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- Giovanni Boccaccio (a prominent representative of the Italian Renaissance movement, a humanist)

"Doge, Spartan loyalty is the most trustworthy in the world, and I, Leonidas, will swear my allegiance to you with my unswerving loyalty, and that is the only reason I can count on you!"

If other generals said this, Bai Feng might laugh it off, loyalty is not something that is said with mouths, as for the generals summoned by the Temple of Apollo, their loyalty is needless to say.

Even Bai Feng personally cultivated Perris, Bai Feng has absolute trust in him, but for Leonidas, Bai Feng can't say that he doesn't trust him, but he feels that his name is too sensitive.

Leonidas's answer Bai Feng just nodded expressionlessly, but Gatus on the side mistakenly thought that Bai Feng had any prejudice against Leonidas, so he quickly knelt down on one knee and explained to Bai Feng urgently:

"Governor, the reason why our Cheetah Legion was able to hold out from both sides of the enemy and hold out until General Bronno's Dragon's Legion arrived on the battlefield was only because of the strength of Centurion Leonidas, or we would have been wiped out.

When the whole army was in collapse, Captain Leonidadas single-handedly reunited his soldiers and fought back to the valley of Cádiz, and the entire Cheetah Legion, including me, was rescued by Centurion Leonidas!"

Bai Feng's face was expressionless just now, just thinking about where to place Leonidas, but Gatus's performance was a wake-up call for Bai Feng, and Leonidas, who had a life-saving grace for the Cheetah Legion, seemed to be a good choice for the Cheetah Legion.

"Gatus, if I were to appoint Centurion Leonidazer as your assistant, the lieutenant general of the Cheetah Legion, and let him help you command the Cheetah Legion, would you accept such an appointment?"

"Governor, I think it's too condescending to have General Leonidas my assistant, and if General Leonidas is willing to stay in our Cheetah Legion, I'm willing to give up my position as commander and let me be his assistant!"

When he heard the first half of Gatus's words, Bai Feng thought that Gatus was unwilling to leave Leonidas, who had too much prestige, in the Cheetah Legion, but then Gatus's sincerity was beyond Bai Feng's imagination, and even Leonidas turned his head to look at Gatus in surprise.

Although Bai Feng believed that Gatus was telling the truth, he could not really appoint Leonidas as the commander of the Cheetah Legion, no matter how much credit Leonidas made, he was only a centurion before, and it was too shocking for him to suddenly become the commander of the legion.

Even Perris, who was about to become the new commander of the Doge's Guard, had gone through a series of job changes to get to where he is today, starting out as a centurion of the Callert archers, and later promoted to commander of the three thousand longbowmen.

From the commander of 3,000 longbowmen to the commander of 10,000 longbowmen, Perrys's ascension was entirely the result of a desperate order, and his subsequent achievements were enough to make him a new warrior in Rome, and no one could question his ability.

Even so, Bai Feng did not intend for Perres to replace any of the original Legion Commanders, and the Governor's Guard of Antio was to be led by Perrys, and Antio would soon become the Legion Commander of the newly formed Second Legion.

Leonidas's qualifications were still too shallow compared to Perris, who had been promoted step by step, and he himself did not have the experience of commanding large-scale armies in battle, so for various considerations, Bai Feng still rejected Gatus's suggestion:

"Gatus, I know you have a big mind, but Centurion Leonida's experience in commanding troops is still inexperienced, and rashly making him the commander of tens of thousands of soldiers is not only irresponsible to our city of Rome, but also irresponsible to your Cheetah Legion.

I will still appoint him as the lieutenant general of the Cheetah Legion, and he will be your assistant, and I hope that when you join hands in commanding the Cheetah Legion, you will work together to make the Cheetah Legion one of the most powerful legions in our Roman city!"

"I, Gatus (Leonidas), will not disappoint the Governor!" Gatus and Leonidas did not raise any objections to Bai Feng's arrangement, and the two of them replied forcefully in unison, making Bai Feng's face smile with satisfaction.

After seeing Leonidas with his own eyes, Bai Feng walked out of the military tent with his entourage, and Bai Sheng, the giant man of the iron tower, had not had the opportunity to carry his giant axe into battle in the last few battles, and he was so depressed that he didn't want to speak.

Today, the soldiers of Rome still have a very heavy task, and the battlefield that has not been cleaned needs to be cleaned up, and it may not be possible to clean the battlefield in the morning; after cleaning the battlefield, the soldiers of Rome will withdraw their troops and embark on the way home.

The task of guarding the prisoners was officially given to Licinius's First Legion, and all the officers and men of the other legions went out to clean up the battlefield, and the troops and prisoners led by General Assam arrived at the camp of the army of Rome in the morning.

For these soldiers captured by Nabazani and Assam before, Bai Feng acquiesced to their belonging to Nabazani and Assam;

Upon learning of Francis's defeat and death, the captured soldiers were easily persuaded by Nabazani and Assam to join their armies, and by the time the Roman army had cleared the battlefield, their army had recovered to 30,000.

Although there were too many wounded in the 30,000-strong army, it was also a force to be reckoned with, and the Roman army on the way home naturally had to return to Queen Boudicca's camp with these troops belonging to Nabazani and Assam.

It took about three days to withdraw from the valley of Cadiz to the camp where Upton and Joshuel had left behind, and the presence of the wounded slowed the march of the army so much that it took five days to return to the camp.

If this continued, the army of Rome might not be able to return to Rome in two months, and in order to speed up the march, Bai Feng asked Nabazani and Assam to leave all the 10,000 or so wounded soldiers under their command in this camp.

The team that returned to Rome was reduced by 10,000 wounded, but there were 25,000 more soldiers under Upton's command, which naturally made it even more bloated, and Nabazani and Assam wisely chose not to mention the fact that Upton had killed all the nobles in the camp to join Rome.

When marching again, Bai Feng reluctantly found that it was still difficult to increase the speed of the march by relying on Licinius's First Army to guard the more than 46,000 prisoners, so he directly ordered the prisoners to be divided into eight small forces.

The regrouped eight captive troops, each of which was guarded by six legions of Rome and the Acenian legion of Joshuael, and the army of Upton, thus increasing the speed of the march to barely the speed of the arrival of the great army.