There are as many aesthetics as there are people.

- Horace (founder and founder of Roman classicism)

The 1,000 defenders of the harbor were annihilated by Oscar's 2,000 elite troops on their positions, and Oscar paid the price of 27 killed and more than 100 wounded; However, the situation is not optimistic, because the Latin province is now under Marius's domain, and he has three legions under his command, not counting the army of Scipio.

How can we help them break through as much as possible? Oscar is not a master tactician after all, and Oscar does not know how to command such a battle; That's why Oscar came down with Mary. Oscar can't, doesn't mean Mary won't; She is the goddess of war who roams the Iberian Peninsula and defeats the Hannibal family!

After the army occupied the port, Mary proposed to Oscar the next battle plan; Mary believed that the Unite Army, led by the Maxentius family, had broken out tonight at midnight, and that the Augustus family could not do anything before nightfall if they wanted to really help the Breakout Army; Otherwise, the only two thousand troops of the House of Augustus could have suffered a devastating blow.

As long as Marius's army discovers the army of House Augustus, then they will definitely send a large army to encircle and suppress this army that suddenly appeared at the first time; Marius only needed to send even a complete legion, which would be enough to annihilate the two thousand elites of the Augustan family. Moreover, it may also directly expose the actions of the breakout army; Provoke more fierce encirclement and interception by Marius's army!

Therefore, Mary was not in favor of sending troops to support the breakout army now; Even after nightfall, you have to be careful when sending troops to respond. Because the breakout army began to break through at midnight after all, a premature action would not have caused alarm in the army of Marlius; Or, the army of House Augustus could fall into Marius's trap.

Even if none of these possible dangers were dangerous, the armies of the House of Augustus could not get too close to the city of Rome; Because when breaking through at night, the hearts of both sides must be extremely vigilant, and if they are not careful, they may find someone and attack directly in the future. If something happens by mistake, it will be a tragedy; This will not only cause its own casualties, but also attract Marius's army.

In the end, Mary's advice is; Oscar also sent troops at midnight and went five miles inward from the port to prepare for war. If something unexpected happens, this distance is enough for Oscar to retreat to the port unharmed; If the Breakout Army is found to be engaged with Marius's army, Oscar can also quickly support the Breakout Army and attack Marius's army from behind.

Of course, going five miles inward is already the limit that Mary thinks; Moreover, even Oscar found the battle between the breakout army and the army of Marius at a distance of five miles. If the place of the battle was more than fifteen miles from where Oscar was, Mary did not approve of Oscar's support; Because in the event of an accident, this distance is enough for Oscar to never return to port.

Mary's battle plan was very reasonable and well suited; But it's not to Oscar's taste. Although Oscar ostensibly agreed to Mary's battle plan, Oscar had no intention of strictly enforcing it; If Oscar really found out about the battle between the breakout army and Marius's army at five miles, even if it was twenty miles away, Oscar would not hesitate to lead his troops to kill him!

It's not that Oscar cares so much about the Maxentius family, it's just that there are still two crucial people in the breakout army who need to be saved by Oscar; One is Prisca, the wife of Oscar Mingmei, and the other is Carabes, the old butler of the Augustus family.

In a sense, the old Carabes was even more important than Prisca; After all, the only son of old Carabes, Carabes Jr. is one of the most important figures to the Augustus family in Oscar's heart! If the old Carabes is lost, it is still because Oscar himself will not be saved; God knows what little Carabes will do when he finds out.

With the incredible talent displayed by Calabes the Younger, and the large army he now possessed, if he had been loyal to the House of Augustus, the House of Julius would never have been a great problem for the House of Augustus; If he decides to betray the Augustus family, really join the Julius family, or set himself up as king, it will be Oscar who will shoot himself in the foot!

Therefore, there are times when there are things that you know are dangerous, but you still have to do them; Oscar didn't talk to Mary about these things either. After a brief discussion of the battle plan, Oscar asked Raqqa to clean up the battlefield in the harbor with his warriors, and then rested and waited for midnight to come; Oscar himself talks about other things with Mary.

The battle to capture the port began as it was already dusk, and after the battlefield was cleaned, night really fell completely; However, the whole harbor was still illuminated by countless lit torches. Apart from the brightness of the harbor, only the lights on the battleships shone faintly on the sea, and the land was completely covered in darkness.

The warriors all knew that there might be an even more tragic battle to be fought tonight, and they all found a suitable place to rest and hurry up to rest; Oscar and Mary, on the other hand, were not in the mood at all, and both were full of worries about the possible outbreak of battle tonight. Oscar is worried about what to do if the breakout army can't rush out, and Mary is worried about what to do if Oscar is desperate to come to the rescue.

The two of them thought about their own things, without rest and no more communication; Before you know it, time has passed, and midnight has finally arrived! Oscar had originally ordered Raqqa and Mary to stay in the port with more than 300 people, and he himself took 800 Shenyin commandos and 700 Cretan archers to garrison five miles away from the port.

Mary, however, was adamantly opposed to this arrangement, and insisted on leading the army with Oscar; Oscar couldn't resist Mary, so he had to reluctantly agree to Mary's request. If the march of five miles was in the daytime, it would take only half an hour at most; But in the middle of the night, especially without the use of any torches, it took Oscar and his soldiers a full hour to finish.

After arriving at the Five Miles, Oscar ordered the soldiers to enter a state of alert; The 700 archers were all ready to attack at any time, and the 800 Shenyin Commando Regiment was 50 meters in front of the archers ready for battle. Oscar also stood beside the archers with Mary, anxiously awaiting the arrival of the breakout army.

As time passed, a massive sparkling fire suddenly appeared in the darkness in front of Oscar's eyes; Oscar and Mary looked at each other, and then continued to look ahead. Both knew that this was supposed to be a battle between the breakout army and Marius's army; However, neither of them mentioned anything about support. It's not that Oscar doesn't want to support, it's that the place where the battle broke out is too far away!

It's not twenty or thirty miles; This distance was enough for Major's army to wipe everyone out slowly, and Oscar had no choice but to continue to wait. If the breakout army can't even break through this line of defense of Marius, then Oscar can only choose to retreat helplessly.

While Oscar and Mary were anxiously waiting, another sparkle soon appeared; This time, Oscar even felt like he could hear the looming sound of fighting! However, Mary bluntly said that this was nothing more than Oscar's own delusion; Even this new firelight was at least twenty miles away from the location of himself and the others.

Two fires, one after the other, one far and one near, appeared in front of Oscar and Mary's eyes; Oscar and Mary, on the other hand, had no choice but to remain indifferent. After this wait lasted for two hours, Oscar even felt that it was impossible for the breakout army to break out; Moreover, the fire was spreading rapidly in the direction of the port, and Mary had already persuaded Oscar to retreat.

But Oscar was still unwilling, he felt that even if the combined army of the Maxentius family, the Richard family and the Carters family could not break through, Ares could save Prisca and old Carabis with the elite dead of the tragic dead! Although Oscar is not reassured by the tragic dead, he has never questioned the ability of the tragic dead; This time, it's no exception!

When the firelight was less than ten miles away from Oscar's location, Oscar finally spotted the rumbling of carriages and the rapid wheezing in front of him; This must be the one who broke through, and the fire behind must be the pursuing Marian army! Oscar hurriedly sent someone to shout to the front, apparently identifying; Unexpectedly, it was Oscar's guard commander Nusis who stayed in Casa Star to answer!

It turned out that this pursued breakout army was the family team that had been killed from Marius's ambush before; Except for the five hundred guards led by Nusis and Marcus, everyone else was a family member who had broken through through the four major families. Nusis told Oscar that there was an elite led by Ares, who was in charge of the palace; Then there was the pursuing army led by Marius himself.

Seeing the fire getting closer and closer, Oscar had no time to say anything else, so he could only order Nusis to continue escorting his family to the port with his exhausted five hundred guards; In his hurry, Oscar glanced at the emaciated Prisca and the dejected Marcus, and seemed to understand something.

The seven hundred archers had already drawn their bows and arrows under Oscar's orders, and the eight hundred Shenyin Commando soldiers had also drawn their short swords; Less than half an hour later, the bloodied Ares arrived at Oscar's location with less than three hundred tragic dead men and two hundred guards. Oscar also ordered him to retreat to the port with his exhausted warriors, but Ares directly refused Oscar's order; Asking to stay with the remaining three hundred tragic dead soldiers to avenge the dead brothers, looking at Ares's eyes, Oscar agreed! (To be continued.) )