Chapter 653: The War of the Inheritors
Let's not talk about whether Valentinian has the right to appoint and dismiss the commander of the soldiers at this time, just say that he forcibly commanded the army, and the soldiers behind him are all under the command of Luga and Aetius, even if he shouts out his throat, he will not mobilize the soldiers even half a step.
Looking at the immobile army behind him, Valentinian's eyes widened, and he looked at Luga and Aetius who were standing at the front of the army in surprise and puzzlement.
"What do you mean, what does this mean?" Valentinian frowned and looked at the two men across from him in surprise.
Then he stretched out his hand and pointed to his chest and shouted at everyone present: "I am Augustus, I am the supreme ruler of western Rome, and my command is the supreme law!" ”
Even Valentinian's hysteria almost killed himself with the sword in his hand.
"Why! Why didn't it work? Valentinian was in a hurry, but in exchange for the cold eyes of Luga and Aetius.
"Verus, Verus, my faithful general!" Valentinian shouted to the army, and Verus hurried out of the army and stood in front of Valentinian.
"Verus, Verus, my faithful general, my faithful guard!" Valentinian's voice trembled, his eyes filled with tears, and he jumped up and grabbed Verus's arms, "You are the commander of the Praetorian Guard, the only army I can rely on and command, stand up and take this city for me, show them, these two cunning bastards." ”
Valentinian's language was an order, but it made it difficult for Verus to carry it out, and he turned back to Aetius and Luga, the two captains of the soldiers who sat in front of him like two towering Alps.
"Kay... O Caesar! Verus looked back at Valentinian with a sad expression, "The Praetorian Guard is now suffering more than half of the casualties due to the conflict with Lord Aetius, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for them to take on the task of attacking. ”
"Aetius! Aetius! Valentinian looked at Aetius again, his voice trembling, almost pleading, "Don't you want your son Gordontius to marry my daughter Oberia, well, as long as Your Excellency can help me take this place and send me to Constantinople, of course I will be happy to let your son be my daughter's husband." ”
Valentinian was going to desperately break through this line of defense to achieve his goal, but for Aetius, he didn't seem to think so.
"It's crazy, Caesar." Aetius spread his hands, whether he agreed or not, no one knew what Aetius's compromise words meant.
Augusta Lickinia got out of the carriage behind, barefoot, lifting her skirt despite the hardness of the ground that would hurt her already fragile soles. She trotted through the standby formation, ignoring the inexplicable gazes of those who had been thrown behind her.
Licinia ran up behind Luga, panting as she looked at Valentinian, who was there with a man who couldn't get what she loved, and kept waving her iron sword in her hand as if in protest.
"Haha, hahaha......"
Suddenly, Licchinia didn't know whether she was obsessed or what, she pointed at Valentinian like a madman and laughed wildly, and sarcastically said to Valentinian in an extremely mocking tone: "Look, Augustus of the Roman Empire was rejected by his subjects, he is like a fledgling that has lost its mother's wings, even if it is full-fledged, it can't take off!" Poor worm, selfish ghost! ”
Likinia scolded happily, Luga came up and grabbed her arm, pulled Likinia to his side and said sternly: "Enough, Likinia, now is not the time to mess around!" ”
"Nonsense?" Likinia raised her head, looked at Luga with a sneer, leaned over to Lujia's ear, and said softly, "Isn't this the situation you want to see, isn't this the moment you have been waiting for to humiliate him for me?" Dear husband, Augustus' place is yours, and Valentinian cannot take it! ”
Whispering, the slightest breath exhaled from the slightly open lips made Luja furious. He didn't dare to look down at Lickinia's soft eyes, in order not to let others see the clues, Luga had to push Licinia away, and put on a brotherly appearance to teach Licina: "The situation is very urgent now, don't make trouble!" ”
As soon as Luga's words fell, he saw Likinia staring behind Luga with wide eyes, as if she had seen something terrible.
"He's coming! He's coming! ”
"Who?"
Luga hurriedly asked, and at this moment, Luga heard a series of hurried footsteps behind him, and he turned his head sideways, only to see Valentinian close in front of him, holding a sword in both hands, and his technique can be described as very clumsy.
"Die, you damn shrew! Whore! Valentinian scolded Licinia and stabbed her sword in both hands.
Liekinia tried to retreat, but accidentally tripped on her left foot and sat on the ground with her right foot.
"You damned woman, let you go and see your miserable father now!" Valentinian seized the opportunity to shout insults, raising his sword in both hands and stabbing Liquinia fiercely.
"Smack!"
The moment the sharp blade struck Lickinia, Luga grabbed Valentinian's slender arm with a quick hand. It was like an irresistible force that kept Valentini in place.
"What, what are you doing here?" Valentinian raised his head and stared at Luga in surprise with wide eyes, and Luga couldn't help but raise his hand to hit Valentinian's sword-wielding hands.
Valentinian let out a strange cry, and his hands let go after a sudden shaking.
"Bang."
The iron sword slammed into the ground with a dull sound, as if at this moment, the whole world fell silent, and everyone looked at Luga to see what he really wanted to do with Valentinian.
"It's a big deal, you can't be so nonsense!"
Luga leaned over and whispered to Valentinian's ear, "It's too late to regret now, turn back, no one here wants to in the same room!" ”
"You, are you trying to persuade me?" Valentinian looked up at Luga, the expression on his face was extremely hideous, he wanted to break free from Luga's restraints, but the disparity in strength was too great. He was like a chicken struggling in the claws of an eagle, and no matter how hard he tried, it was in vain.
"Oh, I forgot!" Valentinian looked at Luga with a sinister smile: "You are the brother of this damned woman, poor, the adopted son of the dead Theodosius, in other words, you are nothing but a minion who is nothing, thanks to Theodosius, thanks to my mother, you are where you are today, but you, oh, look at you, you are against the will of Augustus again!" ”
Luga didn't say anything about Valentinian's deliberate humiliation, but just kicked the sword under his feet to the side, and the soldiers not far away hurriedly came to collect the sword.
Luga let go of Valentinian at this time, and then took a few steps forward and grabbed Licinia, who was still in terror, and led her towards the military formation, shouting loudly as he went: "This is the end of the day!" ”