"Chapter 6: The Avenger Legion I"
If we could realize that force can never win cooperation and love, the world would be free from countless tensions and without doing so much useless work.
– Alfred Adler (Austrian psychologist)
The Fourth Route Army, which was stationed outside Kogorin County, was busy training recruits and learning new battle formations, especially the Yulin Army of which Bai Feng was the commander, the Forty-fifth Army of Assasis, the Forty-sixth Army of Upadama, and the Forty-seventh Army of Athos.
Bai Feng, who is also the commander of the Yulin Legion and the commander of the Fourth Route Army, has a large number of military affairs to deal with every day, so Hans, the deputy general of the Yulin Legion, is actually exercising the power of the corps commander instead of Bai Feng.
The 50,000-strong Yulin Legion used Roman heavy infantry weaponry, and the other three standing legions, headed by a system general, used Roman youth army weaponry.
The core essence of the Roman legions lies not in the sophistication of weapons and equipment, but in the coordination of sophisticated weapons and equipment and flexible tactics; in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the four legions under his command, Bai Feng's requirements for generals such as Hans and Assassis are not low.
The 39th, 40th, and 40th legions under their command of the 39th, 40th, and 40th legions of the city defense army are still far behind the three newly formed legions in terms of weapons and equipment.
Although weaponry is an important factor in measuring the combat effectiveness of a legion, it is absolutely not the decisive factor; D'Ambrosio and the other three generals, who are constantly striving for self-improvement, have strengthened the training of the officers and men under their command more attentively on the premise that they know that the equipment of the officers and men under their command is not good.
This meant that the generals under Bai Feng's command had their own affairs to do, and they didn't have the time and energy to help him form a new refugee legion, while the generals of the Fire Legion had plenty of time, but they couldn't get Bai Feng's full trust right now.
After some careful consideration, Bai Feng felt that he only had the generals of the pro-guard under his command, who could be transferred to form a new refugee legion, Aetius and Cabitus, two generals who were worthy of the position of legion commander.
The Parthian archers, the three generals Atassis, Upadama, and Athos, were far less talented in commanding infantry battles than Aetius, who was born in the Roman Youth Army, and Cabitus, who was born in the Spartan heavy infantry, and the latter two had stronger infantry command ability.
As for the pro-guard team that has no commander for the time being, Bai Feng already has a more suitable candidate for the commander in his heart; Luculus, who was previously appointed by Bai Feng as the commander of the pro-guard battalion in Rome, has long been reduced to a bare-bones commander with no soldiers and no generals under his command as the strength of the pro-guard battalion has dried up.
Rather than letting him stay in Rome and do nothing, it is better to transfer him to the Fourth Route Army to serve as the commander of the personal guard, and Bai Feng, who had this idea, put this idea into practice as soon as he returned to his military camp, under the escort of the five Flame Sword Saints.
The barracks where the White Peak military tent is located is a military camp where the soldiers of the pro-guard team are stationed, and the task of guarding the military tent is carried out by six teams of Spartan heavy infantry in turn;
Even with Bai Feng's personal appointment, the five wing captains of the pro-guard team were still slightly dissatisfied with the newcomer Luculus; this is the law of survival in the army, only the truly strong can win the recognition and respect of the soldiers, and the weak will even have a hard time surviving.
Luculus, who was already in a bad temper, didn't have a good face for Cabaye, Siqueira and the others who were not convinced;
Feeling humiliated, Cabaye and the other five co-captains really joined forces to fight with Luculus in anger, how could the five people whose strength was only a seventh-level senior sword master be the opponent of Luculus, the great sword master?
In just three minutes, Cabaye and the other five people, who went all out, were beaten by Luculus, who was ruthless, and their noses and faces were swollen; after proving himself with his strong strength, Luculus did not embarrass Cabaye and the others, and even personally asked Huamu to treat them.
Cabaye and the others, who were both ashamed and admired in their hearts, would no longer question Luculus's ability after this battle, and the proud soldiers of the pro-guard were completely subdued by the powerful Luculus.
With Luculus, a general, in charge of the Guards, Bai Feng devoted all his energy to the formation of the Refugee Legion, and among the more than 300,000 refugees gathered in Kogolin County, the number of real young and strong was less than 50,000, and the rest were old and weak women and children who had no combat power.
The commander of the orc army is not a fool, he will not let potential combat soldiers leave the Fallen Province, if it were not for the old and weak women and children who would not have been able to go far, maybe the 50,000 young men would not have a chance to leave the Fallen Province and flee to the Nice Province.
With these 50,000 young men as the base, Bai Feng, who knows the people's hearts well, deliberately added three hard rules to the recruitment conditions: first, do not kill those who are not under the age of 25; second, do not kill those who are not close relatives; and third, do not have an only child in the family and have relatives to take care of.
The last two of these three rules, Aetius and Cabitus, are understandable, but the first one is very difficult for them to understand, because the existence of this rule will result in fewer people among the already small number of young people who are qualified to join the army.
In this regard, Bai Feng's explanation is that the Fourth Route Army has 220,000 soldiers, all of whom are real imperial soldiers, and it is enough to regain lost territory;
Before the Imperial Military Department gave the official number, Bai Feng gave the Refugee Legion the name of the Revenge Legion, and all the officers of the Revenge Legion at all levels were drawn from the six standing legions of the Fourth Route Army, and they had extremely rich combat experience.
In five days, Aetius recruited a total of 3,000 qualified refugees at six recruiting points in Kogolin County, and only 11,000 refugees were recruited by Cabitus, who was responsible for recruiting troops in the other three counties.
Of the 350,000 young men among the 1.5 million refugees, 14,000 were carefully selected, and their overall quality was almost comparable to that of the Standing Army.
These fourteen,000 sets of weapons and equipment were purchased by the Westminster Chamber of Commerce from the Rhine Chamber of Commerce, and while they were of great value, their quality could indeed stand the test, at least much better than those now distributed by the Imperial Military Department.
After solving the problem of weapons and equipment, it was the division of the specific combat units of the soldiers: Aetius and Cabitus, who were appointed by Bai Feng as the commanders of the first and second revenge legions respectively, each of which had fourteen standard 500-man brigades.
Because the Fourth Route Army lacked enough officers at the rank of wing commander, the wing commanders of the other legions were promoted from the position of captain in the firing line; in desperation, the two newly formed revenge corps had to temporarily not set up a wing first-level combat unit.
On the third day of the official formation of the Vengeance Legion, tens of thousands of indignant refugees spontaneously blocked the entrance of the barracks of the Fourth Route Army; it turned out that Bai Feng underestimated the hatred of the refugees for the orcs and underestimated their enthusiasm for joining the army.
Nearly 20,000 young refugees between the ages of twenty-five and thirty, after repeatedly joining the army to no avail, gathered together to cause this large-scale commotion;