"Chapter 111: Exceptions"
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By the end of early November, the division of the 200,000 prisoners of war among the various legions of the city of Rome had finally come to an end, four field legions and two Macedonian legions had been restored to full strength, and eighteen tuntian legions had been formed.
Among them, three of the commanders of the six Tuntian Military Regions were the commanders of the original Tuntian Regiment, and the other three were generals who had surrendered from the Werther tribe; among the commanders of the 18 Tuntian Legions, 12 of them were generals of the Werther tribe.
The reason for such a large-scale use of the generals of the Vitte tribe was that the city of Rome was indeed overstretched in terms of generals, and on the other hand, it was to appease the newly conquered Werther tribes, and it was better to use the generals they were familiar with to preside over the tuntian than to use the generals of the city of Rome.
After the appointment of the commanders of the six tuntian military districts and the commanders of the eighteen tuntian legions, each army in the city of Rome had a clear commander, and the next step was the recovery training of the field legions and the division of the tuntian legions.
It is impossible for a field corps that has completed its replenishment of troops to conduct systematic special training at one time; in addition to the step-by-step sequential special training, each field corps must conduct its own recovery training in order to restore its original combat effectiveness as soon as possible.
The Tuntian Legions, which had been expanded to eighteen numbers, were to be stationed in various towns under the city of Rome and to carry out the Tuntian tasks assigned by Vipsani, and before these legions could be assigned, Bai Feng also needed to convene a military council at the highest level.
This military conference is estimated to be the largest number of participants since the founding of the Roman city, and there are 30 generals in the six field legions, the commanders of the six tuntian military districts, and the commanders of the 18 tuntian legions.
In addition to the commander of the Doge's Guard, the commanders of the two Roman legions, Antio who commanded the heavy cavalry, Leonidas who was training the new legions, Gamilios who was the commander of the Tuntian Command, and the generals gathered in the council chamber, there were nearly forty people!
The large number of generals not only means that the army of Rome is getting bigger and bigger, but also means that the overall strength of Rome is getting stronger and stronger, even if some of the generals still don't recognize Rome very much, but Bai Feng is still full of confidence in the future of Rome City!
"Ahem...... ahem" Since there were more than five generals in the conference hall, the whispering of the generals sounded in the originally quiet conference hall;
As more and more generals came to the council hall, their voices gradually became louder, and after a while, the council hall turned into a noisy vegetable market, and it was not until Bai Feng coughed heavily twice that these generals hurriedly sat back in their places.
"Now that everyone has arrived, our military meeting today is about to officially begin, but seeing that you are still unsatisfied, I will first give you a topic for you to express your opinions, there is no correct answer to this topic, you can just say what you think.
The topic is this: the field legion of our Roman city has always been named after the beast, and the only Tassia legion that did not follow this example has now been renamed the Flying Leopard Legion, with General Simpson as the new commander.
And what I want to ask you is whether there will be any exceptions for our field legions in the city of Rome in the future, and if you think you can, then give me a reason to do so, and vice versa, you can talk about it now. ”
The reason why Bai Feng allowed the generals to chat in the council hall just now was mainly because he was carefully thinking about the naming of Leonidas' new legion;
Once the new legion formed by Leonidas was named the Spartan Legion, wouldn't it have destroyed the naming principle of the Roman Field Legion, and it had been less than ten days since the Tassia Legion was renamed the Flying Leopard Legion.
In fact, if Leonidas hadn't given Bai Feng a 'surprise' last night, Bai Feng wouldn't have had to have a headache today; the so-called special training of the system is actually only training in the system building during the day, and the soldiers who have been specially trained at night still have to return to the camp separately.
Just last night, Leonida, who had returned to the camp from special training, could not resist the desire for the name of Sparta in his heart, and even took the newly formed legion that had been formed for less than ten days to fight against the Cheetah Legion.
The re-staffed Cheetah Legion was the strongest Macedonian phalanx legion in Rome, and even if they had suffered heavy losses not long ago, it was not comparable to the newly formed Leonidas's legion, and there was still a gap in strength between the two sides.
Gatus, who had the mentality of a trained soldier, was soon stunned by Leonidas's army in the battle, and the Macedonian phalanx of the Cheetah Legion was actually defeated head-on by the soldiers under Leonidas's command with the same Macedonian phalanx!
Such an incredible result not only shocked Gatus when he lost, but also made Bai Feng feel unbelievable when he got the news, no matter how good the foundation of Leonidad's new army was, it was impossible for him to learn the Macedonian phalanx with extremely high requirements for cooperation in ten days!
Bai Feng, who pondered hard and couldn't understand, very decisively called Leonidas to his governor's residence, but the result was that when Leonidas was in command of the Sixth Tuntian Army, he was training the soldiers of the Tuntian Army with a standard spear phalanx.
Therefore, the newly formed Leonidas' legion was not at all a Macedonian phalanx corps that had been trained for 10 days, but a Macedonian phalanx corps that had been trained for more than half a year; the Macedonian phalanx corps, which had been trained by the Spartan generals themselves, had combat effectiveness that can be imagined.
Originally, this should have been a happy thing for Bai Feng, after all, the stronger the combat effectiveness of Leonidas's legions, the more beneficial it would be for the city of Rome;
Leonidas is a system general who has grown up by himself, and he is also a confidant general worthy of Bai Feng's trust, and Bai Feng, who has made a promise a long time ago, has no reason to reject this reasonable request of his confidant general.
When this new legion was formed, Bai Feng took the initiative to promise Leonidas that as long as his legion could have the combat power to defeat the Cheetah Legion, he would name his legion the Spartan Legion.
It may seem unfair to the Cheetah Legion to start this battle before the Cheetah Legion has had time to regain its combat effectiveness, but in fact it is not, because Leonidas's Legion has not completed the special training they are underway.
It is undeniable that the combat effectiveness of the Cheetah Legion will be improved after a period of recovery, but the Leonidas Legion at that time will also have more powerful combat effectiveness, so this competition between the two legions is still relatively fair.