Those who have not experienced hardships can only see one side of the world, but not the other side. …… True life can only be achieved after an arduous struggle.

- Seneca (famous Stoic philosopher of ancient Roman times)

Gift? Charles's words are a bit inexplicable, after all, the current Carters family and the Richard family are just empty shelves; Except for a few weapons factories and slaves and gold coins, the rest had already been given to the Augustus family and Oscar.

Even the rest of these things could not have been transported out of Rome by Marius's army; How can this prepare the so-called gifts for Ulles and Gabriel? Carlis's unclear reason was naturally seen by Charles, and Charles did not continue to sell off, but said confidently:

"You and I are old guys, and the greatest contribution we have made to the family in this life is not how much wealth we have created, but the successful investment in the Augustus family and Oscar; Although we lost our family's wealth, we managed to break our family into the military. As long as the Augustan family can continue to be strong in the future, Ulles and Gabriel can slowly make our family stronger! ”

Carlisle also analyzed Charles's words: "Judging from the current development momentum of the Augustan family and Oscar's own talent, the future of the Augustan family must be limitless; Coupled with the large number of excellent generals that the Augustus family had, it was only a matter of time before they defeated Hannibal. By the way, is that Karabes who suddenly appeared out of the Julius family his? ”

Carlis' last question was answered in the affirmative by Charles; At this moment, Calle was even more convinced that the future of the Augustus family was bright and ambitious, so what was the last gift for Ulles and Gabriel? Charles stood up and said slowly:

"Although Ulles and Gabriel are the best family talents cultivated by your and my family, they are not the generals of the Augustan family after all, and they lack a foundation within the Augustan family; Moreover, their qualifications are too shallow, and they really have no advantage compared to those generals who have been loyal to the Augustan family for more than ten years.

Now they are able to serve as the lieutenant generals of the Augustus clan and the commander of the auxiliary legion. It is nothing more than relying on the gratuitous contribution of our two families to the House of Augustus; However, such dependencies are limited. If they can't do better, or if more and more talent emerges from the House of Augustus; Sooner or later, Oscar will not notice them at all.

So, we need to do one thing. Let Oscar always remember the great contribution of our two families to the House of Augustus and to himself; In this way, no matter what Gabriel and Ulles do, Oscar will never forget them. Our family can also be revitalized in Sardinia after the destruction of the city of Rome! ”

"Your idea is good, but how can you guarantee that we will be able to do it? With our current manpower and material resources. It's impossible to make any great contribution to the Augustus family and the Oscars?! ”

Carlis's questioning was only exchanged for Charles's shaking of his head, and then Charles smiled mysteriously and said: "My idea is this, once the struggle between Marius and the Maxentius family enters the later stage, it will definitely be a life-and-death battle; At that time, with the relationship between the Augustus family and the Maxentius family, the Casa Star will definitely be one of the targets of Marius's attack.

Our contribution was to organize a small army at the last minute to escort all the members of the Augustan family to Sardinia, in cooperation with the remaining guards of the House of Augustus; Of course, if the timing is right, we can also come to the aid of the Maxentius family. Flee to Sardinia with the members of their family.

In this way, the others aside, our contribution to saving Prisca is enough for Oscar to remember our two families; Mrs. Priska will also maintain enough kindness to both of our families. In this way, even if we all die in the final act, the result is what we want. ”

Charles's words opened another window in Calle's heart, and Calle stood up excitedly and said: "If this plan is really implemented smoothly, no matter how the Augustan family develops in the future, there will be a place for Ulles and Gabriel!" I immediately went back to prepare fighters and weapons, and our family could organize up to three thousand warriors. What about you? ”

"Our family did everything we could to organize a thousand warriors, but we could prepare twelve transports and six twin warships in the Latin harbor; This is already the largest fleet we can assemble now, and all the previous ships have long been handed over to the Augustus family. Charles's answer was quite helpless.

Now that all this has been decided, the two of them will not waste any more time. began to prepare for the organization of fighters and fleets; Especially the Carters family of Calle, they also have to work overtime to produce 4,000 sets of the most sophisticated weapons and equipment. In order for the plan to be carried out smoothly, Calle has decided to build weapons that are better and lighter than the standard Legion equipment at any cost.

The chaotic situation in the city of Rome is naturally impossible to hide from the Casa Star of the Augustus family, but the periphery of the Casa Star has been controlled by Marius's people early; Whether it was the servants sent out by the old Carabes, or the attendants sent out by Prisca

They were all driven back one by one, and the entire Casa Star was completely cut off from the outside world.

Old Calabes, realizing that the situation was not good, immediately informed Nusis, the commander of the guards, about this. Nusis knew that such a thing meant that Marius was likely to launch an attack on the Casa Star at any time; Therefore, from the second day of the blockade, the entire Casa Star entered the highest level of combat readiness, and all the guards began to patrol with full personnel.

Although Prisca is extremely worried about the safety of her mother's family, she is not a fool; Since Marius only adopted the method of encirclement and blockade against the Casa Star, it shows that the Maxentius family has not yet failed. Otherwise, he would have led his army to attack the Casa Star a long time ago, how could he just send troops to surround it?

Even so, there is panic in the Casa Star; After all, not every servant and attendant was a loyal guard and warrior to the House of Augustus, they also had their own families and children, and they were also afraid of death. No one knew that just when the Casa Star was gloomy, another elite small army had already secretly come to the vicinity of the Casa Star.

This is the most elite force that belongs to the warhead of the Tragic Dead. That is, the true tragic dead man in the traditional sense; Moreover, it was none other than Ares, the leader of the Tragic Dead Warriors, who led them! Don't underestimate these 500 or so tragic dead soldiers, they are all the most elite combat units trained by the tragic dead soldiers organization since childhood.

Just for the sake of these 500 top-level tragic dead soldiers, the entire organization paid a great price; Don't say anything else. More than four thousand fighters died in training alone. After all kinds of inhumane training and bloody tasks, the last five hundred of the most elite tragic warriors are the force in front of them.

After receiving the information sent by Marcus, Oscar immediately ordered the Tragic Dead to gather a group of the most elite warriors and go to the Casa Star to secretly protect Prisca; Once a battle does break out in the city of Rome, their task is to clear the enemy. and escorted Prisca and others from Rome to Sardinia at all costs.

So far, the Star of Casa has been surrounded by only a thousand guards in the hands of Marius; Although these 1,000 people are nominally guards, they are obviously composed of elites drawn from the army. The reason why it is kept at the number of a thousand, and under the banner of guards; It was nothing more than that Marius did not want to take the lead in breaking the republican law that the city of Rome could not have an army.

However, their combat effectiveness is slightly stronger than that of ordinary officers and men; If a battle does break out, Ares is confident that he will be able to wipe out the so-called guards of the Thousand Marius within ten minutes with his five hundred tragic dead soldiers. As for whether Prisca and others could be escorted to the port in the encirclement and interception of the three legions; That's not just something Ares needs to think about.

All Ares needs to think about is the battle, and the rest is naturally planned by Athena in the coordination department; Men from the Ministry of Intelligence and the Ministry of Security will also cooperate. Ares is convinced that no matter what the current situation is. The people of the Ministry of Security will definitely arrange enough manpower inside the Casa Star to protect the safety of Mrs. Priska.

As for the Ministry of Intelligence, needless to say, among the three legions under Marius's control, there are definitely people from the Intelligence Department of the Tragic Dead; As long as there are more than five centurions among them, or even generals at the level of captains, it is enough for the three legions to break out into extremely serious infighting. When the time came, they had no time to pursue Ares to protect Mrs. Priska from evacuation.

It is precisely because of the integrity of the entire system of the tragic dead that Ares is full of confidence in every action; Because Ares knows that he is definitely not fighting alone, and his comrades are by his side! As long as you work hard to do your part, others will definitely do the rest; Everyone has their own job. Only then did we have the glory of today's tragic songs!

All the plans in the city of Rome were in full swing, and the Maxentius family did not dare to guarantee that they would win the final victory; Once Mareuis jumps over the wall and uses a large army to attack the city of Rome, the consequences are simply unimaginable. Therefore, on the one hand, Decius pinned his hopes on the return of the army of the Scipio family; On the other hand, it began to secretly expand the army.

A thousand elite guards alone were no longer enough to meet the needs of the Maxentius family. Decius personally ordered the secret expansion of the mansion of the Maxentius family with three thousand new guards, who were not weak in combat; In addition, the ninety sets of the most sophisticated weapons and equipment built by the Maxentius family in the secret room of the study were also taken out.

Don't underestimate these ninety sets of weapons and equipment, although their number is scarce, the combat effectiveness of the fighters after wearing them will definitely increase by several grades; Needless to say, the sharpness of the weapon is not to mention, but even the armor is also carefully crafted, not only has super defense. It's also unusually lightweight, and even the cape is an anti-arrow cloak made of special materials!

Except for Decius and Sevius, each of whom wore a suit, the rest were assembled and armed with eighty-seven of the bravest warriors; Their mission is to protect the old and young women and children of the Maxentius family. Everything was ready as soon as the army of Scipio arrived; Decius could preemptively suppress Marius directly.

Of course, Decius didn't think about harming Marius's life; After all, Marius was still the eldest son-in-law of Decius and the husband of Decius' eldest daughter. Therefore, Decius was at most deprived of Marius's power and put him under house arrest; Then let the two of them live together well.

The passage of time is always merciless, and in the blink of an eye, three days have passed; Scipio's army was less than ten miles away from the city of Rome, and the struggle in Rome was soon to come to fruition. While the two legions of Scipio were slowly marching, Marius left the city of Rome with Antony and Octavian, came to the barracks outside the city, and began to take his legions out of the barracks.

Decius also brought many nobles attached to the family of Maxentius to the walls of Rome to prepare for the arrival of Scipio's army; What followed was a shocking scene, the two legions of the Scipio family were united with the three legions under Marius little by little! Did Scipio betray the covenant with Maxentius? (To be continued.) )