Chapter 32 Africa (Part 2)
In terms of salary, Li Bida did a completely different job than Caesar. The dictator liked to make some boastful but erratic promises when he was encouraging morale before the war. Sometimes the amount was scary. But on the other hand, Li Bida had already built a retired resettlement area on Sardinia, and the number of auxiliary soldiers was not sufficient every time he paid the salary. That is to say, the vault of the Soldiers Committee forced about 30%. Even though many soldiers protested many times, Li Bida still did his own thing, "The auxiliary soldiers should have no military salary!" This was his weapon of killing the soldiers.
Of course, 30% of the deductions were not enough for Li Bida. Instead, as in the present era, he allocated them to Joseph's Jewish Chamber of Commerce in "transferring accounts" (this virtual transaction was very common in the ancient Roman era) to proliferate. In the future, when soldiers were discharged from the army, they would act as the cost of resettlement and pension. This risk would be much more stable than Caesar's subordinates.
Cyrenaga and Carthage opposite were like two horns that were opposite each other, with the concave Libyan coast in the middle. Since they were not heading directly from Sicily, there was no reason for Libida to go directly to the other side of the horn, not to mention that there was Curio, who hated the most and hated him the most, where the "Old Camp of Gornalius" (the camp when Scipio attacked Carthage).
According to the information sent by Libida, Rabinus and Lelias, who had been defeated from Cokura City, took out the "Laloconia" Legion (the first legion of the Macedonian province) and were stationed in Zeta, deep in the Libyan coast. It is said that they also received cavalry reinforcements from Juba, the king of Numidia. In addition, there was a fleet anchored on Kerki Island. It seemed that Pompey was prepared for his appearance, and specifically asked Rabinus to intercept himself in the Zeta area.
In addition, Pompeii himself, along with generals such as Toulas, Aphranius, personally commanded four legions, and tens of thousands of auxiliary troops recruited from Afilica, including the Numidian Javeliners, Mauritanian cavalry, and hundreds of giant war elephants, confronting Curio, who was on the shore of Shanghai with the city of Utica as the center.
"We have the advantage of naval power. Then we go ashore in the area of Leptis and establish a stable base, and then conduct a tentative attack on the troops of Rabinus in the inland. Don't be afraid. You should know that Leptis is 300 Romari away from the city of Utica where Pompei is located. It is difficult for Pompei's main force to appear in front of our army. In addition, the wheat in Cyrene is ripe this year, so we don't have to worry about logistics issues at all." Li Bida said this with confidence.
Then, the entire city of Cyrenaga flew around. On the large warehouse block, slaves and hired workers were carrying food endlessly. The fleets sailing out of Qi'o Island were paddling together. They headed to the larger docks in the new city to load supplies. Tobias, who was in charge of horse politics, added many strong horses to the army. Li Bida's fleet not only had Macmillan's Purple Sail Fleet, but also got the fleets of Hitius, Aidangis and Gable. In terms of quantity and military preparation, he no longer cared about Pompei's maritime power.
During this period, Li Bida personally transferred to Qi'o Island to supervise the dispatch of materials and ships. Soon he received a letter from Adianna. In the letter, the queen rarely admits her mistakes humbly. She confessed that she had misunderstandings about the bi-eared pots because of her jealousy. But she hopes that it will not affect his love for her. "In addition, I am completely grateful for your treatment of the Pharaoh's daughter. Caesar has no children. According to the secret will you say, his first heir is Tuli.
Nuss, the second heir is Dihemoth, you are not sure, it may be Anthony, right? Even with the character of your friend, he might think that the first or second heir is himself. Now you are the guardian of Turinus, so if Cleopatra gave birth to a real son for Caesar, the child might replace Anthony in the future and become the third heir, and you will naturally become the guardian of this child. What kind of power is more secure than this?"
Then, under the sheepskin letter roll, there were some tulip petals, which still had a fragrant smell. Li Bida smiled and placed the petals in the sunlight under the windowsill, carefully examining and appreciating.
At this time, Sabo suddenly broke in and said that his detailed work had the latest information: Pompei's father-in-law Scipio suddenly appeared on the coast of Leptis. Because the general was too disturbed, he could be sure that the news was true.
"I should have thought of it long ago. Septimius said before that this long-legged general was imprisoned in the cell of the Royal Palace of Ebos, right next to him, but after we captured Alexander, we never found his trace. It seems that he had asked him to run away. However, this is good, let him continue to cheat his teammates." Li Bida thought for a while and said this.
On the coast of Libya, Rabinus appeared in front of the gate of Leptis with a blue face and a team of Mauritanian cavalry. Because General Scipio, as soon as he boarded the dock of the city alone in a broken shrimp boat, he said arrogantly to the garrison commander Condisius, to come to see me.
After Condisius was in front of the city gate, he greeted Rabinus and then walked towards the general's temporary residence. At this moment, the garrison commander whispered to Rabinus, "When you meet the great father-in-law immediately (this is the new nickname given to Scipio in the army, to tease him), you have to be careful."
When Rabinus asked what to be careful, the garrison commander looked a little difficult to say, only reminding him that "after the great father-in-law escaped from death in Egypt, it seemed that his personality had changed a lot."
As a result, when he just walked to the door of Scipio's mansion, Rabinus seemed to understand something - in the vestibule reservoir, several huge crocodiles opened their bloody mouths to the guests, and several terrified slaves used long poles to hide far away, constantly slapped and restrained these scabies.
Chapter completed!