Three days later, the guards accompanying Luga and his party were sent back by Caesar Theodosius II, because Aetius had the power of the entire Western Empire, and he must have been everywhere. So Theodosius II did not trust other people, especially those who were too close to him and strangers.

Only Luga and Andrew, the two people on the recommendation letter, were left.

Although the Western Empire was in jeopardy, Aetius, who held the power of the empire, believed that Theodosius II could use violent means at any time to take Valentinian III from the throne and then shake the Flaviis family's rule over Rome. This was a threat to the Empire, although Luga, who came from the future, knew that Aetius would not do this, because no matter how bad Valentinian III was, he was also supported by the uncle of Theodosius II, and he could not tear his face so easily on this foundation that was not yet solid, especially when he did not deal with the lawless barbarians.

Theodosius II also had his own constraints, that is, the Sassanid Persian Empire from the East, a Central Asian country that had been fighting against Rome for nearly a hundred years, and just recently came the news that it was going to attack the province of Osroen in the Eastern Empire. The province of Osroen is an important province of the Eastern Roman Empire, and the most important thing is the wine-rich city of Edessa, if Sassanid is allowed to take Edessa, then even Augustus himself may not have good wine to drink!

The most important thing is that without such a prosperous tax model city, then the money for the palace expenses will be a lot tighter, which is intolerable for the royal family, which has always been luxurious!

Therefore, Luga and Andrew only stayed for three days before Theodosius II was tied to his chariot and became a member of his guard, embarking on the road to the east.

That morning, before the sun had risen, Luga had already put on the helmet and scale armor that had been prepared for him with the help of the court attendants, when he heard a knock at the door.

"Luga, hey, Luga is me!" The voice Luga was all too familiar.

"Come in, Andrew!" Luga greeted in a deep voice.

"Squeak!"

The door opened, and Andrew stepped in to see Luga still tightening his armor with the help of the attendants.

"Luga, let's go, Augustus is about to hit the road." Andrew has always been anxious, especially when the commander greets him, he always wants to perform his best, but although the result is unsatisfactory, he has never given up hope of showing himself, the first to gather at the designated place, and the first to stand up for the commander when he encounters problems, but fate does not seem to be optimistic about this soldier who strives to show himself, and after serving for so long, he is still displaced.

"Right away!" Luga complied, tightening the last leash with the help of the attendants, and then picked up the shield and iron sword that lay on the table. It is estimated that there should be about half an hour left in the time, Andrew is too anxious, although the image of the newcomer is very important, but he is so eager to express himself, when he arrives on the battlefield, it is really desperate to be on the turn! Lu Jia was still a little resistant in his heart, thinking that it would be better to have such a glass of milk to kill his food with such a generous time. Andrew was not happy, he had to wait there, then okay, Luga gave in, and reluctantly followed Andrew to the street in front of the palace, who would have thought that it was already full of people.

"Damn, I didn't expect there to be a lot of people like Andrew!" Lu Jia was shocked, and even faintly felt why he was fired in the first place, and his enthusiasm for work was left behind.

"Hey, those two from the Western Empire!"

The group of people who were dressed in the same armor as the two of us, led by the two Luga, who had hurried down the steps, stretched out their hands to greet them, and Luga and Andrew walked towards them.

Luga and Andrew did not dare to hesitate, and hurriedly ran forward, only to see the soldier leading two iron-clad war horses and handing the reins to Luga and Andrew respectively.

"When the time comes, we'll ride it when Augustus departs, and we'll go out of town through the block." The soldier entered his ranks, and it seemed that his task was nothing more than that.

Theodosius II had his own special carriage, so as soon as he left the palace, he couldn't wait to get into the richly decorated carriage, a trumpet accompanied by the rising sun, along the streets emptied by the defenders, the road was clean without even a single leaf, the streets were full of civilians, they did not know about this trip, but saw infantry and cavalry teams starting from different streets, and at the same time converging into a torrent, along the main streets of Constantinople, out of the city, Heading towards the strait to the east.

The Strait of Hellespont was filled with Imperial ships, who had already received orders from Augustus to march and awaited the arrival of Caesar's army at the Golden Horn.

It took another two days and forty-eight hours of round-the-clock transportation before the army regrouped in the land of Asia Minor, and then marched eastward along the highway that had already been built.

Governors along the way would send troops to join the Roman legions, both to show their loyalty to Augustus and to contribute to the victory of Augustus' army over Sassanid Persia.

The army was moving and stopping, getting bigger and bigger, so it was moving more and more slowly, and they had to walk for more than two months when it would have taken a month. From summer to autumn, they traveled through Asia Minor, and finally came to the war-torn province of Osroen.

On this day, the expeditionary force had reached Amida, the westernmost part of the province of Osroen, but it was here that the expeditionary force stood still, and this continued for a whole week. During this time, Theodosius II met daily with the commanders of the front and the commanders of the legions. It seems that Augustus is not idle, so the war must continue!

However, Luga and Andrew, who were members of Augustus' Guard, did not understand the series, Theodosius II was different from Aetius, who fought when he arrived, and Theodosius II was slow to act when he arrived. God knows what kind of medicine was sold in his gourd, and when they came to Augustus on duty that day, they overheard a conversation between Theodosius II and his officers and generals in the tent.

"Yes, everybody." Theodosius II continued: "The present situation is as you can see, Sassanid Persia has taken Nisibis, and their progress is not as rapid as I had thought. ”

"Maybe this time, Shapur doesn't want to expand the war so that he can gain bargaining chips before the hatred intensifies!"

"Hmph, who wants to negotiate with these bitches with beards!"

"We should attack directly, we have 20,000 people, Sassanid they are afraid that there are less than 10,000, we have enough strength, think about it, maybe we can teach them a hard lesson this time, let them know the fate of invading us!"

"Nisibis has fallen, not to mention what Sassanid Persia will do to the Roman citizens in the city, the gateway to Edessa is open, and we can't affect Edessa's economy!"

"Oh, calm down, my faithful commander!" At this time, in the midst of their chattering discussion, Theodosius II, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke up, calmed the emotions of the people who were doing it, and then asked: "Marcus, how long will our ironclad cavalry be here?" ”

"Well, probably a few days away, Caesar!" Marcus continued: "The equipment of the ironclad cavalry is not yet fully equipped, so it is necessary to constantly stop and change clothes as we continue to move forward, so the time is delayed a lot. ”

"I really shouldn't have set out in a hurry." Theodosius II let out a long sigh, "It seems that there is really no need for us to wait, and it is also doomed that the ironclad cavalry will miss out on sharing the fruits of victory." Marcus, where is Sasanian according to the Scout's intelligence? ”

"Heading towards Edessa!"

"Then let's go!" Theodosius got up and struck down the Sassanid flag planted in Nisibis.