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Germanic Total War 5200 Eastern War 079 Politics has been dirty since ancient times Part 2

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    When Octavian found and united those former friends and subordinates of Caesar in Rome, Rome became even more chaotic.

    Originally, little Lucullus, as the leader of the aristocratic faction, relied on his powerful military power and the senators surrounding him to firmly control Rome. Although the opponents were dissatisfied, they could only use their own methods to control Rome.  He used gags and muddy methods to confront little Lucullus, and did not dare to directly stand on his opposite side.

    However, when Octavian, the "successor of Caesar", became their leader, the situation was completely different.

    Octavian has already won the support of two legions in Apollonia, so he has a certain military strength.  Coupled with the support of a large number of retired veterans, although it is not enough to confront little Lucullus head-on, it has a certain ability to protect itself.

    As a result, Caesar's friends who were in constant panic because of Caesar's assassination, as well as those who had relied on Caesar's help to become prosperous but now lost their rights, all saw the glimmer of hope - but before that,  , they need to win enough rights and military power for Octavian first, otherwise everything will be empty talk.

    Therefore, when Lucullus the Younger once again mentioned the proposal to recruit Roman legions in the Senate, and was prepared to ask for his own funding to form a legion if it failed, everyone was surprised that this proposal was actually approved.  pass.

    But when it came to the details of recruiting a legion, Lucullus the Younger and his supporters knew what the previous opponents were up to - the opponents thought.  The whole of Rome needed to raise twenty legions.  Italy had ten to fight against Germany, Gaul, and Britain; Greece needed to raise five legions, and Macedonia also needed to raise five legions to fight against Thrace, Dacia, and Germany, because they knew that Thrace  The new king's sister was the wife of the king of Dacia.

    In this way, the entire Roman army will inevitably be divided into two parts and launch attacks in two directions at the same time.

    Naturally, little Lucullus, who was in Rome, would get ten of the legions and go north from Italy to fight against the so-called countries of Geneva, Germany, Crete, Belge, Britain, and Aquitaine.  And conquered them again - after seeing with their own eyes the power of the armored cavalry led by Lucullus the Younger, all the senators believed that those brave knights from Asia Minor were invincible, so Lucullus the Younger would surely triumph.  Return.

    And the other way.  There are also ten legions, and they have to go north to reconquer Thrace and eliminate the three German field legions. At the same time, they also have to resist the possible attack of the Dacians. The task is not easy either. On this journey, the senators suggested  Under the command of Caesar's successor, young Octavian.

    In this way, little Lucullus, who originally had four legions, would have fourteen legions, and he would have to fight against the entire Gaul, Germania and Britain at the same time.  Octavian's strength, which originally had only one legion, increased to eleven legions, and he only had to deal with Thrace, Germania and Dacia.

    Although it is difficult to say which enemy is stronger on both sides.  But with the addition of ten legions, Octavian obviously went from being completely unable to challenge Lucullus the Younger to being basically equal in strength to Lucullus the Younger.

    Therefore, such a proposal was immediately opposed by the supporters of Lucullus the Younger.

    Opponents believe that eleven legions are already a quarter of Rome's military strength. Considering that Rome also needs to garrison troops in Greece, Asia Minor, Spain, Africa, Egypt and Syria, the twenty legions currently planned are almost  All the mobile forces that Rome possessed - giving half of them to an inexperienced young man was obviously a rash and irresponsible act.

    Therefore, it is obvious that the "more responsible" thing for Rome is to select someone from among those experienced generals to command this army.

    To this objection.  Octavian's supporters did not hesitate to criticize and ridicule - was Caesar an experienced general before conquering Gaul?  But it took him only eight years to conquer Gaul.  Could it be that Vanius was an experienced general?  But he captured the Roman eagle in his first battle.  By the time Crassus was considered an experienced general, he was defeated and killed by the barbarians as soon as he entered Germany.

    Therefore, there is no doubt that in uniting the army to fight.  Innate ability is better than acquired experience - and Octavian was such a genius.

    As for the reasons why he is a genius, there are many celestial phenomena.  And the divination results of many famous astrologers can prove it.

    If Vanius heard these remarks, he would probably laugh out loud.  But the Roman senators were extremely solemn about this, and they argued seriously and in vain.It took almost a whole day.

    At the same time, as the German envoys' refutations in public gatherings became widely publicized, conflicts among Roman citizens became increasingly fierce - those who supported the war against the Germans believed that no matter what the reason,  , the German barbarians seized provinces from Rome and destroyed the army must be severely punished; while others began to reflect - the reason why the Germans went to war against the Romans was entirely due to the despicable instigation of the Romans.  And now someone has assassinated Caesar. Could these two groups of people be the same person?  They are not being punished now, but are in great power.

    As a result, with more and more fierce arguments, more and more Roman citizens remembered the victories and trophies that Caesar had achieved - every time he won a battle, Caesar always held various large-scale events with unusual generosity.  Celebrations to entertain the Roman people with lots of money.

    And now, Caesar has been assassinated, and instead of being punished, his killer is being praised.

    This idea became more and more popular, and the call for punishing Caesar¡¯s murderer became more and more loud, and in the end it even developed to the point where bloody conflicts broke out in the streets.

    Facing the increasingly chaotic situation, if he were an iron-fisted tyrant, even if he did not directly march the legions into the city of Rome, he would still have a large number of veterans disguised as citizens and enter the city to deal with those opponents.

    And even a kind person will inevitably use forceful means to suppress the riots - at least thousands of people will be thrown into prison.

    But little Lucullus was an idealist, and perfectly inherited his father's aristocratic demeanor - even though the senators around him repeatedly requested, little Lucullus always refused to mobilize the army, and just repeatedly  Addresses at public meetings implored the Roman people to obey the divine law and not to use force against their fellow citizens.

    As a result, because of his kindness or naivety, more and more people died in street conflicts. In the end, even Octavian couldn't stand it anymore and had to stand up and plead with the people to exercise restraint as Caesar's heir.  .

    But once the fire of hatred is inflamed, it is difficult even for the instigators themselves to calm down - how can those who have lost relatives and friends due to bloody conflicts give up because of a few beautiful words from an upstart and a young boy?  revenge?

    Seeing that the conflict in Rome intensified, the anxious senators had to generously spend a lot of dinars and hold grand celebrations in Rome for ten consecutive days to distract the Romans and  vent their violent emotions.

    Among them, in addition to chariot races, dramas, and circus performances, the most exciting thing is naturally the gladiatorial performance.

    With the senators spending a lot of money, almost all gladiator schools sent a large number of gladiators to perform, making a lot of money while also trying to improve the reputation and status of their schools.

    The bloody gladiatorial show lasted for five days.  The sand of every arena was soaked with the blood of gladiators.

    While the attention of the Roman people was attracted by the celebration, Lucullus the Younger and Octavian completed their private talks and temporarily reached a consensus and understanding - if the two of them continued to argue, there would be a conflict between the two of them.  The disputes might have destroyed Rome, and the Germans might have taken the opportunity to seize new lands from Rome again.

    In order to avoid this situation, no matter what disputes there were among the Romans, they had to be resolved privately after outsiders were dealt with.

    This time, Lucullus the Younger rarely exercised his internationalist spirit and chose to prioritize the interests of the Romans.

    In order to unite and fight against the outside world, Lucullus the Younger and his allies will agree to hand over ten legions of Greece and Macedonia to the command of Octavian, but Octavian needs to bear all the expenses of these ten legions himself.

    In exchange, Octavian should also give up pursuing the crimes of Caesar's murderers and focus on fighting the Germans as his first priority.

    Of course, in order to quell the anger of the Roman people, the senators who participated in the assassination of Caesar will also be "nominally exiled" - they will go to Lucullus the Younger's base camp, Asia Minor, where they will avoid the limelight and help Lucullus the Younger.  Culus presided over local affairs.

    After that, the leaders of the two factions will form legions at the same time to start a war against the "Anti-Roman Alliance" organized by Vannius. Even if they cannot destroy this alliance, they should at least recapture Thrace and Nabo Gaul, and then consider peace.  Vanius peace talks.

    However, on the second day after the alliance between the "two heroes" was secretly agreed upon, news from the east completely disrupted their plan - in the east, for some unknown reason, the ParthiansThe attack on Syria has begun.

    According to intelligence from the east, the Parthians dispatched a total of 50,000 troops, sacked several towns, and defeated a local army. They had great potential to directly seize Syria.

    In this way, the coordinated war against the Germans will have to be postponed - after all, the Germans have made demands for peace talks, and the Parthians are likely to directly take Syria away, and then Egypt will also face  Danger of loss¡­.

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