Personepernatura，tendonoacrederedipiùenontemonovisto，nascostocosestrane。 (It is by human nature to believe and fear things that have not been seen and are secretly unfamiliar.) ）

- Gaius Julius Caesar (Roman dictator)

The hustle and bustle of October 1 finally ended when Oscar closed his eyes; However, the impact of the Oscars is slowly fermenting. If Oscar's free gift of millions of gold worth of wine to the people of Rome won the hearts of the people of Rome; His later speeches, then, were to make the people of Rome willing to give their lives for the Oscar's dream of a republic.

You know, Oscar didn't just say a lot of praise and thanks; He combined his dreams with the future of the republic. In short, Oscar succeeded in portraying himself as a loyal patriot of the Republic, and defined his dream as the future of the Republic and the Romans; Needless to say, everyone who listened was touched by the Oscars, including the senators of the Senate.

Even the members of the four major families had to admit that Oscar's speech was indeed heartfelt; It was by far the most heartfelt speech ever. Marcus even thinks that if anyone thinks Oscar's speech is hypocritical; Then this person must not be a true patriot, nor a true Roman. For Oscar's dream is entirely the strongest voice of a true Roman; This is not just the dream of Oscar alone, but of all Romans.

Of course, these things are all in the past; The Supreme Military Council of the Republic, to be held tomorrow morning, is what Oscar really cares about. The commanders of the three legions belonging to the House of Augustus and the legion's lieutenant general, Oscar, had already thought of a candidate; The other requests that will be made at the meeting have also been drafted, and Oscar is just waiting for the meeting to come.

A good night's sleepless sleep allowed Oscar to open his eyes at seven o'clock in the morning at the call of old Carabes; It turned out that Quintus had already arrived at the Augustus family mansion early and invited Oscar to the Senate to attend the Supreme Military Council at eight o'clock. Oscar didn't dare to delay, so he quickly got up and cleaned up and went to the Senate with Quintus.

By the time Oscar and Quintus arrived at the Senate, it was seven forty in the morning; Except for Decius, who was presiding over the meeting, he had not yet arrived, and the rest of the participants were already seated. There were already six people in the room, namely: the Honorable Flavius Julius, the leader of the House of Julius, the Honorable Tiberius Brutus, the leader of the House of Brutus, the new leader of the House of Scipio, the Honorable Julianus Scipio, the heir of the House of Maxentius, the Honorable Marcus, the Consul, and the Honorable Marius, the Administrator; Plus Oscar, the leader of the House of Augustus, Lord Quintus of the House of Scipio.

Although there were only eight people in the room, they represented the supreme power of the entire Roman Republic. After the arrival of Decius, the resolution between these nine men will determine the future of the entire Roman Republic! Once Oscar and Quintus were seated in their seats, they noticed a stack of parchment rolls on the table in front of each of them; It is the plan of military reform that Marius had already shown the two of them last night!

Seeing that everyone else was casually flipping through the parchment scrolls, Oscar naturally pretended not to know about it; Soon, Decius walked into the conference room with his scepter in hand. Once Decius was seated, the Supreme Military Council began. First, Decius spoke: "Before convening the military council, I will announce an appointment: in recognition of the outstanding contributions made by His Excellency Oscar and the House of Augustus to the Republic over the past two hundred years, our four great families are willing to accept the House of Augustus as the fifth family of the Roman Republic; And awarded His Excellency Oscar the post of State Attaché of the Republic! “

This appointment was originally discussed by the four leaders present, and everyone naturally congratulated them hypocritically; However, Oscar can see in these hypocritical congratulations that there are three people who are sincerely congratulating themselves, Quintus, Marcus, and Sevieus. It seems that once Decius fell; The Maxentius family, led by Sevios and Marcus, is still a target for himself. Oscar couldn't help but think in his heart.

After simply finishing this matter, it's time to start the meeting; The first task of the meeting was for the leaders of the five families to vote on Marius's plan for military reform. If more than three agree to implement it, then the implementation of the military reform plan is determined; The twelve newly recruited legions and the remaining three legions will all change their organization and change their weapons and equipment. If more than three oppose, then cancel the military reform plan.

Needless to say, the five great families agreed to implement this military reform plan; The next step is the division of the various legions and the appointment of the corps commander. Severus, Flavies, Tiberius, Iulianus, and Oscar each gave their three captains to Decius; Decius handed over the five lists to Marius, who immediately began to make a list of the generals of the legion on the spot.

Soon, Marius accomplished the task; Then, it was Marius himself who began to read out the affiliation of the various legions and the appointment of their commanders: "There are fifteen legions in the Republican ** team, of which five are the Golden Eagle Banner Legion (referred to as the Eagle Banner Legion) and ten are the Silver Eagle Banner Legion (referred to as the Legion). In order to cooperate with this military reform plan, the original First Legion of the Augustus family will be renamed the Sixth Legion, the former Third Legion of the Julius family will be renamed the Seventh Legion, and the former Fifth Legion of the Brutus family will be renamed the Eighth Legion.

The current affiliation of the Legion is as follows: the Augustus family is in charge of the First Eagle Banner Legion, and the Legion Commander Luquis; Sixth Legion, Commander Gummos; Eleventh Legion, Commander Cassillo.

The Julius family is at the helm of the Second Eagle Banner Legion, with Vibius Julius as its commander; Seventh Legion, Gallerius; Twelfth Legion, Commander Appius.

The Brutus family is at the helm of the 3rd Eagle Banner Legion, and the commander of the legion, Olus Brutus; Eighth Legion, Commander Gnieus; Thirteenth Legion, Commander Nero.

The Maxentius family was at the helm of the Fourth Eagle Banner, with the commander Marius; Ninth Legion, Legion Commander Octavian; Commander of the Fourteenth Army, Commander of the Regiment, Anthony.

The Scipio family is at the helm of the Fifth Eagle Banner, with the commander of the legion, Quintus Scipio; the 10th Legion, Commander Aulus Scipio; Fifteenth Legion, Commander Sprius. ”

After announcing the new legion affiliation and the appointment of the legion commander, the presiding officer of the meeting, Decius, suddenly made a proposal that made the entire population dry. "I don't think the regular legions of the republic alone are enough to cope with all the convictions on the battlefield, but the strength of the republic is limited; In order to better fight, I propose that the Republic allow the Five Great Families to recruit new legions in the name of their private families. However, the new clan will be at the expense of the recruiting family itself; And it is not in the republican ** regiment sequence, and it is not allowed to use the name of the republic. What do you think? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's breathing began to be heavy; In the past, everyone secretly made a little private army in private, but now this is to encourage everyone to form a larger number of private army! Moreover, it is also a justifiable formation; As long as you have the money, you can form ten or eight legions. Of course, Decius wasn't old and foolish; Just allowing the five major families to do this, other people and families are naturally resolutely not allowed.

So, do you want to agree? When the Julius and Brutus families agreed one after another, Oscar also agreed; Thus, this bill, which in the future led to the complete division of the republic, was passed. Then there is the division of war zones; The Julius family was to be in charge of the war zone between the northern Republic and the Gallic barbarians, and the Legion was commanded by Flavis.

The Brutus family was to lead their three legions on an expedition to Epirus, with Tiberius as the supreme commander of the legions. The House of Augustus was to be responsible for confronting Carthage and Hannibal in Sardinia, with Oscar as the supreme commander of the legion. The Maxentius family continued to rule Rome proper, with Marcus as the supreme commander of the legions. The Scipio family was responsible for the security of the entire southern part of the Republic, and the supreme commander of the legion, Iulianus.

After completing the specific division of the theater of operations, it was the turn of the regiments to be arranged, and Decius asked everyone to express their opinions and talk about how many regiments they needed in their theater. The Flavius leader of the House of Julius first stated that only three legions could not resist the Gallic barbarians in the north, because although the total number of these three legions was as high as 20,000, they were all new soldiers; Even the Seventh Army had only been formed for a little over a month. The opponent Gaul had 6,000 provincial troops and 4,000 elite troops; Therefore, the House of Julius must have more legions.

The leader of Tiberius, the Brutus family, also said that his family needed more legions, because the three legions belonging to his family were about to form an expeditionary army to fight in Epirus on the Greek peninsula; The Brutus family needs more legions to protect their family's homeland. As for our Oscar Honorable One, he said only one word: my opponents are Carthage and Hannibal.

At this point, three of the five major families have declared that they need more legions; The remaining two families did not ask for more legions because they were both defending their homeland. In response to this situation, Marius came up with a previously formulated plan for the distribution of legions: the Scipio family and the Augustus family would join forces to deal with Hannibal, and the Scipio family's Fifth Eagle Banner Legion would be stationed in Sardinia; The Maxentius and Julius families joined forces, and the Ninth Legion of the Maxentius family was to go to the northern border.

The other legion's demands will be ignored, and in response to the dissatisfaction of the Brutus family and the continued demands of other families, Lord Decius replied with only one sentence: Why do you think I proposed a plan to allow the five families to raise legions on their own, it is not that the Republic's financial resources are limited; Maintaining fifteen legions, the size of more than 100,000 troops is already the limit of the republic, and you can only figure out the rest by yourself.

In desperation, everyone had to agree to this legion arrangement plan. At this point in the meeting, Oscar duly put forward his own requirements: in order to better cope with the Carthaginian navy and blockade of Sicily, the Augustans needed the Republic to support a group of warships in Sardinia; Moreover, the Augustans needed 300,000 gold coins to buy off the Carthaginian senators and Numidians to drag Hannibal back. Otherwise, the Augustans have not completed a minimum of three months of training for the new legion; Sardinia really couldn't stop the possible attack of Hannibal and Carthage.

For these two demands of Oscar, Decius consulted with the other three families; The four families unanimously agreed to Oscar's request. After all, fending off Hannibal's attack now is the Republic's top priority. As a result, Decius announced that six triremes and fourteen twins would be transferred from the fleet of the Republic to Sardinia; 300,000 gold coins will also be allocated to Oscar by the treasury at a later date.

At the same time, Decius announced that in the new military establishment, the number of each Roman legion was 6,840, and the annual salary of each legion was 70,000 gold coins, and the annual salary of the Eagle Banner Legion was 140,000 gold coins. Therefore, at the beginning of each year, the Senate will provide a one-time provision of 300,000 gold coins to each family; Among them, 280,000 gold coins are military expenses, and the remaining 20,000 gold coins are equipment maintenance costs.