The year was spent unconsciously in endless preparations, and Luga's side mainly built a defensive line on the road from Visantio and Artuganratm to Augusta-Treville and on the temporary demarcation line, in order to prevent the unbearable Bagorda elements from going south to raid and rob their houses, and to the detriment of the nobles and commoners of the Grand Sequanolen.

Of course, Luga's forward-thinking financing plan and the good promises he made to the nobles were easy to draw hearts into, and they expressed their willingness to support the governor's plan. A large amount of money arrived at Luga's warehouse, and Luga naturally would not embezzle the money, he first paid his legionnaires, and then spent a lot of money to hire excellent engineers and workers to cast siege engines. Bread was provided to the refugees who were living on the streets, and they were conscripted into the army. Soon, ten decent field regiments were formed, and Luga sent Andrew and some of the most capable centurions in the legion to train them, while he followed Arecio and Sebastianus to analyze the situation and lobby for more money.

At the moment, it is a thriving situation, but the province of Great Sequanoren is a poor place after all, and this is also the place of Augustagalla. The reason why Platitia gave this place to Luga so casually. Because Luga was the duke of the province, in this province where there was no governor, he was recognized by the Purple Room as having military power, so he naturally became the governor here.

The whole winter was spent busy, and of course Luga's fatigue paid off, because in the spring of the following year, he had a new reorganized legion of more than 5,000 people to join his ranks, and he named the new legion the fifth legion "Skylark", which was once Caesar's legion, but was defeated and completely removed in the struggle for power. Luga gave this name because he wanted to inherit Caesar's will and conquer these lawless barbarians, even if Spartacus resurrected to lead these barbarians, Luga would still trample him under his feet.

Of course, the Eastern Empire was not so lucky, because the army sent to attack the Vandals reached Athens and was deployed north as soon as they got off the ship and deployed at the forefront of the areas occupied by the Huns.

Theodosius II is now ambitious, because he has enough troops in his hands, and he has the capital to fight against the Hun Attila, plus the gold owed to the Huns over the years has been knocked down by 2,800 pounds, and the long-term arrears are not that Theodosius II can't afford it, but with enough troops, he has the idea of repaying the debt, anyway, his army has returned, and Attila wants to attack, so he has to weigh whether he has the ability to compete with the huge Roman legions.

In the early spring of 443 A.D., an envoy from the Eastern Empire traveled thousands of miles to the governor's palace of Luga, the province of Séquanolen, and handed over a letter from Augustus Theodosius II of the Eastern Empire.

Luga took the letter and read it carefully.

"How?" Arecio asked on the side, "What does your adoptive father, Augustus of the Eastern Empire, want you to do when he sends an envoy from thousands of miles away?" Or do you want you to go back and fight against the Huns with him? ”

"Not really!" Luga put down the letter and shook his head, and continued: "Now even if it is such a long journey back, even if it is reached, the battle is over, so Augustus has sent an envoy since last year, he means that he wants me to send troops north to station in the south of the Rhine River and face the Huns, it is best to be able to repel a few Hun tribes, so that as long as the Huns pass the news to Attila, Attila will naturally not fall into the embarrassing situation of fighting on two fronts, and naturally will not impulsively start a war!" ”

"Luga, you have to think about it, if you choose to do this, if Attila directly moves westward, it will be impossible for your 20,000 people to stop them. At that time, not only the Great Sequanolen, but also Ludug Gaul and Narbian Gaul will fall under the iron heel of the Huns, and you must not forget that the Huns have now learned the siege methods of our Romans and the manufacture of siege weapons from the time they fought with Aetius. Arecio reminded solemnly on the side, which made Sebastianus next to him nod again and again, and also agreed with Arecio's statement.

"I can't say that." Sebastianus retorted: "Don't forget the role of the field army in Thrace, they can defend as well as attack, Attila and his brother Bulus could not have divided the army into two ends, maybe we have pinned down one here, and on the other side the attacking army of the Eastern Empire has swept all the land of the Huns in the east." This is a loss-making deal, and Attila and Bulus will not fail to think about it. ”

"And what about our battle plan against Ba Gouda?" Arecio said dissatisfiedly: "This has been preparing for more than half a year, we have done our best to prepare for this big battle, but behind us there are the nobles and commoners of the entire province of Great Sequanoren watching, if this is a casual dispatch of troops, then you have to ask the nobles in the city and the subjects of Rome what they think!" ”

No one could say anything, and soon it was a stalemate, not only the two of them, but even Luga was very embarrassed, after all, this order came at an inopportune time!

Theodosius II's messenger was right in front of him, and when he heard Arecio's conversation to dissuade Luga, he naturally lowered his face, and he stood in front of Luga and reminded: "Your Excellency Luga, I think you should not forget that you are the adopted son of Theodosius II Caesar, and in the face of national affairs, Caesar still hopes that Your Excellency and Caesar's will advance and retreat together." ”

"That's, that's!" Luga smiled and nodded to the messenger, thought for a moment, and then said to the messenger and Arecio, Sebastianus, "I think so. My lieutenant Malenius will lead two auxiliary regiments south of the Rhine, and I will give him orders on how to behave, not too conservative and not too aggressive. As long as it has achieved the ability to attract the attention of the Huns. Your Excellency should also understand that I now want to regain Belgian Gaul in order to open the port to Britain, so that the fleet docked in Iberia can come around it, and I do not want them to wait too long. ”

"Your Excellency Luga." The envoy said: "I can't talk about Your Excellency's strategic deployment, I just want to see Your Excellency be able to carry out the instructions given by Augustus, so that I can go back to my life." ”

"That's, that's!" Luga smiled and nodded at the messenger, but Arecio and Sebastianus couldn't laugh, because such a temporary decision made the already small army once again split into two parts, so that the strength was weaker than before, so what should Luga do in the face of countless Bagunda's elements?

Thinking so, the two of them invariably set their eyes on Lu Jia, who was sitting in the seat, desperately speculating on Lu Jia's small calculations in his heart.