"Chapter 20: No Generals in the Legion"
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Since Bai Feng returned to the Governor's Mansion with High Priest Binglan, the atmosphere in the Governor's Mansion has been more awkward, the new council hall and the rooms and bathrooms of the entourage occupy the second floor of the Governor's Residence, and the third and fourth floors are independent spaces.
Yue'er, who had moved her bedroom to the fourth floor early, prepared an almost identical bedroom for High Priest Binglan next to her bedroom, and except for the common bathroom, the other rooms were all vacant.
Yue'er, who had never allowed anyone else to touch her bathroom, was willing to let High Priest Binglan use her bathroom, which in Bai Feng's eyes represented Yue'er's attitude, but what made Bai Feng helpless was that what happened next was far from being as simple as he imagined.
Bai Feng, who lived on the third floor, naturally looked up and didn't look down with Yue'er and Binglan High Priest upstairs, not to mention, everyone still had three meals together every day, and the time spent together would inevitably become longer.
In the past, Bai Feng and Yue'er always talked and laughed when they ate together, and even said some ambiguous conversations similar to those between lovers, all of which made Bai Feng feel warm, but now, eating every day is about to become the most difficult thing in Bai Feng's day.
Yue'er, who properly placed the High Priest of Binglan, didn't really mind as Bai Feng imagined, in fact, no matter what the High Priest of Binglan and Bai Feng did, Yue'er looked cold.
Bai Feng, who tried to make Yue'er happy several times, ended up embarrassed under Yue'er's expressionless face, and after several days like this, Bai Feng, who was helpless, gave up his stupid idea of wanting to amuse Yue'er, and turned to not get involved with Yue'er and the high priest of Binglan.
Even if Bai Feng, who didn't talk much, he still felt a strange atmosphere when he saw Yue'er and Binglan High Priest in the governor's mansion every day, so much so that Bai Feng now went out early and returned late every day, and spent almost all of his time in the barracks of various legions.
From inspecting the army one by one, to inspecting the six towns directly under the city of Rome with the soldiers of the personal guard battalion, in just one month, Bai Feng, who was unwilling to stay in the governor's residence, inspected the entire sphere of influence of the city of Rome.
At this time, the afterglow of the New Year has not yet disappeared, and the prestige brought by the love of the people to Bai Feng himself is also at its peak, and whenever Bai Feng brings the soldiers of the personal guard battalion to a small town, he will always be warmly welcomed by all the residents.
When the residents who organized themselves offered their own specialties to Bai Feng, Bai Feng, who felt that the people were available, did not refuse their kindness, but before leaving this town, Bai Feng would always leave enough gold coins to give to the town's tribune.
These gold coins left by Bai Feng will be used on the residents of the town in the name of the Governor's Palace, and they will be taken from the people and used by the people, this is the simplest idea in Bai Feng's heart, he will not accept the gifts of the civilians who have a difficult life in vain.
If the performance of the people's will during the inspection process moved Bai Feng, who was not a man who loved the people like a son, then the review of the six Tuntian legions made Bai Feng discover a serious problem that he had been ignoring all along.
The six towns directly under the city of Rome correspondingly set up six special tuntian legions, although they are nominally tuntian legions, but their weapons and combat effectiveness are no worse than the armies of ordinary barbarian tribes.
Especially in terms of weapons and equipment, the large number of enemy weapons and equipment captured by the Roman army made the soldiers of the Tuntian Legion enough to be fully armed, and Bai Feng, who admired the Qin army back then, also did not hesitate to arm these soldiers.
Practicing in his spare time and plowing in busy time is Bai Feng's strict requirement for the soldiers of these Tuntian Legions, even if they are not the front-line combat troops of Rome City, they are equivalent to the existence of reserve troops.
After the Battle of Longbow, the Roman army marched into the Estheni Kingdom, and the Roman army, which was seriously short of soldiers, drew a large number of soldiers from the Tuntian Legion to supplement the field legion, and this fact proved the great military value of the Tuntian Legion.
And the problem that Bai Feng discovered came from the command of the Tuntian Legion, so far, three of the six Tuntian Legions in Rome City were in a state of no commander of the legion, which was simply a cruel reality that Bai Feng could not imagine.
It turned out that Bai Feng, who had been busy with the training of supplementary personnel in various field corps, completely forgot about the lack of command from the commanders of the three Tuntian Corps; it was not until he came out to inspect the Tuntian Corps this time that Bai Feng remembered this crucial issue.
The commanders of the first, second, and third Tuntian legions were respectively headed by three generals, Palmer, Isido, and Auston, while the fourth, fifth, and sixth tuntian legions were not under the command of the legion, and Bai Feng had to find suitable commanders for these three legions.
In the army of Rome, which lacked enough generals, it was impossible to draw generals who were qualified enough to serve as the commander of the legion, and the current commanders of the field legion were not the objects of Bai Feng's consideration, it was a complete sacrifice of the basics.
After carefully examining all the existing generals in Rome City, Bai Feng still did not find a suitable candidate for the commander of the legion; the country cannot be without a king for a day, and the legion cannot be without a master for a long time, after thinking about it, Bai Feng decided to promote the two commanders of the Doge's Guard.
Wendell, the infantry commander of the Governor's Guard, and Simpson, the cavalry commander, were appointed by Bai Feng as the acting commanders of the 4th and 5th Tuntian Legions, respectively, and the newly promoted system general Leonida was also selected by Bai Feng and appointed as the commander of the 6th Tuntian Legion.
With Leonidas's record, his appointment as the commander of the 6th Tuntian Legion would not be questioned by anyone, while Wendell and Simpson, who were the commanders of the Doge's Guard, had to serve as acting captains for the time being.
The so-called acting legion commanders are actually the corps commanders of these two legions, but it takes a transition time; after Wendell and Simpson were transferred, Bai Feng directly abolished the position of commander of the arms in the Doge's Guard.
In this way, the Doge's Guard became a true legion, with Peris serving as the corps commander of the Doge's Guard, and his subordinate infantry wings, cavalry wings, and longbow wings were commanded by the captains of their respective wings.
What Bai Feng didn't know was that his exceptional promotion of Wendell and Simpson this time had invisibly added a higher gold content to the position of the Governor's Guard, and in the eyes of those captains and captains, the Captains of the Governor's Guard had become the quickest path to the Legion Captain!
You know, the Doge's Guard was originally the most elite warrior of all the soldiers in the city of Rome could be selected, and any ordinary soldier of the Doge's Guard was enough to serve as a captain of ten in any other field legion.
Ordinary soldiers had squeezed their heads to join the Doge's Guard, but now this trend has swept through the middle and senior officer classes of other legions, and becoming a member of the Doge's Guard has become, to some extent, the highest pursuit of the soldiers of Rome!