"Sister!" In front of so many juniors, Agnes's face was a little unbearable.

Christoya knew Egnes's temperament too well, and immediately changed the subject: "Alright, let's go to the zoo-"

"Mother, I'm not going." Cynthia chimed in.

"This time, let's go to the zoo together, just for you, how can you not go-" Christoya was a little displeased, but seeing Cynthia's somewhat melancholy expression, she slowed down and persuaded again: "Your father told me that although the Gauls are menacing, your husband commands a huge army of more than 50,000 people. And he gave the order that the nearby Twelfth Legion hasten to Rome and put it under your husband's command...... Rest assured that the Gauls, though fierce and poorly equipped, will surely be routed in the face of the elite troops commanded by your husband! ”

"Mother, I understand all this, but I'm still a little worried, so I'm not in the mood to play at this critical time......" Cynthia hesitated.

Christoya asked in surprise, "Before, when your husband went out to fight, I never saw you so worried?" ”

"Mother, formerly Patroclus was an officer in the military regiment and was wounded in battle or...... It's our family's business, and now he's the commander of the coalition forces in northern Dionia, and he is concerned about the security of thousands of families and the northern part of the kingdom...... So, how could I not be worried! Cynthia said, sighing again.

After hearing this, Christoya seemed to remember something, and she also sighed, and said solemnly: "In the past, your father led the army out to fight, which time was not related to the life and death of the kingdom, aren't you and your mother who loves Gernice worried!" But how do we do it? Try to take care of everything at home, try not to think about this annoying thing, and ensure that you are healthy...... If your father, who is on the front line, learns that Agnes and I are sick, will he still be able to devote himself to fighting? ……”

"Don't worry your husband, don't think about the war, find something to do to relax...... Eventually, your husband will be blessed by Hades! Agnes also persuaded from the side.

Obviously, Cynthia listened to the words of the two mothers, and her worried expression faded a lot, and she was about to agree to go to the zoo, when suddenly the wooden door of the inner courtyard was pushed open, and the palace governor Libazo hurriedly walked into the backyard, saluted excitedly, and said: "Your Royal Highnesses the two princesses, Princess Cynthia, great victory!" Lord Patroclus led an army to defeat the Gauls who had invaded Etruria! ”

When Cynthia heard this, her face was immediately happy, and even because she was too excited, tears flashed in her eyes.

"Dad won the battle! Dad won the battle! Palpilas danced and cheered.

"I'll just say Hades will bless." Agnes looked calm.

"What's going on?" Christoya smiled and helped her daughter ask again.

Ribazzo immediately replied respectfully: "I heard that our coalition army has won a series of battles and has completely defeated the Gauls who invaded Etruria...... His Majesty was very pleased to receive the report of the war, and had summoned the five rotating chairmen and several ministers of the Ministry of War to the palace for deliberations. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Cynthia again: "Your Majesty knows that Princess Cynthia is in the mansion, so he specially asked me to rush back and report it, so that you don't have to worry." ”

"Look, how much your father cares about you!" Christoya gave Cynthia a strange look.

"Thank you, Ribazzo!" Cynthia wiped away the tears of excitement from her eyes and bowed to Ribazzo sincerely.

Ribazo hurriedly dodged away and said in a loud voice: "Princess, this is what I should do, and I don't deserve to be thanked." ”

"Okay, can we go to the zoo now? It's all because of you that we've been delayed for so long. Eunice and Avia might be in a hurry. Christoya complained dissatisfied.

"Mother, it's my fault, let's go now!" Cynthia smiled, then squatted down, stretched out her hand, and said softly: "Chris, let my aunt take you, let's run faster, rush to the zoo early, and then go to see the elephants, okay?" ”

"I still want to see lions."

"No problem!"

"And hippos."

"Yes!"

……

Cynthia led the bouncing Chris and walked out of the backyard quickly, spilling out laughter.

Christoya looked at Agnes happily: "This morning, Apox went to the school park, Antebris went to practice, the house is full of women, let's have a good day in the zoo!" ”

Palpilas gently tugged Christoya's hand and said solemnly, "Grandmother, Chris and I are men. ”

"Oh, by the way, and you two little warriors." Christoya tapped her finger on his forehead and smiled even more.

………………………………………

Last year, at the suggestion of Davers, Christoya immediately took action, and after repeated discussions and surveys, she chose the hilly land south of the Turiy Quarry near the Klatty River to build a zoo, so that the stone needed and the large amount of water used were more convenient.

Until now, the zoo is still under construction and is not open to the public, but it is already home to elephants, lions, hippos, crocodiles...... Many other animals were specially sent by allies (such as Egypt and Mauritania) when they heard that King Davers had a need for this.

While Christoya and her party were riding in a carriage to the zoo under the escort of the palace guards, Davers was in the palace discussing matters with the ministers.

"Your Majesty, it turns out that your decision was correct, Patroclus is indeed a good military commander! Originally, it was thought that although the number of soldiers in the army he led was large, most of them were new recruits, and the sources were still very large, and they were facing the Gauls, who were feared by various ethnic groups in central Italy, so we had analyzed that with the current strength of the coalition army in northern Dionia, if a defensive posture was adopted, it would not be a big problem to hold the Roman area, but it would be more difficult to repel the Gauls who were raging in Etrunia. And we also think that ......"

Minister of War Alexis hesitated for a moment, and then said calmly: "The commander of the 14th Army, Patroclus, has only been in office for a long time, and he has no experience in commanding multiple legions before, and he is still relatively young, so I am afraid that he will not be able to make the allied generals completely obey, so I suggested that His Majesty send a more experienced veteran to replace him as the commander of the Northern Coalition (since the 14th Legion is located in the Roman region, the Ministry of War stipulates that the commander of the army has the right to command the allied forces against the enemy in case of emergency), If it weren't for His Majesty's insistence, I'm afraid this victory wouldn't have come so quickly! ……”

Davers listened calmly, in fact, the reason why he insisted on letting Patroclus continue to command the coalition army was not because he had absolute confidence in his son-in-law, but because the appointment of Patroclus as the commander of the 14th Army and Sextus as the commander of the 18th Army was the beginning of his planned injection of fresh blood into the army and the gradual replacement of the older generation of generals. It will disrupt his original plan, so he supports Patroclus to protect his face.

Of course, at this time, Davos was not as affected by the history of the previous life as before the Western Mediterranean War, after the victory over Rome and Carthage, and the rapid development of the kingdom in recent years, he deeply realized that the strength of the Dionian Kingdom has far surpassed that of Rome and Carthage in the previous period of history, in the construction of various branches of the army, weapons and equipment research, strategy and tactics...... and other aspects are even the best in the entire Mediterranean, so the Gauls, who once caused great trouble to Rome, were just a small problem for Dioonia at this time, even if the northern coalition suffered a small setback, it would not have much impact on the kingdom, but would make these allies more united around the Dionian Kingdom because of the fear of the Gauls.

It's just that he never expected that Patroclus's performance far exceeded his expectations, and that he would defeat the main force of the Gauls in less than a month, which made him feel very satisfied, and he had to try his best to suppress the complacency in his heart at the moment.

"Your Majesty, judging from the battle report, although the commander of the Patroclus army is young, he is very calm and experienced in the use of soldiers. He marched quickly to the vicinity of Wolcena, but instead of relying on a large number of troops, he built a camp to lure the enemy to attack, and through a small victory in defensive battles, he won the trust of the Allied generals and boosted the morale of the soldiers. Then he deliberately retreated, retreating south to the Tiber River, so that the Gauls thought that the Dionian army was timid, so that he dared to attack Volcena with confidence, and as a result, while the Gauls were tired and asleep for days, he led his army back again and raided the camp of the Gauls......"

The new chief of staff, Printors, seriously analyzed: "Although this brilliant victory is also due to the ignorance and arrogance of the Gauls themselves, not only did they not fight cautiously after encountering our powerful coalition army, but only knew how to attack blindly, and there was no discipline in marching and camping, but on the other hand, it can be seen that the commander of Patroclus not only knew his own soldiers, the situation of the allies, but also the situation of the Gauls, and every decision he made was so in line with the war situation at that time, so that victory came so easily, It can be said that it has won the essence of the "Military Law". Congratulations, Your Majesty! The kingdom has one more good military commander, and he's so young! ”