Chapter 59: Counterattack (I)
At such a moment when you may die at any time, when you see a person raising your arms and shouting that you can lead everyone together and have the possibility of survival, then who is not willing to give it a try, even if it is to gamble with your own life! No, it didn't take much time for me to gather more than twenty people around me to form a small temporary phalanx.
"For, traitor!"
Out of compassion, I still looked back at Levi, who was struggling to pull the reins in the melee, "Do you want to live, if you want to live, come over quickly!" ”
Seeing that Levi was still reluctant to give up on the carriage, he blushed his whole face and pulled the four horses, and the Burgundian beside the carriage simply did not get into the carriage, and waved the axe and wooden stick in his hand, chopping the valuable carriage like a mob.
A flame of anger burst into their eyes, "Aetius! Aetius! Aetius! They roared over and over again, striking at the car of the enemy they saw as incompatible, and in the eyes of the barbarians, this priceless car was nothing more than a toy for them to vent. The precious wood was cut down by them, and the rare cloth and silk in the cart were pulled out by them and thrown to the ground and trampled on at will. As everyone knows, that random piece of cloth and silk can make any of them worry about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.
"Aetius! Aetius! ”
Probably because they didn't see the person inside, they realized that they had been fooled, and shouted the person's name loudly, looking around.
"You idiot!"
Seeing that Levi was still obsessed there, I rushed out of the small phalanx and knocked down the barbarian cavalry who came to block the way, he was already out of breath and exhausted, and he was naturally vulnerable in front of me. Before I had time to help him up, I rushed straight to Levi, grabbed him, and struck off the reins of his hand with my sword, when the frightened four horses retreated one after another, pulling the dilapidated carriage through the crowd of Burgundians, causing quite a bit of confusion!
"You're dead! There is no Aetius in it at all! ”
As I spoke, I grabbed him by the arm and dragged him into our little phalanx.
"I know."
I paused, and looked back at Levi, who was looking at me as well. I asked him, "What did you just say?" ”
"I know that Marshal Aetius is no longer in the carriage!"
Levi stared me straight in the eye and repeated what he had just said, "I said, I know he's not in there!" He didn't get in the car when we set off, I know that. He was not ashamed to say that he could remain so calm at such a critical juncture. It made me feel as if I knew something, and this guy in front of me must know the whole content of this conspiracy.
So, "this time my mind was much calmer, and my tone was softened accordingly, for Levi was able to maintain such astonishing composure under the siege of such a large group of almost bloodthirsty beasts, not even a drop of cold sweat." What right do I have to throw a tantrum at him, but I hope he doesn't see my already soaked crotch. "So, you knew it was a game from the moment you set off?"
"Yes!"
Levi replied bluntly, and in the midst of such a chaotic situation, he calmly spread his hands and said to me, "Isn't that what we're here for?" ”
"You mean that Aetius intends to sacrifice us to accomplish his current plan?"
"That's right!"
Levi's words were even shorter, refusing to say a word more.
My hands began to tremble, such a big thing, you Aetius are not responsible for the more than five hundred people of our first brigade, and you will not even let go of your own loyal guards? Looking back, I saw the banners of the Twin Legions, which stood out from the crowd, waving back and forth in the crowd like a bright light in the night, attracting the attention of all Burgundians.
Under the banner, was the chief centurion Guy, who led the only remaining four or five phalanxes, two hundred men, lined up, I don't know what Guy said, the morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted, and they raised their arms and shouted incessantly beating their shields, so that the Burgundian besieging the carriage turned their spearhead and pointed directly at the phalanx of two hundred. Guy waved his flag forward, and the two hundred soldiers behind him raised their shields, drew their pikes, and pounced on the Burgundians like a tide.
The Burgundians, in groups of three or five, ignored the rest of our embarrassed remnants of the battle, raised their weapons in their hands, and threw themselves at the banner.
"What kind of fool is this, isn't this waving to those Burgundians and saying that they are going to beat me!"
I said this with lip service, but I knew in my heart that it was Guy, our chief centurion, who was carrying a flag and swooping down on the red tide of the Burgundians.
"It's a complete suicidal offense!"
With a tight hand, I pulled Levi to the front of our phalanx, and at this time gathered the soldiers who had escaped death, numbering almost fifty people.
"The three phalanxes at the beginning of the front are all finished, and the last bit of incense of the first brigade is also considered to be complete!" With a wry smile, I found a rag and wiped the blood off the blade.
"It's not all over." Levi sneered behind me and said, "It's not over now, how can you define it so early?" At this point, he was still so calm, as if he was hanging up like a person who had nothing to do with himself.
"What do you mean by that?" Suddenly the fire in my heart grew stronger and stronger, and I watched the Burgundians surround the two remaining centurions.
"Phalanx, defensive tortoiseshell array!"
Chief Centurion Guy raised his sword and shouted, and the soldiers immediately formed a circular array, resisting the siege of the Burgundians from all sides.
"Our chief centurion is in trouble!"
I was red with blood behind me, many of them were already scarred, and the chain mail used for protection on my body was cut to look like a beggar's shirt (because most of the weapons in the hands of the Burgundians were crude, they did not do much damage to the chain mail with good protection, but the chain mail was no longer able to provide any protection). "We're not qualified to rest yet!"
I don't know what to think, but at this time, I was so strong, is it because a ten-captain here ordered my peers not to. What's more, an official like the captain of the marshal guard is here, and there are still some anti-guest words like this. I had to correct this mistake in time, and I wonder if there was a rule in Rome like at home?
"So, Captain Leviwei, are you going to say something?"
I looked at him.