Be brave and grow your wisdom in the adventure.

- Horace (founder and founder of Roman classicism)

With the proposal of the joint mechanism, a new fleet division scheme was also determined; Luquis's request for the Legion to also adopt the joint mechanism was also agreed to by Oscar. Whether the admirals were willing to accept the new division of the fleet, and whether the commanders of the corps were willing to accept the new joint mechanism; Oscar still forced this system for the sake of the family.

Of course, these are just the beginning of today's meeting, and the actual content of the meeting has not yet begun; Most of the generals also knew what the real purpose of today's meeting was, and after the discussion of the joint mechanism was over, everyone tacitly stopped speaking and waited for Oscar to enter the topic.

Oscar organized his own words and said slowly to the generals present, "Generals, when Marius's army was besieging the city of Rome, he brazenly launched a surprise attack against our family of Augustus; Although this attack did not cause much trauma to our Augustus, it did mean that the war between us and Marius had broken out!

I don't know what made Marius decide to wage war against us House Augustus, but now that war has broken out; Moreover, it is the enemy's initiative to strike first, and our Augustus family must not sit idly by! More importantly, the losses of the Maxentius family in the breakout war do not count; The Richards and Carters paid a heavy price for our family's breakout!

These two families have four thousand brave and fearless warriors who have given their lives for our family Augustus, and the leaders of these two families, Lord Charles and Lord Calle, have also died in battle for our family; This is an unrequited kindness for our Augustan family, and it is an unforgettable shame!

We must wash away the shame of our House Augustus with the blood of Marius and his Talon lackeys, and avenge our closest allies, His Excellency Charles and Calle! Antony, Marius's chief general, had a secret pact with me, for which Antony sent his own brother and a thousand of his most loyal men to our Sardinia.

Originally, I had intended to maintain this secret treaty, after all, it would allow us to maintain a friendly relationship with Antony, and also allow us to lay a nail in the nail of disharmony within Marius; However, Anthony played a vital role in encircling our breakout army and was one of the murderers of my father-in-law, Decius, and my eldest brother, Sevios!

So, before today's meeting, Anthony's own brother and the thousand faithful dead men under his command had been thrown into the Mediterranean to feed the fish by my order; This also means that there is no room for compromise between us and Marius. The war between the House of Augustus and the forces of Marius will inevitably end in the demise of one side; I firmly believe that this extinct side must be Marius! ”

The relationship between the House of Augustus and Marius has never been friendly, but the relationship between families cannot always be measured by mere friendliness or unfriendliness; In many cases, it is often the interests that determine the identity of friend or foe between two families. At one point in the previous meeting, the generals of House Augustus had also thought that they should ally themselves with the newly rising Marius.

But after Oscar unequivocally declared war with Marius, the generals also understood that there was no peace between the Augustus family and the forces represented by Marius, even if Marius was willing to pay more for it. Because Marius has already hurt the core interests of the Augustan family, and it is impossible for Marius to make up for this damage.

However, even so, it does not mean that the current Augustan family has the ability to take revenge on Marius; Marius's current strength is extraordinary. It's just that Oscar has already said it so undoubtedly, who can stand up and raise objections? The first to stand up and speak out was not the generals of the House of Augustus, but the newly surrendered Marcus!

Marcus stood up slowly, and said to Oscar and the generals present: "Your Excellency, Lord, generals; I myself am very much in favor of the family waging an undying war with Marius, as can be confirmed by the identity of my Maxentius family.

But, I know it equally; The current situation between the Augustus family and Marius is not suitable for a decisive battle, and the conditions for a large-scale war are not even available. Our armies were concentrated on Sardinia, and if we wanted to attack Marius's army, we had to fight across the sea; Even if we have absolute superiority in the fleet, we may not be able to carry out a landing operation smoothly.

Even if we make it to Rome, how many troops can we send to counterattack Rome? A legion? Two legions? Before the defeat of the Carthaginian army and Hannibal in Sicily, there is no doubt that the Augustus family would never have drawn more than four legions to counterattack Rome itself!

And how many troops did Marius have under his command? His three legions, which were quite formidable in battle, plus the Scipio family, were already on Marius's side; The two legions of Scipio could also be under Marius's command. In this way, there are five elite legions under the command of Marlo that can be mobilized at any time!

This is just an army that Marius can mobilize at any time, and once we do send a large army to counterattack Rome itself, I think Marius will definitely massively expand his army in Rome itself; With the large population base of the Latin provinces and the city of Rome, it is conceivable that Marius could recruit an army, and it is impossible for our army to outnumber Marius's army.

And, as soon as the war really went, our army landed on Rome proper; Well, it would be impossible to end the war in a moment and a half. It is very likely that we will be caught up in the quagmire of war with Marius, and this may pose a mortal danger to us in the House of Augustus.

If Hannibal had ended the war in North Africa ahead of schedule, and the army of our House of Augustus would have been dragged to Rome proper, unable to move; At that time, what will we use to counter Hannibal's possible active attack? You know, our family of Augustus killed Hannibal's two brothers not long ago; This is no small feud. ”

Marcus is worthy of being the former consul of the Roman Republic, and his analysis of the current situation is indeed incisive; However, compared to the generals' analysis of Marcus, Oscar is focused on Marcus's change of attitude. Marcus's mouthful of our Augustus family is enough to make Oscar feel very satisfied.

As for Marcus's opinion, this is also Oscar's plan at the beginning; Until the war with Carthage was completely ended by the House of Augustus, it was impossible for Oscar to launch a counteroffensive against Rome proper, which was the real family strategy. And the previous words, in addition to indicating that the war between the family and Marius has broken out, the others are Oscar's bricks.

After Marcus was the first to express his opinion, the commander of the navy, Nams, also stood up and said: "Your Excellency, although Marius's forces have a large number of legions, they are extremely lacking in naval strength. More importantly, the consequence of Rome's large population was the unusually large demand for food.

In addition, the Latin provinces of Rome and the Campania provinces of Scipio were not grain-rich regions, as long as we blockaded the Latin ports and the ports of Campania with superior fleets, so that Marius could not obtain a grain of grain from overseas; Then, it will only take a month at most, and the food in Rome will be exhausted, and Marius will also usher in his biggest crisis! ”

As soon as Naams's words fell, Quintus continued with Naamus's words: "In the event of an unprecedented food crisis in Rome, we can take this opportunity to send a large number of spies to fan the flames throughout Rome; If we do it right, Rome itself will soon be in danger of being in flames and rebels!

The five legions that Marius was able to command would only be exhausted in such a situation and would not be able to expand further; In this way, we will have enough time to conduct a war with the Kingdom of Carthage and Hannibal. When the time comes, we can implement our family's established strategy step by step; And Marius can only go around fighting fires, and the gap will soon widen! ”

Next, the other generals also put forward a series of plans to destroy the situation in Rome itself, based on the premise of not starting a specific war; Until midnight, the generals had put forward a total of 29 specific action plans in three major aspects! Oscar perfectly accomplished his purpose, and all the generals ended up expressing their opinions; Oscar came forward and concluded:

"Generals, your opinions are very good, and they are all good plans that can be implemented; However, these various plans include a total of three broad areas and 29 specific action plans, which are quite complicated to say. So, let's give these plans of action against Marius and Rome proper, and call them Stealth War Plans!

This stealth war plan is the master plan of a series of various forms of attack on Marius and Rome proper, which we launched before the war with Hannibal was completely ended. Now, I appoint General Quintus as head of the stealth war plan; All plans for the battles of Marius and Rome proper, were commanded and directed by General Quintus, while the rest of the focus was on Hannibal. ”

Oscar's arrangement was well thought out, after all, Quintus was a member of the Scipio family, and he was even more a brother to the current leader of the Scipio family; Giving Quintus such a heavy responsibility was a test in itself. If Quintus had selflessly presided over the stealth war plan; Well, he will soon be trusted and reused by Oscar. Otherwise, the House of Augustus does not need a bad man. (To be continued.) )