Tens of thousands of men against 3,000 men, Aetius's army was struggling to support itself under a huge disadvantage, Aetius clenched the scepter in his hand and secretly wondered: Could it be that he had done something wrong?

"Boom..."

With a loud bang, pulling Aetius back to reality from his world, he hurriedly looked up.

The last watchtower was to be seen to fall to the ground with a bang, and the soldiers on top of it screamed and fell from the top of the watchtower, falling heavily to the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust, followed by the collapse of the watchtower to bury their dead or wounded bodies.

Under the weight of tens of thousands of people, even the elite legions that moved out of the Caesar era could not withstand such a blow, let alone this simple defense line of 1,300 people.

Soon, even the overseers in the rear could not resist the retreat of the soldiers, and they abandoned their defensive lines, dragging as many weapons as they could move, such as spears and iron swords.

Soldiers passed by the retreating soldiers, and as the officer of the Overseer and their commander, it was even more difficult to control the retreat.

"Stand down! Stand back! Seeing that the tide was turning, Theres had to back off in order to preserve his strength and build a second line of defense.

The soldiers were defeated one after another, the barbarian army covered all the way, the chaotic Roman front could not stop their attack at all, and the Roman soldiers on the front line continued to fall.

"Where's your centurion?" Terus asks a defeated soldier.

"Dead, hacked to death with an ax!" The soldier answered truthfully.

Cyreus didn't bother to delay the soldier any longer, so he grabbed another soldier and asked, "Where is your centurion?" ”

"Dead! Long dead! The soldier replied with tears in his voice.

Thus Thereus asked seven or eight of the soldiers in succession, and their answers were surprisingly unanimous, and when he looked up again, he saw that none of the soldiers who had fallen back wore horned helmets. It also proves the speculation in Theris's heart now, and the junior officers are lost.

"Captain Ten! Captain Ten! "Thyus led the cavalry of the Guards through the battlefield, looking for the soldier with the feathers on his helmet, for he was the commander of the army!

Eventually, Tereus gathered ten soldiers wearing the helmets of the Centurion and told them, "From now on, you are the Centurion!" ”

The ten captains who heard the news looked at each other, and it was obvious that their expressions were clearly joyful. Sure enough, the promotion on the battlefield is the fastest.

The ten of them raised their heads and looked at Thyus, their eyes were determined, as if Thyus had commanded them to return to the battlefield and launch a suicidal attack on the barbarian army in front of them, and they would probably not hesitate to carry it out!

"I now order you to regroup your army, and we will build a second line of defense before the enemy comes up!" Theris' order caused the ten centurions to nod their heads in response.

"Quick, form a line! Form a line of defense! ”

Seeing the soldier retreat, Aetius's heart was even more like a heavy knock, causing his whole heart to stop for a second.

In his eyes, he only saw the barbarians roaring like a tidal wave, and the Romans who came forward to resist were like vulnerable saplings, swallowed up by the roaring tide of barbarians.

"Soldier Chief! Soldier Captain! Thereus shouted, and rode to Aetius' side, and the retreating soldiers passed on either side of Aetius and stopped at the newly formed line.

Their faces were full of fear, and everyone looked timidly at the back of Aetius, praying in their hearts that Aetius must see the situation clearly and retreat early!

"What is the situation now, Thyres." Aetius asked in a deep voice.

"The barbarians are on attack, Captain Soldier!" Terus gasped, it seemed that there was no shortage of rushes along the way, "Our junior officers on the front line have suffered heavy losses, and the morale of the soldiers has fallen to the point that it is unsustainable!" ”

"Looks like I miscalculated!" Aetius struck his palm with his scepter, as if to punish himself, and his estimate of the enemy's carelessness forced him to swallow the bitter pill of defeat.

But the defeat and loss were so insignificant in the big picture that Aetius quickly came out of the loss, he turned to look at Thereus and said: "Order the soldiers to retreat, and recall the Fourteenth Twin Regiments and the Eighth Brothers-in-Arms, and tell the commanders of the field regiments that we are in trouble!" ”

In the face of an invincible force, Aetius made the wisest choice, leading his soldiers out of the battlefield quickly, even if all his ears were filled with the cheers of the barbarians behind him.

In the Doge's palace in Augusta-Treville, Luga led the officers of Belgian Gaul to sit on one side, and the emissary from the Senate, Ods, led his entourage to sit at the other end.

The two sides faced each other, and Luga and Odeus's faces were full of friendliness, after all, Luga's war against Britannia a few years ago had made the workshops of the province of Grand Sequanoren and the Belgian province of Gaul a lot of money, and they also made a lot of money as aristocrats who invested.

Seeing that the people around him are making money, no matter who they are, they will be red-eyed, not to mention the so-called insatiable people in the Senate.

Flavis. Luga once became the spokesman of the war in the Senate, no matter how big or small the war was, it always turned the rotten imperial machine around, and there was always the momentum of the original conquest of the world.

"Come on, speak your mind!" Lu Jia spread his hands and gestured to the young patriarchs in front of him, "I think we must be meeting for the first time, let's have a good talk today, and see what problems you have with me, who is relatively strange." ”

The senators and nobles looked at each other and smiled, but no one opened their mouths to ask, as if they were all shy and opened their mouths, for fear of making this young but high-ranking soldier grow up laugh.

"After all, it is a newcomer to the outstanding class, and they are still somewhat in awe of your Excellency who is like a god!" The eldest, Osdes, smiled and opened his mouth to dissolve the cold atmosphere, and explained to Luga with a smile: "It seems that they still have a respectful attitude, and for the elders, as the leader of the envoy group and the colleagues of the Senate, I will ask first!" ”

Seeing that Odysses was silent for a moment, the smile on his face disappeared and was replaced by seriousness, and Luga, who saw his expression, couldn't help but sit up straight, thinking that this guy must have some difficult question to answer.

"As Your Excellency has seen and seen with your own eyes!" Odeus began by saying, "The barbarians entered from the Rhine Line and invaded the area of what is now Aetius. ”

"What's wrong with that?"

"But we saw these barbarians on our way to Augusta-Treville, but we only watched from afar, and they numbered in the thousands, can Your Excellency tell us how many there were?"

"Oh, that's a huge number." Luga smiled and said, "According to the report of our scouts, their number should be no less than 50,000, of course, the number of soldiers who can fight is 30,000 to 40,000, after all, barbarians, fierce women will always pick up the iron sword that their husbands have dropped and throw themselves into battle." ”

"But......" Odus interrupted Luga's rhetoric and changed the subject, "I have heard rumors that you let these barbarians in, Lord Luga, and if this news is true, then it is not a small matter. ”

As soon as this question came out, the whole scene instantly became awkward, and even the senators behind Odes restrained their smiles, and they sat up straight, pricking up their ears to see how Luga could explain the question.