Augustus Road

In the Bergalon Emperor's manor, Leo sat quietly in the garden. Several slaves and armed centurions stood a dozen Roman feet away from him in front and behind him, walking around in the garden. The 'flowers' were very beautiful. Leo didn't do anything. He just sat there reading from the second moment of sunrise to noon. Then he put down the book, stood up, and said to a slave, " I want to eat, thank you.

The servant looked at him for a few times, then hurried to the backyard. After a while, he brought the dinner plate and wine. Leo took it and said thank you, and then placed it on the stone table in front. Eat your meal calmly.

In the evening, a group of centurions, cooks and servants had gathered around Leo, sitting and listening to Leo telling the fables in the book, and laughing from time to time, until Anthony and Cu Leo came out of the hallway.

"You can't delay. Everyone knows that Cicero has evil intentions in this move. He apparently increased the command authority and amount of your legion. In fact, he wanted to wait for Trureas and Young Pompey to return with the Spanish legion, and then take the opportunity to lift it. Your arms and power will destroy you like Catiline," Curio said in a hoarse voice, hiding his face deep in his cloak.

"But I only have five and ten legions on hand now, and they still accept my command. Decimus now has four or five legions, and there are rumors that he has joined forces with Lepidus?" Anthony seemed to be riding a tiger. Then he and Curio walked to the garden, and saw Leo, the slaves and the centurion. Immediately dispersed.

Antony smiled, deliberately walked up to Leo, and said, "You are no longer a tribune, but a military tribune under me."

"Yes, Lord Anthony." Leo stood up and saluted and said.

"Then tell me now, what should I do so that I can escape from this game unscathed."

"You should be loyal to your reconciliation and friendship with Caesar, and promptly admit your mistakes to my father and reconcile." Leo said.

"Nonsense kid, I originally wanted to join forces with your father to share power. This was a piece of cake for him and me. But your father pretended to be aloof and forced me everywhere, so I had no choice but to join forces with the Senate. , expel him and tell him to reflect outside." Anthony made a very angry expression and scolded Leo.

"If you and he are both core members of the Order of Ambrose, then you should believe him. My father once said that people should uphold their trustworthiness. Since he is Turinus's in the will of Lord Julius Guardian, then he has to fulfill his duties as a guardian, so I personally think you should do what I just said.”

"I will never bow to your father. Since I didn't bow to your father once, I will never bow in the future. Otherwise, I will be ruined. Do you understand that my reputation will be ruined?" Anthony shouted.

"Then I have nothing to say, Lord Anthony." After Leo finished speaking, he sat down and said nothing.

Anthony looked at the child for a moment. Then he waved his hand, meaning to let you go. "Anyway, I don't treat you as a prisoner or hostage. You can move around the manor as you like without restricting your freedom before I go on the expedition. You can follow me after the expedition. Since you are a military tribune, you have to go. Gaining knowledge on the battlefield.”

Next, the letter and lawsuit between Antony and Decimus is still going on fiercely, "I will change the time of my final ultimatum to Decimus to June 7th, which is the day before the Civilian Games Festival." , If he does not voluntarily disarm, then I will march to Shannan Gaul." Antony said in the Senate, so the senators nodded in admiration and asked the clerk to copy it and send it to Deximus.

A few days later, Deximus wrote back, "I advised Anthony not to do this, or to postpone the date, otherwise he will become a public enemy of the country faster."

"Don't bully people too much!" Antony couldn't hold it any longer. He and Gaius walked to Campania with their followers, announcing the official resumption of service of the Eighth, Nineth and Eleventh Legions, and promised to give all veterans more More wages and more fertile land for resettlement. "After capturing Alpine Gaul and killing Diximos, everyone there can get good land equally."

The veterans of these three legions, who had long been unable to endure the hardships of farming, immediately armed themselves and joined Antony's order. After the sacrificial ceremony for the expedition was over, Antony told his brother Gaius, "You are now the chief of the city of Rome. Magistrate, if Lepidus's 13th and 15th legions return to service and come to Brindisi to join the 6th and 12th legions, you will mobilize everyone in this capacity and say that I have secretly made an alliance with Lepidus. , work together to avenge Caesar, the crusade against Diximos is only the first step."

Then, he sent someone to take out the eagle from the temple, and had all the troops armed. After passing the Juilliard Hall, he asked all the senators to stand on the steps and columns and watch, which was called a reading, but In fact, this is a warning to them.

After showing off his power, Anthony came to the Bergalondi Manor and asked Leo to set off with him. Leo left a handwritten letter on the stone table and said to the servants of Anthony's family beside him, "This letter is for me." It belongs to my wife Viviya, and I hope you will forward it to me when the time comes.”

"You are not allowed to write letters to anyone, child." Just when the slave was about to proceed, Curio suddenly appeared, standing in the garden, looking at Leo gloomily and said, The servant was so frightened that he sent the letter back.

"Let him write whatever he wants!" Antony also walked in and said, "What's the big deal about leaving a letter to his wife? I'm not that narrow-minded - by the way, you should go with us. If anything happens, your situation will be much more dangerous than Fulvia and the others, because the Senate has not yet held you accountable for the defeat."

At the same time, in the city of Milan in Cisalpine Gaul, Decimus also reviewed his four legions with murderous intent, and then "handed over" the task of recruiting new legions to his confidants, then mounted his horse, raised a wooden board to all the soldiers and said, "This is the Senate's 'private' issued to me. The edict required me to lead the army into Rome and rescue it from Antony's tyranny, so soldiers immediately headed south, crossed the Rubicon River, and began to attack Antony. We have the unanimous support of the Senate and the people in this battle, so our army will win. God bless Rome! I promise that after entering the city, all soldiers will receive a reward of 300 dinars, and centurions will receive ten times! But if you lose, we will all fall into Antony's hands and become slaves and traitors. "

"God bless Rome! Defend the honor of the executive officer to the death!" All the soldiers shouted, beating their swords and shields.q