In the Flavi Palace in Constantinople, Luga received the same message, but this news was three days later than the news of going to Ravenna, which means that when Luga learned about it, Ravenna's palace was already in a lot of noise because of it.

Because of Valentinian's incomprehension, Aetius fled in a bad mood, and now Ravenna and Rome, whether it is the Praetorian Guard or the field army officers stationed in the center, have become panicked.

No one would believe Maximus's claim that Attila was gathering troops to put down the rebellion, and that the Rhine defense line was infested with scouts who were constantly monitoring the movements of the barbarian tribes north of the Rhine.

They were all too clear about the barbarians' behavior, but it was not known where Attila would lead the army in.

So there was a strange thing in Ravenna, that is, the officers and nobles moved their families to the south and even to the greater Sicily. For the outside world, they claim to go south for summer tourism, which makes the citizens who have no money and no power very angry.

However, a discerning person can see at a glance the intentions of these nobles, and they have never seen such a spectacular scene when they run away en masse.

The high-ranking officers of the Thracian Field Legion gathered in Constantinople, and the high-ranking officers of the Janissary Regiment in the inner capital of Constantinople gathered in the Council Chamber of Augustus, all of them engaged in heated discussions, trying to speculate on Attila's inner thoughts or what to do if he did attack.

However, in Constantinople, the officers were divided into two fighting factions, one was the main battle faction advocated by the officers, led by the commander of the Thracian field army, Innobindes, who led Attilius to attack the lost province of Dacia, and took advantage of the expedition of Attilala's division to deliver the most fatal blow.

However, the opposition to their ideas was led by the court minister Jovian, an old man who had led an army into Italy when he was young and assisted Valentinian in ascending to the throne.

It was a shock that this old man, who was loyal to the Flavis family, chose not to help Valentinian once, and they thought that Jovian would support Valentinian again, but the result was a disappointment to everyone.

The court chose to refuse to help Rome, not only because Ravenna chose to be invisible in that battle, but also because Valentinian, who had managed to support him, was completely reduced to a puppet of power in the hands of Aetius, and then had no interest or reason to support, but they did have a certain interest in recovering the province of Dacia.

But in the midst of this imminent negotiation, Privy Chancellor Demisius had a third choice.

Although he was loyal to the Purple Chamber, he never regarded his Roman brothers in the west as a community.

Demesius is a Greek, he has received a Greek education since he was a child, for the Romans, it should be said that it is the Romans of the West, he only has the impression of war, from the time of the civil war of the four emperors to Theodosius I's crusade against Eugenesus and then into Rome, although the whole Rome is unified on the map, but the internal undercurrent is surging, there is no unity at all, in short, it is a small federal state together to form this empire, and these small federal states look down on each other, and then civil wars broke out.

The Roman legions, which claimed to be invincible to the outside world, had countless enemies at home, sometimes suppressing rebellions, sometimes acting as thugs for the nobility to pacify the mob, and even killing each other.

So Demesius chose the idea of neither unity nor hostility, that is, to go and let Attila do whatever he wanted and trample on the territory of Rome in the west, that was their own business.

"We still have a lot of towns that haven't been restored, there's still a lot of things that haven't been done, and sending troops now will only make more very useful money waste on meaningless things." Demiscius stood up and explained his inner thoughts to the others present, but how could the officers present take his words the same thing.

"This is a matter for our soldiers, Lord Smith." Artilyneus stood up and said to the officers behind him: "The court ministers naturally don't know what the world outside of Constantinople is like without leaving their homes, so it is understandable that their choices in decision-making are somewhat biased. ”

The officers behind Artilius nodded their heads and cast disdainful glances at the courtiers sitting across from them.

"The Huns have plundered us too much." Innobindes got up angrily and said loudly to the others present: "You have also seen that when I received Caesar's appointment to come to the Thracian military district, all I saw was the miserable situation left by the Huns, who were only plundering, and did not care at all how miserable it would be for our Roman people. ”

"So we're going to let these damned Hun mongrels know the pain, tell them that we Romans aren't easy to mess with, and let them know what it's really like to be plundered and attacked."

"Teach them a lesson!"

"Teach them a lesson!"

The officers raised their arms and shouted, and the young officers stood up and raised their fists at Flavis, who was sitting on the throne. Luga shouted, wanting him to know his attitude.

Luga was on top, looking at the crowd without saying a word, and on the Augusta seat next to him, only Lickinia on the left was in the seat, and the seat on the right was empty, because Tenaia said that she did not want to join in the boring politics.

Among them, Likinia frequently turned her head sideways to look at Lu Jia, observing the changes in his expression, so as to know what Lu Jia was struggling with at this time.

To her disappointment, however, Luga did not change his expression the whole time, and in the midst of the argument he was more like a watcher, watching the impromptu performance of everyone present with a cold expression and remained silent.

"Caesar, you should understand by now that our finances are stretched thin!" When DeMisio saw so many opponents, they raised their arms and shouted, and the shouts echoed throughout the council hall, "If there is indeed a case, then Caesar, think about Ravenna's attitude after the battle, Valentinian did not thank you for stealing the hearts of his belongings, so he spread rumors to slander you." ”

"Enough, Smith Down!"

The silent Luga finally spoke, and unsurprisingly, his tone was as cold as his expression, and although he was calm on the surface, everyone could tell that he was also making an anxious choice at this time.

Attila is likely to attack again, and what should Rome in the east do, whether to sit on the sidelines or actively assist, after all, is likely to be another thankless effort.

Luga, as the decision-maker of Rome in the east now, must make a choice among them, after all, no matter what the outcome is, he will bear the brunt of the consequences!