"Chapter 2: Actively Preparing for War"
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- Zeno (Greek philosopher, student of Parmenides)
Bai Feng could understand Gamilios's shock, if he hadn't said it himself, Bai Feng himself would have felt that what he said was a bit too whimsical, but since Bai Feng chose to say such a thing, he must have other plans in his heart.
"Brother Gamilios, you sit down first, I'll tell you what I think, and then you can see if it's feasible. Bai Feng first spoke to appease Gamilios, and only after Gamilios sat down again did he explain meaningfully:
"With the status of our Roman city, it is certainly impossible for those tribes to surrender easily, and no matter what measures we take, it is impossible for the tribes of the wild land to recognize the city of Rome in a short time, and this is also an indisputable fact.
Therefore, the best way for us to gain the support of these tribes is to have them join the Tasya tribe, so that we can get the warriors of these tribes to strengthen ourselves against the attack of the Aesini tribe. ”
Before Bai Feng could finish speaking, Gamilios interrupted impatiently: "I understand what you said, but I also said that it is impossible for those tribes to willingly submit to our Tasya tribe, and we don't have the strength to do so!"
"Yes, the Tasia tribe does not have the strength to make these tribes submit, but our city of Rome has the strength to destroy any of their tribes, and we can let Gatus lead the combined forces of the city of Rome and the tribe of Tasia to defeat and subdue them one by one!"
"And what if they don't want to surrender to our Tasya tribe?"
"We still have a lot of gold and silver coins in our storehouses in the city of Rome, and I will have them taken with Gatus when he leads his army, and if their tribe is willing to submit when the great army comes to camp, then they will receive it. ”
"And what if some tribes are unwilling to submit?"
"Gatus doesn't just have gold and silver coins, he has an army that can wipe out this tribe, if they refuse to submit to the Tasya tribe, then we will cripple this tribe and forcibly merge it into the Tasya tribe!"
Hearing Bai Feng's domineering declaration of war, what else could Gamilios say? Between the Tasya tribe and the city of Rome, it was the city of Rome that was really in the leading position, and Gamilios still chose to support Bai Feng's decision without hesitation.
The two men negotiated in the hall the number of the large army under Gatus, and preliminarily determined that it would consist of a thousand warriors of the Tasya tribe and four groups of young men and three groups of town militia from the city of Rome.
The total strength of the four teams of youth army and the three groups of urban militia is more than 1,000 people, even if you add the 1,000 warriors of the Tasya tribe, the total strength under the command of Gatus is more than 2,000 points;
As for the self-defense of the Tasia tribe, it can only be played by the last five hundred warriors of the Tasia tribe, and the five hundred mercenary warriors belonging to the city of Rome were also assigned to Gatus by Bai Feng, otherwise there would be a thousand Tasia tribe warriors under his command.
After determining the expeditionary army of Gatus, Bai Feng made arrangements for the purchase funds of each tribe, and there were only 15,000 gold coins in the warehouse of Rome City, and Bai Feng temporarily set the purchase gold coins of each tribe at 2,000.
According to Gamilios's detailed explanation, Bai Feng learned that within a five-day journey centered on Roman City and the Tasia tribe, there were a total of six tribes with the same strength as the Tasia tribe, and these six tribes were the target of Gatus's army.
There are more tribes in the farther region, but it is too late in time, in order to gather strength as soon as possible, Bai Feng can only choose these six tribes as the target of Gatus's conquest.
Before Gatus officially launched an attack, Bai Feng had to return to Rome City to prepare enough gold coins and mobilize troops for Gatus, so the actual date of the army was tentatively set for three days later, after all, it would take time for Bai Feng to prepare these things.
After discussing these matters, Bai Feng said goodbye to Gamilios and left the council hall, but before returning to Rome, Bai Feng made a trip to the temple of the gods of the druids, where Bai Feng took the other four small gods.
With the current predicament of the city of Rome, the four largest statues in this temple must have played a very important role in promoting the development of the city of Rome, but Bai Feng still resisted the desire in his heart and did not propose to the druids to take these four statues.
Seeing the four carved lifelike, and full of vicissitudes of life statues placed in this dilapidated temple of gods, Bai Feng's heart was also dripping blood! If this is sacrificed in the temple of Apollo, it is estimated that the strength of Rome City can grow by leaps and bounds, but unfortunately, Bai Feng can't destroy the relationship between Rome City and the druids for his own desires!
As the governor of Rome City, Bai Feng of course knew that the most important thing for Rome City to truly survive in the wild land was to gain the approval of the druids; this is the power of religion, which Bai Feng cannot ignore and cannot let Bai Feng's imagination develop.
In order to gain the loyalty of the Tasya tribe, and for the city of Rome to be recognized by the druids, Bai Feng can only maintain enough respect for these druids as much as possible, and the four great god statues, Bai Feng can only wait for the druids to take the initiative to speak!
After getting the four small god statues, Bai Feng finally took a nostalgic look at the four big god statues in the temple, and he returned to Rome with four carriages loaded with small god statues; looking at the shock of those druids when they saw the silver god statues and the irrepressible desire in their eyes, Bai Feng knew that the four big god statues would still belong to him sooner or later!
The three groups of town militia remained in the camp of the Tasia tribe, while Gatus returned to Rome with Bai Feng, who was to regain the command of five hundred mercenary soldiers and four teams of young soldiers in Rome, and Bai Feng would also prepare 12,000 gold coins for him, which were necessary for Gatus to lead his army.
After Gatus officially led the army to the expedition, Licinius nominally led the general's guard to assist Gatus, but in fact Licinius was the commander of the three groups of town militia and the four teams of youth army in Rome; not because Bai Feng could not trust Gatus, but because Gatus was not familiar with the combat mode of the army in Rome at all, and Licinius had enough experience in this regard.