The three parties, distrusting each other and not compromising with each other, is the current situation.

Flavis. The defenders of the Lugal-Rhine Line, Iberia and Greater Sicily, as well as the commander of the Britannia army.

Flavis. Aetius, captain of the central provinces of Italy and Gaul, as well as the provinces of Dalmatia.

Theodoric, holder of the western Gaul region and the northern Iberian region, king of Visgoth.

They are all people in prominent positions, and they have enough means to overcome each other, and at first the three parties were silent, and no one planned to be the first to stand up and speak.

"First of all, we have to clarify a theme!" Aetius was silent for a moment, and when he saw that the scene was cold, he sat up straight and said to the other two people present: "The purpose of our coming here is all too familiar, that is, to face the growing problem of barbarians in Gaul. ”

"As far as I know." As soon as Aetius's words ended, Theodoric couldn't help but speak, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he pointed the finger at Luga, who was sitting not far away, "As far as I know, these barbarians are from the so-called edge of the world in the north of the Rhine. ”

"Looks like I can't escape this time." Luga secretly thought in his heart, when it comes to barbarian invasions, then the first thing to bear the brunt of is Luga's defense of the Rhine Line.

"I have to say that, Lord Luga." Aetius also came to push the boat, and together with Theodoric, pointed the finger at Luga, "During this time, I have been constantly commanding the army to fight all over the Gallic region, and the barbarian tribes that have been annihilated are innumerable, but they are like worms that can never be killed, killing one batch and another batch. This makes me doubt, Lord Luga! ”

Afterwards, Aetius and Theodoric looked at Luga in unison and asked solemnly, "Tell me, Lord Luga, whether your Rhine line is guarded by soldiers?" ”

Lu Jia is all too familiar with the remarks of these two old guys, what kind of purpose they want to express.

They tried to impeach Luga in this way, intending to first get Luga to admit his inaction in the Rhine Line, and then rely on the influence of Theodoric and Aetius in the Senate to win over Luga's supporters and put enough strength to pressure Valentinian.

Now is the period of tension between Luga and Valentinian III,

"I can't answer that directly." Luga thought for a moment and began to retort, "I'm afraid you have forgotten the cold of some time ago, such cold is rare, the land is frozen, it is difficult to pick up and plant, there is no grass, and livestock can only freeze to death or starve to death. The hordes of barbarians who were hungry and cold had no choice but to force their way through the lines of defense to keep them alive. ”

Luga would never say anything about his fight against Attila in the Eastern Empire, otherwise Aetius would have caught Luga off guard by seizing on the excuse of his absence.

Leekinia's warnings echoed in Luga's mind, and he had to be careful that there were too many people who wanted him to fall.

This was no longer the time of Caesar or Augustus, when Rome was invincible and the known world was in the world, and the barbarians of all directions had only the strength to submit but not to resist.

But now it is different, if Luga wants to rely on his army to resist Aetius and the Senate politicians, then he will face the double attack of the super army of Grain Vesgoth and Aetius. There is no reason not to believe that they would not do such a thing for the sake of their own interests.

And what Luga needs to focus on now is to avoid such a thing as much as possible, that is, not to let them grasp any of the slightest bit of information about themselves that they should not let them know.

So Luga pushes the problem to the issue of climate, so that only God can be blamed, but God is God, and no matter how you say it, it is impossible to get to the problem of God.

"I heard that Your Excellency has just returned from Eastern Rome." Aetius said unhurriedly: "He also brought tens of thousands of soldiers, and I heard that the march stretched for thousands of miles, so that the pedestrians and caravans who passed by thought that it was a coup d'état." ”

"Many words can't be said, the word coup d'état came out of the mouth of His Excellency Aetius, don't you know that you have to pay a very heavy price to slander others without reason?" Luga raised his head and stared at Aetius with smiling eyes, which made Aetius feel nervous, and he hurriedly deviated from his gaze to meet Luga, and the whole scene was embarrassing for a while.

"Oh, I just listened to the slander of the lowly slave, sorry, Lord Luga, I have no offense!" Aetius hastened to defend himself.

"Enough!" Theodoric I did not seem to be interested in such quarrels, he was a pragmatic man, so he wondered "what should we do, and especially what to do with these barbarians, we cannot let them flood in and plunder with impunity, and my soldiers cannot be looking for barbarians all day long." ”

After speaking, I saw Theodoric slap the table suddenly, pointed at Luga and said sharply: "Now, Your Excellency the Roman Soldiers, as an ally, you should show a certain sincerity to redeem the losses you have caused!" ”

"Why am I causing the loss again!" Even if Lu Jia wanted to scold his mother thousands of times in his heart, there was no way, who let these damned barbarians indeed cross his own defenses.

But in retrospect, the barbarians who were everywhere like ants were a headache for Aetius and Theodoric.

Theodoric had asked Luga to solve the problem of the barbarians, so why not take this opportunity to make a fortune on them.

Luga thought to herself, frowning, and pretending to be embarrassed, which quickly caught the attention of Aetius and Theodoric.

"What's wrong? Luga. Aetius asked.

"No, nothing." Lu Jia hurriedly waved his hand, but the look of embarrassment on his face still did not change, and the frowning brow was like a lock.

"Looks like you're in trouble, Lord Luga, can you tell us about it?"

Aetius was outwardly well-intentioned, and Luga could even hear the hidden meaning in his mouth: is there any difficulty in saying it to make us happy!

"Oh, that's really a hard thing to say, Lord Aetius!" Luga stroked his forehead and said embarrassedly, "It is indeed my duty to strengthen the defense line against the barbarians, but now happens to be the time when I am most sad. ”

Aetius and Theodoric listened carefully, but Luga smiled secretly, and continued, "I'm trying, you know? Ladies and gentlemen, I have seen all the problems that you have mentioned, and I am trying to re-strengthen the Rhine Line. ”

Hearing this, Aetius and Theodoric nodded in satisfaction, as if they thought that the first step had been accomplished.

"But!" Luga changed his tone and then said to Aetius and Theodoric: "I stopped a forced crossing of the Lombards not long ago, to be honest, their numbers are too large, the scope of the branch is too wide, I need more soldiers and financial support, especially food, yes, food, this is too important, the soldiers need food, but my money and food are stretched, I need supplies, if not, it is difficult for me to resist this vast barbarian, or I can replace others." In particular, I have a dozen barbarian tribes there that I have forcibly settled, and if there is not enough food I can guarantee that they will go south again. I am speaking yes, Lord Aetius, and of course as an ally, and Lord Theodoric. ”