Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Conspiracy of Aetius
The carriage swayed and moved slowly, and there was already chaos outside, and the soldiers of the 1st Brigade of the 14th Twin Regiments of Rome and the Burgundians fought desperately outside the carriage, and the flesh kept crashing against the wooden planks outside the car. It seems that the Burgundians have already reached the carriage.
Levi desperately cleared the way for the carriage in front, but there was not even a shadow of Aetius in this carriage, so why did Levi work so hard? Had he been deceived too? Or is this itself a costly farce? So what's going on with that debriefing scout?
"Luga, is Marshal Aetius really not in there?"
Flio's heart palpitated and looked around, no problem, there was really no one else here except the three of us, could it be that Aetius was in the chaos and ran away in makeup?
"I'm not sure about that yet." I replied to him, and just then my mind flashed through the scout who had been pierced through the neck, who had handed the parchment to the carriage.
"Parchment, parchment!"
I looked down at the window of the carriage and found the rolled parchment on the carpet. I didn't even open the seal, so I hurried over to pick it up, thinking to myself that since this was a document that had been submitted, and there was no trace of Aetius in the four corners, could I open it and take a look?
I didn't have time to hesitate, I opened the parchment directly, I wanted to see what was written in it!
I removed the sticky beeswax from the top and opened the parchment, and the next result was beyond my expectations, or I can't tell if I was thinking so in my heart, but the parchment was empty, and there was really nothing written on it.
"Could it be that the light is too dim?"
As I spoke, I thought of Lenin's writing letters with milk in prison, and tentatively opened the window to see through the sunlight what was so miraculous on this parchment that I did not yet know. But as soon as the window opened, an unlucky man had been beheaded outside, splashing blood on my face, so frightened that I quickly closed the window.
It seemed that the opportunity to verify it was gone, but I almost laughed at the act of death I had just done, and since I could conclude that there was nothing on the parchment, Aetius was not in the car at all. And what about Chief Centurion Guy? Shouldn't he be standing in the front row of the phalanx? But when the scout was killed, our centurion returned, but where was he? Looking at the blank parchment in my hand, I couldn't help but think of the parchment that the herald in the camp gave to Guy at that time, and I am afraid that it was the real answer to this incident!
"Alas, we were deceived!"
I let out a long sigh, and I said why I couldn't see the chief centurion when I rested, for the guy had already run away with the flag, and now he might have met his treacherous master.
"What? What was deceived? ”
It was only then that Andrew came back to his Dionysian dream and looked at me in surprise.
"I mean, we're pawns in the hands of the bastard Aetius. But now we are burning ourselves, playing a key role in Aetius' next steps. ”
The two of them were stunned, staring at me, I knew they didn't understand what I meant, and in layman's terms, this carriage was a piece of fat that had been deliberately placed in front of the hungry wolf, and the three of us were right in the middle of it.
"Woo woo woo ~ I wouldn't have come if I had known! What military positions, what senate troops will not go to war, it's all a lie! ”
Flio's understanding of what I meant, it was nothing more than that we were bait for the Burgundian ambush, and he didn't care about anything when he knew such bad news, so he sat on the ground and cried loudly, it turned out that this guy came through the back door.
"Then what should we do, Luga, this will go out and die, stay here, at least die later." Andrew took a piece of silk and wiped the blood on his face, silk, this is a real treasure, I think the price of selling that one may make us eat and drink well in the next year or two, so let him wipe it, it's not worth it!
"I think let's get out quickly, in this way, as long as the phalanxes outside are crushed, then we are not doing this to cocoon ourselves, now it is better to go out and pretend to be dead with it here!" My words immediately drew Andrew's nod in agreement, and this kid Fermio, at first glance, is the clerk's material, and now he just begs this guy not to drop the chain at a critical moment.
I grabbed Fermio's chain mail and jerked him up, "Now is not the time to be afraid, we must get out!" After saying that, I nodded at Andrew, who understood, drank all the wine in the jug in one gulp, threw the flask away, picked up Fermio's shield, and shouted "Fight!" Then he rushed out! Before Fermio could shake his head, I had already pulled him behind Andrew.
As soon as they got out of the carriage, they looked around full of Burgundians, and their weapons were even more varied, could it be said that after so many years, they had not made the slightest progress?
Levi took his cavalry, and there would be only four or five men left, and they simply dismounted, and let the four or five soldiers open the way in front, and they themselves pulled the reins of the four horses that pulled the cart, and moved forward little by little. The surroundings were in chaos, and the neat and tight formations of the various phalanxes had long since ceased to exist, and now each soldier was fighting on his own. The Romans and the Burgundians fought each other, and the scene was very chaotic.
"Hey! You three, what are you doing? ”
As soon as I came out, I saw Levi, the traitor, pointing at the three of us and asking loudly.
"What the hell does it matter to you!"
I retorted unceremoniously, grabbed Fermio and dismounted, and Andrew took the lead, seeing a burgundian with a logging axe shouting at us, Andrew did not hesitate to wave his shield and smash the Burgundian down. Before he could get up and resist, I had already stabbed him in the chest.
"Luga, where are we going?"
Andrew turned to me and asked, I handed him back his sword, and said, "I don't know, just run in the direction of going back, don't you see that Levi's traitor is running there!" ”
"Okay! Luga, keep up with me! ”
Andrew put his sword at his waist, held his shield forward, pushed it all the way, and in front of him was a Roman, so he pushed it away with his shield, and if it was a Burgundian, he would cut it down with his sword. Now it's time to get the last remaining Romans together and have enough strength to rush out!
"Romans!" I raised my sword and shouted, "Now if you want to get out of here alive, follow me!" ”
"Aurius. Luga! ”
As we went on, I heard my name being called, and I looked back to see the traitor Levi, who was pulling the carriage continuously, but the Roman soldiers around the carriage were dead and wounded, and the Burgundians had already rushed into the carriage.