We forget that money is for use, and instead, money becomes a sign of our identity and status. Then, we start comparing it to other people rather than enjoying it itself. This became a pathology, and making money became the opposite of a healthy life.

- Sadhguru (Enlightened Being, Enlightened Yogi, Mystic, Visionary Humanitarian, Outstanding Spiritual Teacher)

It is certainly unrealistic to let the 60,000 or 70,000 Lucy prisoners of war return to their original settlements, and these warlike barbarian warriors, remaining in their settlements, will sooner or later become an obstacle to the urbanization of the Roman city in the northwestern part of Luci.

In order to avoid this situation, the integration of captured Lucy warriors into the Roman army has become Bai Feng's usual method, from the original Tasya tribe, to the later Esini tribe, and then to the Werther tribe, Bai Feng has repeatedly approved of this method.

The problem now is that even if Bai Feng has the intention to integrate all the Lucy prisoners of war into the Roman army, the large number of Lucy prisoners of war is still a big trouble for the Roman city, which has its own heavy responsibilities in the army.

In particular, the presence of Gregory, Roderick, and Hale, who were once the three famous Lucy generals of the Quakemon Luci tribe, meant that as long as they were alive in this world, the Lucy warriors who had lost their tribe would have a lot of respect for them.

Although there is an insurmountable gulf between respect and allegiance, who can guarantee that the warriors of Lucy, who lack faith, will not have allegiance to their former famous generals?

Regarding the handling of the Lucy prisoner of war issue, Bai Feng almost had a general idea in his heart: that is, to integrate all the Lucy prisoners of war into the Tuntian Legion in Rome, and use the soldiers of the Tuntian Legion loyal to the Roman City to dilute the Lucy prisoners of war and reduce their threat.

When Bai Feng informed Lu Quis of his thoughts, Lu Quis, who had other ideas in his heart, rarely did not agree with Bai Feng's ideas, but instead put forward some new suggestions to Bai Feng on the issue of the combat effectiveness of the Roman legions.

"Luquis, you mean, with the current strength of our Roman legions, it is difficult to form a fighting force on its own?"

"Governor, I think that the present strength of our Roman legions can at best cope with some local skirmishes, and once the scale of the battle escalates to 30,000 enemy troops, our Roman legions will lack the strength to fight independently. ”

"Is it caused by the small size of the legion?" Bai Feng, who did not personally command the Roman legion to participate in the big battle, humbly asked Luquis: "Or is it the weakness of the individual combat strength of our Roman army, which has been exposed?"

"The Doge, the Roman light infantry, the Roman youth army, and the Roman heavy infantry, which formed the main force of the Roman legions, were all very good soldiers, and although their individual combat strength was inferior to that of the barbarian warriors, they were far superior to the barbarian warriors. ”

Speaking of this, Luquis seemed to be afraid that Bai Feng would not understand, so he gave him an example: "Taking this battle as an example, the 10,000 soldiers of the Fifth and Sixth Roman Legions not only blocked the attack of more than 50,000 soldiers of the enemy army, but also stabilized the enemy army in the battle. ”

After a little explanation, Luquis said his thoughts: "In my opinion, what really limits the combat effectiveness of the Roman legions is not that the individual combat strength of the Roman armies is weak, nor that their establishment is too small, but that the auxiliary forces that cooperate with them in battle are too few. ”

"Too few auxiliary troops?" Bai Feng, who understood the deep meaning of Luquis's words, frowned slightly and said, "Each Roman legion has three wings of longbowmen as auxiliaries, and if you add their auxiliary forces, will it cause the legion to be bloated in its establishment?"

"In the Roman legions, which were full of 15,640 soldiers, the continued addition of auxiliary warriors would indeed lead to a bloated legion. Lu Quis took out a copy of the plan he had already prepared from the space ring, and handed it to Bai Feng with both hands:

"Governor, this is my plan for the formation of auxiliary legions based on the performance of the Roman legions in this actual battle, please take a look. ”

"Auxiliary Legion Formation Plan?!" Bai Feng, who suddenly remembered the relationship between the Roman Legion and its auxiliary legion in real history, stretched out his hand to take the formation plan handed over by Luquis, he did not immediately express his position, but slowly browsed this very specific formation plan.

After about five minutes, Bai Feng, who had carefully read every word, put down the formation plan in his hand, raised his head and asked Luquis, "Luquis, do you want to form a separate auxiliary legion composed of barbarian warriors for each Roman legion in addition to the Roman legions?"

"At this stage, that's right. Luquis nodded, and then added: "However, with the further development of our power in the city of Rome, the soldiers who make up our auxiliary legions cannot be limited to barbarian warriors forever. ”

"This is natural. Bai Feng agreed: "The composition of a single auxiliary legion is not beneficial to the development of the combat strength of our Roman legions, and a diversified auxiliary legion is an effective way for us to improve the combat power of the Roman legions." ”

Based on the understanding of the Roman legions in real history, Bai Feng naturally understood how important the auxiliary legions were to the Roman legions, and it is no exaggeration to say that the Roman Empire was established because of the Marian military reform and the professionalization of the Roman legions.

The Roman Empire was able to grow into the only empire that lasted for hundreds or even thousands of years in the European world, and the Roman auxiliary legions, formed by the warriors of the barbarians and other civilizations, played a crucial role.

Dalmatian knights, Thracian warriors, Spanish mercenaries, Cretan archers, Illyrian javelinmen, Greek pikemen, etc., it was these powerful troops from all regions of the empire that formed the auxiliary legions of the empire.

There is no doubt that the development of the auxiliary legions of the Roman Empire is basically a history of the Roman Empire reaching its peak step by step, so that the Roman Empire, which was in a stage of decline, had to rely on their powerful auxiliary legions to maintain the survival of the empire.

The Roman Empire, which relied on the alien auxiliary legions to survive, did not escape the fate of being destroyed by the alien races in the end, but from another perspective, without the support of these alien auxiliary legions for many years, could the Roman Empire really become an unprecedented thousand-year empire?

Anyone who really knows the history of Rome knows that both the Western Roman Empire, which died early, and the Eastern Roman Empire, which survived until the Middle Ages, all originated in Rome on the Apennine Peninsula and were the Roman Empire with its roots.

The so-called Byzantine Empire is just a historical title used by later generations to distinguish the various stages of the Roman Empire, such as the Roman Empire, the Western Roman Empire, and the Eastern Roman Empire.

In view of this, Bai Feng was very interested in Luquis's plan to form an auxiliary legion, but was it a bit risky to use a large number of newly captured Lucy warriors to form an auxiliary legion in Rome?