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Escorted by Simpson's cavalry, Hakuho hurried back to Rome and urgently summoned the commanders of the various legions who were training the soldiers, and even Antio, who commanded the governor's guard, was left behind to attend the upcoming military conference.

"I called all of you here today to tell you that we are about to go on another expedition. After all the generals who came in a hurry were seated, Bai Feng, whose face was sinking like water, directly told the generals about the theme of today's meeting.

"In the morning, on our way to the camp of the Tasya Tribal Alliance, we came across a force of two thousand cavalry attacking the warriors of the Tasya Tribal Alliance.

After arriving at the Tasya Tribal Alliance, we learned that a powerful force called the Eastern Alliance had recently crossed the left flank tributary of the Cangluo River and entered the south bank of our Cangluo River, and launched a war of conquest against the tribes near the southern bank.

In the month that we were recuperating and training our men in Rome, the troops of the Eastern Alliance had already marched south to the camp of the Tassia Tribal Alliance, and if we had not arrived in time to discover this today, I am afraid that in two days our allies would have been gone.

This kind of thing happened first of all because of our own carelessness, the camp of the Tasya Tribal Alliance was blocked by the cavalry of the Eastern Alliance seven days ago, and we didn't even know about it, which has to be said to be our own failure!

From now on, I hope that this will never happen again, and that our patrolling cavalry in Rome must be present in all areas that belong to our sphere of influence, and that no enemy will be left with any opportunity to take advantage of! ”

Speaking of the problem of Rome City's own indiscretion, Bai Feng's tone already carried a trace of anger, and Nelson, who was personally named and entrusted with the important task by Bai Feng, immediately got up from his seat and assured Bai Feng sonorously:

"From today onwards, the mobile unit guarantees that it will not leave any enemy with anything to take advantage of!"

"Okay! I'm sure General Nelson you won't let me down, I won't say much about this in the future, and after today's meeting, you will draw 1,000 cavalry from the 6,000 cavalry of the mobile unit to form a special patrol, and the patrol affairs will be yours. ”

After handing over the future patrol affairs of Rome City to Nelson, Bai Feng did not waste any more time on this issue, but directly returned to the central topic just now, and continued on the matter of the Eastern Alliance:

"Although none of you here have heard of the name of this Eastern Alliance, their strength is extremely strong, and they are not inferior to the three major tribes that dominated the Eastern Region in the past, and they are even much stronger than the Aceni tribe that is now divided.

According to the information provided by the small tribes who were forced by the Eastern Alliance to move south to the Tasya Tribal Alliance, the so-called Eastern Alliance is a force composed of eighteen powerful tribes, and their total strength in this attack to the south is about 60,000.

It is important to note that of the nearly 60,000 troops, we know that 50,000 infantry soldiers and 5,000 cavalry are strong, and we do not know the strength of their infantry soldiers, but their cavalry is in no way inferior to the combat effectiveness of Nelson's cavalry. ”

Hearing Bai Feng say that the cavalry of the Eastern Alliance had combat effectiveness that was not inferior to that of the cavalry under Nelson's command, the faces of Eggers and Nelson changed significantly, and even Licinius, who had fought head-to-head with Nelson's cavalry, was also shocked, and Bai Feng had to add:

"Simpson and Antio led the five hundred cavalry of the Doge's Guard to attack them on the initiative, this assessment of combat effectiveness was made by General Antio, I think with General Antio's strength, his assessment should be worthy of all of you. ”

At this moment, the generals present could not question Bai Feng's words, after all, General Antio was a top general in Rome City with the strength of a high-level great sword master, and his assessment made under the personal battle with the enemy cavalry was indeed worthy of everyone's trust.

"If this makes you feel unbelievable, then the information that follows may shock you even more: the nearly 60,000 Eastern Alliance troops we are about to face are not the main forces of the Eastern Alliance at all, but just an ordinary army of theirs.

This means that when the enemy forces are engaged, the army of our city of Rome may be reinforced from the rear at any time, and the more than 40,000 troops commanded by the generals here are the entire strength of our city of Rome.

Even if the Tasya Tribal Alliance could provide us with about 15,000 warriors, our total strength would be roughly equal to that of the Eastern Alliance's southward invasion army, and from a strategic point of view, we would be at an absolute numerical disadvantage this time.

In addition, the natural barrier of the Cangluo River is no longer in our hands, and our army cannot sit on the geographical advantage, so we can only confront the enemy head-on on the battlefield, all of which is very unfavorable to our side of the Roman city.

However, this battle is inevitable for us, whether it is for the safety of the city of Rome itself, or for the future position of the city of Rome in the entire eastern region, we must fight this war with the Eastern Alliance, and we must win!"

Bai Feng's voice echoed in the huge conference hall, and the faces of the generals present all showed solemn expressions; as Bai Feng said just now, this was a war that Rome did not want to participate in and could not be avoided, but could it really be won?

The war between the city of Rome and the tribes of Tasia was not a war at all, at best it was a relatively large-scale battle, the war between the city of Rome and the Acenian tribe, the existence of the Cangluo River gave the city of Rome all its geographical advantages, and the unexpected capture of Eggers became an opportunity for the Acenian tribe to surrender to Rome.

Is there such good luck in the city of Rome now? The Eastern Alliance, which appeared this time, is several times stronger than the Acenian tribe of Queen Boudicca, and the natural barrier of the Cangluo River is gone, can the army of Rome really win this war with hard power?

Ask yourself, Bai Feng himself doesn't have absolute confidence in the army of Roman City, let alone the generals sitting below, maybe Roman City can really defeat the tens of thousands of southern invasion troops of the Eastern Alliance, but what if the Eastern Alliance sends additional reinforcements?

There are countless unsatisfactory things in the war, and it is impossible for Lady Luck to always favor the city of Rome, what can the city of Rome rely on to win this war? The system of the Roman total war is almost invincible, but does Bai Feng have time to develop the city of Rome?

Maybe there will be countless difficulties and setbacks waiting for Bai Feng and Rome City in the future, but now the crisis from the Eastern Alliance has become a matter of life and death in Rome City, can the generals in the council chamber surprise Bai Feng?