Good people express their hatred and promote good through the love of virtue.

- Horace (founder and founder of Roman classicism)

Oscar had to admit in his heart that he had promised to let Ares and his three hundred tragic dead stay; On the one hand, it is because of Ares's strong request, and on the other hand, it is also out of doubts about the combat effectiveness of the Hidden Commando. If the Hidden Commando Regiment can't stop the attack of the pursuers at all, there are still tragic dead soldiers who can resist it, right?

But the reality is too shocking, and the combat power of the Hidden Commando Regiment's outbreak far exceeds Oscar's expectations; Looking at the heavy infantry that fell in front of him, Oscar glanced at Mary, who was also shocked, and then continued to watch intently as the powerful Hidden Commando Group slaughtered in all directions!

To be honest, the fighting power of the Hidden Commando couldn't help but shock Oscar and Mary, and even Ares, the bravest of the Tragic Dead, was stunned. The reason why Ares refused Oscar's order to retreat and stayed with his three hundred dead soldiers was also just in case; If Oscar's soldiers can't stop the pursuers, Ares will have to protect Oscar's withdrawal.

As for revenge and the like, that's just for Oscar; The two hundred tragic dead soldiers who died killed at least five times as many enemies, and it is not certain who will seek revenge on whom. Besides, with the style of action and the scale of the organization of the tragic dead man; Isn't it easy to find trouble with Marius, do you need to stay here and desperately stumble?

However, the combat power of these 800 soldiers under Oscar's command is too amazing; They actually killed hundreds of heavy infantry in just one shot, what kind of combat power is this?! Ares realized that even the most elite of the Tragic Dead could not have such combat power; It's horrible!

In fact, this is also because Oscar, Mary and Ares exaggerated the combat effectiveness of the Hidden Commando; The Hidden Commando's ability to fight at night is certainly extraordinary, but the limitations are also very obvious. The mere fact that the Hidden Commando is not suitable for head-on combat is enough to change the nature of the Hidden Commando from an elite army to a special army; The gaffe of the three was mainly frightened by the one-sided battle in front of them.

The casualties of the 2,000 heavy infantry under the blows of the 800 Shenyin Commando Regiment soldiers increased sharply at a rate visible to the naked eye; Finally, after ten minutes of engagement, less than six hundred of the two thousand heavy infantry remained! These collapsed heavy infantry scattered and fled directly under the pursuit of the Hidden Commando, but the high-quality weapons and equipment that had protected them became a burden for them at this moment.

They simply could not escape the pursuit of the Hidden Commando Regiment under the premise of wearing heavy full equipment, and one after another the heavy infantry were killed by the Hidden Commandorate; When the first heavy infantry threw away all their weapons and equipment, it soon caused the fleeing heavy infantry to follow suit, and they fled backwards with their armor thrown away.

The continued pursuit of the Hidden Commandos was stopped by Oscar's order, this time not to fight with Marius's army, but to rescue the Maxentius family; Now that the people who broke out of the siege have been received, there is no need to do too much entanglement, and it is imperative to retreat quickly!

When Oscar returned to the port with Mary and the remaining more than 600 people, Ares and his 300 tragic dead soldiers looked at the calm and calm Hidden Commando soldiers with a monster look; If it weren't for the more than 1,700 corpses of heavy infantry left behind behind to prove their strength, Ares couldn't believe that this unassuming elite army would be so powerful!

In any case, the battle is over; It was impossible for Marius's army to catch up with the army that had broken through. On the way back to the port, Oscar inquired about what was happening in the Roman city of Ares; Aces was shocked when he told Oscar that there were three groups of troops that had broken through, with a total strength of 9,500 men.

Oscar didn't expect that the breakout army of nearly 10,000 people could successfully escape in the end, and there was only a team of less than 1,000 people; Such casualties are too heavy, and Marius's lack of nostalgia is beyond Oscar's imagination. This is not what shocked Oscar the most, Ares's next words really left Oscar speechless.

Sevious, the leader and heir of the Decius family of Maxentius, sacrificed his life to cover the retreat of the army; The leader of the Charles family of Richard and the leader of the Cartes family, when facing the siege of Marius's army, also decided to sacrifice themselves to open the way for the family of Augustus, and finally die in the palace!

Such a result was something Oscar never expected, for the sake of the lives of two members of the Augustus family, he would take the leaders of the Richard family and the Carters family and four thousand loyal guards; This kindness, Oscar can never forget! This event also laid the foundation for the special status of the Gabriel family and the Ulles family within the Augustan family in the future.

Oscar, who hurried back to the port, did not delay too much time in the port, except for arranging for fifty soldiers to set the entire port on fire, the others quickly boarded the long-awaited transport ship in an orderly manner. When the entire harbor was on fire, Oscar boarded the ship with Ares and Mary.

The fire in the harbor was just Oscar's first revenge on Marius, and from now on, the war between the Augustus family and Marius had just begun! After the transports slowly sailing towards the main fleet returned to the fleet, the whole fleet began to speed out of the sea off the coast of the Latin province and set off in the direction of Sardinia.

Oscar took Ares and Mary back to the Anne by boat, and Oscar had just stepped onto the deck when he saw Prisca rushing towards him; Looking at Prisca, who was haggard and her eyes were red and swollen, Oscar could only choose to hug her tightly and let her cry in his arms. Mary, on the other hand, took a deep look at Oscar and left with Ares.

Prisca is just a girl after all, and she is also a pampered daughter who has never experienced hardship; What happened tonight was too much for Prisca, who had lost her home, her loving father and her eldest brother overnight, and all of this was enough to make this otherwise lively girl vulnerable.

Crying and crying, Prisca fell into a deep sleep in Oscar's arms; Oscar had to gently pick up Prisca and send her to his bedroom on the ship, letting her sleep in his bed. After Oscar covered Prisca, he gently left the bedroom and headed straight in the direction of the conference room.

When Oscar arrived in the conference room, everyone who was supposed to be there was already in the room; Marcus, Ares and Nusis who broke through sat on the left without saying a word, and Marcus's eyes were still blood-red, and his face was full of hideousness, completely lacking his former calmness and gentleness.

On the right are Mary and Raqqa, who have experienced the night together, and the atmosphere in the conference room is full of solemnity and dullness; Oscar looked at the three people on the left, especially Marcus, and said with a helpless sigh:

"Ladies and gentlemen, from this moment on, the war between us and Marius has officially begun; There is no compromise, no peace talks, and nothing else, all we have between us is life and death. Unless one day, our House Augustus dies out, or Marius and his talon lackeys are all hanged; Otherwise, the war never ends! ”

Looking at the indifferent Marcus, Oscar continued: "For now, however, our chief enemies are the Carthaginian army and Hannibal entrenched in Sicily; So, the war between us and Marius will not be able to make a breakthrough until we have completely resolved the threat from Hannibal and Carthage.

Until then, we can only keep the war with Marius on paper; We're burning down the Latin port tonight, and it's impossible to do anything else. However, this does not mean that we will allow Marius to grow freely in the Latin province and in the city of Rome.

Although we will not be able to carry out a large army attack on Marius in the short term, this will not prevent us from striking at Marius in a limited area; Our family Augustus's intelligence organization will do everything in its power to destroy everything that can be destroyed under Marius's rule, and our superior naval fleet will also blockade the entire Latin province and prevent Marius's people from stepping out of Rome! ”

No matter what Oscar said, no matter how emotional Oscar's tone was, Marcus's reaction was nothing but indifference; Not even the most basic eye movements. Oscar knew that it wasn't the stay of Decius and Sevio that hit Marcus the hardest tonight, but his own withdrawal.

Oscar also understood that such a decision would be too painful for Marcus; Perhaps, being alive at this time is really a kind of torture for him, making him unable to forgive himself in his heart, and even more unable to accept himself! If Marcus can't get out of his inner dead end, then no one can help him; He's just going to sink there.

However, he was Marcus after all, Prisca's own brother, and the consul of the Roman Republic who took good care of Oscar and the Augustus family; In both public and private, Oscar felt that he should pull Marcus at such a time. So, Oscar motioned for the four people other than Marcus to leave the conference room, leaving only himself and Marcus in the conference room. (To be continued.) )