"Chapter 7: The Legion of Vengeance: Part I"

Stubbornness is another manifestation of an inferiority complex. Don't try to "look strong", try to "be strong".

– Alfred Adler (Austrian psychologist)

Bai Feng's original intention in forming the Vengeance Legion was to plant the seeds of hatred for the orc invaders in the hearts of nearly 20 million people in the six eastern provinces of the empire, and to use this precious seed to prepare for the recapture of Sunset Fortress in the future.

The active pursuit of the young refugees just shows that their hatred for orcs is very hot, which is naturally a good thing for Bai Feng, so much so that he personally came forward to break the recruitment rules he had personally formulated.

On the premise that the two revenge legions already had 14,000 soldiers, Bai Feng ordered the two army commanders, Aetius and Cabitus, to recruit all the 18,000 refugees who were blocking the gate of the military camp into the revenge army to strengthen the strength of the revenge army.

Previously, Duke Gna promised Bai Feng that he would ask for the official names of the five legions for the Vengeance Legion from the Imperial Military Department, and with Duke Gna's guarantee, Bai Feng had a clear plan for the establishment of the Avenger Legion, and the size of each legion would not exceed 10,000 at most.

The total number of refugees has increased to 32,000, and according to this preparation plan, it can be divided into three full revenge legions and one dissatisfied vengeful legion, but the crux of the question is, where can Bai Feng find two more qualified legion commanders?

The five iron-blooded tiger generals handed over to Bai Feng by Duke Rundstede, four of them became legion commanders (including the Iron Guard), one served as the division commander of the Yulin Legion, and six self-grown system generals, all of whom were the corps commanders of the Fourth Route Army (Hans was the lieutenant general of the legion).

Even so, the commander of the pro-guard was still Luculus, who Bai Feng had transferred from Rome, and the other three division commanders of the Yulin Legion and the division commanders of the Standing Legion were all cutting-edge generals that Bai Feng quickly promoted, and the average age was even less than thirty years old!

According to the normal promotion rate, a thirty-year-old officer is at most a general at the level of a wing commander in the Imperial Army, while in Bai Feng's Fourth Route Army, Borg, Huade, Teresi and others, who are only nineteen years old, have been in the army for less than half a year and are already division commanders with tens of thousands of soldiers!

Although war is the best catalyst for the growth of an excellent general, the promotion speed of the generals under Bai Feng's command has still reached a staggering level, and the soldiers of the other three routes army other than the Fourth Route Army have also created a new nickname for Borg and others.

The Six Heroes of the Feather Forest - Commander of the Yulin Legion Division Borg, Commander of the 39th Army Division Huade, Commander of the 40th Army Division Sandy, Commander of the 44th Army Division Tracy, Commander of the 46th Army Division Nishizawa, and Commander of the 47th Army Division Morris.

Among these six people, only Borg really served in the Yulin Legion, and the reason why the other five people were named Yulin Yingjie was because they were all raised by Bai Feng himself, and Bai Feng was the leader of the Yulin Legion.

In any country's army, the promotion and promotion of officers inevitably involves seniority, and the army of the Tianlong Empire is naturally no exception; even if they are members of the lineage of the five major dukes of the empire, they can achieve the position of captain at most after joining the army for half a year.

Borg and the other six people, who were either from civilian backgrounds or low-ranking minor nobles, actually became the commanders of high-powered divisions in less than half a year; such a speed of promotion not only embarrassed countless imperial officers, but also made countless imperial generals unacceptable.

Therefore, the so-called Six Heroes of Yulin is not so much the praise of the generals of other legions as their ridicule of Borg and others, which means that without the Baifeng Commander of the Yulin Legion, there would be no rapid promotion of Borg and others.

In fact, Bai Feng's promotion speed in the imperial army far exceeded that of Borg and the others, and he was also the junior of Borg and the other six, but his promotion speed did not cause anyone to be dissatisfied, which was mainly caused by three factors.

First, Bai Feng himself was born in the Bai family, a high-ranking aristocratic family in the empire, and his noble background determined that his success could be recognized by other generals who were also high-ranking nobles of the empire;

Second, Bai Feng has Hua Mu, a war doctor who is proficient in magical healing techniques, and Hua Mu's existence has saved the lives of countless Imperial soldiers, who are now elite veterans of various legions, and this alone is enough to win Bai Feng high prestige!

Thirdly, the breakout army, with Bai Feng as the supreme commander, took the initiative to break through the encirclement of the orc army and crushed the pursuit of the wolf cavalry;

With these three factors, no one would object to Bai Feng's high position, coupled with the trust of decision-makers such as Duke Gna and Duke Rundstead in Bai Feng, Bai Feng's position in the imperial eastern army is deep-rooted and unshakable.

But no matter how powerful Bai Feng is, he is just one person; take the Fourth Route Army as an example: generals are promoted by senior officers, senior officers are promoted by middle-level officers, middle-level officers are promoted by low-level officers, and low-level officers are promoted by elite veterans.

Even by demolishing the east wall and making up the west wall, Bai Feng only had more than forty middle-level officers drawn from the various legions of the Fourth Route Army, and these forty-odd middle-level officers, plus a group of low-level legions promoted by elite veterans, formed the officer level of the Revenge Legion.

The direct consequence of the sudden expansion of the size of the Revenge Legion from two legions to four legions is that Bai Feng simply does not have enough officers to serve as officers at all levels of the Avenger Legion;

The 32,000 refugees were young and strong, and instead of being divided into three full regiments and one unsatisfactory regiment, they were divided into four regiments of 8,000 soldiers by Bai Feng; on the premise that there were no wings for the time being, these four regiments still lacked 30 brigade commanders and 120 squadron leaders.

The eight legions of the Fourth Route Army had already been looted by Bai Feng, and even the Iron Guards of Ranocchia and the personal guards of Luculus did not escape;

Duke Albert of the First Route Army and Duke Reinhardt of the Third Route Army are not very familiar with these two dukes Bai Feng, except for Duke Kleist of the Second Route Army and Duke Rundstead of the Reserve Army, which are all old acquaintances of Bai Feng.

The reserve army of the Duke of Rundstead was a newly formed army with the support of the Duke of Gner, and the whole army was composed of the private army of 50,000 families, the 41st Army, the 42nd Army, the 43rd Army, and the 55th Army.

With Bai Feng's relationship with Duke Rundstead, it was not difficult to transfer fifteen captains and sixty squadron leaders from the reserve army with a total strength of up to 130,000;

On the evening of the second day after Bai Feng sent out to ask for the officer's messenger, the officers from the reserve army and the second route army arrived at the barracks of the fourth route army;

When Sophia, wearing dark red armor, appeared in his military tent, Bai Feng's heart was definitely mixed, on the one hand, he really didn't want to be separated from Sophia, and on the other hand, he was worried that Sophia would not be safe by his side.