The only defense force of people is prudence.

- Jade Waina (Roman satirical poet)

Although Carabes had four legions under his command, the commander of the first legion was also Carabes himself; Therefore, there were only three legion commanders under the command of Karabes. The commander of the Second Legion, Kadoradu, has a position that goes without saying; He himself is a prince of the former kingdom of Regulia, and he is a general whose qualifications are second only to those bandit gangs.

As for the commander of the Third Legion, Itami, not to mention, it was a veteran figure under the command of Calabess; He is also one of the generals who has followed Calabis for the longest time, and he is absolutely deserved to be the commander of the Second Legion. Brigo, the commander of the Fourth Legion, was also a rank that he had only gained after defeating the powerful army of the Julius family.

Comparatively, Grace is far from the same in every way; In terms of qualifications, even the deputy general of the Fourth Legion, Marglo, is more suitable than him to be the commander of the legion, not to mention the generals such as Ala, Tusus, and Falkus under the command of the First Legion. In terms of combat performance, what is commendable under Grace is the war mastiff troops; Even compared to forest hunters and hoplites, it's still more than a step behind!

More importantly, at that time, Grace led his tribe to surrender to Calabes, which could be regarded as a helpless move under the heavy pressure of Calabes; Now that Calabes has appointed him as his fourth legion, he is really a great love for Grace. Of course, what Carabes values in mind is the great combat effectiveness of the mastiff troops, which Grace himself must be well aware of.

Whatever the reason, Carabes decided to form a new army of mastiffs, and appointed Grace as the commander of the legion. Still, after such an appointment, Karabes still needs to reiterate a few things; Otherwise, the value of the existence of the Mastiff Legion will be greatly devalued, and it will not be in line with the purpose of Calabes.

Before Grace could recover from the surprise, Carabis said bluntly: "Leader Grace, from today onwards, you will be the captain of the Mastiff Legion, and the fourth Legion Commander under my command; Here, I still have to explain to you a lot of things about the Mastiff Legion.

If you can't accept these things, then there is no point in forming a mastiff legion, and I won't form this legion. First of all, there is the problem of your Grace tribe; From now on, every tribe under the rule of Gallic outside the mountains will not be allowed to have an armed force of its own tribe, and your Grace tribe will be no exception.

One of the most important purposes of forming the Mastiff Legion is to include the two thousand Gallic fanatics and two thousand Gallic infantry of your Grace tribe; Of course, I will replace the weapons and equipment of the 4,000 troops with better quality weapons and equipment. Another important purpose is that I need a strong enough mastiff force under my command.

It is impossible to cultivate a large number of war mastiff troops by relying only on the existing 124 war mastiff tamers, nor can it command enough war mastiffs; So, I need you to train more tamers and raise more mastiff troops. In order to preserve your tribe's domestication practices, these new domesticators can all be selected from your tribe; May I? ”

Carabes's offer was not ungenerous, but the price he had to pay was the least willing to pay for Grace; For Grace, the training methods of the war mastiff are a secret passed down from his ancestors, and it is absolutely impossible to pass them on. However, Calabes is also allowed to choose candidates from their own tribe, which is already the most lenient condition.

Grace struggled with this, but had to make her own choice; After a fierce inner struggle, Grace finally made up her mind to use this mastiff training method in exchange for the yellowing of herself and her tribe! After making her decision, Grace stood up in awe-inspiring manner, and made an impassioned statement to Carabes:

"Your Excellency, the reason why I was reluctant to give the mastiff training method to others was because of the limitations of my ancestors; Since you are willing to provide such favorable conditions to our Grace tribe, I will naturally not refuse the order of His Excellency the Commander. It's just that I don't know how many tamers and how many war mastiffs do you think the Commander-in-Chief needs for the Mastiff Legion? ”

After receiving Grace's affirmative answer, Carabis also said with a smile: "General Grace really understands righteousness!" Since General Grace is willing to teach the training methods of war mastiffs to more people, I will also share my thoughts. It seems to me that the future Mastiff Legion will have four brigades of infantry, that is, two thousand fanatics and two thousand Gallic infantry.

In addition, the Mastiff Legion will also have five brigades of Mastiff Brigades; Among them, each mastiff brigade will be composed of five mastiff squadrons, and each mastiff squadron will also be composed of five mastiff squads. This most basic mastiff squad will have five mastiff trainers; The entire army of war mastiffs needs a total of six hundred and twenty-five war mastiff tamers!

In order to give full play to the maximum role of each war mastiff trainer, each war mastiff trainer needs to control ten war mastiffs at the same time during the standing period; This means that the mastiff legion will eventually have 6,250 mastiffs. That's my initial idea, but I don't know how long it will take to accomplish such a goal. Captain Grace! ”

When it comes to the specific issue of war mastiffs, Grace appears professional and cautious; After some careful calculation, Grace replied cautiously: "With the current total number of domesticators in our tribe, it will take at least half a year to train another five hundred qualified war mastiff trainers; After that, it will take at least three months to domesticate the mastiff.

The previous mastiffs were all temporarily trained within a month, and their combat effectiveness was not strong; Only domesticated war mastiffs that have undergone at least three months of training are qualified war mastiffs. Of course, all this presupposes that we must have enough hunting dogs for domestication; Otherwise, this task is impossible for us! ”

Grace's answer was said after much deliberation, and Carabes was willing to believe Grace's words as a professional; Therefore, after Grace finished speaking, Carabis also waved his hand and said: "General Grace, don't worry about the hounds resources, I will definitely provide you with enough hounds so that you can complete the formation of the Mastiff Legion wholeheartedly."

Besides, I don't need you to spend a minimum amount of time training trainers and training war mastiffs; After conquering Gaul beyond the mountains, we will not be expanding again for the next year or two. Even if an enemy attacks, I will not use your army of mastiffs; All you need to do is build your army of mastiffs in a year! ”

Having said that, Grace naturally has no objections; With these things done, Calabis had to turn the conversation to what to do with the Maasai tribes. For the generals present, the Maasai tribe is a conquered tribe and a tribe that deserves to be ruled under heavy pressure; But that's not what Carabes's idea is.

Neither the coming Alpine tribes, nor the Grace tribes, which were in the mountains and inside Gaul, could not be compared in population with the already defeated Maasai tribes; Therefore, how to deal with the Maasai tribes reasonably will become the key to whether Calabes can stabilize the situation in Gaul beyond the mountains, which Carabis knows very well.

Therefore, after having settled the above question, Calabis said after a moment's silence: "Generals, let us now discuss the question of the Maasai tribes. Although the Maasai tribe has been conquered by us, its large population base is still the undisputed largest tribe in the Gallic region beyond the mountains; We must be careful with the Maasai tribes.

In my opinion, the best way to deal with the Maasai tribe is to bring them under our rule. In this regard, my idea is to appoint the young son of the suicidal chief of the Maasai tribe as the new head of the Maasai tribe; In principle, the independence of the Maasai tribe was maintained. In addition, we have strengthened the Grace and Alpine tribes by annexing other small tribes.

In particular, the Terma tribe, a puppet tribe that once belonged to the Maasai tribe, will be completely incorporated into the Grace tribe; In the future, my request is that both the Grace and Alpine tribes develop into large tribes with populations of more than 100,000, and that the Maasai tribes appropriately keep their total population below 150,000.

In this way, we can turn the tribes of the Maasai, the Graces, and the Alps into three tribes that are neck and neck, under the rule of the Governorate of Gaul beyond the mountains; What do you think of this arrangement? ”

In the face of Carabes's question, Grace, the leader of the Grace tribe, and Brigo, the leader of the Alpine tribe, naturally would not speak out against it if they had already gained enough benefits; The other generals would not have an opinion, after all, these things did not affect their interests.

With the consent of the generals, Karabes continued to arrange: "Since you have all agreed to such an arrangement, then I will make specific arrangements for the distribution of each tribe in the future. The Maasai tribe will certainly remain settled east of the Rhône stream, and the settlement of the Grace tribe will move to the plain where the main stream and the flow of the Rhône meet, to the southwest of the Maasai tribe.

As for the Alpine tribes, they settled in the area north of the Grace tribe, to the northwest of the Maasai tribe. In addition to relocating settlements, both the Grace and Alpine tribes will build cities belonging to their respective tribes; Just like the Marseille city of the Maasai tribe, the Grace tribe needs to build the city of Grace, and the Alpine tribe needs to build the city of the Alps.

In addition, in order to solve the problem of chronic food shortages in various tribes, I will turn to the Julius family for help; Let them send enough farmers to teach the various tribes to grow crops, so as to change the backward way of life in the past and completely change the status quo in the Gallic region beyond the mountains. You two leaders must actively cooperate in this regard, and there will be absolutely no resistance to it! (To be continued.) )