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

Oscar's answer was beyond everyone's expectations, and even Nutter, who asked the question, did not expect that Oscar would put this topic that could not be made public; He didn't expect that Oscar's answer would be so straightforward.

But it has to be said that Oscar's answer is far more perfect than the most perfect answer in Nat's heart; Not to mention the Nat who raised the question, even Mahabal and Hush Duba, who were sitting on the side, showed extremely shocked voices.

No ruler in this world has ever made such a promise to his loyalists; Oscar's move can be regarded as creating a new kind of innovation in the world.

The members of the Augustus family were all inexplicably moved by Oscar's words; Especially Nat, who was still holding a parchment roll in his hand, his heart was like knocking over a seasoning bottle, with five flavors: sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty!

At this time, Nat was not only moved by Oscar's honesty and trust, but also remembered his own experiences in the past; All of a sudden, tears began to appear in Nat's eyes.

In fact, it was not only Nat who was so moved by Oscar's words that he almost burst into tears; Even the eyes of Lucis and others, who were the first to follow Oscar, were flushed with red tears, and they seemed extremely excited.

The atmosphere in the entire conference room suddenly became solemn, which made Oscar quite emotional; However, Oscar was not impressed by his words, but by the loyalty of these family members.

At this moment, Oscar can see the steadfastness of loyalty in the eyes of every family member present, and they can also see their loyalty to themselves and the Augustan family; These people have given everything for the Augustus family, but they ask for so little.

Such an era is indeed an era of generosity in which a man dies for his confidant; The times create heroes, or heroes create the times, I hope I can take these loyal and brave people to create an era that belongs to the Augustus family!

Oscar's mind is finally more sophisticated than these family members, after all, Oscar has been the leader of the family for so long, and the pressure and experience he has received during this period have made Oscar's mind more and more mature, more and more sad and joyless.

In the end, it was Oscar himself who broke the solemn atmosphere of this piece; After everyone was silent for a long time, Oscar took the initiative to smile and said to Nat:

"What's wrong? Why didn't our Lord Shang Shen speak? Are you not satisfied with my death-free parchment? Otherwise, you can give me back this death-free parchment scroll, and I'll give you a third-class duke, okay?

Don't think about a second-class duke, a first-class duke, you can't go to the sky in one step, that's really too greedy; Even if I'm willing to give it to you, look at the other family members, they won't let you walk out of the meeting easily! ”

Oscar's witty words made the entire family members in the conference room burst into hearty laughter; As the protagonist who was joked, Nat also cheekily answered:

"Leader, I'm not dissatisfied! This parchment scroll is precious to me, but the Duke of Bit still has something precious; You know, it's the first death-free parchment scroll of the Augustan family, and the first parchment scroll written to me by the leader himself!

Of course, if you think you are willing to reward me with another third-class duke, then I will certainly not refuse; Even if I try my best to bankrupt and invite my brothers here to eat, drink and have fun, I can't miss out on the position of a duke! ”

As a god-like existence of business, the thickness of Nat's face is also staggering; After his cheeky words came out, it immediately caused everyone to laugh again, even Oscar couldn't stop laughing.

Seeing that Nat was finally willing to open his heart to join the big family of the Augustan family, Oscar's heart was also full of relief; The more Oscar understands Nat's talent and ability, the more frightened he becomes.

If such a great talent cannot be completely thrown into the arms of the Augustan family, and willingly devote himself to the Augustan family, it will be the greatest loss of the Augustan family; Now, Nat is able to call others brothers, which is enough to prove everything.

As for the so-called dukedom, from the beginning, it was just a hypothesis, wasn't it? Even Nat himself joked about it without any guilt, and Oscar naturally didn't mind.

For other family members, merit is established by themselves, and whoever establishes enough merit will receive the corresponding title and reward, which is the system of the Augustan family and the criterion for Oscar's employment.

In the House of Augustus, there was never a thing of anyone who took the credit of whom, who established the merit without being rewarded; Today, it is Nat who has made the meritorious deeds and is therefore rewarded. And what about tomorrow? The members of the House of Augustus are full of confidence!

After the end of Nat's bounty, the conversation returned to the original dispatch of Quintus to lead an army to the North African continent; This time, with Nat's layout, the grain and grass crisis of the Augustus family was eliminated invisibly, and the matter of Quintus leading the army to North Africa could naturally be passed.

However, there were different opinions on whether Quintus still led the soldiers of the Second and Sixth Legions; In Quintus's own opinion, he had no problem leading the Second and Sixth Legions into North Africa.

Others, however, raised another question, and that was the question of the combat effectiveness of the Second Army; The situation on the North African continent has developed to the point where the Augustan army will play a decisive role in the event of a change.

However, there is a big gap between the combat effectiveness of the officers and men of the Second Army Corps and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Sixth Army Corps; The reason is also simple, the Sixth Army remained in Sardinia before the Battle of Zama, and the entire army was fully equipped and did not suffer any losses.

As one of the main legions of the decisive battle of Zama, the Second Army not only established brilliant feats and played a huge role in the Battle of War Horse; At the same time, it has also paid a heavy price in casualties.

Even the veterans and officers who survived the war were more elite and had more combat experience than the officers and men of the Sixth Army; However, no one can deny that the large number of recruits in the Second Army will become the fatal weakness of the Second Army.

No matter how rich the combat experience of the veterans of the Second Army had, and no matter how skilled the officers of the Second Army were, they had command skills; None of them can change the fact that they have to take time to help those recruits improve their combat effectiveness.

If the Second Army were to be sent to North Africa now, the veterans and officers of the Second Army would not have enough time to help the newly recruited officers and men build up their fighting strength; In this case, the combat effectiveness of the Second Legion will be weaker than that of the Sixth Legion.

Therefore, for the sake of the overall strategic situation of the Augustan family in North Africa, many generals still strongly recommended other legions that did not participate in the war to replace the Second Army to fight in North Africa; For example, any of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th legions stationed in the province of Betica.

In this regard, Quintus, as the commander of the army that went to North Africa, was strongly opposed, and did not even leave the slightest room for compromise; Of course, Quintus's reason was not that he was the commander of the Second Legion in the first place, but that he had other reasons.

The most impeccable reason for Quintus was that the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Legions, which were fully manned and experienced in battle, were now stationed in the province of Betica; It was too long to move a large army from the province of Betica to the region of Numidia.

If nothing else, the order was issued from within the ancient city of Syrac, and this order had to be sent all the way across the ocean to the province of Betica, so that one of the three legions could pack up and sail to the Numidian region on the transport ship of the transport fleet.

The time required during this period was enough for Quintus to lead the Second and Sixth Legions from Syracuse to Numidia four times; And the most important thing for the Augustan family now is the lack of time, how can they waste time so much?

In the dispute between the two sides, Lucis ended up on Quintus's side as well; The reason is that going to the North African continent will help the Second Army Corps, which has suffered from the loss of combat effectiveness, to rapidly increase its combat effectiveness in the future development of the situation, and its combat potential is greater than that of those three corps.

In the end, the power of decision returned to Oscar, who, after a long deliberation, decided to let Quintus lead the Second and Sixth Legions into North Africa; Obviously, it was Luquis's fighting potential that convinced Oscar.

For Oscar, instead of wasting more time on the garrison in the province of Betica, it would be better to invest in the Second Army, which has more combat potential; If something really happened in North Africa, as long as the Second and Sixth Legions could last ten days, the reinforcements of the Augustan family could continue to sail from Sicily to the North African continent!

In addition, Oscar has another hole card in his hand that is useless; That was Spartak and the 20,000-strong combined army he commanded. In the event of a change in North Africa, Spartak and Quintus will inevitably join forces to form a joint corps headquarters.

with the 20,000 troops of Quintus, plus the 20,000 troops of Spartacus; Oscar doesn't believe that there is still a force on the North African continent that is strong enough to swallow these 40,000 elites in one bite!

In fact, such a force does not exist on the North African continent in the first place; Unless Adheba's Numidic kingdom and Carthaginian kingdom join forces, it will be almost impossible! After all, the combined legion under the command of Spartacus, only the Chengguan legion belongs to the Augustus family, and the cavalry legion and the desert legion are both Adheba's army! (To be continued.) )