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- Plato (one of the greatest philosophers and thinkers of Western culture)

In fact, the current family of Augustus has its own family power in the Iberian Peninsula and the North African continent; On the Iberian Peninsula, the existence of the province of Betica was the bridgehead for the Augustus family to march into the Iberian Peninsula.

On the North African continent, Spartak and his legions were the loyal military force of the House of Augustus; Even, the 20,000 troops of the entire Combined Legion can be regarded as a military force that the Augustus family can control.

Therefore, what Oscar needed to do was to strengthen the military power of the Augustus family in these two regions, so that the Augustus family's North African strategy and the Iberian Peninsula strategy could be successfully implemented in the future.

However, while strengthening military power, the balance of power within the House of Augustus was also an unavoidable problem; At present, the top head of the Augustan family on the North African continent is Spartacus from the Augustan family, and the head of the Augustan family in the province of Betica is Marcus from the Maxentius family.

Although Marcus was only the governor of the province of Betica, he was still the nominal head of the province of Betica; Moreover, his special identity also determines that the relationship between him and Quintus will inevitably become more and more intimate.

In a way, since Quintus officially pledged allegiance to the House of Augustus, the House of Scipio was divided into two; The Scipio family, led by Iulianus, was the native Scipio family in Rome and a force closely united with Marius.

The Scipio family, headed by Quintus, was loyal to the Augustan family and was the Scipio family overseas from Rome; In this way, Quintus can be regarded as the leader of the Scipio family under the command of the Augustusian family.

In the same way, Marcus represents the Maxentius family under the command of the House of Augustus; The two of them, compared to those who were born in the House of Augustus, were not only small in number, but also far in influence.

Coupled with the fact that the four great Roman families were already inextricably linked, the relationship between these two men was naturally closer than the others; Comparatively speaking, the relationship between Spartak and Lucis was also closer.

You know, Spartak grew up with Oscar; His father is also the former head of the Augustus family's guards, and he has been watched by Luquis since he was a child, just like Oscar, and the relationship is naturally extraordinary.

In view of the existence of these special relationships, Oscar deliberately made Luquis, who was not very close to Marcus, the commander of the garrison in the province of Betica, and Quintus, who was not familiar with Spartacus, as the commander of the Augustus family's North African expeditionary force.

These four people are all momentary heroes who can take care of the overall situation and take charge of themselves; Oscar believes that their cooperation with each other will definitely achieve their desired goals, or even do better.

More importantly, this arrangement is the most balanced arrangement, and it is also the arrangement that allows the Augustan family to maintain a healthy competition and balance; Otherwise, putting those who are close to each other too much together will make Oscar feel uneasy.

As for letting the lieutenant generals of the second and seventh legions take over the post of corps commander, in the final analysis, it is indeed Oscar's selfishness that is at work; After all, Rakqa is one of only three members of the Augustan family, so who can Oscar believe if he doesn't believe him?

Whether it was Tuca, who followed Spartak to North Africa, or Raqqa, who remained in the First Army as an adjutant general, Oscar never neglected to pay attention to them; Oscar understands that in such an era, the support of his own family is also indispensable.

As it turned out, Tuka and Raqqa did not disappoint Oscar; Tuka, who was in North Africa, actively cooperated with Spartak with his own practical actions, and later served as the commander of the Chengguan Corps, and his performance was also remarkable.

Rakka, who has been on Sardinia, also performed very well, and when Luquis personally led the First Army on an expedition to the province of Betica, Raqqa performed quite well on the battlefield, and even Luquis praised him; This made Oscar very satisfied.

Now that Tuka is now the commander of the Chengguan Legion, Oscar naturally needs to step up to help Raka to the position of the captain; In the future Augustan family, Oscar still needs these two younger brothers to help him take the lead together.

After determining these things, Oscar began to discuss the specific legion arrangements with the two; For now, the deployment of the legions of the Augustus family is still very unreasonable, especially the number of legions in Sicily, which is too much.

If we count the legions of Hannibal, which will be formed from the remnants of Hannibal's army, the family of Augustus will have a whole seven legions in Sicily; Such a number of troops is really not something that Sicily can support, and it is not conducive to the strategic deployment of the Augustan family.

In order to make better use of the army, Oscar still has to make a new adjustment to the entire army of the Augustan family; Therefore, after determining the above things, Oscar discussed with the two:

"Now the army of our family Augustus is mainly distributed in this way: our third and fifth legions are stationed in the province of Betica, the fourth in the Balearic Islands and the sixth in Sardinia.

In addition to these four legions, Spartak led the Chengguan legion under Adheba's command; Our army in Sicily had six legions, the 1st, 2nd, 7th, Guards Infantry, Guards Cavalry, Samonai, and the soon-to-be-formed Hannibal Corps.

The distribution of these legions simply cannot give full play to the superiority of our Augustus family's forces, nor can it implement the strategy of our Augustan family; So, we have to make new adjustments to these legions, what do you all think? ”

In fact, there is the question of the distribution of the legions after the victory of the Augustus family in the decisive battle, and Luquis and Quintus also thought about it on the way to Syracuse; After all, the decisive battle in Sicily is over, and many legions still have to think carefully about where they will go.

The two who already had a draft did not delay Oscar's time, and they both directly said their thoughts; This time, the first to speak was still Luquis, who had a relatively higher status.

"Leader, now that we have defeated Hannibal and gained maritime supremacy over the entire western Mediterranean; Then, having maintained a sufficiently strong naval fleet, we would not need to garrison more troops in Sicily.

My idea was this: to transfer the Samonai Regiment in Sicily and the Fourth Army on the Balearic Islands to the province of Betica; The Sixth Army continued to be stationed on Sardinia to ensure the safety of Sardinia, a hub of maritime communications.

Of the remaining six legions, the army that went to North Africa consisted of the 2nd, 7th, and Hannibal legions; The remaining two Guards Corps and the First Regiment remained in Sicily and were responsible for securing the whole of Sicily. ”

As soon as Luquis's words were finished, Quintus offered a different opinion; I saw that Quintus objected unhurriedly:

"Leader, I think General Luquis is still too conservative. As long as we, the House of Augustus, can maintain a strong navy, there is no need for the Sixth Legion to continue to be stationed on Sardinia; After all, Sardinia and the Balearic Islands are the same, and they do not need to be garrisoned at all, only the provincial and district guards.

In this way, we can replace the position of Hannibal's corps with the Sixth Army freed up and go to the North African continent; After all, Hannibal's legion was still a Carthaginian legion, and the war on the North African continent was probably not suitable for them to participate in.

Even if Mahaba, Hush Duba and others have no attachment to the Carthaginian kingdom, we cannot guarantee that those low-level soldiers of Hannibal's army have no feelings for the Carthaginian kingdom; Once something unexpected happens to them when facing the Kingdom of Carthage, it will be more than worth the loss for us Augustus.

Therefore, I think that the affairs of the North African continent should be left to the army of our Augustus family; After Hannibal's legions were formed, they were left to stay in Sicily and wait until there was war in other directions in the future. ”

Compared with Luquis's legionary arrangement, Quintus's arrangement was both bold and cautious; On the issue of garrisoning Sardinia, Quintus was still very bold in his thinking, and he directly proposed not to garrison it.

As for the use of Hannibal's legions, Quintus's ideas were much more cautious; He was not in favor of using the Hannibal legion directly from the remnants of Hannibal, preferring to wait until the loyalty of the legion was determined.

Frankly, both men's advice has its own merits as well as its disadvantages; However, on the whole, the ideas of the two are still very close to Oscar's ideas, at least the approximate distribution of the legions is still about the same.

Oscar's idea was also to withdraw the garrison troops from Sardinia; For the garrison in the province of Betica, Oscar also thought that the best configuration was the Third and Fifth Legions, plus the Fourth and Samonai Legions.

As for the garrison in Sicily, Oscar thought it better to have four legions to stay; In addition to the soon-to-be-formed Hannibal Corps, the Guards Infantry Corps and the Guards Cavalry Corps should be included, as well as the Seventh Legion.

That is to say, Oscar believed that the Augustan army to conquer North Africa would suffice only two legions; No way, who let Spartak have complete control of the North African Combined Army with an army of 20,000 is the real hole card of the Augustan family in North Africa! (To be continued.) )