It has always been and will always be legitimate to speak the language that has been marked by the times.

- Horace (founder and founder of Roman classicism)

The two detectives of Oscar and Marcus did not last long, and after Oscar told Marcus about his arrangements for him, the two ended the detective; Oscar asked Marcus to go back to the Doge's Palace to learn about the Governor's situation with Vipsani, and also told him to say goodbye to his family.

After Marcus left, Oscar rode straight to the barracks; Oscar didn't mean to disturb the soldiers' training, but Antio and Licini were called out by Oscar. Oscar didn't come to these two guys to discuss something big, but to just look at them and ask them a question.

In fact, the entire family of Augustus is now extremely large; There are many generals, big and small, but the only ones that Oscar really likes from the bottom of his heart are the two people in front of him. Perhaps, in the eyes of many people, these two people are not suitable to be corps commanders, and they can't even be qualified generals; And that's exactly what happened, they really don't have the ability to do that.

However, in many cases, for the superior, whether to reuse a person does not necessarily depend on ability; Consideration of loyalty, depending on the degree of loyalty, is the most important factor for superiors to view their subordinates. Moreover, the preferences of the superior are also very important; At this point, Licini and Antio have a better advantage, because they happen to be Oscar's favorite type of fierce general.

The Augustus family now numbered as many as twenty generals at the rank of army commander alone, and among these twenty men, excluding Raqqa and Tuka and Mary, three were not to mention; Oscar felt that there were only four people who were most loyal and unselfish to the Augustus family and himself, and they were Luquis, Spartacus, Licinius, and Antio.

The others are not disloyal, but they all have their own pursuits and goals; It is impossible for them to live as completely loyal to the House of Augustus as these four without any selfishness. Of the four of them, Lucis and Spartak were both commanders and generals, not as simple as the latter; This is also why Oscar favors these two.

After a brief exchange, Oscar asked Licinius and Antio a question: "You two have been stationed together with your own legions and guards infantry regiments for some time; As far as your intuition is concerned, who of the five captains of the Guards Infantry Regiment is the most powerful, the most capable of fighting, the most brave and fearless, and who is the most intelligent? ”

Licinius and Antio looked at each other, wondering why Oscar was asking them this question; However, Licinius still thought carefully and replied: "The wisest and the most capable of fighting should be the same person, that is, Luculus, who graduated from the military academy of the Augustus family; He should be the best in the entire Guards Infantry Legion, and he should be very wise. ”

Antio echoed and said, "Leader, I think so too; Luculus, that kid is only a centurion, but he is really good at fighting, and he can almost tie with me. Of course, it's just that I'm not angry; Once I do break out, I'll be able to pinch both Luculus with one hand! ”

Oscar directly ignored the part of Antio's bragging, and continued to ask Licini, "Then how do you see that he is very wise?" Also, didn't I just ask you the most powerful, the most capable of fighting, and the most intelligent captains; How do you tell me a centurion? Isn't there a good captain in the Guards Infantry Corps? ”

"Leader, it's not that the Guards Infantry Corps doesn't have good captains; It's that the captains of the Guards Infantry Corps are excellent, and even they do better than us. However, they were not as distinctive as Luculus; Luculus was able to draw with the unfrantic Antio, something that no one in the entire Guards Infantry Regiment.

Moreover, his hundred-man team was also the most powerful hundred-man team in the entire Guards Infantry Regiment; A mere 100 Praetorian Guards have not been defeated once since the beginning of training, and every exercise has ended in victory, and even a hundred Spartan heavy infantry can't beat them, do you think this Luculus can do it without some wisdom?

In addition, he is also one of the veterans who escaped from the decisive battle of Lili, and he is not a gladiator who escaped, but a veteran of the Wolf Legion; His prestige within the Guards Infantry Regiment was no worse than that of the so-called captains. If he wasn't illiterate and wouldn't want to learn to read; He's at least a captain now! ”

In order to prove that this Luculus is indeed very good, Licinius poured beans and told Oscar about the deeds of this Luculus one by one; However, then again, if what Licinius said is true, then this Luculus is really not an ordinary person. As for whether they are literate or not, special talents always need to be treated specially; Oscar doesn't mind breaking his rules once in a while.

Knowing the existence of this Luculus, Oscar's purpose of finding Licinius and Antio was also achieved; Naturally, Oscar was going to say goodbye to them and return to Calaris. In fact, Oscar's purpose in finding Licinius and Antio this time was to select a suitable lieutenant general for the Guards Infantry Legion; Just in case.

Because Mary later had the heavy responsibility of the General Staff, it was even more impossible to have the time and energy to manage the Guards Infantry Corps, and the post of Commander of the Guards Infantry Corps could not remain vacant all the time; Coupled with the fact that there are no subordinate legions and no corps lieutenants, Oscar has decided to appoint a new Guards Infantry Corps Commander at the right time.

Originally, Oscar planned to choose a captain of the Guards Infantry Legion to be promoted to the rank of lieutenant general under the recommendation of Licinius and Antio, after all, these two simple-minded guys would not consider too many other things when recommending candidates; But it turns out that the recommendation of these two people does not necessarily alleviate Oscar's troubles, who made them recommend an exceptionally good person who is only a centurion.

Back in Calaris, it was still more than an hour before dusk; Oscar didn't waste any time, but thought carefully about tonight's fleet division. After the addition of the two fleets of the Maxentius family and the Richard family, the Augustus family's fleet size has once again ushered in an expansion; At the same time, the number of admirals received a significant increase.

Therefore, it is also a task that Oscar must now complete to properly adjust the size of the fleet and arrange a suitable fleet for each admiral; And after experiencing this fleet voyage, Oscar discovered something. That is, the size of a fleet is not suitable for being too large, otherwise it is not conducive to command at all; On the contrary, it will reduce the combat effectiveness of the fleet.

After all, this is a world where technology is not developed, and except for the simplest horn for attack and retreat, the warships in the fleet rely on pure flag language for other information transmission and order issuance; This means that once the size of the fleet grows, the entire chain of command becomes chaotic and disorganized.

For example, when Shi Xiu's fleet attacked the combined fleet of Blackbeard and Calico, Shi Xiu had to divide the fleet into two for battle; When the fleet was divided, it all relied on its own instinct to fight, not Shi Xiu's command. Such a thing is definitely not accidental, but an inevitable result of the limitations of this era!

Oscar couldn't just let the Augustusian fleet's fleet be empty of its size, but it couldn't play its due combat effectiveness; Oscar doesn't care how other countries and forces in this world solve this matter, but Oscar's own solution is to reduce the size of each fleet and set up multiple fleets to fight together!

While Oscar was thinking, time passed quietly; In the blink of an eye, it was dusk. When all the summoned generals were gathered in the conference room, the guards knocked on the door of Oscar's study; After Oscar got the report from the guard, he also cleaned up the plan on the table and walked in the direction of the conference room.

When Oscar arrived at the meeting, the conference room was already full on both sides; In addition to the seven generals and four regimental commanders of the navy, only Marcus, Mary, and Vipsani attended the meeting. Oscar walked to the throne and sat down, and stretched out his hand to interrupt the generals' salute; Said directly to the generals:

"There are a few things to discuss when you are summoned to the Doge's Palace tonight, but I have two more things to announce before we can discuss them. First of all, from now on the family of Maxentius will be part of our family of Augustus; Marcus will be the new leader of the Maxentius family, and he will also be the governor of the province of Betica, our House of Augustus!

The second thing is that from tomorrow onwards, we, the House of Augustus, will implement a new method of dividing the fleet; The original three fleets and the two new fleets will all be abolished and will be concentrated for a new division. Of course, I also know that my division may not necessarily win your support; But let me talk about it first, and we'll discuss it if you have any opinions.

First of all, our family now has two five-column battleships, twenty-two three-column battleships, sixty-four double-column battleships, and seventy transports; According to my idea, these huge ships will be divided into four battle fleets and two main fleets, as well as a guards fleet and a convoy. However, in terms of organization, we may still be short of four triremes and four twins.

Each of the four battle fleets was built in identical warship formations, each with three triways and eight doubles; The two main fleets were also of the same size, each with one five-column battleship, six three-column battleships, and ten double-column ships. The Guards fleet consisted of two triems and sixteen doubles, and the convoy consisted of seventy transports. (To be continued.) )