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Among the weapons and equipment used by the army of Rome, the most distinctive and lethal are the phalanx pikemen and the cold locust longbowmen, two types of troops created by Bai Feng, which are unique and special beings in the world.

Barbarian warriors who lacked the coordination of battle formations and sophisticated weaponry would always pay a very heavy price when facing phalanx pikemen and longbowmen, and from this point of view, these two arms were more intimidating than the armies of the Roman city system.

On the one hand, the training of the phalanx pikemen themselves is very complicated, and it must take a long time to run in to form combat effectiveness; on the other hand, the phalanx pikemen must have the cooperation of other arms.

In comparison, it was more convenient to form longbowmen in Rome, and barbarian warriors who were accustomed to hunting with ordinary bows and arrows were also very handy when using cold longbows, and they could quickly form combat effectiveness.

Although the accuracy of the barbarian warriors' archery is problematic, under the four-hundred-meter throw of at least two thousand people, the accuracy of individual archery is no longer important, and the dense rain of arrows itself is the sharpest long-range strike.

Another advantage of the longbowmen formed on the basis of barbarian warriors should not be overlooked, that is, the longbowmen's hand-to-hand combat ability is extremely strong, which is also determined by the excellent talent of the barbarian warriors, each of whom is a natural warrior.

In order to maximize the combat effectiveness of these barbarian warriors, Bai Feng deliberately equipped each longbowman with a short sword when he adjusted the legion structure last time, so that once the longbowmen lost the cover of their allies, they could effectively protect themselves.

Even, in some cases, on a specific battlefield, the longbowmen can also rely on their strong melee combat strength to cooperate with friendly forces to launch a direct attack on the enemy.

With its long range, strong hand-to-hand combat, and dense projectiles, the longbowmen of Rome are definitely the best archers in the world, and even the armies of the civilized world cannot compare with them.

In view of the huge role played by the longbowmen in the development and growth of the city of Rome, Bai Feng, who had already looked down on the longbowmen, made the longbowmen the main branch of the 10,000 new army this time, and the infantry, which was more expensive to build, became an auxiliary army.

The new army of 10,000 people was divided into three longbow wings and two elite infantry wings, and because there were a considerable number of weapons and equipment stored in the warehouses of Rome City, Bai Feng directly formed two wings of elite infantry.

The biggest difference between elite infantry and ordinary infantry is not the combat effectiveness between the two, but the weaponry used between the two, the former can be regarded as a copy of the Roman youth army, and the latter is the standard barbarian warrior dress.

Ordinary infantry wearing leather armor, using round shields and long swords are standardized barbarian warriors, while the elite infantry wearing battle armor and using square shields and short swords is a copy of the Roman Youth Army, which is an army with very Roman characteristics.

With the systematic special training of the city of Rome as a way to improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, the originally different selection of soldiers can no longer affect the combat effectiveness of the army, and only the weapons and equipment used by the soldiers are still an important factor affecting the combat effectiveness.

The comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of the long sword and the short sword depends on the choice of the army's battle formation and the tactical application of the commander, and the shield and armor used by the elite infantry are obviously higher in cost than the round shield and leather armor equipped by ordinary infantry.

Of course, this does not mean that the combat effectiveness of elite infantry is necessarily stronger than that of ordinary infantry; if we divide it according to strict standards of arms, ordinary infantry belongs to the light infantry type, and elite infantry should belong to the heavy infantry type, which are two types of troops.

If it is a head-on battle between the two armies, it will definitely be that the hoplites are stronger than the light infantry, that is, the elite infantry is stronger than the ordinary infantry; if it is replaced by mobile warfare or special terrain warfare, then it may be that the light infantry is stronger than the heavier infantry than the armed infantry.

The strength of an army is absolutely not maintained by one or two strong arms, but the cooperation of multiple arms is the foundation of strength; the armies in the hands of Sanada Masayuki, Nanbu Nobunao, and Izumiyama Kokang are the supporting forces of the elite infantry of the Roman city.

As early as when Sanhe Castle assigned troops to be stationed, Hakumine discovered that the army of the Yamato Empire was extremely short of hoplites, and the ashigaru troops that served as the main body of the army were all light infantry using leather armor or bamboo armor, and even the samurai were not all heavy infantry.

The resource-poor Yamato Empire had to reduce the armament of its army as much as possible in order to form a larger number of troops; in addition to the ashigaru troops, which were barely light infantry, many families of the Yamato Empire were still using peasant troops on a large scale!

The Yamato Empire, which was an agrarian civilization, was not a barbarian tribe with a strong nature, and its peasants were not barbarian warriors who could take up arms and fight.

This unbelievable situation, fortunately, did not happen to the Sanada family and the southern family, otherwise Bai Feng would have been disappointed, no one wanted to belong to his own army, and in the end it was a group of peasants with no military value.

It was precisely because of this special situation of the Yamato Empire that when Bai Feng considered the composition of the new army, he directly formed two wings of elite infantry, instead of ordinary infantry with relatively low cost.

As for the longbowmen unit with up to three wings, it was also decided according to the actual situation of the Yamato Empire, and the armor rate of the southern and Sanada families was relatively low, which also gave the longbowmen in the Roman army the opportunity to make achievements.

Later, Bai Feng confirmed from the mouth of Nanbu Shinnao and Sanada Masayuki that the armies of all families in the entire Yamato Empire had a low armor rate, and that the Yamato Imperial army, which lacked armor, would always suffer heavy casualties when facing the archer troops.

This is the real reason why Bai Feng formed three wing captain archers, he is attacking the Yamato Empire with the strength of Rome City, and when the army of Rome City expands within the Yamato Empire in the future, the fierce combat power will definitely shock the family of the Yamato Empire!

The formation of this new army of 10,000 men required not only a large amount of weapons and equipment, but also a large number of military flags and battle flags made by the tailors of the Roman city, and this is where the Yamato Empire was pitied, and God knows why their army had a flag behind their backs.

Bai Feng, who had to follow the customs of the locals, asked the tailors of the city of Rome to produce 5,000 banners painted with the family crest of the Yanhuang family in ten days, and Bai Feng firmly believed that one day, the flags belonging to the Yanhuang family would be planted throughout the Yamato Empire!