The sun was scorching, and on the flat ground outside Dulokortoram, a large number of shirtless men were carrying wood and stones, sweating profusely, but they could not relax for a moment.

"Tiberius, my faithful friend." Behind the busy front, a gray-eyed man dressed in leather armor worn by Roman soldiers, and behind him stood many soldiers dressed similarly to him. He was supposed to be a commander, at least, in what he wore with the soldiers, and he didn't have any privileges. This man was another of Tiberius's comrades-in-arms in the Bagauda movement, known as his cautious Ska.

Scar was a Vandal, a former slave, and because of Stiliko, he was a child at the time. He always insisted that he had seen Stilicus, in the midst of the mountains of corpses and blood, just a glance, when the Vandal tribe invaded the territory of Rome for immediate interests, which was intolerable to Stilico, who was in the limelight in Rome at that time, and because he himself also had Vandal blood, all the magnates in Rome were watching and watching how Stilico should treat these barbarians with the same blood.

Stirricus was the son of a Vandal chieftain who took him hostage to Augustus Theodosius I of Eastern Rome in order to gain protection from the Empire. He was a prisoner, but he longed for the Roman life when he lived with them, and he knew that war was the best way for him to make his mark.

Fortunately, thanks to God's mercy, he was in an eventful time, and the Eastern and Western Roman Empires needed to be reunited, so he followed Theodosius I to conquer the north and the south. Theodosius appreciated him and adopted him as his adopted son, in this country that despised barbarians, barbarians could not even celebrate the same festivals and learn the culture of the Romans as the Romans, and Theodosius I accepted a Vandal as his adopted son to withstand great pressure. Not only that, but in order to show his preference for this adopted son, Theodosius I even built a palace for him in Constantinople, yes, belonging only to Stilico.

Theodosius I's generous treatment naturally earned Stiricus loyalty. Stiricus worked his way up until he became the chief soldier of the Roman Empire (i.e., the position of Grand Sima in ancient China), a military general who was qualified to mobilize several corps and even all of Rome to launch large corps battles. It is hard to imagine such a position of power being held by a barbarian whom the Romans despised to command the Roman army at will, which frustrated the Romans' pride and their innate pride.

Well, now that the Vandals are here, their invasion is a litmus test to see if this Stilicus is loyal to Rome or is it a hell of a. So go to battle and see if his loyalty will allow him to forge ahead and banish his former compatriots from the Empire.

Stillicus was torn between a corner, but in order to show his loyalty to Augustus Theodosius I and repay his kindness, he set out, led the legions, and united the Franks, the allies of the Roman Empire north of the Rhine, to slaughter the Vandals with a butcher's knife. Had he not arrived in time to stop the killing, he would have been the last Vandals in the world by daybreak. But he was fortunate enough to stop the killing in time and let little Scar survive proudly, but he was soon sold into slavery and lived a life that was inferior to that of a pig and a dog. He had seen Stilico with his own eyes, but only once they looked at each other, and there was no emotion.

For Stylico, Scar did not express any pity for him, but only cursed him for deserving it, although he knew that Stilico saved his life, but let him live the rest of his life worse than death. Fortunately, Stiricus had already been discredited, and he was still reviled by the Roman nobles for more than thirty years after his death.

In the past thirty years, the Purple Chamber's successive policy mistakes and foreign military weakness have caused the territory of the Empire to be devoured by barbarians, and the continuous shrinking of the land that can pay taxes has also severely damaged the finances and military strength of the Western Empire. He threw himself into the Bagauda movement, and with the enslaved commoners who were also hostile to Rome, they took over the province of Ludug Gaul with astonishing speed, and established a state that was almost a federation, although it was much better than being a slave.

The Romans cried out to God for mercy and mercy in sending military strategists like Caesar or Marcus Aurelius to save them from the dead. Here Scar also feels that he is in trouble, it is this guy who appeared at some point and made him feel extremely frightened in his bones - Flavis. Aurius. Luga!

He was cautious because the fruits of his victory were not easy to come by, but when he saw that Luga had swept through the entire province of Ludug Gaul with astonishing speed in only half a year, and defeated Tiberius and Bill the Barbarian, who had several times his strength. Scar felt as if the young man was on a mission to fight to regain the lands lost by the Roman Empire after Stilicus's death.

Fortunately, his old friend Tiberius came from thousands of miles to defect and brought him the latest news of Bill's defeat. This can't help but make this already alert guy feel that he is already on the verge of crisis, and if he doesn't prepare, he will only become a ghost under the sword of Luga's army.

"That's all we have to do to build our defenses, after all, I don't know how much chance we're going to win head-to-head with the Romans." Even if he led the soldiers and civilians to build a strong defensive line outside the city, it was not enough for Scar to give him enough security to stand up to the Roman army.

"Scar, my friend, please rest assured!" Tiberius had great expectations for this comrade-in-arms who would listen to his advice, and he patted his chest and said: "While we were building our defense, I had sent to inform Theodoric, king of the Gothic kingdom, that I do not believe that he could not remain indifferent to the flames of our war with the Romans on his borders. Moreover, the Romans had only signed a peace agreement with him, and if Luga pushed forward with great fanfare, it would only make them think that this was a challenge to their bottom line. Tiberius looked confident and said, "As long as Theodoric is invited to appear on the battlefield, even if God has given Luga great courage, he will have to consider what kind of concept it is to offend Theodoric, the king of Visigoths, in order to take our city!" ”

"What's more, Theodoric's fear of Rome still wants to keep the corresponding buffer zone, so that with Aetius in the east and Luga in the north, why doesn't he need to think about his current situation?"

Tiberius's words are reasonable, so that Scar can't seem to find any reason to refute it, and that's fine, after all, it's much better to live on the Visigoths than to be wiped out by the Romans.

Of course, at the same time, Luga led the Ninth Sanctioner Legion and the Fourth Auxiliary Legion to complete the assembly not far from Dulokortolam, and Luga even brought the newly formed Auxiliary Legion, this time he was determined to take Dulokortolamb at once like Augusta Treville.