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"The Gauls believed that unless the fortifications were breached, all hope of escape would be extinguished, and the Romans believed that all toil would be over as long as the day could be endured." - The description of the Battle of Alesia in the Gallic Wars

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Then Anthony made a move, and many of the dancers immediately surrounded them barefoot, and "sitting" on the couch with the two young tribunes half-pulled and half-pressed them, and then began to serve food, wine, and beauty.

"Hey, you, stay away from my friend's son, he just married a famous lady, don't stain his robes with your dirty skin, and go and serve the heir of the great Caesar, ahaha." Antony shouted at the dancer who was rubbing his name on Leo, so frightened that the other party screamed, and even the drink spilled and splashed on Octavian and Leo.

Annoyed Octavian got up and gave the dancer a slap in the face, and the other party was holding the plate, and her hair was scattered and skewed to the side, while Antony continued to laugh debaucherily, only Leo stepped forward, helped the poor girl up, comforted her a few words, and told her to hurry to the backyard to put on her makeup, otherwise the bustard would see it, and I am afraid that I would not even be able to guarantee the labor allowance for tonight.

The girl hurriedly got up to the laughter, thanked Leo a few times, and covered her face. Ran to the backyard. "I'm not going to skimp on that little money. I'm as generous as your father, no, even more generous than Lypida! Antony shouted, and when he had finished speaking, he shouted to the servant beside him, "Give the girl three hundred dinars of silver, yes, withdraw it at the account office at once, and sue her." Because Li Bida's son helped her up, she was favored by the goddess of fate. ”

At this moment, on the periphery of the porch, Domuki, who was watching this scene, whispered a few words to the girl who ran over, glanced at Leo with admiration, and turned to go to the account room.

Meanwhile, under the cover of night, Mecenas and Agrippa were wrapped in tight cloaks in a drizzle. Embark on the path of Palatine Hill and enter from the backyard of Cicero's mansion. In the hall, Cicero was very angry and kept scolding, angry that his own son-in-law Yurabella had betrayed him completely, colluded with Anthony, and deceived his father-in-law's innocent feelings, which is really too hateful!

So when these two appeared in front of him, he was still in a very bad mood, and just coldly invited the two new military tribunes to sit down, and then asked if he needed his help in the assignment of the legion, "But maybe I have to be paid in advance, there is simply no one to be trusted in this world, not even relatives." ”

"We are fully aware of this, and Eurabella will soon abandon you to go to the East, but Young Caesar has called us to tell you a more imminent danger, that is, if Anthony is allowed to succeed, then you and your family may not be disappointed or not." Meecenas said, "Your Excellency, the present world is terrible without the support of the Legion. Now that Antony is the governor of the province of Macedonia, all six legions belong to him, plus the lark legion in his hand, once he is called to reinstate Caesar's veterans and annex the armed forces of southern Gaul, then his hands will soon swell to the strength of twelve or fifteen legions, and then he will be able to take the city of Rome as he wants, then what, right? ”

Cicero certainly understood this, he sighed, and he also felt that the world was difficult, but where could he get the support of the legion with his financial resources and image? This was the purpose for which he sent his younger brother Quintus to Gaul, but now the Fourteenth Legion has long been pulled over by Dehemoth in a few words, and Quintus, the former commander, has and does not have the same - a figure without money and ambition is just a passing thing in the eyes of the soldiers.

"Let Caesar Young protect you!" Agrippa said boldly, bluntly.

Hearing this, Cicero couldn't believe his ears, what kind of joke! With this hairy boy, where did the legion come from.

But in an instant, he thought again, Leo is the son of Lypida, Octavian may want to use his influence to assemble the four legions that went to Brindisi, plus the six and ten legions, all of which are more or less implicated in Lybidaeus, but Lybida is now far away in Naipor Province, why should a few hairy children compete with Antony?

"Rest assured, you only need to use your eloquence and influence in the Senate." Mecenas said with a smile, and then he slowly stood up and approached Cicero by the light

Here, the banquet at the Manor of the Emperor of Begalon was nearing its end, Octavian and Leo were clearly drunk, and Antony's feet were already "unbridled", with servants and dancers busy cleaning up at his knees.

"I am about to go on a campaign to kill Dehemoth, who occupies the first place in the despicable way, and soon someone will send the vote of the people's assembly and the senate, and if he dares to resist, then use the army to pacify him!" Antony's pride reappeared, but this time he said to the two sitting opposite, "My wife and mother are to be left in the city of Rome, so I make another request to the Senate." Then he burped on his back, and then looked at Octavian and Leo, "I need Leo, follow me to southern Gaul."

Octavian muttered Caesar's name, and then he said to Antony, "Are you asking me for a hostage?" Then you are obviously distrustful of our covenant, and you are still afraid of a teenager? ”

"Everyone wants to secure a way out, everyone is the same! You know, I didn't ask for you after all, young Caesar - this is considered a concession, because everyone knows that I will not hurt Leo, he is the son of Li Bida - it may not be necessary to replace you. Anthony immediately slapped the small table loudly, the wine splashed, and his eyes were red

The next day, Cicero and Barsatus jointly announced that they would strengthen the deployment of Antony's expeditionary army, hoping that Antony could postpone his expedition to southern Gaul and wait for the arrival of the Spanish legions, so he asked the Senate to allocate two or three more legions to him.

On about the same day, Cicero also read out a letter from Dehemoth from Southern Gaul, in which he justified, "Since Antony can not respect Caesar's memorandum and the edict of the Senate, then I need not respect the resolution of the Tebrisian people's council—my sword slaves have formed a new legion, and now I have four legions in my hands, and I am ready to recruit a new army here in full arms, and if Antony comes, then come!" I've joined forces with Lybidaeus, and if he doesn't want to be slaughtered by the mutinous soldiers in the middle of the road, he'll continue to dream. (The novel "The Road to Augustus" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)