Man could not remain in the temple forever, and he had to return again and again.

- Martin Buber (Israeli Jewish philosopher, translator, educator)

Cunningham's unexpected surrender seemed reasonable to Bai Feng, and after the generals of the Wind Thieves surrendered, Bai Feng entrusted them with important tasks while asking Adrien to investigate their identity and background.

The personnel were mainly concentrated in the net of the two provinces and the three provinces, and the investigation of the general of the Storm Thieves was not going well, and after several inconclusive investigations, Bai Feng sent a letter of help to the Duke of Rundstede, who led his army to be stationed in the province of Nice.

It was said that it was a letter for help, but in fact, Bai Feng asked Duke Rundstead to help him investigate the generals of the Wind Thieves Group; just a few days after the letter for help was sent, Duke Rundstead checked the identity and background of the generals of the Wind Thieves Group for Bai Feng.

With Bai Feng's understanding of Duke Rundstede, it seems impossible for Duke Rundstede, who has no foundation in the imperial capital, to get this information so quickly, but since Duke Rundstede has already sent the information, Bai Feng naturally will not be hypocritical.

Among the seven generals who surrendered to the Swift Bands, Montgomery, as the leader of the Swift Bands, was once the youngest and most promising Wing Commander in the Imperial Army, and the reason why he became the leader of the Swift Thieves Regiment was entirely because of the arrangements made to him by Duke Cullen and Prince William.

Regardless of the identity of the leader of the Tempest Thieves, with Montgomery's own ability, it is more than enough to serve as the commander of the Tempest Legion, and as for how to reduce Montgomery's loyalty to Prince William, that is something that Bai Feng needs to consider in the future.

Auchinleck, who is second only to Montgomery, is a very good logistics butler, and he has a mediocre family background and is not very capable, and he has actually been praised by the Duke of Gna, which was introduced to Bai Feng by the Duke of Rundstead.

In such a different world of spiritual power and magic, the existence of the space ring makes it less difficult to transport the most important grain and grass for marching and fighting, but the limited storage space and the scarce number of space rings still cannot replace the huge logistics troops.

Moreover, the responsibility of the logistics chief steward is not simply the transportation of grain and grass, but more the dispatch and management of rear resources; it is undeniable that Bai Feng, who lacks a strategist, also lacks a logistical officer whose role is no less important than that of a strategist.

There is a very classic wise saying in the modern laws of war on the earth: War is not only a struggle between the armies of the two sides, but also a contest of the overall national strength and logistical strength of the two warring sides.

Such a law of war is also applicable to the other continent, logistics supply and overall national strength are still the most important guarantee for a country's army to exert its combat effectiveness; in Rome City, Bai Feng has Vipsani, the logistics steward, but in the Empire, Bai Feng does not.

Auchinleck's ability is not much attractive to Bai Feng, at least not less attractive than Cunningham, but what makes Bai Feng feel helpless is that Cunningham has a reason to take refuge in himself, and Auchinleck has no reason to betray Prince William and Duke Cullen.

Cunningham, who was born in the province of Brest, was originally a young military officer appointed by the Duke of Cullen, and his loyalty to Prince William was also loyal, otherwise he would not have been selected by Prince William and Duke Cullen to establish the Wind Thieves with Montgomery.

The reason why Cunningham chose to betray Duke Cullen and Prince William, who had raised him, was because Prince William and Prince Philip had formed an alliance that deprived him of the possibility of revenge, and in order to avenge his extermination, he could only take refuge in Baifeng.

Prince Philip's Phantom Bandits plundered a number of villages and towns in the province of Brest, including the town of the Cunningham family, a small town in the county of Morlay in the province of Brest.

The Phantom Bandits led the soldiers to plunder the town, and it was none other than Prince Philip's black-clad guard commander Feige, who wanted to insult his mother when he found that Cunningham's mother was too beautiful when he plundered the Cunningham family's mansion.

Of course, the Cunningham family is not a powerful big family, otherwise the Phantom Demon Thieves would not dare to come to the door easily, but no matter how ordinary a small family is, it also has its own dignity, and Cunningham's father naturally cannot sit idly by and watch his wife being bullied.

The Cunningham family, more than 80 people from top to bottom, all died under the sword of the Phantom Demon Thieves Regiment's soldiers, and only Cunningham, who was studying abroad, escaped by luck and was not wiped out by the Phantom Demon Thieves.

The brutality of the Phantom Bandits provoked a fierce revolt from the entire Morlay County nobility, and even the nobles of the imperial capital continued to disagree with Prince Philip, and Prince Philip, who almost became the public enemy of the nobility, had to transfer back to Feige and strictly ordered the Phantom Bandits to restrain their behavior.

Why did the combat forces secretly developed by the four imperial princes become the notorious four gangs of bandits? It was because their development was carried out through some shady means; even with the support of the imperial princes, the empire still had to give an explanation to the people.

Cunningham, who was in danger of annihilation, was motivated to avenge his family one day, and as a result, his allegiance to Prince William and Duke Cullen allied himself with his greatest enemy, Prince Philip, a reality he could not accept at all.

In view of this, Cunningham's initiative to surrender was not beyond Bai Feng's expectations, and even the two conditions proposed by Cunningham were within Bai Feng's expectations, but the third condition he proposed was a bit beyond Bai Feng's expectations.

Although Bai Feng admired Cunningham's concern for his former robes, he still gave Cunningham an extremely severe warning, because his subordinates were not qualified to ask his superiors to do anything, this was a rule, a rule that no one could violate!

Montgomery, who is a talented general, Auchinleck, who is outstanding in logistics, and Cunningham, who is strategic, are all talents that Bai Feng is determined to obtain, and one of them has become Bai Feng's staff; among the remaining four, Mountbatten, who has a special status, is not hopeful for Bai Feng.

According to the conditions proposed by Montgomery's army when he surrendered, Mountbatten had a chance to return to the imperial capital, but the stubborn Mountbatten rejected Montgomery's kindness, and insisted on staying in the Tempest Thieves, which was about to be reorganized into the Tempest Legion, to defend his cousin.

Even Montgomery didn't dare to guarantee that he would be able to defend the Wind Legion for Prince William under Bai Feng, and Mountbatten, who was not afraid of tigers, was too whimsical, but since he wanted to stay, Bai Feng naturally would not refuse to keep this good hostage.

The brave Paresi, the fierce and furious Carswall, and the calm commander Slim are all good generals, and they are better than the commanders of the military divisions who were suddenly promoted under Bai Feng's command, and their experience is even more impeccable.

Bai Feng, who was eager for talent, did not mind that there would be more generals under his command who surrendered to him, and the crux of the problem was that these people gathered around Montgomery and had no intention of surrendering to Bai Feng at all.

Bai Feng, who has never lacked confidence, is full of confidence in subduing generals other than Mountbatten of the Wind Legion, but it takes enough time to subdue, and what Bai Feng lacks most at the moment is time, so he has to take some unconventional measures.

For example, Auchinleck's former ambition was to be a civil affairs officer in a county, Paresi's former dream was to follow a saint-level powerhouse, and Slim's former dream was to become a legion commander.