The more you know about nature, the more deeply and persistently you will be moved by its fascinating truth.

- Konrad Lorenz (Austrian zoologist, animal psychologist, ornithologist)

"Brother Bai Feng, the strength of the two guards around you is not bad!" When Bai Feng walked into the conference room, Marquis Besansong, who was already sitting in the first seat on the left hand side of the main seat, opened his mouth to praise Bai Yi and Bai Er.

As everyone knows, his casual praise made Bai Feng curious about his strength, because the true strength of Bai Yi and Bai Er was impossible for the Marquis of Besançon to see, so all he could see was the strength that Bai Yi and Bai Er 'showed'.

In order not to attract the deliberate attention of people with intentions, Bai Yi and Bai Er's deliberately 'expressed' realm has always been a fifth-level great swordsman who is not a top master;

The first, second, and third level great sword masters are low-level great sword masters, the fourth, fifth, and sixth level great sword masters are medium great sword masters, and the seventh, eighth, and ninth level great sword masters are the high great sword masters who are listed among the top masters.

As for the saint-level powerhouses who have surpassed the realm of the Great Sword Master, they are not something that ordinary people can see at all; the huge Heavenly Dragon Empire has a total population of more than one billion, and there are even more than 10 million cultivators, but aren't there only a dozen people who can grow into saint-level powerhouses?

This is like the ranking of the military strength of the major powers on the earth, the number of tanks, warships, and warplanes is an important criterion, but the number of the most powerful nuclear weapons will not be the criterion, because this measure is meaningless, and everyone cannot use it anyway.

And the reason why Bai Feng was curious about the strength of the Marquis of Besançon was that he could actually see the strength that Bai Yi and Bai Er 'showed';

Bai Feng, who hadn't paid attention to the individual strength of others for a long time, deliberately carefully observed the strength realm of the Marquis of Besançon;

The seemingly ordinary Marquis of Besansong actually had the strength of the peak of the Great Sword Master, and more importantly, the foundation of his peak realm of the Great Sword Master was very solid, if nothing else, it would only take about three years at most for him to hit the Holy Level!

Before using the energy light ball, the two old men of the Bai family, Bai Haowen and Bai Haowu, who were the strongest in the Bai family, were only in the realm of the ninth-level Great Sword Master, and the crux of the problem was that the two old men, Bai Haowen and Bai Haowu, were almost twice as old as the Marquis of Besansong.

It can be seen from this that the strength of the Marquis of Besançon is and how terrifying his potential is; at this moment, Bai Feng's desire to woo the Marquis of Besançon became stronger and stronger, and the eyes looking at him became eager.

Bai Feng, who had the intention to test the Marquis of Besançon, said meaningfully: "Compared to your strength, Brother Besançon, these two guards of mine are nothing. ”

"Huh. The Marquis of Besansong, who was fleeting with shock in his eyes, did not take Bai Feng's words this time, but just laughed meaninglessly, and then changed the topic and said: "Brother Bai Feng, the command of the five legions, when do you plan to take it over?"

Seeing that the Marquis of Besançon was reluctant to talk deeply about the matter of strength, Bai Feng naturally would not continue the topic without interest, so he followed the topic reopened by the Marquis of Besançon and said frankly: "If I can, I hope to take over the command of these five legions as soon as possible." ”

"Because the 100,000 Jurchen cavalry occupying Longxiang Province will not stay in Longxiang Province forever, and when they have plundered the wealth of Langxiang Province, they will definitely continue to move south, and then we will fall into a passive situation. ”

"Therefore, I need to seize the time to integrate all the imperial troops stationed in Besançon Province, increase the combat effectiveness of the five standing legions as much as possible, and launch a counteroffensive against Langxiang Province before the 100,000 Jurchen cavalry move south. ”

Bai Feng, who had a clear plan, did not hide his thoughts from the Marquis of Besançon and the three army commanders, and the four people who nodded frequently were all Bai Feng's nominal subordinates, so naturally they would not raise any objections.

"General Cavani, General Tevez, General Renard, you are all the commanders of your respective legions, and I now formally transfer your command to Duke Baifeng, and from this evening, we will no longer have any affiliation. ”

The Marquis of Besançon, who stood up straight, gave the order for the handover of command to the three legion commanders who were still sitting upright in their seats in a very serious tone, and the sudden solemn atmosphere in the conference room made the three legion commanders stand up sharply and accept the order in unison.

"I've seen Duke Bai Feng!" Cavani and the other three legion commanders, who had changed their identities, turned their heads and bowed to Bai Feng again.

"General Cavani, you are the commander of the 56th Legion, tell me about your Legion first. ”

"No!" Commander Cavani, who had just sat down, stood up directly and reported: "Our 56th Army Corps has ten combat wings under its jurisdiction, with a full strength of 20,000 soldiers; at present, 3,000 soldiers are temporarily short of weapons and equipment, and the reserve of military rations is only enough for half a month. ”

After Commander Cavani finished his introduction, Commander Tevez consciously stood up and reported: "General Qiqi, our 57th Army Corps also has ten combat wings, but there is a shortage of 1,500 officers and men; at present, 4,000 soldiers are temporarily short of weapons and equipment, and food and grass are also insufficient. ”

The last to report was the commander of the Reynard Corps: "General Qiqi, our 58th Army Corps has 11 combat wings under its jurisdiction, with a full strength of 23,000 soldiers; at present, 2,000 soldiers are temporarily short of weapons and equipment, 1,000 cavalry are temporarily short of war horses, and the military rations are the same as those of the other two corps. ”

Bai Feng, who knew something about the five legions, frowned and asked Renard: "Commander Renard, I remember that the cavalry wing of your 58th Legion should have 3,000 cavalry fully manned, why are there 1,000 cavalry lacking war horses?"

"General, the cavalry wing of our legion, after entering the province of Besançon, had an encounter with the Jurchen tribe's patrol cavalry under the white banner, and in this unexpected encounter the enemy lost five hundred cavalry, and our cavalry wing lost one thousand. ”

"The positive white flag, one of the eight banners of the Jurchen tribe, how is the combat effectiveness?" Compared with the loss of the cavalry wing of the 58th Legion, Bai Feng was more concerned about the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners of the Jurchen Tribe, which was a major matter related to the life and death of his own army.

"General, if it is a contest of the same number, our cavalry is not the opponent of the Jurchen cavalry, and the difference in strength between the two sides is huge; in my personal experience, it takes at least three times the numerical superiority of the Jurchen cavalry to make up for the gap in the combat strength of our cavalry. ”

"Three times?" Reynard's answer made Bai Feng fall into deep thought.

Bai Feng, who had received a lot of internal intelligence from Ames, knew far more about the Jianzhou Jurchens than anyone present who knew about the Jianzhou Jurchens divided into eight banners, and the Zhengbai flag of Soerguo was only one of the five lower flags that were not strong in battle, and the real Jurchen elites were all in the upper three banners.

The current fact is that the combat power of the lower five banners is second only to that of the yellow flag and the white flag, and the positive red flag has such a good combat effectiveness; then what kind of powerful combat power should the upper three banners, which have strong combat power?