After staying for half a day, the barbarians had no intention of backing down or diverting their course, which inevitably puzzled Aetius and Therius.

"Why, they don't plan to leave, are they going to attack?" Teres couldn't understand, so he asked Aetius in order to get permission from the Captain in advance to take proactive measures against any unexpected situation that might occur at any time after the contingency.

"No, what the hell do these barbarians think?" Aetius frowned, the barbarians had no intention of retreating, could it be that they were planning to come hard?

I saw the barbarian coalition not far away, walking out of the huge ranks of soldiers who could fight in front of them, each of them with different weapons in their hands.

Under the organization of the leaders of the various tribes, they also formed a phalanx like the Romans, and formed three arrays facing the line of Aetius in front of them.

"Ready! Get ready! ”

The centurions on the front line were the first to notice that the situation was not good, and they beckoned the soldiers around them to stand by and prepare for battle, while reporting the situation of the barbarians to the field regiment commander, who in turn reported to the regimental commander.

The hired barbarian archers hid behind the makeshift defensive line, in a position with a better view, and they had already stuck their arrows in the soil-covered ground in front of them.

I saw the barbarians walking out of the barbarians, wearing fur coats and holding shields and battle axes, who were the best of the huge army behind them.

Of course, they were the strongest force that could tear apart the Roman defenses.

"Phew! Phew! Phew! ”

The roar of the barbarians came from a distance of nearly a kilometer, and reached the ears of the Romans very clearly. Compared to the super legions of the barbarians, the Roman army quietly seemed to be empty, and the soldiers clenched their spears in their hands and waited quietly.

"They chose war after all!"

Aetius said lightly, but the expression on his face did not match his tone at all. This did not go as he had hoped, but rather went against his ideas. Fortunately, he was also prepared, and he said in a deep voice to Teris beside him: "Under this section of defense, how many soldiers do we have?" ”

"More than 3,000 people!" "Now I will send at once to herald the soldiers," replied Theris, and as soon as the barbarians drew nearer, we must strike them with all our strength to show how unwise the path they have chosen!" ”

The shield-wielding barbarians were at the forefront, their shields clenched in their left hands, and their short spears, hand axes, and iron swords in their right hands, and they kept approaching the Roman line in front of them under the orders of the noble officers.

"Prepare for war! Prepare for battle! ”

The barbarian archers then drew an iron sword on the ground and put it on the bowstring to prepare, and the Roman soldiers at the forefront formed a shield wall, because the barbarian army had not yet reached a distance of five hundred meters, and everything might turn around.

"I hope it's all a farce!"

Aetius clenched the iron sword in his hand, clearly prepared for the worst.

Although the Romans were like wary birds trying to scare their opponents away, the enemy at the moment was like a fearless hungry cat, which was not something that a bird could intimidate!

The barbarians continued to push forward, and with the big war imminent, the barbarians really had to learn some lessons to calm them down.

"We have a line of 1,000 soldiers ready with the cooperation of the fortress, five hundred archers, two hundred men operating more than a dozen trebuchets and scorpion crossbows. There were also 300 cavalry, 1,000 soldiers as a reserve force to make up for the broken ground defenses at any time. Thereus gestured on the map he had brought with him, but Aetius listened half and lost the other.

"Maybe things will turn around!" Aetius stared at the approaching barbarian army in front of him, and muttered "Stop!" Stop it! Stop it! ”。

Even the shield-wielding soldiers numbered more than 3,000 men, trotting less than five hundred meters from the Roman formation.

This is a cordon, as long as they continue to move forward without stopping, then the next thing is war, and one side must win to stop.

"Click!"

The scorpion crossbow shot a crossbow bolt tied with a red cloth in the direction of the barbarian and landed at a distance of more than a hundred meters, which was the first line of strike

Then, the commanding officer of the barbarian archers shot an arrow tied with a red rope in the direction of the oncoming barbarians, and the conspicuous arrow fell from mid-air and stuck in the ground of nearly eighty meters, which was the last cordon.

The soldiers at the front line raised their shields and spears in a defensive stance, and the barbarian archers behind them drew their round bows and aimed them at the top of their heads. If the barbarians don't stop, they will be given a second head-on blow at this eighty-meter distance.

"Stepping on ......"

The heavy footsteps of the barbarians drew closer, and soon they jogged past the so-called five-hundred-meter cordon.

"They chose war!" Pointing to the oncoming barbarians, Thereus said to Aetius, "I will immediately gather the field regiments, and no matter what, I will not be able to let them break through the defenses. ”

"And how soon will it be before our reinforcements arrive?" Aetius asked.

"A few hours, or a day."

At the same time, in Augusta-Treville, an army of nearly 20,000 men was assembled there. In the governor's palace in the city, a delegation of senate envoys came from afar.

"It is my pleasure to receive Your Excellency, Odyss!" Lugar took Odeus's hand and walked through the gates of the Doge's Palace, and the two of them laughed and laughed along the way like old friends who talked about everything.

"I am honored to be recognized by Your Excellency!" As he spoke, Odeus pointed to a group of young senators behind him and said to Luga: "They are all young councillors who have volunteered to come with me to observe, and they all want to be witnesses when they hear that Your Excellency is about to establish a great feat. ”

"Of course!" Luga nodded at them and repeatedly stressed to Odyss: "This will be a very important event, enough to change the situation in Rome at the moment." ”

"Oh?" Odysses looked very curious, which piqued his interest, "It was a very difficult journey, we went from Ludug Gaul to Grand Sequanoren and from Grand Sequanoren to Augusta-Treville. Then, as soon as Odyss' words shifted, he asked tentatively, "Is it related to the barbarians who have been crossing the river during this time?" ”

"Here, of course!" Luga said to him emphatically: "Your Excellency and the observation group you have brought with you will see the largest war in history, which is enough to be known as epic, and we will solve the problem of the barbarians here once and for all, and set an example for the barbarians north of the Rhine!" ”

Listening to Luga's confident answer, and then looking at the continuously integrating army outside the window, Odysse had a premonition that a wonderful show was about to be staged!