There are very few people who can swim in the vast sea.

- Publius Virgilius Maro (Roman poet)

Hartman and Almini did not disappoint Spartak either, with Spartak personally watching Hartmann's first round of competitive engagement and Almini's second-round competitive engagement; The performance of these two people is remarkable, far from being comparable to the average captain. Hartmann, in particular, liked Spartak very much for his calm combat style; Almini was a little too passionate.

It's not bad, it's just not to Spartac's taste; However, Spartak would not delay the reuse of Armini for such a small reason. As long as Almini can win the position of chief captain of the Chengguan Legion in this competition, then Spartak will not mind putting him in the position of deputy general of the Chengguan Legion at the last moment!

It took a whole morning for the final competitive brigade of the three legions to be selected; The Hartman Brigade and the Almini Brigade are naturally among them, and they are the most outstanding of these brigades. During the noon break, everyone was simply fed and alone, and everyone's focus had been put on the afternoon melee, looking forward to the birth of the chief captains of the three legions.

You must know that the chief captain at this time is very likely to ascend to the throne of the deputy general of the legion in the future, which is really a step to the sky; Although these things may not be able to be done by themselves, it is also good to be a witness to the birth of a general, and everyone's hearts are boiling for the afternoon scuffle!

However, sometimes God just doesn't want to make people happy; Before the lunch meal was finished, the sky began to be cloudy, and the rain began to fall quickly. When the captain asked Spartak if he had canceled the afternoon melee, Spartak replied: Is it true that when you are on the battlefield, will you make a truce with the enemy because of the rain?

Thus, the melee competition of the chief captains of the three major army corps in the afternoon began in such a heavy rainstorm; In order to show that he and the entire United Legion hierarchy attached great importance to this selection, the melee of the three legions was carried out under the personal supervision of their own legion commanders, and Spartak himself took the overseer team to watch.

As for the other brigades that have been eliminated, they are also required to stand in the rain and observe the big melee between these brigades, to learn the combat methods of others and see where their own gaps are. After the melee began, the entire perimeter of the barracks became a battlefield for these brigades to fight each other; Each brigade burst out with an unusually strong combat effectiveness, and the soldiers on the periphery couldn't help but cheer for them.

These three melee lasted for nearly two hours before it ended, and it was the desert legion that Spartak had high hopes for the first to end, and the winner was naturally Hartman and his brigade; You must know that Hartmann led his team to withstand the joint attack of the two opponents and won the final victory, which undoubtedly made everyone have a deep admiration for Hartmann.

The next thing that ended was the melee of the Chengguan Corps, because the Chengguan Corps had four brigades involved in the melee; Therefore, Almini was the first to join forces with the other brigade to defeat the combination of the other two brigades. In the end, Almini battled with his comrades and won the final victory by a narrow margin.

As for the cavalry regiment that ended last, it was Captain Rechel who won the final victory; He was also one of the top 10 graduates of the Augustan Military Academy, but he was good at cavalry warfare. Spartak always didn't understand the matter of cavalry so well, and naturally paid less attention to this Rachel than Hartman and Armini.

However, Rechel's abilities must not be denied because of Spartacus's neglect; Since he was able to graduate with Hartman and Armini in the top ten of the Augustan Military Academy, and also won the final victory from the hands of thirteen competitors, it is enough to prove that his ability is indeed extraordinary!

After the two-day competition, the entire Combined Legion resumed its usual training; However, all the legion commanders could feel it. After witnessing the change of duties with one eye, the training enthusiasm of the centurions and group leaders has become completely different; There has also been a massive increase in the level of hard training of the soldiers.

In order to stimulate the training enthusiasm of the soldiers and enhance the relationship between the soldiers, Spartacus will hold a bonfire banquet for two nights during the competition held every half month; At any cost, the soldiers can enjoy food and wine in addition to the fierce competition.

This training lasted for four months, and the combat effectiveness of the Combined Legion had been raised to a fairly high level; During this period, Prince Adheba also held a staged battle against the combined army and the elite forces of Mauritania in order to review the combat effectiveness of the Combined Legion.

The side being reviewed is naturally the Desert Legion and the Cavalry Legion of the Combined Legion, and the side that challenged is the most elite Salah Legion under Prince Adheba; You must know that the Salah Legion is one of the two most elite legions in the entire Numidian Kingdom, second only to the Ahmet Legion in combat effectiveness, and can almost be regarded as the highest combat power representative of the entire Numidian Kingdom.

The Salah Legion also includes a large-scale infantry army and a cavalry army, so it is natural that it can conduct combat exercises with the Desert Legion and the Cavalry Legion respectively; On the day of the parade, Spartak deliberately built a Roman-style point station on the flat ground near the barracks for Prince Adheba and Governor Gisgow and others to watch the battle.

In fact, the people who came that day already included almost all of the top brass in Mauritania; Prince Adheba and Governor Gisgo don't need to be mentioned, Salah Legion, the commander of the Salah Legion, must also arrive, and after Sinrida became the commander of the Desert Legion, Alaiamas who succeeded him as the commander of the Mauritanian Legion was also among them.

In addition, Prince Adheba invited three representatives of the nobles of the province of Mauritania, three representatives of wealthy merchants, and their families; The huge point general stage was finally crowded with these people. However, Spartak and Tuka, who are the protagonists, as well as Sinrida, Bashirek, Lilias and others are also placed next to Prince Adheba.

According to Salah's proposal, he would use his 5,000 infantry to fight against the 6,000 soldiers of the Desert Legion to review the Desert Legion's combat effectiveness; After that, the combat effectiveness of the 7,000 cavalry of the cavalry regiment was reviewed with the 6,000 Numidian javelin cavalry of the Salah legion. Spartak had no doubt about this, and the other generals naturally agreed with this arrangement.

In fact, for Adheba and Gisgo, as long as the Desert Legion and the Cavalry Legion can perform well under the attack of the Salah Legion, even if they fail in the end, it is not a big deal. After all, the Salah Legion was a powerful legion built up by three generations of the Numidian Kingdom; How can the combat effectiveness be comparable to this army that has only been formed for four months!

In preparation for this review, Spartacus had already appointed new lieutenants and chief captains of the various legions before the review; The Desert Legion's lieutenant general is naturally Hartman, who has won repeatedly, and the chief captain is Assini, who is second only to Hartman in the number of wins. The cavalry corps had two chief captains, namely Rachel of the Javelinmen and Nayden of the Longshield Cavalry.

In this review, the Desert Legion was commanded by Hartman and Asini, and the Cavalry Legion was commanded by Rachel and Naiden; Commander Salah saw that the Desert Legion Commander Sinrida and the Cavalry Legion Bashirek did not go into battle in person, so he naturally could not go into battle in person, and he also ordered the generals under his command to take command on his behalf.

The first review battle was between the elite infantry of the 5,000 Salah Legion and the Desert Legion; The Salah Legion's 3,000 desert infantry and 2,000 Numidian infantry marched onto the battlefield in a neat formation.

The desert legion led by Hartman is much more rustic in comparison, and the soldiers of the six thousand desert legions are all wearing ordinary military uniforms that have been worn out, and the armor is not distinct; Only in terms of momentum is not inferior to Salah's legion. What is even more astonishing is that this army of 6,000 men; When advancing, the formation was not chaotic at all, the movements were completely consistent, and the soldiers were even more silent.

Insiders look at the doorway, laymen look at the liveliness; While the aristocratic and wealthy merchants were still pointing and commenting on the desert legion's armor, Salah and Adheba and Gisgo nodded secretly. The Desert Legion was able to transform into such an army in four months; It was indeed not easy, the Augustus family and Spartak were really extraordinary.

After the battle began, Hartmann personally commanded 2,000 desert infantry to move to the left flank, and Assini led 2,000 Numidian infantry to block the front of Salah's legion; The two thousand archers of the Desert Legion in the back also started to attack at the right time! The elite of the 5,000 Salah Legion was unable to break through the defense line of the 2,000 Numidian infantry on the frontal battlefield, and finally fell into the siege of the 2,000 desert infantry outflanked by Hartman; Coupled with the continuous blows of two thousand archers, the Salah corps was defeated!

The elite of the Salah Legion of 5,000 men was completely annihilated by the Desert Legion of 6,000 men, and the Desert Legion only paid less than 3,000 casualties; This result made the entire general platform collectively lose their voices, especially the Commander Salah, his face was gloomy and completely black, and the nobles around him were terrified.

The most shocking thing was Prince Adheba, he didn't expect that the army that had been trained in just four months would have such a powerful combat effectiveness! Prince Adheba is not the commander of the Salah Legion, he is the leader of the entire force; So, he knows what it means to be such a powerful legion, and what it means to himself! (To be continued.) )