Augustus Road

"War has its rules, and good men and brave men must abide by them. ￥f apex novel," - Camillus

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Soon Antony walked into the camp angrily. Curio and the servants stood up to greet him, and he shouted that those bastards in the Senate had indeed incited Octavian to attack me from behind.

"What about the current plan?" Curio asked hurriedly.

After saying that, the two people stared at Leo, but Leo seemed not to notice and said nothing.

"Tell me what you think, kid." Coolio said in a threatening tone.

Leo glanced at him, then sat down on the bench next to the tent, thought for a while, and said, "Dear Lord Anthony, you should lead five legions and surrender to my father and admit defeat to him—— This way everyone doesn’t have to kill each other, which I believe is what Young Caesar wants to see.”

But before he finished speaking, Anthony yelled, saying, "You don't need to say these repeated words any more, otherwise I will enforce military discipline and imprison and whip you."

"To make a position adjustment, the Ninth Army will continue to besiege the city of Mutina along the small camp we just captured today. The Eleventh Army will serve as a guard on the side of the big camp to guard against possible reinforcements in other areas. Then you and I , with the most elite fifth, eighth and tenth legions, in cooperation with all the cavalry, first turn around and completely defeat Octavian's army, and then turn back to deal with the city of Mutina and Deximos." After sizing up the situation, Curio made a decision. accepted this plan.

"However, the loyalty of these three legions will be very problematic. If they know that the army they are facing is brought by Lesser Caesar." Anthony is the most worried so far. That's the problem.

"To deceive them, say that the Senate has reached an agreement with Decimus. They not only sheltered Brutus and Cassius from escaping to other provinces, but also recruited new legions to attack us, otherwise we will avenge Caesar." Leoson said, "With some bounty, there is no problem at all. We need a quick and neat tactic. It will break Young Caesar's back in one fell swoop."

"What if we kill him?"

"That would be even better. It saves trouble. Just face his corpse directly to the soldiers and accuse Young Caesar of rebelling against his father's cause during his lifetime."

Anthony couldn't help but nodded, and then he looked at Leo and said, "Get out of here." Then he waved his hand and called several trusted centurions to take Leo into custody. Then he and Coolio walked to the topographic map table...

"The problem here is not big, but if we focus on the country as a whole, what are Lepidus's movements now? Will he pass through the province of Nebo and the narrow mountains and seas of Liguria and break into Alpine Gaul to disrupt the situation? "After listening to Curio's tactical plan, Anthony expressed his approval and also raised such questions.

"The spies and scouts have found out clearly that the two wings of troops left by Lepidus are stationed in the province of Nebo and the area of ​​​​Aquitaine to guard against us and the Pompeian party in Spain. As far as I know, the Senate has already At the same time, an amnesty order was issued for him and the younger Pompey brothers. The purpose was obvious - to have Lepidus and Young Pompey kill each other, and then let Octavian kill us, so that the specially selected fathers could have both sides and have the last laugh. Therefore, my judgment about Lepidus is that he will lead the Seventh Legion and the Twenty-eighth Legion to Sardinia, fight to isolate Teluleas and Young Pompey in Spain, cross the sea to Italy, and work for the Senate. , and then wait for the outcome of the fight between Octavian and us."

"Then what are you waiting for? We can definitely join forces with Lepidus to kill Trureas and Young Pompey, and then destroy the Senate, so that all the murderers will be ruined. Do you understand? This world is really getting more and more lively. I'm so happy." Anthony shouted, obviously this idea was exactly what he wanted.

"But Telureas has four legions in his hands, and the fleets and soldiers of Aquila, Marcus and Maximus in Sicily will also reinforce him, as will the younger brothers Pompey and Labienus. He also has a fleet and can form five or six barbarian legions in Iberia in a short period of time. How long can Lepidus rely on these two legions alone? Why should we bet on him even if Lepidus can stay in his base? Hold on, but the outcome of the battle will not be known until at least a long time later," Curio hurriedly tried to dissuade him, and as he spoke, a weird and ugly smile appeared on his torn lips.

At this time, Anthony also woke up, "So, Lepidus has unintentionally acted as my shield. In other words, now I will defeat Caesar's men in a short period of time, and then capture Mutina, no, the entire mountainous Gaul region." , By collecting the remaining elites from Caesar and Deximus, I will soon have eight or even ten legions in my hands. At that time, I will go south and control the entire Italy and do whatever I want."

"That's right Marco, when the time comes, neither the rushing Rubicon River nor the towering Surat Mountain will be able to become an obstacle to our progress. We will smash everything with our hands."

In the port of Arles, about 400 flat-bottomed transport ships and nearly 100 warships with decks and equipment formed a very impressive queue, facing the sea of ​​clouds dyed golden by the sun, flapping purple sails, and sailing towards Sardinia. This was formed by Lepidus, who gathered all the elites of the three city-states of Liguria and New Masseria, with Aidangis, Macmillan and Gabor as commanders. It was indeed as Curio expected, carrying the 7th Legion and the 28th Legion.

In the command room in the bridge tower, Gallius was asking Lepidus about his strategy, "Are you so confident in Vercingetorix that you asked him to guard Aquitanni and monitor the Pyrenees Pass?"

"Of course, he is now the king of Arverni, the most powerful city-state in Gaul. His dream is to become the recognized king of all Gaul. But since Arverni was defeated by Rome a hundred years ago, he has handed over his hegemony to the Aedui. But this does not mean that my adopted son-in-law has no chance - the Aedui can get close to Caesar, and he can get close to me. In addition, if the Spanish army invades Gaul, he will be obliged to do so, because that place is his own forbidden fruit. Just like General Itasus, he will do his best to protect the border area of ​​Liguria." Lepidus squinted his eyes, gestured with a gilded baton to the model mountains, oceans and rivers on the map, and explained slowly.

"So you only asked them to provide servants?"

"Of course, what I need urgently now is cavalry and ships, because all my Matthias cavalry were assigned to Sabo and went to Lepidus Castle. Now Vercingetorix personally provided me with 1,500 Arverni cavalry, and recruited 500 Trevelii cavalry. The Trevelii are the best cavalry in all Gaul on the west bank of the Rhenus River. In addition, I also spent a lot of money to hire 800 cavalry from the Supis in the Germanic region. As for the Ligurian city-state, it provided me with half of the transport ships alone, and I have nothing to complain about - but I must take you with me, because among all people, you are the easiest and most likely to defect." Lepidus said to Gallius with a smile. (To be continued...)