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- Epicurus (representative of the hedonism of Arestepus)

By the time the Dead of Sorrow's information about the Germanic barbarians joining the Alliance was sent back to Syracuse, it was already a new year; At this time, Oscar's three children have already begun to babble, and Oscar, who has always liked children, has to play with the three little ones in the palace for a long time every day, even if he is busy, Oscar will not delay the time with the three children.

Compared with the two naughty brothers, the youngest daughter is Oscar's favorite; Every time Oscar wants to kiss his little baby, he will always be desperately avoided by the little guy, and she is the only one who dares to dislike Oscar's beard so much.

After this New Year, there are only two months left before the attack of the four empires; According to the information sent by the Tragic Dead, five legions of the Roman Empire had marched into Gaul and joined forces with the fifteen legions of Calabes, and six legions of recruits from the Julius Empire had also entered Gaul after completing a six-month training.

After handing over the defense of Greater Gaul and Belgium to these six legions, Carabis took fifteen legions under his command and five legions from the Roman Empire into the Narpung Gaul region, which was the closest place to the Iberian Peninsula and the frontier of the Eberian Peninsula by the Julius Empire and the Roman Empire.

The five legions sent by the Roman Empire this time were commanded by Aulus, the younger brother of another emperor of the Roman Empire, Julianus, namely the Fourth, Fifth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Legions of the Roman Empire; In other words, in addition to the three recruit legions with the worst combat effectiveness in the Roman Empire, Marius directly sent out the two legions belonging to the Scipio family.

Since Julianus was placed under house arrest by Marius, the Roman Empire became Marius's empire alone; The important ministers and magnates of the empire only knew that Marius was the emperor, and the people of the Scipio family were naturally suppressed and excluded everywhere.

If it weren't for the fact that Aulus himself was very prestigious in the army, and the Fourth and Fifth Legions were loyal to Scipio's army, Aulus might have been removed from the position of commander long ago; Even so, Marius tried in every possible way to put Aulus out of the ranks of the Roman Empire, and it happened that this time to aid the Ulius Empire, Marius took the opportunity to send Aulus out.

If old Scipio could live to this day, Scipio's family would not be the scene where Marius was toyed with and applauded, and he would also feel that his youngest son was indeed a great general; The youngest son of Scipio the Elder, Aulus became the commander of the Scipio legion at the age of fifteen and established great prestige in the army.

Even an unscrupulous hero like Marius could not kick Aulus out of the army, and Aulus's ability can be seen; Perhaps, Aulus is not a genius like Caesar who rules the army and the people, but he is definitely the best among the generals, otherwise how could he be deeply loved by the soldiers and firmly sit in his position in the army?

No matter how good Aulus may be, and no matter how prestige he may have in the army, the fate of him and his fifty thousand men was sealed from the day he led his army into the barracks of Calabes; Calabis had 170,000 troops in 15 legions, and Aulus and his 50,000 troops would not be able to escape even if they were winged.

In addition to the actions of the Roman Empire and the Julius Empire, the offensive preparations of the Brutus Empire and the Seleucid Empire were almost completed; The Brutus Empire had an army of eighteen legions on the eastern continent, and the ten legions that coordinated the Seleucid Empire's southward movement were the six leading legions under Rex, plus the third, sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth legions under Nero.

By the time Oscar received the information, all ten legions of the Brutus Empire had arrived in Syria and were stationed on the border with the Kingdom of Egypt. The 150,000 troops of the Seleucid Empire were divided into two parts, 40,000 infantry and 40,000 ironclad cavalry in the Syrian region of Koro, and 50,000 silver shield legions and 20,000 Cappadocian cavalry in Syria.

The reason why Seleucus VII deployed all the 40,000 ironclad cavalry under his command in the Koro Syrian region was purely so that these 40,000 ironclad cavalry could better exert their combat effectiveness; Compared with the Syrian border, where the army has gathered 170,000 coalition troops, Koro Syria only has 40,000 infantry to prepare for battle, which is naturally more suitable for 40,000 ironclad cavalry.

The Seleucid Empire and the Brutus Empire deployed a total of 250,000 troops in Syria and Korosy, not counting the 70,000 Syrian garrisons that the Seleucid Empire did not intend to fight; In order to cope with the huge garrisons of the Seleucid Empire and the Brutus Empire, ten legions under the command of Spartacus and 200,000 troops of the Kingdom of Egypt were also stationed in the Phoenica region and Judea.

Contrary to the deployment of the Seleucid Empire and the Brutus Empire, all ten legions under Spartacus were stationed in Judea, which was connected to the Syrian region of Koro, and the Nubian legions of the Kingdom of Egypt were also stationed in Judea; The 150,000 allied forces of the Augustan Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt here were all under the unified command of Spartakus.

The chariot legion and desert legion of the Kingdom of Egypt and the 150,000 troops of the Nile Legion were stationed in the Phoenician region, which was connected to the Syrian region, and their commander was Bosinus, the best general of the Kingdom of Egypt; As for the Pharaonic Praetorian Guard, which was originally under the command of Bosinus, it has now been taken over by the henchmen of Cleopatra VII.

If it weren't for Oscar's repeated emphasis on the importance of Bohynius, Cleopatra VII, who had a grudge, would have put to death Bosinius, who had been loyal to Ptolemy XIII; Even so, Cleopatra VII was resolutely reluctant to allow Posinus to remain the commander of the Pharaoh's Praetorian Guard, and Oscar could not resist Cleopatra, so he fortunately transferred Bosinus to the front as commander of the army.

In fact, the current Kingdom of Egypt is still in Memphis with 50,000 elite divisions of the Pharaoh's Praetorian Guard, and the other 250,000 troops have all been mobilized by the Augustan Empire; An infantry corps of 30,000 infantry was deployed in the Mount Sinai region to attack the Arab provinces of the Seleucid Empire further east after the war began.

A cavalry legion of 20,000 camel cavalry was deployed in the Nabataean region, and their mission was to launch an attack on the northern province of Pamela in the Seleucid Empire after the war; The Seleucid Empire did not have many garrisons in Arabia and Pamela, and the tasks of these two legions were the easiest.

The combined armies of the Parthian kingdoms and the kingdoms of Armenia had already been expanded with the overall support of the elites of the two kingdoms, and 55,000 combined cavalry and 50,000 combined infantry were already in the border areas of the Seleucid Empire in the province of Elemes; As soon as the Augustan Empire began, the more than 100,000 troops of the two kingdoms would immediately launch an attack on the Seleucid Empire.

The Seleucid garrison in the province of Elemes was only 50,000 infantry, the garrison in Babylon was abolished, and the garrison in Assyria was only 30,000 infantry; The mission of the Parthian and Armenian kingdoms was to use their combined forces of 100,000 to conquer the provinces of Elemis, Babylon, and Assyria in the Seleucid Empire within two months.

After the combined forces of the Parthian and Armenian kingdoms occupied Assyria, the infantry and cavalry legions of the Kingdom of Egypt, which had attacked the provinces of Pamela and the Arab provinces of the Seleucid Empire, would also arrive in Assyria. When the time comes, the armies of the three kingdoms will unite and launch an all-out attack on Syria, where the capital of the Seleucid Empire is located.

The other 30,000 infantry and 20,000 archers of the combined forces of the Parthian and Armenian kingdoms were to defend the border areas of the Seleucid Empire in the province of Pontus; It was possible to launch an attack on the Seleucid Empire in the Pontus region if necessary, but the Augustan Empire did not recommend this radical attack to the Parthian and Armenian kingdoms.

Although the Seleucid Empire had only 30,000 infantry stationed in the Pontus region, eight legions of the Brutus Empire were located in the Galatia and Bithynia regions; With the Seleucid Empire occupying the Pontus region, the Brutus Empire's armies were not yet able to directly attack the Parthian and Armenian kingdoms, and if the two kingdoms themselves breached the barrier, the outcome would be difficult to say.

After the layout of the eastern continent was arranged, the Augustan Empire also gathered the reserve brigades of the various provinces that had been recruited before in Sicily, and formed five new legions; These five legions were all pure infantry legions, numbered the 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd legions, and the commanders of the legions were also transferred from the senior corps adjutant generals of the previous other legions.

Oscar formed these five regiments of recruits in order to have enough troops to send to the Macedonian region of the Pompei family; The six legions of the Sulla and Pompey families have been assembled in Macedonia, and as soon as the army of the Augustan Empire arrives, the tripartite alliance against the Greek peninsula of the Brutus Empire will be officially formed, ready to attack the Greek peninsula.

In order not to give any respite to the deep-rooted Brutus Empire, this time the army that the Augustan Empire used to send to the Macedonian region would be as high as ten legions; In addition to the five newly formed legions, the third, fourth, and tenth legions of Sicily, the Hannibal legion, and the elite garrison legion (renamed the former Chengguan Legion) will also be sent to Macedonia to fight. (To be continued.) )