Andrew slowly opened his eyes, he looked at me, although he said that he didn't say a word, it was really an exciting move! Prove that he is alive and that he is fine.

Andrew looked even paler at this point, and it seemed that letting him get cold on the ship was the stupidest decision I had ever made.

"Well, are you sure it's him?"

The soldier next to the carriage asked me and took the piece of coarse cloth from my hand. I nodded, and at the same time, I saw him hurriedly put the coarse cloth on Andrew's back, and complained dissatisfiedly: "He's a seriously injured man, and the air here could make his wounds infect at any moment." ”

I agreed with his words, but I was still a little incredulous, because I didn't expect to meet Andrew in this place.

"Well, then, you shouldn't have any other perfunctory things now."

The mercenary leader came up behind me and asked me, and I looked back, not saying anything, just nodding. I saw that the corners of the mercenary's mouth secretly rose slightly, and he beckoned, and the soldier behind him who was originally responsible for escorting me immediately understood, stepped forward and grabbed the rope between my hands.

Now I have no complaints when I am led by them, I follow them obediently, although I am bound, but I walk much more steadily.

The group was silent, except for the sound of horses' hooves and wheels, there was only the sound of people's footsteps along the way, and no one was willing to open up a topic for everyone present to discuss, or rather, they had been together for too long, and there was nothing to say.

Walking along the uneven path, it took less than four or five hundred meters to walk out of this wooded area that felt very large. In the sun, the path was followed to the end of the road, where there was curling smoke, and when you got closer, it turned out to be a town, nestled in a grove of trees.

"Coming soon, Agrippena, the last town in the Empire's Belgian province of Gaul that has not yet fallen."

Standing on the abrupt mound, the mercenary looked at the town in sight, and his words became much heavier. It's far enough away from the battlefield, maybe it's against the wind, so the stench doesn't drift over. He also proudly pulled down the shield that covered his mouth and nose, and took a deep breath of fresh air.

"How long have you been on guard?"

I stood behind him and asked him, it's really hard to imagine that in such an isolated place, no one comes to the rescue, maybe the country has forgotten about them, but it doesn't matter, they only sell their lives for money, so it's the same everywhere.

"How long? It's been a long time. ”

The fellow felt like he had lost his soul, especially when he heard my question, he supported himself with his short rifle against the ground, stroked his forehead, lost his mind for a moment, and then straightened the dome of the fur hat on his head.

"Let's go, it's not safe outside, and there will be Bagorda elements attacking us at any time."

The mercenary leader didn't seem to want to say a word to me about them, and he took my rifle and let the soldier who was leading me follow. The group was only on the road for a short time, and my feet ached from the dirt road under my feet, but fortunately the town was not like a mirage all the time.

As we got closer, the Agrippyna on the frontier of the empire grew larger, and the details became clearer.

It is worthy of being the last fortress of the empire in the Belgian province of Gaul, and after the repeated attacks of the Bagordaw elements, the traces of the fire on the walls and the ruins destroyed by the stones are unreservedly displayed in front of me.

"No one knows how long we will be able to hold out, and no one knows how much patience the Bagunda elements have with us."

The head of the old mercenary always spoke up before I could ask a question, probably just to find someone to talk to, but he didn't want to hear anyone ask him. Man is a contradiction, he hates to answer something, but he wants to talk about it.

This time I was smarter and no longer consciously asked him questions, but listened quietly and listened to what he wanted to say next.

"So, stranger, let me ask you a question."

For the first time, this guy obviously didn't want to talk to me, but he turned around and asked me, and before I could nod his head and agree: "You said you were an officer of the Empire, so why are you here?" Also, your Marshal Aetius once claimed to recover all the lands lost by the Empire in Gaul, so why, they haven't come yet? ”

"Are you scared? Am I right? ”

"Answer my question!"

Seeing that this guy was going to be angry again, I had to reach out and try to appease this tantrum guy, I really couldn't figure it out, this guy was about to become a grandfather, and I had no choice but to obey.

"Okay, okay, I'll answer, I'll answer!"

I lowered my head and sorted out my thoughts, and replied slowly: "First, my origin, to be honest, you may not believe it, my companion and I were beaten into the river, and then floated here. Second, Marshal Aetius was trying, but you also understand that the enemy was not just a bunch of barbarians who knew nothing, as you might think, and they were more difficult than we thought, and it was only a few days ago that we had defeated the Burgundians who stood in our way. ”

"What? Defeated the Burgundians! ”

The mercenary leader's eyes lit up as he listened, like a man in the mire of despair when he suddenly saw a hand reaching out to him. At this time, he approached me like this, and his voice began to tremble a little because of his excitement: "Do you mean that the Burgundians standing in our way were really defeated by Aetius?" You swear? ”

"It wasn't Aetius who defeated him!" "It was thousands of Roman soldiers who defeated it, and I was part of it, and I kicked the damned Burgundians into the river with my men." ”

"Great! That's great! ”

The old fellow was now happy like a child, pacing happily and babbling like a repeater: "Saved, saved, saved!" ”

"You're scared!"

He didn't pay any more attention to me, and when he heard the seemingly great news, he beckoned the team to move faster.

Approaching the ruined gate of Agriphi, the soldiers defending the city were as tattered and exhausted as the walls.