Love is not crazy, jealousy is not chaotic, regret is not pain, anger is still peaceful. You change your work, you stick to your plan, and you get it back, but you don't lose anything. You love to harvest, but you don't want it, you ask for interest, but you don't be stingy.

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

By the time Hannibal had settled everything and was ready to return to Sicily, it was already four months after Oscar had returned to Sardinia, and three months after the great changes in Rome; So, what else happened during this time, and why didn't the Augustans take the opportunity to attack Sicily at the beginning of Hannibal's counteroffensive, as planned?

Let's look at Sardinia three and a half months ago, after an interview with Marcus, Oscar really understood the undercurrent hidden in the ostensibly calm Roman mainland; However, the Augustan family's power in Rome itself was too limited, and it was unrealistic to help the Maxentius family in such a political struggle.

You must know that the Augustan family has been operating in the Latin province of Rome for more than 200 years, which is the traditional Maxentius family; It is conceivable that it is certainly impossible for the Maxentius family, a monopoly family, to allow the Augustus family to develop as they wish, and restrictions in all aspects must be there.

It is precisely because of the restrictions of the Maxentius family that the Augustus family will secretly develop and grow the tragic dead several generations ago, and will take great risks to establish their own family's secret military base on the island of Crete; However, the House of Augustus was able to develop into a family in Rome second only to the four great families. Its strength in all aspects should not be underestimated.

Pity. This hidden strength was exhausted with Oscar's two uses; The first time was when Oscar led his army to Sardinia. That time, Oscar not only used all the storage in the Star of Casa, but even the gladiator power hidden by the Augustus family in the entire Latin province was used by Oscar.

the second was after the end of the Battle of Lilibal, in order to deal with Hannibal's possible attack and divert the strength of the House of Augustus; Countless Augustans' hidden power in the Latin province and the city of Rome was transferred to Sardinia by Oscar at once. In other words, the current Augustan family has only the last real estate in Rome, the Star of Casa.

Therefore, after Marcus informed Oscar of the current situation of the Casa Star, although Oscar was worried about the safety of Prisca and the old Carabes, he could only be anxious and had nothing to do. Of course. These are just superficial things; Oscar still has some hidden forces that can make small moves in Rome itself and even in the city of Rome.

This so-called hidden force is naturally the intelligence organization in Oscar's hands; Moreover, the two major intelligence organizations in Oscar's hands are not just simple intelligence organizations, and there are not a few fighters to whom they belong. Comparatively speaking, the Tragic Dead is more rigorous and responsible than the Jinyi Guard; The functions are also complete.

After all, the Jinyi Guard Organization is just a start-up organization, although it also has special intelligence officers and fighters, but its scale and perfection are not half a star worse than that of the Tragic Dead Soldiers. The Tragic Dead organization not only has its own intelligence officers and combatants, but also various departments subordinate to its own organization, which is completely a typical example of a sparrow being small and well-organized.

For example, if the Brocade Guard loses Oscar's support. Then the Jinyi Guard organization will soon collapse quickly due to the lack of funds, weapons and equipment, and command necessary for operation; However, this is not the case with the tragic dead. The Tragic Dead have always needed any support from Oscar and the Augustan family. From running funds to weapons and equipment, to personnel recruitment and training, all of them are carried out in-house; There is no need for Oscar and the Augustus family to a little bit of heart at all.

In fact, this development model of the tragic dead is very dangerous; It is also possible to separate from the Augustan family at any time and become self-contained. The reason why the Augustan family has been able to control the Tragic Dead and obtain the unconditional allegiance of the Tragic Dead; It's completely relying on the brainwashing method used when the tragic dead man started his business.

Perhaps, the ancestors of the House of Augustus did not find it inappropriate to use the Tragic Dead in this way; Or, the status quo of the previous Augustan family made it difficult to change the operation of the tragic dead. In short, this is how the tragic dead man expanded and developed step by step; It even developed into an indispensable force in the hands of the leaders of the Augustan family.

After Oscar took over as the leader of the Augustan family, it took a lot of effort to completely understand the huge organizational structure of the Tragic Dead; It wasn't until Oscar fully understood that he truly understood the power of the Tragic Dead Organization. To put it in a sentence that is no exaggeration, the Tragic Dead is definitely the largest, most sophisticated, and most well-organized intelligence organization of this era!

Unfortunately, being too strong is not a good thing; At the very least, Oscar has a feeling that he can't control the tragic dead man, which is also the original intention of Oscar's decision to create the Jinyi Guard organization. However, the creation of the Jinyiwei organization is the creation of the Jinyiwei organization; Oscar's reliance on the tragic dead has never diminished.

This is not only because the Tragic Dead can provide Oscar with all the information he needs, but more importantly, the Tragic Dead organization has been completely integrated into the Augustan family; Oscar's desire to unilaterally clear the connection between the Augustus family and the tragic dead is simply whimsical!

Therefore, Oscar's definition of the Brocade Guard Organization at the beginning is another family intelligence organization that goes hand in hand with the Tragic Dead Organization; The two perform their own duties, each has its own strengths, and does not interfere with each other. This time, Oscar wants to protect Prisca and old Carabes from Marius in the city of Rome, and the only power he can use is the power of the Dead Sorrow.

Although the Jinyi Guard organization also has a certain scale of development, it also has a considerable number of intelligence personnel in Rome itself; However, the strength is still too weak, and those intelligence officers of the brocade guards are just ordinary people or ordinary citizens in the outermost part, and it is impossible to play a big role at all, and Oscar can only use the tragic dead man.

Originally, Oscar was going to send Artemis to lead the people of the Dead of Sorrow's security department to the city of Rome to protect Prisca and Carabis the Elder, but Hades, the leader of the Dead of Sorrow, and Athena, the leader of the Coordinating Department, objected to this. Athena believed that the struggle within the city of Rome was likely to be resolved by force.

The Maxentius family was able to rule the Latin provinces for hundreds of years, and their hidden strength should not be underestimated; Marius was now in charge of the three Roman legions stationed in the Latin provinces, and his power was even greater than that of the Maxentius family. The two sides are engaged in a life-and-death struggle, and the final result is basically impossible to reach without bloodshed.

Athena's opinion was approved by Oscar, as evidenced by the manner in which Marcus had sent his two children to Sardinia and the manner in which he spoke; Therefore, Oscar also believed that the struggle in Rome might not be able to avoid the use of force in the end. But what does this have to do with the fact that Artemis sent his men to Rome to protect Prisca with Artemis and his security forces?

Hades' explanation for this is that the fighters under Artemis' security ministry are not pure warriors, but more akin to the presence of guards; Each of them is a lone ranger who is proficient in various combat techniques, and is responsible for protecting the members and main generals of the Augustan family by hiding around them.

When Oscar's father Camais was killed in battle, the dozens of ordinary soldiers who died in battle around him at the same time were all guards of the Ministry of Security; There will also be some security guards hidden by the main generals of the family like Luquis to protect their safety. Prisca has enjoyed this treatment since she married into the Augustan family.

However, the role of these guards of the Ministry of Security is to protect the people they protect from assassination and sneak attacks; It is basically impossible to protect one or two people in the battle of the army, or to kill one or two people from the thousands of troops, because these guards with extremely strong individual combat effectiveness do not know how to cooperate and cover each other.

Therefore, based on the possible outbreak of army fighting in the city of Rome, Athena suggested that Oscar cancel the order to send Artemis to lead the security department to Rome City, and instead send the leader of the wardepartment, Ares, to lead the most elite fighters of the wardepartment to the city of Rome to secretly protect Prisca and Carabis the Elder.

According to Hades, Ares himself is the most courageous leader of the Dead Warriors, and a true warrior who survives the battlefield; Moreover, the soldiers of the entire warhead are all elite battles who are proficient in battle formations, and they can definitely escort Prisca and old Carabes out of Rome unharmed among the ten thousand armies.

Oscar saw that Hades, the leader of the Tragic Dead, and Athena, the brain, both strongly recommended Ares to lead the Tragic Dead's warhead to Rome, so naturally he did not object; However, as for how many fighters Ares was carrying, Oscar directly raised the question. And the answer given by Athena turned out to be less than five hundred!

Could it be that Ares with these five hundred men alone could have rescued Prisca and Old Carabes in the army of Marius's three legions? Oscar expressed her distrust on the spot, and Athena did not refute Oscar this time, but slowly told Oscar a story about a person and a group of people.

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