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- Aesop (Greek fabler, Phrygian)

The rapid outbreak of full-scale war on the North African continent also affected the Augustan Empire, and the two Augustan Empire legions led by Quintus were still stationed in the border area of the kingdoms of Numidia and Carthage; Spartacus's combined legions were also stationed not far from the two corps of Quintus.

When Adheba dispatched troops in the Numidian Kingdom, he not only deliberately ignored the two legions under the command of Quintus, but also left the three legions of Spartak in place, and did not even mean to give orders; Quintus and Spartak also didn't have an active fighting mentality, they only intensified their training in the barracks, and didn't do anything else.

When the Senate of the Kingdom of Carthage was discussing the main army of the Kingdom of Carthage attacking the Kingdom of Numidia, it also intentionally or unintentionally ignored the existence of the army of the Augustan Empire, and only defined the enemy of the Kingdom of Carthage as the Ahmet Army of the Kingdom of Numidia.

In fact, after receiving the authorization of the Carthaginian Senate, Vermina only ordered his army to attack the Ahmet army of the Kingdom of Numidia in the border area, and did not let his army provoke the Augustan Empire's army, which had already moved the military camp to the seaside.

Since Quintus's army and Spartak's army were transported by the Augustan Empire to deliver the food and grass needed for logistics and supplies, in order to facilitate the receipt of supplies, Quintus and Spartak took the military camp with their large armies to the position near the sea in the border area between the Kingdom of Carthage and the Kingdom of Numidia, in a real sense, away from the armies of the Kingdom of Carthage and the Kingdom of Numidia on the border.

What is even more helpless is that the logistical supplies of these legions of the Augustan Empire were sometimes landed and transported from the port of Numidia in the Kingdom of Numidia, and sometimes they were landed and transported from the port of Carthage in the Kingdom of Carthage; Such a chaotic and complicated situation completely made the soldiers of the Augustan Empire not know who was their ally and who was their enemy.

Whatever these ordinary soldiers thought, it was enough for Quintus and Spartak to know who the real enemy of their army was; When war broke out again on the North African continent, Quintus and Spartak immediately sent the news back to Sicily.

In fact, two days before the news of Quintus and Spartak was sent back to Sicily, Oscar had already received specific information on the North African continent from the brocade guard and the tragic dead; After that, Oscar could know everything that happened on the North African continent three days ago every day, which means that Oscar knew everything about the outbreak of a full-scale war on the North African continent.

Between the kingdoms of Numidia and Carthage, sooner or later there will be a war to the death; It's just that Oscar didn't expect that this war would come up with such a coincidence. If the Augustan Empire continues to help Cleopatra send troops to the Kingdom of Egypt now, it will delay the Augustan Empire's most important North African strategy.

Compared with the powerful heritage and infinite potential of the Kingdom of Egypt, the value of the North African continent is naturally more than a notch; However, the Augustan Empire's expedition to the Kingdom of Egypt was ultimately a matter of uncertain future, and the Augustan Empire's layout in North Africa was still a full six years old, and everything there was already under the control of the Augustan Empire.

If the Augustan Empire had suffered a defeat in helping Cleopatra regain the throne as pharaoh of the Kingdom of Egypt, the Augustan Empire would have paid a terrible price for it; If a powerful and unified kingdom were born on the North African continent during this time, the Augustan Empire would really be empty.

After much deliberation, Oscar still felt that the Augustan Empire should first take care of the affairs of the North African continent before helping Cleopatra regain the position of pharaoh of the Kingdom of Egypt; On this matter, Oscar did not say a word, but had a detailed discussion with the important ministers of his empire, and even Luquis, who was far away in the Iberian Peninsula, Oscar asked for his opinion.

Of course, Oscar didn't send someone to the Iberian Peninsula to find Luquis and ask him what he thought, and then go back to Syracuse to tell Oscar what Luquis's opinion was; Oscar used the communication eagle of the Augustan Empire to ask Luquis for advice, and the back and forth did not take much time.

Whether it was the important ministers of the Augustan Empire in Sicily or Luquis in the Iberian Peninsula, they were unanimously opposed to the Augustan Empire's continued insistence on sending troops to help Cleopatra regain the position of pharaoh of the Kingdom of Egypt at such a time; The interests of the Kingdom of Egypt were too illusory compared to the real interests of the North African continent.

More importantly, everyone believed that after settling the affairs of the North African continent first and bringing the North African continent under the rule of the Augustan Empire, the Augustan Empire could wholeheartedly send troops to help Cleopatra regain the position of pharaoh of the Kingdom of Egypt; At that time, the Augustan Empire would have more troops available to fight against the Kingdom of Egypt, and the odds would be more certain.

Since the important ministers of the Augustan Empire all believed that the Augustan Empire should focus all its attention on the North African continent first, Oscar naturally would not insist on sending troops to help Cleopatra first; In fact, Oscar also felt in his heart that his empire should settle North African affairs first, and he just found more evidence through the mouths of those important ministers.

With these evidences in hand, Oscar silently came to the place where Cleopatra lived; At this time, Cleopatra was already three months pregnant, and the slightly bulging lower abdomen would always make Oscar's heart have an irrepressible joy, and even every time he saw Cleopatra, Oscar couldn't help but want to touch her lower abdomen with his hand.

Cleopatra never resisted Oscar's affectionate gestures, but she didn't show obvious joy, just casually letting Oscar touch her lower abdomen; I don't know why, Oscar doesn't have such a special feeling for the children in Prisca and the other three daughters alone, and only the child in Cleopatra's belly will be uncontrollable.

Could it be that this is the psychology that a wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as stealing? Oscar can only blame his strange psychology on this, otherwise is there any other more plausible explanation?

After coming to Cleopatra's room this time, Oscar did not caress Cleopatra's slightly bulging lower abdomen affectionately, but sat opposite Cleopatra with an unnatural face, and completely told Cleopatra everything that happened on the North African continent recently, and even the many layouts of the Augustan Empire on the North African continent Oscar did not hide it.

Because it is impossible for Cleopatra to get out of Oscar's palace, Oscar naturally does not have to worry that she will reveal these top secrets of the Augustan Empire; After patiently listening to Oscar's narration, Cleopatra did not ask Oscar to keep her promise, nor did she express her dissatisfaction with it angrily, she just listened quietly.

It wasn't until Oscar couldn't help but ask first that Cleopatra said in a light tone:

"Your Majesty, there is no need for you to tell me about these things; In my current status, I'm just trading with the Augustan Empire with some illusory futuristic thing, and I don't have the right to object at all, do I?

As you said before, the only one I can choose to work with is the Augustan Empire; I am unlikely to find another force other than the Augustan Empire that can help me reclaim my position as pharaoh of the kingdom of Egypt.

If that's the case, what can I do? If you Augustan Empire want to solve the affairs of North Africa first, you can solve it, and after your Augustan Empire gains the right to rule North Africa, you can also invest more strength to help me seize the position of pharaoh of the Kingdom of Egypt, which is inevitably not a good thing for me.

However, I also have one condition, that is, your Augustan Empire must not spend more than a year on the settlement of North African affairs; Of course, I did not make this condition as Cleopatra, because Cleopatra was not qualified to make any conditions, but I made this condition as the mother of the child in my womb, because I wanted to give him the position of pharaoh of the kingdom of Egypt! ”

Well, Cleopatra's straightforwardness really made Oscar feel embarrassed, especially Cleopatra's last sentence made Oscar feel uncomfortable; However, in the end, it was Oscar who was in the first place, and it was Oscar who did the same thing to ignore his promise to Cleopatra for the benefit of the Augustan Empire, and Oscar could only suffer these ridicules in silence.

Fortunately, Cleopatra said just a few words and didn't dwell on this issue, which made Oscar breathe a sigh of relief; After continuing to be cheeky in Cleopatra's room for a while, Oscar hurried to the important ministers of the Augustan Empire to discuss how to participate in the affairs of the North African continent.

When Oscar was in the room, Cleopatra never gave Oscar a good face, and could even be described as cold; However, after Oscar was gone, Cleopatra's face couldn't help but show an extremely bright and bright smile, and the beautiful smile overshadowed the flowers blooming in the room.

The simple Oscar really thought that Cleopatra didn't care about the matter of pulling his sword, but did Cleopatra really not care at all? Cleopatra has never been one to put her heart to the letter, but she's definitely not a ruthless person either; Every time Oscar stroked her lower abdomen, Cleopatra would smile after Oscar was gone. (To be continued.) )