Passing through the province of Pannonia, which was no longer part of the Empire, it had been ceded by Aetius two years earlier in order to ask the Huns to send troops to assist him in his crusade against the Burgundians who were entrenched in the Empire.

So Luga's trip had to be careful and careful, the original road through the province of Pannonia to Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Empire, but the Huns occupied Pannonia and cut off the corridor to Gaul, so they now had to reach Milan first, starting from Milan, the only rugged corridor in the Roman territory below the province of Pannonia, after nearly a month's journey to Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Empire.

This newly founded city, Constantinople was nowhere near as much weight as Rome was for the Empire, but compared to Rome's loneliness, it was a vibrant place. The tall megalithic walls, combined with the complete Romanesque architecture inside, are worth mentioning the Sophia Church, which is different from the Hagia Sophia of later generations, which was rebuilt after the collapse of Sophia, and Sophia, which was its predecessor, and is not as large and spectacular as later generations.

As the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantinople was a beacon of influence on the provinces of Asia Minor, which maintained a large number of legions that the empire was proud of with its abundance of goods and the fertile soil of the inherited Nile.

The army of the Eastern Empire was mainly scaly armor, and it faced a military threat from the Sassanid Persian Empire in the East all the year round, and of course its own army was more or less orientalized. Why was the Roman legion able to maintain a strong fighting abilityWhether it was the early republican era or the dying era of the late Western Empire, the Roman legion was still invincible and the known world at that time, well-trained is one thing, and adapting to the development of the times and constantly changing with the times is also the biggest feature of the Roman legion.

Because it came from the West, and the people of the West called it Europa, the western gate of Constantinople was called the Europa Gate, and it was always open to welcome guests from all over the land of Europa. Of course, Luga and them belong to it.

It was noon, and Luga and Andrew finally arrived at the gates of Constantinople. The martial law here is much easier than that of the Western Empire, because there are few barbarians, more Slavs, although they are barbaric, but they are naturally much less stressed than the hodgepodge of Vandals, Visigoths, Germans, and Burgundians in the Western Empire. The guards guarding the gate stood lazily at the door chatting, they were really very leisurely, and even the guards did not even wear armor, they wore ordinary cloth clothes, wearing cheap leather helmets, and the only commander guarding the gate wore leather armor, and he didn't even bother to wear helmets. With their backs to the wall, they talked, not checking the passers-by at the gates.

Seeing Luga and his group of horsemen, the lazy guards felt that they had work to do, and they lazily picked up their spears and blocked them in the middle of the road, and the chief of the group stretched out his hand to stop them.

"Horseback riding is not allowed in the city, gentlemen!"

The chief of the guard showed no enthusiasm for his work, and he stood weakly in front of Luga and his party with his eyes glazed over. He looked up and down the group on horseback, and saw that they were well dressed, and that any of them were wearing weapons and leather armor, and were swaggering to enter the city gates, dressed like personal guards. This well-informed old guard chief who had been guarding the city for many years naturally felt suspicious, this group of people did not look like barbarians, and they came from the west, so except for the guests of the Western Empire, there was no one else, or rather, barbarians who did not know how to lift. Luga's action alerted all the guards present, who kept an eye on them, spears in their hands, in case of any sudden trouble.

"Guests from afar, I don't know what you're here for, besides, it's the first time you've come back to be here with such a swaggering appearance of weapons and weapons!" The captain of the guard said, holding out his hand to the leader Aurius. Lu Jia opened his mouth and asked: "Please look at your pass, let us know your identity, and save a lot of unnecessary trouble!" ”

After listening, Luga turned over and dismounted, choked on a wave, and almost didn't stand firm, maybe it was so many days of rushing, his thighs were already sore and unbearable because of the horse's belly, and he was a little shaky when he walked, so he naturally couldn't say more. I saw Luga hand the reins to the soldiers beside him, and slowly walked in front of the chief of the guard.

"We are soldiers from the Western Empire, strictly speaking, the purpose of our trip is very important, so these inconveniences are all in this proof!" Luga said, pulling out a somewhat old piece of parchment from his bosom, this parchment has been wet with sweat many times in the past month, and this time it naturally feels a little bad to the touch.

Facing the still damp parchment, the old officer frowned, he pinched the corner of the parchment with two fingers of his left hand, and then hooked the outermost side of the rolled up with his right hand, and pulled it down little by little until the paper was completely unfolded. The handwriting on it is still clearly visible, and there is nothing else on this parchment, only a handwritten letter of recommendation from Caesar Valentinian III of the Western Empire and his signature, and of course a group of nobles led by Litollio, of course, Luga does not expect this old man to see anything, as long as this old man can know that Caesar of the Western Empire is Flavis. Valentinian is good!

"Oh, it turns out that you are the candidates for our Caesar's personal guards strongly recommended by Caesar of the Western Empire!" It seems that the old man has already gotten the news, but they are not sure if Luga's group will be able to reach it.

"Aurius. Luga, Aurius. Andrew, who served in the Hercules Battalion, was sent to serve under Caesar Theodosius II of the Eastern Empire by order of Caesar Valentinian III of the Western Empire because of his outstanding performance in the war...... "The old officer read the contents of the parchment. Camp Hercules! What a bragging, Luga listened and was secretly amazed, he now admired Valentinian in his heart, and even lied to his uncle when he picked up a pen.

Seeing that they had not done anything embarrassing, Luga breathed a sigh of relief, and turned back to order Andrew and the other escort soldiers to dismount.

"It turned out to be a pillar of the empire!" The old officer's words were full of sourness, looking at the little guy who was so many years younger than himself standing in such a high position, he was about to reach the age of retirement and was still doing nothing at the gate, and his heart was naturally unbalanced.

"Okay boys!" The old officer rolled up the parchment again and gave it back to Luga, and turned back to wave his hand at the tense soldiers behind him, signaling them to let their guard down. After all, he was a guard officer personally recommended by the emperor of the Western Empire, and his status was naturally far above them.

The soldiers, led by the old officer, lined up in two rows at the city gate, arranged a simple welcome formation, and watched Luga and his party enter the city on foot.