Chapter 7 Loyalty and Betrayal (2)
Not only that, Li Bida's "Three Roads" transportation network has been completed at least around Leptis, and the forage and grain in the granary can support the army to fight for a month.<><>The novel Caesar was very satisfied and called Anthony, the other party was always sticking to the city defense post after Caesar arrived, hoping to get Caesar's appreciation again with this behavior. Now his goal has been achieved.
"Curio's four legions were all destroyed, and his whereabouts were unknown." This was the first sentence when Caesar saw Anthony.
Anthony did not have any ups and downs. It seemed that he had been intimate with Curio before, and now he was very indifferent. Then he said that the battle is at its most difficult stage and he is honored to fight side by side with His Excellency the dictator.
Caesar nodded and expressed his approval, and then he said to Anthony, "Marco, you are now the most powerful and brave and brave adult among the relatives of the Julius family. I have high hopes for you. Although you have defects, who can be without defects? The gods will not give all the beauty to the same person, so I still repay your previous loyalty - I confiscated Pompei's luxury residence, which was originally built by the mother of the Gragu brothers, also known as the noble lady of Gornalia. Later, my uncle, Mallor, bought for 100,000 dinars, and then by Pompei for 2 million dinars - it is yours now, but don't forget that half of the payment was paid for you by Li Bida, and you must be grateful for his friendship."
What? Li Bida actually gave him this great gift without realizing it. Anthony's heart suddenly felt a warm feeling. It seemed that the most difficult and critical moment was still the one who could rely on him. He also owe him a great favor.
"Not only that, Li Bida also reached an agreement with his widow Claudiya, his widow Claudiya. Since Curio is already unknown, his engagement with Claudi's widow Frevia will be automatically terminated - Marco, you can go back to marry Frevia after the war in Afilica, but Li Bida and I will not sponsor what you need for your wedding. You will pay for the spoils of war in the war." Caesar smiled and asked Anthony in an inadvertent tone, "On weekdays, you have such a good relationship with Li Bida. Have he ever said he would help you? In addition to money."
Now, Anthony, who was stupid outside, quickly changed his heart. He was low on political means, but Anton's descendants were as instinctively alert as animals, so Antony was not stupid, unlike Curio's coldness. Not only did he have an agreement on offense, defense, advance and retreat with Li Bida, he was also one of the members of the Amborodes Association. And his dream: Isn't it just that with the help of Li Bida, he will work hard to become the heir of Caesar's inheritance (Anthony did not understand the content of Caesar's will at this time), but if he said this, it would definitely make Caesar unhappy.
"You have to know that although I studied some rhetorical things in Greece, I did not achieve much results, so Libidaus always laughed at my speeches and documents." Anthony's words made Caesar laugh, and then he said that the most urgent task was to fight the enemy.
About a few days later, Scipio and King Juba started to advance with forty thousand infantry and cavalry, and at the same time, Caesar's second fleet also began to cross the sea. Li Bida organized all the fleets in Brindisi, but he did not follow him because Italy still had many trivial matters to deal with. After all, it was extremely difficult to carry the military and political shoulders.
The disaster happened next, and the second wave of the fleet encountered strong winds. Several ships of the Tenth Legion were lost and were blown to the coast of Tapusus City, and were all captured by Scipio's ships. When Scipio, who was about to march, learned about this, he immediately believed that "The Tenth Legion is Caesar's most dedicated legion, and I must draw powerful information from those captured personnel."
Then, Scipio personally led the guards to the shore where several ships were captured. His own ship threw out many iron hooks, pulled Caesar's ships over, placed them on the shallows, and used crossbow arrows and stones to face the captured ships from all directions, and could not escape one person.
At this time, on the seaside and land, a Roman general who had two monkeys clinging to his body was riding on the seaboard and began to shout to the soldiers captured by Caesar on the deck of the ship, "You know, if it were half a year ago, if I had encountered such a situation, I would have executed all of you to sacrifice to the gods without hesitation, but now it is different. I have become a general who cares for everyone's lives. So you put down your weapons and tell me the information at Caesar's camp, so that as long as you defeat Caesar, the civil war can be stopped, and more killing and destruction can be avoided."
At this time, a centurion with only one eye on the deck stood up and shouted to Scipio, "I am Scarva, the chief centurion of the 10th Legion, and I am also the one who has accompanied Caesar for many years in battle."
"Very good, Scarva tells me what you know right away. There is nothing to be ashamed of. I guarantee everyone's safety. I will never treat prisoners of war like the savage of Juba, and that king will also abuse animals. It's so barbaric." Scipio continued to persuade, with a very sincere relationship.
Scarva laughed, and then he suddenly drew out his sword. The soldiers on the ships under Scipio raised their sticks and pitchers and bows. As a result, Scarva just said to Scipio, "Only the enemy soldiers surrendered to Caesar, but not the Caesar soldiers surrendered to the enemy." After that, he stabbed his sword into his neck cleanly and neatly, falling into the sea water, and rippled ripples in blood.
This action eventually angered Scipio. He shouted that Caesar's veterans were all monsters who had no feelings and ignored life, and that fulfilled everyone's wishes, "execute all the old guys who were fed with the blood and money of citizens." Then he ordered his subordinates to take all the people on the captured ships and distribute the recruits to his own legion, and took more than a dozen veterans, including two centurions who had mutiny in Rome with Scarva, to the beach, and killed them very cruelly, because none of them were willing to surrender or beg for mercy.
Soon after, the news of Skavanen's death reached Caesar's ears. The former dictator choked up from the bottom of his heart. He began to regret the previous punishment for the mutiny leader, but due to the military orders, he could not change it. Because the authority was gone, Caesar only punished several watchmen and navigators responsible for guiding the fleet, and once again gave the deathly veterans' families 200,000 Ses Tres each, and continued to recognize the achievements and honors of Skava and others, send their cloaks and armor back, and handed them over the crown of citizens made of gold and silver to their families for safekeeping.
Chapter completed!