"They are very loyal to their masters, but if they are slightly angered by them, they will rebel." - William of Malmesbury's comment on the Norman Knights

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"Are you still allowed to sleep?" Li Bida lay on the couch with dark circles. The doctor next to him offered not medicine and bandages, but wine and massa. The commander of the Legion complained to his confidant while eating and drinking.

When others congratulate the commander on his outstanding performance, only Pope scratched his head and kept muttering that something was wrong. Li Bida was a little annoyed and asked his engineering battalion officer what was wrong? Pope thought for a long time before suddenly saying, for the legitimacy of this war, Commander, you pretended to be life and death, which really inspired the spirit of the legislature and left the Senate speechless. He had to approve the governor's request for war, but your situation would be written as Akuta, and people in the city of Rome would see it.

Li Bida was sweating all over his cold sweat at this time. This is not to say that Portie would see it too!

"Hey, I'm still in a situation where my life and death are uncertain. I don't have to go on the field when fighting against the German barbarians right away, right?" Li Bida jumped up from his couch, "The war is imminent, and the Governor has already ordered the ban on the camp. Whoever you are in the camp tent is in my place? I will give up the 'treatment' and take the Governor's recruitment funds to go to Etruscan and Rome to recruit veterans first, and then recruit new recruits in Milan and Illyria. By the way, I will go home and say that I am actually safe, otherwise Porti and the children will panic when they see Akuta!"

"Since it's already a barracks, you have to stay in the camp." At this time, Rabinus unfolded the curtain and walked in. "If you leave your post without authorization, the 12th Legion will not be able to rely on your chief centurion to do so. Caesar attaches great importance to the combat effectiveness of the Vibichinas cavalry you had just conquered, because the Germanic cavalry was first-class."

"But......"

"Listen. It's nothing, but I will send a famous messenger to Rome to explain clearly what you are worried about." After Rabinus said that, he nodded at Li Bida.

"But I'm still alive and dead!"

"Your Excellency the Governor will sacrifice you in front of the statue of Venus, and your soldiers will pray in front of the statue of King Numa, and you will be 'well' immediately." Rabinus's tone still had no room for negotiation.

In this way, Li Bida's "treatment" ended on the third day. He tried to make his face pale, wrapped in clothes and rode an owl, and smiled and weakly inspected his twelve legions. All the centurions and soldiers cheered in tears. They did not want their commander to die like this. I heard that His Excellency Caesar had found the best doctor. Yesterday, the gangs of the Legion asked the Soldiers Committee to purchase ten strong cows in the Besanson and Santoni areas of Gaul, and all of them were slaughtered and sacrificed to protect the commander's "injury". Now Caesar instructed Li Bida to appear in time so that the best encouragement effect could be achieved on the soldiers' momentum.

"How is it possible for those barbarians to take me away from you? You still have to follow me. Conquering the entire Renus River area, you have only half completed the retirement resettlement area in Sardinia, but I have to confess that the funds are already tight, so you have to fight bravely to make your cemeteries and apartments settled."

The soldiers of the 12th Legion immediately burst into laughter.

Then Li Bida said, "I already know the behavior of each brigade. Each brigade sacrificed a cow. So when I was seriously injured, I saw a shadow in a daze and stood at the head of my bed. Although I was in a coma and could not see the other person's appearance, my heart was as thorough as a spring, and that was the Lord Numa, the protector of my family. He said to me with a majestic voice, No, this sound was not transmitted to my ears, but to my heart. He said--If you ask the soldiers to sacrifice to me, I will give it back to you with divine power."

"Divine power, divine power!" Not only were the soldiers of the 12th Legion, but even the cavalry of Vibichinas who had just surrendered became inexplicably furious. Their clan chief told that the gods were indeed standing on the side of the Romans. That day the commander was attacked by the Germans. The spear was stabbed so deeply that I think even the best witch doctor could not save it. Unexpectedly, he was immediately blessed by the ancient Roman king Yingling, and came to read the troops on the third day.

Sacrifice a miracle!

Then, Sabo Kemus, who looked disdainful (because Sabo is an Epicurian believer and has always been cautious about false superstitions), began to register the entire legion's personnel and service list in detail with the clerk. Because Li Bida had already ordered how to fight against the Germans immediately, he would immediately continue to observe the opponent's tactics and find a way to specifically fight against the Germans. So Sabo had to worry about this matter. He had to carefully understand all aspects of the legion: the infantry and 100-man team to the brigade, the newly affiliated cavalry brigade dominated by the Vibichinas, and the corps and baggage team. How to match the tactics and how to carry out the exercises, Sabo sighed, and then worked vigorously.

At this time, when Libida entered, Alio Vistas' envoy was standing there with a very embarrassed expression, and he was still explaining the matter on the mound in a humble manner, saying that this was a misunderstanding and could be solved completely. Moreover, some of the king's words before were also angry and uneasy words, "As long as we can maintain a peaceful relationship with the Republic, we are willing to offer another gift from His Excellency the Governor General 800 Tarante."

"What nonsense!" Caesar's expression was very stern. First, the envoy actually said "promoting again", which made me seem to have received a large amount of bribes before; second, some misunderstandings need to be resolved. Can I tell you that the team of Germanic cavalry was pretended to be a Vibichinas from the 12th Legion who threw stones at us?

Next, Caesar severely denied all the requests of the envoy, and said that what he should have said had been finished in the previous peace talks, and now he would either do as he did or start a war. As a result, the envoy was still silly and humble, and Li Bida saw it quietly.

After the envoy was finally expelled, the other generals and masters laughed and said that the soldiers could see the so-called ugly appearance of the Germans. They only had a terrifying physique, but were so timid that under such circumstances, our army, who is now full of morale and blessed by God, will win.
Chapter completed!