After returning to Capua, Graeber was horrified. In the second half of the journey, due to the lack of food, many soldiers also fell behind, and the number of the entire army was reduced by more than half after this battle, and now the fighting force that followed him back was less than 10,000.

Moreover, the main cavalry force was almost wiped out, and this feeling almost made Graeber's heart ache, but there was nothing to be done. Now he can only get a little capital to turn the tables by completely defeating the rebel army.

In Graeber's mansion, a richly dressed Illicia arrived. When he saw the tattered and listless appearance of her husband in front of him, he couldn't help but feel deeply disappointed. Based on her own cognitive experience, there is no way to imagine how these 30,000 people have experienced such a level of failure.

She was full of hope to wait for her husband's triumphant return, but at this time, she was infected and affected by the negative emotions of the entire Roma army. She hated the slaves who trampled on her dignity, but she didn't want the other party to give her the bitter fruit of defeat again. How can she, the eldest lady who has been giving and asking since childhood, accept this?

Her sympathy for her husband was completely overshadowed by a strong sense of vanity and competitiveness, and she questioned Graybard despite his hard work: "How can you be defeated to such an extent after so many years of leading your army?" How many rebels were there in Spartacus? The number of people you have lost this time has caught up with their total number several times. ”

Graeber was comforted to see the beautiful and touching Illicia who had arrived. But where did I think that the beautiful wife suddenly turned her face and didn't recognize anyone, and kept saying indifferent words, but she didn't care about herself at all. He was almost furious and yelled, "Enough! It's not your turn to dictate how I fight. ”

The eldest lady of Illicia was also completely overflowing, how could she endure Graeber's heavy tone, completely abandoned the etiquette of the nobles, and said angrily: "Very good, blame me for pointing fingers, then have you forgotten my father's contribution in your team." He's all on the bill, and if you keep that attitude, I'm going to get all the funding and personnel back now. ”

Graeber was so angry that he couldn't have imagined that Elisia would turn her face and deny people like this. The relationship between the two is still husband and wife, but I didn't expect that when I was frustrated, Illicia didn't want to give him even a little basic respect. Poor couples mourn everything, but now it is far from the level of poverty, but it can no longer even achieve superficial harmony.

Graeber became disheartened, struggled to his seat, and dragged his tired body out of the room, allowing Elicia to keep the flame of rage alive.

Graeber walked out of the room, only to bump into Azul, who was standing nearby. He just wanted to scold him for being at the door, why was he eavesdropping on their husband and wife's conversation?

But Azul was the first to speak: "Back to the general, I have already contacted those people, and the specific recruitment matters have to be handled by the general himself." ”

Hearing the news, Graeber perked up. Forget all the words that came to your lips before. He said cheerfully: "Azul, I really didn't misunderstand you, you can bring them to me as soon as possible now." ”

Azul glanced at Graeber, and a lot of thoughts flashed through his mind. To Graeber, he said, "The general's subordinates take the liberty of asking you to take a step to speak. ”

In a secluded room, Graeber closed the door and said to Azul, "If you have anything to say now, no one here can influence us." ”

Azul nodded, "General, please calm your anger, I just heard something I shouldn't have heard." But it occurred to me that I had discovered some new ideas that might have been more helpful for our undercover assassination operation. ”

Graeber's frowning brows stretched a little, he looked at Azul and said solemnly: "Hmph, you kid is so bold that you dare to listen to the conversation between our couple." If you don't say 123, I will never spare you. ”

Azul hurriedly said: "General, I was thinking that we would send Gannix, Egyptians, and Pompeii Beasts to be undercover agents, but it is still a bit flawed, and it is difficult to convince those thieves. ”

"After all, you think, they are all free citizens of the Republic of Rome. And because of their prowess and warlikeness, they also have a considerable income of their own, and many nobles may have to hire them for some intimate tasks. In this case, it is somewhat strange that all of a sudden, the three of them joined the rebel army together. ”

Graeber doesn't know much about these things in the underworld, and he doesn't have much to say. Motioned for Azul to continue.

Azul continued, "So if you want a few of them to join the rebel army, I think you have to let them join each other with a little letter of surrender to be convincing enough." And now I've found a perfect petition for a name, but it might be a bit of a big rebellion to say it, and I ask the general to calm his anger. ”

Graeber said anxiously: "You hurry up, don't be so twisted, I will forgive you for everything." ”

Hearing Graeber's words, Azul began to say boldly: "I just heard the conversation between you and Madame. I find that Madame, this person is too mean and unkind to you, General. In fact, I was already aware of some of her despicable deeds when she was in the Battitas Mansion, and she is really not worthy of being your wife. ”

"That's why the petition I just spoke of is Elithia. If Ganix and the others had taken your wife Illicia captive and taken them to the rebels of Spartacus, that would indicate several things. ”

"First of all, the three of them must have completely offended you, General. They have cut off all their retreats in the Republic of Rome, and there is no chance to show their heads in any place. ”

"Besides, the great credit of capturing General Graeber's wife is a great enough credit for the rebels."

In that case, they would not only dispel any doubts about the sudden addition of the three Gannix, but also leave them with a lot of status in the army. This provided a lot of convenience for them to get close to the parallel Thorn Spartacus and Jin Zhan and others. ”

Graeber looked at Azul silently with a complicated expression, obviously struggling fiercely in his heart. Judging from the strategy provided by Azul, if the three of them were to take Illicia prisoner as a petition to join the rebel army, they would naturally be able to greatly dispel the opponent's defenses.

So as to blend in with the high-level of the rebel army, whether it is to spy on intelligence, or directly carry out heavy killing. Undoubtedly a good solution.

It's just that he and Illicia have been husband and wife for many years after all, and although they have no heirs, they have a good relationship on the surface before.

But now, because of the rebels, his political prestige and resources are declining, and his status in Illicia's heart is getting lower and lower. He didn't know how much a woman from a powerful family like Illicia cared about her political influence and status.

Today, he even did not hesitate to tear his face with himself and threaten himself with his father-in-law. He's angry right now, and he really wants to sell Illicia directly as a bargaining chip in exchange for an extremely clever assassination according to Aso's plan.

But at the same time, he was worried about the influence of Illicia's father in the Roman Senate, and if this matter was not done properly, he would be in an even more disadvantageous position.

Seeing Graeber's silence for a long time, Azul naturally understood in his heart that he was weighing the pros and cons.

Then he spoke again: "General, just now my subordinates accidentally heard some information in your conversation that they shouldn't have heard. Your subordinates have the courage to guess that your lady's father has a lot of strength in the Senate of the Republic of Rome, and has a certain influence on your career and career, right? ”

"And according to your wife's heartless words before, it actually reflects that his father may not have been optimistic about you since some time ago. Otherwise, his daughter would not dare to make such a statement on behalf of his father at will. ”

"So you don't have to worry about your father-in-law's resources anymore, it's hard to say that he is already looking for another home for his daughter at this time."

"Bold!" Hearing Azul talk so insolently about his own housework, Graeber scolded angrily. But after thinking about it, he found that what Azul said was probably the truth, but he couldn't save face.

After thinking for a while, he helped Azul up, patted him and said, "You're right. Now that I think about it, I feel more and more that their family already has little hope for me, so it is better to sell it for a good price as soon as possible. ”

Asur deeply admired, but he didn't expect that his new owner would also be a person who made great things when he decided. So he complimented: "The general understands the righteousness, and his subordinates really admire it." I was offended a lot just now, and I ask the general to forgive me. ”

"And there's one more point. As long as the news of Illicia's abduction by the rebels reaches his father, it will be beneficial to us. ”

"His father will again be desperate to tilt resources into your troops. Do his best to help us destroy the rebels and save his daughter. ”

"At the very least, they will definitely be on the same front and with us. Even more ugly, if we have the chance, we can use the rebel army's sword to get rid of your father-in-law. In this way, their family's resources can be used to a large extent for you. ”

The more Graeber listened, the more he felt that Asur's plan was really ingenious, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel a cold sweat rise on his back. He didn't expect that this low-level gladiator, who was once a lowly slave, would have such terrible scheming and vicious methods.

But he, Graeber, was also a member of the road, and Azul was too hungry for him. Only to achieve the end, unscrupulous means. His goal now must be the same as his own, which is to defeat the Spartacus rebels.

Graeber and Azul immediately set about their plans.

According to the information available to Azul, all three freelance gladiators had one trait in common - greed for money, lust, and bohemian actions.

With these obvious character shortcomings, it is easy for them, the powerful people who have the absolute right to speak, to take advantage of them.

For Graeber now, although his career has fallen to the bottom, the number of troops has been reduced by more than half, and his military strength has been greatly reduced. But it is as easy to provide a little wealth and women that are enough to tempt the common people at the bottom as it is to dig into the bag.

So the private deal was quickly concluded. It is not the first time that Gannix and others have handled this kind of murder-for-hire business, especially the Egyptians are first-class killers on the black market.

In the face of huge returns, where can they resist this temptation? The task of this trip seems to be very difficult, but they are very confident in their combat effectiveness. After all, the target to be killed had already been seen in the arena of Capua before.

The main target of the kill, the so-called miracle son Jin Zhan. Gan Nix had fought directly, and it was not difficult for them to take Jin Zhan's life under the cover of such a perfect plan. As for how to escape after the deed, they were not worried.

Since the rebels had completely defeated the invading Graeber army a few days earlier, the entire unit had a completely new look. The lives of ordinary slaves in the rebel army were even more prosperous.

At the same time, the rebels also spread their fame far and wide through these battles, and slaves from all over the vicinity came to defect from time to time.

There were even some poor peasants who were freemen but couldn't open the pot at home.

Since the rebel army was now in a period of vigorous growth, it would never turn away this new force that had come from admiration, and all slaves were taken as they were.

The Freedmen, on the other hand, are a bit more complicated, as they need to be considered as undercover agents sent by the enemy. As a result, they will be given special care and strict precautions, and only let them engage in some of the simplest and most basic military work.

And now the management of the entire rebel army has become accustomed to this kind of disposition of the displaced people, and they have not paid much attention to it at all.

But then several targets appeared, but they all stopped what they were doing and gathered in the council hall.