If you shut out all your mistakes, the truth will be shut out as well.

– Rabindranath Tagore (Indian poet, philosopher, and Indian nationalist)

Among all the generals under Bai Feng's command, the vast majority of the generals were convinced by Bai Feng, even if there were occasionally some people who were inconsistent with each other or who were forced to stay under Bai Feng's command, it was difficult to shake Bai Feng's absolute authority in the army.

When he was on the Eastern Battlefield of the Empire, Bai Feng relied on his own efforts and achievements to win the recognition of the generals under his command, and at that time, no matter what kind of unbelievable orders Bai Feng issued, the generals below would not hesitate to carry them out.

At this time, among the large armies stationed in Besançon Province on the battlefield in the north of the empire, only the old troops brought by Bai Feng himself still unconditionally obeyed Bai Feng's orders, and the military headquarters was assigned to the five standing corps under Bai Feng's command, and they would not unconditionally obey any orders from Bai Feng.

The two corps commanders with excellent qualifications, Luis and Di Maria, and the three corps commanders Cavani, Tevez, and Renard, who have a faint military background, whether they really obey themselves or obey themselves with ulterior motives, even Bai Feng himself can't say.

The loyalty system of Rome City is only valid for those who are loyal to Bai Feng, such as the iron-blooded five tiger generals handed over to Bai Feng by the Duke of Rundstede;

Even so, Bai Feng spared no effort to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Standing Corps such as the Fourteenth Army Corps, because Bai Feng firmly believed that these five standing legions that temporarily belonged to his command would sooner or later be labeled by themselves!

As for the Lance Legion that Bai Feng personally formed, as long as their first Legion Leader Cabitus served for no less than half a year, Bai Feng would be confident, even if the Spear Legion would be replaced by ten Legion Commanders in the next ten years, the Spear Legion would still be loyal to his Legion.

Just like the six standing legions left by Duke Gna on the eastern battlefield of the empire, the standing legions commanded by three system generals, such as Asassis, Upadama, and Athos, needless to say, must be loyal to Bai Feng's legions.

Even the standing army commanded by the three tiger generals under the former Duke of Rundstede, such as D'Ambrosio, Bella, and Giannou, could not change the court, and only those who had really experienced the battle of sunset and the battle of retreat knew how high Bai Feng's prestige in the army was.

It is no exaggeration to say that every soldier in the three standing legions, including the 39th Legion, the 40th Legion, and the 44th Legion, has been rewarded by Hua Mu's life-saving grace and Bai Feng's gold coins;

For the legions under the command of Louis and the other five legion commanders, Bai Feng, who was unwilling to become the target of the public, did not take very obvious measures to buy, but rhythmically provided some good benefits for their legions to win the hearts of the army.

For example, Bai Feng personally took out 200,000 gold coins and rewarded the 100,000 soldiers of the five standing legions, on the grounds that the soldiers of each standing legion trained hard and deserved to be rewarded and rewarded.

Because Bai Feng personally took out 200,000 gold coins, the matter was not even reported by the military department, and the officers and ordinary officers and soldiers of the five standing regiments, who would refuse to get the gold coins?

First there was the reward of gold coins, then the large-scale replacement of weapons and equipment, and finally the addition of officers and knights (the officers of the Lance Regiment were drawn from various legions) brought about by the expansion of the army; how could the officers and officers of these five standing legions not worship and respect Bai Feng?

At present, the first thing he needs to do is to let the commanders of the five standing legions and the commanders of the Iron Guards accept the command of Quintus.

The commander of the Predator Guard, Ranocchia, is one of the five iron-blooded generals who are famous for his military achievements, and he is also a military general who is loyal to Bai Feng, and Bai Feng is confident that as long as he gives a formal order, Ranocchia will definitely obey the command of Quintus.

As for how much of Ranocchia's obedience is recognition of Quintus and how much is respect for Bai Feng, it is obvious, and there is no doubt that such a result is not what Bai Feng wants.

Under the personal escort of four teams of ironclad cavalry, Bai Feng led Quintus to the bank of the Xingyue River fifty miles away from the barracks, followed by seven legion commanders, including Luis, Di Maria, Cavani, Tevez, Renard, Montgomery, and Ranocchia.

Looking at the turbulent water in the Xingyue River in front of him, he remembered Bai Feng in those days on the barren land, and said with emotion: "This river has always existed like this, I don't know how many heroes have been witnessed and the destruction of the country, who can leave their own name?"

"General, I believe that even in another five hundred years, the name of the Yulin God of War will still be passed down in the military history books of our empire!" Reynard, who was active-minded, immediately greeted with a smile: "The empire will never forget the name of a hero!"

"I'm not much of an Imperial hero, I'm just fighting for survival, that's all. Bai Feng, who shook his head in denial, turned his words and went straight to the point: "I called you here today because I wanted to discuss something with you. ”

"Discuss things?" The generals who looked at each other looked at Bai Feng with puzzled eyes, in their opinion, the banks of the Xingyue River, which had no secrecy at all, were not a good place to discuss military affairs, could it be that there were some unrelated matters that needed to be discussed?

"Before I get down to business, let me introduce you to you. Bai Feng pointed to Quintus beside him and introduced: "This is General Quintus, he is not only a qualified commander of the army, but also one of my most trusted confidants. ”

Knowing that Quintus, who was not good-looking, was actually one of Bai Feng's most trusted confidants, the generals present opened their mouths to say hello to Quintus, and Montgomery, who was the last to say hello, turned to Bai Feng and asked:

"General, you just said that General Quintus is a qualified commander of the army, can I understand that you intend to hand over the legions of the five corps commanders including General Louis and General Ranocchia to General Quintus?"

"This ......" Montgomery's direct hit Bai Feng by surprise, but fortunately, Bai Feng had already made enough preparations, so after a slight pause, he went straight to the point and said: "Yes, I do intend to appoint General Quintus as the commander of the army that lures the enemy." ”

"And the purpose of calling you out alone to-day is to hear your opinions, and if General Quintus can convince you to accept his command, then I will give him this official order when I return. ”

"What if General Quintus can't convince us?" General Louis, who had a slightly unruly look in his eyes, said in an indifferent but unusually firm tone: "We are all killed in the sea of corpses and blood, not anyone, we are all qualified to be our commanders. ”

Although the other generals have not yet expressed their stance like Louis for the time being, their eyes all show a look of approval, and the development of things is just as Bai Feng expected, and Louis and other generals who are willing to accept his command are not willing to accept Quintus's command.