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- Alighelli Dante (Italian poet, one of the pioneers of the European Renaissance)

The idea of forming a scale for the Roman light cavalry had just surfaced in Bai Feng's mind, and it was quickly dispelled by Bai Feng, this kind of idea was too dangerous and undesirable, it was simply an idea that had a grudge against the treasury funds of the city of Rome!

The recruitment price of a Roman light cavalry is not expensive, only 390 gold is required from the treasury, and the annual maintenance cost of 110 gold is not worth mentioning, but the point of the problem is that the city of Rome cannot afford the price that the Roman light cavalry has to pay to go to the battlefield!

With the combat effectiveness of the Roman light cavalry, it would take at least twenty or more Roman light cavalry to play an important role in a battle, and their battle charge may indeed change the situation on the battlefield, but the cost of their casualties must also be terrifying.

When a great battle broke out between the city of Rome and the Estheni tribe on the banks of the Cangluo River, the 12 teams of the 12 Roman youth army of Licinius 1st Army had a total of 1,920 soldiers killed in battle, and 378 were killed, which is still the number of casualties under the timely treatment of the field doctor Huamu.

The death rate of 19.7 percent is not low, but considering the results they have achieved, it may not be unacceptable, but yesterday when Bai Feng reorganized these twelve teams of Roman youth troops in the Roman city system, he almost didn't cry on the spot.

The twelve teams of Roman youth army that needed to be reorganized needed to replenish a total of 378 warriors, and the treasury funds required to replenish these warriors were 1,040 gold, and when the 1,040 gold was deducted, Bai Feng felt as if someone was cutting his own flesh with a knife.

The combat effectiveness is okay, and even the Roman youth army, which can be regarded as the absolute main force of the Roman army in the early stage, needs to pay such a price to win in the face of brutal battles, and the Roman light cavalry that killed 800 enemies and lost 500 on the battlefield will have to think about what kind of performance it will have?

Recruiting twenty teams of Roman light cavalry requires a total of 7,800 gold treasury funds, which can be within the tolerance of Roman City, in order not to affect the development of Roman City, Bai Feng can form twenty teams of Roman light cavalry in two more months.

But no matter how much the city of Rome develops, it is impossible to bear the price that the Roman light cavalry needs to pay for mass casualties as soon as it enters the battlefield, as soon as he thought of this, Bai Feng decisively decided to give up his idea of recruiting Roman light cavalry on a large scale.

This is not to say that the Roman light cavalry is a complete chicken rib existence, but a small Roman light cavalry can also be used as a reconnaissance cavalry, and help the Roman city to train those barbarian cavalry who do not know how to cooperate in battle formations, they are still valuable.

After testing the combat effectiveness of the Roman light cavalry, Bai Feng asked the two teams of Roman light cavalry to be temporarily handed over to Nelson for command, the purpose was to let these two teams of Roman light cavalry help Nelson train the battle formation of the cavalry under his command, and Nelson naturally couldn't ask for this.

How can a general not want the combat effectiveness of the army under his command to become stronger and stronger, this exercise in the barracks today not only made Bai Feng understand the value of the Roman light cavalry, but also made Nelson understand the shortcomings of the cavalry under his command;

After dealing with the affairs of the Roman light cavalry and mobile troops, Bai Feng continued to take his entourage to the military camp next door, at this time Antio had already prepared everything in this military camp, and the 1,000 soldiers and 500 cavalry in black clothes and black armor were also waiting for them.

In order to distinguish the Doge's Guard from the other legions, Antio suggested that Bai Feng wear a black cloak for everyone in the Doge's Guard, so that it would look more powerful and enhance the sense of honor of the Doge's Guard.

Therefore, when Bai Feng came to this military camp, there were a thousand cool warriors in black clothes and black armor, holding a round shield in their left hand and a long sword in their right hand, wearing a black cloak standing neatly under the general platform, and next to them were five hundred cavalry soldiers leading their war horses, these cavalrymen were dressed almost exactly the same as the soldiers on the side, the only difference was that they held sharp spears in their left hands.

Different from the cavalry under Nelson's command, all the five hundred cavalry in this barracks are all black sturdy war horses, even Bai Feng, who is used to seeing big scenes, is shocked to see this pure black army.

After walking quickly to the platform, before Bai Feng could start speaking, the 1,500 soldiers below knelt down on one knee and shouted: "Swear to follow His Excellency the Doge to the death!"

The chanting of 1,500 people in unison was just a small scene for Bai Feng, who had experienced tens of thousands of troops raising their arms and shouting, but this time Bai Feng could feel loyalty and fanaticism from the shouts of 1,500 people, and this was what Bai Feng desperately wanted to get!

"My brave warriors, every one of you is the elite of your respective legions, and many of you have even achieved the position of squad leader and centurion before coming to this new army.

And when General Antio found you, I was touched and relieved that you were able to give up everything you had to come to this new army, because I could see your loyalty to me.

Perhaps you do not yet understand what your new uniform and this new army means, but now I will tell you what it means, and you have been part of the Doge's Guard of Rome from the moment you came to this new barracks and put on this new uniform!

What is the Doge's Guard? The Doge's Guard is not only the personal guard of the Doge of Rome, but also the most elite and brave army in Rome.

From now on, in the war between our city of Rome and any enemy, your Doge's Guard will be the first to enter the battle, and the last army to withdraw from the battle, and heavy casualties will be your daily life, and rivers of blood will be your daily life.

In short, you will be treated with the best of all and will be involved in all the most brutal battles, and this is your Doge's Guard, and each of you will be the hero and the elite of our city of Rome!

"Doge's Guard, unswerving unto death!" replied to Bai Feng this time with an angry roar from Antio.

"Doge's Guard, unswerving! Doge's Guard, unswerving!Doge's Guard, unswer......ving!" but it was followed by the shouts of fifteen hundred Governor's Guard soldiers, and the Black Death, which would later terrify all enemies, was finally born!