"Chapter Forty-Eight: Changes in the Kingdom"
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The war horses used by the Seleucid ironclad cavalry and the Macedonian royal cavalry were the top war horses, otherwise how could they afford to carry the ironclad cavalry like iron cans;
In order to reach the hinterland of the Aceni Kingdom as soon as possible, Bai Feng ordered the knights of the ironclad cavalry and the cavalry of his companions to store all the weapons and equipment they were wearing in the White Spirit Ring, so that the speed of the march was greatly increased.
Bai Feng's entourage, who were in a hurry day and night, marched with a high-intensity march of four hours and half an hour for each march, and it took only eight days to arrive at a place that was only more than ten miles away from Queen Boudicca's camp.
Seeing that he was about to arrive at Queen Boudicca's camp, out of various considerations, Bai Feng still asked the ironclad cavalry and his companion cavalry to put on their weapons and equipment again, and then marched towards the camp in full gear.
During this eight-day high-intensity march, Bai Feng and his party deliberately took a deviant road that was not a big road in order to avoid the road construction army that was working in full swing, which also made the news of their arrival unknown to Queen Boudicca.
In fact, it wasn't until Bai Feng and his party entered within five miles of Queen Boudicca's camp that the training cavalry of Queen Boudicca's personal guard corps discovered the arrival of Bai Feng and the others, and after that, it was naturally a warm welcome.
The soldiers of the Guards were all loyal warriors to Queen Boudicca, and the irreproducible ironclad cavalry and companion cavalry had almost become the honor guard of Baifeng.
On the one hand, they guided Bai Feng and his party in the direction of the camp, and on the other hand, they hurried back to the camp to inform Queen Boudicca, and when Bai Feng and the others came to the camp, Queen Boudicca was already standing at the gate of the camp in full costume to greet them.
Looking at the smiling and well-dressed Queen Boudicca, standing in front of the camp gate surrounded by attendants, Bai Feng, who had never forgotten this distant beauty, could not help but tremble in her heart, this seemingly powerful woman was carrying too many things that should not be carried by her.
To this day, Bai Feng still doesn't know whether his decision to help her regain the throne was wrong or right, and although it was the best outcome for the city of Rome for her to be the queen of the Aceni Kingdom, it was too unfair to her.
Unfortunately, the original Roman city did not have the strength to annex the Essini Kingdom as a whole, and supporting the justifiable Queen Boudicca to ascend to the throne was actually the only decision that Bai Feng could take that was the most beneficial to the city of Rome.
Now the city of Rome has gradually possessed the strength to annex the Aceni Kingdom, but the best opportunity to annex has been lost, so no matter what the purpose is, Bai Feng can only forcibly suppress the distress in his heart.
Bai Feng, who originally wanted to keep a distance from Queen Boudicca on the surface, was grabbed by the arm of Queen Boudicca, who came after him, at the moment of dismounting;
Although Bai Feng didn't understand why Queen Boudicca made such a move in public, in the face of the shocked eyes of everyone in the camp, Bai Feng still decided to hold Queen Boudicca's nervous right hand and walked into the camp with her.
The ironclad cavalry and the companion cavalry, under the leadership of Maxi, were temporarily stationed in the barracks of the Guards Legion, while Darnell and Bai Sheng followed closely behind Bai Feng and Queen Boudicca.
After the group came to Queen Boudicca's big tent, Bai Feng's attendants and Queen Boudicca's personal guards had a tacit understanding to stay outside the tent and did not go in; however, Bai Feng and Queen Boudicca, who walked into the big tent, were not as affectionate as outsiders imagined.
"Bai Feng, just now I made such a decision without your consent, I hope you don't have to be surprised. Before Bai Feng could sit down when he walked into the big tent, Queen Boudicca, who let go of his arm, spoke with a worried expression.
"Has something happened within the Aceni Kingdom lately, or is there something else that threatens your rule over the Aesini Kingdom?"
"Well, things may be more serious than you think, and since the last time you returned to Rome, the nobles who had promised to obey me have somehow joined forces with Nabazani and Assam. ā
"The nobles of the Aceni Kingdom have formed an alliance with Nabazani and Assam?" This change exceeded Bai Feng's expectations, and also made Bai Feng worry about the situation of the Aceni Kingdom, and their alliance was not a good thing for the city of Rome.
"Well, most of the nobles of the kingdom have joined the alliance of the Nabazani and the Assam organization, which was formed to restore the independence of the Aceni kingdom, according to the very few nobles who are loyal to me. ā
"Regain the independence of the Acenic Kingdom?Boudicca, tell me, do you want to restore the independence of the Aceni Kingdom?" Queen Boudicca's answer did not shock Bai Feng, on the contrary, Bai Feng was more concerned about Queen Boudicca's thoughts.
"No, I don't think the Aceni Kingdom should restore its former independence, because independence requires strength, and the current Essini Kingdom no longer has such strength, and blindly seeking the so-called independence is just self-destruction.
In my opinion, the best outcome of the greatly weakened kingdom of Esceni is to remain dependent on the city of Rome, otherwise, even without the conquest of the city of Rome, sooner or later the southern tribes of Werther will extend their tentacles of expansion to us.
If that day comes, I am afraid that what our Essini Kingdom will no longer lose its nominal independence, but will be truly annexed by other powers, so I will do my best to maintain the position of the Essini Kingdom and not let those people's plots succeed. ā
Whatever the purpose of Queen Boudicca's remarks, it was enough for White Peak and the city of Rome to continue to support her rule over the Acenian kingdom, which was the most realistic politics.
The personal relationship between Bai Feng and Queen Boudicca's children must give way to the interests of the city of Rome, and Bai Feng and Queen Boudicca are well aware of this, so the conversation between them does not involve emotional issues outside of the relationship of interest at all.
After a brief understanding of the current specific situation of the Aceni Kingdom, Bai Feng had to sigh at the correctness of his decision to take a detour, otherwise, I am afraid that it would not be so easy for him to come all the way to the hinterland of the Aceni Kingdom.
Now the internal situation in the Aceni Kingdom has almost reached the point of saber rattling, and the army of Joshuel and the armies of Nabazani and Assam will have small-scale armed battles every day, and large-scale conflicts seem to be more and more inevitable.
The only good news is that the alliance between Nabazani and Assam did not want their actions to be noticed by the city of Rome, so the road construction plan between the city of Rome and the kingdom of Aceni was still carried out in an orderly manner under their deliberate promotion.