"Chapter 623: Destroy Another Country"
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Discord between friends is an opportunity for the enemy to attack.
- Aesop (Greek fabler, Phrygian)
Hanno the Younger's voluntary surrender had long been expected by the Augustan Empire, and Raqqa also knew of the existence of Tahiti before he set out on the expedition; However, the two conditions proposed by Hanno Jr. were beyond Raqqa's expectations, because Oscar originally prepared for Little Hanno not to be a special duke, but only a third-class duke.
The reason why Charles VII, the king of the Kingdom of Spain, was able to become the Spanish Grand Duke of the Augustan Empire was only because Oscar took the initiative to surrender to the consul of the ancient city of Syrac for the stability of the Iberian Peninsula. Raqqa even felt that his eldest brother was already a favor for being able to give Hanno a third-class duke to the little Hanno family.
Unexpectedly, this little Hanno also raised the price for himself, and even asked the Augustan Empire to give him the title of special duke; His little Hanno is just the nominal leader of the Hanno family, and it is Tahiti of the Augustan Empire who actually controls the power of the Hanno family, so what qualifications does he have to make such a request to the Augustan Empire?
Even if he was the true head of the Hanno family, could he still be compared to the former kings of the Kingdom of Spain? The king of Spain is the one who rules a kingdom with four provinces, and the Hanno family is just a family that rules one province of Baissasin, and the gap between the two is huge!
No matter how dissatisfied Rakka was with little Hanno's conditions, on the surface, he still smiled and told little Hanno that these conditions must be decided by His Majesty the Oscar Emperor himself, and no one else is qualified to decide these things; Little Hanno was once the head of the Hanno family, and he understood these taboos.
After Raqqa's army marched into Tapsus, Raqqa explained the policy of the Augustan Empire to all the nobles and nobles in Tapsus and the core members of the Hanno family; Ensuring that these people can submit to the rule of the Augustan Empire with peace of mind is the key to quickly stabilizing the situation in Baisasion!
After being busy with these affairs during the day, in the evening Raqqa held a banquet in his barracks to entertain the generals of the Hanno family sent by the Augustan Empire and the four generals of the Hanno family who were willing to join the Augustan Empire; These four generals are naturally General Abidos, General Himika, General Himika, and General Gizken, who were trained by Hannibal at the beginning.
Good birds choose trees to perch, this is human nature; Mahabar and Husdduba, who were Hannibal's generals, and Hannibal's own brother Theophanes, could all surrender to the Augustan Empire after Hannibal's death, so why can't these people?
The Hanno family can't give them a stage to display their talents, so they naturally have to find a better stage for themselves; What's more, this time, the entire Hanno family surrendered to the Augustan Empire, and it wasn't the four generals who surrendered to the Augustan Empire, no matter what kind of secret discussions they had with Tahiti before, after all, they didn't do it on the surface, did they?
In addition to drinking well together tonight to cultivate feelings, another important thing is to discuss the matter of continuing to march; Although the affairs of the Carthaginian kingdom have all ended, the affairs of the Numidian kingdom are not over, and Raqqa will leave the Ninth Legion to garrison Tapsus the day after tomorrow, and he himself will personally lead the remaining two legions to reinforce the Augustan Empire army in the north.
In this way, the Gaturia and Sahara regions, which are still empty, need to be occupied by the newly surrendered Hanno army; Raqqa suggested that General Abydos should lead his 6,000 men to the Gaturia region, and General Gisken should lead his 5,000 men to the Sahara region.
The area of Tripoli, which now belonged to the Augustan Empire but was ungarrisoned, was garrisoned by 7,000 soldiers under the command of General Himika, and the last remaining 15,000 private troops of the original Hanno family naturally followed Raqqa to the northern regions; For Raqqa's trust, the four generals who had just surrendered were naturally obliged.
After taking care of the affairs of the Baissasien region, Raqqa handed over the responsibility of taking control of the Baisa Sien region to the commander of the Ninth Legion, Tekmin; As for Tahiti, who has another identity, Raqqa has not seen Tahiti since entering Tapsus, and he has no intention of finding Tahiti to meet him, which is also something that Oscar specially told Raqqa not to be curious.
It turns out that Raqqa's reinforcements are still too much thought about in the north, and how can Raqqa be needed for Raqqa's reinforcements when the war in the north is in the hands of Spartak and Quintus; In fact, on the very day that Raqqa landed at the port of Carthage, the war in the northern kingdom of Numidia had already come to an end.
On that day, Vimini mustered all his army to a full 30,000 men, and then launched an attack on Ahmet's army of 25,000; In the face of Vimyna's attack at all costs, Ahmet did not flinch, he chose to fight Vimyna's main army of Carthage to the death in a hard-fought way.
The reason why Ahmet chose to fight to the death with the Carthaginian army of Vimyna was not because he was dead, but because he had the confidence to win; Although there were only 25,000 soldiers left under his command, the soldiers of the cavalry legion and the desert legion were as high as 15,000, and the soldiers who really belonged to him Ahmet were only 10,000.
This means that in the previous tragic battle, Ahmet's legion paid a total of 40,000 soldiers killed, while the desert legion and cavalry legion lost only 5,000 soldiers; Even if this is related to the reason why the Desert Legion and the Cavalry Legion entered the war late, it cannot be denied that these two legions have strong combat effectiveness.
The most elite unit of the main army of the Carthaginian kingdom under the command of Vermyna was the Legion of the Holy Order of Sakarpa, which was also the elite division that repeatedly inflicted heavy casualties on the soldiers of the Ahmet Legion in battle; However, in the head-to-head battle between the Desert Legion and the Holy Legion, the soldiers of the Desert Legion were able to fight the enemy without falling behind.
If you add the favorable cooperation of the cavalry legion, the desert legion and the cavalry legion can completely suppress the Holy Order legion of the Carthaginian kingdom; It is undeniable that the combat effectiveness of this Holy Order Legion cannot be compared with its heyday, but it is also the most elite army on the North African continent, and it is already terrifying that the Desert Legion and the Cavalry Legion can play such a record.
Later, when Hannibal fought a decisive battle with the Augustan Empire, thousands of elite soldiers of the Legion were annihilated by the troops of the Augustan Empire in Sicily; In order to restore the size of the Holy Order Legion to 10,000 people, Vermyna added thousands of new recruits, which naturally reduced its overall combat effectiveness.
The strong combat effectiveness of the Desert Legion and the Cavalry Legion is the strongest confidence in Ahmet's heart to persist in fighting, and it is also the last chance for the Kingdom of Numidia to resist the invasion of the Kingdom of Carthage; The armies of Vermina and Ahmet set up battle formations on a flat meadow in the kingdom of Numidia, and fought the fiercest battle between the two armies.
What they didn't know was that just as the flesh and blood of their army were flying, the Chengguan Legion and the Sixth Legion led by Spartak had quietly arrived five miles north of the battlefield; The Second Legion, led by Quintus himself, bypassed the fierce battle between the two armies and marched further north to the capital of the Kingdom of Numidia.
While the armies of Vimini and Ahmet were fighting with all their might, the Spartacist scouts were also on the periphery of the battlefield to keep a close eye on the situation on the battlefield; When the two armies had been fighting for more than two hours, and Victoria's 30,000 troops were less than 20,000, Spartak finally decided to seize the opportunity to join the battlefield!
The reason why Spartak chose such a time was because at this time, the army of the Kingdom of Carthage under Vimysa had suffered heavy losses, and the soldiers of Ahmet's own army under his command also suffered heavy casualties; If Spartak continues to wait, the cavalry legion and the desert legion will suffer heavy casualties, and it will be more than worth the loss.
Why did the Desert Legion and the Cavalry Legion of the Combined Legion have such a strong combat effectiveness, wasn't it Spartacus who had worked hard to train? Spartak was not trained to die for the kingdom of Numidia, the Augustan Empire was the object of their allegiance, and their blood should be shed for the Augustan Empire!
When the two hoplite legions of Spartak appeared in the rear of the Vimini army and were flanked on the right flank, Ahmet's cavalry legion and desert legion immediately burst into triumphant cheers, because they knew that their reinforcements were coming, but Ahmet's face showed a solemn look, and he didn't know why the army of the Augustan Empire was here.
The remnants of Vermina's 20,000 troops quickly collapsed under the attack of two legions under Spartak and Ahmet's army, and more than 8,000 Carthaginian soldiers became prisoners of the Spartacist army along with their main general, Vermyna; After the battle, Ahmet tried to ask Spartak about his intentions, but found that Spartak's army had already aimed their weapons at him.
After Vermina and 8,000 Carthaginian soldiers became captives of Spartak, Ahmet and his 4,000 Numidian soldiers became captives of Spartakus; The soldiers of the Cavalry Legion and the Desert Legion just chose to sit on the sidelines, they had no intention of siding with Ahmed, and five years was enough time for them to think from the bottom of their hearts that they were from the Augustan Empire.
On the third day of Spartakus's army to put an end to the army of Vermina and Ahmet, Quintus led the soldiers of the Second Army to capture the capital of the Kingdom of Numidia, and King Adheba of the Kingdom of Numidian chose to kill himself in the palace; Ten days later, Quintus' Second Army captured Tangier, the capital of the province of Mauritania, and the Kingdom of Numidia was destroyed! (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.