The minority longs for freedom, and the majority only wants a just master.

- Gaius Salestius Crispus (famous Roman historian)

When the fleet of Namus appeared, the commander of the fleet of the Scipio family knew what the result of his fleet was today; In particular, the flag of Namus, which meant to the fleet of the Brutus family, was known to all of the Roman upper class. However, the commander of the fleet of the Scipio family did not give up because of this, he was still full of fighting spirit!

After the fleet of the Brutus family officially left this warring sea and headed for the direction of the Brutus family's homeland, Gatesi's fleet also immediately accelerated to prepare to join the wargroup ahead; However, Nams had his own standard-bearer order Gatsi to stop the front army. In response, Ghatsi questioned Nams; He even asked his standard-bearer directly to ask Naams why.

Nams also did not forcibly order Gatsi, but let his own standard-bearer tell Gatsi; In the battle group ahead, the Roberts fleet and the Kidd fleet, plus the fleet that he just joined the war group, are enough to form an absolute advantage over the fleet of the Scipio family, and there is no need to add Gatsi's fleet to it.

After receiving Nams's answer, Ghatsi also took a closer look at the warband in front of him; As Namus described, the three fleets of House Augustus had completely surrounded the fleet of House Scipio! At this point, the defeat of Scipio's fleet was only a matter of time; And it is true that there is no room for more warships on the limited battlefield.

After Gatsi accepted Nams's order, Namus did not continue to care about Gatsi's affairs, but turned his eyes to the battlefield ahead. Namus's flagship was a five-column battleship, and its top deck was much higher than that of the three-column battleship in Gatesi, and the battle ahead was naturally more detailed.

The fleet of the Scipio family, already besieged by three fleets, was barely holding on, and the flagship of its fleet commander was surrounded by five triemes of the Roberts fleet and the Nams fleet; The warriors on these five triremes even launched hand-to-hand combat against the enemy's flagship, and the flames of war had already burned to the flagship of its fleet commander!

Compared to the other Scipio ships, the encounter with their flagship was already relatively good; At least there were more than a hundred warriors and sailors on their flagship, who were fighting in unison. And the other ships of the Scipio family were not so lucky; After all, they have been in the battle for a long time, and their combat effectiveness has dropped a lot.

Now the three triremes and ten twin warships belonging to the Scipio family have completely changed from hunters to prey, originally they used to bully the Kidd fleet with more and less, and even occupied the four twin warships of the Kidd fleet for a time; However, when the Roberts fleet and the Nams fleet joined the battle, they faced a very different enemy.

It seemed that in an instant, every ship of the Scipio family was besieged by at least two or three enemy ships; The most ferocious of these is naturally the fleet of Nams. You know, whether it is the Kidd fleet, the Roberts fleet, or the Scipio fleet, they have all endured a long time of fighting, but Naams's fleet has always maintained a strong combat effectiveness.

So, after the fleet of Nams joined the battle, the situation of the fleet of the Scipio family took a sharp turn; None of its ships were full of fighters. Under the desperate resistance of the previous Kidd fleet, it was very good that these Scipio family ships could maintain the initial one-third of their combat strength; What's more, there are only a dozen or so people left on a battleship!

How could such remnants of combat power withstand the six triremes and ten twinships of the Nams fleet, which were fully manned? In the first round of the confrontation alone, Naams's fleet managed to recapture the four twin ships that Kidd's fleet had lost to Scipio's fleet; After that, the three Augustan fleets worked together to launch a fierce offensive against the Scipio fleet.

As time passed, and less than ten minutes later, Scipio's fleet had fallen with five doubles and two triplors; However, there were also quite a few sailors of the Scipio family who would rather die than give in, and they resolutely began to desperately try to scuttle their own ships when they were about to be captured by the Augustus soldiers.

Caught off guard, two ships of the Scipio family were scuttled by their own sailors; And the Augustus soldiers on the ship were also helpless to flee back to their warships. The soldiers, who had no time to flee back, had to quickly take off their leather armor and clothes and jump into the sea, hoping to find a glimmer of life.

The two wrecked warships sank to the bottom of the sea very quickly, and the Augustus soldiers who jumped into the sea to escape were fluttering on the surface of the sea and calling for help; The nearby Augustus warships had to abandon the siege of Scipio's warships and detach some of them to help their comrades.

Even so, the remaining three double-lined battleships and one three-column battleship could not have tossed any storms; Even in order to prevent such a self-sinking battleship from happening again, the first thing the Augustus family did when they boarded the enemy ship was to immediately control the sailors on the battleship or kill all those sailors.

You know, war is not a game between children, nor is it a joke, and if you are not careful, you will be in danger of death; Therefore, such a massacre of enemy sailors will not arouse the disgust of one's own generals, let alone involve any so-called human rights relations. After all, one's own life is much more precious than the life of an enemy, isn't it?

After the own battleships rescued all the friendly troops that fell into the water, the remaining battleships also successfully occupied the last three double ships and one triple battleship; Of course, at this time there were still quite a few Scipio warriors and sailors still struggling on the sea. For them, all the soldiers of the House of Augustus chose to ignore them, allowing them to drown in the sea.

Don't say anything about justice and evil, the birth of war is inherently evil, there is no right or wrong; Since one moment you wanted to kill me, how could I save you the next moment? This is war, this is human nature! After the capture and sinking of all the ships of the Scipio family, the last flagship of the entire Scipio family remained, which was also a three-column battleship.

However, what big waves can a mere three-column battleship make in the face of such a situation? At this time, the flagship of Namus also sailed not far from the flagship of the fleet of the Scipio family. Subsequently, Nams ordered the warriors of the House of Augustus, who had almost captured the flagship, to evacuate the ship immediately; Although the fighters were puzzled by this, they also immediately carried out the order.

After all the warriors had withdrawn, the five triremités of House Augustus still surrounded the dilapidated enemy flagship; Looking at the aggressive Augustus family warship, the commander of the Scipio family fleet also showed a wry smile helplessly, at this time, are they still worried that they will escape?

The reason why Naamus ordered to abandon the continuation of the attack on the enemy's flagship was to persuade the commander of the fleet of the Scipio family to surrender voluntarily; For the House of Augustus, a commander of an enemy fleet who surrendered voluntarily was much more useful than a commander of an enemy fleet who died in battle.

More crucially, Nams also discovered through this naval battle that the Augustus family still lacked too much in the navy; Even though the Augustus family had a large number of warships and brave warriors, this could not completely compensate for the lack of good admirals.

Although these irregular naval commanders have rich experience in commanding small-scale fleet operations, they are still far behind in commanding large-scale fleet engagements; In this regard, the commander of the fleet of the Scipio family is much stronger than Roberts, Kidd, and Gatsi, which is an important reason why Nams wants to persuade him to surrender.

Unfortunately, there are times when some people are still very stubborn; And the commander of the fleet of the Scipio family was such a man. He was able to take the position of commander of the fleet in the Scipio family, and wisdom was naturally indispensable; He naturally understood why Nams let himself go at the last moment, just to save some face for himself so that he could persuade himself to surrender.

However, he was not willing to surrender in such a disgraceful manner, even if the man he persuaded him to surrender was the heir to the most legendary naval family of the Roman Republic; Therefore, after the Augustus family warships left one after another, he resolutely ordered the sailors and remnants of the warriors on his flagship to set the flagship on fire and began to scuttle it!

With the meticulous execution of the orders by the sailors and warriors, a raging fire soon ignited on the flagship and slowly sank to the bottom of the sea. Looking at the commander of the fleet of the Scipio family and his flagship, who were still smiling, Naams shook his head regretfully, and then ordered all the ships of the Augustan family to set sail back to Sardinia immediately.

With the total destruction of the fleet of Scipio and the departure of the fleet of the House of Brutus, the plan of the Augustus family at sea was completely over; Although the Augustus family's fleet has suffered heavy casualties, the fruits of victory are also unusually large, and the capture of enemy ships alone is enough for the Augustus family to form an additional battle fleet!

However, on the way back to Sardinia, the three Gatsi also confessed to Namster the doubts in the hearts of himself and others; They couldn't understand why the Nams fleet, which was supposed to be in ambush, was behind the Scipio fleet. In this regard, Naams only laughed and said that he suddenly felt that the battle might break out early, so he led the fleet to set off in advance. (To be continued.) )