Qin Dong's territory increased tenfold in less than half a year, and at the same time, his military strength increased dramatically.

In May 457, Qin Dong ordered the conscription of 100,000 strong men from barbarian tribes in the north, most of these barbarian strong men were mainly East Slavs, West Slavs also accounted for a minority, and there were also some Avars, Bolgars, and Goths. Coupled with the 100,000 or so obtained by pulling Zhuang Ding while occupying the territory last time, the total strength of Qindong's army is about 400,000, and the total population in his territory has reached about 10 million, which is not less than that of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Due to the sharp increase in troops, Qin Dong had to step up the training of the 200,000 people who had been conscripted in the past six months, and complete the task of establishment while training, except for the previous 18 regiments, these 200,000 people were also organized into 18 regiments, for the convenience of the title and command issues, Qin Dong changed the previous regimental title to division, and the supreme commander was the division commander, and every three divisions were organized into an army, and the commander was called the army commander. The army is the largest establishment, and there is no need to set up a higher-level establishment for the time being, and if the number of troops increases to more than one million in the future, the corps-level establishment will be set up.

The 400,000 men were divided into 36 standing divisions, 12 corps, and 12 army commanders.

Qin Dong's strength and territory have skyrocketed, making Urgan and Sambus very jealous, and now there are only 60,000 people in Urgan. Sambus, on the other hand, only had 40,000 troops, and the total strength of the two was only 100,000, which was too far from Qin Dong's 400,000. However, although the number of Qin Dong's troops was large. But at least half of them have just been recruited, and they are not good in terms of combat effectiveness, and there are too many places that Qin Dong needs to deploy, and the army that can really be transferred for foreign conquest at one time is at most 100,000 people, which makes Sambus and Urgan a little more relieved, but the two also know that they can't go their own way, so the two quickly united. And sign a secret agreement, agree to form a strategic alliance, if Qin Dong is unfavorable to one of them. The other party must support unconditionally.

In the face of the growing power of Qin Dong, the Ostrogoths and Gepid were also very scared and worried, because they knew very well that Erak was ambushed and killed by them. Although in the end Erac was suicidal. But they also persecuted it anyway, and Qin Dong came from Elak's disciples, and they were worried that Qin Dong would settle accounts with them, so they were worried and scared when Qin Dong's forces were under pressure from top to bottom, from south to north, and from east to west.

They wanted to move away, but they were bordered by Sambus and Urgan to the west and the Alps to the south. It was not an ordinary difficulty to cross the Alps, although the Western Roman Empire was already very weak. But it's still not something they can contend with.

But in order to survive, they decided to take the risk of attacking the armies of the Western Roman Empire defending the Alps, but before they could do so, they had to unite and join forces, and to do so, they had to let Ardaric lead his army and his tribesmen to move south to Ostrogothic territory in the gap between the respective territories of Urgan and Qindong.

Aldaric and Diodmir are not afraid of Urgan, Urgan does not have many soldiers and horses, he has to guard against Qindong in the north, and the Franks and Anglos and Saxons in the southwest, and the army deployed in the east is not enough to threaten Aldarik's army and people, Aldaric is most worried and afraid of Qindong, because Qindong's territory has been surrounded by his territory in the east, south and north, once the migration is not smooth, it is very likely to be besieged by Qindong's large army, and finally exterminated.

Just when Aldaric and Diodmir were at a loss for what to do, there was finally a chance for them to see hope. The Eastern Roman Emperor Leo I is getting married again, and the object of marriage is a widow, named Venina, Venina was born in a famous family, and her first husband was also from a wealthy family, and the two were a good match, but within a few years her husband died of illness, and she became a widow, if it is a widow of an ordinary family, she can remarry, but Venina is different, her maiden family is a big family, and her in-laws are also wealthy, which makes her unable to remarry casually, since her husband died, she is young, and she is widowed at a young age, Ordinary women can't stand it at all, and Venina is naturally the same, so Constantinople has had one more celebrity lady since then. But if the person who likes her is not an ordinary wealthy family, but the emperor, the situation is very different, Leo I is not young, fifty-six years old this year, and Queen Pulkaria has died half a year ago, Leo I has taken over the military and political power, the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, his power is big enough, he wants to marry Venina as a widow, and no one dares to gossip.

Venina was no ordinary woman, she was a peerless stunner, and men were fascinated when they saw it, and Leo I was no exception, so Leo I quickly fell under her pomegranate skirt.

Aldaric and Dio Demir discussed and decided to send someone to Constantinople to meet Leo I secretly, and sent someone to congratulate Leo I on his new marriage, but in fact it was to persuade Leo I to let the Eastern Roman Empire contain the Xiongnu Empire dominated by Qin Dong from the east, because as long as people with a little political wisdom can see the Lord, if Qin Dong continues to develop like this, if Qin Dong unifies the Xiongnu Empire, then the Western Roman Empire in the south, The Eastern Roman Empire and all the barbarians will face the troops of the Xiongnu Empire, and Qin Dong is the second Attila, Attila has only been dead for a few years, whether it is the Eastern Roman Empire or the Western Roman Empire, or the Visigoths, Franks, and Burgundians all have fresh memories of Attila's brutality, and they are absolutely unwilling to face Attila's troops again, so as long as Leo I is still sober-minded, then Leo I will inevitably contain Qin Dong, so that Qin Dong cannot fully deal with the Ostrogoths and Gepidians.

The Gpid were actually a Germanic Gothic tribe who, under the leadership of King Berrig, left their home on the island of Scandza and sailed to the so-called "Gothic Scandza" (present-day northern coast of Poland) on sailing ships.

At the time of Caesar, Caesar probably had not heard of the Goths, and the Goths had not heard of him. At this time, they are busy finding and adjusting to a new home. It is said that as soon as they arrived on the coast of what is now Poland, something very unpleasant happened between them: the three sailing ships did not arrive at their destination at the same time, because one of the people on board happened to be very lazy and refused to contribute when paddling, so they arrived later than the other two. The people on the three ships quarreled over this, and finally decided to split up again, and the people on the first two ships went south in a huff, while the people on the third ship stayed where they were, refusing to move for the time being. The land they settled on was called the Gothic Scandza, which is similar to the "New England" and "New York" (New York) in the New World. However, they themselves were no longer called "Goths", but were given an insulting name by their compatriots: "Gepids", which means "sloth" in Gothic. However, the Gpids, who were slow but brave in battle, were the toughest of the Germanic peoples, and would later play the role of terminators of the "Whip of God".

Both Ardaric and Dio Demir sent secret emissaries to Constantinople to congratulate Leo I on his new marriage, and to the east was almost all the territory of the Xiongnu Empire under the control of Qindong, and the envoys they sent did not dare to pass through the territory of Qindongzhi in their original identities, so they could only disguise themselves as caravans and go all the way east.

They had a thrilling pass through the territory under Qin Dong's control, thanks to Qin Dong's rule attaches great importance to commerce and trade, so the merchant will be released in Qin Dong's territory as long as there is no major problem with the identity during the inventory, the caravan of the two envoys is very lucky, although there has been the experience of being checked, but nothing has been found out, in fact, many Germanic peoples look similar, if you don't speak in the original language, ordinary people really can't tell which people it is.

After more than a month of travel, the caravan of the two emissaries finally arrived in Constantinople, just a few days before the wedding date of Leo I and Venina, and it was during these days that they had the opportunity to meet Leo I before their marriage.

The officials of the Eastern Roman Empire, who were in charge of receiving foreign envoys, did not dare to slack off after receiving the visits of the two envoys of the Ostrogoths and the Gerpids, and welcomed the two envoys into the official residence, after which the two envoys of the Ostrogoths and the Gerpides requested to go to the audience before the wedding of Leo I.

Of course, the Eastern Roman officials could not turn away the two envoys, and he said that he would do his best to report the request of the two envoys to meet the emperor, and as for what the above arrangements would be, he said that he would inform the two envoys as soon as there was news, and personally arrange a place for the two envoys to stay so that they could be contacted.

Leo I, who was in the pre-marriage excitement period, heard that the two chieftains of the Ostrogoths and the Gepids were thousands of miles away, and that there was still a territory of the Huns in between, and he sent envoys to congratulate him on his new marriage.

The officials who got the accurate news immediately went back to tell them the news that the emperor was going to receive the two envoys, and the two envoys were also very excited to know that this trip to the east had not come in vain, and they could not have imagined that this time would be so smooth. (To be continued......)