"Chapter 1: The Vassal Legion"
Miracles do not come with a loud bang, on the contrary, miracles come quietly. The miracle comes as quietly as a flower blooms and a tree grows.
- Sadhguru (Enlightened Being, Enlightened Yogi, Mystic, Visionary Humanitarian, Outstanding Spiritual Teacher)
The Essini Kingdom, with a total population of 1,015,000, had 247,000 young men, but their army numbered only 65,000 soldiers in four legions, and another 180,000 young men were scattered in various villages and towns within the Esceni Kingdom.
The Lucy Kingdom, with a total population of nearly one million, had 326,000 young men, while their army numbered only five legions and 100,000 soldiers, and another 220,000 young men were distributed in various villages and towns within the Lusi Kingdom.
The main reason why Luquis proposed to let Bai Feng send the troops of the Aceni Kingdom and the Lucy Kingdom to participate in the expedition was because the loyalty of the people of the two vassal kingdoms to the city of Rome and the Doge's palace had dropped to the point of uneasiness.
In particular, the Aceni Kingdom, which was originally loyal to the Roman city, has reduced its overall loyalty from the previous full value to 85% after gaining more than 300,000 people from the Eastern Alliance, and the Lucy Kingdom is not much better, and its loyalty is only a pitiful 67%.
However, after all, the Lucy Kingdom had just been incorporated into the rule of Roman City, and the growth rate of its loyalty was still satisfactory to Bai Feng, and as for the Aceni Kingdom, how long would it take for them to assimilate the people of the Eastern Alliance, which was a matter of great concern to Bai Feng.
Bai Feng, who really couldn't spare time to go to the Aceni King City, could only send his sword-wielding attendant Maxi to the Essini King City with a full two hundred carts of grain, which Bai Feng specially allocated to Queen Boudicca, so that she could use it to help the people of the Eastern Alliance.
Although the Kingdom of Esceni is a vassal force of the city of Rome, and Queen Boudicca is the woman of the White Peak, this does not mean that the Governor's Palace of the city of Rome can bypass Queen Boudicca and interfere in the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Esini.
Whether it is all kinds of materials to assist the development of the Acenic Kingdom, or to help the Essini Kingdom to help the people of the Eastern Alliance, the Roman city must first hand over to Queen Boudicca through official channels, and then Queen Boudicca will distribute it in her personal name.
Of course, what Maxi was ordered to bring to Queen Boudicca was not only two hundred carts of grain, but also an important order issued by Bai Feng himself, which was the plan for the transfer of the army of the Essini Kingdom after Bai Feng and Lucis had discussed.
There are four legions in the Aceni Kingdom, namely the Legion of the Guard, which is directly under the Queen, the First Legion of Nardoba, the Second Legion of Assamese, and the Third Legion of Joshur, among them, the most elite Legion of the Guard, with a full strength of 25,000 soldiers!
The Third Legion, second only to the Legion of the Guard, was also a royal descendant of Queen Boudicca, and the weapons and equipment used by the 20,000 soldiers in its legion were all relatively sophisticated weapons and equipment provided by the city of Rome.
The First Legion of Nardoba and the Second Legion of Assam were not so much the standing legions of the Aesini Kingdom as the ornaments used by the Queen of Boudicca to buy people's hearts, and the quality of their men and weapons was far from that of the previous two legions.
There is no doubt that the troops that Bai Feng decided to transfer from the Essini Kingdom this time were the First Legion of Nardoba and the Second Army of Assamese, but the current size of these two legions was far from meeting Bai Feng's needs.
According to Luquis's suggestion, the 1st Legion of Nardoba and the 2nd Legion of Assam, with a full strength of 10,000 soldiers, must be expanded to 25,000 soldiers before the expedition, and the Guards Legion and the Third Legion of Jossier that remained in the Kingdom of Essini should also be expanded accordingly.
Luquis suggested the expansion of the 1st Legion of Nardoba and the 2nd Legion of Assam, and Bai Feng agreed to his suggestion, so what Maxi brought to Queen Boudicca was the official order that Bai Feng had already decided.
How to expand the Legion of the Personal Guard and the Third Legion of Joshua directly under Queen Boudicca, it is up to Queen Boudicca's own decision, and the promise that Bai Feng asked Maxi to bring is that after Queen Boudicca's decision, the city of Rome will provide the weapons and equipment needed for the expansion.
Bai Feng sent his sword-wielding attendant Maxi to the royal city of Aceni, and sent the shield-wielding attendant Darnell to the Luci royal city under construction.
There are five legions in the Lucy Kingdom, namely the Guards Legion directly under Yamashita Yoki, the First Legion of Natsukawa Heiko, the Second Legion of Wiled, the Third Legion of Valk, and the Lucy Expeditionary Legion of Nishimura Jun, and the establishment of each legion is different.
Considering the peculiarities of the Luci Kingdom (the king of Lucy, Yamashita Yoki, was originally a figure in the shogunate system), Luquis and Hakuho unanimously decided to transfer the Second Legion of Vered and the Third Legion of Valc to participate in the Roman city's expedition against the Yamato Empire.
With only 10,000 soldiers, the Second Legion of Vered and the Third Legion of Valk were obviously deficient in terms of strength, and the number of young men in the Kingdom of Lucy was relatively large, so Lucis suggested that these two legions be expanded to 35,000 soldiers.
In addition, the Nishimura Jun Lucy Expeditionary Legion, which had previously followed Bai Feng to fight, will officially change its name to the Fourth Legion of the Lucy Kingdom, responsible for staying in the Lucy Kingdom with the First Legion of Natsukawa Heigong and the Guard Legion directly under Yamashita Yoki.
Before the reorganization, the Nishimura Jun Luxi Expeditionary Corps had 15,000 soldiers, the First Regiment of Natsukawa Heikoshi had 20,000 soldiers, and the Guards Regiment directly under Yamashita Yoki had 10,000 soldiers.
The purpose of Bai Feng and Luquis's active urging of the Essini Kingdom and the Lucy Kingdom is to reduce the number of young people in these two kingdoms in order to maintain the internal stability of these two kingdoms; otherwise, too many young people will only bring endless hidden worries.
After sending Maxi and Darnell, Bai Feng only waited eight days for Maxi to return to Rome from the royal city of Aceni, and he returned with the reply that Queen Boudicca had decided to change the name of the Legion to the royal forbidden army of the Kingdom of Aceni, and expand it to 40,000 soldiers!
In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the royal forbidden army, the 15,000 soldiers needed by Queen Boudicca to expand the royal forbidden army were all selected from the third army of Joshuaer, and the third army, which left only 5,000 veterans, recruited 25,000 new soldiers, expanding the number of soldiers to 30,000!
In this way, the number of troops in the Aceni Kingdom will increase from 65,000 to 120,000, and at the same time, the number of young and strong people in the Essini Kingdom will be reduced from more than 180,000 to less than 130,000, which is also a good thing for Queen Boudicca.
Even the self-conscious Queen Boudicca was so cooperative with Hakumine's layout, and Yamashita, who was a figure in the shogunate system, naturally had no reason not to cooperate, and Darnell, who then returned to Rome, brought back Yamashita Yoki's unconditional obedience to the order's reply.