Life itself is full and does not need any ornamentation, and only those who miss the true meaning of life, those who fail to realize the breadth and depth of life, will want to exaggerate life. Life does not become beautiful because of your external exaggeration, you can only find its beauty in it when you become one with it.

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

In the next few days, Bai Feng first made a trip to the Roman port to see the majesty of the Seven Columns, and to Bai Feng's surprise, the heavy weapons used in the bow of the Seven Columns were not ballistas similar to those of the Five Columns.

Placing a heavy siege weapon, such as a ballista, on a ship is an initiative to increase the combat power of a battleship, but it also has a number of limitations, such as the fact that a ship capable of equipping a ballista must be large and strong enough to withstand the recoil of a ballista shot.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the ballista was placed on the bow of the trirean battleship, it would only take five shots at most, and the keel of the trirem would be damaged.

Only the more complex and stronger ships of the Five Columns could truly withstand the recoil generated by ballista fire without any pressure, which is why the Five Columns could become the core of the Roman fleet, while the Three Columns could not.

Whether it was the Roman world in the past or the current Tianlong Continent, Bai Feng, who had never really seen the Seven Columns of Battleships, had always thought that the Seven Columns of Battleships were just an enlarged version of the Five Columns of Battleships, and it was impossible to completely surpass the Five Columns of Battleships.

However, facts have proved that the strength of the Seven Columns is far from being comparable to that of the Five Columns; if the Five Columns are compared to the lions on the sea, then the Seven Columns are like armored war elephants on the sea, and the two sides are not of the same magnitude at all!

Seeing the Seven Columns of Battleships with their own eyes and walking up to the white peak of the 'Roma', they realized that the heavy weapon in the bow of the 'Roma' was not a ballista, but a small trebuchet! What was even more terrifying was that there were four ballistae on each side of the ship!

This means that on just one 'Roma', there is a small trebuchet and eight ballistas! You must know that the ballista that can be recruited in Rome City has only two ballistae per team; I have to say that the combat power of the Seven Columns of warships is indeed terrifying!

On the flagship of the First Fleet of Nams, the 'Imperial', Bai Feng did not know how to deploy troops, and he did not intend to ask, but after careful observation, he decided to deploy 200 longbowmen, crossbowmen, and elite warriors on his 'Roma'.

In addition, there will be 10 resident spellcasters, priests, battlefield ghosts, and shadow killers, at least two teams of battlefield ninjas, and 5 sword saints.

After returning to Rome from the port of Rome, Bai Feng began to discuss with Luquis, who had just returned to Rome, the choice of legions for the expedition to the Yamato Empire, and according to Bai Feng's original idea, he planned to transfer two Roman legions and two barbarian legions to form an expeditionary army.

However, Luquis, who hurriedly returned to Rome City, thought that Bai Feng's dispatch of four legions to the Yamato Empire at once would inevitably have an impact on the current stable situation in Rome City, so he suggested that Bai Feng could only send three legions at most to form an expeditionary army.

As for these three legions, it is still the number that Luquis gave after he learned that the Eighth Legion would be officially formed at the beginning of next month, otherwise, the maximum number he gave would not be three, but two, and the Roman legion could only have one!

In Luquis's view, there were 60,000 shogunate troops under the command of Bu Weixin and Andong Ietada as the main force, as well as six standing armies of the Yanhuang family, with nearly 70,000 soldiers as auxiliaries, and Bai Feng, who did not intend to be an enemy of the entire Yamato Empire, really did not need to bring too many troops.

What's more, with the end of the war for the unification of the eastern region, the orc empire's support of the Eastern Alliance across the Sunset Mountains has been confirmed by the city of Rome, which will be a huge threat to the city of Rome.

In order to ensure that the Orc Empire did not pose a threat to the northeastern territory of the eastern part of the city, which was already part of the city of Rome, Luquis suggested stationing at least two phalanx legions and two Roman legions on the east bank of the main stream of the Cangluo River and the north bank of the right flank tributary.

After careful consideration, Bai Feng agreed to Luquis's suggestion and decided to station the Second and Third Roman Legions, reinforced by auxiliary legions, in this area, and at the same time, the two phalanx legions of the Cheetah Legion and the Flying Leopard Legion would also be stationed in this area.

Hartmann's Fourth Roman Legion and Aldington's Fifth Roman Legion, as well as Lucas's Eighth Roman Legion, will be stationed on the west bank of the Cangluo River along with Perris's Lions, Bazel's Tigers, and Eggers' Eagle Legion.

On the west bank of the main stream of the Cangluo River and the north bank of the left wing tributary, this vast land not only contains most of the territory of the former Eastern Alliance, but also the northwestern part of Lu, which belongs to the Roman city, and the southwestern part of Lunan, which is an independent state, and it is reasonable to send heavy troops to garrison it.

Of the remaining legions, Marcus's Sixth Roman Legion and Lucurus's Seventh Roman Legion, as well as Brono's Dragon's Legion, would follow Hakufeng's expedition to the Yamato Empire, while Licinius's First Roman Legion and Leonida's Spartan Legion remained in Rome.

Bashirek's Hammer Legion and Nelson's Swift Wolf Legion had both lost a large number of cavalry in the previous battle, so the main task of these two cavalry legions in the coming months was to recover their combat effectiveness as quickly as possible, rather than to carry out combat missions.

However, if the situation in Rome requires it, Luquis, who is in charge of Rome, will have the power to mobilize the Hammer Legion and the Swift Wolf Legion stationed outside Rome at any time, and as the supreme military commander of Rome, Luquis is second only to White Peak.

After determining the garrison of the legions in the city of Rome, Luquis suggested to Bai Feng that this expedition to the Yamato Empire should take the troops of the Aceni Kingdom and the Luci Kingdom with him, and even the Doge's Office could take this opportunity to reorganize the armies of the two kingdoms.

The reason why Luquis made this suggestion was because the kingdoms of Aceni and Lucy, which had greatly expanded their populations, both possessed very strong strength, and for the sake of the rule of the city of Rome, Luquis felt that some means should be used to appropriately weaken their strength.

The typical Romanesque general was both a qualified military general and a mature statesman, and there is no doubt that Luquis was the quintessential Romanesque general. Of course, the reason why he made this suggestion, Bai Feng himself knew it.

Rome vassal power attribute table

Vassals: Essini Kingdom (Rich) / Lucy Kingdom (Normal)

Region: Savage Lands East (Aceni)/Savage Lands East (Lucy)

Faction Leader: Queen Boudicca (High Senior Swordsman, Aceini) / King Yoki Yamashita (Fourth Rank Spy Lucy)

Influence Population: 1015485 (Aceni) / 990462 (Lucy)

Faction Strength: 247659 Warriors (Ethini) / 326427 Warriors (Lucy)

Forces: 65,000 soldiers (Ethini) / 100,000 soldiers (Lucy)

Force Loyalty: 85 (Aceni)/67 (Lucy)