The miser is forever in poverty.

- Horace (founder and founder of Roman classicism)

Mary's words also make sense, and there is even a little feeling of waking up the person in the dream; Indeed, the Maxentius family did not ask for direct assistance from the Augustus, but only the support of the fleet just in case. The Augustan family could have sent out a fleet and waited and saw what happened; Just improvise when the final result comes out.

After Mary's words were finished, Oscar also decided loudly: "Mary's analysis is correct, we can't be too cautious, and it is also the priority of our Augustan family to properly participate in the competition in the city of Rome." Let's send the fleet so decided, in addition to Commander Gatsi's transport fleet, Commander Anne and Commander Shixiu will lead the fleet to the Latin port respectively! ”

In this way, the Augustus family was sure that the matter of sending a fleet was settled; However, it is not enough to simply send a fleet. Because the commanders of these two fleets were late joiners of the Augustan family, whose status was not high, and even the core members could not be talked about; Therefore, it is also necessary to send another major general of the family to sit in the fleet to cope with the changes.

Regardless of who won or lost the struggle between the Maxentius family and Marius, the Augustan fleet would play a very important role at the end of the struggle; Therefore, it is undoubted that the generals needed to be sent not only to be well aware of the intricacies of Rome, but also to have a very high position within the House of Augustus.

Of course. The requirements for the general are high. The meaning of the representation is different; This time, no matter which general takes on such a heavy responsibility. His status within the Augustan family will be even further, so that it surpasses the generals who were originally on the same level as him, after all, this mission represents the heavy responsibility of the entire Augustan family!

The meeting in the conference room today are all the main generals of the Augustus family, who are either the commanders of the Augustus family legions, or the deputy generals of the legions (the heads of the affiliated legions); They are usually considered high-ranking and powerful figures in the Augustan family, and this little thing is naturally not difficult to see.

In fact, due to the constraints of the conditions, there are only two people who can really represent the Augustus family in the fleet; Except for Luquis and Quintus. Mary's true identity is not known to outsiders, so naturally she can't take on such a task that requires her identity. The other generals were clearly not qualified, and they were not even qualified to talk to those in Rome on an equal footing.

While Oscar was still struggling with who to send, one of the backbones of the foreign faction, the adjutant general of the Seventh Legion, Cocleus, first stood up and suggested: "Your Excellency, Leader, I think such a task must be Your Excellency General Quintus!" General Quintus was a famous general born into the Scipio family and a well-known figure in the city of Rome; Naturally, he knew everything about the situation in the city of Rome.

In addition, General Quintus is already one of the two deputy commanders of our Augustus family at this time, and only within the Augustus family, he is also on a par with General Luquis; So, both the knowledge of the city of Rome. Or his own position within the Augustus family, General Quintus is the irreplaceable first choice for the fleet this time! ”

Cocleris's words just fell. The immediate boss of Cocles, the commander of the Seventh Legion, Cassillo, stood up and said, "General Cocleus, your suggestion is really too thin; If General Quintus is the irreplaceable first choice, then what kind of person should General Luquis be? ”

"General Luquis is certainly a famous general of the Augustan family, and one of the main generals, there is no doubt in terms of seniority and status; But after all, General Luquis was not born as a Roman noble, and he didn't know so much about the situation in Rome, so General Quintus was more suitable for this! Cocles also didn't dare to show weakness and retorted.

"Although General Luquis was not born into a top Roman aristocratic family, he was also a great general raised by our Augustan family since childhood; He knows as much about the city of Rome as anyone else! The birth of General Quintus certainly determined that he knew more about the relationship of the Roman aristocracy, but after all, he lived in Campania of the Scipio family all the year round; You probably don't know that much about the city of Rome, do you?! ”

This time, it was Oscar's younger brother Rakqa who opened his mouth to refute Corkles, no matter what Rakka's current identity is, even if Rakqa is the lieutenant general of Luquis's First Legion, the generals have never involved Rakqa in the factional struggle; Because Tuka and Raqqa are the only two remaining bloodline members of the Augustus family besides Oscar, everyone dare not influence these two under Oscar's attention.

However, no one could have imagined that Raqqa would stand up and speak for Luquis on such an occasion; In this way, the blow to the foreign faction is not as simple as a setback. If the members of the Augustan bloodline clearly sided with one faction in the factional struggle of the generals; So what will another general, who is also loyal to the Augustus faction, think?

Oscar was also shocked by Raqqa's sudden statement, knowing that Oscar acquiesced and even supported the existence of factional struggles in order to better strengthen his rule and provoke healthy competition among generals in some aspects. However, Raqqa's intervention changed the situation completely; The foreign faction, which was already inferior in terms of the number of generals, was even more embarrassed.

In fact, Oscar also knew that Rakka stood up to speak for Luquis out of his feelings for Luquis, and Oscar himself also had a deeper subconscious affection for Luquis; This is also the key reason why Oscar trusts Luquis differently from others. However, the rule of the family cannot be entirely dependent on such private feelings; The balance of power is always more important than trust.

Oscar could not have allowed Raqqa to upset such a balance; So, Oscar reprimanded Raqqa on the spot with an unconvinced face: "Raqqa, you step down for me!" Who allowed you to interject on such an occasion? Which of the generals here is not your predecessor? Which one is not a general who was born and died for our family of Augustus? Who allows you to speak ill of any of them?!

Do you really think that you can become the vice general of the First Legion at the age of seventeen? If you hadn't been lucky enough to be born into the House of Augustus, you would now be just a childish child on the streets of Rome; If it weren't for the generals here who shed their blood and laid down everything for the Augustus family, there would be no time for you to play prestige. You apologize to General Cocles right away! ”

Oscar's sudden anger was beyond Raqqa's imagination, and it also made every general present sigh with emotion; Especially the generals of those foreign factions, they were all moved from the bottom of their hearts by Oscar's words. Before Laka, whose face turned red, apologized to Cocleris, Cocles stood up with an excited face and said impassionedly:

"Your Excellency, General Raqqa needs no apology; It's all my Cocleus just now, and it has nothing to do with General Raqqa! To be able to serve the House of Augustus and serve His Excellency the Leader is the greatest honor of my life; General Raqqa is a member of the Augustus family, and one of the objects of my Corklis' allegiance, and I hope that Your Excellency the leader will take back his life! ”

Coquelis's performance not only made Oscar nod at him appreciatively, but also made Rakka look at Cocleus in shock; Raqa really didn't expect that Cocles would use the word "allegiance" to describe himself! Thinking of the sharpness of his words just now, Raka also apologized to Cocles with a face full of shame:

"General Cocleus is serious! Just now it was all Rakqa who was wrong, and verbally collided with the general; I also hope that His Excellency the General will not remember the villain and forgive Raqqa for his impulsiveness! ”

Rakka's frank apology overwhelmed Corklis, and when he wanted to say something more, Oscar reached out and interrupted him; Oscar motioned for both Cocles and Raqqa to sit down, then looked at the generals and said, "Since there is a great difference between sending General Luquis or General Quintus to sit in the fleet; Then I'll take the fleet and set off myself!

In terms of my knowledge of the city of Rome, I don't think I'm any worse than Generals Luquis and Quintus; As for family status? I don't think there's anyone better suited to represent the House of Augustus than I am, so let's settle the matter. In addition to this, I have one more thing to announce.

In view of the imperfection of the military command system of our House of Augustus, I have decided to formally establish the General Staff structure of our House of Augustus; The main function of this General Staff is to provide practical operational planning for every war and even every battle of our Augustus family, as well as to arrange all other aspects of affairs.

If, for example, we, the House of Augustus, were to make an annex to Iberia in the Kingdom of Spain, it would be no longer necessary for me to gather all my generals together to discuss military affairs; As long as the General Staff draws up a corresponding military plan according to our actual situation and the enemy's intelligence obtained, and the generals below are directly responsible for carrying it out, there is no need to make an ad hoc decision on how to fight.

Not only that, but the General Staff will also be responsible for coordinating cooperation between the various fleets of the various corps, providing each army with logistical supplies, replenishment of weapons and equipment, etc.; In other words, this newly formed General Staff will become the supreme command of our Augustan military. From now on, even if I, Oscar myself, want to command a soldier and a soldier, I must do it through this department! ”

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