Chapter 258: Tangled

Time is never enough for the opportunistic, and the same is true for Luga, who just let the soldiers rest for three days in the military camp of Syracuse, and set off in a hurry without even seeing the officers who defended the city of Syracuse.

Although the soldiers complained, no one dared to say no in front of the military order, but it was rumored that the highest commander of the regiment was eager to take revenge because he had suffered a frustration in battle a few days ago. Of course, it was just a rumor, and no one could prove that he was telling the truth, except for the officers at the highest level.

The huge legion was divided into two groups outside the city of Syracuse, and Luga specially asked an auxiliary legion to go north to garrison the Strait of Messina, and this legion had a total of 3,000 men, and the commander of the legion was a nobleman named Marennius, who had followed Luga from Athens, and his armor was worthy of his noble status, his age was in his early thirties, and the years had left him with unconcealable wrinkles. He didn't like to wear a helmet and let his naturally curly, jet-black hair sway in the wind. He always looked at Luga with a hint of contempt in his eyes. For Luga, he was a stranger, an unknown one, and no other way. Who let these people belong to the first batch of soldiers of this legion before Luga took office, Luga has the attitude of employing people without suspicion and suspicion.

"Then Messina will be handed over to you, friend!" Luga said, patting Malenius on the shoulder.

Although the thought of the extremely risky and devastating landing of the new Legion Commander on that day, which had suffered great losses, Malenius was full of distrust for the young man in front of him, who was much younger than him. Of course, this is not just the idea of Malenius alone, everyone present will have such thoughts to a greater or lesser extent, how can a commander who cannot lead them to victory? Malenius didn't respond much, just a cold "oh", and then turned back to greet his soldiers.

"You ......" such a rude response made Andrew very angry, and he was about to have a seizure, but Luga reached out to stop him.

"Stop, Andrew!" Luga stopped Andrew's anger, and just responded lightly: "He's just convincing me, it's not surprising, we're just lacking great achievements now, let's go too, if we win, we will naturally change his attitude." ”

Riding his horse, an army of nearly 10,000 men stretched for miles, Luga looked back, he probably never thought he would soar so fast, and bragging about it became a reality, a gift from Augustus of the Eastern Empire, and it was also a heavy burden.

"Luga, this time we really have no way out!" Andrew Zema was beside Luga, his tone was calm, but his calm tone expounded a revealing truth. "If we lose, then everyone who is with us will not be able to come back."

"I know, this time, we're alone!" Lugatsema stopped, standing on a high ground. The soldiers at his feet passed in front of him, and they all looked at each other, and in their bright eyes, they were beating active souls, and they were all fresh beings.

"10,000 lives, alive, fleeting lives!" Luga muttered to himself, but the actions he had planned for him had become the reason for him to stay up and down all night.

"Is this plan feasible?" Late at night, lying on the marching bed, his eyes fixed on the top of the pitch-black tent, he began to be surprised, and in the darkness he asked himself: "If you fail, what should you do, run, steal your life, or don't run, and die calmly!" Only then did he realize his own hesitation under Top Gun, and the doubts and fears in his heart made it difficult for him to move, like a long rope that bound him to immobility.

"Gaisaric is not your average barbarian, he will inevitably send scouts everywhere, what if such a large army is discovered by the Vandals, and then Gaisarik's army turns south and fights me! I can't retreat, if I retreat, Palermo will be captured by the Vandals, if I don't retreat, it's okay to succeed, I can't win, I'm afraid only the gallows is my final destination. ”

"Go to his wish, why is it so hard!" Luga couldn't sleep any longer, he put on his clothes and got up, and walked out of the tent, the tent was brightly lit, what Luga didn't expect was that his soldiers were still busy so late.

Luga never expected that he would see Andrew in the barracks, although it was only a back, Andrew had his back to him, and was busy directing only those busy soldiers back and forth.

"Andrew, why aren't you resting?" Luga asked him in surprise, Andrew turned his head to look at Luga for a long time, but it is conceivable that his expression was as surprised as Luga, Andrew asked in surprise: "Luga, why don't you rest so late?" ”

"Uh, did I ask you first?" Luga has a black line.

"Oh, look at me, I'm overdone, and the price is easy forgetfulness, this must be God's prank!" Andrew cupped his forehead and smiled apologetically at Luga. Luga saw the exhaustion on Andrew's face through the firelight.

Andrew casually pointed to the busy soldier and said to Luga: "Seeing that you are too busy and need to rest, I didn't bother you, this is the soldier who arrived late, I must arrange a suitable place for them to settle down and rest in your name, and the soldier's sentry and patrol should also be done tightly." By the way, the nobles and military of the ancient city of Syra have sent scouts to patrol our front in order to cooperate with our actions, and will hand us the latest information after you go to sleep. Andrew said, handing the parchment in his hand to Luga, which should be the information Andrew had said.

"Since this information is in your hands, you must have read it all, so, is there any news from the Vandals?" Luga was completely sleepy, so he simply asked.

"According to information from Syracuse's scouts." Andrew said, retracting his hand, and continued: "This generation is still in the sphere of influence of Syracuse, and the Vandals retreated very cleanly this time, all the way back to Trapani, and regrouped their forces there, and now Gaisaric has not made any movement, and it is not known whether they will go north or continue to attack Syracuse. ”

"So ......"

"So my suggestion is that we stay here for a while and send scouts to find out."

"Yes, yes!" Luga agrees with Andrew's idea very much, which can at least allow him to calm down for two days, think about the current form, combine it with reality, and then improve the next military deployment.

"Order the scouts to pay attention to the large army of the Vandals, they will inevitably have new actions when they gather, and Gaisaric knows that we will have a legion in Syracuse, so naturally they don't dare to act rashly, but they don't know how many of us are here this time, I don't think he Gaisaric will take such a big risk to come back, so the order scouts mainly pay attention to the dynamics in the northern region, and pay attention to whether the Vandal scouts will come here, and our whereabouts cannot be exposed."

After all, this is not a simple matter, but Andrew hesitated for a moment before nodding his head and saying, "I will inform all the light cavalry to leave early tomorrow morning, and I hope they can bring us good news." ”

"I hope so!" Luga patted Andrew on the shoulder, turned back to his tent, lit the oil lamp, spread out the map of Nassily, and then he had a job to do!