"Plato talks about only four ways of flattering people, but she has thousands of ways." - Plutak commented on the Egyptian Queen

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"I am determined to win? Is it three years later, five years later, or ten years later?" Li Bida let go of his arms and said sarcastically.

Kassiyo changed the topic awkwardly and said that I had two other deputy generals who had not introduced you. Unexpectedly, Li Bida could tell at a glance that one of them was Terry Ali, the commander of the Eighth Legion who lost the Eagle Banner in the Mitradati War. Unexpectedly, this guy was so down and too late to be the deputy general for Kassiyo, but Li Bida still greeted him very politely.

Triali changed the arrogance of seeing Li Bida before, or he had forgotten this person at all, and only saw the commander-in-chief of the Restoration Army in front of him, and excitedly held his hand, talking about how he was from the Civilian Party, how he was close to Caesar, and how he wanted to be cared for by the Commander-in-Chief. He said many words that were overshadowed until Casio became impatient, "Okay, you must know that the one who continued to give you food was General Gneus Pompeii and Governor Gebinus."

This was very direct. Terry Ali seemed to have burped all over, and then stood beside him, clamping his head and started silently.

Then, on the left side of Kasio, a capable man in his early thirties, was named Maximus, who was also Pompeii's old subordinate. "When the great Pompeii wiped out the Mediterranean pirates, Maximus served as the naval frontman many times and had extremely rich experience in naval battles. After the war ended, my dear Maximus was ready to return to Rome to serve as a civilian official." Kasio was particularly enthusiastic about this person.

Maximus was serious and just saluted Li Bida.

In a brief introduction moment, Li Bida quickly made a meticulous analysis. In addition, Casio, Terry Ali is a fence-bearer. He must have spent a lot of money to take advantage of Pompei and Gabinus and become the deputy general of the navy. However, his position is still pro-Caesar, and he was also the support of the civilian party. He became the commander of the legion in the East, but this guy's incompetence has been angered by both the human and the gods. Finally, he got a decent retirement, but he is still unscathed. Such a person is a fence-bearer at all, and can be used as a mess stick. Maximus is obviously the deputy general who is highly relied on by Kasio. This man is still loyal to Pompei or bewitched by the republican Xiao Katu. You should know that Xiao Katu has strong brainwashing ability to use family precepts, ancient style, honors, and honors.

The fleet commanded by Kasio was actually a combination of the Ravenna Navy and the Yadjerdina Navy. It was also one of the few permanent naval forces in the Republic. He was the commander of the Illyria Province. Later, Caesar served as the governor of Gaul, and because of the political division factors, he went to Gaul to join the army. However, after the outbreak of the Egyptian War, Pompey passed through the Senate, claiming that Caesar's war did not require a fleet, so Casio should be sent to Cyprus and Egypt, so he followed Gabinus.

But in terms of command, he was still Caesar's subordinate.

So, Li Bida opened the skylight and said, "How do you calculate the command of your fleet?"

"As the Governor General Gabinus." Kasio answered very quickly.

"No, where did the Roman fleet come from Cyprus? Your troops are from the province of Illyria and were temporarily sent here, so Julius Caesar is the highest superior. In addition, according to the Roman military rules, the navy must be subordinate to the legion. So, according to the current situation, am I the supreme commander of this fleet? Because I am the commander-in-chief of the Thirteenth and Twelfth Legions of Illyria."

"Your ability to add a title to yourself is getting stronger and stronger," Casio sarcastically said, "but there is no need to argue about these things. You cannot command even a Librna on the sea (Roman's name for a single ship, and a Librna is a combat body), so it's OK - let's talk about the conditions, and you also know that I came here to reinforce you thousands of miles away, and I will definitely not be able to do anything good."

"After the price of the trophy, you three and I seven." Li Bida calculated very quickly.

"Oh, no, no, it's too low, it's still a 50% stake."

"Little Gatu has no money at all?" Li Bida grinned, "Pompey's old subordinates are here too. Okay, in order to take care of Terry Ali and General Maximus, I can consider splitting the money by 50% but 20% must be given to these two generals." This move is very beautiful, and Li Bida can see tears flashing in Terry Ali's eyes.

After the conditions were negotiated, Kasio began to joke, saying that he could hardly wait to fight the Egyptian fleet.

The joke came true, and a squadron of Egypt came to fight the next day.

This squadron should have investigated the details of Libida's army in advance, but its tragedy lies in the investigation clearly - it was thought that Libida's fleet only had civil and commercial ships, and excluded the recent powerful joint fleet of Kasio from intelligence. As a result, suddenly faced the Romans' twenty three-row row battleships, fifty double-row Librner shooting swords, and nearly a hundred single-row light attack ships, and were stunned.

"Kasiyo and Maximus are indeed masters in commanding naval battles." Li Bida, who was watching the battle from the tent, exclaimed sincerely, "Maybe in commanding naval battles, generals need more skills and luck than on land, and soldiers also need more courage and patience."

It is easy to distinguish between the Roman navy and the Egyptian navy. The former stipulates that the sails, sailors' clothes and hull are painted in sea blue, which is easy to disguise. The latter is unified in white, which is easy to be eye-catching and powerful. However, this time the Egyptian navy obviously failed to achieve the same combat effect as painted. Kasio strictly protected the three rowing boats of the ejected ships through a very complex flag-language command system, and continuously fired rockets and stone bombs on Egyptian ships. Many Egyptian ships in the forefront were beaten to escape. Then Librner, who had a single row of oars, formed a long roundabout formation, cut from his right wing, and surrounded most of the Egyptian fleets.

Each of these small Librnas was on the open deck, with twenty or thirty soldiers holding sharp swords. After using the "crow" to board the other's ships flexibly and fiercely, these soldiers radiated smoke and crossed the suspension bridges on the sea, and fought hand-to-hand with the enemies on the opposite side, and people kept falling into the water. Now the Romans' ability to control ships was no longer comparable to the awkwardness of the Punic Wars. Most of the helmsmen (most of them were at the stern, relying on a pair of shorter round paddles to control the direction of the ship) could easily turn. In conjunction with the crows' drop and collecting, after hunting a ship, they quickly turned to the next one.
Chapter completed!