"Well, well, Count Vigraus is really very wise, and he can think of this way to introduce the beast into the cage!" Majorian was very excited, and immediately ordered: "Come, pass on the order of Augustus, all legions immediately prepare for evacuation, and wait until midnight, the three legions will retreat in turn from the thirty-ninth corps, remember that it is strictly forbidden to make any noise when retreating, violators will be killed!" ”

"Your Majesty's military order!" All the generals in the Great Tent saluted Majorian.

In the middle of the night, the three legions of the Western Roman Empire, under the command of Majorian, retreated silently in the direction of Toulouse.

Although the army of the Western Roman Empire did not make any noise, but this move did not hide from the Scout cavalry of the Visigoths, Theodoric II got the news for the first time, his first reaction after hearing the report was to immediately raise a large army to pursue the army of the Western Roman Empire, but he immediately thought of a fact that he had to face, his army was too tired, the rapid march of the past few days plus this afternoon's battle of more than four hours, his army was exhausted, if someone came to attack, He can guarantee to organize the defense of the army as quickly as possible, but now the enemy is in silent retreat, to pursue? Can you catch up? Is Majorian playing some tricks? In the middle of the night, the darkness is the best condition for ambushes and raids.

Theodoric II was suspicious and cautious by nature, and it was too risky for him to pursue the enemy in the middle of the night, and his army had not yet recovered, so after much deliberation and consideration, he decided to abandon the pursuit. Wait and see what happens.

It wasn't until after dawn, when there was still no sudden news of the situation ahead, that Theodoric II was truly sure that the Western Roman army had really retreated. So he ordered the army, which had rested for the night and had recovered some morale, to set out in the direction of Toulouse.

A day later, he led the army to the city of Toulouse, but did not find any trace of the Western Roman Empire army, the Visigoths in Toulouse thought that Theodoric II led the army back to scare off the Western Roman Empire army, so the city gate was opened, and countless residents in the city welcomed Theodoric II in the city gate to welcome the triumphant return, Theodoric II originally did not want to enter the city. Because he hadn't figured out whether the Western Empire's army had really retreated, but he saw the people welcoming him at the gate of the city, so he decided to go into the city. So as not to disappoint the support of his people, as for the matter of finding out the whereabouts of the Visigothic army, he could wait until after entering the city, so he rode into the city on a very powerful horse, supported by many generals, and warmly welcomed by the people.

This hit Vigraus's plan. Theodoric II let his guard down in the face of great vanity. He did not send troops in time to reconnoiter the movements of Majorian's army, and when he reacted, Majorian appeared outside Toulouse very quickly with his army and blocked the four gates at great speed, so that the Visigothic army was all blocked inside the city.

"Fooled, damn it!" Theodoric II, after receiving the soldier's report, sat down on the king's throne with a dejected face, and angrily cursed himself.

It was only then that Theodoric II understood why the Great Army of the Western Roman Empire suddenly withdrew in the middle of the night. It was intended to make it easier for him to return to Toulouse, and then wait for him to lead his army into the city before besieging Toulouse. Besiege his tens of thousands of elite armies inside the city.

The generals in the main hall shouted, "Your Majesty, Majorian is cunning, but does he think that besieging us will trap us in the city?" Please let me lead my troops out and kill them for a while! ”

"Your Majesty the King, the last general also asks for orders to take the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to kill them!" Another general stood up and muttered loudly.

The generals at the bottom asked for orders to lead their troops out to fight a big battle with the army of the Western Roman Empire, but Theodoric II knew very well that Mariorian must have come prepared, and things would definitely not be so simple, but he still wanted to test it with the idea of giving it a try, so he agreed to the request of these generals, but for the sake of safety, he ordered four generals to take his headquarters to kill from the four gates at the same time, and the time to send troops was selected the next morning.

The next morning, after the army had eaten breakfast, the four gates of Toulouse were opened, and four troops and horses rushed out of the gates to kill the army of the Western Roman Empire, and this time they were all heavy cavalry.

The army of the Western Roman Empire did not seem to panic after discovering the heavy cavalry army rushing from the city, and under the command of a general, the front heavy infantry phalanx suddenly split into two and moved to the sides to vacate the middle position, and dozens of ballistae appeared in the sight of the Ostrogothic heavy cavalry, and these ballistas fired thick and long crossbow arrows.

"Put!" The general who was in charge of directing the launch of the ballista unit suddenly waved down with a small pennant, and dozens of ballistas were fired together, only to see a row of thick crossbow arrows shot out, and the two rows of Visigothic heavy armored cavalry that rushed to the front suddenly fell to the ground, and only this time was fired, and the crossbow arrows fired out by this row killed nearly a hundred heavy armored cavalry.

Subsequently, the ballista unit quickly loaded the crossbow bolts and fired, again and again, fired three times in a row to kill nearly four hundred heavy armored cavalry, just behind the Visigothic heavy cavalry found that the fire speed of the ballista troops in front of them could not keep up, they were about to rush to the ballista troops when they were about to rush to the front of the heavy armored cavalry, several rows of heavy armored cavalry in front of them all fell down again, it turned out that a huge pit appeared fifty meters in front of the ballista troops, and several rows of heavy armored cavalry in front of the front all rushed into the huge deep pit.

The cavalry in front rushed into the pit in rows, and the cavalry in the back did not know the situation in front until they rushed down seven or eight rows of cavalry, and the cavalry behind realized that there was a problem, so they all tried their best to hold the reins of the war horse to stop the war horse, but despite this, there were still two more rows of cavalry squeezed down by the cavalry behind.

"The phalanx of heavy infantry on the left and right flanks, attack—" A Roman general shouted as the phalanx of heavy infantry that had previously moved to the sides turned around again and crushed over to the center.

At this time, the Visigothic heavy armored cavalry has all stopped, completely lost their speed, and can only wait for death if they stay here, these Visigothic heavy armored cavalry do not want to be, under the command of the centurions, they have turned around and ran towards the city, these cavalry have just rushed out of the city, and did not rush far away, the war horse still has spare strength, and the strength to run through the city is enough, but due to the chaos at the scene, it takes a lot of time for so many heavy armored cavalry to turn around, and only half of them can escape back, The other half was flanked on both sides by the phalanx of heavy infantry of the Western Roman Empire, and all of them were killed.

After such a battle, Theodoric II understood Majorian's intentions, which were to besiege Toulouse, not let a grain of grain go in, and not a single person would come out.

Majorian was very satisfied with his deployment, the Visigoths opened the city gate several times in a few days, but they were all beaten back, he was counting on such a few big losses, Theodoric II would send people out of the city to sue for peace, but what he didn't expect was that it had been many days in a row, and Theodoric II in the city did not send people out of the city to sue for peace, he was in a hurry, if Theodoric II did not have the intention of suing for peace, then he must be preparing for a larger-scale battle out of the city, He hurried to Vigraus to discuss countermeasures.

"Vigraus, didn't you say that Diodoric II would definitely send someone out of the city to negotiate peace with us? How is it that all these days have passed, and Theodoric II has not moved in the slightest? ”

Vigraus didn't think that this would be the case, and he didn't understand what Theodoric II was thinking now, but he quickly thought of a solution, and said: "My Majesty, I think Theodoric II probably couldn't let go of his son, so he didn't send anyone out to sue for peace, if that's the case, then we might as well find an intermediary and let this intermediary go into the city to persuade Theodoric II, so that Theodoric II doesn't have to come forward in person, Saved him from being in an embarrassing situation, I don't know what His Majesty thinks? ”

"Well, this method is really good, but this middleman is difficult to find, who is qualified to be this middleman? And who wants to risk losing their head to be the middleman? Majorion was in distress again.

Vigraus smiled: "Don't worry, the minister knows that there is such a person who is qualified to be an intermediary, and as long as His Majesty summons him, he will definitely be willing to come, even if he can't get out, he will send his henchmen to come!" ”

Majorian's eyes lit up and he asked, "Who is he?" ”

Vigraus said: "Egidios! ”

"Egidious?" Majorian lost his voice, "How could it be him?" ”

Vigraus explained: "After His Majesty left the position of governor of the province of Gaul, Egidious took over the position of governor of the province of Gaul, and in order to secure this position, he had to secretly unite with Theodoric II, who was not yet king of Visigoth, and the two of them supported each other, so that Egidious was able to sit firmly in the position of governor of the province of Gaul, and because of the support of Egidious, after the death of Torrismond, Theodoric II was able to sit on the throne of the Visigoths. Therefore, the relationship between the two of them is extraordinary, as long as he comes forward, this matter will be inseparable! ”

"I see!" Majorian nodded, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "Okay, in the name of Augustus, you write a letter to Egidious, explain the reason to him, and let him rush over to do this matter as soon as he sees the letter, we can't delay any longer, the situation in the country is very unstable, we must do our best to solve the matter here and lead the army back home!" ”

"Okay, Your Majesty!"

Thanks to the presence of Aegidius, things went smoothly, and the two sides sent people to sign an armistice, in which the Visigothic kingdom recognized Majorian as emperor of the Western Roman Empire, and paid tribute to Rome every year, without aggression against each other, and Majorian immediately led his army back to China in triumph. (To be continued......)