The real question is not how to meditate, but to know why you are not meditating. The process of meditation is negative. It doesn't add anything to you, it's eliminating what has already been added.

- Osho (Founder of Rajnesh Ashram)

As soon as the military discussion began, Luquis took the lead in asking Bai Feng: "Governor, after triggering the great war between the Eastern Alliance and the Luxi tribe, the army of our Roman city will attack in several ways? Do you attack at the same time, or do you destroy one first and then the other?"

"I think it depends on the situation. Bai Feng, who hadn't thought about this yet, said on the matter: "After the Great War, the Eastern Alliance and the Luxi tribe, the size of the remaining military strength is the key factor that determines our plan to send troops. ”

"If the Eastern Alliance and Western Luxi fall into defeat in the Great War, losing half of their respective forces, then we can split the army in two and attack both the Eastern Alliance and the elite Luxi tribe in the rear. ”

"If the losses of the Eastern Alliance and the Lucian tribe are far less severe than we anticipated, and the size of their armies is less than a third of their respective forces, then we will attack the side with the heavier losses and annex a tribe first. ”

"As for the specific route of the troops......" After a little silence, Bai Feng asked rhetorically, "Luquis, what do you think?"

"Governor, the specific route of the troops, I think can be divided in this way. Luquis, who had been prepared for a long time, stood up and walked to the map shelf, took out a detailed map of the eastern region from the spatial ring, marking several offensive routes, and explained to Bai Feng:

"The army that departed from our Roman city was divided into five routes, three of which directly crossed the two flanks and tributaries of the Cangluo River, and attacked the southern part of the Luxi tribe on the north bank of the Cangluo River and the southern part of the main stream of the Eastern Alliance, and advanced in a steady and steady manner. ”

"The other two armies went north by transport ship along the main stream of the Cangluo River, with the destination being the northernmost point on both sides of the main stream of the Eastern Alliance; ”

"At that time, the four-way army will attack the ruling areas on the east and west banks of the Eastern Alliance from two directions at the same time, and the army will be almost entirely concentrated in the Eastern Alliance on the front line, and I am afraid that there will not even have a chance to react, and all the rear bases and food sources will be lost. ”

"When the time comes, our army will only need to besiege the Eastern Alliance army for a few days, and the Eastern Alliance army, which has lost its foundation and run out of food and grass, will collapse;

"Lu Quis, is your kind of five-way battle plan a little less invested in the troops of the Luxi tribe?" Bai Feng, who paid more attention to the Luxi tribe, said bluntly: "You must know that the overall strength of the Luxi tribe is stronger than that of the Eastern Alliance. ”

"Governor, we can put into battle a lot of troops, the Roman legions alone have seven, plus four barbarian legions, three barbarian phalanx legions, and two barbarian cavalry legions, the size of the army will reach more than 200,000 troops in sixteen legions. ”

"Although the number of our army in Rome is far smaller than that of the Eastern Alliance and the Lucian Tribe, our army in Rome is far superior to them in combat, and in quantitative comparison, our 10,000 soldiers can definitely defeat 30,000 ordinary barbarian warriors head-on. ”

"This is only a comparison with our most ordinary barbarian legions, and if we replace them with Roman legions, phalanx legions, or cavalry legions, this proportion is obviously not enough, so our army will not fail to live up to the heavy responsibility on their shoulders. ”

Facing Lu Quis's full of confidence, Bai Feng frowned slightly, and then said his thoughts: "Among these sixteen legions, the two cavalry legions are all strengthened to the southbound army attacking the Eastern Alliance, so that the four-way army can attack the Eastern Alliance from the north and south. ”

"Of the remaining fourteen legions, the Spartan legion and the first, second, and seventh Roman legions were combined to form the army that attacked the Lucian tribe, and the Doge's Guard of Wendell and the two legions of the Essini kingdom were also assigned to the continent. ”

Lu Quis naturally had no objection to Bai Feng's rather fair division plan, and then he asked Bai Feng: "Governor, how should the tens of thousands of Tuntian Army soldiers transferred from the Tuntian Army be distributed?"

After tapping the table twice, Bai Feng made an arrangement: "The army that attacked the Luxi tribe will have three Roman legions as the main force of the attack, and only need to be equipped with 5,000 soldiers of the Tuntian Army, and the remaining soldiers of the Tuntian Army will be evenly distributed among the other four armies." ”

"No!"

The discussion between Bai Feng and Luquis lasted until midnight, and seeing that midnight was approaching, Bai Feng, who had agreed on the specific details of the troops, asked Luquis and Vipsani to go back separately, and he himself had to start welcoming the arrival of the new month.

August Financial Report (August 918 AH)

Agriculture: income 3,600 gold, expenditure 0

Mining: income 350 gold, expenditure 0

Trade: income 272,500 gold, expenditure 0

Taxes: 68,400 gold in income and 39,200 gold in expenditure (100 gold each per month for prosecutors, tax collectors, civil protection officers, and patrol guards)

Fortune: 2,300 gold spent (100 gold per month for each general)

Army Maintenance Cost: Spend 0 gold

Recruitment: Spend 14,700 gold (temple summoning generals is also included in the recruitment and special training costs)

Construction: Spend 0

Entertainment: 0 payouts

Diplomacy: 0 income, 0 expenditure

Corruption: 0 income, 1950 gold expenditures

Last month's total: income 344,850 gold, expenditure 58,150 gold

Last month's surplus: income 286,700 gold

Total amount of state treasury at the beginning of the month: 3347250 gold

Last month, Bai Feng used the thirty recruitment quotas of the Roman city system to recruit thirty teams of Roman heavy infantry, and this month, because of the determination of the expedition strategy and the route of the troops, he used all the thirty recruitment quotas for the recruitment of the three columns of warships.

The existing fleet size of the Roman city is difficult to do while continuing to block the two flanks and tributaries of the Cangluo River, while covering the three-way army to attack across the two wings of the tributaries to the north bank and block the main stream of the Cangluo River for dozens of miles, so Bai Feng must expand the size of the fleet for this purpose.

Rome City (City)

Governor: White Peak

Income: 344,850 gold/month

Population: 806273 (2000 per month for the temple)

Social security: +215%

Population growth: +7%/month

Tax Rate: Low tax rate

Treasury: 3633950 gold

Barbarian region: 18 towns directly under the jurisdiction of 2309752

Yamato area: Nine castles (3463855)

Existing buildings: Governor's Residence, Stone Wall, Temple of Apollo, Urban Barracks, Market, Crop Rotation, Deep Cave Mine, Cavalry Stables, Armor Shop, Square Avenue, Shooting Range, Sewer, Public Bath, Shipbuilding Workshop, Arena, University, Shogunate Hall

Under Construction: None

Buildable: None

Looking at the citizen population of Rome City getting closer and closer to the 2.3 million population of the eighteen barbarian towns, Bai Feng's heart was still a little excited;

Of course, the development of the shogunate hall system is also extremely important, because the limited number of battlefield ghosts and shadow killers must all be sent to the Eastern Alliance, and it is even more important to recruit a certain number of ninjas and spies to be sent to the Luxi tribe.