THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 138: THE SUPERIORITY OF THE NEW ARMY
The Roman Legion was a heavy infantry force of the Roman Empire, their existence also became a reason why the Roman Empire could win many wars from other kingdoms.
By the time of Augustus, each Roman Legion consisted of 5,000 troops. But over time, the number of legions became steadily reduced until it was divided into 1000 to 1500 troops in each legion.
The greatest advantage of the Roman Legion was their strong military discipline, besides that the troops in the Roman Legion could use a lot of weapons such as swords, spears, shields, javelins and other weapons.
Unlike the Praetorian Guard, the Roman Legion did not come from bodyguards but rather they were actually soldiers who were on the battlefield. Therefore, the Roman Legion's ability on the battlefield must have been far above that of the Praetorian Guard.
Then, the reason Myro could recognize this army in front of him as the Roman Legion was the golden eagle flag that was in the middle of their army.
The Roman legions famously had flags that became banners for their troops. No matter what, the legionaries would do their best to keep their flags from falling into enemy hands.
As long as the Roman Legion lost their flag, it was as shameful as all the troops in the legion.
Even some troops in the Roman Legion would not hesitate to sacrifice their lives so that their flag would not fall into the hands of the enemy, showing how important a banner was to the Roman Legion.
All the new troops appearing in front of Myro stood still in an orderly manner. Although snow continued to fall on their bodies, these soldiers stood still as if the cold temperature around them was completely absent.
A soldier who had the most different armor, most likely he was the leader of this legion immediately advanced towards Myro and knelt on 1 foot.
"My lord, my name is Gladius! From today until the day we die, Gladius and the 1500 soldiers of the Roman Legion will give their allegiance to the lord!", cried Gladius who was kneeling on the ground.
Seeing Gladius, Myro learned that this man was a silver general.
Although his strength was still below Falka, Retya and Lopen, but that did not mean Gladius was not strong.
At least Myro was sure, a silver general like Gladius was still stronger than the Serpent.
Not to mention that it was all just a level, if Gladius continued to train, then there was a possibility that he could compete with the strength of a gold-level general in the future.
Based on what Myro knew, that level was only a starting point for a general or a figure called Myro.
Because of this, the gold-level general was much stronger than the silver-level in the beginning. But as the silver general continued to train more than the golden general, there was a possibility of the silver general becoming equal or stronger than the golden general.
So did all the other jobs, be it merchants, blacksmiths, assassins as well as others.
Moreover, Gladius looks still 20 years old, Myro believes at most 10 years into the future, Gladius can have the power of a gold-level general.
"Gladius, you can stand up! My name is Myro Aras, from today onwards, I must be in dire need of the help of your Roman Legion in order to win every battlefield I face", he said", said Myro who helped Gladius stand up.
"It is our duty to help you!" said Gladius, who stood up again.
"What weapons can the Roman Legion use?", asked Myro again to ensure that he could make a suitable plan in the future.
Gladius thought for a while before replying "In general, the Roman Legion had learned how to use every weapon be it spears, swords, shields, javelins, bows and others, etc, so we can use any weapon without any problem. But each Roman Legion had their own special skills, however, there were many Roman Legions that made each legion have the expertise of the preferred weapon in order to cover their weaknesses. The Roman legion I led was more skilled using swords and shields, we were able to form formations very quickly as well".
Myro nodded, he was not too surprised about it.
Each Roman Legion must have its own main expertise. If all the troops were only experts with swords, how could they win against archers or cavalry? Therefore, each legion uses different weapons that are useful to support each other between legions.
"Let your troops go to the barracks first with Falka, there is the Mongol Cavalry who will be your comrades so you must get to know each other" Myro said.
"Okay, sir!", replied Gladius with Falka.
2 The man went out of this place with the 1500 Roman legions in an orderly manner.
With the help of the 1500 Roman Legions this time certainly benefited greatly from the assault on Fort Rulfes, Myro became increasingly confident about their victory without having to sacrifice too many troops.
"Retya, send a letter to Feld, we need more supplies of weapons here and armor. In addition, tell Torn to make a special suit of armor of the Orcs. Orc bodies were much larger than humans, they had to create their own special armor as well as a large shield. Even if we plan to sacrifice Orcs and Goblins as our shields, since they helped me then I won't be too cruel to them either. At least they could have some extra equipment that magnifies their chances of life" Myro said.
"I see, I will send a letter as soon as possible" said Retya who left from this place.
Myro looked at Ren who was behind him "Ren, how long do you think it will take us to take Rulfes Fortress?".
"For at most 2 months" Ren said without hesitation "The grandson of General Herfu can only come around next week. Then there are 3 cities that we must seize, because of the snow weather then our troops can not move quickly to seize all these cities. It takes about 2 to 3 weeks to capture these 3 cities without making our soldiers tired. While taking Fort Rulfes, at most 2 weeks. Then the reason I assume that for at most 2 months is the possibility of the Orc-Goblin Kingdom sending aid here, as long as they send more troops, we will definitely need a longer time in order to win. But with the strength of the present lord, 2 months should have been more than enough".
"2 months? Not too long!", said Myro smiling confidently "I'm sure the General from the Northern Border, Herfu can last for 2 months without any problems until help from us arrives".