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

The Governor of the Kingdom of Gaturia, a province of Gaturia that had once been part of the Kingdom of Numidia, was not an ambitious man; Or rather, Bajano is a self-aware man, and he has no intention of going any further.

At the beginning, when Tulguta and Adheba were competing for the throne, the reason why Bahano stood firmly behind Tulghta was just to better ensure the interests of himself and his family; After all, Tulguta was the dominant side at the time.

Later, Zuguta successfully became the new king of the Numidian kingdom, and Bahano also gained enough benefits; Originally, all this was expected by Bajano, and the reality did not deviate much.

However, after the failure of Thuguta's army to attack the Kingdom of Carthage, the situation in the entire Kingdom of Numidia changed dramatically; After all the elite Numidian armies were annihilated by Hannibal, the entire Numidian nation began to face a crisis of life and death.

Just when everyone was in a panic, something even more unexpected happened; Hannibal, in the face of a great victory, chose to withdraw his troops and strike the war, willing to spare the Numidian kingdom and the Numidian nation!

However, Hannibal's tolerance also came at a price; That is to completely dismember the entire kingdom of Numidia! The dismemberment of the Kingdom of Numidia would have been a tragedy for the royal family of the Kingdom of Numidia; But for the governors of the provinces of the Kingdom of Numidia, it was a golden opportunity!

Even a governor with no ambition like Bajano chose to bow down after the arrival of Hannibal's emissary, not to mention the long-ambitious Libyan governor Mutinis; In short, Hannibal succeeded in dismembering the kingdom of Numidia!

Bachano went from being the governor of the province of Gaturia in the Kingdom of Numidia to the king of the Kingdom of Gaturia; I'm afraid that only Bajano himself understands the taste. Although the pressure on the king is far greater than that of the governor, the temptation of power is as addictive as drugs.

When Bachano was governor of the province of Caturia, he strongly disapproved of the province of Gaturia having an army of 5,000 men; Because the increase in the number of troops will lead to an increase in military spending, which will put a heavy burden on the entire Caturia, and also make the amount of money that Bajano himself can make less.

However, this mentality completely changed after Bahano became King of Gaturia! With the Tripoli garrison of the Carthaginian Kingdom in the east, the Ahmed Army of the Neonumitian Kingdom in the north, and the Juguda Army of the Saharan Kingdom in the south, Bajano decisively chose to expand his army!

The Kingdom of Gaturia evolved directly from the province of Gaturia in the Kingdom of Numidia, and naturally inherited the 5,000 elite garrisons of the past; These 5,000 standing troops were appointed by Bajano as the garrison of the capital city of Dimidi, and the garrisons in other places, Bahano sent a newly recruited army of 10,000 to serve as the garrison.

Bahano himself had never experienced war, nor had he ever been on the battlefield; Therefore, the army is a very foreign existence to Bahano. Bajano didn't understand what it took to have a strong army, nor did he know how to build up the fighting power after recruiting an army; In Bachano's eyes, war is nothing more than the simplest of military comparisons.

Based on Bajano's carelessness, the combat effectiveness of his newly recruited army can be imagined; Before they had completed even the most basic training, they were sent to garrison various parts of the Kingdom of Gaturia. The army, which is already small in number, is dispersed, coupled with insufficient training and insufficient weapons and equipment; The army of 10,000 people in the Kingdom of Gaturia is nothing but nothing!

Jugurdah led his five thousand javelin cavalry all the way to Dimidi; At this time, the Salah army led by Salah had just arrived in the border area of the Kingdom of Gaturia, and they had not even crossed the border!

From the perspective of the overall situation, the present kingdom of Gaturia is already a two-sided enemy; The Salah Legion in the north had reached the border region, and the Juguda Legion in the south was on the verge of reaching its capital. Unfortunately, Bajano is still singing and dancing in the city of Dimidi; The entire kingdom of Gaturia was also lazy, without any fighting spirit.

In fact, in this three-way competition, it was Juguda who occupied the absolute initiative at the beginning; Because his actions were based on the understanding of the other two parties. Salah, by contrast, knew only about the Gaturian side, but had no knowledge of Jugurdah's actions; Gaturia, on the other hand, is a complete tragedy!

After leading 5,000 cavalry all the way to a place less than five miles outside the city of Dimidi, Jugurda ordered his cavalry to stop galloping; It was late in the evening, and it wasn't long before the gates of Dimidi were closed. However, the cavalry under the command of Zhu Guda was exhausted by the long run, and Zhu Guda decisively chose to postpone the attack.

After finding a hidden place to arrange for the cavalry to rest, Zhu Guda himself personally took his own personal cavalry to take on the heavy duty of guarding and patrolling; In order for the soldiers under his command to exert their full combat effectiveness tomorrow, Zhu Guda must let the soldiers under his command rest well tonight.

There was no word all night, and the next morning, when it was just dawn, before the gates of Dimidi were opened, Juguda let all his soldiers get up; When all the soldiers were ready, Juguda waited quietly with 5,000 cavalry, waiting for the opening of the gates of Dimidi.

Time passed in waiting, but the defenders of Dimidi were unaware of the danger outside the city; As the sun appeared in the sky, Dimidi's gates were finally opened by the sleepy-eyed defenders.

The moment the city gate opened, Juguda led the five thousand cavalry under his command and began an indomitable charge! The massive cavalry roaring in made the soldiers of the defending army completely dumbfounded; They hurried back to the city, intending to close the gates immediately. But how could the heavy gates be so easily closed?

Before the gates were closed, Juguda took the lead in the city; Jugurdah himself was a battle-hardened general, and his special status as a king should not be overlooked for his fighting skills. After entering the city, the unprepared defenders were quickly dispersed under the attack of cavalry.

Instead of pursuing the scattered defenders, Jugurdah led his cavalry in the direction of the palace; In fact, the so-called royal palace is just the original governor's palace, but with the change of Bajano's identity, the name has been changed, and the building is still the same building.

When Juguda led the cavalry to the palace, the palace guards had not yet gotten up, and only soldiers patrolled in front of the palace; After cutting down all the patrol soldiers to the ground, Juguda led a thousand cavalry to jump off his horse and kill him in the palace!

At this time, Bahano was still sitting on his queen's bed with his dreams; It wasn't until the sound of the fierce fighting and earth-shattering shouts reached his ears that he suddenly woke up from his bed. It's a pity that now it's already too late; Before Bahano could get out of his dormitory, he was captured by Juguda's cavalry!

After taking the palace and Bachano, the battle against Dimidi was over; Even though there were more than 4,000 elite guards of the Kingdom of Gaturia scattered in the city, with the trump card of Bahano, Jugurdah had already won the war.

Bachano, who was held hostage, decisively gave the order to surrender to the guards in the city for the sake of his own life; Later, Juguda pressed Bahano to order the recall of 10,000 troops scattered throughout Gaturia and make them loyal to him. In this regard, Bajano also did all the same.

It took only a morning, and the cost of less than three hundred cavalry casualties; He put Gaturia under his rule, and successfully recruited 10,000 recruits and more than 4,000 elite troops, which was a complete victory.

Three days later, when Salah's legions had officially crossed the border and marched toward the interior of the Kingdom of Gaturia, Juguda had gathered all his troops in the city of Dimidi; Including his own army of 10,000 men and war elephants, as well as the 10,000 recruits and guards of the former Kingdom of Gaturia.

After assembling all these troops, Juguda mixed his army of 10,000 men with the army of 10,000 men of the Kingdom of Gaturia; He also scattered the soldiers of the Garturian Guards and distributed them among other armies, and then selected 5,000 men from all the army to serve as his own guards, and Jugurda already had an army of 25,000 under his command!

At this moment, the North African continent is far more than the Adheba and Juguda forces; After watching the chaos on the North African continent, Mutinis of the Kingdom of Libya also expanded his army again, expanding the number of troops under his command to 20,000!

The situation in the Kingdom of Cyrenaica has always been relatively turbulent, and the contradictions between the royal family and the Moffett rebels are irreconcilable; However, after Moffett lent the war elephant troops to Hannibal, in order to deal with the invasion war that the royal family could launch at any time, Moffett also expanded his army to 10,000 men.

Although only 5,000 of Moffett's army of 10,000 are combat forces, and the remaining 5,000 are auxiliary forces, that is also an army of 10,000 people; Under such pressure, the royal family of the Kingdom of Cyrenaica also expanded its army again, expanding the total number of troops to 25,000! The entire North African continent, with Hannibal's departure, has fallen into chaos and fragmentation once again! (To be continued.) )