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- Socrates (famous ancient Greek thinker, philosopher, and educator)

Just after the Augustans had turned all their attention to North African affairs, the negotiations between the Roman powers and the Kingdom of Spain finally entered a stage of substantial cooperation; Charles VII's army also began to move slowly.

From the beginning of cooperation with the Roman powers, Charles VII decisively chose to benefit the weapons and equipment provided by the Roman powers to expand the armament; The creation of three new legions meant that the main army of the Kingdom of Spain had increased to 55,000 men.

These soldiers who used weapons and equipment from the Roman powers were carefully selected by Charles VII's generals in his kingdom, and the generals who commanded them were rare battlefield generals in the Kingdom of Spain.

Among them, the commander of the First Legion of the Kingdom of Spain was a battlefield general who grew up in the war between the Kingdom of Spain and the Hannibal family, General Tecomin; The commander of the Second Army was General Gazka, who fought alongside General Tekomin.

As for the remaining commander of the Third Legion, he is a figure of mixed reviews; General Exsaka, as an outstanding contemporaneous of General Tekomin and General Gezka, has established a meritorious service in the war that no one can deny.

And the key to controversy is that this General Exaca is a general from the ordinary civilian class, he is not a traditional Spanish aristocratic background, let alone a figure associated with the aristocracy, he is a general raised by Joan of Arc!

In fact, Exsaka herself was an ordinary member of the army that Joan of Arc had recruited herself; Later, in the days when Exsaka followed Joan of Arc to fight in the north and south, he showed outstanding combat command ability and fighting spirit that was not afraid of death, which attracted Joan of Arc's attention.

Under Joan of Arc's attention, Exsaka continued to build on his exploits and began to gradually establish his prestige; So, out of appreciation for talent, Joan of Arc began to reuse Exsaka and appointed him as his general.

In fact, from the beginning to the end, Exsaka had a very important position in Joan of Arc's army, and it is not an exaggeration to call him the number two in Joan of Arc's army; Even, at a time when the Spanish people were chasing Joan of Arc, Exaca was famous!

Isn't it strange that such a general, who had been picked up by Joan of Arc, would now be appointed commander of the new legion by Charles VII? Charles VII's jealousy of Joan of Arc is something that everyone knows.

If it weren't for Charles VII's bent desire to put Joan of Arc to death, how could he have destroyed the Great Wall in the first place and not saved Joan of Arc? Although it was impossible for the Hannibals to really let Joan of Arc go, Charles VII's inaction was also one of the main reasons.

And in this conspiracy against Joan of Arc, Exsaka's role is very disgraceful; Even, people use the word traitor to describe Exsaka, why is that?

It turned out that when Joan of Arc led the army to take the initiative to attack the Hannibal family's army, Exsaka was responsible for leading the army as a flank cover; When their own defenders refused to open the gates and let Joan of Arc enter the city, Exaka's army also chose to stand by and watch.

Whatever happened in this process could not make the people of Spain accept Exaca's actions; In the eyes of ordinary people, Exsaka is a traitor in Joan of Arc's army, one of the murderers of Joan of Arc!

If it is said that after Joan of Arc was captured by the Hannibal family, the people of the Kingdom of Spain were already scolding Exaca; After Joan of Arc was killed, Exsaka was suddenly promoted to lieutenant general of the Beautreot Legion, which confirmed his crime.

Since then, the name of Exaca has become a thorn in the hearts of the people of the Kingdom of Spain; No matter how many exploits he had made and how many battles he had, they had all vanished with the killing of Joan of Arc.

On the contrary, in the upper classes of the Kingdom of Spain, Exaca had a higher status; Not only was he given a title of nobility by Charles VII, but he was also promoted as a model of loyalty to His Majesty, and even became a symbol of loyalty for a time.

Such a contrasting evaluation is enough to make any normal person collapse; However, Exsaka did not let these external events affect his life, and he still devoted all his time and energy to the construction of the army.

This time, Charles VII expanded the huge army of three legions at once, and naturally did not forget the loyal men who were loyal to him and helped him to get rid of Joan of Arc together; So, as a matter of course, Exarka became the commander of the Third Legion.

As for why Exsaka did not become the commander of the First Legion, but only the commander of the Third Legion; The reason for this is simple, it's just that Charles VII is unwilling to let Exsaka be too much of a storm.

In fact, this Third Legion was treated much better than the other two legions; Among the weapons and equipment aided by the Roman powers, the Third Legion was also selected first, and the rest were divided between the First Legion and the Second Legion.

After the army of the Duke of Dinoir was transferred to the border area of the Gallic barbarians, the border area between the Kingdom of Spain and the province of Betica was left with only the army led by Botricott and the three newly formed legions.

Although the legions of Exarka and others are all newly formed, the combat effectiveness of these three legions is not weak; With sophisticated weapons and equipment and high-quality soldiers, coupled with the commanders of excellent generals, the combat effectiveness of these three legions is still very reassuring.

However, the total strength of these four legions, with a total strength of 45,000 people, naturally could not all be gathered in one place; As the commander of the army, Botrecott wisely divided the huge strength of these four legions.

There are two places in the province of Betica and the Kingdom of Spain; According to the geographical concept of the Kingdom of Spain, it is bordered to the south and the province of Betica to the west.

In the south, it is naturally due south of the Kingdom of Spain, that is, due north of the province of Betica, which is the junction of the province of Betica and the Kingdom of Spain; As for the west, that was the route of the last time Luquis led his army to attack the province of Betica.

In order to safely prevent the outbreak of war in the future, Botrecott personally led his army and the newly formed 1st and 2nd Army Corps of the Kingdom of Spain to garrison the southern border area; This is the real main battlefield!

Exaca's Third Army, on the other hand, was sent by Botrecott to the western frontier in the other direction; Of course, Botrekot did not let Saxk take on the heavy responsibility of defending the entire western frontier with the Third Army alone.

At the time when Botrecott sent Exaca and his Third Army Corps to the western border, the garrison of the Iberian province, the Iberian Legion of 4,000 under the command of General Iker, was also placed under the command of Exaca by Botrecott.

In fact, the order was not a good thing for Exsaka; You must know that General Ikkel's Iberian Legion, the most combat-ready unit, is the old 2,000 Joan of Arc under the banner of the militia.

Let Exsaka, who is infamous for betraying Joan of Arc, take command of the Iberian Legion, which has two thousand old troops of Joan of Arc; This order, no matter how you look at it, looks like Botrecott is embarrassing Exsaka!

If one considers the good personal relationship between Botracott and Joan of Arc back then, then this order of Botracott can be understood as a personal vendetta of the communiqué; But even if it's a personal vendetta from Bott, what about Exsaka?

Exaca was, after all, nothing more than a typical example of a loyalist deliberately set up by Charles VII; It is impossible for him to really enter the core decision-making level of Charles VII, and the reason is very simple.

It's not that Exaka's background is too low, but Exarka can betray Joan of Arc who raised him with his own hands, and who can guarantee that Exarka will not betray Charles VII again? Charles VII was not a fool, so how could he really trust him?

And Botricott is different, even if Botridge and Joan of Arc have a good personal relationship, it can't affect Botridge's special status in the heart of Charles VII; There are three key reasons for this.

First, Botricote himself was born into a large aristocratic family in the tradition of the Kingdom of Spain, and he was noble in blood, and even had a blood relationship with the royal family.

Second, Bautracott was one of the main supporters of helping Charles VII ascend to the throne that year, and no one can deny this credit, and it is remembered by Charles VII.

Thirdly, after Charles VII decided to attack Joan of Arc, Botrecott resolutely gave up his personal relationship with Joan of Arc and sided with Charles VII to help Charles VII deal with Joan of Arc.

These three points alone were enough to give Botricott a special status in the Kingdom of Spain and the strongest trust of Charles VII in a way that no one else could replicate.

Naturally, Exsaka knew a lot about these things; Regardless of whether Botrecott deliberately embarrassed him or not, he did not choose to resist Botrecott's order, but silently accepted Botrecott's order and led his army to the western border area.

It was impossible for the Iberian Legion led by General Iker to disobey the orders of Botrecott, and he also led his 4,000 soldiers to the camp of the Third Army in Exaca, and said that he would obey Exaca's command.

However, Iker's obedience to the command is not representative of the entire Iberian Legion; As soon as the two thousand old units of the Iberian Legion entered the barracks of the Third Legion, they had a physical altercation with the officers and men of the Third Legion, and wounded them. (To be continued.) )