In the course of this expedition to the west, in addition to the Hu Empire occupying all the land of the Burgundians, the Germanic barbarians in the west also benefited, and these Germanic barbarians gathered under the edict of Qin Dong and carried out large-scale sacking in Gaul, so that the Governor of Gaul, Aegidius, had been operating in Gaul for many years.

In addition, the Western Roman Emperor Majorian was also a winner, and he skillfully used this opportunity to deceive Richmir, who was entrenched in Rome, out of Italy, and since then Richmir, a warlord who has always controlled the choice of Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, finally lost his territory and survived like a lost dog under the roof of Aegidius, the governor of the province of Gaul.

If it weren't for Qin Dong's large-scale westward expedition, which caused panic among all ethnic groups in the west, and made Majorian think of such a way to lure Li Ximir out of Italy, I am afraid that he would not be able to do anything to Li Ximir in his life.

Italy's largest warlord, Richmir, was lured to Gaul to be with Aegidius, and Majorian took all of Italy under his control as quickly as he could, recruiting a large number of soldiers to train the army, and taking control of all the power, military power, and financial power, so that no one in the whole of Italy dared to oppose him.

In May 461, the relieved kingdom of Vandal was once again stirring up, and King Geseric sent a pirate fleet to transport troops to the Spanish region of the Western Roman Empire in an attempt to occupy the territory there, where he and his people had been driven by the Romans to North Africa decades earlier. He had vowed to fight back to Spain and reoccupy the place to drive out the Romans, and that day had finally come.

Gaceric led a pirate fleet to invade the areas of Betica and Taragona southeast of the Western Roman Empire, which bordered the Strait of Gibraltar in southern Spain. Taragona is the eastern, central and northern part of Spain.

Within a month, the Romans in Spain were enslaved, all the soldiers and officers who resisted were killed, and those who surrendered were sold as slaves.

Majorian in Rome was furious when he heard the news, and at this time he was secretly planning to solve the matter of Richmir, but he did not expect that at this critical moment, Gasselic gave him a vicious move, directly cutting off his claws in Spain.

Something like this happened. Majorian can only temporarily put aside his plan to kill Li Ximir, and is ready to completely solve the Vandal Kingdom, after all, engaging in infighting at this time will cause domestic opposition. And transferring the contradiction to the outside is undoubtedly the best trick to achieve the transfer.

Majorian immediately sent an edict to the provinces of the Western Roman Empire, denouncing the evil deeds of the Vandal kingdom, and saying that he would personally lead an army to Spain to solve the problem of Gaiseric, and asked the provinces to send troops to King Qin. Join the main army to reclaim the lands belonging to the Western Roman Empire.

After all, the Roman Empire was an ancient civilization with a history of hundreds of years. In this era, the civilization was much higher than that of the rest of Europe, and both the Roman nobility and the common people had a sense of pride beyond the ordinary, so after Majorian announced the invasion of Spain by the Vandals, the governors of the provinces, under the strong demand and pressure of the people, had to send troops to Rome to accompany the main army to Spain to conquer the Vandals.

Among them, Aegidius, the governor of Gaul, and Richmir, who lived in Orleans, both received edicts and were required to lead 50,000 troops each to Marseille to join the main army before going south to Spain to attack the Vandals entrenched there.

In the province of Dalmatia. Marcilin carefully built a large and formidable naval fleet, and Majorian ordered him to lead his fleet to the port of Marseille to join the main army. Bring to Spain all the large armies that had conquered the Spanish Vandals.

In August 461, after more than two months of preparation, Majorion finally set out from Rome to Marseille with the main force of his army, where he was ready to join the provincial armies.

In September, the provincial army met with the main force of the central army led by the emperor in Marseille, which was the most powerful and luxurious military lineup in the Western Roman Empire, with a total strength of 300,000 horses, led by the governors of the provinces who were in power, and the emperor Majorian was present in person, of which the emperor Majorian directly controlled the army of 100,000.

After three years of rule, Majorian established his prestige in the Western Roman Empire with a series of war victories and a series of means, basically sitting on the throne of the emperor, and the governors of the provinces of Marseille met Majorian with humility and awe, and could not help but be in awe, compared with the previous two emperors, Majorian's prestige and aura were undoubtedly much stronger, even the always arrogant Richmir did not dare to raise his head to look directly when he saw Majorian, because Richmir's army did not have a stable base, There is no fixed source of income, and the supply of food and grass for his army needs to be supplied by Majorian, and if Majorian cuts off the food and grass of his army, his army will go hungry, and if the soldiers are hungry in this era, the soldiers will hold a rebellion or rebellion, which is the most fatal thing.

After a short rest of 300,000 troops in Marseille, they boarded the fleet of Dalmatian Governor Marcelin and set off for Spain, during this period, most of the territory near the Mediterranean Sea in southeastern France was occupied by the Visigothic Kingdom, and the Western Roman Empire did not have a direct land route to Spain, and the Visigothic Kingdom obviously would not let the Western Roman Empire army pass through its territory, so Majorian had to let Masilin's fleet carry soldiers.

On 22 September, the fleet full of soldiers docked at Bacarona (i.e., Barcelona), unloaded all the soldiers on the fleet, and then continued back to Marseille to transport troops, and so on several times before all the troops were transported to Spain, until 9 October, when Mayorian ordered the Governor of Dalmatia, Masilin, to lead his fleet to patrol the waters of the western Mediterranean and the Strait of Gibraltar to prevent the pirate fleet of the Vandal Kingdom from increasing the number of troops in Spain.

Dalmatian Governor Masilin supported Emperor Majorian, and when he was a general under Aetius, Marcillin had a good relationship with Majorian, so Marcillin supported Majorian as emperor, and of course Majorian obeyed Majorian's orders, and he and Egidious both supported Majorian, and were mortal enemies of Richmir.

After the assembly was completed in Barcelona, at a military meeting, Mayorian ordered Richmir to lead his headquarters of 50,000 men and horses to attack south along the coastline of the Mediterranean, and attack the city when encountering the city, crossing the river when encountering the river, and climbing the mountains and mountains.

Li Ximir wanted to refuse, but he thought that Majorian was the emperor, and he was now a general who did not actually control the territory, and every supply of the army had to be allocated by Majorian, otherwise he, the general, could be overthrown by the army at any time, so it could only endure it.

However, Majorian did not let Richmir lead his own men and horses to attack the western coast of the Mediterranean, but sent a direct general under his command to lead an army of 30,000 to follow Richmir's army, which was ostensibly a support, but in fact it was a surveillance behind, and if Richmir had the slightest ill intentions, the 30,000 troops behind would immediately attack.

Only now did Li Ximir know how powerful Majorian was, and he regretted that he had supported Majorian to become the emperor of the Western Empire. It's a pity that there are no ifs.

Richmir's army of 50,000 attacked along the shores of the Mediterranean for the left army, and Majorian ordered Egidious to lead his headquarters of 50,000 men and horses to attack along the line of Barcelona, Celida, Zaragoza, Magritte (Madrid), and Cáceres, for the right army, and Mayorian himself led his headquarters army of 70,000 and 100,000 troops from the provinces, a total of 170,000 troops marched along the central line as the middle army.

Because there were 30,000 troops watching behind, Li Ximir had to use his real forces to attack the cities captured by the Vandals along the way, because he knew that as long as he was passive and sluggish, the 30,000 troops who were monitoring him behind him would cut off their retreat and food and grass, and then he and his 50,000 troops would be in a dangerous situation of being flanked in front and back, so he could only attack the Vandals with the greatest attack strength, only in this way could he and his army be safe, at least he was not worried that Majorian would be unfavorable to him at this time, Because Majorian also has scruples, in this kind of unanimous foreign war, it is not beneficial for anyone to cause internal strife.

Majorian consulted with the governors and generals of the provinces and decided that the last three armies would assemble in Seville, and only by meeting in Seville would the war be won, and if there was no meeting in Seville, it would be a sign that something was wrong along the way.

Majorian was relieved of Egidious' right army, Egidious was his old subordinate, and the only thing that made him feel at ease was Li Ximir, who was not simple-minded and really difficult to control, otherwise, the first two emperors would not have died so early, so he arranged for an army of 30,000 to monitor his behavior in the back. (To be continued......)