Even if the whole world deceives you, you will not lose anything, but if you doubt, you will lose everything;

- Osho (Founder of Rajnesh Ashram)

The speed of the march of fifty miles a day was like a parade for the soldiers of the Roman legions, and the barbarian warriors, whose physical strength and endurance were much stronger than those of ordinary human soldiers, advanced without pressure.

Bai Feng, who was in charge of the Chinese army, in addition to teaching Maxi and Darnell the command experience of the army every day, was to check the information sent back by the spies, and these spies all over the southwest of Lu constantly reported to Bai Feng in every detail the situation of the rebels and the rebel army.

As the size of the rebel army became larger and larger, almost all of the ninjas that Bai Feng had previously sent to the southwest of Lu were effectively used by Naoki Yoshikawa, and most of the ninjas who changed into barbarian clothes became officers in the rebel army by virtue of their own good strength and superb combat skills.

On the contrary, it is not much stronger than ordinary barbarian warriors, and it is difficult to gain the recognition of barbarian warriors, and he cannot become a rebel officer like the ninjas.

Every evening, the spies scattered throughout the southwest of Lunan would gather the information they had found and send it to Yoshikawa Naoki, who would then sort it out and send it to Bai Feng on the march.

In four days, Bai Feng's army of 62,000 advanced 200 li to the north, but the distance between them and the rebels was only reduced from the previous 300 li to 150 li, because while Bai Feng's army was advancing north, the rebels were also advancing eastward.

Of the 27 settlements in the southwest of Lu, only 13 of them belonged to the rebel sphere of influence four days ago, and now only 9 settlements have not yet joined the rebels.

The 100,000 counterinsurgency army under the command of Gregory did cause serious trouble to Naoki Yoshikawa, who was secretly controlling the rebels, at first, and even forced Naoki Yoshikawa to ask for help from Bai Feng, the governor of Rome at that time.

However, with the landing of Bai Feng's army, Naoki Yoshikawa, who was already confident in his heart, began to formulate a new round of expansion plans for the rebels, but the result was that his rebel expansion plan had not been thought of yet, and Bai Feng's orders had been sent to him.

Hakumine's order to Naoki Yoshikawa was to lead his army to the east to fourteen settlements that were not included in the rebels' sphere of influence, to expand the rebels' strength by absorbing these settlements, and to draw Gregory's counterinsurgency army eastward to prevent them from continuing southward.

Along with Hakumine's orders, Naoki Yoshikawa was delivered with enough food for 100,000 people for a year and 30,000 sets of weapons and equipment, which were all captured by the city of Rome from barbarians in order to prevent ordinary soldiers in the rebels from noticing the abnormality.

Whether it is the Aceni Kingdom that surrendered to Rome, or the Werther tribe that was annexed by Rome, or other barbarian tribes conquered by Rome, the various weapons and equipment they use are very typical barbarian weapons and equipment.

Leather armor made of various animal skins, long swords with not straight blades, battle axes with openings, and the low production level of the barbarian tribes determined the terrible chaos in their weapons and equipment; otherwise, Bai Feng would not have redressed all the barbarian legions under his command.

After receiving the food and weapons and equipment sent by Bai Feng, Yoshikawa Naoki directly solved the food shortage crisis that he was already facing, and immediately afterward, he replaced the more than 30,000 rebel soldiers who lacked weapons and equipment.

The rebels, who had no worries about food and had changed their weapons and equipment, naturally greatly improved their combat effectiveness, so they marched eastward and easily conquered five settlements, expanding the size of their army to 45,000.

Among the rebel army that expanded to 45,000, Yamashita Yoki, who served as the commander of the rebel army, transferred the most elite 10,000 rebel barbarian warriors and handed them over to Xia Chuan Heigong for individual command, acting as an elite division to deal with the counterinsurgency army.

After excluding the 10,000 elite divisions commanded by Xia Chuan Heigong, among the remaining 35,000 soldiers commanded by Yamashita Yoki, only 15,000 soldiers were genuine barbarian warriors, and the other 20,000 soldiers were composed of female warriors and elderly warriors, and their combat power was limited.

If the rebel army, which is expanding at the rate of conquering five settlements in four days, can maintain this expansion rate, then in another ten days, all twenty-seven settlements in southwest Luxi will become part of the rebel army, and the size of the rebel army will reach a staggering 70,000 people!

However, how could Gregory, who was a famous general in Luxi, give the rebels a chance to continue to expand their power? The counterinsurgency army, which marched faster than the rebels, also completed the interception and pursuit of the rebels in only four days.

Gregory, who took the initiative to divide the army into three, personally led 10,000 Lucy cavalry to follow closely behind the rebels, while his 40,000 Lucy soldiers and 50,000 second-line infantry were divided into two equal ways to intercept the army, outflanking the rebels from the east and west sides of the rebels.

As a result, the rebels were in fact caught in the middle of a three-sided counterinsurgency attack, with 45,000 counterinsurgency infantry on the east and west sides, and 10,000 counterinsurgency cavalry on the north, leaving only the south for them to retreat.

But the crux of the matter was that a hundred and fifty miles to the south of the rebels was the Roman army, which was marching north in a majestic manner, and it was impossible for Naoki Yoshikawa, who knew where the Roman army was, to retreat south with his army, because that would be contrary to the established strategy of the Roman city.

Faced with enemies on three sides and unable to retreat south, Yoshikawa Naoki had no choice but to order Yoshiki Yamashita to command the rebels to camp in this newly conquered settlement camp, and rely on the favorable terrain to strengthen the camp and build a fortress against the counterinsurgency army.

Of course, Naoki Yoshikawa, who knew himself and his enemy, also knew that even if he could use the people in the south to divide the counterinsurgency army, it would not be able to change the huge military superiority of the counterinsurgency army, which meant that he had to report the matter to Bai Feng and leave the war to Bai Feng to decide.

Bai Feng had seen with his own eyes how shoddy the camp of the barbarian settlement was when Rome was at odds with the Tasia tribe, so after learning about the situation of the rebels, he was not optimistic about the rebels' practice of strengthening the camp on the spot and building a defensive line.

Although Hakumine did not have much confidence in the rebels' plan to hold the camp, he agreed to Naoki Yoshikawa's proposal, because the war between the Eastern Alliance and the Lusai tribe had not yet begun, and the army of the Roman city could not appear on the battlefield in the southwest of Luxi for the time being.

Fortunately, news has come from the ghost side of the battlefield that the army in the west bank of the Eastern Alliance has been assembled, and there will be about half a month at most, and the desperate Eastern Alliance army will rush to the border and launch an attack on the vassal tribes of the Luxi tribe.

At that time, a full-scale war between the Luxi tribe and the Eastern Alliance would break out, and the Luxi tribe, who had no time to think about it, could only devote all their troops to this all-out war, and at that time, it would be the best time for the Roman army to appear on the battlefield in the southwestern part of Luxi!

The 45,000 rebels defended a Lucy settlement camp for half a month under the attack of 100,000 counterinsurgency troops, which was not only a test for the rebels, but also a test for Naoki Yoshikawa, Yoki Yamashita, and Heigong Natsukawa;