Chapter 638: Burning the City

The Suebi defenders numbered no more than a thousand men, and they were no match for the swarming Romans, and soon their fragile defensive line was swallowed up by the tide of the Romans.

The rest of the Suebi built a fortress in the city from discarded stones and planks, because too much time had been wasted attacking the walls and capturing the perimeter of the walls, and this battle cost both sides.

By this time it was already dusk, and the offensive had to be stopped, because the soldiers were exhausted.

Luga followed with his army, but he chose to walk because the town was full of corpses and the crowd was too crowded to ride a horse.

The soldiers of the brigade entered through the open gates, only to see the soldiers of the 21st Luga-Victory Legion, which had stopped the attack, here to dispose of the corpses and wounded soldiers on the road.

As soon as he entered the city gates, Luga was deafened by the screams of the wounded soldiers, and when he looked up, he saw a group of scarred soldiers with missing arms and legs wailing under the crumbling walls of the blood-stained soil.

Lu Jia could not have understood their tragic situation, in the era of such backward medical treatment, being injured meant that the rest of his life could only be tortured to death in pain.

At least they can't be left alone, because they have largely taken the city, and they can prove that they have atoned for their sins.

After thinking about it, Lu Jia still beckoned to the officer behind him and said, "Arrange a ventilated place for them, and see if we can find a similar doctor to treat them with herbs." ”

"Adult ......"

The officer seemed to have something unspeakable, and Luga was very curious, turned his head to look at him with a puzzled expression, and asked, "What?" Any questions? ”

"Papa said that those who use herbs are witch doctors, and they are heretics rather than angels who can save lives."

"So what?" Luga felt that this doubt was very ridiculous, "Is there a better way for Papa to invite an angel to heal them?" ”

Speaking of this, Luga's words stopped abruptly, he thought for a moment and felt that this was quite inappropriate, after all, this was the beginning of a theocratic world, and it was really disrespectful to Pope Leo I to say such disrespectful words, and there were many troubles for himself that he would not have had.

"Okay, okay, since Papa said so, then he must have his own meaning." Although he thought it was ridiculous, Luga had to admit that this was indeed the same meaning.

Look at the poor fellows again, Luga has no way to help them until they don't have long to live, so let Leo I see what good way to ask God to save them.

Luga shook his head, sighed, and then followed the others into the depths of the town's streets.

"Soldier Commander, it's Soldier Captain!"

Seeing Luga's soldiers, there was a burst of surprise, and there was no lack of surprise in their tones, and everyone stopped what they were busy doing and raised their heads to look at Luga. Their eyes were filled with horror, and it seemed that Luga's brutality had carved fear into their bones.

Luga knew it wasn't a good thing, but now that it had come to this, he didn't regret what he had done.

The dirt road was filthy, the soldiers involved were in disarray, surrounded by the corpses of the Suebi, and on both sides of the road were kneeling Suebi prisoners, who bowed their heads and did not dare to look up at Luga.

"Let them rest." Now in the crowd, Luga looked around at the soldiers around and couldn't help but nod and said, "Good job, everyone, good job!" ”

After receiving the affirmation of the soldier chief, the soldiers who belonged to the 21st Luga-Victory Legion around them breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the soldier commander was sure, then they had a way to live.

Now the sun is gradually setting, the light is getting dimmer and dimmer, and the soldiers have made torches for the light, although the light is chaotic now, everything beats with the firelight.

"Luga." Andrew walked behind Luga at this time and said to Luga: "Now that the enemy has lost more than half of its losses, is it time to let the soldiers rest and recuperate, or ......?"

"Let the 21st Legion stop and rest, we still have the 22nd Legion!" Luga pointed to the light surrounded by torches outside the city behind him, and said to Andrew: "We still have follow-up troops, they have stood there for a day, maybe their legs are numb, now it's their turn to behave when the opportunity comes, let them start!" ”

"Quick, get into town! Town! ”

The centurions beckoned their soldiers to follow their orders and enter the battlefield, it was a truce, but soon they would be engaged in a new battle.

In the same way, Luga also firmly believed that in addition to the soldiers who could fight, there were many old men and women, of course, barbarian women were like biting barbarism, although there was a bit of posture, but there were some restless hearts under the skin, and even sharp and deadly claws under the soft fur.

"Look! Look! ”

When he was about to organize an attack, he only heard the soldiers behind him pointing to the city and exclaiming, Luga hurriedly turned around, only to feel that his eyes lit up, and in an instant, the raging fire was like the fall of the sun god's carriage to the mortal world, causing this fire, so that all the defense lines in the city built by the Suebi people fell into the clutches of flames.

"What is this? Who did it, who did it? ”

The surrounding soldiers couldn't help but panic and asked whose masterpiece it was.

The flames were so dazzling in the dark of night that they seemed to be as close as the sun was really close by. The hot wind blew in his face, blowing his face a little dry and painful.

Luga stood in the crowd and stared at the flames without moving, the flames reflected in his pupils pulsing in an eerie manner. After a moment of silence, his right hand holding the hilt of his sword tightened again, probably because his eyes hurt from staring at the flames for too long, he closed his eyes and lowered his head, and his left hand wiped away the tears that oozed from the corners of his eyes with lightning speed.

"Luga." Andrew pointed to the flames in front of him and said to him with a smile: "The Suebi people know that they can't succeed, so they plan to commit suicide en masse, it's funny!" ”

"Order the soldiers to get out." Luga opened his eyes again and looked back at Andrew, "This is the path they have chosen, let them go on their own." ”

With that, Luga turned around and waved to the soldiers behind him, and then took a step and walked unhurriedly towards the outside of the city.