After negotiating with Aetius, Luga traveled for nearly a month to finally lead his newly formed legion to Agrippena in the Belgian province of Gaul.

This is where Luga is going to go to Britannia, and after nearly half a year's absence, he will return here again, and it will still be the same.

It's just that the tavern that disgusted Lugata no longer exists, and all that remains is a burnt black ruin, and the ruins have been warning passers-by that this is the end of the challenge to the Empire.

In the barracks, Luga gathered all the new men and children of the Ninth Legion, dressed in armor and armed with spears and shields, lined up in a square that had been emptied of personnel.

More than 9,000 people stood in the square, and Luga chose a small second floor and stood on the balcony, followed by Arecio and Sebastianus.

"I now have soldiers and armaments, so I need military rations." Luga looked at the still somewhat chaotic soldiers in the audience, who couldn't even stand in formation. After all, there are too many improvised conscripts, many of whom don't understand the discipline of the army, but the distance from Ravenna to the Belgian province of Gaul does cost a lot of effort. It's no longer as brand new as it was at the beginning, but it's unkempt, the shoes are badly damaged, and some are even barefoot.

"This looks like a soldier ready to go to battle, otherwise it looks like a festive parade, and it really can't be handled." Looking down at the soldiers below, Lu Jia couldn't help but nod his head again and again, and it was not difficult to see that it was this kind of soldier that he liked.

Finally, under the urging of many centurions, the huge army finally quieted down, and everyone raised their heads to look up at Luga, who was standing on a high place. Quietly waiting, waiting for Luga's next instructions.

"Ha, yes, it looks like you've reaped a lot of benefits when you go back." Behind Luga, Arecio exclaimed, "Not only are there a lot more soldiers, but looking at their equipment, they must have made a lot of money to your uncle Augustus!" ”

"Ha, if I can make so much money, maybe I'll be even more arrogant! If I had what you said, I would have been beating the barbarians in Britannia by now! ”

"Has the military ration tax been paid?" The time for laughter had passed, and now it was time to get down to business, Luga asked Arecio.

"Yes, but now the food is only enough for the civilians to replenish themselves and feed the army, which is too difficult." Arecio's face was solemn, and Luga could understand his mood at this time, after all, he had gone through too many wars, and this province urgently needed a long time to rest and recover before it could maintain the basic garrison of the army, and if it was said that it would take several years to recover if it was to provide surplus food to sustain the army's expedition, during which it could not be invaded again by the barbarians, Luga did not have such a long time to wait, and the attack was urgent now. "We have enough numbers now, but we have to come up with a battle plan to attack the enemy. I have only brought enough food to sustain an army for a month, so for the sake of war and territorial defense, I may bring half of my army, and leave the rest to you, Lord Arecio. ”

"Luga, can we imagine it?" "We can wait until next year, because we are close to the river, and we can catch fish and eat because we don't have enough food to keep our army alive and train them for the rest of the day," said Arecio, "We can wait until next year, because we are close to the river and we don't have enough food to eat, so that we can keep our army alive and train them in the rest of the day, so that they can be better prepared to fight." ”

"It will take at least three years to do that." Luga shook his head and said to Arecio, "I can't wait too long, after all, if the plan drags on, the endless things that follow will be difficult to deal with." Luga gritted his teeth and said, "I understand that these soldiers are extremely lacking in training, and I am afraid that such necessary training can only be implemented on the battlefield." ”

"What?" Arecio's face was incredulous, as if Luga was joking with him rather than talking about serious questions. "You're just going to attack Britannia with a month's worth of food? You must be crazy, Luga, if you come across any hard bones, you must retreat, or you will be defeated and killed, and I will not be able to help you in this area that has long since fallen. ”

"I've thought about it for a long time." Luga said, "But I have no choice, I have formed a short-lived military alliance with Aetius, and God knows if he will be treacherous." ”

"Aetius, you actually believe that bastard, that barbarian?" Arecio didn't believe his ears anymore.

"You understand, Arecio." Luga explained: "We had offended Theodoric when we attacked Dulotor Collam, and I am not sure if Theodoric was a vengeful man. But as far as I know about the Goths, they are still very brutal and difficult to communicate, so as a prudent decision, I intend to reorganize the Ninth Legion. Originally, I thought that the old and weak in the legion should not participate in the expedition, and they would be given a piece of land here to farm and live with peace of mind. But they seemed to be determined to liberate Britannia, and they were extremely resolute, and some said that they had sacked Rome and were determined to end the suffering of the oppressed Roman citizens. Then let them go, I'm afraid after a real war, they will understand. ”

"But what about the ships, we need warships to cross the sea, and there are a huge number of warships. There's no way we're going to swim through. Arecio asked.

"You don't have to worry about that." Luga said: "The navy I formed in Great Sicily at that time was donated by Augustus, and now it is barely enough to transport soldiers, but it can only be divided into batches, and we cannot be allowed to go on all lines. Therefore, the first batch of soldiers to land must hold on for two weeks, so the first batch of troops to land must be elite troops! ”

"So what are you going to do?" Arecio then asked.

"The Ninth Legion won't go up, so let the Fourth Auxiliary Legion of Marenius go up, and now I can only do so much." Luga said, patting Arecio on the shoulder and saying, "The Fifth Lark Legion is here. You divide the legion into two parts, one to the Rhine Line and one to Durokortoram, at least to be guarded by an army. Now the military is tense, and I can't trust that auxiliary force anyway, so I'm going to take them with me to Britannia. ”

Two days later, Berialius appeared on the Rhine with a large fleet, where they docked at the port of Agrippena and were being supplied by the Franks, an alliance of the opposing empire, along with Agrippena. This also means that Luga is about to depart.

"How can I see that the Ninth Legion you brought back are all unfamiliar faces." Malenius approached Luga, who asked him what was going on.

"It's time to come, it's coming." Luga thought to herself.