More than two months passed, and Luga led the combined army to besiege Carthage for more than two months, and at this time, everything was very well prepared, whether it was the stone bullets of trebuchets, siege towers and ladders and battering rams.

Compared with these complete siege equipment, what is more full is Luga's confidence in capturing Carthage at this time.

"With 60,000 ground troops and enough siege engines to consume, we can kill all the Vandals in the city, whether they are old people or children!" As for the Vandals, Luga now clenched his fists in hatred at the thought of them, and wished he would rush in and kill them all, but reason kept telling him to be patient, for the day was coming.

From time to time he would come to the open space between the barracks and the city of Carthage, and look up at Carthage, which was close in front of him.

"It's coming! It's almost there! A smile appeared on the corner of Luga's mouth, and he reached out and rubbed his chest up and down, as if he was calming the pounding heart in his chest, and trying to calm himself down, but his mind had already repeated how to kill Gessarik in the most brutal way a thousand times, each time it was different, but the result was the same, that is, Gessarik broke down and died a tragic death in crying and begging for mercy.

"After the annihilation of the Vandals in the city, everything will be overtaken in the three provinces behind Africa, so that the territory of Rome will return to a great extent." Talking to himself, a great mission to reinvigorate the Roman Empire, regain the lost land and revive the lost glory, no one has given him, but Luga is still full of confidence in his heart, and feels that such a belief is feasible.

"Well, Luga, that's a good idea." Who knew that this sentence made Andrew listen, "Luga, then we have captured Carthage, what should we do next?" ”

This question did indeed ask Luga, but he soon had a grand blueprint in his head, and like Theodosius II's plan for the unification of the empire, he also had a plan for the revitalization of Rome.

"Andrew, that's a very good question." Luga lowered his head and said thoughtfully: "But this question must take a long time to think about, of course, there are many ways to answer, and we are responsible for pursuing the one that feels the most correct for you and me." ”

It's like Marlos's theory of needs: physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, respect needs, and then the need for self-actualization.

In the past, I couldn't eat enough, my physiological needs were not met, and when I joined the army, I always had to guard against being injured or killed in the next battle, and an ugly scar was the best proof that my security needs were not met, but now my status is not what it used to be, I used to rely on myself, and now I have my own guards, and I don't have to worry about being hurt at all. There is nothing more evident than the "Your Excellency" from the nobles who command the army and being treated with the usual courtesy. In the same way, respect, such a large army in the hands is in the hands, and the dignity is in the hands of the troops under the command. Self-actualization, of course, isn't that what is going on!

At this time, Luga was unconsciously excited, because he finally had the capital and qualifications to make great ambitions, and then it was the time to realize his wishes.

Back in his camp, Luga was attracted by the noise, it was a tent used for meetings, it belonged to a military place, and no one could enter without Luga's permission, how could the sound come from here? Luga's heart was full of doubt, and a little angry, and he looked at the soldiers guarding the door, they must have not obeyed his orders.

"I'll pick them up later!" Thinking so, Luga wanted to see who was inside, and as soon as he entered the tent, he saw that the table usually used for meetings was full of people, they were discussing fiercely, and they were disturbed by the movement after Luga came in, causing everyone to stop and turn their eyes to Luga.

"Hey, what's going on today?" Looking at these familiar faces, the doubts and dissatisfaction in Lu Jia's heart suddenly disappeared, replaced by surprise, "I didn't gather you, why are you here." ”

He took two steps forward, his hands resting on the table, and looked around at the people seated.

"Your Excellency Hermanus, Your Excellency Anlacis, Your Excellency Areobindes, Your Excellency Innobindes, Your Excellency Arintius, and, of course, Your Excellency Pantadius, who is in charge of logistics, and Your Excellency Berialius and Sebastianus, these people are all here." Luga read out their names one by one, but his attention was drawn to the two well-dressed white toga-robes sitting directly across from him, both of them very old, forty or fifty years old, with gray hair, but their faces were shaved very clean, and their hands were not as rough as those of a soldier. Presumably, the dignitaries did not necessarily come from anywhere.

"These two ......," Luga asked, pointing to the two of them, and asked the generals on the left and right, "if my guess is correct, they must be the Carthaginian dignitaries who were expelled by Gesaric." ”

Seeing that the generals didn't speak, and the two people sitting opposite each other had their eyes slightly closed, and they didn't seem to be shocked, as if they didn't take Lu Jia in their eyes at all.

"What the hell is going on?" Luga, who had never been treated like this in all this time, felt a hint of subtlety in the atmosphere, and he slowly restrained his smile and realized that the situation was not good.

"Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on?" Luga stretched out his left hand and pointed to the two in front of him, and then asked, "Can anyone tell me who these two men really are, and besides, are you gathering together privately to discuss how to take Carthage as quickly as possible in the siege?" ”

"I'm afraid it won't be the way you want, Lord Luga."

Of the generals present, only His Excellency Hermanus mustered up the courage to raise his head and say to Luga: "The two people in front of Your Excellency were sent by the Senate. As he spoke, Hermanus pointed to the introduction on the left and said, "This is His Excellency John." Then he pointed to the introduction on the right and said, "This is Lord Odes." ”

"What does that mean?"

Luga sensed that the situation was getting more and more wrong, and the presence of people from the Senate at this critical moment had to make him nervous, and he then asked, "Could it be that the Senate is also involved in this war?" I'm sorry, both. For the Senate, Lu Jia was naturally not angry, he made an impatient look at the two senators from the Senate in front of him and said: "This is a battlefield where soldiers fight each other, and the war makes women come, of course, it is better to avoid the two Your Excellency, who are too old to have inconvenient legs and feet." ”

"Hehe, His Excellency Luga is worthy of being the adopted son of His Majesty Augustus Theodosius II of the Eastern Empire, and his speech is not only funny, but also quite ironic." Hermanus, who was sitting on the left, introduced the man named John, laughed twice and shook his head. This made Luga incomprehensible, he didn't know what it meant.

"Say it, two!" Luga stretched out his hand and pulled a bench to sit across from the two senators, and asked, "Then what do you want to do here?" ”