They can do it because they think they can.

- Publius Virgilius Maro (Roman poet)

Since Prince Adheba was satisfied with Spartak, the governor of Gisgo naturally had nothing to say; Coupled with the fact that a large army had been assembled under the command of Tulguta at this time, Adheba cancelled the one-month review of the army. Not only that, but Adheba also decided to impose a reward on Spartak!

Of course, because Mauritania's strength is really limited, Adheba can't get any decent reward; The so-called commendation was only to give Spartak some power again. However, this time Adheba's power to Spartak was not general; It's a real and effective power.

When Tuka brought back the new order from Adheba, not only Sinrida and Bashirek were shocked, but Spartak himself was amazed. It turned out that the power given to Spartak by Adheba this time was the official appointment and dismissal of generals below the corps commander! This means that from now on, Spartak can appoint and dismiss all officers below the rank of commander in the three legions, including the lieutenant generals!

Such power is not insignificant, and if it were Oscar, it would never have been possible to give this power to any general; But Adheba gave such an order! Spartak also knew that it was one thing for Adheba to give himself this power, and it was another thing whether he could use it or not; However, Spartak decided to use this power anyway.

This is not to say that Spartak was desperate to gain this power, or that he was impatient to control the two legions belonging to Numidia; However, the appointment of some appropriate generals is still conducive to promoting the improvement of combat effectiveness within the corps. Moreover, at this time Spartak already had a new plan in mind; Spartak believed that as long as this plan was implemented, the combat effectiveness of the legions would be greatly improved!

It's just that this plan is not very simple to implement, and it requires not only the orders of Spartak alone, but also the strong support of other legion commanders. So, Spartak convened a new military council for this purpose; This is also the second time that Spartak has convened such a military conference, following the last time that the competition training program was held.

Attending this military meeting were still four generals, including Tuka, Sinrida, Bashirek, and Lilias; After the arrival of the four generals, Spartak first motioned for everyone to sit down in the military tent, and then he himself sat in the position of the chief general and said:

"Generals, in the last half month, our competitive training program has been a great success; Both the Desert Legion and the Cavalry Legion have significantly improved their combat effectiveness. Although we have not yet started formal joint training and tactical training, the basic training foundation is still laid. For the next further training, please tell us what you think. ”

Spartak briefly summarized the training results of the first half of the month, and asked the generals to talk about the next training opinions; This was clearly addressed to Sinrida and Bashirek, who were both representatives of the Numidian side, and Spartak had to listen to them before implementing his plan. As for Tuka and Lirias, they must obey Spartakus's orders unconditionally!

Sinrida and Bashirek also knew that Spartak's move was to show respect for the Numidian side and Prince Adheba, and not just to ask for their own opinions; Although the two greatly admired Spartak's previous competitive training plan, they were not ambiguous when it was time to make their voices heard.

The first to speak was General Bashirek, who got up from his seat and said, "General Spartak, the competitive training program you personally arranged has been an unprecedented success; There can be no doubt that our Numidian soldiers are training unusually hard in an attitude that they have never been before.

Therefore, I think that our next task is to let the officers and men maintain this high-spirited training posture, and at the same time, carry out the next step of cooperative combat training and tactical training. After all, our army has only carried out some run-ins within the brigade level for half a month, and there is no training for joint operations at the brigade level; This should be our next focus. ”

After Bashirek finished speaking, he sat back in his place, and General Sinrida immediately stood up and said: "General Spartak, my opinion is the same; In addition to conducting some joint combat training at the brigade level, we should also conduct appropriate training in tactical skills, such as letting our Numidian warriors learn the advanced combat methods and combat skills of the Augustan family.

Not to mention the rest, the art of forging barracks by the Roman army alone is well worth learning from our Numidian army; We sincerely hope that General Spartak can lead his friends from the Augustus family to teach these valuable skills to our Numidian warriors, so that I believe that the combat effectiveness of our Numidian warriors will definitely improve even faster! ”

Compared with Bashirek's subtlety and embarrassment, General Sinrida's purpose is more clear; He had even come up with the idea that his warriors would learn the standard tactical techniques of the Roman legions. But would Spartak teach those things to the Numidian army? It's simply not possible! That was the magic weapon of the Roman legions, how could it be handed over to outsiders!

However, superficial vanity and grievances are still needed; Spartak looked at the two Numidian generals who had already sat back in their seats with a sincere face, and then said: "The opinions of the two generals are very good and very correct; The next training goal of our combined corps is to conduct team-level coordination training and tactical training.

Originally, I had planned to conduct some corps-level joint exercises in a surprise attack before Prince Adheba's review, but now that Prince Adheba has canceled the review in half a month; So let's start the training step by step. It's just that the purpose of the formation of the Desert Legion is to adapt to the marching operations in the desert area; Many of the corresponding tactical techniques must be explored on their own, not blindly learned.

As for General Bashirek's cavalry corps, it was even more so; We of the Augustus family do not have cavalry command skills, and we can only provide some basic training methods for the cavalry corps. The further tactical training and coordination training of the cavalry corps also requires General Bashirek to worry more; General Lilias also needs to learn more from General Bashirek.

In addition, in order to stimulate the motivation of the various captains and centurions, and also to motivate the soldiers to train better; I believe that while joint training and tactical training are being conducted, a system of competition for positions and competition for lieutenant generals of the corps will be implemented. Let me first explain to you the job competition system; From now on, the centurions and captains of the three corps began to implement a competitive form to determine positions.

Among the five centurions under the jurisdiction of each brigade, the first to the fifth centurion can be determined through the competition of the combat effectiveness of the hundred-man team under his command; Each Centurion can challenge the Centurion of his own Centurion to decide a new Centurion and Vice-Centurion by commanding half a centurion.

As for the competition for captains, the 1st centurion and 200th centurion of each brigade can challenge the captain of the brigade to which they belong; Both sides command the 3rd and 400th teams at the same time, and the winner can directly serve as the captain of the group, and the loser will take on another position. Of course, all the competitions must be watched by supervisors in person, so as to eliminate any form of fraud.

At the same time, there will be competition for positions among officers at the rank of captain; Different brigades compete regularly, and the winning brigade will have its captain serve as the chief captain of that legion. The other captains do not have any ranking, and only the chief captain is selected. I believe that after the implementation of this system, we will be able to greatly increase the enthusiasm of centurions and captains in training soldiers!

The other is the competition system for the lieutenant generals of the corps; Since Prince Adheba has given me the power to appoint and dismiss generals below the commander of each legion, I naturally cannot live up to Prince Adheba's expectations. The so-called corps adjutant general competition system, as the name suggests, is to take out the position of corps adjutant general of each corps and hand it over to the officers below for competition, and whoever has the ability will take it!

Of course, in order not to affect the normal functioning of our three corps; General Tuka will officially serve as the commander of the Chengguan Corps. In this way, we can take out the two corps adjutant general positions of the Chengguan Legion and the Desert Legion for the officers to compete; As for the cavalry corps, because there are already General Bashirek and General Lilias, they will not participate in this system of competition for lieutenant generals.

Even if we decide to implement a competition system for the lieutenant general of the legion, it does not mean that everyone has a competition for the lieutenant general of the legion; Only the captain who has served as the chief captain in the job competition is eligible to compete for the lieutenant general of the legion, and the other captains are not eligible to participate in such a competition! Generals, do you have any opinion on these two systems of mine? ”

Spartacus's competition for positions and the competition system for lieutenant generals of the legion were clearly stated, and the four generals present naturally heard it clearly; Everyone felt that these two systems should play a very important role in improving the combat effectiveness of each brigade and the combat effectiveness of the corps. What's more, this system does not affect the power of the legion commanders at all, and naturally everyone will not have any objections.

After determining the implementation of these two regimes, Spartak concluded the military council; Looking at the backs of Sinrida and Bashirek, who had left the military tent, Spartak knew that he had finally taken a big step on the road to controlling these two Numidian legions! Next, just implement the training plan step by step; Soon, these two Numidian legions will belong to the House of Augustus! (To be continued.) )