Chapter 27: Never Leave Each Other (Part 2)

Seeing that the situation was not good, Octavian jumped off the saddle very quickly, and then jumped on Agrippa's horse. His riding skills were almost as good as those of his dead adoptive father, and then he turned his head. Look, he actually saw Leo following behind Antony who was rushing towards him, "It looks like he's being held hostage.￠," But before he could think about it carefully, the cavalry team led by Agrippa and Maecenas rushed over. Young Caesar guarded closely, and then rushed back toward the ridge.

Antony's cavalry instantly overran the infantry and military slaves who had surrounded Octavian's shoulders, most of them from the Forty-third Legion of Hegius, causing them to suffer heavy casualties. The Taraco cavalry directly jumped from the piles of corpses and wounded. He jumped over, and then smashed into several isolated groups of the Forty-third Legion in front, separating them from the soldiers in the rear camp. Then, all the infantry of Venditis also pressed forward, and Hejiu Si was unable to escape in time and was trapped in a tight siege near the camp he had just won.

After Octavian rushed to the ridge, he asked Carenus and Angandinus to rescue the besieged consuls. "Hegeus must be rescued, otherwise the entire legion will suffer losses." What a disgrace to the consul!" After saying that, he jumped off the horse and came to his command room in the camp, where there were still several enemy camp flags captured in the previous battle, and he sat down without saying a word - - It seems that Young Caesar was frightened by Antony's attack just now. His face began to turn pale and red again, which was a sign of illness. Agrippa and Maecenas hurriedly came up to apply herbal medicine, but Young Caesar did not move. , like a helpless fool.

By the time the two ordered generals rushed down with the chief brigades of the two legions, it was already too late. When Hejius fled by the camp. Encountered a group of Talaco cavalry. They had dispersed into small groups and were hunting down the collapsed soldiers of the Forty-third Legion. As a result, the leading cavalry captain shouted in Latin, "Get out of the way, all the Italians. We will only kill the barbarians who follow the enemy." So Hejiu The guards around Si all dispersed in fear. The cavalry captain flew towards him on horseback and slashed with a Spanish sharp blade like a dog's leg. After cutting off half of Hejius's shoulder, Hejius fell to the ground and died after moving a few times.

When the 43rd Army Corps suffered a devastating blow, the cavalry artillery of the 6th Army Corps and the 12th Army Corps on the ridge took the lead in hitting hard, scattering the police sentry team that Anthony had left under them like ants, and then The elites of the two chief brigades charged down quickly with swords.

"Turn around and fight!" Antony issued the order, but his cavalry was tired from the long battle, and his infantry had not had time to withdraw to resist, so they were attacked by Lepidus' two legions and were beaten to pieces. At this time, even the ten legions who were originally watching the battle were beaten to pieces. . They all sent cavalry to assist the Sixth and Twelfth Legions. Antony's cavalry could not hold back and could only flee towards their own camp. The light and heavy infantrymen who followed him threw their armor and weapons all over the ground, then they wore military uniforms and short shirts and fled together with their horses' tails.

The battle situation reversed repeatedly within two hours of daylight. After nightfall, Curio also burned down the camp and led the Eighth Army to retreat to join Antony. Antony reluctantly ordered the withdrawal of the attack on the city of Mutina. siege, and asked the 11th Army to move closer to him, and then retreated six Roman miles before finally regaining control.

As for Octavian, he sent soldiers into the camp that was burned by Antony's army first, and failed to capture any valuable materials, such as military flags and property. However, the ninth and tenth legions came over and were willing to use them for him. It's the biggest gain.

In other words, there are now at least six legions under Octavian's command. Although both the 42nd and 43rd were severely damaged, he still believed that he had sufficient strength, and then many generals and veterans asked him to continue. Attack the city of Mutina, "Because our purpose of this trip is not to destroy Antony, but to replace Antony to destroy Diximos."

Octavian asked everyone to be calm. The reason only he knew was that he had no money. He was afraid that even if he captured the city of Mutina, the loot would not be enough to repay his promise. It was the heavy burden of "giving five hundred dinars to ordinary soldiers, and ten times that to centurions and military tribunes." Therefore, he had to obtain the help of the Senate and the treasury, so after concluding the military meeting, he Found Maecenas and Pansa, "I want to transport the body of the consul Hegius back to the city of Rome, and ask the Senate to pass a thanksgiving ceremony for defeating Antony and a reward from the treasury to the legions. I ask Maecenas to write Report, and His Excellency Pansa will escort Hedius's coffin back."

Pansa knew in his heart that this was Octavian's plan. To put it bluntly, his command over the army did not want to be restricted by the two consuls he and Hedius. Now that Hedius was dead, he would also be restrained by the two consuls. This form of repulsion left Pansa, but Pansa did not dare and did not want to linger any longer. He was afraid that he would suffer a similar fate to Hedius over time. Whether it was intentional or unintentional, he was determined to leave, so he kept it in his heart. After careful consideration, he easily agreed to Octavian's request.

In front of the table in the tent, Maecenas drafted Octavian's report to the Senate. Then he completed the original and the copy and gave them to Pansa and Octavian to compare and weigh them. After they were combined, they were correct. , the two of them stamped their respective seals, and then Maecenas handed the original to Young Caesar Octavian, and the copy to Pansa to bring to the Senate.

When Pansa received the copy, he keenly noticed that something was wrong with the letter, but he quickly glanced at Maecenas and pretended to know nothing and took it.

The next day, Pansa set off to return as consul. Octavian sent him to the bank of the Rubicon River before returning, and repeatedly and humbly asked Pansa to convey his request to the Senate and the People's Assembly on his behalf, and Pansa agreed.

But when the entourage crossed the river and walked about 20 Roman miles to rest under the shade of the trees, Pansa and several confidants walked into the farm under the vineyard, opened the sealed box, and found that under the letter board, there was a very thin bronze inscription plate.

That was a trick done by Maecenas, a very agile young man. Pansa was shocked and took out the inscription plate, which was engraved with the mark "a certain paragraph and a certain line" and a few letters. Pansa, who had served as a clerk for Caesar and Igurus for many years, naturally understood that this was a code. Then, he used this set of information to carefully rearrange the order of the letters in that paragraph and line, which looked very ordinary, and finally spelled out another sentence, "Arimiron City, Arp". (To be continued...)