Oh, no, respected Libidaus, you are proactively exiling yourself. My impeachment against you has been successful. The Republic exiled you for two years, and the destination was Gaul, where Caesar was, but I think you must have stayed in the exile for "being obediently" and reflected on yourself, because Caesar will help you take care of everything. And I, Triali, although Casio does not look down on my ability, I will never waste the money of my supporters. The position of a civilian protection official seems to have been established as me. Because I am well aware of the dark laws of Roman politics, I, in accordance with your request, spent a total of three hundred Tarantes through the Jewish slave under Pompei, gaining Pompei's trust, making him think that he is not worthy of relying on.

This is what I am better than Maximus, because the latter has nothing left except for war or the stubborn and inappropriate republican idea like porphyry, because Pompey deprived him of his qualification to "eat"!

Very well, it seems that the scripts are performing in advance. Li Bida was lying beside the couch on the terrace and watched the green in front of him, remembering the proverb in our dynasty that "a cannon fire will cost ten thousand taels of gold." This sentence is also applicable in this era. Since I went to Cyprus and Egypt, my private wealth has expanded to more than 2,000 tarantes, and 5,000 tarantes are used to manage the legions and fleets. Just a few minerals in Upper Nubia alone, eighty tarantes of surplus are invested in the fleet funds every year, making ships in the docks of Alexander and building naval fortresses on Sepi Island. I intercepted and managed Egypt's customs taxes. I took commissions for various businesses in the Jewish district, and also absorbed many close knights from Roman city (all of whom were willing to lend me before. I had a vision) to come to serve as tax collectors and administrators to manage everything.

The Serapis Legion and the Thirteenth Legion were already carrying full sets of equipment and luggage. After the assembly was completed on the outskirts of Alexander, Li Bida drew some soldiers from the River Guard, Border Guard and God Tomb Guard to form three separate auxiliary brigades to accompany the battle. In this way, a total of 15,000 troops were assembled. Then Li Bida discussed with the generals and the generals to rectify the organization. The archer brigade of the Thirteenth Legion and the cavalry brigade were separated. Another auxiliary brigade was formed, and the remaining soldiers fought in the posture of heavy infantry according to the Romans' habits. The same was true for the Serapis Legion, but not using a fighting sword, but the Egyptian Habashi sword, as well as the light leather shield adapted to desert combat, and five light railings inserted in the groove of the shield disc.

In April, Crassus, who was in charge of the consul, finally sent a declaration of war and a token, ordering "the closest legion to Cyrenega, whether it is a regular legion or an auxiliary legion, to quickly rush to the Barka Castle. Suppress the uprising and riots of the Hashidi people, the consul was directly transferred and not under the jurisdiction of any provincial governor."

In addition, because the commander-in-chief was still an exile, Crassus played a trick through Triali, who had been elected as the civil guardian, that is, through the Hundred-Man Group meeting, "appointed" Caesar's confidant Barcelona as commander of the 13th Legion of Illyria and commanded the Cyrene War. In fact, Barcelona stopped moving to Sicily and became a "rubber stamp". In Sicily, he obtained a luxurious villa bought by Libida's wife Yulia, and lived a comfortable life in retreat. Therefore, the actual command of the expedition was naturally in the hands of the Roman exile and the King of Cyrenega in Egypt.

In addition, there was a dangerous little episode in the middle, that is, the great Pompei also wanted to intervene in the Cyrian War and prepare to let Gebinus go there, but Li Bida obviously left a move: the horse bandit Conbano, who was originally entrenched in Lusitania, suddenly crossed several rivers in the beginning of spring, broke through the fragile interception of the garrison, ravaged the mountains near northeastern Spain, and plundered everywhere with the local Celtics. The backyard of Pompei had no choice but to give up Cyrian and devoted a remaining auxiliary army to the clearing activity.

"This time, we marched from the Samones area, and there were still some oasis scattered there, and supplies were not difficult to obtain." Obviously, Li Bida did not have much confidence in his new fleet. Although the number of ships was available, the quality of paddlers and combatants was insufficient. Many of them were from the fleets temporarily recruited before. These people only had the experience of riding stable merchant ships (in that era, merchant ships and flat-bottomed river ships were much more relaxed and comfortable than paddling warships). To form combat effectiveness, it would take at least half a year to a year to practice.

This is the fundamental reason why the expeditionary army took the land route. This time, Li Bida did not wear the costumes of the Roman general, but carried the blue feather crown of King Cyraniga, carried the mobile camp comparable to the Pharaoh, and left the royal garrison to the first troop of the 12th Legion, and then walked towards the settlement area of ​​the Samones tribe.

During this expedition, Li Bida made great efforts in logistics, bought many pack horses and camels, carried a considerable amount of wine, feta cheese and grain, and carried it in two-wheeled light vehicles. This kind of car is very suitable for traveling in desert wastelands. Because of the full psychological expectations for Cyrene's tough battle, he also carried a lot of new or old siege equipment, dismantled and shipped it separately, and sent cavalry to accompany the team to protect it closely.

There are four main ethnic groups in Libya, among which Nasamones lives on the eastern edge of the desert. When Libida's army traveled through the realm of this black kingdom, they were rushing to catch locusts. All villages were catching these green bugs. They believed that these terrifying flying insects flew out of a deep abyss in the distant desert. Then every household put the locusts dry under the scorching sun, then mashed them, mixed them into goat milk, and ate them in milk. When Libi

When Da's soldiers passed by the village, many residents took out these "locust milkshakes" to present them to these people who passed by. Li Bida threw them down after seeing it. Alp and Hebrida, who were guarding the flag beside him, looked at the green milk and drank it happily. Then several soldiers who were supposed to be in the marching column were half-naked and beaten out by the local women who were also half-naked. As a result, they were taken by the scale officer who was picking up the rules and wanted to be confined.

Finally, the local elders came out to plead, because the women of Samones were "hybrid". As long as they put a stick at the door, any man could go in and have fun, but they had to leave gifts. Which soldiers just went to enjoy the fun, but did not bring gifts, and were beaten by those women with sticks. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!