Leo I's mouth is really powerful, and he analyzes the relationship clearly, as long as he is not a brain-dead person knows how to choose after listening to it, Cheldrick was silent for a while and asked: "If we only rely on the strength of the two of us to deal with the Hu Empire, I'm afraid the strength is insufficient, right?" It is said that this time, Qin Dong, the emperor of the Hu Empire, brought 100,000 iron horsemen to the south! ”

Leo smiled with a confident look: "Your Excellency, don't worry, there are not so many people in the Hu Empire this time, they claim to be 100,000 iron horsemen, but in fact there are only more than 50,000 people, as long as Your Excellency leads the whole army to participate in the coalition army, the total strength of the coalition army will reach 300,000, which is more than six times the army of the Hu Empire, not to mention 300,000 people, even 300,000 pigs can crush them!" ”

Cyldric didn't expect Leo I to be in the mood to joke in this situation, he really couldn't laugh, "Your Excellency, the Pope, don't tell jokes, where did you get the 300,000 people?" I also participated in the battle of Shalong that year, and the total number of both sides was only about 500,000 horses, and the current shape cannot be compared with that year, with the influence and prestige of the Western Empire now, if you can pull out 300,000 people, I will kneel for you! ”

"Okay!" Leo I's face was a little embarrassed, and it was absolutely uncomfortable to brag about being exposed on the spot, but he still had the courage to admit his mistake, "Your Excellency, you are right, there are indeed no 300,000 people, only 200,000, really, I dare to guarantee the authenticity of this number with my reputation and personality, in addition to the 100,000 troops of the Western Empire, there are 30,000 from the Visigothic Kingdom, 10,000 from the Alans, 20,000 from the Burgundians, 20,000 from the Sarmatians, 20,000 from the Saxons, a full 200,000 horses." If Your Excellency the Leader is willing to send troops, the more troops the better! ”

Leo I was utter nonsense, and simply did not have so many troops. The Western Roman Empire can only send 80,000 troops at most, of which 50,000 are the eight legions of Richmir, and the other 30,000 are the five legions of Aegidius in the Gallic province, but it is really hard to say whether Richmir can really mobilize these five officers, the Visigothic kingdom can send 20,000 troops, and it is not enough to say whether there are 10,000 troops in the Alans, as for the 10,000 troops. It's pure, with a maximum of 5,000 troops. As for the Sarmatians and Saxons, Leo I had not yet lobbied there. Who knows if they will join the coalition? The reason why Leo said this was to fool Cheldrick into joining the gang.

Leo I thought that he could fool Cheldrick in by exaggerating his strength, but he didn't expect Cyldryk's thinking to jump out of the ordinary, and he said with an ugly face: "Why did you also pull the Visigoths in?" Can these guys deal with the Hu Empire army with one heart and one mind? And doesn't the Pope know what happened back then? At that time, the Visigothic crown prince Torismund led his army to retreat at the most critical time of the war, otherwise we would have killed Attila long ago. There would be no Hu Empire now."

It is not for nothing that Cheldrick said this. It is important to know that during this period, the Visigothic kingdom under the rule of Theodoric II has maintained a state of expansion, Theodoric II not only led the army to attack the northwest and southwest of Spain, but also commanded the army to expand to the north and northwest, and the direction of expansion happened to be the Frankish residence, so in order to protect himself, Cheldrick had to unite with Aegidius, the governor of the Gallic province of the Western Roman Empire, to support the Roman army in Loire and Orleans to curb the expansion of the Visigoths and Saxons, They also took part in the battle of General Paul against the Visigoths in Dool. Therefore, the relationship between the Franks and the Visigoths was in a very hostile position, and Cheldrick was dissatisfied with Leo I for bringing the Visigoths in as well.

"Huh!" Leo I had no choice but to say good things: "Your Excellency." It's not that anymore, and Diodoric II isn't Torrismond, is it? Not to mention us, the southward movement of the Hu Empire is not only a huge threat to us, but also a huge threat to the Visigoths, Theodoric II is a smart man, he knows that now is not the time for us to have conflicts with each other, and should actively fight against the Hu people with us! ”

Under the repeated persuasion of Leo I, Cheldrick finally showed some signs of relenting, but when Cheldrick was about to agree, he suddenly remembered something and swallowed back the words he was about to say yes, "Your Excellency, I personally agree in principle to send troops to join the coalition army to fight against the Hu Empire, but I can't convince my subjects, you must know that not all of my subjects understand the overall situation of the current anti-Hu army, without the support of my subjects, I can't send troops to join the coalition army, I must have a reason why I have to send troops, so that all my subjects have no reason to say."

Leo I had done his job well, he had already made preparations, stepped aside and waved to a man in a general's robe behind him: "Your Excellency, this is General Megius, the attendant of His Excellency General Aegidius, the governor of the Gaul province of the Western Roman Empire, and he was entrusted by General Aegidius to follow me to meet Your Excellency, and was ordered to convey General Aegidius's letter of appointment!" ”

The Western Roman general stepped forward with a tray, and Leo I took a parchment scroll from the tray, opened it and said: "Your Excellency Hilderick, chief of the Frankish Sally tribe, is appointed Governor of the Second Belgian Province with immediate effect, in charge of all civil and military affairs of the Second Belgian Province, and Aegidius, Governor of the Gallic Province!" ”

The second province of Belgium is the northern part of France and the south of Belgium in later generations, which is a relatively large territory, during this period the entire Belgian province and most of the Gallic provinces are still under the control of Egidious, the Franks are only a tribal alliance, and have not established a state, and the local administrative power and military garrison power are still in the hands of the Western Roman Empire.

Hildrik had been arguing that there was no reason to persuade his subjects to send troops to join the coalition, but now that there was one, Aegidius' appointment was valid, and in fact the Belgian province was under the control of the Gallic province. With the appointment of Egidious, Cyldric was the governor of the second Belgian province of the Western Roman Empire, and had the right and duty to send troops to help the Western Empire defend itself against enemy invasions when the empire was invaded, so that the subjects would have nothing to say.

Leo I handed the letter of appointment to Hilldrick on a tray containing not only the letter of appointment, but also a set of armor and robes worn by Roman generals, a gilded cross brooch, and a seal ring engraved with his image, which Leo I took and handed to Hildryk.

Hildrik was persuaded, he agreed to send 20,000 troops, including 10,000 axe-throwing infantry and 10,000 heavy cavalry, which can be said to be the largest force that his tribal alliance can produce, after the 20,000 people are drawn, the young men in his tribe have been withdrawn, if this battle is lost, then the consequences are hard to imagine, for the Franks of the Sali tribe may be a catastrophe.

After convincing Hildrik, Leo I immediately crossed the sea to Britain and persuaded the Saracens there to join the coalition against the Hu Empire. Since the beginning of the fifth century, when the Saxons invaded Britain from northern Europe, the Roman Empire lost control of Britain, and for centuries thereafter, there was no historical record of the history of Britain for hundreds of years.

Leo I confidently crossed the sea to lobby the Saxons in Britain, but he returned disappointed, the Saxons in Britain did not buy his account at all, and he had to immediately return to the continent to continue lobbying the Saxons who remained on the continent.

The Saxons of continental Europe also participated in the Battle of Chalons in that year, and they were scattered in the southwestern part of the province of Gaul, on the southwestern coast of France.

This time Leo I's lobbying was very smooth, the Saxons on the European continent agreed to send troops to join the coalition to fight against the Hu Empire, but they demanded that the Western Empire must prepare food, grass and weapons and armor for their army, which made Leo I very difficult, after all, he was not the Roman emperor or the commander-in-chief of the coalition army, and he had no right to agree to allocate such a huge amount of military supplies to the Saxons, and finally in order to let the Saxons send troops as much as possible, Leo I had to use tricks again, A big mouth promised to give them armaments and food, and the Saxons promised to send troops as quickly as possible.

There was also a Sarmatian who did not lobby, and Leo immediately went to the territory of the Sarmatians to lobby their leader. The Sarmatians were descendants of the Scythians, who now inhabited the territory of the Gallic province on a par with the Franks, who, at their height, were spread over an area stretching from the Vistula and Danube rivers in the west, the Volga in the east, the mysterious and cold Hyppelpolia in the north, and the Black and Caspian Seas in the south. During the Roman Empire, the Roman army used Sarmatians as auxiliary cavalry to fight in all directions. Legend has it that King Arthur of England was a Sarmatian cavalryman who served in the Roman army.

Sarmatian women played an important role in military and social activities, and they were committed to developing women into strong hunters and warriors. Women held leading positions among the Sarmatians, and the chiefs were also women.

Leo I succeeded again, and he successfully lobbied the queen of Sarmatia, who decided to send an army of 10,000 men and women to join the coalition against the Hu Empire.

In January 461, the armies of various countries and tribes finally assembled in Valence in the Kingdom of Burgundy, and the situation of the Western Roman Empire's alliance against the Hu Empire was again formed ten years after the Battle of Chalon. (To be continued......)