"When the young man (Sparta) was walking along the street, he put his hands into his cloak, never looking around, just staring at the road with humility..." - Xenophon

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After hearing this, although Surpisius was still unwilling to admit the changes in the current situation, his confidence was obviously greatly shaken. Li Bida naturally had no intention of asking him to say something, but just said goodbye to him politely and said that he was about to recruit a new legion in Sardinia. The military operation was really busy. As for you, I will arrange a manpower to send you out of the island immediately.

"Of course, it is your freedom to return to Rome or go to Brindisi to join Pompei." This statement seems generous, but in fact it fully expresses Li Bida's contempt for the former consul.

A few days later, on the altar built in Laconia New City, after the sacrifice was completed, Li Bida and the generals stood on it. On the ring school ground below, a grand military parade was being held. Thousands of young people from Laconia were filled with anger and high spirits. They applied ointment oil to themselves in the gymnasium next to the square, and then wore short shirts to reveal their toned muscles and skin color. They were bustling, all surrounded by the aisle of the school grounds to watch General Li Bida's raised grandson, the army's army was growing before going to war.

The first ones to appear were the scrambled light chariots and the Mathian cavalry. They were racing on the circular track and competing with each other. Many Mathians were still making various moves of climbing and moving on their naked horses, and could even stand on the saddle and wave long spears, or jump from one horse to another. With the thunderous cheers, the driver of the chariot also tightened his nerves to the extreme. He flexibly drove the vehicles with sickles in circles and circles inward, and the sound of the whip rhythmically rose and waves.

Next were the chief brigades of two legions. They imitated the Rome Sali Priests' regiment and crafted a marching dance with gorgeously decorated swords and shields. After hitting the shield with swords and making drum-like sounds, they sang in unison and leaped forward with their dance steps. They made various assassinations. Fortunately, many of the 15th legions were dark-skinned Nubians, who were trained to receive dance music and made extremely rapid progress.

Then the team of the Gaul cavalrymen did not show their superb single-riding combat skills like the Mathians, but instead they were distinctively armored and formed in a clean formation. Then, the dark-skinned archers lined up in a horizontal line, shooting arrows with whistles on the shooting range like rainstorms, begging for the gods to protect the entire city.

Finally, Li Bida, wearing a white robe, whispered to all the young people on the island who came to watch: "Dear young men. Whether you are from the arena of the city or the wheat fields in the countryside, you have to look out of this magnificent new city now. There are young and slim girls from all directions. So what are you waiting for? Are you waiting for my subordinates to take them away? Come on, sacrifice sweat and courage to

His Highness Numa, thanks him for formulating the great traditional rules that have been passed down to this day in the country." Thousands of young men from Laconia, most of the sons of veterans, raised their hands and cheered loudly, treating this inspection as a Greek Olympic Games, poured into the sandy ground in the center of the school ground, and struck with each other to wrestle and show their courage and skills. Many of them were sweating profusely and vowed not to give up until they were exhausted.

The lively atmosphere lasted until midnight, and Li Bida took out a full thirty tarantes and invited all the soldiers and young people to hold a sumptuous public banquet in the place in front of the temple. Then, Li Bida promised, "To copy the prosperity of the city of Rome to this new city, from then on, the grand sword fighting and carriage competition will not be interrupted for seven days, and there will be free wine, bread and dried fruits in unlimited supply. I want to copy the city of Laconia into a real small capital."

This extravagance is extremely effective, that is, the reputation of the "Libida Family" was resurrected and revitalized on Sardinia. Just like the Pompei family was at its peak in central Italy, there were more than 3,000 New City youths in a short period of time, and 700 experienced veterans were taken away. Soon Caesar's number was also sent. This time, this person was quite conscientious and gave Libida a regular legion number, which filled the gap of the "Sixth Legion of the Gaul Provincial". It turned out that this number was actually from the First Legion of the Spanish Provincial Legion sent by Pompei.

Later, Libida recruited auxiliary teams from the poor liberated slaves and the people, distributed the weapons sent by Etrus to them, and added the strength of the six legions. Then, in personnel affairs, General Angandinus was appointed as the commander of the legion and Bagules was appointed as the chief centurion. As for Paulus, together with Petternius, he served as the deputy general of Libida and also as the financial officer of Sardinia.

Just as they were ready to go ashore in Liguria, and then cross the Alps channel to attack Marcelia, Libida received a letter from Portia, "I know that if this war was Pompey heading north and Caesar escaped to the depths of Gaul, if Porti and the children lived in a city under the iron hoof of the hostile army--I'm sorry, I lost the ability to speak wisely and politely in my grief, but I still learned that my father did not go to Sicily, but went to Marcelia alone. I asked from many sources and immediately took charge of the attack on the city.

The marquis is you, so many words are hard to say, and with your intelligence, it is not difficult to guess, but I still want to express that I do not want my father to send back his residence in Roman City to become his relic. My Brutu also suffered a mutiny in Syria, and life and death are still unknown. What can I do, what can a woman do? I am at the desk every day, listening to the crying of my mother and sisters, and constantly forcing myself to uphold the strong qualities of Roman women. I don’t even dare to do the crying behavior. My mind is very confused now..."

Did Katu go to Marcelia?

Although the information was clear, I felt uncomfortable when I received this letter from Portia, but Caesar's urging became more and more urgent. Relying on Li Bida's judgment on the current situation, Pompey would definitely not stick to Brindisi for too long. He only had one legion, facing Caesar's five or six legions, and Curio's men were also actively advancing towards Sicily. If Pompey hesitated, he would be surrounded to death.
Chapter completed!