Chapter 24 Aquila Conferring the Head (Part 2)
Then, Li Bida put on a blue wool cloak, a gilded helmet, with colorful and bright feathers. Surrounded by many entourages and Jiang Zuo, he walked to the high platform outside the tower. This place was originally equipped with barbarians and rod casters to control the walls and docks of the entire Brindisi Port. It just looked down at the square below and the camp outside the city. At this moment, Li Bida saw the wooden towers, camps, fences, passages, and the smoke from the soldiers ignited was as flowing as flying clouds. Likewise, patrol cavalry on duty were walking everywhere, and the javelins and shields arranged on wooden fences and weapons racks were like rows of neat bushes. The ships moored on the bay were a high wall on the water. All the centurions of the four legions were now standing under the tower, but not just these people, but all the veterans and elite soldiers of the country, together with about a thousand, were ready to listen to Li Bida's speech, "Where should the former cavalry commander take us?"
Facing everyone, Li Bida's first words when he held the battlement in his hand were, "Is Caesar not kind enough?"
"Caesar could not have raised his finger to kill them? Let me list these very convincing things. Brutu and Casio were captured by Caesar on the sea outside Ephesus, and he forgiven them; Sipingzel had previously been burdened with the debt of 40 million Seth's withdrawal, and his political career was about to end, and Caesar helped him pay off all his debts. This bastard could continue to be a corpse in the synagogue as a human being; Cascar, who had not only done nothing before, but also wanted to plunder the people and unloaded them in his previous position as a governor of the province. After his resignation, he was prosecuted three times, and each time Caesar used all kinds of power to help him get out of the quagmire; Atius, when he went to war, he blatantly issued a curse, causing Crasus to be buried in the desert, and many soldiers of the legion were killed in a foreign land. Such people, such as those who wantonly attacked the country and the army, could continue to do whatever they wanted in the gathering place of the elders. Isn't it because of the forgiveness of His Excellency Caesar? Many of the murderers would use such words to deceive the ignorant people, saying that Caesar was the king and a tyrant, but can such words deceive us? We have fought with Caesar for many years, and Caesar was with me on the battlefield. They eat and live together. They live in tents and marches in the wilderness together. He never calls any of us "soldiers", but calls us "friends" and "comrades". During the civil war, he never killed any individuals at will due to personal grudges or hostile relations. When he knew that some soldiers in the army had a bad family, they would pay for their own money or mobilize wealthy families to help them. The soldiers asked themselves, have they all received his favors?" After saying that, Li Bida waved his hand, "I am a soldier like everyone else. The concept of a soldier is very simple. Don't be ungrateful, you must have a beginning and an end. I remember that when I was on the edge of the Rubicon River, the soldiers of the legion around Caesar collectively made a vow that in order to cleanse the shame of the commander, they were willing to follow Caesar to the ends of the world. But now what I want to say is that Caesar had long turned into a cold corpse, turned into a despicable victim of assassination, and fell in the synagogue. He was unsuspecting before he died, because all those who killed him were human-eating animals that he regarded as friends and children!" Speaking of this, in front of everyone, Li Bida pulled the buttons of the cloak, grabbed his chest, and shouted in grief, "I really want to open the chests of these human-eating animals to see how their hearts grow!"
"Kill all the beasts and avenge your dictator, no matter if you chase them to the ends of the world, we must fulfill our promises on the edge of the Rubicon River!" Polo, the chief centurion of the Thirteenth Legion, was the first to shout, and then everyone responded to this slogan, rolling up like a raging wave.
"Maybe at this time, the Senate was afraid of us and would send a certain legal officer to come and make various empty promises to ask us to stop, but soldiers, please isolate this ridiculous and humble obstacle! We will never stop until the murderer receives the due and severe punishment. On the contrary, once the murderer is imprisoned, we will immediately put down our weapons and return to our respective resettlement areas peacefully." This was Li Bida's request, so on the second day, the flag officers of the four legions held high the logo of their respective legions, and walked on the first row above the dam outside the city of Brindisi. Behind them were the endless marching teams - the elite soldiers, cavalry, brigade infantry, crossbows, baggage vehicles, military slaves... Their destination was only one, that was the city of Rome.
Several light-armed scout cavalry rushed to the periphery. Li Bida gave these people the order, "Tell the towns along the way to give up resistance and provide food and fodder for our army. In addition, the token officer quickly detoured to the city of Mutina, told my guardian Caesar, and asked him to wait for the arrival of my main army and then launch an attack on Anthony."
After all this was arranged, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Bida's mouth, who was pulling the reins.
Everything is in sight.
Halfway through, Malulas sat in the car and walked along the street swaying until he saw several scout cavalry rushing in the shadow of the poplar trees on the side of the road. Unified all wore thyme petals. This was a sign that Li Bida's subordinates liked to post to him, so he hurriedly asked a cavalry to stop and ask him what happened in Brindisi.
"His former cavalry commander Li Bidaus decided to rely on the strength of the army to avenge His Holy Lord Caesar and urge the Senate to issue a resolution to the murderer as soon as possible." The cavalry replied expressionlessly, obviously these contents were familiar with them in advance.
"But the Senate has reached a resolution at the initiative of His Excellency Cicero, and it is about to issue an edict to deal with the murderer. I am sent here this time to hope that you will stop and wait for the public opinion of the Temple of Concord." Malulas said in a hurry.
"We can't wait." The cavalry said simply, then raised his whip and threw Malus on the side of the road, causing him to eat dust all over his mouth and dazed in place.
"Let's go back first. It seems that Li Bida's anger is so angry that I will encounter the same fate as Aquila and be killed." Malulas didn't think much about it and ordered to turn around. Later, he felt that it would not be possible to go back to Rome, so he simply took off his robe and fled to the manor villa in Lucania to hide. From now on, he no longer cared about political affairs. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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