Time is the best doctor.

- Augustine (Roman Empire Catholic thinker, saint and teacher)

By the time Oscar and Marie decided to relax and go to the countryside for a few days of leisure, the struggle in Rome had already entered a state of white heat; The struggle between the Maxentius family and Marius was already on the surface in the city of Rome, and the great families of Rome began to take sides.

If it is only considered from the perspective of family strength and wealth and political power, then the aristocratic forces led by the Maxentius family are the first force deservedly; This was followed by the alliance of industrial and commercial aristocracy led by the Carters family and the Richard family, and finally the newly rising Marius power.

But the battles in Rome often depend not on the soft power that takes time to transform, but on the most basic hard power, which is the control of the army. The Maxentius family now had nominal command of the army, but they were unable to mobilize a single soldier in the three legions.

After Antony and Octavian had completely surrendered to the Marius and Maxentius families and arranged for the division of several lieutenants to be dealt with, the Maxentius family began to secretly contact the Scipio family in the province of Campania; However, relying solely on the assistance of the Scipio family was not a sure thing, and Decius expanded his family's bodyguards.

Just when Marcus and Sevius felt that they were going to have to fight Marius, Decius was thinking about more than that; Decius also considered the possibility of failure. If the Maxentius family had lost in such a brutal struggle, the Maxentius family would have faced the most ruthless and bloody massacre of Marius; Decius simply couldn't take such a risk.

Therefore, while contacting the Scipio family and expanding the family's military power in Rome, Decius also sent a letter of help to the Augustus family and Oscar in Sardinia. Decius did not simply think that Oscar, after receiving such a letter for help, would send a large army back to Rome at all costs; More critically. It's too late.

However, Decius had another way to get Oscar to willingly send a fleet to the Latin port; This method is really a helpless move on the part of Decius. In Decius's view, once the struggle of the Maxentius family in the city of Rome was lost; Then the next priority is not to trap the beast and fight, but to break through to the death!

When the time comes, even if the entire city of Rome is captured by Marius's army, the core members of the Maxentius family can escape to the port through secret passages; So. The last vestiges of the Maxentius family will be preserved. However, this is a measure that Decius will not take unless he has to; Unless the Maxentius family is defeated, Decius will never use the secret passage!

In this case, another question arises: that is, after successfully arriving at the port, any members of the Maxentius family evacuated Rome unharmed? Decius was glad that he had insisted that he had not allowed Marius to get involved in the Maxentius family's naval fleet, but it was not a very safe way to rely on his family's fleet to retreat.

Although Marius did not have any naval power, this did not mean that Marius could not mobilize enough naval power to pursue his family's naval fleet. The unusual relationship between the Julius family and Marius was known to Decius, and the Brutus family often supported Marius on various occasions; Once Marius reached an agreement with these two families, then the fate of the Maxentius family really hung in the balance.

So. In order to ensure his family's retreat, Decius decided to ask the Augustus family for help; Oscar was expected to send a strong fleet to meet the retreating fleet of the Maxentius family, which was in danger of failure. Of course, Decius doesn't talk in vain; He also promised in his letter asking for help that as long as the Augustus family was willing to send reinforcements, then Decius would give Oscar enough benefits in return!

If Maxentius was victorious, Decius promised Oscar that he would allow Oscar to transfer all the family members of Augustus in Rome and all other family possessions to Sardinia; At the same time, Decius also promised that the Maxentius family would henceforth become the most trusted and close allies of the Augustus family.

Suppose the Maxentius family ultimately fails. Decius, then, promised Oscar that he would do his best to rescue all the important members of the Augustan family in Rome when he retreated. evacuate overseas with them; At the same time, Decius also promised that once the Maxentius family escaped, he would officially become a vassal of the Augustan family in Sardinia!

Such conditions were not unfruitful for the Augustan family, and could even be called a beneficial and harmless action; Decius expected that Oscar would not be able to refuse, so he decisively sent one of the only two communication eagles of the Maxentius family to Sardinia, with a letter for help.

It takes at least five days for an eagle to soar from Rome to Sardinia. After sending the Eagle, Decius began to continue the preparations of the Maxentius family; The major families in Rome also took action, and it was completely like a general mobilization for war, and Marius also started his preparations unhurriedly.

In fact, the eagle flew much faster than Decius had expected; Just four days later, the eagle landed in the Doge's palace of Calaris, Sardinia, with a sharp chirp. Vipsani, who lived in the Lord's Mansion near the Governor's Palace, heard the movement and hurried to the Governor's Palace. But he was at a loss for what to do with this sudden eagle.

The eagle was also seen by two young children who happened to live in the Doge's Palace, who were the two youngest members of the Maxentius family sent by Marcus; Having grown up in the mansion of the Maxentius family, they naturally knew what the eagle meant.

With their help, Vipsani was able to get the letter for help that the eagle was carrying on his feet; However, at this time, Oscar is on vacation with Mary, and Vipsani really doesn't know whether to disturb Oscar because of this incident. If the letter had been a trivial affair, Vipsani knew that he would have incurred the mutual displeasure of both Oscar and Mary.

Although Oscar and Mary have always maintained a so-called relationship between kings and ministers on the surface, the generals of the Augustan family do not know that these two people have a personal relationship; Moreover, there are quite a few Augustus generals who are very happy to support something that happens between Mary and Oscar, and Vipsani himself is one of them.

Since the Augustan family fully accepted the allegiance of the generals of the other Roman families led by Quintus, the Augustan family was clearly divided into three forces; In addition to the Mingzhe self-preservation faction led by Gumos, there are the Augustus family descendants with Luquis as the core and the foreign faction with Quintus as the core.

And Prisca, the wife Oscar is marrying, is obviously a more intimate relationship with the alien faction in terms of origin and bloodline; Add to this the fact that among the aliens there is also a legionary commander who was once part of the Maxentius family, and the relationship is even closer. Once Prisca officially arrives in Sardinia in the future, she will certainly support the foreigners in every way; There is no doubt about that.

Therefore, the descendants of the Augustan family such as Vepsani involuntarily began to woo Miss Mary, who had been following Oscar's side; And try to help Miss Mary create various opportunities to be alone with Oscar. The recent visit to Marcus brought news of Rome that made the generals of the lineage even more in crisis; Prisca will most likely be coming to Sardinia in the near future!

This is not good news, considering that there has been no substantial progress between Mary and Oscar! Although Mary has never had much contact with people from various factions, there is always nothing wrong with giving away favors; When Mary officially became the woman of the Oscars, and then remembered the help she had in the past, she would definitely have other ideas.

At this time, Oscar suddenly told Vipsani that he would take Mary out to relax for a few days, and while entrusting Vipsani with government affairs, he asked Vipsani to help arrange a country house. Of course, Vepsani wouldn't have wasted this good opportunity, otherwise why do you think Vepsani would choose a one-bedroom farmer to borrow for Oscar?

At this time, it was only three days before Oscar and Mary went out; If this incident disturbs the further development of Oscar and Mary, it is very likely that the lineage faction will lose to the outsiders in terms of Oscar's women. Therefore, Vipsani had to check the secret letter before deciding whether or not to disturb Oscar and Mary's vacation.

There is not a lot of content on the secret letter, but it is only more than 200 words; But the information is just too much. Whether it was the imminent conflict in the city of Rome, or the desire of the Maxentius family to ally with the Augustan family, or the plea of Decius for the Augustan family to send a fleet; It's not up to Vipsani to make decisions on his own!

After reading the letter, Vipsani personally rode away with a hundred cavalry guards and horseback towards the village where Oscar and Mary had lived; At the same time, Vipsani sent a herald to summon all the military generals of Sardinia to Calaris in case Oscar discussed military affairs!

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