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- Plato (one of the greatest philosophers and thinkers of Western culture)

The close attention of other forces to this decisive battle is that Oscar doesn't care at all, after all, those are other people's affairs, and Oscar can't worry about that heart, and he doesn't want to worry about that.

For the current Oscar, the most important thing at the moment is the arrangement and disposal of the surrendered personnel of the former ancient city-state of Syra; The question of the relocation of the capital could not have been resolved in any substantive manner until Lucis and Quintus arrived in Syracuse.

Mary's special status determines that her voice within the Augustus family is extremely limited, and she may be able to make some suggestions on military matters, who will make her the goddess of war?

However, when it comes to other aspects of the family, she can only give Oscar advice in private, and can no longer speak out in a dignified manner; There is no way to do this, no matter how good Mary's ability is, she has never made any great contribution to the Augustan family, and the right to speak is always linked to merit.

Of course, sometimes a special status can also bring enough right to speak, such as Marcus of the Maxentius family, Quintus of the Scipio family; Their voice within the Augustan family comes more from their special identity.

It's just that their special status was recognized by the generals of the House of Augustus; After all, everyone is also a Roman, and the Maxentius family and Scipio family still have a very high status in the history of the Romans, which is not comparable to ordinary people.

In this respect, Mary is different; Mary's special identity came from the Kingdom of Spain, a country far from the Roman world, and her peculiarity was naturally not accepted by the typical Roman generals of the Augustan family.

Perhaps, in the future, when the Augustan family executed the Spanish strategy, Mary could play a huge role and establish no less than Luquis and others; At that time, Mary will have enough say in the Augustan family.

Before that, Oscar was also reluctant to let Mary have too much say; Otherwise, everyone would think that it was Oscar who gave him special power as a woman, and Oscar didn't want anyone to have such a misunderstanding.

In Oscar's view, the rise of a powerful empire definitely does not depend on the excellence of one or two people, but on the operation of a complete set of systems; Oscar's reluctance to break the system and rules he has created with his own hands is the root of the Augustus family's strength!

However, not giving Mary enough voice does not mean that Oscar will not listen to Mary's advice; The reason why Oscar takes Mary with him everywhere he goes, in addition to his own commitments, Oscar still needs to listen to Mary's advice from time to time.

For Oscar, Mary is like an all-knowing thinker; Even if there are times when Mary's advice is at odds with Oscar's thoughts, this does not affect Oscar's trust in Mary, after all, Mary is also one of Oscar's closest people.

This time it was possible to successfully force the ancient city of Syrac, and Mary played a great role in it; Although it is said that it was Oscar himself who came up with the strategy of forcing the ancient city-state of Syra to surrender in the first place, the specific action arrangements were made by Mary.

In fact, many of Oscar's actions are just a general idea, and the specific action plan is all thought up by Mary; After careful deliberation by Oscar and Mary, it was finally announced by Oscar.

That is to say, most of Oscar's decisions were made with the assistance of Mary; At least two-thirds of all the exploits that belong to the Oscars belong to Mary, but the world does not know about it.

Now that Oscar and Mary's strategy of surrender has been successfully implemented, the city-state of Syracuse has surrendered without a fight; However, how to deal with the officials of the ancient city-state of Syrac, who voluntarily surrendered, is a matter of caution.

If they are not careful, the Augustus family will be infamous for crossing the river and demolishing bridges; Even those who surrendered did not dare to say anything on the surface, they would be dissatisfied in their hearts, and no one would dare to surrender to the Augustus family in the future.

And if the Augustus family can settle these surrendered people into obedience, then in the future, when encountering such a situation, those weak forces will easily and willingly submit to the Augustan family in exchange for glory and wealth.

In view of this, both Oscar and Mary decided to treat all the surrenderers of the ancient city-state of Syrac; It is naturally impossible to reuse, but Oscar will not be stingy with glory and nobility.

Of course, these were the treatments given to those ordinary capitulating nobles; For the Spartan hoplites, who had no choice but to lay down their arms, and Dionisios, the consul of the ancient city-state of Syrac, Oscar still had other arrangements.

Especially for those Spartan hoplites, you must know that there is a large Spartan settlement in Greater Sicily; As long as the Augustan family can trap these Spartan heavy infantry, they are not afraid that the Augustan family will not have Spartan heavy infantry available in the future.

As for Dionisios, the consul of the city-state of Syrac, that is a typical example of the Augustan family that must be put on the bright side; Whether it was for the image of the Augustan family or for the sake of future fame, Oscar had to reuse Dionysios.

However, reuse is reused; There is still a need for specific reuse. First of all, it was impossible for Oscar to leave Dionicios in Sicily; Otherwise, once he breeds some undesirable ambitions in the future, it will not be a good thing for the Augustan family.

secondly, the importance of his own use must not be lower than his own status; This means that Oscar must have appointed Dionysios as the governor of a place in order to be worthy of his status.

After considering all the factors, Oscar already had a rough arrangement for Dionycios's arrangement in his heart; After taking care of the other trivial matters at hand, Oscar asked Nusis to send an invitation to all the nobles in the ancient city of Syra, inviting them to attend a banquet hosted by Oscar himself in the consul's mansion tonight!

This banquet is naturally the meeting of Oscar on behalf of the Augustus family for the resettlement of the surrendered people of the ancient city-state of Syrac; It is also a reward meeting for the Augustus family to give back to those nobles who surrendered voluntarily, and Oscar believes that those nobles will definitely be all there.

After arranging the specific banquet, Oscar made it clear to Mary, asking her to send someone to explain the aristocracy of the Augustan family to the Syracuse nobles at the beginning of the banquet; So that the Syracuse nobles could understand the next reward.

After dealing with these things, Oscar left the consul's mansion with Nusis and five hundred guards, and went in the direction of the legions in the ancient city of Syra; Oscar decided to settle the problem of the Spartan hoplites before the dinner began.

After arriving at the barracks, Oscar did not secretly summon the commanders of the Spartan heavy infantry for secret talks, but gathered all the 3,000 Spartan heavy infantry in the barracks to the training ground in the barracks.

After the three thousand Spartan hoplites stood in a neat formation, Oscar shouted directly to Nusis under the platform:

"Nuss, you immediately bring people to carry all the weapons and equipment of these three thousand warriors to the training ground; Put it next to every warrior and let them get dressed later! ”

Nussis didn't understand why Oscar always put himself in danger like this, but he still meticulously carried out Oscar's orders; The Spartan hoplites didn't understand Oscar's meaning, but they still put on their own life-threatening weapons.

After the three thousand Spartan heavy infantry were fully armed and equipped with weapons and equipment, Oscar looked at the Spartan heavy infantry neatly arranged below, nodded and praised:

"I said, why does it feel wrong as soon as you come in? Now that you're all dressed in your weapons and equipment, I look so much more pleasing to the eye! Spartan heavy infantry should have the appearance of Spartan heavy infantry; You are one of the most powerful heavy infantry in the world! ”

Oscar's undisguised praise made the Spartan hoplites below feel blush; Their commander even stood up directly to Oscar and refused:

"The Spartan hoplites were indeed one of the most powerful in the world; But those of us who surrendered without a fight are no longer worthy to be called Spartan hoplites, we are a disgrace to the Spartan hoplites! ”

In the face of the ruthless humiliation of their commander, all the Spartan hoplites bowed their proud heads and looked ashamed; Oscar shook his head and said calmly:

"You are not a disgrace to the Spartan hoplites, you have only lost to your loyalists; In the army of our family Augustus, there has always been a Spartan heavy infantry that has always been strong in combat and strong in battle.

In the last decisive battle of Sicily, my 200 Spartan heavy infantry were able to resist Hannibal's thousands of elite troops for several hours in order to save the remnants of our retreating army, and killed several times the enemy army, and finally the whole army was wiped out.

In the decisive battle that had just ended, the 1,000 Spartan hoplites under my command once again played the role of mainstay; It is because of their tenacious fighting that our Augustus family won the final decisive victory.

You are also a formidable Spartan hoplite, and I believe it would be you who defend the city today; Even if our Augustus family wants to take Syracuse, it will take at least tens of thousands of casualties to be possible.

Unfortunately, your allegiance has chosen to surrender, and you have just reluctantly laid down your arms; It is not your fault that you deserve to build your own glory on the battlefield. We, the House of Augustus, are willing to provide you with such a stage, as long as you will; From now on, you will be part of the most elite Guards Infantry Legion of our House of Augustus! (To be continued.) )