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The arrival of Bai Feng was not a good thing for the ruling class of the Acenian Kingdom, especially Nabazani and Assam, who were forced to surrender to the city of Rome in the first place, and their feelings for Bai Feng and the city of Rome were extremely complicated.

To some extent, the Roman city of Baifeng needs to bear the main responsibility for the fall of the Acenian Kingdom under Francis, but the crux of the matter is that the war between the Roman City and the Aceni Kingdom was first provoked by Francis.

What made Nabazani and Assam even more helpless was that their families were able to survive under Francis's tough rule, thanks to the timely assistance of White Peak and the city of Rome.

The so-called persuasion of Queen Boudicca and General Eggers is in fact nothing more than the last fig leaf on their faces, and this fig leaf, which is better than nothing, really means little to all those in the know.

When Queen Boudicca personally led the commander of the Third Legion, General Joshuael, out of the camp to meet the approaching White Peaks, Nabazani and Assam also followed Queen Boudicca out of the camp with each other's personal guards.

No matter what influence the Nabazani and Assam families still have in the Aceni Kingdom, they are unlikely to change the established fact that the city of Rome has completed its control over the entire Aceni Kingdom!

After five years of western conquest and eight years of civil war, the Aceni Kingdom had already consumed a large amount of domestic vitality, and it was not easy for Francis to reunite the Aceni Kingdom, but it was hit twice by the city of Rome in succession.

In particular, the war not long ago completely wiped out the last military strength of the Aceni Kingdom, which was controlled by Queen Boudicca, and at this time was not so much a unified Essene Kingdom as a vassal state of the Roman City.

In the past, the Aceni Kingdom, which had a population of more than one million and hundreds of thousands of troops, has become a small force with a total population of only 500,000 and an army of only 50,000.

In the eyes of Nabazani and Assam, the saddest thing about the Essini kingdom ruled by Queen Boudicca is that the last 50,000 troops of the entire kingdom are also tightly controlled by the Roman city of White Peak.

Although both Nabazani and Assam themselves served as commanders of the Essini kingdom and could command 10,000 warriors of the Essini kingdom, the elite 10,000 warriors and the other 20,000 warriors were in the hands of Queen Boudicca and Joshuaer.

Queen Boudicca herself was inclined to the city of Rome, as Nabazani and Assam had known for a long time, and as for Joshuael, who was the commander of the Third Legion, if he had no loyalty to Bai Feng, would the city of Rome allow him to command 20,000 warriors of the Essini Kingdom?

For the sake of their family's survival and their own powerful position, Nabazani and Assam, who were patriotic, finally chose to compromise with the city of Rome and follow Queen Boudicca to show their loyalty to White Peak.

Seeing that Queen Boudicca brought the captains of the Aceni Kingdom to greet her, Bai Feng, who was galloping on his horse, quickly tightened the reins of the war horse under his seat, and the four teams of royal cavalry following behind him were also skillfully guarding the left and right sides of Bai Feng.

The combat effectiveness of the Macedonian royal cavalry is definitely worse than that of the Seleucid ironclad cavalry, but as an honor guard cavalry, the royal cavalry is more than a star and a half stronger than the ironclad cavalry.

The two teams of ironclad cavalry, like iron cans, were only distributed on the left and right sides of Bai Feng in a tight charging formation, and the Parthian archers who acted as scout cavalry were cruising farther away, and only the imposing royal cavalry was guarding Bai Feng's side.

The two teams of ironclad cavalry and the four teams of royal cavalry added up to a total of six hundred and forty-eight cavalry, but the visual impact they brought to the nobles of the Aceni Kingdom was definitely more violent than Bai Feng imagined.

The royal cavalry with third-level experience is the cavalry with the strength of an intermediate swordsman, and the ironclad cavalry with a fourth-level experience is the cavalry with the strength of a high-level swordsman.

The nobles of the Essene Kingdom, who were originally reluctant to go out to meet the governor of Rome, took out their most respectful gesture to greet Bai Feng at this time, as a person who had once been in charge of an empire, Bai Feng naturally knew how to win the hearts of these nobles.

He first exchanged a few words of greetings with Queen Boudicca, and then exchanged greetings with the three legionnaires behind Queen Boudicca;

In the end, it is the nobles of the Aceni Kingdom who came with Queen Boudicca, and the consistent means of Bai Feng to deal with these nobles who have a lot of power behind them is to give both grace and power;

The nobles of the barbarian tribe are not the nobles of the civilized world, they are all warriors who love to fight and have extraordinary combat effectiveness, in order to buy the hearts of these nobles of the Essinian Kingdom, this time Bai Feng also specially brought a large number of exquisite weapons produced by the blacksmith shop in Rome City.

Before the armor shop was built, the weapons and equipment produced in the blacksmith shop were the most sophisticated weapons and equipment in the city of Rome, and Bai Feng's white spirit ring brought a full 500 sets of weapons and equipment used by the elite warriors of the Roman army.

There was no doubt that these weapons and equipment were taken out by Bai Feng on the spot and presented to the nobles present, and the short sword armor shining in the sun with a black glow made the nobles of the Essini Kingdom also shine with their eyes, and their excitement could not be suppressed.

Because of the limited number of nobles present, only about 300 sets of the 500 sets of weapons and equipment brought by Bai Feng were sent, and the remaining 200 sets of weapons and equipment were given by Bai Feng to Queen Boudicca to let her guards change their clothes.

Bai Feng's favor made the atmosphere of the scene extremely warm, and the nobles of the Aceni Kingdom welcomed Bai Feng's arrival with their enthusiasm, and a grand banquet was held in the camp of Queen Boudicca.

The enthusiasm of the ordinary nobles was still isolated from Queen Boudicca's residence, and compared to the lively banquet outside, Queen Boudicca's council hall was much quieter and more serious.

In addition to Queen Boudicca and the three legionnaires, there were only four or five representatives of the aristocracy who could enter this council hall in the entire Aceni Kingdom, while in Rome, Maxi and Darnell were left outside, and only Bai Feng was in the hall.

In fact, whether or not the magnates of the Acenian Kingdom present can be persuaded to accept the demands of the city of Rome will directly affect the relationship between the city of Rome and the Kingdom of Aceni, and will also determine whether the development of the city of Rome can be carried out smoothly.