If you don't check on bad habits, it won't be long before it becomes a necessity in your life.

- Augustine (Roman Empire Catholic thinker, saint and teacher)

After listening to Athena's story, Oscar became curious for the first time about the leaders of the Tragic Dead Men organization; There are a total of ten leaders in the ten departments of the Tragic Dead, plus Hades, who is above all the leaders, what kind of past and present do these eleven people have? Are they the same leaders as Ares, so will they be worse than Ares?

Regardless, Ares' upbringing made Oscar choose to believe in him; As for the five hundred dead soldiers, they are naturally the most elite combat dead soldiers who have always followed Ares' side in battleheads. Although these people are usually scattered in various places because of their respective missions, they can quickly gather them together through the special intelligence system within the Tragic Dead Soldiers.

Now that it has been decided to send Ares and his five hundred dead men to the city of Rome, a series of preparations will be made; But all this has nothing to do with Oscar, Athena and Hades will use the power of the Tragic Dead to arrange everything, and Oscar doesn't need to worry about it anymore, this is the Tragic Dead.

After settling the matter, Oscar's focus returned to the army of House Augustus; Although the Augustus family still had four main battle legions and two guards legions in Sardinia at this time, as well as the re-established Samonai Legion, the improvement in combat effectiveness was not as smooth as Oscar imagined.

Among these seven legions, except for the two Guards Legions, which have an ultra-luxurious configuration of formation, the other legions are ordinary legions with ordinary weapons and equipment; So. Things in terms of combat effectiveness are always worrying. The only thing to be thankful for is. Luquis's First Legion and Antio's Provisional Commander's Samonai Legion already had considerable combat experience.

Originally, Oscar was the commander of the Samonai Legion temporarily. But Oscar's time and energy are limited after all; He could not have spent more time with the Samonai Legion, and the Samonai Legion could not always be led without a Legion Leader. Therefore, after the Battle of the Balearics, Antio, who had made great achievements, was appointed by Oscar as the official commander of the Samonai Legion.

As for Spartacus, the former commander of the Samonai Legion, of course, Oscar had other arrangements; No matter what, Spartak is Oscar's friend from childhood to adulthood, and it is impossible for Oscar to treat him badly. In Oscar's heart, now among all the generals of the Augustus family. The most trustworthy are Lucquis and Spartacus.

According to Oscar's idea, once the Augustus family completed their counteroffensive on Sicily and completely defeated Hannibal; At that time, the Augustans needed to implement a new family strategy in both regions. First and foremost is North Africa, when Oscar will send more troops to North Africa to complete the complete conquest of the Carthaginian kingdom by the House of Augustus!

There is no doubt that the Augustan army's army in North Africa will definitely be under the command of Spartacus, and he will also become the military general of the Augustan family after Luquis; Luquis, on the other hand, will be sent by Oscar to the province of Betica to serve as the supreme commander of the Augustus army, and the Augustus family's wars in the Iberian Peninsula will be under Luquis's command.

In fact, Oscar himself understands in his heart that such an arrangement is of course unfair; On qualifications. The commander of the Second Legion, Quintus, was definitely no less than Luquis, and was far more qualified than Spartak as commander. On ability. Mary's ability is not only a genius, but also above the generals; At the very least, she was better suited than Luquis to be the commander of Betica.

However, nepotism is common throughout the ages; No matter who it is, they will subconsciously reuse people who are closer to them and more loyal to them. In the hearts of superiors and leaders, loyalty is always more important than ability; Oscar can accept a person who is loyal but incompetent, but cannot accept a person who is capable but not loyal.

Of course, Oscar doesn't disbelieve Mary and Quintus, or doesn't want to be important to them; It's just that relatively speaking, Oscar will still choose to give priority to Lucis and Spartacus. However, there is one thing that is undeniable; That is, the key reason why Oscar is reluctant to send Mary out is not that he does not trust Mary, but that Oscar instinctively wants to keep Mary by his side.

Although there has always been a hazy ambiguity between Oscar and Mary, this feeling of getting used to Mary is not easy to change; Moreover, Oscar believes that Mary also has the same thoughts as himself. Otherwise, why would Mary continue to live in the Doge's Mansion every day when she had her own mansion and all the generals moved out of the Doge's Palace?

Oscar's life in Sardinia was not easy, but it was far from monotonous; After a busy day, being able to have dinner with Mary at the Doge's Palace was Oscar's greatest enjoyment. Therefore, during this period of time, although the relationship between Oscar and Mary has not changed significantly, it has also warmed up a lot.

It just so happened that the affairs of Sardinia in the past two days had been temporarily handled by Vipsani and others, and Oscar decided to invite Mary to go out for a walk; So, Oscar took care of all the things at hand during the day today, and entrusted all aspects to Vepsani and Luquis.

Tonight is still the same dinner as always, when Mary picked up the knife and fork and began to eat, Oscar raised the wine glass in his hand and took a sip of the best wine produced in Sardinia, and then looked at Mary, who was concentrating on eating, and took the initiative to say:

"Mary, we have been busy with our own affairs lately, and have not communicated properly; In the past two days, it is rare that the affairs at hand can be relaxed, I would like to invite you to go out and ride a horse to go fishing and relax, what do you think? ”

"Alright, then let's leave tomorrow at noon; Tomorrow morning I will go to the Legion Garrison and entrust all the Legion affairs to the Captains below, and let them take charge of the Legion in my absence. Faced with Oscar's invitation, Mary was visibly surprised; But she still accepted Oscar's invitation very happily.

Although Mary's promise was reasonable, Oscar still felt unusually excited in his heart; So, Oscar continued to hit the railroad while it was hot: "So Mary, where do you want to go to relax?" Do you want to go horseback riding first, or do you want to go fishing in the sea first? This is the first time we've gone out to relax, and it's all up to you. I listen to you! ”

Oscar's words are not polite, after all, Oscar's soul is still a single dog from modern times; Whenever he is alone with a beautiful woman, he will always involuntarily do something that modern men would do, and Mary will naturally not refuse such an initiative.

However, Mary couldn't figure out exactly where she wanted to go for a while, so she had to put down the knife and fork in her hand and start thinking about it carefully; Oscar saw Mary's thoughtful look, and he also restrained his excitement and began to wait quietly for Mary's thoughts.

Mary herself didn't know where she wanted to go, but it was true that when Mary sank down; Mary realized that the place she wanted to go most at this time was not romantic beaches and leisurely grasslands, let alone horseback fishing on horseback, but wanted to find a quiet farmhouse and orchard to live in.

Perhaps it was because she had been away from such a life for too long, and Mary couldn't help but think of her parents, family, and the countryside where she once lived......

Oscar saw that the more Mary thought about it, the more he became engrossed, and even the corners of his eyes moistened when he thought about it; Oscar hurriedly broke the silence and said to Mary, who was still distracted, with concern: "Mary, what's wrong with you?" Did you think of something? Why do you cry just thinking about it? Don't you want to go out, if you don't want to go out, we can not go out. ”

Oscar's nervousness touched Mary very much, and also brought Mary back to her senses from her own remembrance; Looking at Oscar's concerned eyes, Mary smiled and said, "It's not that I don't want to go out, it's just that I'm a little homesick all of a sudden; Come to think of it, I haven't been back to my hometown where I was born and raised for years.

Oscar, why don't we go horseback fishing this time, let's find a quiet farmhouse and have a good rest, shall we? If you really want to go fishing on horseback, I can go fishing with you next time, and this time we will go and enjoy the quiet country life, okay? ”

Looking at the expectant eyes of the beauty, Oscar naturally couldn't refuse; This matter was settled. Mary hastily ended tonight's dinner because she had lost control of her emotions before, and then went back to her room to rest; Oscar returned to his study and found Vipsani again.

This time, Oscar did not ask Vepsani to entrust him with anything, but asked Vepsani to arrange a secluded farmhouse and orchard for him by noon tomorrow; Oscar also demanded that the surroundings of the farmhouse be free of any traces of embellishment, and that it was best to keep everything as it was. Such a task was a piece of cake for Vepsani, who was in charge of government in Sardinia, and he agreed to Oscar on the spot.

Only two hours later, before Oscar had slept, Vipsani returned; The farmhouse was done with Vipsani, a house and orchard borrowed from a peasant family in the country of Sassari, for which Vipsani paid ten gold coins, and Oscar and Mary were temporarily the distant nephews and nieces of the farmer.

Not to mention how efficient Vipsani is, this fabrication about the identities of Oscar and Mary alone is enough for Oscar to be satisfied; It seems that Vipsani's cleverness and wisdom are extraordinary. At this point, Oscar completely forgot what he had said about Vipsani's cunning.

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