Augustus Road

After a while, Frois's men were all disarmed and then pulled to a burned-out wall, where they were all used as targets and killed. . .

Combano picked his nostrils with his iron finger, and while he was groaning, his intelligence officer rode on horseback and handed him a board with emergency information. It was sent by the internal line in Gaicheng, Italy. Combano grunted, turned up the blindfold, and stared at the writing board for a while with his intact eyes (he did this just to fit the image of Seth Uris better), and then threw it to Sarcosa, meaning I can't understand it myself.

Sakosa rolled his eyes and accepted the writing board, then told Combano some exciting news in a nonchalant tone:

General Lepidus will soon arrive in Cadiz and Italy within the prescribed voyage. The absolute elite main force of Caesar's side he brought with him asked Combano to provide him with the support he could. To be more specific, he asked Combano to provide him with the support he could. From now on, Bano will attack northward with all his strength, concentrating his firepower on large cities like Olcreisi to attract Varro's main force and create conditions for him to successfully land.

"That's nonsense. The city of Olcrasi is the residence of the governor of the province!" Combano cursed loudly. This was simply embarrassing me. Then Sacosa continued to read. Lepidus clearly knew that the Malaysian bandit would have such a reaction, so he listed many benefits below, "As soon as I land, you will be the official financial officer of Lusitania. You have the right to occupy one-third of all the spoils of our army on the Iberian Peninsula. In addition, your subordinates will immediately enjoy the legion designation granted by His Excellency Caesar.”

This is somewhat similar! Just as Kang Bano was meditating, several scout cavalry came running up on horseback. The enemy leader hurriedly reported: Varro's legion is only ten Roman miles away from us.

"Wow haha! Just let those bulky guys covered in shrimp shells slowly follow my horse's butt to practice!" Combano threw the writing board into the fire. Then he laughed and redirected the blindfold. Covering his right eye, he then mumbled about how the field of vision was so narrow that he could only return it to his left eye. He rode unsteadily and ordered, "The infantrymen carried all the loot and dispersed it to the surrounding areas." Go into the dense forests and valleys; all the cavalry will follow me and lead these bastards towards the city of Olcrasi, and we will do bigger things as we go."

"Oh oh oh!" The barbarian and bandit cavalry wearing Sagem jackets. They all raised their dog-leg knives and responded to the call of the Mountain King. This was their common trick to play with the old man Varro: using light cavalry to run and rob, dragging the Roman heavy armored legions to run around, but the real The spoils of war had long been taken away by the infantry, and Combano naturally had a sales network. From Sagantan, New Carthage, to Olcrècy across the sea, he had insiders. " I'm not bragging. Many Roman knights still rely on me for food!" Of course, Cadiz City is the most important coastal defense point on the southern line of Lusitania. Galonius, the knight who served as Varro's financial officer, was also the object of Combano's "key care". Soon when more than a thousand light cavalry of Combano passed through the defense area under his jurisdiction in a whirlwind, Galonius The entire six brigades under him pretended not to see it.

Soon, this group of horse bandits, no, they were the official "Twenty-seventh Legion" of Caesar's camp, wreaked havoc in the central region of the province, and even robbed farms on the outskirts of the capital.

Marcus Varro almost died. At that time, he was escorted by the cavalry. He went to the outside of Orcresi with great interest to watch the growth and fruit of the date trees, and asked the accompanying slaves to dictate themselves in detail. Transcribed, he has recently been thinking about how to divide the fields in a regular manner to more effectively support the estates of a complete circular economy. In short, they are all beneficial to human wisdom for generations. It is not the current kind of killing. Can be compared.

Therefore, the "fighting and killing" soon really happened in front of Varro's eyes. Several gangsters were less than twenty Roman feet away from him, probably riding over from the ditch and garden. Suddenly, appeared and shot a few arrows at him and his retinue randomly, one of which flew past Varro's head. Fortunately, the old man was so frightened that he sat on a small chair and did not dare to move, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

"How did they come all the way from the vicinity of Italia?" After nightfall, Varro angrily asked his staff in the Governor's Mansion, "Don't I have troops stationed along the way? Why, do we even have such a conspicuous group of bandits?" They can't encircle and suppress them, but I have achieved impeccable deployment in advance." But the incompetent staff below will only come up with various excuses, such as intelligence, the enemy's speed, the dense enemy ears, etc., to frustrate this person. elder.

"What you mean is that the residents and tribes of Lusitania are all devoted to Seth Uris and the current Caesar, right?" In the end, Varro pointed out the essence of the problem, and the group of aides saw that the governor personally exposed it. With that layer of veil, the collective silently acquiesced. After some calculations, Varro had to painfully admit in public that if this continued, no matter who would win, Caesar or Pompey, he would not be able to stay in Lusitania, so he made this decision:

First, he collected heavy taxes throughout the province, and then hoarded the materials and money obtained in Cadiz, a seaport in the south, for Garonius to guard; then he led the main force of two legions towards Corduba. The central core city of the peninsula advances.

In this case, according to Varro's plan, if Pompey's side had the upper hand in Spain, he would take the opportunity to cheer for Afranius in Corduba and help him in the war; if Caesar made progress, he could also retreat in time, avoid the sharp edge, and then go to Cadiz, and take all the money and troops by sea to Mauritania or Africa.

Only Varro could think of such a strategy of being indecisive, mainly because he could not distinguish the authenticity of various intelligence. Afranius boasted about his great victory in Ilerda, while Caesar claimed that Masseria had been captured. It seemed that both sides were winning in their own battle reports, and were at the end of their rope in the other side's battle reports.

Many staff members could clearly see how bad Governor Varro's plan was, but they all knew that if they gave advice at this time, it would only make this ambitious but incompetent governor dissatisfied and even persecute them. So after making a few random remarks and raising a few trivial questions, all staff members unanimously agreed with the governor's plan that would be successful in every way.

As a result, just as Varro led two legions and headed towards Corduba, Lepidus' fleet and the Sixth Legion suddenly appeared in front of the bay of Cadiz!