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- Plato (one of the greatest philosophers and thinkers of Western culture)

When Oscar received the information that the Salah Legion and the Chengguan Legion of the Kingdom of Numidia had joined forces to annihilate the Jugurdah army in a battle, he immediately issued an order to all the members of the Augustan family in the ancient city of Syra to convene an emergency family meeting.

As dozens of heralds galloped out of the consul's mansion on their horses, Oscar also called Mary, who was buried in her study to contemplate the affairs of the General Staff, and gave Mary the detailed information from North Africa to see.

There is not a lot written on the intelligence, just a few lines; But the news expressed in it made Mary also show an extremely shocked expression. Mary looked at Oscar in disbelief, but Oscar could only nod helplessly.

No one thought that Jugudah's army would be so vulnerable that it would be wiped out by the 22,000-strong army of the Numidian Kingdom in just one battle; This result is incredible!

As early as when Zuguta gathered the strength of the Numidian Kingdom to invade the Carthaginian Kingdom, the intelligence agencies of the Augustan family began to know the main generals of the Numidian Kingdom and the Carthaginian Kingdom in detail.

At that time, as the governor of the Sahara province of the Numidian Kingdom and the commander of the Jugurdah legion, Jugurdah was naturally on the list that was known; However, he is only learning about the list, and he is far from the level of attention.

It stands to reason that Juguda, as the former king of the Sahara Kingdom, still has an extremely elite Jugurdah army under his command, and it can be regarded as a not weak force within the Numidian Kingdom at that time; The intelligence agencies of the House of Augustus should theoretically also be a focus on it.

Unfortunately, Jugurdah was the king of the Sahara kingdom and had a small but capable army; In the face of the aggressive pressure of the Numidian Kingdom, he cowardly chose to surrender on his own initiative!

Such a spineless move made the intelligence officers of the Augustan family look down on this jugura from the southernmost tip of the North African continent from the bottom of their hearts; Therefore, it is inevitable that when you get to know him, you will just understate it.

In fact, the Numidian kingdom under the control of Turguta at that time was extremely numerous, and in addition to the most elite Ahmad legion, there were several large legions; The generals who control these legions are even higher in status than Juguda.

Of course, on the surface, Jugurdah is still the second only general in the Numidian kingdom's camp after King Zuguta and General Ahmet; But its actual status is not among the top 10 at all.

After all, Juguda was not a well-established general of the Numidian Kingdom, let alone the trust of Tulguta; The army under his command also had numerical shortcomings that could not be ignored, and the combination of these factors doomed Juguda to be unnoticed.

Later, as the situation progressed, Juguda and his legions became almost marginal figures in the Great War in North Africa; Not only did the intelligence agents of the House of Augustus not pay attention to them, but even both sides of the Great War intentionally or unintentionally ignored the existence of Jugudah.

It wasn't until the moment of the final battle that Juguda made the world know him again; No matter how much the Numidian nation hated Jugurdah, and no matter how heavy the casualties of Jugurdah's legions, one of the most basic truths could not be denied: Jugurdah and his kingdom were also among the beneficiaries of this war!

Before the outbreak of the war, Jugurdah and his Saharan kingdom were directly annexed by the Numidian kingdom under strong military pressure; He himself led the legion and became cannon fodder for the invasion of the Kingdom of Carthage by the Kingdom of Numidia.

By the end of the war, Djugudah's legions had been almost wiped out; However, he went from being a general in the Numidian kingdom to becoming the king of the Sahara again, and there was no longer a powerful Numidian kingdom to threaten the Saharan kingdom.

Such a transformation undoubtedly proves the fact that Zhu Guda is definitely an ambitious hero. He can endure what ordinary people can't endure, and he can definitely accomplish things that ordinary people can't!

With such an example in place, the intelligence agencies of the Augustan family immediately put aside their contempt for Jugurdah and began to use various means to understand Jugurdah in detail about him; However, due to the lack of early arrangement, the Augustus family did not obtain any valuable information, nor did they have any deeper knowledge of Juguda.

However, none of this affects the fact that the intelligence agencies of the House of Augustus have focused on the finality of Jugurdah; Even, after the decisive battle between the Kingdom of Numidia and the Kingdom of Carthage, even Oscar personally ordered the Jinyi Guard and the Tragic Dead to focus on Jugurdah.

Since then, information about Jugurdah and the Sahara kingdom has also become the focus of the Augustan intelligence agency; It was not until Jugurdah regrouped his army and took advantage of the chaos in North Africa to successfully occupy the Gaturian region.

In fact, as early as when Juguda began to recruit troops, the Augustus family had already roughly guessed his strategic purpose; However, out of consideration for their own family's interests, the Augustus family did not pass on this information to the Adheba forces.

The reason for this is also very simple: Adheba's army had already marched into the province of Numidia; Ahmet's defection made the military strength of Adheba increase suddenly, which couldn't help but make the Augustus family start to subconsciously take precautions.

It turns out that this sense of precaution on the part of the Augustan family is still very necessary; It's just that no one can imagine that the seemingly powerful Jugurdah army will be wiped out by a partial division of the Numidian Kingdom!

In the strategic layout of the Augustan family, at least three independent forces are needed on the North African continent to ensure the balance of power in the entire North African continent, and also to buy more time for the Augustan family's future North African conquest strategy.

Therefore, the Augustan family secretly helped the Carthaginian kingdom to form an alliance with the Libyan kingdom, and invisibly increased the war potential of the Carthaginian kingdom by aiding Hanno the Younger.

In this way, the military alliance of the kingdom of Numidia in Adheba with the kingdoms of Carthage and Libya would form two roughly evenly matched military confrontation blocs; And the forces of Juguda will become a third party to stabilize the situation.

With the wisdom of Juguda and the city, it was not difficult for him to figure it out; There could be no new hegemonic power on the North African continent, without which it would be impossible to maintain the independence of the Saharan Kingdom, especially after the annexation of the province of Gaturia.

Whether it is the Numidian kingdom of Adheba or the alliance between the Carthaginian kingdom and the Libyan kingdom, as long as one of them is weak, the cunning and unusually cunning Jugudah will definitely help the weaker side to resist the stronger side.

Such a situation is precisely the situation on the North African continent that the Augustus family wants; Thankfully, under the covert manipulation of the Augustusian family, the situation on the North African continent is almost on the verge of becoming this imaginary situation.

Helplessly, the Kingdom of Numidia would choose to send a large army to attack the Saharan Kingdom of Jugurdah; Even more unfortunate, Juguda's army of 25,000 was wiped out in just one battle.

That is, Jugurdah did not even have a chance to ask for help from the alliance of the Kingdom of Carthage and the Kingdom of Libya, and he had already lost the war; Everyone knows that there are too many coincidental factors, but the result is irreversible.

Now that the situation in North Africa has taken such a big turn, it is natural that the Augustan family cannot continue to sit idly by; However, how the Augustus family should participate in North African affairs still needs to be discussed by the Augustan family's decision-making level.

Before the rest of the family came to the Archon's mansion, Oscar didn't plan to discuss anything with Mary in advance, he just informed Mary of the news first; Mary didn't say much, just stood aside silently and didn't bother Oscar.

The main members of the House of Augustus were now almost all gathered in the ancient city of Syrac, with the exception of the Sixth Legion, which remained in Sardinia, and the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Legions, which were stationed on Betica; The commanders of the other legions were also summoned.

More importantly, the three generals who had just submitted the Augustus family, such as Mahabal, Theophanes, and Hush Duba, were also on the call list; Among them, Theophanes was also the only general with the rank of lieutenant general of the legion among all those who were called.

Of course, the affairs of the North African continent involved all aspects of the Augustan family, and the family members gathered by Oscar were not only military generals, but also family members from other departments of the Augustan family.

In fact, the list of convocations just announced by Oscar also includes Nepos, the foreign minister of the House of Augustus, and Vipsani, the political president; Commanders such as Luquis, Quintus, and Namus, needless to say.

When these people arrived at the mansion one after another, Oscar was already waiting for them in the conference room; When they arrived, Oscar asked them to sit down and wait for the others, and showed them information about the upheaval in North Africa.

The last person to arrive was Quintus, who had been organizing recruit training in the barracks outside the city, and it was understandable that he was the last to arrive; After all, he had to make arrangements for the training of his recruits before he could make it to the meeting.

By the time Quintus panted and read the information, all the people in the conference room had already finished reading the information, and everyone had arrived; Oscar looked at the large number of family members in the conference room, and officially began today's emergency meeting of the Augustan family. (To be continued.) )