12. The will to fight
As the Battle of Chiron approached, Attila's mobilization for war became more and more urgent. Although Attila did not know that a general battle was coming, he clearly felt that the resistance to the march in Gaul was increasing, and all the rear army members were asked to join the battle.www.biquge.info Neo-Tengger believers, who practice medicine everywhere, have also become Battlefield Orders.
In the settlement, this Hun tribe began to cultivate, which was also a rare rest time for Ye Feng, and he began to take stock of his finances. A yurt, a slave girl, Melissa, five Gallic women, seven tall and stout Gallic men, a bag of gold coins containing thirty gold coins, one hundred and thirty sheep, and five horses.
Melissa, as usual, woke up early after satisfying Ye Feng's strong desires, she was very dissatisfied with this Hun life at first, she was a free man in the Gallic village, and she was the object of those hungry Gallic strong men day and night.
But now, she is a slave to the Huns, but she soon converts, accepts her identity, and wants to please her master, but she discovers. Her owner is a very gentle person who treats her very equally and respects her opinions. She didn't even get this kind of care from the Gallic men, and she felt like an equal.
Except in that aspect, Melissa didn't understand why her master had so many bizarre ideas. With both feet, with lips. But Melissa was reassured that her master did not abuse or harsh her, which made her gradually adapt to this life, and wanted to settle down and have a child for him. That's all the Gallic maiden had in mind.
Ye Feng came back with blood all over her body that day, Melissa was frightened, she was afraid that her master would die, so that no one would protect her, God knows what these beast-like Huns would do to her. Later, it was discovered that it was the blood of the enemy, and Melissa's clutched heart was finally relieved.
And those Gauls assigned to Ye Feng were all kicked and restless at this time, they had long heard of the cruelty and barbarism of the Huns. was afraid that he would suffer inhuman treatment, but fortunately, in the past few days, their master, Ye Feng, did not come to see them, which made them feel at ease for a while.
However, their nightmare struck.
Ye Feng was fully armed, wearing armor that only showed his eyes, carrying a bow and arrows, and a scimitar at his waist, to inspect his slaves. Ye Feng didn't mean to frighten these Gauls, Ye Feng liked to wear armor because he felt very secure in that way, secondly, the heavy armor could exercise his body, and thirdly, he didn't want to die in the hands of his own slaves because he was defenseless.
An elderly Gaul was ready to die, and an old man like him had no use at all. He was dressed in shabby, stinking linen and held a stick in his hand to herd sheep. The sticks are carved with the gods of Gaul, who are driving sheep.
The old man's eyes were scattered, full of despair, his expression was sad, looking into the distance, his blurred eyes were full of attachment to life, but he understood that no matter how strong the desire to survive could not keep him.
And the other Gauls who were branded by Ye Feng like beasts were also in danger of themselves. They had long heard the legend of the brutality of the Huns, who came from hell. With broad shoulders, huge heads, eagle-like eyes, sunken noses, and thick black hair, they are terrible devils who choose and eat people.
Ye Feng didn't demand too much from them, but he didn't intend to treat these Gauls kindly, so as not to make them feel weak, so he used the shackles he got from the Romans to lock up these aggressive Gauls and let them graze for him with peace of mind.
After Ye Feng dealt with his own problems, he decided to spend the thirty Auray Gold Coins, the gold coins were really useless to Ye Feng at the moment, it was better to convert them into actual combat power. But the Huns had nothing of value other than horses.
And now the number of Hun horses is getting smaller and smaller, Ye Feng wants to find it, but he can't find it. Moreover, Ye Feng observed a situation that made him extremely uneasy, the Huns were overwhelmed when they first entered Europe, and then they could not afford to fight again, a battle was not as good as a battle, and the cavalry was getting fewer and fewer.
The Hungarian steppe is very small, estimated to only 300,000 livestock, and since the Huns conquered other peoples, they have made a fortune and began to live a life of luxury and lasciviousness, many Huns have changed their nomadic customs, and only a few remote and barbaric Huns still maintain their nomadic spirit. Although settlement was a step forward in civilization, it led to a shortage of horses and a rapid decline in the Huns' fighting power.
At the time of the Battle of Chalon, Attila's cavalry was only a handful, while the rest were his barbarian minions.
Fortunately, Ye Feng's tribe was still a nomadic tribe and had not settled, because this tribe came from a farther east, more remote and barbaric, but this just maintained its amazing combat effectiveness.
But although Ye Feng was uneasy, there was one thing that made Ye Feng happy, that is, the tribes united near Attila were all settled tribes. The Hun capital, Buda, became the political center of Attila, where the property of the tribal chiefs was located. However, most of the barbaric nomadic tribes were unruly and fell to Ye Feng's New Tengger Sect.
The last Huns refer to this part of the people.
And the Western Roman Empire, far to the west, is in a place that Ye Feng can't see. Under Attila's private hints of peace, to disguise the edge of his public declaration of war. It didn't stop Attila's advance. Attila used political tactics to pacify and threaten the Romans and Goths.
The governments of Ravenna and Toulouse, suspicious of each other's suspicions, sat back and waited for their common enemy to come. Aetius was the only one who was discerning and wise. He saw through the intentions of the Huns. But since Placidia's death, there has been a struggle for power in the royal palace, and no one cares about him at all.
And now the young men of Rome tremble at the sound of the trumpet. The Romans' centuries of extravagance and lasciviousness have exhausted the tenacity and sharpness in their bones, and they have become cowardly, incompetent, and cowardly. In the era of the Republic, the military was once a noble profession admired by everyone, but in the era of the Empire, the people's hearts were not ancient, and the people were afraid of avoiding military service.
Rome, it's over!
The light of civilization is dim and flickering.
Attila and his army of tens of thousands rode into the field and dealt a heavy blow to the Romans!