The masses are cruel, but the individuals are kind.

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

After the matter of Quintus becoming the commander in chief of the enemy's army was satisfactorily resolved, the operational plan for the army's counterattack on Langxiang Province was put on the agenda; Bai Feng, who had a large number of troops under his command, had to pay attention to three aspects in order to formulate a more targeted combat plan.

The first aspect is the supply of grain and grass and the replacement of weapons and equipment for the large army; just as the so-called three armies have not moved the grain and grass first, if the army, which is as large as several hundred thousand people, cannot guarantee its own supply of grain and grass, then no matter how powerful the combat power is, there will be no chance to give full play to it.

Originally, Bai Feng did not have enough new weapons and equipment for the refitting of the army, but the promise of Archbishop Scola just solved the problem of changing the outfit of the army.

The second aspect is the assessment of the overall strength of his own army; knowing himself and knowing that he will not be defeated in a hundred battles has always been Bai Feng's motto, and if he wants to lead his army to defeat the garrison of the Jianzhou Jurchens in Langxiang Province, he must have a correct assessment of the strength of the army under his command.

At this time, the counteroffensive army under Bai Feng's command was mainly divided into three sequences, namely the Royal Legion sequence, the Standing Legion sequence, and the Special Legion sequence; among them, the Royal Legion with the smallest total strength had only 100,000 soldiers in the two legions of the Yulin Legion and the Fire Legion.

The standing army with the largest total strength is composed of 180,000 officers and men of nine army corps, including the 14th, 16th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 74th, 77th, 82nd, and 84th corps.

The two royal legions, which had 80,000 fewer soldiers than the nine standing legions, were much stronger than the standing legions in terms of the elite of the soldiers and the sophistication of the weapons and equipment of the legions; in general, the combat effectiveness of the 100,000 royal soldiers was far superior to that of the 180,000 standing soldiers.

The special legion sequence that attracted Bai Feng's attention the most was under the jurisdiction of six troops, including the Wind Legion, the Lance Legion, the Cavalry Legion, the Iron Guard, the Spartan Legion, and the Death Battalion.

With a full strength of 20,000 soldiers, the Swift Legion and the Spear Legion, plus the newly expanded Cavalry Legion and the Iron Guard, plus the Spartan Legion with a full strength of 10,000 soldiers and the Death Battalion with a full strength of 8,000 soldiers, the total strength of the Special Legion sequence has not even reached 100,000.

Of the fifty new detachments of Roman heavy infantry, the four infantry wings under the command of Luculus still had a total strength of 12,000 men, and the cavalry wing under Cabaye's department was now part of the cavalry corps.

The total strength of three archer wings and two ballbow archer wings under the command of Wen Ke remained at 15,000 men, while the eighty-two teams of iron artillery spearmen and ten teams of infant sword samurai under the command of Goto Kiji were slightly adjusted by Bai Feng.

Considering the overly strong mobility of the Eight Banners cavalry, the iron artillery spearmen who fired slowly in the battle were reduced from the original 82 teams to the current 50 teams, and the 10 teams of young sword warriors who were responsible for protecting the iron artillery spearmen were replaced by 50 teams of Notai sword warriors.

Because there were only forty teams of Notai sword samurai in the shogunate hall system, Bai Feng also specially recruited ten teams of Notai sword samurai, and the ten teams of young sword samurai who were replaced were sent back to Rome by Bai Feng at midnight on a certain moon.

Shogunate Hall Attribute Table

Shogunate area: Mutsu Province (1,730,000 stone)

Shogunate assets: 122,600 stones

Shogunate income: 17,300 koku (1% of the ruling stone high)

Shogunate Figures (927): Priest (1st level, 486), Spy (1st level, 175), Secret Envoy (1st level, 75), Ninja (2nd level, 65), Geisha (4th level, 30), Battlefield Ninja (4th level, 4th team)

Shogunate Army (36240): Notai Sword Samurai (3rd Rank, 50th Team), Monk Soldier (4th Rank, 20th Team), Infant Sword Samurai (3rd Rank, 10th Team), Spear Samurai (2nd Rank, 60th Team), Spear Ashigaru (1st Rank, 80th Team), Iron Cannon Spearmen (1st Rank, 70th Team), Iron Gun Gunners (3rd Rank, 12th Team)

Shogunate General: Keiji Goto (top special samurai)

There are never generals under Bai Feng's command, and this is especially true of Goto Keiji, who is the general of the shogunate palace system; he was a high-level super-level samurai with initial strength, and after a long period of hard work, he has become a top-level super-level samurai who is only one step away from a saint-level powerhouse.

There were 12,000 soldiers under Luculus, 15,000 under Wink, 12,000 under Goto Kiji, and more than 10,000 elite troops under Agis, with 50 Roman heavy infantry as the main force and a large number of temple troops as the supplement.

The total strength of the pro-soldier guard was once again restored to 50,000 people, and all of them were composed of extremely elite soldiers, so that the total strength of Bai Feng's command increased from 320,000 before receiving reinforcements to a terrifying 440,000 army!

The garrison of Jianzhou Jurchen Langxiang Province led by Shuerhaqi and Dolgon, even with their newly formed 40,000 Eight Banners Tianlong New Army, their total strength was only 240,000; of course, the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners cavalry was more than a star and a half stronger than the infantry.

If the 440,000 troops under Bai Feng's command were all infantry of the Imperial Standing Legion or the infantry of the Royal Legion, then he might not dare to fight a head-on battle with the 200,000 Eight Banner Cavalry, but the existence of the Spartan Legion gave Bai Feng enough confidence to challenge the cavalry with infantry.

What's more, the Feathered Legion and the Iron Guard, which were dressed with Roman youth and Roman heavy infantry weapons, were actually not ordinary Imperial infantry;

Of the 180,000 men and men of the nine standing regiments, no less than 30,000 heavy infantry have been replaced with new weapons and equipment, and this number will rise to at least 90,000 in the next month.

At that time, among the 440,000 soldiers under Bai Feng's command, there were 50,000 cavalry and phalanx infantry, about 160,000 hoplites, and about 25,000 system soldiers.

After assessing the combat strength of the army under his command, Bai Feng began to understand the current situation of the Eight Banners Army through the secret guards and battlefield ghosts; the third thing that must be done before formulating a specific battle plan is to use spies to further weaken the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Army.

Regarding the situation of the Eight Banners army stationed in Langxiang Province, Ames's secret guards are sending the latest information they have gathered directly to Bai Feng every day, and what Bai Feng needs to do is to use the active battlefield ghost to complete the task of weakening the enemy army.

On the contrary, the redistribution of power and the uneven distribution of interests have made the contradictions between the New Eight Banners and the New Eight Banners more intense than ever.

The dominance of the powerful and the weak have been combined, on the one hand, it has dispersed the overall strength of the New Eight Banners, and on the other hand, it has also given Bai Feng an opportunity to take advantage of, and the fifty battlefield ghosts led by Adrien himself have quietly infiltrated Langxiang Province!