Chapter 63: Mediation
"Haha, hahaha......"
The young man's laughter interrupted my memory, and I hurried to look at him, and the young man almost laughed under the table.
"Hey, what are you laughing at?"
I looked at him curiously, wondering what the hell this damn creature was having fun with me.
"Alas, I really didn't expect that, Your Excellency, I always thought you were a hero, but I didn't expect that you would pee your pants because of the battle."
Looking at the young man who was holding his stomach and laughing uncontrollably, I really didn't know whether to laugh at him for not understanding war, or accuse him of being too young and not understanding anything. Not knowing what to say, I smiled and shook my head and waved at him.
"I really didn't expect that you guy would have fun with me."
My throat was a little dry, so I took the pot of wine, poured a glass, and drank it, and the wine of Edessa was different from Sicily or something, and the taste was very strong, because of the arid climate, which made the wine a little sweet.
"So, do you want to hear it?" I asked.
"Yes! Think! ”
The boy nodded repeatedly, quickly took the flask in my hand, and filled my empty cup with wine. "Your Excellency, I'm not laughing at your bad behavior of wetting your pants on the battlefield, but I'm curious why you have the courage to defy the Chief Centurion so quickly?"
"Ha, if it weren't for the chief centurion who knew so much and didn't report it, I would have been so embarrassed, and even almost killed, that I walked on the edge of hell in such an unknown way, no one would be happy."
"So what happens next?" I think the young man can't wait.
I stroked the cup and began to remember what it had been like.
Under my fierce questioning, Chief Centurion Guy turned grim and stopped talking. Somehow, my question caught the attention of all the remaining soldiers of the First Brigade around me, who gathered around them, despite their pain, staring at Guy with their eyes on Guy.
"Why, why!"
The same question, exploded in the mouths of the soldiers, yes, why, why did Aetius know about this ambush but planned to sacrifice the lives of the five hundred men of the first brigade of our Fourteenth Twin Legion as his bait for Aetius, what is it?
"Sir, why didn't you tell us?"
"We're here to survive, but we don't know anything! And now what do we get? ”
"Centurion, we need an explanation!"
"Yes, explain!"
The soldiers exploded and pounced, each trying to confront the chief centurion, Guy, who had only two wounded centurions in front of him, to no avail.
The soldiers grabbed Guy by the collar and roared, tearing at the scales from Guy's body, and the centurion who came to stop him was quickly drowned in the tide of rage. Guy stood at the center of the accusations, his right hand clutching the flag of the Twins, standing motionless, letting them reach out and tear there, bowing his head to accept the accusations of the soldiers.
"Luga, are you doing this too much!"
Andrew grabbed me and stared at me with a serious face, my mind went blank at the time, and there was only one thought in my mind, and that was to know the answer to this matter.
I stared straight into Andrew's eyes and said, "I just want to know the answer, why, to squander our lives with our people!" ”
"Then if you don't go, what will the empire pay for you!"
I don't know why, I don't know why, I want to excuse these people who don't care about the lives of soldiers at all, I was surprised: "Andrew, have you forgotten that you have just escaped from the brink of death!" Is it just a big excuse for the guy who wants to kill you now? ”
"You're a soldier!" Andrew uttered these three words, raising his voice by eight decibels and almost roaring, and then he said to me, "Soldiers obey orders!" ”
"But wouldn't it be good to even tell us and even give us a mental preparation?" I also broke out and opened his hand, "Look at you, look at your right hand, have you forgotten that the dog bit you at that time?" Have you forgotten how many people in the phalanx were raided by the mastiff and used as food, and they knew about it? But what about these officers, they knew that this matter was so serious, but they didn't inform them in advance......"
"How do you notify?" Andrew interrupted me and yelled at me, "It's scared to you, isn't it?" Tell you in advance that you'll be fed to the dog tomorrow, right? Then why did you come to join the army! Do you think that this military salary is so high that the country has a lot of money and has nowhere to spend it! ”
"Andrew, what do you mean by that?" I was puzzled and retorted, "Could it be that I joined the army for money?" I could have gone to Genoa and become a farmer peacefully, and I didn't think about how to change the fortunes of the country, did I? ”
"That's why you took the lead in embarrassing our chief?"
Andrew's words stunned me, I couldn't answer his question, but his question made me wonder myself, did I really do something wrong? I didn't know it, but while I was pondering, Andrew drew the Spada Iron Sword hanging from his waist with his left hand, walked over and struck me with a blow on the shoulder, and strode over to the soldiers who were desperately squeezing forward to ask Guy for an explanation.
"Fuck off!"
"Incompetent scum!"
"Murderer!"
The soldiers shouted and cursed, as if they wanted to vent all their accumulated anger on the Chief Centurion Guy, and they gradually began to become unscrupulous, completely forgetting that the object of their venting was the Chief Centurion of the Legion, who had overwhelmed them by several levels!
"Shut up!"
Andrew's roar was like a bell, overshadowing all the soldiers who were still yelling and cursing. They all looked back at Andrew, who didn't care about the injury on his right arm at all, raised his sword and pointed at everyone in front of him, and said: "The chief centurion did not give up on us in the midst of danger, you are not grateful, and at this time you scolded him for not informing you that you would be attacked, did the Burgundian tell you in advance when they attacked you?" ”
"Where are you from?"
Among the soldiers came a strong man covered in blood, and the chain mail on the man's body was torn several large wounds, and the cracks were the same terrible wounds, and for some reason, he did not find a military doctor to bandage him. He carried the blood-stained Spada's iron sword and came to Andrew's face head-on. Staring at Andrew with red eyes, he looked Andrew up and down, and said with a sneer: "You have lost an arm, and you are still so rampant, could it be that our chief centurion has given you any benefits in advance?" ”
"Nope!"
Andrew replied categorically, he couldn't help but puff up his chest, and was not afraid in the face of this blood-colored strong man, but still faced forward and looked at the man!