In August 461, when he returned to Rome with his army, he was welcomed by the Romans, but on August 7, his army suddenly mutinied, which was planned by the Roman nobles, who persuaded Majorian's two generals to mutiny.

In the middle of the night on August 7th, the rebels besieged the palace, and when Majorian saw that it was his own cronies who led the troops to rebel, he was so angry that he vomited blood, and when he came to his senses, half an hour had passed, and the shape outside the palace gate was not optimistic, and the two rebel generals did not want to do too much, they put forward conditions for Majorian, hoping that he could announce his abdication, so that everyone in the palace could be saved.

At this time, Majorian was already disheartened, from the time he took over the emperor's throne of the Western Roman Empire, the Western Roman Empire had already been terminally ill and torn apart, and he was only barely maintaining, and now he finally knew that the Western Roman Empire was completely hopeless, and the social atmosphere of the entire empire from top to bottom was extremely bad, and people's hearts were corrupted and rotten to the roots. The only way to do it is to push it to rebuild is the best option, and it will not last long to be repaired, and it is with this in mind that Majorian is disheartened.

So after the rebels outside the palace issued an ultimatum, he personally ascended to the tower of the palace to announce his abdication in public, and ordered the palace guards to open the palace gate. Countless works of art were vandalized and looted in the palace.

Five days later, Majorian was killed on his private estate, and a group of Assassins stormed the estate and killed anyone he saw. There were more than 30 people in the manor, including Majorian, all of whom were spared.

Subsequently, the Roman nobles consulted with the warlords who controlled the Roman city, and decided to introduce the Roman senator Libius? Severus became the new Western Roman Emperor, and the soldiers did not have the prestige and strength to ascend to the throne, so they did not care who would be the emperor, as long as the new emperor could give them greater etiquette. They will support whoever is the emperor.

After many days of negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement, and the soldiers also got the official positions and benefits they wanted. The Roman aristocracy also got what they wanted, and the originally unknown Roman senator Libius? In this way, Severus was put on the throne of emperor by everyone.

Majorian's abdication and murder plunged the Western Roman Empire into further chaos and fragmentation, and Aegidius, the governor of Gaul, and Marcillin, the governor of Dalmatia, were among Majorian's old subordinates. How could they be indifferent to the fact that their old superiors were forced to abdicate and be killed by the rebels like this?

In the new Emperor Libius? Severus was put on the throne of Emperor by the Roman nobles and Roman soldiers. The governors and warlords refused to recognize him as emperor, so all the decrees and military orders issued by Rome were not obeyed. Severus himself was not in charge of affairs at all, and he knew that no one listened to him, so he simply hid in the palace and lived a good life, anyway, there was someone for him to eat, drink and be merry.

The political affairs of Rome were all decided by the nobles and the soldiers, and when there were many people, everyone had their own opinions. Often, a matter was debated for a long time before it was settled, because the military and political orders issued by Rome were no longer obeyed. Therefore, the decrees issued by these Roman nobles could only be carried out in the city of Rome, and sometimes the decrees of the city of Rome were in chaos.

A few days after Majorian's death, the Governor of Dalmatia, Marsilin, was also depressed by the fact that his naval fleet was ambushed by the Vandals in the Strait of Gibraltar and suffered heavy losses, and his son Marcellius succeeded him as governor, and of course the governor of Dalmatia.

Marcelius was also a restless man, his father was haunted by Majorian's death and refused to recognize the new emperor's throne, and he even less regarded the new emperor in Rome and the nobles who actually controlled Rome, and Dalmatia became almost a small independent state.

Saidica.

Qi Muge walked into the imperial study under the leadership of the eunuch, Qin Dong was reviewing the chapter at this time, he stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, there is news from the Roman branch of the Golden Guard, ten days ago there was a mutiny in Rome, the rebels besieged the imperial city, Majorian was forced to announce his abdication, and five days later he was killed in his manor, and the Roman nobles and those soldiers joined forces to kill the unknown Roman senator Libius?" Severus was put on the throne of emperor, and according to the news transmitted from all parts of the Western Roman Empire, the governors and military generals in various places basically did not recognize Libius? Severus's throne, the Western Roman Empire is even more chaotic! ”

Qin Dong was overjoyed when he heard this: "Okay, the more chaotic the Western Roman Empire, the better, this is beneficial to us, pay close attention to the situation in Western Rome, and immediately come to report to me as soon as there is news!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The new emperor of the Western Roman Empire, Libius? Severus was an Amitabha, a good man, and a good gentleman, and since he ascended the throne as emperor, he has never issued even a single edict or decree, and he has completely ignored military and political affairs, so he can be said to have done nothing as an emperor.

It is precisely because of his ignorance, coupled with the fact that the nobles in the city of Rome are vying for power and profit, taking care of themselves, and have no leisure to manage local affairs, which causes each resistance to be completely out of the control of Rome, and the king of the Visigothic kingdom, Theodoric II, began to plan to seize the territory of eastern Spain belonging to the Western Roman Empire, and the war began to start again in eastern Spain, and the garrison of the local officials of the Western Roman Empire stationed in eastern Spain was unable to resist the military attack of the Visigothic kingdom. had to ask for help from Italy itself, but the nobles in Rome were busy fighting for power, how could they manage the affairs of Spain, and the Western Roman army stationed in Spain could not be rescued, and large areas of land were occupied by Visigoths, and towns were forced to abandon them.

The Visigothic king Theodoric II was a man of great ability, not far behind his father, Theodoric I. Far stronger than his elder brother Torrismond, it was under his hands that the Visigothic kingdom was fully developed, and after he succeeded to the throne, he first led his army north to seize a large part of the Gaul province of the Western Roman Empire. Later, he led his army south to fight the Suebi, and defeated the Suebi's supremacy in Spain, driving the Suebi to the northwest corner, but he soon led his army to completely destroy the Suebi and occupy the central and western regions of Spain.

Although he suffered a crushing defeat in the first battle with Majorian, he did not lose much in that battle. After the death of Majorian, Rome was in turmoil, and the governors and generals of various places went their own way. Not accepting military orders from the Roman side, which made him see an opportunity to annex eastern Spain, he went into action.

He also knew that he couldn't swallow all the territory of eastern Spain in one bite, so he adopted a strategy of gradual encroachment. It's just that this is quite time-consuming. However, he is still young, and he can afford to spend time, which is also because the Western Roman Empire is indeed no longer good, and the central government can no longer manage the territory far away in Spain, otherwise, his plot will not succeed, after all, it will take at least five years to completely swallow the entire eastern part of Spain. And the new Roman emperor Libius? Severus lived so long as a good man after he came to power, which gave him enough time to annex the eastern part of Spain.

Qin Dong saw all of this. But there was no action, at a court meeting, a minister Jian yì took advantage of the current chaos of the Western Roman Empire, and immediately sent troops to Italy, destroying the Western Roman Empire in one fell swoop, Qin Dong shook his head and vetoed this Jian Yì.

Afterwards, he summoned several confidants to the imperial study to discuss, and mentioned the matter at the court meeting: "Someone at the court meeting proposed that we can take advantage of the chaos of the Western Roman Empire to send troops to attack, I don't know what you think? ”

Prime Minister Petheus said: "Didn't Your Majesty veto this mention at the court meeting? Why do you bring it up again now? ”

Qin Dong said with a smile: "The court meeting is the court meeting, now that a few of us are talking about this matter in private, do you think it is feasible?" ”

After thinking for a while, Peteaus said: "According to the current shape of the Western Roman Empire, this is a heaven-sent opportunity for our country to send troops to attack, but it has only been a year since the last Western Expedition, and it will take a lot of time to gather the army again, and the morale of the soldiers has not recovered?" This is a problem, and besides, the army needs to spend countless grains, grass, and logistical materials to go out on the expedition, and it takes several months just to prepare, and there is no surplus military expenditure in this year's financial budget for the war, and from the heart of the minister, it is not in favor of starting a war in a short time, and it will take at least two or three years to wait, and then the soldiers will be eager to fight, and the treasury will be full......."

Petheus didn't finish his words, but the few people present knew what he meant, but what did the emperor mean by keeping them private to discuss the matter? Could it be that the emperor has changed his hexagram, or does he still want to fight?

Qin Dong nodded in agreement with Peteaus's statement, "That's right, what the prime minister said is exactly what I want to say, it is really not appropriate to send troops to attack the Western Roman Empire now, in addition to these political reasons said by the prime minister, there are also military reasons, although the Western Roman Empire has been chaotic, but the military strength of the Western Roman Empire is still there, it is just because of political reasons that it has caused a split, if we send troops to attack the Western Roman Empire, then where to attack it?" Gaul? At this stage, it is obviously unrealistic, Aegidius in Gaul still has nearly 80,000 horses, if we want to gnaw this hard bone, the loss will definitely not be small, if we attack the Italian mainland, then we will have to turn over the Alps, this is a dangerous move, you must know that there are still Ostrogoths and Gepides in the southwest of Pannonia and northwest Dalmatia, if the Ostrogoths and Gepides or Marcelius of Dalmatia get the news and lead our troops to cut off our rear route, then the consequences will be very severe!”

After listening to Qin Dong's analysis from a military point of view, the ministers couldn't help but nodded, and Qin Dong continued: "Therefore, we can't have a large-scale war with the Western Roman Empire now, but we can first pull out the two thorns in the eye and flesh of the Ostrogoths and the Gepids, and it is only a small-scale war to fight them, and it doesn't take much troops, and it doesn't cost much military spending, so get rid of these two nails first, and make advance preparations for attacking the Western Roman Empire in the future!" (To be continued......)