Faith is a bird that senses the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

– Rabindranath Tagore (Indian poet, philosopher, and Indian nationalist)

"Haha, sure enough, General Montgomery understands me!" Bai Feng, who laughed out loud, introduced to Quintus, who was slightly surprised: "Quintus, General Lanocchia and General Montgomery, unlike those legion commanders just now, they are the same as you. ”

"Like me?" Quintus, with a slight smile on his face, seemed to joke, "then are they like me, loyal to you, or are they like me, with the command experience and ability to command six legions?"

"Well, of course, I'm going to ask General Ranocchia and General Montgomery. After that, Bai Feng asked the two generals behind him with a smile on his face: "Two generals, you say, where are you the same as General Quintus?"

"The last general is willing !!to follow the general for the rest of his life!

Ranocchia, who had already sworn allegiance to Bai Feng along with the other iron-blooded four generals, naturally would not say anything contrary to his oath at this moment, and this was the atmosphere that Bai Feng deliberately created, the purpose of which was to force Montgomery, who had been indifferent, to express his position!

In all fairness, Bai Feng, who lacked qualified generals under his command, was still very easy to obtain one or two generals at the level of a legion commander, as long as he was willing, a system general like Aggis who had grown up on his own could be cultivated in batches.

However, not every system general can successfully sit in the position of corps commander, the limited number of legions and the constant attention of the imperial military department make it impossible for Bai Feng to really install henchmen at will, so sometimes, he has to find a way to subdue some generals.

The Iron-Blooded Five Tiger Generals, Rodriguez and other generals of the Fire Legion who Duke Rundstede took the initiative to hand over to Bai Feng, were all generals who Bai Feng himself subdued; among them, the loyalty of the Iron-Blooded Five Tiger Generals to Bai Feng was more than a step higher than that of the Five Fire Warriors.

Other generals such as Bonella, Borg, Cabourg, Bartrolly, Leonardo, etc., they are all generals in the army who have been raised by Bai Feng, and they have long been labeled as Bai Feng, and they are staunch followers of Bai Feng's glory and loss.

Even Auchinleck, Paresi, Cunningham, Slim and others of the original Swift Wind Thieves have all become the generals and capable ministers under Bai Feng's command at this time, but Montgomery, who has the most overall vision, has never shown any allegiance to Bai Feng.

Bai Feng didn't understand the truth that thousands of troops were easy to get and hard to find, but Montgomery, who was unwilling to surrender sincerely, did have exhausted Bai Feng's patience, and the situation forced Bai Feng to put the matter of subduing Montgomery on the agenda.

"General, the last general is just an ordinary person who is fortunate enough to sit in the position of corps commander, and there is still a big gap between him and a senior corps commander like General Louis, how dare he compare with General Quintus, who is a great general?" Montgomery, who still refused to express his position, opened his mouth to depreciate himself.

"Why should General Montgomery be so arrogant?" Quintus, who smiled when he heard this, said in a rather gentle tone: "With your understanding of the general, how can you not know that our general's subordinates will not raise idlers who eat white rice, and those who can occupy a position are not ordinary people. ”

"General Quintus doesn't know that the last general was only the leader of the thieves before, and how can he compare to other legion commanders who have been in high positions for a long time. Montgomery, who was neither humble nor arrogant, said something self-deprecating, and there was no trace of the passion that a soldier should have.

"General Montgomery, you and I both understand that the general values you, otherwise he would not have wasted so much time and energy on you. Quintus, who was smiling, got straight to the point and said, "Why do you always avoid the general's hospitality?"

"General Quintus, it's not that I don't want to follow the general, it's that my ability is limited and it is difficult for me to keep up with the general's advance. Montgomery, who had a wry smile on his face, said earnestly: "I hope that the general, after the war in the north, can be replaced to take over the Tempest Legion!"

"This ......" Quintus, who didn't know much about the situation in the empire and Montgomery, didn't know how to continue to persuade Montgomery, and Bai Feng, who seemed to think of something, waved his hand at Quintus, signaling Quintus not to say any more.

"General Montgomery, I don't know what your concerns are, but I believe that sooner or later you will willingly stay with me. Bai Feng, whose voice was slightly deep, stared into Montgomery's eyes and said, "No matter what happens in the future, you are the main general of the Wind Legion!"

"General, I'm ......" Montgomery, who wanted to say something with a moving expression, finally just sighed helplessly, and then saluted and said goodbye: "General, there are still some urgent military affairs to deal with among the last generals, so I will go back first." ”

"Well, you go back first. After seeing Montgomery ride away with his own soldiers, Bai Feng retracted his gaze and said to Ranocchia on the side: "Ranocchia, I intend to expand the Predator Guard to the size of a standing army, what do you think?"

"General, if you suddenly add 10,000 new recruits to the Iron Guard, I'm afraid it will lead to a decline in the overall combat effectiveness of the Iron Guard. Ranocchia, who was not interested in the expansion of the army, suggested: "Why don't you wait until the war in the north is over and then consider the expansion of the Predator Guard?"

"Who said that the 10,000 soldiers who have been added to the Iron Blood Guard are all recruits?" Bai Feng, who smiled mysteriously, said to Guan Zi: "The additional soldiers of the Iron Blood Guard will be drawn from the 30,000 recruits, do you want to, wait for Quintus and Luis to finish the battle before giving me an answer." ”

Ranocchia, who didn't know why, felt that the general would definitely not fight an uncertain battle, but no matter how powerful Quintus was, he was just a mortal, and what could he do with 30,000 recruits in just one month?

Ranocchia, who didn't care about this, left the expansion of the Predator Guard behind him after returning to the camp, because in his opinion, the 10,000 soldiers drawn out of the 30,000 recruits were still new soldiers after all, and he would not change his original intention.

In fact, none of the generals under Bai Feng's command, including Hans, Luculus, and other system generals, knew where Quintus' confidence in victory came from, and Bai Feng and Quintus didn't even mention it to anyone about how to train recruits.

What the generals knew was that Bai Feng had lent Quintus all four Macedonian royal cavalry, four ironclad cavalry, and one Parthian archers of his own guards, and before the 30,000 recruits arrived, Quintus built a new military camp twenty miles away from the army's garrison.

On the periphery of this newly built barracks, which can accommodate 50,000 soldiers, nine elite cavalry units patrol day and night in turn to prevent anyone from approaching within five miles of the barracks, and two cavalry wings patrol and defend within five to ten miles outside the barracks.

The cavalry wing under Luculus and the cavalry wing under the 58th Army under Renard will become the basic force for General Donald to form the cavalry corps after the cavalry monster Donald comes, which is also the latest order of Bai Feng.

Before General Donald came to the garrison, the only task of the two cavalry wings was to assist Quintus in guarding the perimeter of the newly built barracks, and the reason why the patrols of the newly built barracks were so tightly deployed was naturally related to Quintus's secret training.

Except for the special training of the system barracks in Rome City, there is no way to train recruits into elite troops in a month, and there is no doubt that directly using the special training of the system barracks to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of recruits is the source of Bai Feng and Quintus's self-confidence!