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- Giovanni Boccaccio (a prominent representative of the Italian Renaissance movement, a humanist)

"General Upton, isn't it a wise choice for you to follow me to the death, and if we in Rome are allies of Queen Boudicca, shouldn't you follow Queen Boudicca?"

"Your Excellency the Governor, I have thought of everything before coming to your military tent, there are too many rotten nobles in the Kingdom of Aceni, and they are stupid and will only drag down the development of the entire kingdom, I prefer to serve you and your Roman City, and I hope you will accept my allegiance!"

"Well, since you are willing to be a part of our city of Rome, then I will give you this opportunity, Commander Wendell, you will immediately lead your men to escort General Upton back to the barracks, and I will give you two hours. ”

"Yes!" Wendell, who was standing at the back of the general on the left side of the tent, immediately stepped forward to accept the order.

"General Upton, don't let me down with you, for in two hours you can bring out as many troops as you command. Just as Upton and Wendell were about to leave the account, Bai Feng said another word to Upton's back.

Hearing Bai Feng's words, Upton did not hesitate at all, and strode out of the military tent with Wendell, and it was not until they left the barracks with the soldiers of the Doge's Guard that Licinius asked Bai Feng with a smile on his face with a little doubt:

"Governor, do you really believe that this Upton is willing to take refuge in our city of Rome with all his heart, after all, his father Atabaz died at the hands of our army, could he have an ulterior motive to do something else?"

"Whether this Upton is genuinely willing to take refuge in our city of Rome, or whether he has ulterior motives for doing something else, why don't we accept his refuge as long as it is beneficial to our city of Rome?

I believe that with the strength of our city of Rome, even if Upton pretended to take refuge in our city of Rome, it would be impossible for him to stir up any trouble in our city, and if you do not trust him, then I will leave the task of overseeing him to you. ”

"Governor, I will definitely supervise Upton well, and I will never let him have the slightest opportunity!" Bai Feng explained bitterly, but added a joke in addition to the explanation, Li Sini was still serious, Bai Feng really couldn't laugh at this!

"Governor, I also think that General Licinius's concern is not unreasonable, and that you have just promised Upton that he will command as many troops as he can bring with him, is that giving him too much power?"

Among all the generals present, Brono, the last to join the city of Rome, also agreed with Licinius on this matter, but his doubts were much more than Licinius's blood, and military power was the key to whether Upton could influence the city of Rome.

"General Brono, your worries are justified, but what can we do with the army that Upton brought with us if we don't hand it over to him for command? Soon we will have a decisive battle with Francis's main army, how can we have time to slowly control his tens of thousands of troops now?"

"Governor, I also think it's too risky to let Upton join our army in Rome, or we'd better keep Upton's army in this camp and return to Rome with us when we win the decisive battle. ”

As soon as Bai Feng's explanation was finished, even Eggers stood up and put forward a suggestion to echo Licinius and Brono; hearing Eggers say this, Bai Feng, who had already made a decision, looked around at the other generals in the military tent and found that everyone didn't seem to trust Upton very much.

In fact, if you think about it, Upton had betrayed Francis and launched a rebellion before, no matter how many hidden reasons there were, it was difficult for the barbarian warriors who believed in the respect of the strong and the supremacy of loyalty, and everyone generally distrusted Upton's surrender.

It is not Bai Feng's style to insist on going his own way, especially in things that he is not sure about; After thinking for a while, Bai Feng rearranged under the gaze of the generals:

"Since you all feel that Upton's refuge is not trustworthy for the time being, let us leave him and his army in this camp for the time being, and General Joshuaer's Aceni Legion will remain in this camp outside the camp.

General Joshuel, I have two tasks for your Aceni Legion: first, you must guard the more than 7,000 cavalry that have been captured, and second, you must keep an eye on the movements of Upton's troops to avoid any possible accidents!"

"Yes!" General Qiao Xiuer, who was accustomed to obeying Bai Feng's orders, still accepted Bai Feng's orders as always.

This time, Bai Feng's rearrangement of Upton was regarded as satisfying the demands of the generals in the military tent who were biased against Upton, and after everyone had finished talking about this matter, they turned the topic to the next attack on Francis's main army.

According to the information obtained by the battlefield ghosts, Francis still had about 100,000 troops in the army that attacked Nabazani and Assam, but the 100,000 army, mainly composed of newly recruited fighters, was not very strong.

In contrast, the army of the city of Rome was reduced to the number of Escines of General Joshuaer, and the army on the left and right flanks still had more than 25,000 men each, and the number of the army in the center was reduced to less than 30,000.

Because Eggers' Eagle Legion also paid the price of more than 3,000 soldiers killed when fighting with the enemy cavalry, and the wounded soldiers were treated by the field doctor Hua Mu, who could quickly recover their combat effectiveness, and the soldiers who died in battle were truly attritional.

The First Legion, including the archers led by Peris, the Governor's Guard including the Parthian Archers and the Germanic Berserkers, and the Eagle Legion, the total strength of their three armies is only 28,000 soldiers, which is the current middle army of Baifeng.

The nearly 80,000 troops in Rome are a quarter less than Francis's 100,000 troops in terms of quantity, but the army in Rome is better in quality.

Just because Upton's army can't help the Roman city army for the time being doesn't mean that Nabazani and Assam's army can't help the Roman city army, and as long as Nabazzani and Assam actively cooperate, the cooperation of the three armies may not be impossible to eliminate Francis in one fell swoop!

Everyone was in the military tent enthusiastically discussing the next battle plan, and the time passed little by little, until there was a burst of noise outside the military tent, Bai Feng and the others knew that Upton had come to the military camp with his 25,000 soldiers.

Upton, covered in blood, once again walked into Bai Feng's military tent with Wendell, and in the face of the eloquent Upton, Bai Feng, who had already decided everything, first encouraged Upton with gentle words, and then announced the arrangements for him and his army.