"Passion can make the military build great feats, but the difficulty is that this passion does not last." -- Militarist Jomini

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After a while, the three of them sent the sign to the table, that is, in front of Anthony, "Two to one, I'm going to Li Bida's side." Anthony said after reading it.

Curio suddenly understood everything, his ugly face distorted, and he rushed forward in anger, shouting at Wentitis, it was a bastard of Corsican origin, remembering in his heart that he was half a Sardinian, so he foolishly regarded himself as a descendant of Lypida, and then Curio's words became more aggressive, he directly scolded Wentitis as a "cheap Sardinian", and he valued his soul and loyalty even cheaper.

"Cheap Sardinians" is a Roman saying, and there is a variant, that is, "as cheap as Sardinia", when the Roman Republic conquered this huge island, sold everyone on the island into slavery, and for a time the slave market was overcrowded, and everyone was sold at a very low price, so there is this insulting saying.

These words made Anthony very angry, because Wentitis was his most trusted general, and he had always been particularly brave and experienced in battle, and his figure was also burly and tall, which was Anthony's favorite type, so he repeatedly said that Curio had lost his mind, so he asked Hu Cong to lead him out to calm down, "Marco, think about it!" Everyone has deceived you out of selfishness, and if you bow to Lybidaeus at this moment, then there will be no chance to turn over in the future. Curio was being "gifted out" while constantly shouting at Anthony.

Although the vote was decided. But Anthony was still worried. After a while he took two sips of his drink. Clearing his throat, he said directly to Leo, "What if your good friend Turinus sold me to your father in the blink of an eye, and my head would be sent back to Rome as a public enemy?" ”

"My father won't harm you, I'm here." Leo said sincerely.

Anthony nodded with emotion, and then continued. "I believe you're the bastard." Then he asked the clerk around him to immediately draft a reply letter to Octavian, saying that he was willing to join forces with him, but warned Octavian not to disobey Lypida, and to make this alliance involve everyone, in short, he was determined to continue speculation.

Because the distance between the two armies was not particularly far, when Octavian received the reply, it was only a daylight, and when he understood Antony's hint, he said to himself. "I'm going to make myself the protagonist of this alliance." Then he ordered all the cavalry captains to prepare their horses, and he was to go to the Rubicon himself. He went to meet his guardian and told all the Legion children to fight before, and on the other hand, he instructed him to tell him to take control of all the men and horses, and wait for the next news.

Octavian's request was to follow him with all the guards, as well as the authority and rod of the acting arch-counsel, as well as the standard-bearers and retained veterans of the six legions, and he kept thinking about words in his heart, how to give everyone a deep impression that he was the leader of this war, as long as he gave Li Bida and Panza "dismounted" in the scene and style, then it would be fine, after all, I am the "Young Caesar", and I am the banner and benchmark of Julius's family business.

At dusk, on the banks of the Rubicon at sunset, Agrippa and the others finally discovered the camp of the three legions, and Octavian then ordered all the guards and guards of honor to line up, and then asked the two cavalry captains to send a message, "Caesar the Young asked the two consuls to come across the river to meet and discuss the whole of the republic. ”

But after a while, only Panza came on horseback and waded through the water, and after he had made a friend salute to Octavian, he took the edict of the Senate under Cicero's auspices.

As a result, Octavian almost vomited blood and collapsed, it turned out that he was desperately busy for a long time, and when it came to Cicero's mouth, he could only share the sacrifice of thanksgiving with Panza and Dehemoth, and Dehemoth turned upside down, and saved his life, power, and army, while he himself was nothing, and when he returned to Rome in the future, he would have to start as an ordinary lawyer, and he would have to suffer contemptuous comments from many people who "only relied on the protection of his adoptive father and guardian father-in-law", and perhaps he would be able to run for consulship after ten years or so, because Cicero had promised him, He could have run ten years in advance, but by then he would have become a canary in a cage. More importantly, the Senate did not reward the Sixth Legion and the Twelfth Legion at all, what did he use to entrap these two legions? Immediately, they will leave themselves without hindrance or nostalgia and throw themselves into the arms of their original owners.

In the night breeze, Octavian held back again, he told himself to be calm and not to be impulsive, and then he put down his shelf, smiled and asked Panza where his guardian and father-in-law were, and if it was because he was too busy with military affairs to come out to see him, "It's okay, I was looking for a ferry, and I will cross the river to pay homage to him soon." ”

Octavian called out his "father-in-law" very closely, but Panza regretfully replied that the consul Lybidaeus had ridden out of the camp with his guards two days earlier.

"Where?"

"I have gone to Antony's camp," said Panza, in a mysterious tone, "and now he must have arrived, and his horse is very fast—you know, Caesar's party must not fall apart any longer, but must put aside their grievances and go hand in hand, and Lybidaeus has told me to tell you, and he will come to you in no moment." ”

At this point, Octavian's eyes were almost black, and he immediately fell into the saddle as if he were seriously ill.

The initiative of the whole situation was easily and completely taken away, and the young Caesar could only be respectfully "dried" by the Rubicon.

And in Antony's camp, there was a lot of people, many soldiers were holding wooden fences, some like monkeys climbed up the tower, they saw that in front of the main gate of the camp, Li Bida led twenty servants and guards, on the left was Paruma, on the right was Junisonvier, and in front of him was Arp on foot, standing there, holding a horsewhip, shouting to everyone, "In my capacity as consul and high priest of the Republic, I have come to unify Caesar's party, and to remove Antony and Gaius from being public enemies, as long as Antony agrees, of course, You are no longer public enemies. ”

After a while, Anthony burst into tears, and walked out amid the cheers of the officers and soldiers, and this time he knelt in front of Li Bida again, but from the heart: sure enough, Leo was right, Li Bida still cared about his friendship with him, and forgave him and his family for the second time.

Behind Anthony was Leo, dressed in the red cloak of the Military Tribune, who slowly straightened forward and stood sideways, saluting his father and Paruma, "Father, brother. ”

Paruma rolled off the saddle and limped forward, hugging Leo. (To be continued......)