was getting to know General Rabinus. Although I had seen him before, I didn't expect him to have a strategic vision that was not inferior to that of General Calabess!

Grandpa, you once said that the only person in the entire Julius family who can really see through all your strategic intentions is General Carabes; But this time, General Rabinus behaved like General Carabeth! What he said today was exactly the same as what you told me last night, Grandpa; It's unbelievable!

If I hadn't been sure that General Rabinus could not have overheard our conversation last night, I would have thought he had overheard our conversation before saying the exact same thing today! With the exception of General Rabinus, the other generals were still the same; They still haven't made progress, and they're still stuck where they were. ”

Caesar's admiration for Rabinus was entirely to be expected by Flavies, after all, Rabinus was indeed outstanding today; However, compared to Rabinus and Carabes, it is still a line behind! So, with a smile on his face, Flavies touched Caesar's head, which had grown to the height of his neck, and patiently explained:

"Caesar, you're still too young! The first time Grandpa saw Rabinus, he knew that he was a genius; It's just that there is still a gap between his genius and a genius like Carabes. If Rabinus can become a famous general in his own right, then Carabes is the kind of god of war who crisscrosses the battlefield.

As for the generals of our family Julius; Caesar, you must know that not everyone in this world is a genius, the vast majority of people are still ordinary, and geniuses are always just a very few people. Our Julius family can get two geniuses to join, and that is extremely fortunate for our family; Because we can rely on them to grow even faster.

However, is the development of our Julius family all relying on the support of this genius over the past few hundred years? In fact, it is not the case that our Julius family has relied on the efforts of countless ordinary ordinary people to finally get to where we are today; We can rely on geniuses to become stronger, but our foundation will always be built by ordinary people! ”

Flavies' words were very thorough, and Caesar listened very clearly; Looking at Caesar's thoughtful face, Flavies nodded with satisfaction. Caesar was only eleven years old today, and it was not easy for him to do what he was doing. In a way, the eleven-year-old Caesar was already better than his twenty-eight-year-old father!

Early the next morning, the messengers sent by Flavies himself galloped on horseback to the camp of Calabes, which was stationed at the foot of the Alps; It was a whole day of non-stop work before the messenger arrived at the military camp in Karabes after nightfall. By this time, the barracks of Calabes had closed its gates; The envoy was allowed to enter the barracks only after proving his identity.

After entering the barracks, the messenger did not delay, and after passing on the order of Flavis to Karabes, the messenger rode back on horseback. When Carabis opened the parchment scroll sent by Flavies, he read the new order in ten lines; After reading it, Carabis didn't say anything, and ordered his guards to convene the generals to discuss the matter.

The barracks of Calabes have always enforced very strict military regulations, and when night falls, it is time for the army to rest; But the generals' rest time was far from coming. For every night before nine o'clock the generals of the legions had to patrol the camp three times before they could go back to their tents to rest; Otherwise, Karabes will inevitably be severely punished.

At this time, it was only seven o'clock, and the generals had not rested; After a while, the generals began to arrive at the military tent of Karabes. Carabes still sat in his main seat, with seven generals on the left and right; On the right, of course, there are the three commanders and the lieutenant general of the 4th Alpine Legion, and on the left are the three generals of the 1st Calabes.

When everyone was seated, Carabis threw the parchment in his hand to the first Commander of the Kadoradu on the right, and after he read it, he naturally handed it to the next Commander Itami; After some turns, he was finally re-sent to the main seat of Karabes by Allah, who was in the first place on the left.

After all the generals had finished reading, Calabes said directly and plainly: "Your Excellency Flavis asked us to immediately start preparing for the war against Gaul beyond the mountains, and what we should do is nothing more than two preparations; First, at once to get to know our enemy, the Maasai tribes of Gaul beyond the mountains; Second, to begin training our soldiers against our enemies.

The latter is based on the former, and how to understand our enemies becomes our first priority; In this regard, let's first listen to the opinions of the generals. General Brigo, General Magglo, General Folkus, each of you tells us what you know about Extramontane Gaul; So that we can get a general idea of our enemy. ”

With Calabes' roll call, the other four generals also turned their attention to these three men; Before Brig and Marglo could react, Falkus was the first to stand up and say, "Your Excellency, I don't know much about the Gallic barbarians outside the mountains; Because I came from the Alesian tribe in the Greater Gaul region, I only knew that the largest tribe outside Gaul was the Maasai tribe, and that's it. ”

However, these words of Falkus aroused the curiosity of Calabes, and Calabis asked Forkus: "Forkus, since you and the three thousand forest hunters under your command belong to the Alesian tribe of the Greater Gallic region; So why did you go all the way over the Alps to support the Gauls in the mountains? ”

"Actually, the former General Lugotorix is not from Shanuchi Gaul, we are all troops belonging to the Grand Federation of Gaul. At that time, the Gauls of Gallic in the mountains could not match the aggressive attack of the Julius family, so they asked for reinforcements from the Grand Confederation of Gaul; That's when General Lugotorix and my army came to Gaugui in the mountains to fight against the Julius family. ”

"The Grand Federation of Gaul? When did Gaul have such an organization? Didn't the Gauls divide into several large tribes, each in their own right? Could it be that the mighty Gallic tribes have been united? ”

Karabes's surprise can be imagined, after all, all the powers south of the Alps have never heard of any Gallic Grand Commonwealth! Falkus, however, knew that Calabes was thinking too much; So, he quickly explained: "This so-called Grand Gallic Federation is just a loose federation that we Gaul temporarily formed in the face of the strong invasion of the Germans.

In fact, as early as more than ten years ago, after the war between the Rimon tribe of Aquitani and the Rennes tribe of Amaurica; The entire Gallic Confederation was already in name only. Until a year ago, my command of 3,000 forest hunters and the legions under the command of General Lugotorix were the last armies under the control of the Commonwealth of Greater Gaul. ”

With this explanation of Falkus, Calabis was relieved from his surprise just now; Since Falkus knew nothing about Beyond Gaul, Carabis had no choice but to turn his attention to Brig and Maglo. Brig and Marglo looked at each other under Calabess's gaze, and then Brig stood up and said:

"We Alpine tribes have not been in contact with people outside the Alps for hundreds of years, and the Maasai tribes in Gaul outside the mountains were still enemies with us. Naturally, we are even less likely to have anything to do with them. However, we did know more than a year ago when we robbed the caravans, and it may have been useful.

A little over a year ago, we robbed a caravan of the Terma tribe from Gallic outside the mountains; According to the people in their caravan, the Maasai tribe in Gaul outside the mountains was at war with the tribe of Grace, which was next to them. As a result of the war, the Maasai tribe defeated the Grace tribe, and then the Grace tribe fled to the deep mountains and old forests far away from the Maasai tribe, which should not be far from the Alps. ”

Brigo's information is better than nothing; Karabes had hoped that these generals, who were also Gauls, would provide him with some information, but it seemed that he was thinking too much! The information provided by Brigor may not be useful, but it is still usable; So, Karabes began to order:

"Since you have no valuable information, let us send a large number of spies to Gaul beyond the mountains starting tomorrow through the caravan trails in the Alps; Half of the spies were sent by the 3rd Gallic Regiment to find information about Gallic outside the Mountains, and the other half were sent by the 4th Alpine Regiment to find and contact the Grace tribe. ”

After Itami and Brigo had accepted the order, Calabis adjourned; While the generals continued to patrol their camps, Karabes himself began to think about how to start a war of conquest against Gaul beyond the mountains, and to make sure that he could make enough of it. (To be continued.) )