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- Socrates (famous ancient Greek thinker, philosopher, and educator)

Although Mary was born and raised in Spain, she was also the goddess of war who had fought for the Spanish kingdom; However, now she is the deputy chief of the General Staff of the Augustus family, and even more so the woman of the Oscar.

After Oscar attacked the province of Betica by the army of the Kingdom of Spain, which directly caused the Third Legion to suffer heavy losses, and the commander of the Third Legion, Segudus, was killed in battle, Mary wisely closed her mouth and stopped talking.

As for the other generals, they were more of an indescribable shock; They really couldn't have imagined that the Kingdom of Spain, which had always been weak, would have the courage to take the initiative to attack the Augustus family?!

What's even more helpless is that the sneak attack of the army of the Kingdom of Spain caused extremely heavy losses to the Augustus family, and also completely disrupted the Augustus family's rest and recuperation plan.

Just after Oscar had finished talking about the shamelessness of the Kingdom of Spain, Vepsani and Nat looked at each other, and then Vepsani stood up and said to Oscar:

"Leader, after our Augustus family has the food and grass provided by the chief merchant of Nat, we don't have to worry about the food crisis for the time being; And the arrangement of the merchant chief of Nath in the Kingdom of Egypt will give our Augustus family a stable source of food.

So, as long as we, the House of Augustus, refrain from fighting on two fronts in North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, and only fight against the Kingdom of Spain on the Iberian Peninsula; Well, such a price can be borne by our Augustans.

In addition to the three legions originally stationed in the province of Betica, we can send two more legions to the province of Betica; If there are more, it will seriously affect the subsequent development of our Augustan family. ”

As a veteran member of the Augustan family, Vipsani naturally knew that Oscar had made up his mind to go to war against the Spanish kingdom; The reason for this emergency meeting was only to discuss the specific details of the start of the war.

In that case, Vepsani would not have said anything to prevent Oscar from going to war; He just tried his best to control the scale of the war of the Augustan family, and he could not let this sudden outbreak of war affect the development of the Augustus family.

Of course, Oscar will not fail to understand Vipsani's good intentions, and Oscar is still very grateful and relieved that these family members are worried about the development of the Augustus family.

So, Oscar rarely suppressed his anger, and said to Vipsani with a little relief:

"The surprise attack of the Kingdom of Spain did not achieve the results they wanted; Instead of annihilating their army, our Third Army withdrew about 3,000 men from the camp and fled back to Córdoba under the leadership of Marcus.

The Fifth Army Corps, which was stationed in the eastern part of the province of Betica, under the leadership of Longkina and Gabriel, was not attacked by the Spanish army, but took advantage of the Spanish army's sneak attack to give the Spanish army a head-on blow.

The Fourth Legion, which had been stationed in the port of Betica, also received information in the days following the invasion of the Spanish army, and rushed north to aid Córdoba; In other words, our main fighting army in the province of Betica is still 23,000 people.

In comparison, the invading army of the Kingdom of Spain was only about 50,000; Among them, the 35,000-strong army led by Botrecott himself was located in the northern part of our province of Betica, and the more than 10,000 troops led by Eksaka were also confronted by the Fifth Army.

Even the 35,000 army led by Botrecott himself did not have 35,000 soldiers; According to our reliable information, the Spanish army also paid the price of 5,000 killed and 5,000 wounded in the attack on the Third Army in Beautricott.

In other words, the invading army of the Kingdom of Spain now has only 25,000 soldiers in the north and more than 10,000 in the east; With more than 10,000 troops in their east, we don't need to worry about it at all, and the Fifth Army of Longkina is enough to deal with it.

As for the 25,000 troops in the north, we have 13,000 more elite divisions in Córdoba; With an army of 13,000 to defend the fortified city of Córdoba, it was impossible for Botricott's army of 25,000 to take advantage.

And the only army that remained in the Kingdom of Spain was the 10,000-strong army led by their Duke of Dinoy; However, that legion was the main force of the Kingdom of Spain to defend against the Gallic barbarians, and it was impossible to mobilize it easily.

Even if they had mobilized this army of 10,000 men in a desperate situation, the total strength of the Kingdom of Spain would have increased by only another 10,000; The two legions that our Augustus family can reinforce have a full 20,000 elite divisions, which is enough.

In addition, before the army can go on the expedition, I need to draw 7,000 recruits from the recruits who are now being trained to replenish the battle losses of the Third Army; I can't let the tiny kingdom of Spain destroy my Third Legion, I want to reorganize our Third Legion at once! ”

Since the beginning of the meeting, Oscar has not shown the information passed back by the Tragic Dead and the Jinyi Guard to the family members; In fact, the intelligence transmitted back by these two intelligence organizations has already been used as a full analysis of the strength of the Kingdom of Spain.

In fact, the Kingdom of Spain simply did not have the strength to wage an all-out war with the House of Augustus; Their strategic purpose was only to take advantage of the opportunity of the sneak attack to destroy the Third Army in one fell swoop, and then concentrate superior forces to defeat the Fourth and Fifth Army Corps one by one.

According to the plan of the Kingdom of Spain, as long as they can successfully annihilate all the three legions of the Augustan family, and then seize the province of Betica; After that, all the coastal ports were heavily defended, which could naturally block the counterattack of the Augustan army.

However, the war was not as smooth as the Kingdom of Spain had imagined; The Third Legion of the Augustus family, in the case of a sneak attack, broke out with amazing combat effectiveness, causing the Spanish army that took the initiative to sneak attack not only suffered heavy casualties, but also fought out and surrounded it.

In this way, the fact that the army of the Kingdom of Spain invaded the province of Betica could not be concealed; With the Fourth Army moving north and the Fifth Army holding the Eastern Front, a strong defensive line was formed throughout the province of Betica, and it was impossible for the Spanish army to succeed.

What is even more unimaginable to the Spanish Kingdom is that Oscar of Syracuse, far away in Sicily, received detailed information about the Spanish Kingdom's invasion of the province of Betica in only six days.

In the expectation of the Kingdom of Spain, it would take at least twenty days for the Augustus family to receive news of the war; Combined with the reaction time and dispatch time of the House of Augustus, it will take at least two months for the reinforcements of the House of Augustus to arrive.

Two months is enough time for the Kingdom of Spain to do too much, and it is also enough for the Kingdom of Spain to completely wipe out the three legions of the Augustus family in the province of Betica and complete the occupation of the province of Betica.

It is a pity that the existence of the Augustan family's ultra-efficient intelligence operation system and communication eagle has made all the good ideas of the Kingdom of Spain into bubbles; It will only take twenty days at most for the reinforcements of the House of Augustus to arrive in Betica!

This is a speed unimaginable by any force in the world, and it is also a super high efficiency that belongs only to the House of Augustus; The Kingdom of Spain was doomed to a tragic end by blindly waging war against the House of Augustus without knowing this.

When Oscar had finished his analysis of the army of the Kingdom of Spain, Mary stood up again and asked:

"Leader, you just said that the general of the Kingdom of Spain confronting the Fifth Army in the eastern part of the province of Betica was Exaca, is that Exaca the Exaca of the Iberian Province back then?"

Mary's questioning did not surprise Oscar, who had spent a lot of effort to understand Joan of Arc in the Kingdom of Spain after Mary told her true identity.

It is precisely because Oscar knows more that he truly appreciates the magical power of the name 'Joan of Arc' in the Kingdom of Spain, so Marie has always been one of the indispensable figures for Oscar's future strategy in the Iberian Peninsula.

With the deepening of these understandings, Oscar naturally knew the recent situation of the generals under Mary's command at the beginning, as well as the people and things involved after Mary was captured; Exsaka was one of the important figures who led to Mary's capture, and Oscar naturally knew about it.

So, after Mary asked this question, Oscar also replied bluntly:

"Yes, this Exsaka is the man you think of, and he's a proud breeze now; In the history of the Kingdom of Spain, there are not many people who can ascend to the throne of the captain of the 10,000-strong army as a commoner, and he is one of them.

However, I can also promise you that when our House Augustus counterattacks the Kingdom of Spain; Unless Exarka dies on the battlefield, once we capture him, I'll leave his life and death to you. ”

Oscar's generosity did not win Mary's approval, Mary shook her head helplessly, sighed and said:

In fact, what happened back then was not what the world knew it was; Exhaca has never betrayed me, he just bravely chose the most difficult path, and that path was also forced by me to choose, I am sorry for him! ”

The conversation between Oscar and Mary confused all the Augustan family members present; Although everyone is familiar with the name of Joan of Arc in the Kingdom of Spain, very few people really know about Joan of Arc.

Not to mention some of the things that happened to Joan of Arc, which almost no one knew about; However, Nat, who had just joined the Augustus family, looked at Mary in great surprise after learning Mary's identity during these conversations. (To be continued.) )