Chapter 27: Never Abandoning Each Other (2)
Seeing that the situation was not good, Octavian jumped off his shoulder carriage very quickly, and then jumped onto Agripa's horse. His riding skills were as exquisite as his dead adoptive father. Then he turned around and saw Leo following Anthony who was rushing towards him, "It seems that he was being held hostage." But before he could think about it, Agripa and Mesenas protected Young Caesar closely, and then rushed back towards the ridge.
Anthony's cavalry instantly instantly slammed the infantry and military slaves who were originally surrounded by Oudawei's 43rd Legion, and the collision was so painful that they were killed and injured. The Taraco cavalry jumped directly from the numerous corpses of the 43rd Legion, and then split them and separated them from the soldiers in the rear camp. Then, Wendyth's infantry also pressed up. Hejus was unable to escape and was surrounded by the tent that had just succeeded.
After Octavian rushed to the ridge, he asked Karenus and Angandinus to rescue the surrounded consul. "Be sure to rescue Hejus, otherwise the entire legion will be humiliated by the loss of the consul!" After saying that, he jumped off his horse and came to his own command room in the camp, where several enemy camp flags seized from the previous battle were arranged, and sat down without saying a word. It seemed that Young Caesar was scared by Anthony's assault just now, and his face began to turn pale and red again, which was a sign of illness. Agripa and Mesenas hurriedly came up to apply herbs, and Young Caesar was also motionless, like a helpless fool.
After the two generals who were ordered to rush down with the chief brigades of the two legions, the situation was too late. When Hejius fled by the camp tent, he encountered a group of Taraco cavalry. They had already been scattered into small groups and hunted down the collapsed Forty-third Legion soldiers everywhere. As a result, the leading cavalry captain shouted in Latin, "The Italians are dodging, we will only kill the barbarians who follow the enemy." So the guards beside Hejius all scattered in horror. The cavalry captain flew on a horse and cut off half of Hejius' shoulder with a dog-legged Spanish blade. Hejius fell to the ground, moved a few times and died.
When the Forty-Three Legion suffered a devastating blow, the Sixth Legion on the ridge and the Cavalry Battalion of the Twelfth Legion took the lead and smashed the police sentry team that Anthony was left under him like an ant. Then the elite troops of the two chief brigades rushed down with swords.
"Let's go back and fight!" Anthony issued an order, but his cavalry was exhausted for a long time. Before his infantry could be pulled back to resist, he was assaulted by Li Bida's two legions. At this time, even the 10th legion, which was originally watching the battle, sent cavalry to assist the sixth and 12th legions. Anthony's cavalry could not hold back and could only escape to his camp. The light and heavy infantry followed him threw armor and weapons all over the ground, and then fled in military uniforms, short shirts, and ponytails.
The battle situation took place in two days, and it changed repeatedly. After nightfall, Curio burned down the camp and led the Eighth Legion to join Anthony. Anthony reluctantly ordered the siege of Mutina, and asked the Eleventh Legion to move closer to him, and then retreated six Romans to stop his position.
As for Octavian, he sent soldiers into the camp that was burned by Anthony's army in advance and failed to seize any valuable materials, such as military flags and goods. However, the Ninth and Tenth Legions came over and were willing to use them for him. This was the biggest gain.
In other words, at least six legions are now under Octavian's command. Although both Forty-two and Forty-three were severely damaged, he still thought he had sufficient strength. Then many generals and veterans asked him to continue attacking Mutina City, "Because our purpose in this trip is not to destroy Anthony, but to replace Anthony to destroy Dehimos."
Octavian asked everyone to be calm. The only reason he knew was that he had no money. He was afraid that even if the city of Mutina was taken down, the robbery would not be enough to repay his promise, which was the heavy burden of "give ordinary soldiers five hundred dinars, centurion and military guardians ten times more than that." Therefore, he had to obtain the help of the Senate and the Treasury. So after the military meeting, he found Mesenas and Pansa. "I want to transport the body of the consul Hejius back to Rome, and request the Senate to pass the Xie Sacrifice against Anthony and the Treasury's reward to the Legion. I asked Mesenas to write a report, and His Excellency Pansa escorted Hejius's coffin back."
Pansa knew that this was Octavian's plan. To put it bluntly, his command of the army would never want to be constrained by the two consuls, Hejius. Now that Hejius is dead, he will be squeezed out in this form. However, Pansa did not dare or wanted to linger, and was afraid that he would encounter similar ends to Hejius over time. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, he decided to leave, so he calculated in his heart and agreed to Octavian's request very quickly.
In front of the table in the camp, Mesenas drafted Octavian's report on the Senate. After finishing the original and the copy, he handed it over to Pansa and Octavian for comparison and weighing. After the investigation was correct, the two of them stamped their seals. Then Mesenas handed the original to Octavian Young Caesar, and the copy was handed over to Pansa to take it to the Senate.
When he took the copy, Pansa keenly noticed something was wrong with the letter, but he quickly looked at Mesenas, pretending to know nothing, and took it over.
The next day, Pansa set out to return as a consul. Octavian sent him to the banks of the Rubicon River before returning. He repeatedly asked Pansa to convey the request to the Senate and the Crown Council for him. Pansa also agreed.
But when the entourage crossed the river and walked out of about twenty Romes and rested under the shade of the trees, Pansa and several confidants walked into the vineyard farm and opened the sealed box. He suddenly found that under the letter board, there was a very thin bronze inscription board.
That was the hand and footwork of Mesenas. He was a very flexible young man. Pansa was shocked and took out the inscription board, which was engraved with the sign "A certain section and a certain line" and several letters. Pansa, who was working as a clerk with Ijulus for many years under Caesar, naturally understood that this was a password. Then, he used this set of messages and carefully adjusted the order of the letters of that line, which seemed very ordinary, and spelled it into another sentence, "Arimillon City, Alp". (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
Chapter completed!