The higher you go, the more lonely you are, and the lower you go, the more you are with others.

- Osho (Founder of Rajnesh Ashram)

Now that the topic has been turned to the military, the next topic naturally revolves around the military, and with the current military strength of the Roman city, it is not difficult to destroy the Lucy tribe or the Eastern Alliance alone, but it is impossible to attack both tribes at the same time.

Even if the city of Rome had a naval superiority that the Lucian tribe and the Eastern Alliance could hardly match, it would not have the strength to be one against the other, and after nearly two years of recovery and development, the strength of the Luxi tribe and the Eastern Alliance had become stronger and stronger.

"Luquis, you are the military commander of the city of Rome, and all the battlefield ghosts lurking on the north shore will regularly report to you on the situation on the north shore, you come to tell me, what is the strength of the Luxi tribe and the Eastern Alliance now?"

"Governor, if it were compared to our Roman city, neither the Eastern Alliance, which had a numerical superiority, nor the Lucian tribe, which did not even have a numerical superiority, would be a match for our Roman city army, but if compared to them in the past, their development was indeed rapid!"

"Oh?" Bai Feng, who hadn't paid attention to the Luxi tribe and the Eastern Alliance for too long, said in a surprised tone, "They've become stronger?"

"They're getting stronger faster than we thought. Luquis's voice was a little dull and said, "In less than two years, the number of troops in the Luxi tribe has at least doubled, and the expansion speed of the Eastern Alliance is even more terrifying!"

"There must be demons when things go wrong, are they aware of the existence of our Roman City, or are they already aware of the destruction of the Werther tribe?" Bai Feng, whose brows were also furrowed, casually guessed: "Or, is there a leak of the news from the Aceni Kingdom?"

"With the Cangluo River and our fleet, neither the Luxi tribe and the Eastern Alliance on the north bank, nor the Aceni kingdom on the east bank, can pass on information, and even those desperate refugees have no chance of returning to the north bank after coming to the south bank. ”

After answering Bai Feng's guess first, Lu Quis said his judgment: "According to the information sent back by the battlefield ghosts, coupled with the previous big battle between the Luxi tribe and the Eastern Alliance, the strength between them should be the result of opposing each other. ”

"The result of targeting each other?" Bai Feng, who was slightly stunned, immediately reacted and said, "You mean that the purpose of the Luxi tribe and the Eastern Alliance's current desperate efforts to accumulate strength is for them to start a big war between them that will decide the life and death of their own tribes?"

"That's how it should be. Bai Feng, who was uncertain in his words, did have a determined expression when he spoke, he stood up and walked to the huge map placed in the conference room, pointed to the Luxi tribe marked in yellow on the map, and said:

"Two years ago, the total population of the Luxi tribe was about 2.4 million, with about 200,000 infantry and 60,000 cavalry in the more elite standing army, and hundreds of thousands of infantry and 20,000 cavalry in the Eastern Alliance, with a total population of less than one million. ”

Later, as the aggressive Eastern Alliance continued to expand westward, the Battle of Lehr, in which both sides were defeated, broke out between the Luxi and Eastern Alliances, which not only woke up the arrogant and domineering Eastern Alliance, but also the self-enclosed Luxi Tribe. ”

"After the Great War, there were several internal strife within the Eastern Alliance, which had lost its main force of expansion, and the ruling Eighteen Tribes exchanged blood several times, until the new Eighteen Tribes stabilized, and the Eastern Alliance began to expand to the north and east. ”

Not to be outdone, the Luxi tribe first restored its standing army to 200,000 infantry and 50,000 cavalry after the war, and then built a second-line army of 300,000 ordinary tribal warriors in addition to the 250,000 standing army. ”

When Lu Quis said this, Bai Feng interrupted him and said, "250,000 standing infantry cavalry troops, 300,000 second-line soldiers, and the total population of Lu Xi's tribe is only 2.4 million, are they desperate to fight to the end with the Eastern Alliance?"

Luquis patiently explained to Bai Feng: "The leader of the Luxi tribe of Viriasius is not a stupid person, if he really plans to fight to the death with all his troops, I am afraid that the Eastern Alliance, which was the main force of the elite in the battle of Leer, will be completely destroyed by the Luxi tribe long ago." ”

"The reason why he did not pursue the Eastern Alliance immediately after the Battle of Youreel was because he did not want to lose both sides with the Eastern Alliance, and only half of his newly established 300,000 second-line warriors were warriors of the Luxi tribe, and the other half were from the vassal tribes of the Luxi tribe. ”

"The outbreak of the Battle of Lell was caused by the forcible destruction of the subordinate tribes of the Luxi tribe by the Eastern Alliance, and the vassal tribes of the Luxi tribe were far more than this one tribe, and the number of other tribes of all sizes vassal to the Luxi tribe was about twenty or thirty. ”

These twenty or thirty vassal tribes, on the one hand, out of a state of self-preservation and on the other hand, could not refuse the orders of the Luxi tribe, and finally provided the Luxi tribe with a total of 150,000 warriors, so that the Luxi tribe had the current size of the army. ”

"What about the Eastern Alliance?" Seeing that Lu Quis had been talking about the Lu Western Tribe, Bai Feng asked him, "When the size of the Lu Western Tribe's army suddenly increased to 550,000, what was the size of the Eastern Alliance's army?"

"The group of frenzied war maniacs of the Eastern Alliance are the ones who have really brought into full play the characteristics of the barbarian tribes and all the soldiers, and the Eastern Alliance, which has a population of only 1.5 million under its rule, has actually cobbled together an army with a total of 700,000!"

As soon as Luquis's words came out, before Bai Feng could express his shock, Vipsani, who was full of disbelief, exclaimed, "A population of one and a half million has formed an army of seven hundred thousand?!"

"That's right, with a population of 1.5 million, an army of 700,000 has been formed!" Lu Quis, who felt unbelievable himself, said with a wry smile: "Otherwise, how could the leader of the eighteen tribes of the Eastern Alliance be called a war maniac?"

"I'm afraid these 700,000 troops include a lot of old people, children, and women, right?" Bai Feng, who had regained his composure, hit the nail on the head and said: "Otherwise, there may not even be 300,000 young and strong among the 1.5 million people, where can there be so many troops?"

"It's not just a lot, it's just an incredible number!" Lu Quis took out a stack of papers full of things from the spatial ring, handed it to Bai Feng and said, "Among the 700,000 troops of the Eastern Alliance, there are only less than 300,000 true young warriors. ”

"The other army of more than 400,000 people, all of whom were old and weak, women and children of the tribes that had lost power and conquered them, formed this army of 700,000 by turning all those who were not from their own tribes into what they called special warriors. ”

Hearing this, Bai Feng was puzzled: "Among the 700,000 troops of the Eastern Alliance, there are only 300,000 soldiers with real combat power, but the Luxi tribe has 250,000 elites and 300,000 soldiers;

Facing Bai Feng's doubts, Lu Quis replied with a solemn face and a serious tone: "Because the 400,000 army of the Eastern Alliance, composed of old and weak women and children, is far less weak in combat effectiveness than outsiders imagined, and even their combat effectiveness is not much worse than that of real warriors!"