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After the matter of the heir to the throne of the Augustan Empire was over, Oscar considered the names of his three sons; Prisca's son was Oscar's eldest son, and eventually Oscar named his eldest son Prince, Mary's son was Oscar's second son, and his name was Ward, and Cleopatra's child was named Ptolemy.

Oscar did not think that Ptolemy was a good name, because this name was the title of all male pharaohs in the history of the Kingdom of Egypt, and Cleopatra's explanation for this turned out to be that he was destined to become the only pharaoh of the Kingdom of Egypt, and he should use this name openly, which is his destiny and his glory.

Cleopatra's stubbornness in this matter is beyond Oscar's imagination, and Oscar has no intention of arguing with Cleopatra on this matter; Since Cleopatra insisted on giving Oscar's favorite youngest son that name, Oscar admitted that his youngest son was called Ptolemy, although Oscar still found it particularly awkward.

A month after his three sons came into this world, Oscar welcomed his only daughter; Mingyue gave birth to a pink little daughter to Oscar, so that Oscar found a doting object in the son's pile, especially this daughter also has typical oriental characteristics, black hair and black eyes make Oscar feel even more kind.

The day after this daughter came into this world, Oscar named this beautiful daughter Bai Su, and canonized this daughter as the princess of Sardinia in the Augustan Empire, and the whole of Sardinia will become the fief of this little princess; This little guy, who was only born for one day, instantly became the most powerful figure in the entire Augustan Empire after Oscar!

From this, you can see how much Oscar loves his daughter, you must know that Oscar's three sons have nothing, and this little princess became the master of Sardinia as soon as she was born, and the gap between them is big; If Oscar hadn't explicitly said that the heir should be chosen among his sons, those imperial ministers would have thought that Oscar would have made his daughter empress.

After all four daughters gave birth to Oscar, Oscar had nothing more urgent to deal with; Coupled with the fact that the nine legions from the North African continent were almost trained, Oscar officially decided to go to the Kingdom of Egypt.

In addition to the four legions under Spartacus that had been assembled in the border area of the Kingdom of Egypt, Oscar also planned to mobilize the forces of ten legions to wage this war against the Kingdom of Egypt; The war of the Augustan Empire to unify the North African continent added nine new legions to the Augustan Empire, which also made the wealthy Oscar also send more troops to the Kingdom of Egypt to wage war.

The current Augustan Empire has a total of eighteen regular legions, five cavalry legions, and five special legions; Among them, three regular legions and one cavalry corps led by Luquis were stationed on the Iberian Peninsula, three regular legions and one cavalry corps led by Quintus were stationed on the North African continent, and two legions were also stationed on two islands in the Aegean Sea.

Not counting the ten legions stationed, Spartacus led two regular legions and two special legions to the border area of the Kingdom of Egypt, and the Augustan Empire could still mobilize a total of fourteen legions in Sicily.

Among these fourteen legions, nine legions are legions reorganized by the Augustan Empire on the North African continent, and the rest are the Seventh Legion of the Augustan Empire, the Tenth Legion, the Samonai Legion, and the two Guards Legions; According to Oscar's vision, the ten legions of the Egyptian kingdom this time were composed of nine legions formed in North Africa plus the Samonai legion.

None of the important ministers of the Augustan Empire opposed Oscar's decision, but Oscar's decision to personally go to the Kingdom of Egypt was fiercely opposed by all the important ministers of the Augustan Empire; In the eyes of these important ministers, Oscar is the emperor of the Augustan Empire, and with the current strong strength of the Augustan Empire, how can Oscar, as the emperor, personally lead the army.

However, Cleopatra very much agreed with Oscar's desire to personally go to the Kingdom of Egypt, in her opinion, it was a common thing for the emperor to personally lead the army to the battle, and it was a matter of proving the emperor's own bravery, so why oppose it?

This time, Oscar decided to go out in person not for Cleopatra, let alone to prove his bravery, no matter how brave the general can play in the battle of thousands of troops, Oscar decided to personally lead the army to the Kingdom of Egypt for another matter, but this matter is related to Shi Xiu.

When Shi Xiu led his pirate fleet to Oscar, he not only unconditionally offered Oscar a million gold coins, but also told Oscar about the treasure on the island of Cyprus; Although the Augustan Empire is not short of gold coins now, Oscar himself is still very curious about such things as treasures.

In addition, this expedition to the Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra promised to cede the island of Cyprus to the Augustan Empire, and Oscar planned to capture the island of Cyprus of the Kingdom of Egypt before attacking the Kingdom of Egypt itself; A few days ago, Oscar also specifically asked Shi Xiu for this matter, and Shi Xiu told Oscar that as long as she was given three days, she could find this treasure on the island of Cyprus.

In addition, Shi Xiu also personally promised Oscar that even with the current strength of the Augustan Empire, after the things buried in this treasure are obtained by the Augustan Empire, the strength of the Augustan Empire can definitely be raised to a higher level!

With Shi Xiu's promise, Oscar's curiosity about treasures is even heavier; What kind of treasure can make Shi Xiu, who has never seen a treasure, boast of such a sea mouth? Oscar, who couldn't figure it out, didn't waste time thinking about it, he directly decided to personally lead the army to the Kingdom of Egypt, so that he could witness with his own eyes what the great treasure that was held up to the sky by Shi Xiu was.

It turns out that once Oscar decides on something, it is not something that the important ministers of the Augustan Empire can change at all; After the persuasion of Vepsani and others failed, they insisted that Oscar bring Nuss's royal guard legion, after all, that legion was the most elite legion in the entire Augustus Empire, and having them by Oscar's side could also ensure Oscar's safety.

For the suggestion of Vipsani and others, Oscar still refused without hesitation, and this time the reason was simpler; After Oscar left Sicily, there were still three daughters and their children living in the palace, and these six people were the most important people in Oscar's heart, and Nucis's royal guard corps naturally wanted to stay to protect them.

Besides, this expedition was not Oscar alone, but with ten legions of the Augustan Empire to the Kingdom of Egypt; Add in the four legions under Spartacus, that's a full fourteen legions, and half of the army of the Augustan Empire is by Oscar's side, isn't that safe enough?

Oscar didn't pay any more attention to the over-cautiousness of Vipsani and the others, but let them start to prepare enough food and grass for the army; The materials needed for the 14 legions to fight could not be mobilized in a day or two, and there was no way for the 14 legions to complete the expedition in less than ten days and half a month.

After the unification of the North African continent by the Augustan Empire, the governance of the North African continent was only a few months underway; Now the North African continent needs a large amount of supplies every day must rely on the naval transport ships of the Augustan Empire to transport back and forth, even if the Augustan Empire wants to wage war against the Kingdom of Egypt, it cannot delay the rapid development of the North African continent.

Therefore, the naval ships that the Augustan Empire can assemble for this expedition to the Kingdom of Egypt are also extremely limited, at most about one-tenth of the total naval ships of the Augustan Empire; Fortunately, the Egyptian fleet following Cleopatra was strong enough, otherwise it would have been a problem how the army of the Augustan Empire would have been transported to the Kingdom of Egypt.

This expedition to Cleopatra, as the rightful successor to the pharaoh of the Kingdom of Egypt, naturally had to return with the army, but Oscar was extremely opposed to Cleopatra returning to the Kingdom of Egypt with little Ptolemy; Not to mention the risk of marching and fighting, even the conditions in the military are not suitable for a child who has just been born for a few months!

It's a pity that Cleopatra always has an unexpected persistence, or stubbornness; She refused to leave the little Ptolemy in Syracuse, and insisted on returning to the Kingdom of Egypt with the little Ptolemy herself. In Cleopatra's words, the Kingdom of Egypt was the homeland of Ptolemy the Younger, who had to follow his mother back to his homeland.

Oscar lost again to the stubborn Cleopatra, and he could only let Cleopatra return to the kingdom of Egypt with the little Ptolemy; However, Oscar took great pains to protect the safety of little Ptolemy.

The best doctors and the most experienced wet nurses in the whole ancient city of Syrac, Oscar, found more than a dozen people each, and asked them all to follow Cleopatra to help her take care of little Ptolemy; As for Prisca and the other six who stayed in Syracuse, Oscar naturally made the most appropriate arrangements to leave Syracuse.

Fifteen months after Cleopatra had arrived in Sicily with a fleet loyal to her, she once again set sail back to the kingdom of Egypt; It's just that this time she didn't flee in a hurry like a lost dog, she not only had the ten legions of the Augustan Empire behind her, but also Oscar as her most solid support! (To be continued.) )