Augustus Road

Since he couldn't convince the other party, little Cato pushed the senator aside and ran to the junction of the main square and the cattle market alone. He spread his legs and stretched out his arms with his thin body, blocking the way of all the armed slaves, " Bloodshed is not allowed in political debates in the Republic. "This is the most basic principle that Cato adheres to, and this time is no exception. His face was covered with sweat and he was very emotional, but his face was so resolute that he did not recognize it. The team of human veteran servants were also shocked, so they stopped where they were, waiting for their master's instructions.

"Sir, they are here. They don't have to wait for Pompey's time." After Lepidus finished speaking, he jumped off the platform. At this time, dozens of veterans in civilian clothes who had followed Caesar back to Rome saw that Lepidus had taken action, and they also followed him one after another. Behind Li Bida, there was a murderous light in his eyes. He clenched the short blade in his hand. Under the leadership of Li Bida, he squeezed through the crowd and walked towards the bull market.

But Cato was still standing still, which made Lepidus very angry. After all, he was unwilling to bear the responsibility of killing Cato in the chaos, so he also made a gesture on the battlefield, a veteran in civilian clothes. Everyone stopped when they saw this. The main square was still noisy, but the air here was as solid and cold as ice.

At this time, Cato the Younger actually turned around. He ran towards the platform where Caesar and Byblos were fighting, shouting to the people and priests, asking for a chance to refute Caesar's land law proposal. The forty-year-old man actually cried with tears in his voice when he requested, "Please believe me, everyone, Caesar has no money to implement his plan. He is just using illusory credit to deceive everyone. He is essentially a gambler. "It will expose the country to the whirlwind of rebellion." But the people did not listen to this man at all. They completely regarded him as a partisan of Byblos. Many people rushed up and lifted up the shouting little Cato. , then held hands hand in hand with the crowd, and finally threw little Cato outside the square, which was equivalent to ruthlessly expelling him.

Lepidus, as well as all the senators and slaves standing aside, stared dumbly at little Cato, who was thrown into the dirt of the cattle market by the people. The most aloof person incarnation of the republic in ordinary times still stubbornly got up and wiped his nostrils. With blood in his chest and his face covered with dirt, he was ready to rush back to the podium, but was resisted by the arms of countless people. Little Cato was not ready to give up at all. He ran straight to another entrance to the main square. , then squeezed in again and made the same request to the podium, but this time before anyone could say anything, little Cato climbed up on his own initiative and climbed up the twenty-four feet long and ten wide feet, a podium three feet high. When Caesar was not paying attention, he loudly shouted his opinion to the people: "Caesar is a bastard. He only defrauds money and women. This time he obviously wants to use the law of the land to defraud something bigger, that is, the power of the state!" "

The angry people did not give little Cato a chance to continue speaking. Many people in short shirts holding iron rods also swarmed onto the podium, trying to tear off little Cato and make him splash with blood on the spot. At this time, Byblos He shouted, raised his white robe as a consul, and together with some senators, threw themselves beside Cato, resisting the rain of sticks and curses from the people, and pushed Cato, who was still yelling at Caesar, to the venue. He was dragged outside to save his life.

Finally, Cato was "asked out" from the scene, and Caesar on the podium waved his thanks to the people and asked them to follow the procedures and start voting for the plan. One of the senator's armed servants howled, drew his sword, and stabbed Lepidus standing opposite him for the first time, but Lepidus calmly let the sword in his hand pierce his throat directly, and the blood was like a The explosive magma flew out, then kicked the opponent into the mud, and pulled out the bloody sword blade. Taking this as a signal, both sides, whether they were slaves of the senators or veterans who volunteered to work for Caesar, showed their weapons and started violent fights and fights. The people gathered in the square screamed in panic and trampled on each other. The rats scurryed, and the senators, including Cicero, who originally occupied a corner, took over Cato and Byblos, who were covered in blood and stinking feces, and retreated while shouting to the slaves who started the bloody battle. They cheered loudly.

Unexpectedly, thousands of guys appeared on the streets around the entire square at this time. Many of them were wearing legionary sweatshirts, showing horrific tattoos, shouting slogans, and walking towards the goal of the Temple of Concord. , "They are Pompey's veterans!" Some senators recognized the identities of these people in despair. The veterans were specially selected by Pompey. Although the ratio was ten to one, thousands of people were gathered, covering the entire The streets of Rome surged in like a tide, blocking back the senators who were about to escape from the square.

"Everyone, your purple and white robes are too conspicuous. Why are you adopting retreat tactics at such a critical moment? This will give a bad impression to the people. Please go back to the podium. I will talk to Caesar now. Your safety is entirely my responsibility, don't worry." In front of the veterans, Pompey, wearing the robe used for senators' gatherings, walked out of the Villa Alba where he had lived in seclusion for a long time, followed by generals and staff in civilian clothes. He said to Cato the Younger, Cicero and others, "Please walk in the middle of my procession."

Pompey's speech and arrival made Cicero feel extremely excited and confident. It seemed that he had to rely on him to convince Pompey to come to the rescue! The same was true for most of the other senators. Among them, Bibrus changed into clean clothes and asked some followers to give him a scepter and a mace. Everyone came back and fought back to the Grand Forum.

At this time, the senators' mob of slaves had been defeated by Lepidus and the plainclothes veterans. Not only did they not rush into the Grand Forum, but they also left many corpses. Then Lepidus tore off the nameplate from a corpse, walked into the crowd of frightened people, and shouted that this slave was carrying a dagger and was raised by a certain senator. The purpose of the fight was to harm the consul and hinder the passage of the land law proposal. The direct order was given by Cicero, Cato the Younger and Bibrus!

"This is a naked slander." When Cicero, wearing a robe and escorted by countless Pompey veterans, arrogantly refuted Lepidus' accusation, the entire square began to fall into chaos again. Pompey's veterans were unstoppable and quickly occupied the podium and the temple's colonnade and steps. In the end, the people were in the outermost circle, while Pompey's veterans were in the slightly inner circle, and hundreds of senators were in the inner circle. The core was Caesar, Byblos, Pompey, Cato the Younger, Cicero and others who were on the podium.

A new round of battle will begin again. (To be continued.)