"Damn it!"

He was indulging in excitement, but he did not expect that the Romans would take advantage of his dispatch to sneak up on his base camp, and he realized that he had been deceived, and he began to rage, becoming more and more unable to control his inner impulses.

"Cut down the watchtower and bury him! Bury him! ”

Frederick pointed to the watchtower and shouted orders to the soldiers holding tomahawks behind him, although the soldiers were exhausted after a busy day, they still regained their morale under Frederick's order, raised the tomahawks in their hands and roared loudly towards the watchtower.

Naturally, the Romans would not give them a chance to make a move, only to hear a trumpet, and the rudimentary city walls were instantly filled with Roman soldiers, who opened their bows and arrows to aim at the Alemanni below, and a rain of arrows fell, and the Alemanni who had no shield to defend fell in pieces.

"Stomp, stomp..."

At this moment, a large number of Roman soldiers with spears and shields rushed out of the empty camp, and they roared towards Frederick in front of them under the leadership of a Roman officer.

In the confusion, Frederick saw that the officer at the head was somewhat familiar, but it was too late, and the exhausted soldiers had no power to fight back in the face of the rain of arrows, so they could only fight and retreat.

"Flavies. Luga! Flavis. Luga! ”

Frederick shouted loudly and again from behind the hastily formed shield wall of the soldiers, calling Luga's name over and over again, it was hard to imagine what his mood was at this time, and it was indeed certain that it must have been Luga's conspiracy.

How he wished he could lead his soldiers with shields and swords to cheer up and brave the rain of arrows to pounce on them and teach the Romans who had attacked them a hard lesson, but he was so weak that the wounds on his body revealed tearing pain as soon as he exerted his strength.

"What should we do!"

The soldiers asked Frederick over and over again, Frederick was naturally angry, he gritted his teeth to hold back the pain, grabbed the iron sword in the hand of the officer next to him, and put his left hand on the shoulder of the guard, his face was pale, and the blue tendons on his forehead were bursting out, but he somehow broke out in a cold sweat.

"Rush in! Kill them! Rush in and kill them! Frederick's lips trembled, and he spoke to the soldiers beside him, but before they could respond, his eyes went black and his head hung heavily.

Even if he was so indignant when he was awake, after he fell unconscious, his soldiers fell back into confusion.

A month later, outside the city of Ludinan, the last of the citizens who had retreated from Treville made a brief stop in Ludinan.

Lugar led Andrew, who had just returned from a sneak attack on the Alemanni barracks, to the governor's palace in Ludinand. Aetius was dressed in a white robe with a red toga and a laurel wreath on his head, which was worn only during ceremonies.

Of course, meeting Caesar was a more important event than any other festival, and since entering the gates of Ludinand, the houses on both sides of the street are covered with flags, and the "black ear" symbol representing Rome is particularly prominent.

Luga sat in the carriage and stared blankly at the flags that kept flashing outside, and the whole person fell into deep thought.

"Caesar, you are about to meet Aetius, you need to tidy up your appearance so as not to embarrass your courtiers." Andrew rode over to remind Luga, which interrupted Luga's musings.

"Oh yes, Andrew." Luga, who came to his senses, hurriedly straightened his clothes, and said to himself as he moved his hands: "Keeping neat and tidy clothes is also an indispensable etiquette for a qualified Augustus, and I can't let them laugh at it." ”

"Caesar." Andrew looked at Luga with a puzzled face, and he couldn't help but ask: "You seem to have something on your mind, it seems that no one has answered it with you." ”

"Oh, yes, yes, my friend, look at me, my head is about to explode when I think about it!" Luga smiled bitterly to defend himself, and reached out to pat his forehead, because they were friends for many years, although the relationship between the monarch and the minister made it clear that they had to keep their distance, but in private, Luga still had nothing to say to Andrew, "You know, Andrew, it's been a month since I left Treville, and during this time I have been sending scouts to Agrippina to look for it. ”

"You mean Ana, the Gallic woman."

"Hmm—" Luga did not deny it, as he did to Andrew.

"I haven't forgotten her until now, that woman, huh..."Andrew lowered his head and let out a smile that almost sighed, "Luga, oh, forgive me for calling you that, the past is like a dark cloud drifting by, and if it is gone, it should be dispersed, leaving behind the obsession that is not like the style of Augustus." ”

"You're right, Augustus shouldn't have left the world with a conspicuous weakness, otherwise the whole world will take advantage of this weakness and cause me harm." Luga's eyes were grim, and he watched as the carriages and horses gradually walked out of the street and into the square.

"Welcome, Caesar!" Aetius had been waiting here for a long time.

Luga got out of the car and looked around at the heavily armed soldiers, who blocked the citizens who wanted to meet Augustus, which was understandable, after all, no one could be sure how many of them were for worship, and probably many of them wanted to die.

"It's a pleasure to see you, Lord Aetius, and I think we'll have to have something to say, and we'll talk for a long time." Luga and Aetius met and exchanged arms.

"That's my pleasure, Caesar." I don't know if Caesar was reluctant to scream, but Aetius still had a good conversation with Luga.

The two walked up the stairs side by side, but due to their different positions, Aetius consciously lowered the stairs.

Just as he was about to ascend the last step of the stairs, Andrew suddenly stopped Luga, and when he turned around, Andrew pointed to a ragged scout in the square below and said to Luga, "Caesar, there is news." ”

"Yes." Luga responded lightly, but his body was extremely honest, and he hurriedly reached out and snatched the parchment from Andrew's hand, and after opening it, the words inside were very short, but they revealed an absolute message.

Luga was almost completely stunned, but fortunately he quickly regained his composure, which was only a second.

"What's the matter, Caesar?" Aetius, who was waiting, asked with "concern", "Is there something wrong?" ”

"No, just one person." Luga raised his head and smiled at Aetius, "It's just an ordinary friend, but unfortunately, it's impossible to see each other again in this life." ”

"Forgive my offense, Caesar." Aetius hurriedly bowed and bowed to make amends for his rudeness just now, and then said: "Please also ask Caesar to mourn and be obedient, after all, life and death are God's will." ”

"As you said, Your Excellency, there are more important things that we need to deal with at the moment, after all, people are dying all the time." Luga nodded, his breathing a little heavy, but he smiled calmly, and threw the parchment on the steps to let the breeze blow away.