"Chapter XVIII: The Spartan Heavy Infantry"
If you have no void in your life, you can die happily, just like you can sleep peacefully if you have no void in a day!
- Leonardo da Vinci (typical artist of the Renaissance)
Last time, Nelson led his army to find twenty idols from the camp where the enemy army held the old and weak women and children of the barbarians, and after Bai Feng obtained these idols, he did not rush to send them to the temple of Apollo to be sacrificed, as long as there was a problem with the treasury funds of the city of Rome. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Under the premise that there is no treasury fund in Rome City, Bai Feng has no point in sacrificing all these twenty gods, so Bai Feng did not consider the sacrifice at all for the time being, and placed all those gods in the backyard of the Doge's Palace.
When it was time to prepare to help the Cheetah Legion build the Macedonian phalanx, Bai Feng, who had to face the reality, remembered that no one in Rome would train those barbarian warriors at all, even if it was the summoned Licinius and Antio, they didn't understand the Macedonian phalanx.
In fact, in the Roman world where Bai Feng was originally located, the Macedonian phalanx was almost an unused battle array, even though the eastern forces similar to the Seleucid Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt, as well as the forces on the Greek peninsula, still used the pikeman phalanx, but it was not a real Macedonian phalanx, it was just a false imitation.
If the Cheetah Legion wants to truly form the Macedonian phalanx, there must be at least two factors: first, the tacit cooperation between the various arms, in addition to the necessary phalanx pikemen, but also the assistance of warriors, archers, and cavalry.
Second, the core of the Macedonian phalanx is ultimately the most important phalanx pikemen, and all other efforts will be in vain if the pikemen of the Cheetah Legion cannot be trained to be resolute warriors who are not afraid of life and death and know how to form formations.
Normally, a standard Macedonian phalanx of pikemen should consist of 4,096 pikemen, of which 64 pikemen form a platoon, and a phalanx of sixteen rows in depth has 1,024 pikemen, and four such small phalanxes form a standard phalanx.
This standard phalanx is supplemented by a long-range strike force of 1,024 archers, a mobile force of 1,024 cavalry, and light infantry of 2,048 warriors with shields and swords, making a total of 8,192 soldiers a standard Macedonian phalanx.
With the production capacity of the blacksmith in the city of Rome, the formation of pikemen, light infantry, and archers is not a problem, and the formation of cavalry also needs the cooperation of Nelson, and the key to the problem is the training of pikemen.
Bai Feng, who had no choice, could only pin his hopes on the summoning special class of the Temple of Apollo, as long as the High Priest of Binglan could summon a team of Spartan heavy infantry for the city of Rome, then the formation of the Macedonian phalanx of the Cheetah Legion would go smoothly.
With the two idols, Bai Feng came to the Apollo Temple again, after entering the temple, this time the High Priest of Binglan was in the temple, but Bai Feng, who had been extremely curious recently, didn't plan to say anything, he saw the High Priest of Binglan and went straight to the point:
"Binglan, I have two idols here, you sacrificed them for me to summon special troops, but this time I want to summon specific Spartan heavy infantry, can this kind of summoning with specific objects be carried out?"
"Do you want to summon a summon with a specific object?" The High Priest of Binglan glanced at Bai Feng who was in a hurry in a little surprise, and then thought about it and replied, "It's not impossible to summon such a summon, but the price you need to pay is twice that of a normal summon." ”
"Don't say it's twice as much, even if it's three times, I have to summon it!Binglan, since you can summon those two idols, you can quickly help me sacrifice, I will recruit a team of Spartan heavy infantry, and the rest will increase your life period." ”
Bai Feng, who was still waiting to help the Cheetah Legion form a Macedonian phalanx, did not intend to waste time on this summoning, and after the High Priest of Binglan noticed the anxiety in Bai Feng's tone, he did not hesitate to start this sacrifice and summoning.
The sacrifice of the two statues of the gods was nothing more than a wave of his hand for the High Priest of Binglan, who had been promoted to the temple sacrifice, and after waiting for more than ten minutes, a group of Spartan heavy infantry was summoned by the High Priest of Binglan.
"Are you going to leave like this?" As soon as the summoning of the High Priest of Binglan was over, Bai Feng was about to leave the temple with his legs drawn, but unfortunately he hadn't reached the door of the temple yet, and the soft and sweet voice of the High Priest of Binglan came from behind him.
Well, this really feels awkward in Bai Feng's ears, as if Bai Feng is a man who is unkind, and he has played with the feelings of the high priest of Binglan and wants to run away, and the embarrassed Bai Feng has no choice but to turn around and come back.
"I called you back to tell you that the power of faith contained in these two idols just now is not bad, better than the ones sacrificed before, and even if you summon this team at twice the cost, there is still a lot of residual power of faith.
I have increased my life span by ten years, and I have helped you increase the population of the city of Rome five times by the power of other faiths, and I know that you have been struggling to deal with the external threat of the city of Rome lately, and I can only help you with this way. ”
"Alas......" I didn't expect the High Priest of Binglan to call him back to say this, listening to the soft words of the High Priest of Binglan, Bai Feng's heart felt sour, he really owed her more and more, and only after sighing helplessly did Bai Feng say:
"Binglan, in fact, our Roman City is really not as fragile as you think, you just need to protect yourself, you have helped me enough, you just make me feel more and more indebted to you!"
"But I really just want to help you, I stay in the temple all day, and I can't go outside to help you do anything else, and even the only thing I can do for you is the power of faith from the sacrifice of the idol you sent, alas......"
Seeing the pitiful look of the High Priest of Binglan, Bai Feng's heart that originally wanted to persuade the High Priest of Binglan not to do so in the future also softened instantly, and he hurriedly smiled and comforted the High Priest of Binglan:
"Okay, okay, I'm losing to you in this matter, and you'll be in charge of the sacrifice in the future, so I won't say anything more about you, but don't think too much about our Roman city, remember to increase your own life period appropriately!"
After walking out of the temple, Bai Feng really saw a group of Spartan heavy infantry wearing red military uniforms and big red cloaks on their shoulders, holding a heavy Greek shield with their left hand to their chest, and a spear about three meters long in their right hand.
"Thisissparta!" After this Spartan heavy infantry saw Bai Feng walking to their side, they knelt down on one knee and shouted a slogan to Bai Feng that made Bai Feng's blood boil, looking at this group of soldiers called 'Red Pants', they are the real strongest pikemen, Bai Feng believes that they will definitely be able to train qualified Macedonian phalanx pikemen for the Cheetah Legion!