Of all the evils, rumors spread the fastest. As the speed increases, it becomes more intense, and it has more energy as the dispersal area expands.

- Publius Virgilius Maro (Roman poet)

Why did Spartak propose such two systems? In fact, this is the biggest achievement that Spartak has achieved since his arrival in North Africa for half a month; As for the development of competitive training and the improvement of combat effectiveness of the Numidian army, that was the way Spartak used it to confuse Adheba and get the results he wanted.

Through this half-month of competitive training, Spartakus's biggest gain was not to help the Numidian army improve its combat effectiveness, nor to gain the trust of Adheba; Rather, they figured out the details of the Numidian army! Spartak found that the army of Numidia was fundamentally different from the army of the House of Augustus, or rather the army of Rome.

For the soldiers of Numidia, they never regarded themselves as soldiers who defended their homeland and country, nor did they have the slightest sense of honor to serve the country in the army; They were recruited to serve as soldiers, that's all. Adheba and Gisgo paid them to recruit them; They showed up in the barracks, nothing else.

The reason why they broke out under the competitive training of Spartak was that they had an extremely strong combat effectiveness and an extremely hard will to train, it was not the sense of honor of living in the new military camp, but the high-quality food of the new military camp deeply attracted these Numidian soldiers from poor people; Later, after half a month of training, they finally had a little sense of honor, but it was definitely not much.

It is almost impossible for such an army to form a strong fighting force, no matter how powerful the fighting skills they have learned, and no matter how well equipped they are with weapons; They will never become stronger, because they have no idea who they are fighting for, and they do not have any will to fight.

However, this was good news for Spartacus; It was precisely because these Numidian soldiers had no will to fight, no allegiance, and no sense of honor that it was beneficial for Spartak to slowly control them. After all, it's much easier to leave your own imprint on a blank piece of paper than it is to leave your own imprint on a piece of paper full of stuff.

This is also the reason why Spartak proposed these two systems, as long as these two systems can be implemented smoothly, then the day when the training of the Combined Legion is over, it will be the day when the Augustus family will completely master these two legions! Why is this so? Is there any mystery hidden in these two systems? And that's exactly what happened!

In fact, it should be said that the competition system for deputy generals in the later period is basically the sublimation and extension of the competition system for positions in the early stage; There is no doubt that there would have been no competition system for lieutenant generals in the later period if there had not been a system of competition for posts in the early stage. Once these two systems are implemented together, the centurions and captains of the Augustus family will definitely train more actively.

In this way, it will invisibly quickly improve the combat effectiveness of each legion, and it will be extremely conducive to cultivating the centurions and captains of the Augustan family, so that they can become better and more competent middle-level officers. At the same time, the implementation of such a system will definitely allow the centurions and captains to establish a very strong relationship with the ordinary Numidian warriors.

A deputy centurion, if he wants to go further to become the centurion of this hundred-man team, must establish good relations with his fifty Numidian warriors, mingle with them and establish a deep friendship; In this way, he can ensure that his Numidian warriors can do their best to help them compete for the position of centurion.

A centurion who wants to be the first or second centurion who can compete for the captain must have good relations with his deputy centurions and the hundred Numidian warriors, and do everything possible to make them his supporters and followers; In this way, you can ensure that you can be qualified to compete for the captain.

If a captain wants to compete for the lieutenant general of the legion, then he must first become the chief captain of his own legion, which is not an easy task, because he has at least eleven contenders; If you want to defeat all of these eleven captains, this captain must have the full support of every centurion and every warrior under his command, otherwise it will be impossible!

In this way, under the interlocking link, the soldiers of the brigade and below will slowly form an absolutely stable relationship; Each captain was very familiar with his centurion, and the relationship between the two was very close; Each centurion was extremely familiar with his warriors, and the relationship between the two was very close.

In the long run, do you think that the low-level Numidian warriors are genuinely loyal to their centurions and captains, or will they choose to be loyal to the legionnaires who are high above them and have nothing to do with them? Doing so is not without consequences; That is, if there is an accident with these centurions and captains of the middle class, the blow to the entire legion will be fatal.

Thankfully, Oscar had anticipated this day for a long time; Therefore, the first requirement for the appointment of all centurions and group captains of the Augustan family was that they must be graduates of the Augustan Military Academy. Although this requirement could improve the regularity and institutionalization of the Augustan army to a certain extent, the fundamental reason was that Oscar needed the absolute allegiance of mid-level officers.

As long as the absolute allegiance of the mid-ranking officers was guaranteed, Oscar tightly held the military power of the entire House of Augustus in his hands; This is also the key to Spartacus's choice to strengthen the prestige of the centurion and the captain's abilities this time. It wasn't until this plan was implemented that Spartak really understood why Oscar founded the Augustan Military Academy; This may be the real means of the Oscars.

Spartak didn't want to think about these things within the Augustan family, because he knew that he was Oscar's most trusted hair, and he just needed to unswervingly support Oscar and follow Oscar; As for other things, he really didn't want to think about it, and he didn't want to interfere, and this was Spartacus, or Thales.

Because in the beginning, the Numidians did not see Oscar's intention to send three hundred mid-ranking officers; Therefore, whether it is Sinrida and Bashirek, or Adheba and Gisgow, they do not see the real intention of Spartak to implement these two systems, but think that this is Spartak's desperate attempt to improve the combat effectiveness of the Numidian army.

The next day, after Spartak officially announced to the whole army the implementation of the system of competition for posts and the competition of lieutenant generals of the corps, it unexpectedly caused a great repercussion among all centurions and captains; All have a new sense of their future. Those who are ambitious are naturally full of ambition and ready to do a big job; Those with mediocre abilities are also ready to strengthen their efforts.

However, both the ambitious centurion and the mediocre centurion realized one thing in an instant; That is, you can no longer ignore the ordinary soldiers under your command, and in the case of little difference in everyone's ability, the key to determining the outcome will be those ordinary soldiers who are originally inconspicuous.

In the days that followed, training between the various legions became more intense; Half a month after training, the first competition for the rank of centurion and captain officially began under the orders of Spartakus. One by one, Spartak's guards acted as overseers, and the plains within ten miles of the barracks became the battleground for competing positions.

The fierce competition was even beyond Spartacus's own imagination, and all the deputy centurions were challenging their own centurions; The competition among the centurions was also extremely fierce, and it took a whole morning for the competition for the position of centurion of the three legions to be over. Naturally, the afternoon time was not wasted, but there was a competition for the position of captain of each brigade.

Although the scale of this competition is much smaller than that of the morning, it is far more intense than in the morning; You know, the gap between the captain and the centurion is huge. The centurion is a genuine mid-level officer, and may be a little more inclined to the lower ranks; The captain is the top of the mid-level officer, and one step further is the corps-level general who can be called a general.

Moreover, not every soldier is a gentleman, and gentlemen are a rare species in the army; The vast majority of centurions and captains are extremely tenacious and unyielding. In the competitive battle in the afternoon, there was even a captain who led his own team of 100 people to fight to the last person and did not admit defeat; There are also centurions who failed to challenge them, and they are not convinced even if they run out of soldiers.

In short, when such an intense day is over; In order to ease the mood of the centurions and captains, Spartak held a grand bonfire in the barracks, and prepared a large amount of inferior wine and enough roast bread for the soldiers.

From the centurion and the captain, all of them were classmates who graduated from the Augustan Military Academy, and they were also in the same army, plus the natural boldness among the soldiers; Naturally, there will be no contradictions and unpleasantness, and countless centurions and captains who fought fiercely during the day hugged each other in the carnival at night, singing and drinking desperately!

The ordinary Numidian soldiers were naturally the protagonists of this bonfire, and the victors shared the joy of victory with their brothers, and drank and ate together to vent the fatigue of training; The loser cheers up his brothers under his command, encourages his brothers to fight hard in the next competition, and then drinks and eats together to vent the bad luck of failure.

Looking at the soldiers who mingled in the entire barracks and the Numidian warriors who showed sincere smiles, Spartak also stood at the door of the military tent and showed a satisfied smile; Then, Spartak also turned and walked into the tent, and continued to eat and drink with the same enthusiasm as the commanders. (To be continued.) )