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After Cleopatra came to control Memphis, the war in the Kingdom of Egypt was almost completely over; Even Badinos, who was still entrenched in Phoenicia and Judea, could not change the situation in the Kingdom of Egypt, and his 40,000 infantry would soon face the crush of Cleopatra and the Augustan Empire.

The day after Cleopatra's army entered Memphis, Cleopatra declared herself officially Pharaoh of Cleopatra VII of the Kingdom of Egypt; And Oscar, who is the husband of Cleopatra, also has the title of pharaoh of the Kingdom of Egypt.

This is also the tradition of the Ptolemaic dynasty of the Kingdom of Egypt, where each pharaoh of the Egyptian kingdom was held by the pharaoh himself and his wife or husband; When Ptolemy XIII was the pharaoh of the Kingdom of Egypt, his sister was both his queen and another pharaoh of the Kingdom of Egypt, which was the law of pharaonic succession in the Kingdom of Egypt.

The people of the kingdom of Egypt had no opinion on such a thing as the replacement of Pharaoh, and it was not their turn to have any opinion; As for the nobles of the Egyptian Kingdom in Memphis, the vicious Augustan Empire army willingly turned them into sycophants around Cleopatra.

Cleopatra, who had lived in the royal palace since childhood, did not reject the smugglers of these people, and even Cleopatra enjoyed the deliberate currying favor of these people; Oscar doesn't care about these ethereal things, he cares more about the control of the Kingdom of Egypt by the Augustan Empire, which is also a necessary reward for Oscar to help Cleopatra win the position of pharaoh at such a big price.

After stabilizing the situation in Memphis, Oscar had a long conversation with General Posinius, who took the initiative to open the gates and surrender, for a whole night; After this night of talking, Oscar announced the pardon of General Pohynius for all his crimes early the next morning, and he himself was appointed by Oscar as pharaoh as commander of the Pharaoh's Praetorian Guard of the Kingdom of Egypt.

This time, Bosinus was no longer in charge of the entire army of Central Egypt, but only the army of the Pharaoh's Praetorian Guard; However, Oscar also made adjustments to the original 30,000-strong Pharaoh's Praetorian Guard, and the new Pharaoh's Praetorian Guard will have 50,000 men, mainly from Memphis to garrison the entire Central Egypt region.

In addition to the reactivation of Bosinus, all the captured garrisons of Memphis were released by Oscar, and the soldiers were mixed with Cleopatra's army; By the time this had been done, Cleopatra's Egyptian army would be 120,000, but it was still far from Oscar's figure.

With the strength of the Kingdom of Egypt and the fact that the Seleucid Empire was also an extremely powerful military power, Oscar believed that if the Kingdom of Egypt wanted to have the strength to protect itself, it would need at least 300,000 troops; After all, the army of the Kingdom of Egypt still has a certain gap with the Seleucid Empire in terms of combat effectiveness, and since it is inferior to others in terms of quality, it can only start with quantity.

Oscar had already discussed this matter with Cleopatra, and although the Kingdom of Egypt was a vassal state of the Augustan Empire from now on, the Augustan Empire could not interfere too much in the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Egypt; Cleopatra had the right to decide all matters within the kingdom of Egypt, and Oscar could handle the affairs of the kingdom of Egypt as pharaoh.

In addition, the Kingdom of Egypt would maintain consistency with the Augustan Empire in major matters, and would provide the Augustan Empire with five million gold coins of funds and ten million gold worth of grain every year; These were the costs that the Kingdom of Egypt had to pay, and what the Augustan Empire paid for this was the need to ensure the independence and security of the Kingdom of Egypt, which was also Oscar's promise to Cleopatra.

Even Oscar, who is the pharaoh of the Kingdom of Egypt, will not interfere in the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Egypt, but the army of the Kingdom of Egypt must be handed over to the Augustan Empire for planning and reconstruction; This was not only Oscar's suggestion, but also Cleopatra's request.

The troops that had been loyal to Ptolemy XIII were the most elite in the entire kingdom of Egypt, but they did not perform well under the attack of the army of the Augustan Empire; The only commendable army was probably the performance of the Pharaoh's Praetorian Guard in the defense of Memphis, but it was only a flash in the pan.

In order to ensure the military strength of the Kingdom of Egypt, it was only natural that Oscar and the Augustan Empire would help the Kingdom of Egypt rebuild its army; Cleopatra will not interfere in this matter, she is relieved to leave it to Oscar, and her whole mind is on how to control all the provinces of the Kingdom of Egypt in her own hands as soon as possible.

This is not to say that Cleopatra was not concerned with the most important military issues, but Cleopatra believed that Oscar would build a strong army and a stable rear for himself and the little Ptolemy before leaving the kingdom of Egypt; People can be ruthless, and Cleopatra's attachment to Oscar is inevitable.

Naturally, Oscar's heart was not to mention, Cleopatra was his woman, and little Ptolemy was his son; Compared to Prisca and the other children, the mother and son need to stay away from themselves and stay in Memphis, how can Oscar not think about them.

Allowing Bohynius to expand the Egyptian Kingdom's most elite Pharaonic Praetorian Legion was only the first step in Oscar's efforts to rebuild the Egyptian army, and the new Pharaonic Praetorian Legion would consist of 30,000 Pharaoh's Chosen Archers and 20,000 Pharaoh's Praetorian Guard; In addition to this legion, Oscar is forming six new legions for the Kingdom of Egypt, and these legions are mainly provided by the Augustan Empire.

Of the six new legions, the first was the Chariot Legion consisting of 30,000 Egyptian archers and chariots and 20,000 Egyptian battlefields, the second was the Nubian Legion consisting of 40,000 Nubian pikemen and 10,000 Nubian cavalry, and the third was the Nile Legion consisting of 40,000 Nile pikemen and 10,000 Nile cavalry; These three legions will form a new garrison in the northern border region of the Kingdom of Egypt.

The fourth is a desert legion of 40,000 desert axes and 10,000 desert cavalry, the fifth is an infantry legion of 20,000 pikemen and 10,000 elite archers, and the sixth is a cavalry legion of 20,000 camel cavalry; The mission of these three legions was to garrison the provinces of Mount Sinai and Nabataean as the new garrisons in the eastern frontier of the Kingdom of Egypt.

This is a total of seven legions, only the foundation of the Pharaoh's Praetorian Guard is not bad, and it doesn't take much effort for Oscar to re-expand successfully; But the other six legions had to be completed by Oscar with a lot of time and effort.

In order to speed up the formation of these six legions, all the lieutenant generals of the Augustan Empire were sent by Oscar to these six legions to take on important responsibilities; In fact, with the huge population base of the Kingdom of Egypt and the mountains of gold and silver treasures in the treasury, it was really not difficult to raise an army of 300,000.

But the crux of the matter is how to maximize the combat effectiveness of these recruit corps; The biggest shortcoming of the Egyptian army's army is that the will to fight is too weak, which is not a problem that the native generals of the Egyptian kingdom can solve at all.

In fact, the army of the Kingdom of Egypt has a relatively serious phenomenon of greed for life and fear of death from top to bottom, in order to completely eliminate such phenomena in the Egyptian army, Oscar directly transferred 3,000 graduates of the Augustan Military Academy from the Augustan Empire to the Kingdom of Egypt; Some of these graduates are already battle-hardened and capable captains, but more are cadets who have just graduated from military academies.

These 3,000 of them are the backbone of the seven legions rebuilt by the Kingdom of Egypt, this time it is not Oscar who sent so many military academy graduates to join the Egyptian army in order to control the army of the Egyptian kingdom, he really reluctantly transferred so many military academy graduates to join the Egyptian army in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the Egyptian army, these people are the most valuable wealth of the Augustan Empire.

Because the Seleucid Empire, the most militarily powerful empire on the eastern continent, had become a close ally with the Brutus Empire, and the Augustan Empire was in a state of enemy with the Brutus Empire; If one day the Augustan Empire and the Brutus Empire did go to war, then a fierce war would inevitably break out between the Seleucid Empire and the Egyptian Kingdom.

Needless to say, the Kingdom of Egypt would have become the most important breadbasket and the most trusted ally of the Augustan Empire in such an all-out war; If this ally is strong enough to deal with the attack of the Seleucid Empire, it will definitely be the Augustan Empire that will suffer in the end, after all, the Augustan Empire will not sit idly by and watch the Kingdom of Egypt be defeated by the Seleucid Empire.

Instead of running around and working hard for this in the future, it is better to help the Kingdom of Egypt improve its strength as much as possible now; Of course, the formation and training of 300,000 troops is not something that can be completed in a month or two, and it is impossible for the 300,000 troops of the Kingdom of Egypt to form a strong combat force in a few years, and before that, the ten legions of the Augustan Empire will continue to be stationed in the Kingdom of Egypt.

This time, the army left behind by Oscar in the Kingdom of Egypt was no longer all nine legions from North Africa, but ten truly elite legions led by Spartakus; It even included the First and Second Legions of the Augustan Empire, plus the Thirteenth to Eighteenth Legions, and the Fourth and Fifth Cavalry Legions, which were the ten legions that Oscar left in the Kingdom of Egypt.

When the 300,000 troops of the Kingdom of Egypt are all in battle, half of these ten legions will withdraw to the Augustan Empire, and the remaining five legions will continue to help the Kingdom of Egypt garrison the border area with the Seleucid Empire; Of course, the first task of these ten legions at the moment is to help Cleopatra completely destroy the 40,000 troops of Burdinus in the border area. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.