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- Socrates (famous ancient Greek thinker, philosopher, and educator)

As soon as Aurelius and the others arrived in Baisasian, Tahiti made arrangements for them; Aurelius was appointed by Tahiti as the commander of the Hanno family's private army, responsible for leading fifty Augustan officers to command the Hanno family's 10,000 private army.

Agesilao and Gallifir, as well as Palermo, the former commander of the private army, were all drawn out by Tahiti; Along with them, there were one hundred and fifty Augustus officers who came to the aid of the Hanno family.

After that, Tahiti met with the commanders of the garrisons of the provinces of Gisken, Abidos, Himika, and Himiko; At this meeting, Tahiti made it clear that the three legions stationed in the province of Baisasian should be placed under the unified command of the Hannos, and that the Hannos would make new transfers of the three legions.

This move by Tahiti was also an official showdown with the commanders of the three legions stationed in the province of Baisasian; Either they choose to stand firmly on the side of the Hanno family, or they will become the target of the Hanno family's oppression, and the choice is in their own hands, and the Hanno family will not force them.

In the face of Tahiti's aggressiveness, Abidos, who had led his army to be stationed in Baisasian Province at the beginning, and whose own army had been completely infiltrated by the Hanno family, willingly stood up and swore allegiance to the Hanno family; In addition to paying lip service to Allegiance, Abydos was willing to leave his legion entirely at the disposal of the Hanno family.

After a good start with the commander of the Arbydos legion, the commander of the cavalry legion, General Gisken, also made a compromise; He also stated that his legion was willing to accept the unified command of the Hanno family, but he demanded that his position as captain remain unchanged.

Tahiti was not surprised by the request of the commander of the Giesken regiment; After all, people are selfish, and it is not unacceptable to compromise in order to maintain their power, and politics itself is the art of compromise, and it is naturally impossible for Tahiti to refuse his request.

Both Captain Abydos and Captain Gisken have clearly chosen to follow the Hanno family, and the remaining Himika brothers will have to go with the flow; Compared to Abydos's firmness and Gisken's decisiveness, the Himika brothers are much more indecisive.

Regardless of the process, Tahiti finally got their way and got the de facto command of the three legions; Immediately, Tahiti began to announce the new officer appointments and the expansion of the legion that had already been discussed with Hanno the Younger.

The first is the Abydos Legion, which was the most loyal to the Hanno family, and the original Abydos Legion had only 7,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry; The expansion goal of Tahiti to the Abydos Legion was to add 3,000 infantry and 8,000 cavalry in the next six months.

That is to say, the future Abydos legion will have 10,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry; The commander of the Abydos Legion is still General Abydos, and the new adjutant general of the legion is General Galibir of the Hanno family.

The second is the second Gisken Legion, which originally had a full 10,000 cavalry; Tahiti's goal for the expansion of the Gisken Legion was to add 5,000 infantry in the next six months, while the size of the cavalry remained the same.

That is, the future Gisken regiment will have 10,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry; The commander of the Gisken Legion is still General Gisken, and the new Adjutant General of the Legion is General Palermo of the Hanno family.

Then there was the last of the Himika Legions, which had a full 10,000 infantry; Tahiti's goal of expansion for the Khimika Legion was to add 5,000 cavalry in the next six months, while the size of the infantry remained the same.

In other words, the future Himika Legion will have 10,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry; The commander of the Himika Legion is still General Himika, and the new lieutenant general of the Legion is General Agesilao of the Hanno family.

General Himiko, another commander of the original Himika Legion, was transferred out of the Himika Legion by Tahiti and appointed as the deputy commander of the Hanno family's private army; Nominally, it was to help the Hanno family train a private army, but in essence, it was to disperse the strength of the Himika brothers.

When the three generals of Gallibir, Palermo, and Agesilao served as lieutenants of the three legions, they would each lead fifty excellent centurions and captains of the Augustan family to join the three legions; Once these centurions and captains were fully integrated into the three legions, the Augustus family would be able to control at least half of the strength of the three legions.

The exception is the Himika Legion, who was a capable general in his own right, and his younger brother, General Himiko, was brave and skillful; The combination of these two people can definitely suppress the lieutenant generals and middle and senior officers of the Augustus family.

Therefore, for the sake of the Augustan family's plan, Tahiti could only take great pains to disassemble the combination of Himika and Himiko; As for whether others will have doubts about this, Tahiti still has to thank the Himika brothers for their hesitation.

In the choice just made, Captain Abydos was the most unswerving, and Captain Gisken was also very decisive; Only Commander Himika and General Himiko, the two of them were very hesitant to choose, so that Tahiti just gave them the pretext to suppress them.

From the future expansion goals of the three legions, everyone can also see the clues; The Abydos Legion, loyal to the Hanno family, has achieved the largest expansion, followed by the Gisken Legion, which is second only to the Abydos Legion.

Compared to the first two, the expansion of the Himika Legion is more stingy; Although purely from the point of view of the size of the legion, the Himika Legion and the Giesken Legion are both 15,000 people, but the gap between 10,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry is the difference in the combat effectiveness of the two legions in essence.

It is no exaggeration to say that after completing this round of legion expansion, the Abydos Legion will become the most powerful legion in the Baisasion region, and the Gisken Legion is also the second legion after it, and the last Himika Legion will naturally be at the bottom.

Since ancient times, such a choice of side is the best embodiment of loyalty; Those who stand in line quickly and accurately will naturally get extremely generous rewards, and those who stand in line correctly but slowly will only get leftovers, who makes you choose not fast enough?

In view of this, this arrangement in Tahiti is entirely justified; It would be strange if Tahiti really treated all three legions equally. And Tahiti's current decision is understandable even for the Himika brothers, not to mention the other two generals; Thus, the military matter was thus settled.

In fact, at the same time that Tahiti was presiding over the expansion of the Hanno family, the Carthaginian senate also began to use the weapons and equipment of the Augustan family to start a new round of expansion; It turned out that the Carthaginian patriarchs did not intend to use the weapons and equipment of the 30,000 men to replace the weapons and equipment of the army, and they directly used these weapons and equipment to start the recruitment of new troops.

With the strength of the Carthaginian Senate and the heritage of the Carthaginian Kingdom, plus the weapons and equipment provided by the Augustan family, which were enough for 30,000 people; Soon, the Carthaginian Senate began to recruit 30,000 recruits, and this time the Carthaginian Senate handed over all the recruitment and training of these recruits to the trustworthy General Vermyna!

There is no way, who has let the current Carthage kingdom have reached the point of real life and death? Even if the Kingdom of Numidia did not have the support of the House of Augustus, it was a strong enough opponent; If the Kingdom of Carthage wants to survive this crisis without danger, it must let the truly capable people do it.

In fact, ability was not the most important factor valued by the Carthaginian patriarchs; Otherwise, they would not have united with the House of Augustus against Hannibal in the first place. For a long time, Vimini was relied on by the Carthaginian Senate not only because of his ability; More importantly, Victoria is loyal enough to the Senate, which is the key to the Senate's reuse of Viminina.

In times of crisis, when the Carthaginian Senate did not believe in the faithful General Vermina, who could it trust? Thus, at the same time that the 30,000 recruits were handed over to General Vermyna, the appointment of the 30,000 recruits was also given to Vermina; This was a power that Hannibal had only had at his peak, and Vermina had obtained it in a different way.

Having obtained the right to appoint these 30,000 recruits and generals, Vimini immediately made a major movement of all the armies in Africa; The 3,000 infantry of the Holy Order, which originally belonged to Vimy, were transferred back to General Sakarb by Vermyna, and the other 3,000 cavalry were also transferred by Vermina to General Kelimis.

Later, Vermyna replenished the Legion of Kellymis and the Legion of the Holy Order with two thousand men from among the recruits; At this point, General Kelimis's legion had 15,000 cavalry, and General Sakarb's Legion of the Holy Order had returned to 10,000.

Of the remaining 26,000 recruits, Vimina sent another 10,000 recruits to General Amikas' legion; In this way, General Amikas's legion had 20,000 infantry, and the troops belonging to Vimini were as high as 24,000.

After this round of expansion, the legions directly under the command of Victoria, plus the Armikas Legion, the Kellymisian Legion, and the Holy Order Legion; These four legions already have an army of 69,000 troops, and with just a little run-in, the Kingdom of Numidia has nothing to fear!

In fact, the kingdom of Carthage had much more than that; Half a year later, the size of the garrison in the Baisasian region, which is controlled by the Hanno family, will also change from 29,000 to 50,000, plus the 10,000 private troops of the Hanno family, that is also 60,000 troops. By that time, the Kingdom of Carthage would have an army of 129,000 troops, and what would the Kingdom of Numidia use to resist? (To be continued.) )