"Chapter 502: The Barbarians Attack"
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The day after Oscar's peaceful conquest of the province of Galicia and the capital of the Kingdom of Spain, Antio and Iker, who were in charge of leading the conquest of Tarragonanis, also arrived in Asturica.
In fact, the cavalry first rushed to the border between the province of Betica and the Kingdom of Spain, and when they found that the camp had already been emptied, they marched south to Córdoba; After determining that Oscar would lead his army north, they continued to march north.
So, a month before they arrived in Asturiga, Antio and Iker had taken the province of Tarragonanis; At this point, the Augustan family's plan to conquer the entire Spanish kingdom was completely completed, and the territory of the Augustan family finally expanded considerably again, becoming a full ten provinces!
From Sardinia in a small corner, to the three provinces of the Balearic Islands and the province of Betica, to the six provinces of Sicily that defeated Hannibal in the Battle of Zama; Until the peaceful conquest of the Kingdom of Spain and the expansion of the ruling area of the House of Augustus to the scale of ten provinces, the House of Augustus has traveled a legendary journey in more than two years!
The so-called fifth family of Rome, which was played with by people in the past, has finally gradually become an existence that dominates the entire western Mediterranean; As long as the Augustan family is given another five years to recuperate, from now on, the Augustan family will dominate the world!
In fact, it was not only Oscar who personally led the army to complete the attack without bloodshed; Luquis's attack on Lusitania also captured more than 3,000 troops, and the armies of Iker and Antio peacefully conquered the province of Tarragonanis.
In this way, the Augustan family must have more than 12,000 troops in the military camp of the former Kingdom of Spain; Even after the disbanding of the weak militias, the remaining Spanish army numbered more than 10,000 people.
There is no way, whoever made the Galician province surrender the 5,000 troops are relatively high-quality Spanish garrison troops; After all, it is the capital garrison of the Kingdom of Spain, and it is understandable that it is elite.
And the Lusitania province conquered by Luquis was also a Spanish garrison with good combat effectiveness, and the Spanish soldiers who were captured were naturally good; Only 2,000 militias in the province of Tarragonis were disbanded on the spot.
However, one thing is certain, that is, the cavalry of the garrison of the Kingdom of Spain is still not small; There were 2,000 round shield cavalry in the 5,000 troops of the Galician province of Toucheng, 4,000 yuan of shield cavalry in the province of Tarragonis and 2,000 yuan of shield cavalry in the 3,000-odd army of the province of Lusitania captured by Luquis.
In addition, the Duke of Dinoy's legion also had 3,000 yuan shield cavalry absorbed by the Augustus family, and the Augustus family had already collected a full 8,000 yuan shield cavalry in the Kingdom of Spain; These were all standing cavalry of the Kingdom of Spain, and their combat effectiveness was quite good.
In this way, the cavalry strength lost by the Augustus family in the previous decisive battle of Zama can be regarded as fully replenished; If we take into account the good horses that were already produced in the Iberian Peninsula, the Augustus family no longer had to worry about cavalry.
In order to make full use of the large-scale Spanish round shield cavalry obtained this time, Oscar decided to use these 8,000 Spanish cavalry to form the second cavalry regiment of the Augustus family, and completely fixed the formation of the cavalry corps!
Considering that the number of cavalry of the Hasduba cavalry regiment was seriously unbalanced with the number of cavalry of this second cavalry regiment, Oscar decided to mix the cavalry of the two cavalry regiments, and each cavalry regiment would be fixed at 6,000 cavalry.
The original Huskid Duba Cavalry Regiment was naturally renamed the First Cavalry Regiment of the Augustus Family, and its commander continued to be served by Huskiduba, and a new corps adjutant general was added, which was served by Mikael, the former cavalry general of the province of Tarragonanis.
The newly formed Second Cavalry Regiment of the Augustan Family, whose commander was Mikolaus, the former commander of the Galician Provincial Garrison, and the deputy general of the Legion was Kinza, the former Lusitanian Provincial Cavalry General.
For those generals of the Kingdom of Spain who surrendered, if Mary felt that they were talented, Oscar would still be reused; After all, the rise of the Augustus family cannot only rely on the original generals, and when giving full play to the role of the Spanish army, it is naturally necessary to reuse the generals from Spain, otherwise what will the Augustus family do to stabilize the morale of the army?
As for the former governors of the Kingdom of Spain, Oscar gave them the title of viscount of the first class, and moved their entire family to the ruined island of Sicily; They not only contributed to the economic development of the Augustan family, but also eliminated hidden dangers to the stability of the Iberian Peninsula.
Especially the royal family of the Kingdom of Spain, Oscar not only did not embarrass them, but instead awarded Charles VII the title of Duke of Spain of the Augustus family; Although this Spanish duke does not belong to the aristocratic system of the Augustan family, at least he is also a hereditary duke, and he can be regarded as the first duke of the Augustan family!
You must know that the consul of the ancient city of Syrac, who had previously surrendered to the Augustus family, was just a third-class earl who did not enter the stream; The reason why Charles VII was able to get the title of Duke of Spain was because of the size of the Spanish Kingdom!
The Kingdom of Spain, with its four provinces, was swallowed up by the House of Augustus overnight; Coupled with the fact that the army of the Kingdom of Spain was all reorganized into four infantry regiments and one cavalry regiment of the Augustan family, Oscar had to give Charles VII the entire former king of the Kingdom of Spain a seemingly honorable title.
With all this arranged, Oscar began to prepare for two things; The first thing was, of course, to move all the aristocratic and wealthy families of the former Spanish Kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula to Sicily, or Sardinia and other Augustan family territories; The second thing is to completely reorganize the five newly formed legions, and reissue them with the standard weapons and equipment of the Augustus family legions.
In the previous stage of incorporation, Oscar only roughly replaced the army of the former Kingdom of Spain with the name of an Augustan legion; Whether it is weapons and equipment, or combat methods, there is still a world of difference between these newly formed legions and the legions of the Augustan family.
Therefore, in the next time, Oscar's first task was to arrange for a large number of centurions and captains of the newly formed regiment to go to the Augustus Military Academy for further study; The vacant positions were taken over by graduates of the Augustan Military Academy.
In addition, the four newly formed legions also needed to be retrained to adapt to the fighting methods and the use of weapons and equipment of the Augustan army; Only when this is done can they be called a true Augustan army.
In addition to these corps affairs, the question of garrisons on the Iberian Peninsula also needed to be readjusted; After the previous reinforcements and the formation of the legions, the Augustus family already had the first, third, fourth, fifth, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh legions on the Iberian Peninsula, plus the Samonai legion and the second cavalry legion, that is a full ten legions!
In the entire land of the five provinces of the Iberian Peninsula, there are an army of ten legions, and on average each province is stationed two legions, such a ratio is simply terrifying, and it is extremely unfeasible!
After Oscar's deliberations with Mary and Luquis, the three unanimously decided to transfer the 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th and Samonai regiments back to Sicily; The remaining four infantry corps and the 2nd Cavalry Corps remained in the Iberian Peninsula.
And Luquis himself will also become the supreme commander of the Augustus family's Iberian Peninsula garrison, responsible for commanding these five legions to defend the Augustus family's Iberian Peninsula; As for the affairs of government, it is naturally Marcus who is in charge.
In order for Marcus to be more justifiably in charge of the entire Iberian Peninsula, Oscar also removed him from his position as governor of the province of Betica, and appointed him deputy governor of the House of Augustus, second only to Vipsani, who sat in Sicily!
While Oscar and the others were busy, the Numantian tribe of the Gallic barbarians was also actively preparing for war; As one of the seven major tribes of the Gallic barbarians, the Numantian tribe has a history of only a few decades.
Originally, the Numantian tribe was just a medium-sized tribe in the Gallic barbarian Narpung Gaul, and because they could not stand the suppression of the Narpung Mathius tribe, the largest tribe in the Narpung Gaul, they migrated to the Iberian Peninsula.
It so happened that the Kingdom of Spain was at war at that time, and the Kingdom of Spain, which lacked the awareness of guarding against the barbarians of Gaul, suffered a shocking rout when it fought against this migrating tribe.
The defeated Spanish army quickly withdrew from the province of Canterbury, which belonged to the Kingdom of Spain, and the tribe took advantage of the victory to occupy the province of Canterbury of the Kingdom of Spain, and changed the capital of the province to the name of their tribe - Numantia!
Now the Kingdom of Spain was once again in the grip of a struggle with other powers, and even the garrisons in the border area of Canterbury were all transferred; Naturally, all this could not be hidden from the eyes of the Gauls. So, the leader of the Numantian tribe felt that his tribe had an opportunity to expand again, and he decided to take advantage of the emptiness within the kingdom of Spain to expand again!
After some modest deployment, the barbarian warriors of the Numantian tribe, at the call of their leader, organized an army of 30,000 men; And under the leadership of its leader Rianolix, he slaughtered Tarragonanis! (To be continued.) )