Chapter 8 The River of Blood (1)
"Great people, whether they do good or bad things, will go to extremes." - Plato
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It is said that in real history, when Caesar crossed the Rubicon River, he once said the bold saying "the dice has been thrown", but Li Bida had never heard of it at all. Perhaps this was a literary writer in later generations, who would have an artistic depiction of this mental state at that time!
Caesar does have the character of a gambler, but who do not have such a character in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad? He is fond of profit and spends a lot of money, but in secret he always has a clear goal process for the career he is planning.
Therefore, after announcing the decision, he immediately summoned all the capable generals and then asked Li Bida to make overall strategic plans for everyone.
Li Bida stood in the center of everyone, took a deep breath, raised the gilded baton, and began to point at the sand table: "Our purpose is to completely defeat Pompei and his ten legions!"
This appetite made many commanders look at each other. At this time, in the hearts of the Romans, Pompei was still an undefeated hero. Not to mention foreign countries, he and his elite army, even other legions in their own country, could hardly be said to be able to beat. Even the top main force under Caesar, the 10th Legion of Gaul "Bacchus", was said to have been eliminated by Pompei in the East back then, and was the "scrap" in his eyes.
Now Caesar's assistant is going to eat Pompei's ten legions.
"Yes, I know you have questions. You always care about the difference between service age and combat experience. Pompei's army has experienced oceans, deserts, wilderness, and fighting with all kinds of countries and kings. His centurions are better, whether in terms of courage or experience. So I also admit that if twenty legions follow the marching route, follow the date of the decisive battle, and divide face to face into three wings on a certain plain, and fight against male and female, maybe we may lose 70%. But we have to consider it from a global perspective-so!" Li Bida took the baton back and forth on the sand table several times. "Pompei now
The situation is very similar to a boxer with arms stretched out. He has six legions in Spain, Lusitania, and three legions in Macedonia. But in the center, Italy, which is separated from these two places by a vast ocean, only one legion and one legion! Therefore, we are absolutely dominant in this regard, because all ten legions are in Gaul, and we can concentrate our troops. My policy is to go south quickly and eat this legion first, which is the most elite Spanish First Legion under his jurisdiction. As long as the eagle mark of this legion and the first team of the first team are seized, then all the soldiers will believe that Pompei will be defeated."
"You are going to use a few legions, Libidaus, the general of the vanguard." At this moment, Caesar was very interested in making the final decision, which was equivalent to handing over the vanguard mission of Italy to him.
"I only need the 12th and 13th legions, and they are all equipped with auxiliary cavalry." As soon as Li Bida said this, there was another commotion. Even Caesar was full of surprise. Originally, he thought that if he swept across Italy, he would have to use at least six to seven legions, leaving three legions to guard Gaul to prevent Spanish Pompei's army from attacking. But Li Bida now only needs two auxiliary legions.
"These two legions are on the main front line, running through the entire Italy and capturing the Port of Brindisi. Then the 15th and 16th legions (Serapis and Cyrenees) cooperate to take a detachment line, seize Sardinia before Pompei's subordinates, and cut off the sea route between him and Spain; the 11th legions rushed to Illyria and tried their best to block the possible land reinforcements in Pompei's Macedonia province. The 14th legions stayed in Milan and strived to recruit twenty to thirty auxiliary troops in a short time to form two new force corpses, prepare to replace them, continue to attack Sicily and Afriga, without giving the enemy a chance to breathe; the 7th legions remained in the Gaul colony, the three main legions of the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth legions, quickly cut into the Pyrenees and Marcelia, and strive to block Pompei's Spanish army."
"The sea route between Dikhaqiang and Brindisi is short and fast. How can we stop Pompei's Greek and Eastern reinforcements and come to support him?" Caesar was still skeptical about the two auxiliary troops breaking through Italy.
"As long as you can personally command our four southward corps and gain speed, I believe this is not a particularly difficult thing. Pompey's only troops at hand will be difficult to confront us head-on. The fleet in Cyrenega will attack in time, cut off the waterways in Brindisi, and encircle Pompey!"
In the end, the plan to hold Pompei's fists first and then kick him in the abdomen was finalized.
The next day, the entire camp soldier spent the New Year in the camp. Then, after the third one after the New Year, after the sacrifice of the gods, Caesar rode a white horse. I don’t know how many times it was to come to the Rubicon River. Although the black rain clouds had dissipated, the river and the weeds on the land along the edge were covered with white frost. After all, it was the middle of winter. There was no sunshine all over the sky, and there were only some unknown birds flying lowly at the foot of the chaotic mountain.
Caesar looked at the river that could be hiked again, "Then let's go over it. I want to communicate with the city of Rome in person, instead of being separated from this small river, just like asking her personally, my mother, Rome, is my behavior right or wrong." Yes, Caesar has never been afraid of heaven and earth. The fear of civil war has been felt since childhood. It only takes one tenth of the daytime to walk from the Subra District to the Grand Square. I saw the hero I admire most in my heart, how my uncle Mallor killed people, a thousand elders and knights, after he underestimated the declaration of a public enemy, all the heads fell to the ground, how many
The heads were piled under the bronze bow podium, densely packed, like the eighth hill in Rome. At that time, I was still laughing and forcibly indifferent. I stood in front of the head mountain, looking at the various expressions on the faces of the deceased, some closed eyes, some twisted and hideous, some painful and uneasy, and some strange slackness. Blood kept flowing, like the river in front of me, and then there was the revenge after Sula entered the city, or murder, or the head piled around the podium, and the family and slaves of the deceased were wailing, holding their heads and kneeling everywhere. The only difference was that the number of deceased was larger.
It was a little different. At that time, because I married Qin Na's daughter, I was also on Sula's list of arrests and began to take my wife to the world.
Chapter completed!