"Chapter Twenty-Five: Taking the Initiative"
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With the addition of Licinius and his forty-four Roman heavy cavalry of the general's guard, Bai Feng was already fully sure of dealing with the Tasia tribe that had just suffered a crushing defeat and greatly reduced strength;
Due to the limitation of the scope of the three hundred temple warriors, they could only stay in Rome City, and their commanders Leng Gundam and Leng Gao Fei were also temporarily appointed by Bai Feng as the commanders of the defenders of Rome City; of course, the three hundred temple warriors they could actually lead were only.
The remaining four young armies of the city of Rome and a group of Cretan archers were all to follow Bai Feng on the expedition, and Licinius and his general guard were to be the vanguard of Bai Feng, and their mission was to be the first to find out what was going on in the Tasya tribes.
Originally, Bai Feng did not plan to take Yue'er to participate in this expedition, after all, Bai Feng himself had the protection of sword-wielding attendants and shield-wielding attendants and barbarian slaves, and Yue'er did not need to follow behind him, she could play a greater role by staying in Rome City.
But Yue'er directly rejected Bai Feng's arrangement, she insisted on following Bai Feng's side to protect Bai Feng, and in the face of the stubborn Yue'er, Bai Feng finally compromised, so Yue'er became a part of the army of Rome City.
That night, Bai Feng worked hard to cultivate his spiritual power in his room all night, and the next morning, when it was still dark, Bai Feng got up from his bed, and at this time, the army of Rome City had already assembled in the square.
Walking out of the governor's mansion with Yue'er and four retinues, Bai Feng saw that Licinius on a war horse had already led his general guard to complete the five teams of Roman soldiers;
With Bai Sheng's height of more than two meters and his muscular body, there was no war horse in Rome that could be ridden by him, and in fact, his giant axe weighed one hundred and twenty pounds, which was already a weapon that ordinary people could not use at all.
Bai Sheng, who carried the giant axe on his shoulder, followed behind Bai Feng in such a big stride, and Bai Feng was unable to shake Bai Sheng off even if he rode his war horse;
After leaving the city of Rome, Bai Feng led five brigades of Roman troops to march towards the Tasia tribe at a normal marching speed, while Licinius quickly rushed to the Tasia tribe with his general guard, and his task was to determine the specific strength of the Tasia tribe.
In order to keep up with the speed of the five teams of Roman soldiers behind, Bai Feng and the others did not ride fast all the time, and by the time the sky was completely bright, the Roman army had already walked about half the distance, and Licinius had not returned.
When they set out in the morning, none of the five Roman soldiers had eaten breakfast, and after marching for more than two hours, everyone was hungry, so Bai Feng told them to rest on the spot for fifteen minutes, eat some dry food and drink some water, and wait for Licinius's return.
After all, the information provided by Bai Sheng before was extremely limited, and the relationship between the barbarian tribes Bai Feng and the others did not know; if the Tasia tribe turned to other barbarian tribes after the defeat and gathered a large army again, wouldn't the attack of the Roman army fall into the net?
Therefore, without specific and detailed information, Bai Feng would not easily lead the army to go deeper; Li Sini did not let Bai Feng wait too long, just after the whole army rested for five minutes, Li Sini rushed back to the main army with his general guards.
Looking at the blood stains on the bodies of Licinius and his cavalry, Bai Feng knew that they must have encountered a fierce battle just now, otherwise they should have come back a long time ago, how could it have been delayed until now?
After Licinius returned to this resting place with his army, he ordered his cavalry to dismount and rest, while he himself came to Baifeng to report on the situation of the Tasia tribe.
"Governor, just now we encountered the patrol cavalry of the Tasya tribe after we arrived at the camp of the Tasya tribe, and they also knew that they might be attacked in retaliation after the failure of the attack on us, so they deployed about three hundred patrol cavalry around the camp.
These patrol cavalry were routed without much damage to us, and then we followed these scattered patrol cavalry deep into the camp of the Tasya tribe, and indeed as Bai Sheng said, their camp was quite empty.
The total population of the entire Tasya tribal camp was about 12,000 people, but there were definitely no more than 1,500 warriors who participated in the battle, and the other 10,000 people were mainly old and young, women and children, and they did not have the strength to join the battle temporarily. ”
In the end, it was his own battlefield veterans, Licinius's exploration of the camp of the Tasia tribe could be described as perfect, and compared to the ambiguous information provided by Bai Sheng, Licinius's information was the real information.
After having a full understanding of the strength of the Tasia tribe, Bai Feng can rest assured that he can boldly lead the army to attack the camp of the Tasia tribe; with the current strength of the Tasia tribe, the victory already belongs to the Roman army!
The fifteen-minute break passed quickly, and after Licinius' general's guard sounded the horn of the march, the rested Roman army once again embarked on the march forward, and this time Bai Feng did not send Licinius and his general's guard again.
When the army arrived at the camp of the Tasya tribe, Bai Feng still needed Licinius to command four teams of young soldiers to attack the Tasia tribe, and in the absence of other generals at his disposal, Licinius was the only general that Bai Feng could rely on.
Just as Bai Feng led the Roman army to march to the camp of the Tasia tribe, the camp of the Tasia tribe was also in chaos, and the sudden appearance of the Roman city made the people of the Tasia tribe think that they had found a fat prey, and their attack to gather all the strength of their tribe ended in a crushing defeat.
The new town was far more powerful than they had imagined, and they had paid a heavy price for their blind assault, and after suffering a crushing defeat, they feared that the town's formidable army would fight back against the Tasya tribe.
The barbarian tribes were far from united, and the camps were often far apart, which meant that the Tasya tribes could not find allies to support them anytime soon. With the arrival of the enemy's cavalry, the Tasya tribe also understood that the enemy's retaliatory army was coming, and how could the Tasya tribe not be frightened at the thought of the cruelty of the so-called civilized people?