Putting aside the fact that Qin Dong reigned in the Hu Empire for the time being, the Eastern Roman Empire signed an armistice agreement with the Hu Empire, and ceded a small part of the northern territory of the Thracian Province and the Greek Province and Constantinople, and began to rectify the internal affairs of the empire, first of all, Leo I gathered the heads of many families to discuss, at this stage, it is necessary to give the commoners and slaves a little sweetness, otherwise, it will be difficult to calm down the rebellion in the empire, Leo I is very good at speaking, Coupled with his power, he succeeded in convincing those families to reduce their rents and interest, and give a little benefit to the slaves, for those slaves who had rebelled, Leo I also ordered that as long as those slaves did not rebel, they would be recognized as commoners, and also distributed land, Leo's actions immediately made most of the slaves who participated in the rebellion submit to the government, and only a few places were still under the leadership of the diehards to continue to rebel and attack other counties.

However, for these diehards, Leo immediately sent a large army to suppress them, and in just a few months, the rebellions were put down one after another, and a large number of civilians and slaves who participated in the rebellion were killed, which was also a cruel killing order issued by Leo I in order to deter other people with rebellious hearts.

After quelling the rebellion in the country, Leo I was in a good mood, coinciding with the Sassanid Dynasty of the Persian Empire and constantly harassing on the eastern border, all the rebellions in the country were quelled, and under the good mood of triumph all the way, Leo I was ambitious, and immediately decided to drive the expedition in person, and all the civil and military generals could not persuade him, Leo I still led the army to Armenia to fight against the Sassanid Dynasty of the Persian Empire.

The two sides fought several games in a row, and each other won and lost. No one could help anyone, and the battle situation was stalemate, and more than a month passed. The territory of the Persian Empire in the northeast was invaded by the Bada people, and the Persian Empire immediately withdrew most of the troops that confronted Leo and transferred them to the northeast to fight against the Bada people, Leo I heard the news and his nervous heart also fell back into his stomach, but fortunately at this time the Bada people unknowingly helped him, otherwise he really didn't know what reason and excuse to use to get down this step, and then Leo I led the army back to Ankara with a big battle.

Leo I, on his triumphant return to Ankara with his army, was warmly welcomed by all the nobles and townspeople of the city, for this. Many nobles also invited many poets to sing praises for Leo I, and Leo I's vanity was greatly satisfied when he saw this.

With this victory, Leo I felt that he had made a great achievement. Needless to say, the Goths in Asia Minor were ordered to repeal the non-payment of taxes by the Goths in Asia Minor, which angered the Goths in the country, and the Goths rebelled. Many towns and rural areas of the Asia Minor peninsula, near the Sea of Marmara, were successively occupied by the Goths. This situation shocked Leo I, and immediately convened important ministers and generals to discuss countermeasures, and finally after many discussions, it was decided to restore the decree that the Goths in the country did not pay taxes, and sent someone to consult with the Goths, and finally the Goths rebellion was put down, but this move also dealt a great blow to Leo I's great prestige that had just gained for quelling the domestic rebellion and the victory on the frontier.

After Leo I experienced this incident, he also learned to be obedient, and no longer provoked the Goths in the country. They no longer issued decrees without permission, but consulted with ministers and nobles.

At this time, the Western Roman Empire was also quite unstable. Emperor Majorian, who had gained great prestige at home after defeating the Vandal king Geseric on the southeastern coast of central Italy, saw the Vandal kingdom as a threat to the Western Roman Empire for the time being, and now wanted to stabilize the situation in Gaul.

At this time, many barbarians in the Visigothic Kingdom and Gaul were very dissatisfied with the Roman overthrow of Avitus, and many barbarians in the Visigothic Kingdom and northwestern Gaul therefore attacked the central and southeastern parts of Gaul on a large scale, in order to solve this problem, and in order to enhance their prestige and deter other warlords in the country, Majorian recruited an army composed of all barbarians in Rome and the surrounding areas finally finished training after several months of training, and this army composed of barbarians had a total of three legions, The total number of troops reached 20,000 horses.

Majorian was in the prime of life, but only thirty-eight years old, and at the peak of his physical and mental powers, he immediately led the three legions to the northwestern part of Gaul.

The arrival of Majorian's army became a new force that could influence the situation, at this time the governor of the Gallic province was Aegidius, Aegidius was also a subordinate of Aetius, and his position was lower than that of Majorian at that time, that is to say, Majorian has always been Aegidius's old boss, and now the old boss personally led the army to the Gallic province, Aegidius was of course respectful, and he was very supportive of Majorian's old boss to ascend the throne as emperor.

With the help of Egidious, Majorian led a large army to sweep through the northwestern provinces of Gaul and the Belgian provinces, and many barbarians such as the Franks and Burgundians were defeated and fled, and for a long time after that, many barbarians in the northern part of Gaul were honest.

After stabilizing the situation in the northern part of the province of Gaul, Majorian prepared a large amount of wine, meat, gold and silver to reward the fighting army, and let them rest in Gaul for several months.

In September 459, the Visigothic king Theodoric II led an army to attack the remnants of the Suebi in northwestern Spain, and the Western Roman Emperor Majorian, who was resting in the northern part of Gaul, received the news, and he immediately ordered his barbarian army to assemble, and quickly moved south, with an extremely ferocious offensive, all the way to the heart of the Visigothic kingdom, his barbarian generals and soldiers were rewarded by him and attacked the towns of the Visigothic kingdom even more fearlesslyFor these barbarian generals and soldiers, Majorian was a very generous emperor, and he was willing to spend money for them, and he was willing to provide them with a large amount of food and drink, which was enough for them, the barbarian generals and soldiers.

Majorian led his barbarian army to Toulouse, the capital of the Visigothic kingdom, and Theodoric II, who was fighting in northwestern Spain, was shocked when he received the news that Majorian was besieging Toulouse, he urgently led his army to retreat, and risked crossing the Pyrenees as fast as possible to return to Toulouse.

Theodoric II was anxious about the situation in Toulouse, and led his army back with a roar, but he did not know that this move was in the hands of Majorian, who asked a small part of his army to continue to besiege Toulouse under the guise of the main force of the army, while he himself led the main force of the real army to meet the main force of Theodoric's army on the way back.

The two sides met on the outskirts of the small town of Cazel, southwest of Toulouse, and Majorian's intention was to set up an ambush halfway down the road and wait for Theodoric II's army to launch a surprise attack when the army of Theodoric II reached Guò, but his ambush failed.

Theodoric II was not a simple character, he was about to enter the ambush circle of the Majorian army when he found an abnormal situation, and immediately ordered the army to stop advancing and set up a position to prepare for battle, Majorian saw this and knew that the surprise attack could not be completed, only a strong attack, so he led the army out of the hiding place to set up a decisive battle with Theodoric II.

Theodoric II used his own legion of guards as the center of the front, and the other lightly armed infantry as the flanks, and placed the cavalry behind the legion of guards, and his legion of guards was known as the Gothic Guard, which was still an indispensable backbone of the Gothic legions, despite the introduction of cavalry technology to the barbarians from Asia and the Eastern Roman Empire.

Usually clad in strong armor, armed with sharp blades and thick shields, the Gothic Guards are powerful in attack and have unimaginable defensive power against bows and arrows, and are the archers' greatest nemesis.

After the battle between the two sides, Theodoric II suddenly ordered his Gothic guards to separate to the two flanks, and the middle position was vacated, which gave way to the heavy cavalry behind, and sure enough, under the orders of Theodoric II, the heavy cavalry behind quickly rushed to the heavy infantry phalanx of Mayorian, and the separated Gothic guards rushed to the waist of the Majorian army from the left and right flanks in a neat phalanx, and that was where the archers of the Majorian army were located, and then the barbarian archers panicked, Ignoring the Gothic heavy cavalry that was charging at their own heavy infantry phalanx, they unanimously aimed their bows and arrows at the charging Gothic Guard.

But the Gothic Guards were all dressed in solid armor, with a thick shield in one hand and a sharp blade in the other, and when the archery troops of the Majorian army shot a large number of bows and arrows, each of them raised their shields to protect their bodies, and then collectively waved the blades in their hands neatly, this defensive bow and arrow shooting ability was very good, just like the hoplite phalanx of the ancient Macedonian kingdom, the jungle-like dense and moving spear queue could effectively defend against the invasion of various bow and arrow weapons.

The archers of the Majorian army were very limited in their lethality to the Gothic Guards, and Majorian soon discovered this, and he immediately ordered the archers to retreat, and at the same time ordered the spearmen to step forward to replace the heavy infantry phalanx, at this time his heavy infantry phalanx and Theodoric II's heavy cavalry troops fought together, one of the two sides was a shield, the other was a spear, it can be said that the battle was evenly matched, but the lightly armed spearmen quickly replaced the heavy infantry, The heavy infantry was ordered to divide into two parts, left and right, to deal with Theodoric II's Gothic Guards, both sides were heavy infantry, and the heavy infantry of the Western Roman Empire was equipped with some walls, and the Goths have always been known for being violent, the two sides killed for nearly four hours without a win, and it rained heavily in the sky, and finally Theodoric II first ordered the army to retreat, and then Majorian also ordered the army to retreat, both sides could not bear this Cheng dù, but on the whole Diodoric II suffered some losses, His army, which had been rushed back to help, was much more physically exhausted, much more tired than Majorian's, and suffered more casualties throughout the battle. (To be continued......)