Since the defeat of the Thracian field army, the entire Thracian province has become a paradise for the Huns, who have wantonly destroyed the cities built by the Romans over the centuries. Countless gold, silver, food, and even noblewomen.

The cities of the province of Macedonia were also filled with a large number of enlarged refugees, who brought not only chaos but also all kinds of fear. The horrific image of the Huns was amplified again and again in the process of word of mouth, and eventually, the townspeople, unable to control their panic, had to continue their march south with the refugees, and the legend that the Huns were human on the upper body and horses on the lower half became more and more serious.

But when they arrived at the Thessalonian Boulevard, all the refugees here were intercepted by the army led by Luga, for no reason, simply because Luga did not believe that the Huns were really so terrible as they had been told.

"Every house that passes through here must draw a strong man to join the army!" Over and over again, the soldiers who were checking the passers-by shouted to the refugees who were being blocked and begging.

Luga had already set up a defensive line here to protect against either the Huns or the refugees who were close at hand.

The cavalry was constantly patrolling the wide area, with the aim of tracking down the refugees who wanted to bypass the line of defense by a long way, for there was only one real road, the only one controlled in Luga, and the price of passing through the road was very high, and a man had to be surrendered unless there were no men.

One side wants to flee, and the other side wants the other party to pay the price. This disagreement arose, and the refugees believed that they were Roman citizens recognized by Rome under the law of all peoples, and that their sacred rights should not be violated! But this argument did not seem to work in Luga's case, and the more the people shouted, Luga ordered the soldiers to rush into the refugees and take the men out in a very violent way, and each family could catch only one male and let them go.

"Lord Luga, enough is enough, you can't oppress the civilians like this anymore, they are the people of Rome!" Hearing the complaints of the refugees, he was even more shocked by the actions of the soldiers under Luga's command, who beat the resisting male refugees in an extremely violent way despite his dissuasion, and the refugees with blood on their faces shocked Areobindes, and he finally couldn't help it and took the initiative to find Luga.

"Now the men who are drawn out, no, how many soldiers are there?" Luga asked Areobindes bluntly.

"There are about 3,000 of them!" Areobindes replied, and then Areobindes stepped forward and grabbed Luga and whispered to him, "Your Excellency, I know that we need soldiers now, but listen, the cries of women, and the children, they need fathers and sons. ”

"That's enough, Areobinders." Luga interrupted him, and then Luga looked back at him, a look of impatience on his face. "I don't rely on this to bring up soldiers, how to bring up an army that can be equal to Attila, now Attila is unstoppable, but I have been mobilized here just to be able to lead you to resist this barbarian, isn't it?"

"But now the citizens need to be protected, not oppressed more harshly than the barbarians!" Areobindes retorted.

"I won't let them go, alone! It's impossible for anyone to let go! "In Iberia, the Vandals and Alans drove a large number of Roman citizens against us, and they killed and wounded my soldiers in large numbers, and behaved as valiantly as the barbarians behind them, and I needed an army. ”

"Now everyone from the officers and nobles to the soldiers and civilians are afraid of the Huns, especially Attila." "Isn't your Excellency afraid that they will rout because it is impossible to control the fear in your heart?" ”

"Then kill them!" Luga's tone was cold, which faintly made Areobindes gasp, only to see Luga turn back to look at Areobindes and say: "Anyway, they will be killed sooner or later, we will collapse, they can't escape, do you know, Your Excellency Areobindes, we are down, no one can escape, but you see, we are not even half of the original Thracian field army!" ”

"Now that Attila has completely sacked the provinces of Dacia and Thrace, the refugees have lost everything they have, and for God's sake, they have nothing left but a life, let them go!" Areobindes understood Luga's mood at this time, after all, he was also in the middle of it, because Attila occupied Filippopoli, and the Huns besieged Perintos in the south. He understood that the defenders of Perintos could not resist the Huns, but the large number of defenders of Constantinople, which was closest to them, did not move in the slightest, and watched as their land was destroyed and their people were slaughtered, which could already be seen from the side Barcelus's thoughts.

However, Luga did not seem to agree with his adoptive father Theodosius, and he actively prepared for war, trying to integrate the existing army and spare no effort to resist Attila's invasion. It's just that no one knows what this will be, but because the rout of the Thracian field army has made everyone have a negative attitude towards this war, no one is optimistic about how shocking the victory of any army can be, and more people are praying that the gold of the plundered area will satisfy Attila's amazing appetite.

The most important thing is that whenever Luga wants Constantinople to send troops, he even pats his chest and promises to defeat Attila, but to no avail.

"Because they have nothing left, they should stand up and regain everything they have lost, rather than retreating again and again!" Luga's agitated heart was not diminished in the slightest by Areobindes' soothing tone. "Although the terrain is mountainous here, the flat road allows the Hun cavalry to gallop freely, and we must have enough soldiers to stop them. Baseleus only thinks about how to keep his city, his palace, and his so-called dignity, we are different, we have nothing now! We need more soldiers, more food, more weapons! ”

Looking at Luga's hysteria, Areobindes didn't know what to do for a while, how he could persuade Luga, who was a little crazy under pressure, in his eyes everything Luga was doing now was so crazy.

"It's time to rest, Lord Luga." Seeing that he had no way to convince Luga, Areobindes also began to give up, and he had no choice but to look at Luga's indifferent appearance, knowing that he could not change! Without waiting for Luga's reply, he prepared to turn and leave.

"Your Excellency!" Luga stopped him behind him, and Areobindes looked back at Luga in confusion. "The matter of weapons and equipment will be troublesome to Your Excellency." Lu Jia's tone softened a lot at this time. "After all, Attila and his soldiers are extremely formidable enemies, we must be careful to deal with them, evasion will not solve the problem, only defeat Attila, otherwise we will only be slaughtered like lambs!"

After listening to Luga's words, Areobindes' Adam's apple moved up and down, then nodded firmly, and turned to leave.