Chapter 7 Loyalty and Betrayal (Part 2)
"That's true, so Caesar distributed more of the voting rights of Tebris to the communes of the alien race. Look at me, and now he has become the governor and even the commander of the cavalry through his familiarity with Roman society?" Li Bida said to Vichentoli in a slightly drunk tone, and then the remnants of his eyes kept testing the other party's reaction.
"Yes, your success will give me more inspiration, adoptive father." Vichintoli said the following words, which temporarily left Li Bida without any trace.
In this suspicious atmosphere, the ready-made Caesar fleet lifted its sail towards Air Afilica within the prescribed time.
As a result, as soon as he arrived at the city of Leptis, Caesar started a fire, saying that some military officials did not care about the soldiers' sorrows and dared to use ships directly to ship their own private goods, and asked all officers of the legion to gather together, and he wanted to personally show punishment in front of the entire army.
Avenus and Vonteuth were shocked, because they soon knew that Caesar was just for them, and the troops of the 10th Legion were still on the sea. They were responsible for transporting materials and opening up camp first, and followed the others to cross the sea. Although they felt that the anger of the former dictator was definitely related to last year's mutiny, they still gritted their teeth and walked to the temple square in Leptis, where all the guardians and centurions of the legions stood.
Previously, the two had sent an order to Li Bida to inquire about the situation and asked him to testify, but the Chief Executive of the Executive Yuan told him that Li Bida had returned to Brindisi again in a boat to dispatch the second wave of troops to cross the sea.
In front of the altar of the temple, Caesar's anger was like thunder. "A very shameful act occurred in our fleet. You must know that the number of ships in our fleet is very limited, and they will also encounter enemy attacks and arson on the sea. Therefore, I have repeatedly emphasized that each ship can only be used to carry armed soldiers, so that every precious ship can be protected. But a military guardian of the Tenth Legion. When the citizens elected him and went to Africa to rescue his compatriots under the enslavement of Pompei's party, he used a ship specifically to transport his own military slaves, luggage, mounts and goods. Avenus, and Vonteuth!" To most people's expectations, Caesar's public name was merciless, which was extremely rare in the past.
The two civil guards of the 10th Legion did not look too surprised, walked out of the queue and stood under Caesar's forum. They lowered their heads, and did not argue or beg for mercy. The two believed that they had always been diligent in their work during their service in the Legion and had never abandoned their responsibilities on the battlefield. Since the former dictator and old superiors came to find a reason to punish them because of some public or private grudges, they would accept it calmly.
After scanning the two, Caesar's tone became soothing and sad, "I have always forgiven some people who want to act recklessly, hoping that they will sooner or later realize my gentleness and the overall interests of the Republic. But they have never restricted the inspection. When the Republic needs soldiers the most, they incited mutiny to make the commander useless. Now they use ships to transport private goods, and you have abandoned shame and oaths. Avenus, you once played the role of mastermind in the mutiny, right? Fonteuz, you have incited veterans to rob the towns of Campenia, right?"
"Yes, I also saved a whole wing of cavalry in the Battle of Tihon Mountain, and for this I also won the Citizen's crown," said Avenus.
"I have eaten tree roots and fennel seeds in the Cokula Mountains, and I have never abandoned my position. However, these words are not begging for mercy now, because sooner or later the punishment will be imposed on us. After we jointly handed over the board," Vonteuz finished speaking, and automatically pulled off the gold chain, cloak, helmet, Amira and other things, and arranged them in front of Caesar.
"Avenus, Vonteuz, the civil guards of you two legions, you must know that you have the status and achievements now, not because you have any outstanding features, but all of them are from the promotion and grace of Caesar. But your performance is that you are not brave on the battlefield and are not loyal in peace. I will now order that Avenus will be dismissed from his military post and will not be honored to retire, but the land of Campenia will be retained and the retirement money will be deprived of half of the retirement money will be deprived of half of the land of the campenia.
;Fonteuz, dismissed his post in the 10th Legion and was appointed as the leader of the Orleans City Colonial Corps. You must board the ship and leave my camp today. Each person only retains one military slave and can only carry private items. There are also several centurions involved in the chaos, who are still training and replenishing the team in Napole, and will deal with it when they arrive at Africa!" After saying that, Caesar did not look at anyone and walked down the temple altar.
The two military civilian officials also left the crowd silently and received the punishment they deserved, but when they walked to the main entrance of the camp, a teenager wearing a Jewish hat intercepted them, saying that General Libidaus was uneasy because he had concealed the facts, but he was unable to change the disposal orders of the dictator, so I let me stay here, ask the two experienced commanders to temporarily endure the arrangement of fate, and then send 5,000 dinar silver coins to each as a settlement fee. When the time is ripe, he will use his power to re-activate the two.
As a result, Avenus and Vonteuth were filled with tears and asked Matthiasto to remind the general not to forget their promise today. They were willing to give their double loyalty to Caesar and serve Libidaus.
Next, Caesar, who focused on the battlefield situation, discovered that in the two or three months apart, Pompei, who defeated Curio, quickly took action. Not only did he basically restore the situation around Utica, but he also integrated his war zone with the Rabinus war zone. Then, Pompei was in charge of Utica and appointed his two sons and fleets to capture the Balearic Islands in the Spanish Sea. His father-in-law Scipio met with King Juba and brought all the cavalry and infantry from Numidia to press down on the coast of Libya. Some towns that had originally surrendered to Libida before surrendering to Pompei's army.
In short, Scipio and King Juba have approached Hadrumom, and Rabinus and Condisius in Zeta also acted quickly and began to go north to cooperate with Scipio's offensive. The Pompei fleet on Kerki Island also rampaged the sea and strangled Caesar's sea line. After the victory, the enemy had recovered their confidence and fighting spirit, gave up the act of shattering each other, and began to focus on dealing with Caesar.
"Build two walls, one from my camp to Hadrumum and one from Leptis," Caesar ordered.
Chapter completed!