He urgently summoned two thousand citizen soldiers from Verona and nearby towns, ordering his subordinates to lead the troops to the mouth of the Po River, as the rebel army in Rimini and crossing the Po River via the Bobilia Avenue along the coast was undoubtedly the shortest route.
Soon, news came: the rebel army was indeed moving north along the Bobilia Avenue.
Casius was secretly pleased with the accuracy of his prediction.
But a few days later, he received reports from scouts: the main rebel army stopped heading north, turned south instead, and only a force of about 20,000 men marched northwest along the Emilia Avenue.
The main rebel force no longer advanced north into the Northern Italy Province! ... This made Casius breathe a sigh of relief, but Crodianus became anxious because the main rebel force turning south would continue to ravage Italy and even threaten Rome, so he demanded Casius to quickly assemble a large army to move south to contain the enemy.
