For all men, the life span is very short, and it is impossible to regenerate after death, but it is the duty of a man of courage to prolong his fame by his merits.

- Publius Virgilius Maro (Roman poet)

Looking at General Sinrida and General Bashirek, who had unkind faces, although Spartak was reluctant to explain in his heart, he thought that many things would need the cooperation of these two Numidian generals, and Spartak had to explain helplessly. Spartak did not explain in the tent at that time, but led the two generals to the middle of the two military camps.

Spartak pointed to the two contrasting barracks and asked the two Numidian generals, "General Sinrida, General Bashirek; Can you tell me what is the biggest difference between the soldiers in the two barracks? Sinrida and Bashirek didn't know why Spartak was asking themselves that question, but they looked in the direction of Spartak's finger.

At this time, lunch was being prepared in both barracks; It's just that in the barracks of the Chengguan Corps, the logistics officers and soldiers are preparing for lunch in an orderly manner, while the other soldiers are also completing their respective tasks step by step. Compared with the orderly order of the Chengguan Army, the military camp of the Numidian army was much more chaotic, and most of the soldiers chatted and bragged in groups or slept in groups.

Such a scene inevitably made Sinrida and Bashirek, who were Numidian generals, feel disgraced; However, Sinrida still defended herself: "General Spartak, our Numidian soldiers are only newly recruited soldiers after all; They are not like the elite legions of the House of Augustus, who have a wealth of training experience and a solid training foundation. ”

Rich training experience and a solid training foundation? Spartak almost burst out laughing, and after adjusting his emotions, Spartak reluctantly explained to the two generals: "The Chengguan legion in front of you is formed by the Augustus family just drawn from each of the other legions; And all the legions of the Augustan family were formed in about half a year.

Maybe you don't believe me, but these things can't be hidden, and you can get this information through His Royal Highness Prince Adheba; Can you guarantee that the soldiers of Numidia can also form the discipline of the Chengguan Corps within half a year? If you can, then let the soldiers of Numidia be stationed in the new barracks. ”

At this moment, Sinrida and Bashirek stopped talking; It's not that they don't want to refute Spartakus's words, but they can't refute it! The virtues of the Numidian army The two generals naturally knew it, let alone half a year, it would be useless for you to give them ten and a half years; It's just that what is the meaning of Spartak not letting them into the barracks?

Spartak also did not want the two commanders of the Numidian legion to drag their feet in their plans, so they simply made a statement about their own plans and plans: "The reason why I don't let them enter the barracks now is just to establish a sense of glory and discipline for them; At the same time, I also want to cultivate in them a sense of competition and self-effort.

From this day onwards, the captains and lieutenants and centurions whom I have appointed will carefully teach the soldiers of Numidia how to conduct the standard training of the Roman legions; For the next half month, every day the Numidian army underwent rigorous training, and every night the best performing cavalry and infantry brigades were allowed to enter the new barracks, while the others remained in the old barracks.

Of course, there may be some centurions and brigades who are not convinced by this, and I will give them the opportunity to prove themselves; In addition to the standard two brigades per day, if the other brigades feel that their combat effectiveness is okay, they can also challenge the soldiers of the brigade or the Chengguan Regiment who have entered the new military camp before.

As long as the challenged brigade can defeat the brigade that has entered the new barracks before, then the brigade can directly enter the new barracks, while the defeated brigade will exit the new barracks and start the competition again; If it is a challenge to the Chengguan Legion, then the Chengguan Legion will only use half of its strength to meet the challenge, as a sign of fairness.

Half a month later, all the Numidian armies will enter the new barracks; At that time, we will officially start training at the brigade level. I will split the entire Chengguan Legion into a brigade and conduct one-on-one auxiliary training with the army of the Desert Legion; Help the Desert Legion increase their combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time.

As for General Bashirek's cavalry legion, the Chengguan legion of our Augustus family is only a simple infantry legion, and is not good at cavalry training; Therefore, I will only send the infantry of the 1,000 Chengguan Legion to help the officers and men of the Cavalry Legion with some basic organizational and disciplinary training, and the rest of the tactical training will have to be carried out by General Bashirek. ”

When Spartak's meticulous training plan was spoken, both Sinrida and Bashirek felt indescribable shame; I even questioned General Spartak for discriminating against the Numidian soldiers before, but I didn't expect him to sincerely consider the Numidian soldiers! Unlike Sinrida's inability to pull down her face and apologize, the bold Bashirek apologized directly to Spartak:

"General Spartak, I and General Sinrida misunderstood you just now; I apologize to you for our impulsiveness. You are the true good friend of our Numidians, and the good general who will really think of us Numidian soldiers; I hope you can forgive us for being rude just now, and we will resolutely carry out your orders! ”

A real good friend of the Numidians? A good general who really thinks about the Numidian soldiers? Bashirek said that Spartak really wanted to blush; However, the rough-skinned Spartak still calmly accepted these praises that did not belong to him, and then said generously:

"General Bashirek is serious, I am the general of the Augustus family, and you are also the general of His Royal Highness Prince Adheba; The precious friendship between you and me is the foundation of our selfless cooperation. It is also my own honor to be able to contribute to the building of the army in Numidia on behalf of the House of Augustus; I hope that we can trust each other in future cooperation and work together to build a strong Numidian army! ”

Spartacus was now speaking more and more hypocritically; However, Sinrida and Bashirek, who listened to these words, were very excited, and they really thought that Spartak was telling the truth. After resolving the grievances of Sinrida and Bashirek, the next training plan was implemented very smoothly; Every day two brigades entered the new barracks, and competition among the Numidian armies intensified.

Of course, the new barracks weren't just built cleaner and larger; In terms of food, it is also completely superior to the old barracks. Because Prince Adheba had handed over absolute control of the Combined Legion to Spartak, the food and grass supplies sent by the logistics were naturally sent to the new barracks; Every day the new barracks were filled with fragrant meat and plenty of bread, while the old barracks were filled with only tight bread and vegetables.

The huge food gap made those soldiers living in the old barracks save up enough training and want to work hard to enter the new barracks and enjoy a good life; The soldiers who have already entered the new barracks will naturally feel a little slack. On the fifth day of the training program, Hartman's brigade defeated a brigade that had already entered the new barracks through a challenge; This started another competition.

Countless brigades that had not completed their training for a while wanted to enter the new barracks in this way, and even with the captains of the Augustus family at a steady pressure, the Numidian soldiers below were still actively seeking to fight; All of a sudden, the wind of challenge prevailed, and even four brigades of the new military camp were driven back to the new military camp in one day!

However, so far, no Numidian brigade has dared to challenge the Chengguan Legion without opening their eyes, after all, those Roman warriors in the Chengguan Legion don't look like they are easy to mess with; The soldiers of Numidia did not dare to set this precedent lightly, after all, defeat is a small matter, but a beating is a big thing! Moreover, after being beaten, it will also affect his training progress; It's not a good deal.

One after another, the brigades in the new barracks were challenged and defeated, which also greatly stimulated the group of brigades that had entered the new barracks; They also began to train more diligently with the complete training equipment in the new barracks to prevent themselves from being driven back to the old barracks. You must know that if you are defeated by the challenger, it is a small matter if you can't eat a lot of meat and a sufficient amount of bread, and it is true that you are embarrassed!

These 13,000 Numidian soldiers were all recruited by Mauritania, and many of them were friends with each other, and even many were relatives; This one in and one out was seen by his friends and relatives, what a shame! Based on such fierce competition, the entire Numidian army began to train in full swing; Its level of hard work is not even inferior to that of the Chengguan Corps!

Sinrida and Bashirek were still interested in Spartak's training plan, and felt that it must be as good as Spartak said; But as the training plan was implemented day by day, the two saw that the Numidian army became harder and harder day by day, and then they understood the deep meaning of Spartak!

Seeing that the combat effectiveness of the two Numidian legions in front of them continued to rise, the training of the soldiers became more and more diligent; Sinrida and Bashirek's faces were already smiling and happy. Naturally, this change within the Combined Legion could not have been concealed from Prince Adheba and Governor Gisgow; Not only Sinrida and Bashirek reported, but others also reported quite a few specific situations.

Adheba and Gisgo originally thought that Spartak was just an ordinary general with an unknown reputation, so they had a request to review the army for a month; In fact, it was just a test for Spartacus. However, Spartacus' ability to train his army was simply too strong; Both legions have already achieved such results, which undoubtedly makes Adheba feel extremely satisfied! (To be continued.) )