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

After Oscar had finished ordering Nepos, he turned his head and ordered Nams on the other side:

"Nams, in addition to continuing the necessary patrols in the western Mediterranean, your naval fleet immediately sends a fleet no less than the main force of the Carthaginian navy to escort the mission of Nepos.

The task I have given you is that as soon as there is any misconduct in the Kingdom of Carthage, your convoy will immediately surround the port of Africa in the Kingdom of Carthage and completely blockade all the ports of the entire Kingdom of Carthage.

Plus, I've got one more task for you; The next three years will be three years for our Augustus family to recuperate, and it will also be three years for our Augustus family to accumulate strength and vigorously develop maritime trade.

I hope that within three years, your naval fleet will be able to ensure that the maritime trade of our House of Augustus is not threatened by anyone, any power; After three years, your naval fleet will be able to deal with the combined attacks of all powers in the Western Mediterranean at once.

To this end, I can do my best to support all your naval decisions, and leave all the affairs of the navy to you, including how many new ships to build and how many new soldiers to recruit; Nams, can you do it? ”

In the face of Oscar's delegation of authority and inquiry, and the gazes of all the other family members; Nams stood up without humility or arrogance, and said solemnly to Oscar:

"Please rest assured, within three years, the Augustan family's maritime trade will never be threatened by anyone or any force! Three years later, the Augustus family's naval fleet will definitely become an unrivaled existence in the Western Mediterranean! ”

With Naams' assurance, Oscar nodded in satisfaction; Oscar believes in Naams, and since he says it, he will definitely do it, this is Naams, the successor and continuator of a legendary naval family.

After confirming that the House of Augustus would secretly aid the Kingdom of Carthage, Oscar decided to tell all the members of the core family one more thing at today's meeting; That is, the secret alliance between the House of Augustus and Hanno the Younger.

Of course, what Oscar chose to tell everyone was just a superficial secret alliance; Oscar still didn't say a word about Tahiti, after all, it was an absolute secret, and it was a secret that Oscar couldn't show to anyone.

You must know that Tahiti's identity is not just a spy sent by Oscar himself, he is also the leader of the future Jinyi Guard organization; His existence is supposed to be confidential, so how could Oscar say it?

The secret alliance between the House of Augustus and the House of Hanno of the Kingdom of Carthage was not much of a surprise; After all, the last time Hanno Jr. visited in secret, Oscar's attitude towards Little Hanno was enough to say it all.

However, this is only for the members of the House of Augustus; For the three men who surrendered under Hannibal's command, their hearts were truly sad rather than dead.

They really didn't expect that when they were following Hannibal in a decisive battle with the Augustan family, the Senate, which was the supreme leader of the Carthage Kingdom, secretly joined forces with the Augustan family to deal with Hannibal!

What is even more sad is that the Hanno family, one of the founders of the Carthaginian kingdom, turned out to be a secret ally of the Augustan family; Such a Carthaginian kingdom, such Carthaginian nobles, how could Hannibal not fail?

The sad look on the faces of Mahabar and the other three naturally could not escape Oscar's eyes; In fact, this is why Oscar summoned the three of them to the inner caucus of the House of Augustus.

It's not that Oscar doesn't want to believe that they really surrendered, it's just that Oscar doesn't want to let them have any nostalgia for the Kingdom of Carthage; The best way to get rid of nostalgia is definitely hatred, and that's what Oscar is for.

Whether it's Mahabal, or Hasduba, or Theophanes; All three of them have an extraordinary special meaning, and gaining their wholehearted allegiance will definitely be the greatest help for the Augustus family to implement their North Africa strategy in the future!

Oscar nodded silently in his heart, and began to focus his attention on the meeting again; After everyone had figured out the secret alliance between House Augustus and Little Hanno's forces, Oscar continued:

"Based on the current relationship between our Augustan family and the little Hanno forces, all we know is that the little Hanno forces have formed a private army of 3,000 men and have begun to gradually control the Carthaginian army stationed in the province of Baisasion.

After we formally sign an armistice with the Kingdom of Carthage, we will gain the right to trade with the Kingdom of Carthage; At that time, in addition to trading with the Carthaginian kingdom, we can also help Hanno the Younger expand his power on a larger scale.

Although we cannot give more weapons and equipment to Hanno the Younger, and let him arm the garrison of Baisasion in the Kingdom of Carthage; However, we can give Hanno more support and allow him to form a larger family army.

In addition, we can also send a group of quite experienced centurions and captains to Little Hanno's forces to help Little Hanno's private army quickly form combat effectiveness; Even, it can appropriately help the garrison of the Kingdom of Carthage to improve its combat effectiveness. ”

Seeing that after his words were finished, a considerable number of the family generals showed hesitant expressions, and Oscar immediately understood their concerns; So, Oscar explained:

"You don't need to worry about whether we will raise tigers and train little Hanno's forces to be the next potential enemy, this is impossible; I can tell you unequivocally that the forces of Little Hanno are unlikely to be our potential enemies.

Perhaps, you still have doubts in your hearts; However, many more things are now absolutely confidential, and I can't say anything more. I can only tell you that the centurions and centurions of our House Augustus are the most loyal warriors, and they will never betray! ”

With Oscar's assurance, the generals still had a trace of inexhaustible doubts in their hearts, but out of absolute trust and loyalty to Oscar, everyone still didn't say anything.

At this point in the meeting, Lucis made a surprising suggestion; I saw that after Oscar finished explaining, Luquis stood up and said to Oscar and everyone present:

"Leaders, generals, I absolutely believe in the leader in the matter of little Hanno, and I firmly believe that the leader's decision must be correct; So, I won't say much about this matter, but I have one more suggestion for suppressing the kingdom of Numidia.

I think that at the same time that we, the House of Augustus, signed an armistice with the Kingdom of Carthage and secretly aided the Kingdom of Carthage; We should also continue to maintain our alliance with the Kingdom of Numidia and immediately send the original army to the North African continent!

If according to our family's original plan, General Quintus will lead the rested Second Army and the Sixth Army to the North African continent in half a year, and cooperate with General Spartak to pave the way for our Augustusian family's North African strategy.

In fact, we can't wait for half a year now; We must immediately send General Quintus with two legions to the North African continent to ensure that our House Augustus' North African strategy can be carried out without surprises.

For in the present situation, there is no guarantee that the Kingdom of Numidia will stop and prepare for war after the annexation of the Kingdom of the Sahara; What if the Kingdom of Numidia invaded the Kingdom of Carthage immediately after annexing the Kingdom of the Sahara?

Whether we are aiding the Kingdom of Carthage or the forces of Hanno Jr., it will take time for this aid to be transformed into combat effectiveness; Who can be sure that we will have this precious time?

The annihilation of the Jugurdah army is an example of this, and the situation on the North African continent is not as simple as we think; We cannot influence the situation on the continent in any way when we do not have enough forces on the continent.

But when General Quintus garrisoned two legions on the North African continent, the situation would be very different; As soon as there is any disturbance on the North African continent, our military can intervene at the first opportunity, so that our interests can be truly guaranteed.

Of course, there are reasons for us to send troops to North Africa, and we can use the support of the Kingdom of Numidia as an excuse; After all, the Kingdom of Numidia is still our ally, and our Chengguan Legion is still an important combat force of the Kingdom of Numidia.

I think that at this critical period of confrontation between the Kingdom of Numidia and the Carthaginian Libyan Alliance, Adheba should not refuse our good intentions; Moreover, we can also take this opportunity to ask Adheba again for a batch of war horses as a reward! ”

Luquis's proposal offered an alternative way of restraining the kingdom of Numidia; Although the reasons for the implementation of this method are somewhat far-fetched, it is not impossible to implement them.

More critically, the Oscars are hesitant to suggest it; As Luquis said, if the Augustus family did not have enough power in North Africa, they would not be able to really influence the situation on the North African continent, let alone control the overall situation.

All the previous methods of covert assistance were based on the premise that the kingdom of Numidia did not attack quickly; What if the kingdom of Numidia really recklessly attacked the kingdom of Carthage?

If the Kingdom of Numidia loses, it will naturally retreat to the border, and the situation in North Africa will be stable; If it wins, then the kingdom of Numidia will truly become the master of the North African continent. Thinking of this, Oscar has already made a clear decision in his heart! (To be continued.) )