After a great battle, the armies of both sides were exhausted, and each withdrew twenty miles to camp and rest for the night. That night, in the tent of the Chinese army in the camp of the Majorian army, Majorian's brows furrowed after listening to the generals under his command report on the battle damage.

"What do you say? We suffered three thousand casualties? "Majorian was in disbelief.

The general in charge of counting the losses bowed his head and said: "Yes, my esteemed majesty, when I got this casualty figure, I was also shocked, and I personally went to count the casualties, and the result was not wrong, it is hard to imagine that we have lost so many people in the face of the Visigoths here with a leisurely wait!" ”

Majorian asked again, "What about the casualties on the Visigothic side?" ”

"I sent someone to check it, although there is no specific inventory of the corpses they left on the battlefield, but the situation should be similar to ours, and even if there is a gap, it should not be much different! I hate to admit it, but it's true! ”

Majorian fell into worry, the three legions under his command are all composed of barbarians, and in the last few months, they have eaten and drunk well, and have been resting, although this short period of attack is somewhat rapid, but the momentum of the attack has not weakened, and it is the best time to fight physically and psychologically, and the Visigoths have been fighting in northwestern Spain for several months, it stands to reason that they should be very tired, plus they are marching at a very fast speed on the way back to reinforcements, the soldiers' bodies have long been overdrawn, But even in such a situation, the Visigoths still showed unimaginable combat effectiveness.

"The Visigoths' berserk fighting ability is really extraordinary!" After coming back to his senses, Majorian sighed, and then said, "Send a large number of scout cavalry to the surrounding area tonight. Keep a close watch on Theodoric II, to prevent the Visigoths from bypassing us at night to relieve the siege of Toulouse, and to report back if Theodoric II makes any moves."

A general next to him stood up and saluted, "Obey." My Majesty! After saying that, he turned his voice and walked out of the big tent to make arrangements.

At this time, a middle-aged man next to him wearing a gray-white robe and a hair spread said: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the minister, I am afraid that this battle will not be easy to fight!" ”

Majorian turned to look at the gray-robed middle-aged man and asked, "What do you say?" ”

The man said: "My esteemed majesty, Theodoric II was not a reckless, courageous man, he was very talented in commanding war, today daytime. Presumably, His Majesty should have seen that he was calm and unhurried in command, and he had a lot of experience in battle. If our army succeeds in the ambush today, then Theodoric II will surely be defeated, and as long as we defeat him, we can calmly return to the army and conquer Toulouse in one fell swoop. Even if the Visigothic kingdom is not destroyed. It can also be greatly damaged, and it will not be able to make waves for at least twenty years, but Theodoric discovered the abnormal situation at the most critical moment and ordered the army to stop advancing in time to avoid the army entering the ambush circle of our army, which shows that he is a very cautious and suspicious person. It will not be easy for our army to defeat him by surprise, and now the Visigoths are afraid that Toulouse will be broken by our army, and are eager to return to help, so they will burst out with unimaginable combat effectiveness, if our army is nailed here to the death. The Visigoths, in order to return to reinforce Toulouse, must fight to the death with our army. Under the violent offensive of the Visigoths, it is still unknown whether our army can stop it, even if it can be blocked, our army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and today's casualties also know that if it goes on like this, it will not be a few days, our army will be disabled, without the support of this army, the adults in those parts of the country are afraid that they will not buy His Majesty's account! ”

Majorian listened to this person's analysis, and only felt that every word of this staff member was to the point. That's right, the most important thing at this stage is not to fight with the Visigoths, if the Roman Empire in its heyday could afford it, but now he can't fight, he must also keep this fighting barbarian army to deter the unruly local warlords in the country.

Majorian nodded and asked, "According to the current situation, if our army wants to defeat Diodoric quickly, then Count Vigraus, what do you think we should do now?" What is the end of this battle, and how can it end with dignity? ”

Vigraus saluted and said: "My esteemed Majesty, since we have no way to deal with the Visigoths for the time being, then we might as well reach an armistice agreement with the Visigoths, the Visigothic Kingdom is nominally a vassal state of our Western Empire after all, if Theodoric II is willing to recognize the identity of your emperor, and is willing to pay a certain amount of war indemnity, and promise that the territory of the suzerainty will never be violated again, Your Majesty might as well shake hands with Theodoric II!" ”

Majorian thought about it carefully, and thought that Vigraus's words were not unreasonable, the Visigothic kingdom has been established for nearly half a century, and now it has become a climate, and it is not easy to completely solve the Visigothic kingdom in a short time, and what to do now is to stabilize the Visigoths first and prevent them from continuing to invade the province of Gaul, so as to free up time to rectify the chaos in the country.

"Makes sense!" Majorian first affirmed Vigraus's construction, and then said: "It's just that Ben Augustus and Theodoric II have never met and have no friendship, so if we want to shake hands and make peace, who should we send to contact Theodoric II?" ”

"No, no, no!" Vigraus hurriedly shook his head and said: "My Majesty, you must not send someone to contact Theodoric II to talk about peace talks now, this is like doing business, only if someone else makes an offer, we can bargain, if we send someone to contact him now, with his shrewdness, he will definitely guess that our army is not determined to fight to the death now, so he will not hesitate to order all the troops under his command to charge our army, not only can we not send people to peace talks now, but we also can't carry him here!" ”

Majorian immediately hurriedly asked: "We can't send people to the peace talks, and we can't carry it here, so what should we do?" Could it be that the army should be withdrawn and Theodoric II lead his army back to relieve the siege of Toulouse? ”

All the generals in the big tent looked at Vigraus, and Vigraus smiled and said: "Your Majesty, your wisdom is unmatched, yes, we are going to retreat, let Theodoric II lead the army back to relieve the siege of Toulouse!" ”

"Did I hear me right? We finally surrounded Toulouse, and now they want us to withdraw? General Ben is still counting on Toulouse to eat and drink well! Vigraus, did you take advantage of Diodoric II to speak for him? A barbarian general shouted at Vigraus.

The other barbarian generals also muttered one by one, and all of a sudden, the whole tent became noisy.

"Alright, stop arguing!" Majorian shouted, and the tent fell silent again, only to see Majorian ask, "Vigraus, can you tell me why we are doing this?" ”

Vigraus said lightly: "Your Majesty, now the Visigoths are eager to go home, as long as we stop here, they will fight with us, only if we retreat, they will not fight with us, the reason is as simple as that!" ”

At this time, another barbarian general shouted: "If we retreat and let them quickly return to Toulouse, will not our army left outside Toulouse be flanked by the Visigoths?" ”

When the other generals heard this, they all remembered that there were still their own troops outside Toulouse, "Yes, if they are flanked on both sides, our army left outside Toulouse will be in danger!" Vigraus, what are your intentions? ”

"That's it!" Mayorian stopped the generals from denouncing Vigraus, saying: "If we want to retreat, of course, the two parts will retreat together, and if we retreat, the army outside Toulouse will also retreat at the same time, and the order will be sent to Gro to lead the army to evacuate Toulouse, ...... with us."

"Wait!" Vigraus interrupted Majorian's words halfway through the interjection, and after saluting, he said: "My Majesty, if you want to retreat, you must pay attention to the rules, we cannot retreat without any preparation, tonight when the full moon is in the sky, we just take advantage of the moonlight and the army of Theodoric II to quickly evacuate, withdraw outside the city of Toulouse and join General Gro and wait for Theodoric II to lead the army back to Toulouse, of course we can't let them attack us on both sides, before Theodoric II's army approaches Toulouse, Our army quickly withdrew from Toulouse, and after Theodoric's army entered the city of Toulouse, our army returned to besiege Toulouse, Your Majesty, in the field the Visigoths were strong in combat, and our army had no way to take them, but when they entered Toulouse, we besieged Toulouse again, then the walls of Toulouse became a cage to trap the Visigothic army inside, we only need to block the four gates, the Visigoths will be terrified, at that time, Theodoric II will definitely take the initiative to send someone out to sue for peace, and His Majesty will be able to put forward conditions boldly and with confidence! ”

Majorian was overjoyed when he heard this, Vigraus's move was simply a stroke of genius, even if the Visigoths were fighting hard, but if they were trapped in the city, they couldn't play at all, and the army was numerous, the material consumption was huge, Toulouse itself had a lot of population, and then supported so many troops, with Toulouse's grain and grass reserves, it couldn't last long, but Mayorien's goal was not to completely destroy the Visigoths, he didn't have that strength, because he still had to save the living force in his hands, if the Visigoths were in a hurry, the Visigoths would definitely be desperate, so peace talks were the only option, but he could not let Theodoric II guess his thoughts, so it was best to adopt Vigraus's method, and in the end forced Theodoric II to send someone out to sue for peace, as long as Theodoric II brought a large army into the city, then the plan was successful. (To be continued......)