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The arrival of Cleopatra's emissaries also proves another thing, that is, the war between Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIII is about to break out in the short term; It would take at least a month for the 70,000-strong army led by Octvian to reach Memphis.

In order to prevent the 70,000-strong army loyal to Ptolemy XIII from being crushed by the army of Cleopatra and the army of Augustus, Perinos and Octivian directly detained the emissaries sent by Cleopatra; Okchivian then ordered 30,000 of the 70,000 chariot troops of the 70,000 troops to the south, and he followed with 40,000 infantry.

Ptolemy XIII, after receiving the army of Cleopatra and Augustus to conquer the provinces of the Nile Delta, in addition to asking for help from the governors of Perinos and Occivian, ordered Bosinus to gather all the troops of Central Egypt into the city of Memphis and defend Memphis; This order was a rare order that received the full support of Posinius.

Although Posinus was a key figure in helping Ptolemy XIII defeat Cleopatra, and was also a confidant appointed by Ptolemy XIII as the commander of the 70,000-strong army in Central Egypt; However, Bosinus himself was opposed to many of the orders announced by the incompetent Ptolemy XIII, which is why he was trusted by Ptolemy XIII to survive to this day.

If it had been anyone else, the whole family would have been executed by the cruel and bloodthirsty Ptolemy XIII; No matter how stupid Ptolemy XIII was, he also knew who were loyal to defend his military power, which is why he tolerated Bosinus.

The Province of Central Egypt is the current capital province of the Kingdom of Egypt and the most prosperous region of the Kingdom of Egypt. The star-studded cities and frequent slave revolts greatly dispersed the army under the command of Bosinus, and also caused the entire Central Egypt region to be distributed with a different number of guards, which directly led to the lack of garrisons in Memphis.

The city of Memphis is also the tallest and strongest city in the entire Egyptian kingdom, plus the countless grain and grass materials stored in the city; Concentrating all 70,000 troops in Central Egypt in the city of Memphis for defense was definitely the best way to resist the attack of Cleopatra's army and Augustus's army.

Of course, Ptolemy XIII didn't think as much as Bosinius, and he didn't think it was good to hold Memphis; The reason why he ordered Bosinus to gather all the troops of the entire Central Egypt region in the city of Memphis was only so that Posinus could lead all the troops to better protect himself.

Whatever the purpose of Ptolemy XIII's decision, at least it was the rare right decision of his pharaonic career, and it was the most meticulous order that Posinius had ever carried out; When Posinius marched all his army of 70,000 into Memphis, Ptolemy XIII, who had been scared all along, could finally relax and sleep.

The day after Bosinius led an army of 70,000 men to defend the city of Memphis, the messengers he sent to the aid of the Governor of Bertinos and the Governor of Occivian hurried back to Memphis and brought the good news he wanted.

It would take about ten days at most for the 30,000 chariot troops sent by the Governors of Burdinos and Okchivian to arrive in Memphis; In about ten days or so, 40,000 elite infantry under the leadership of Governor Burdinus himself will also arrive in Memphis.

70,000 elite reinforcements are coming, plus the 70,000 elite troops already in Memphis, the combined forces of Cleopatra and the army of the Augustan Empire are about 100,000; Counting the city of Memphis, which was tall and fortified, all doubts and worries in Ptolemy XIII's heart were gone, and he once again returned to his former extravagant life.

Oscar and Cleopatra waited in Alexandria for half a month without waiting for the messengers to return, but the army under Cleopatra increased in size to 80,000 in half a month; It turns out that with enough food and abundant wealth, it is indeed possible to quickly pull out a large army in a populous place.

The army that was originally loyal to Cleopatra was only about 37,000 infantry and 5,000 battlefield troops, and in just half a month, the entire Nile Delta region contributed nearly 40,000 new soldiers to Cleopatra; These new recruits didn't join Cleopatra for the sake of Cleopatra, they came for a lot of money.

Although the Kingdom of Egypt was a kingdom of great wealth, it was also a country of abundant products and abundant food; However, the wealth of the Kingdom of Egypt is only the strength of the dynasty and the wealth of the aristocracy, and the ordinary people of the Kingdom of Egypt are still living in poverty, and countless Egyptians are reduced to slavery every year because of bankruptcy.

In such an environment, it is normal for many families to produce enough food to feed 100 people every year, but are unable to feed their own family of four; For these real-life Egyptians, you tell them about Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIII, they don't understand what these two people mean, but they definitely understand how much food can be exchanged for a silver coin.

Therefore, Cleopatra easily recruited 40,000 recruits in the Nile Delta; This is still the number that Oscar asked Cleopatra to reduce by controlling the quality of the soldiers, otherwise Cleopatra would have recruited more than 40,000 troops.

After Cleopatra's army reached 80,000, Oscar asked Cleopatra to stop recruiting troops and had the Augustan Empire's army draw some experienced warriors from the army to help Cleopatra's army quickly build up their fighting capacity to ensure that they could play an important role in the rest of the battle.

While the soldiers of the Augustan Empire were actively training the recruits under the command of Cleopatra, the tragic soldiers of the Augustan Empire sent timely information about the actions of the Perinos and the Okchivian army; In particular, the fact that Ptolemy XIII also sent emissaries to these two men was also known to all the tragic dead.

The power of the Tragic Dead in the Kingdom of Egypt was still extremely limited, and it is not known what the specific discussions of Bedinos and Okchivian with the messenger of Ptolemy XIII were made; But they could clearly detect that Okechivian had led 70,000 elite border guards of the Kingdom of Egypt to the south, and they were moving south at a very rapid pace.

The messengers sent by Cleopatra to Sidon and Jerusalem have not yet heard the slightest news, and the tragic dead man has sent the information that Okchivian led 70,000 elite frontier troops to the south, and if Oscar no longer knows that Perinos and Occivian have sided with Ptolemy XIII, then his more than six years of Emperor Augustus will be in vain.

Sensing that Ptolemy XIII had the support of Bertinus and Octvian, Oscar immediately called Cleopatra to discuss countermeasures; Cleopatra was not surprised that Perinos and Octvian were on the side of Ptolemy XIII, but Cleopatra could not give any countermeasures on how to deal with the 70,000 troops of Octvian moving south.

Oscar also had a detailed discussion with the commanders of his empire, and in response to the move of Okchivian to lead his army south to reinforce Memphis, the commanders of the Augustan Empire generally believed that they should immediately launch an interception of the southward army of Okchivian.

With the tall and strong city of Memphis and the 70,000 elite army of the Egyptian Kingdom that held Memphis, the army of the Augustan Empire and the army of Cleopatra had to pay a heavy enough price to take Memphis; If Okchivian's 70,000-strong army were allowed to enter Memphis City, it would be even more difficult for the combined forces of the two sides to capture Memphis City.

Therefore, it is extremely necessary to stop the 70,000-strong army of Okchivian; In addition, the 70,000-strong army of Okchivian was also divided into two units to march into Memphis, and the commanders of the Augustan Empire felt that they should divide their coalition forces into two forces, one to continue to attack Memphis in the south, and the other to destroy the reinforcements of Okchivian in the north.

After careful consideration, Oscar agreed to the advice of his commanders and decided to march in two ways; Seventy-five thousand infantry of Cleopatra's army of 80,000 would march on Memphis, and the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Legions of the Augustan Empire would join Cleopatra's army in attacking Memphis.

As for the remaining 5,000 chariot troops in Cleopatra's army, they will attack the 70,000 southward army of Okchivian in the north together with the three cavalry regiments of the Augustan Empire, including the 3rd, 4th, and 5th cavalry regiments, and the 13th and 15th legions; An Egyptian army divided into two lines with 30,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, as well as 5,000 chariot troops, was sufficient.

The 75,000 Egyptian infantry and 30,000 Augustan infantry led by Oscar and Cleopatra themselves were naturally impossible to capture Memphis, and Spartak would also lead his four elite legions to join the attack on Memphis; With an army of nearly 150,000, including 70,000 elite divisions of the Augustan Empire, the city of Memphis basically had no hope of holding on.

Of course, some of the tasks of sending people to death in the battle were still to be carried out by the Egyptian army under the command of Cleopatra; The elite soldiers of the Augustan Empire are worth much more than the temporary recruits under Cleopatra, and besides, Oscar is the emperor of the Augustan Empire, and he is not yet the pharaoh of the Egyptian kingdom! (To be continued.) )