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Apollo's sudden appearance changed Bai Feng's mentality and resolved Bai Feng's resentment towards Lucas, and after Apollo left again, Bai Feng, who had adjusted his mentality, took Binglan out of the temple hall with him.

The five generals on the temple square knelt down on one knee and saluted excitedly as soon as they saw Bai Feng, especially Lu Quis, who had the deepest feelings for Bai Feng, who seemed to be calm, but was betrayed by his slightly trembling hands.

From the attitude of the other four towards Lucas, it was not difficult for Bai Feng to see that the memories of these generals had been altered by Apollo before they were summoned; otherwise, how could they be so close to a former traitor?

Bai Feng, who was relieved in his heart, did not insist on his prejudice against Lucas, but treated Lucas with a peaceful mind, and after a few simple small talks, Bai Feng returned to the governor's residence with five newly summoned generals and two teams of Spartan heavy infantry.

The two teams of Spartan heavy infantry were naturally classified into the Guards Battalion as usual, and Luculus, who had the strength of a high-level swordsman, was appointed by Bai Feng as the new commander of the Guards Battalion, and Maxi, Darnell, and Thales were relieved of their original commands.

As the entourage of the governor, Maxi with a sword, Darnell with a shield, Thales, a personal guard, Bai Sheng, a barbarian slave, and Hua Mu, a war doctor, the five of them must follow Bai Feng's side, which is also one of the rules of the system.

All the governor's retinue can only leave Bai Feng's side for a maximum of two months, and the distance must not exceed two thousand miles, and this restriction forces Bai Feng to remove Maxi and others from their positions as commanders of the personal guard battalion.

If it weren't for these newly summoned generals, Bai Feng wouldn't know who would take over the Guards Battalion, and now that he had a trustworthy system general, Bai Feng could rest assured that he would be able to boldly hand over the Guards Battalion to Luculus, who was loyal to him.

Taking charge of the ever-growing Guards Battalion was a great deal of support to Luculus, and the more experienced Baans and Hartman, who were tasked with forming the new Third and Fourth Legions, were to be formed according to the standard Roman legions.

The so-called standard Roman legions were actually composed of three longbow brigades and four system regiments, as well as one Roman light cavalry brigade and one Roman auxiliary cavalry brigade, of which 6,000 barbarian warriors and 9,640 systematic soldiers.

In order to complete the formation of these two Roman legions, Bai Feng had to recruit thirty-two teams each of the Roman light infantry, the Roman youth army, and the Roman heavy infantry, and eighteen teams each of the Roman light cavalry and the Roman auxiliary cavalry, for a total of one hundred and thirty-two Roman troops.

Without considering any other external constraints, at the recruitment rate of thirty teams per month, it would take Bai Feng nearly five months to complete the recruitment, and if the population and other special types of troops were taken into account, this completion time would need to be extended to at least one year!

Leaving aside the rest, as far as the number of systematic armies required to recruit these branches is concerned, each Roman legion of 9,640 soldiers needs a population of more than 64,000 as a base, and the base of four Roman legions is 250,600.

After the 28,000 people added by today's sacrifice, the total population of the city of Rome is now only 170,000, which is 86,000 short of the 250,060,000 needed to recruit an army, which would also take a long time to accumulate at the present rate of population growth in Rome.

Therefore, Baas and Hartmann had to wait at least a year to become the commanders of the army like Licinius and Vermyna, and all they could do during that year was to concentrate on training their 6,000 longbowmen.

The 12,000 longbowmen needed by the two Roman legions, Bai Feng had already asked Vipsani to personally go to the coolie legion to select, and the barbarian warriors who were all soldiers gave the city of Rome an almost terrifying source of soldiers, which was the reason why the strength of the city of Rome was rapidly strong.

Next month, in January of next year, the last 20,000 troops in Rome will also be trained to complete their special training, when the longbowmen of the Third and Fourth Legions will be able to enter the shooting range for special training and improve their combat effectiveness through special training.

Baas and Hartmann, who had been specifically appointed, soon followed Vepsani in selecting the barbarian warriors, the two Roman legions of which they themselves were the commanders, and they could not be ignored.

At this point, among the newly summoned system generals, only Lucas and Lucas have not been assigned tasks by Bai Feng; compared to the calm and relaxed Luques, Lucas, who can't bear it, is much more anxious, and he even took the initiative to ask Bai Feng to ask for help to enter the army.

As one of the four major military commanders of the Augustan Empire, Luquis was the general that Bai Feng relied on the most, and such a talent, Bai Feng would not let him be relegated to the position of army commander, which was not only a disregard for Luquis's ability, but also a waste of resources for the generals of Rome.

In fact, at noon on the day after Luquis was summoned, after Vipsani, Ba'ans, and Hartmann had returned from the coolies, White Peak reconvened in the Doge's residence for the last military meeting that all the Roman generals had to attend before he left the city.

At this military meeting, Bai Feng personally appointed Luquis as the military commander of the city of Rome, ranking above all the generals of the city of Rome, and was responsible for coordinating and commanding all the armies of the city of Rome.

Whether it was Licinius, who was born in Luquis's old subordinate, or Vermyna, who was once an opponent, they all recognized Luquis's ability, and similar to the self-growing system generals like Peris and Leonida, they would not question Bai Feng's orders.

The barbarian generals, who had neither expressed support nor opposition, acquiesced in Bai Feng's appointment, although they did not understand Bai Feng's appointment, and Bai Feng believed that Luquis would definitely be recognized by these barbarian generals in the days to come.

Because for the barbarian generals who respect the strong, in order to gain their recognition, they must have strong strength and the ability to command the army;

Even if the barbarian generals could not accept Luquis's ascension for a while, Luquis, who had the full support of the five legions of the First Legion, the Second Legion, the Lion Legion, the Spartan Legion, and the Heavy Hammer Legion, could still mobilize most of the military forces of Rome.

As for Baans's Third Legion and Hartman's Fourth Legion, these two corps that have not yet been set up have no practical meaning at all, and their support is only nominal support at best, and it will not change anything.

At the same time as appointing Luquis as the military commander of the city of Rome, Lucas was appointed by Bai Feng as Luquis's assistant, responsible for assisting Luquis in handling the military affairs of the city of Rome, and his rank was equal to that of the commanders of the other legions.

In order to encourage Lucas to assist Lucis wholeheartedly, Bai Feng also made a promise to him at the meeting, as long as his efforts were unanimously approved by Lucis and the other legions, he could become the commander of the Fifth Legion in Rome in a year!