Chapter Forty-Eight: Regarded as a Great Enemy

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There is no doubt that Aetius has a strong military command ability, and he is also a very good politician, otherwise he would not have served as the prime minister and general of the Western Roman Empire for more than 20 years.

In fact, Aetius was not alone in the title of "Last Roman", the Western Roman Emperor Valentine III became emperor at a very young age, unable to handle political affairs at all, and was regent by his mother Platicia for twenty-five years, and in addition to Aetius, Platicia was able to rely on not only Aetius, but also Bonifa who had defeated Aetius.

Plasettia was the sister of Honorius, the previous emperor of the Western Roman Empire, and since Honorius had no children, he was succeeded by his nephew, Valentini III, the son of Platitia.

Platicia and his son Emperor Valentine III, who came from the Eastern Roman Empire, had a shallow foundation in the Western Roman Empire, and could only rely on Aetius and Bunifah, and these two men fought endlessly for the position of great general, and finally fought against each other to cause a civil war, in which Aetius was defeated, but Bunifa was also seriously wounded, and died of wound infection a month later, and all the power of the Western Roman Empire fell into the hands of Aetius.

Aetius and Bonifa were both men of very contradictory personalities, which is very similar to Cao Cao at the end of the Han Dynasty, not only in character, but also in position and achievements.

But they are different from Cao Cao, in order to gain power, Aetius and Bonifa can ignore the interests of the country, collude with the barbarians to achieve their own political goals, Aetius once relied on the Huns to threaten Platitia, and Bunifa also once united with the Vandals against the army sent by the Western Roman Empire, just to keep their position and position, to put it mildly, it is to rely on the foreign self-respect.

From these things, it can be seen that in order to achieve their own political goals and obtain high positions, they can do whatever it takes to put their own interests above the interests of the country, and Aetius can unite with the barbarians to deal with the Huns for his own rights, you must know that he started by relying on the Huns.

He knew very well that if the Western Roman Empire fell, he, the prime minister and general, would not be able to do it properly, so if he wanted to continue to dominate the world, he could only fight hard to keep the Western Roman Empire from falling, so he persuaded the Visigothic prince to return to China to seize the throne in the final stage of the Battle of Chalons two years ago, and the other barbarian leaders saw that Visigoths were not fighting, so they left with the troops, and Attila was able to escape, Aetius wanted Attila to continue to deter these barbarians and prevent them from targeting the Western Roman Empire, But now that Attila had died suddenly, the news caught Aetius off guard.

After listening to the report of Otistes, Aetius was keenly aware of the consequences of this matter very severely, and he said with a solemn face: "It is foreseeable that the Huns will fall into internal friction because of Attila's death, and they will no longer be able to invade the south in the next few years, but because there is no deterrence of the Huns, the Visigoths, Burgundians, Franks, and Saxons will definitely point the finger at us, and Attila's death will obviously do more harm than good to us, and now we can't find allies at all!" ”

Oristes nodded and said: "Yes, my lord, so I supported the eldest prince Erak on the day after Attila's death, hoping that he could stabilize the situation, but the situation is still not optimistic, Erak can be used, but he is ruthless and insufficient, and has too many scruples, and now he and his brothers have fallen into the whirlpool of power and profit, which is also one of the reasons why I left the Hun court!" ”

"The other reason is that your identity has been revealed?" Aetius asked.

Orlistes: "Yes, sir! Here's the thing.......".

After listening to Olistes' account, Aetius couldn't help asking, "What is the background of this man named Qin Dong?" Why do you think that this Qin Dong will pose a huge threat to our country? ”

"My lord, Qin Dong used to be just a slave, according to my investigation found that his father was a merchant from the distant eastern silk country, but more than ten years ago because the goods and money were all robbed by bandits, so he could only stay in Justantinople, a few years later married an Eastern Roman woman named Caroline as his wife and gave birth to Qin Dong, five years ago when the Huns besieged Constantinople, both their father and son were captured by the Huns and became slaves of the Huns, and then Qin Dong's father died of illness, and he was the eldest prince at that time, The current Dadan Yu Erak was chosen as a guard.

This man was originally unknown, but on the day of Attila's death, he was absolutely unusual, he didn't know where he learned that Attila had died in the palace, so he asked Erak to take advantage of the news of Attila's death that no one knew about it, and falsely spread Attila's will to summon several other powerful princes into the royal court and kill them all, and take over their soldiers and horses, so that Erak's throne would be secured.

Erak sent someone to ask for my opinion, I didn't know whether the news of Attila's death was true or not, and for the sake of safety, I did not support him to use this method to sit on the throne, and Attila was already dead, and with Elak's ability and character, he could not control the Xiongnu in his own hands, so I thought there was no need to stay in the Xiongnu court anymore.

On the night of the same day, Qin Dong used his wit and bravery to resolve several ugly scenes for Erak, which made many Hun ministers look at him with admiration! This person gives me the feeling that it is very dangerous, much stronger than the feeling that Attila gave me, his talent is not only reflected in wit and strategy, but also strong force, that night the right sage king Enek sent a warrior named Wuzhu to provoke on the spot, saying that he wanted to play a few sets of knife techniques for Erak in front of all the ministers, as long as he is not a fool, he knows that Enek is not bad, just when Erak is at a loss, the atmosphere of the scene is very weird Qin Dong stood up, he not only stood up to fight with Wuzhu, And he also made a statement to let the ministers make bets, as far as I know, this person is a very famous warrior in the court of the Huns, and he can defeat him in force, at least I haven't seen it before, but Qin Dong defeated him in a very short period of time, and won a lot of bets!

Sir, think about what will happen to a person who has a strong personal force and a strong resourcefulness? So on the way back, I tried to kill him several times, but unfortunately he avoided him, and the last time he was almost caught, and he defeated the six hundred cavalry of the commander of the Vultures with only one hundred cavalry, and also defeated the two thousand ......men under the command of one of my Alans, the general of the Alans."

Aetius was dumbfounded, he thought that his military talent was not bad, at least in Europe now, but he did not think that he could defeat six hundred cavalry and two thousand men with only one hundred cavalry, even if those two thousand were a rabble!

Now the actual situation is that since the Visigoths established the Visigothic kingdom in Transgaul, the Visigoths began to vigorously develop heavy cavalry, because they realized that if they wanted to resist the Huns' cavalry, they had to use heavy cavalry to fight, so now the Hun cavalry is no longer as invincible as before, if it is surrounded by heavy cavalry in a narrow strip of land is bound to be defeated, and at this time the Roman Empire is still heavy infantry as the main force, but has a small number of cavalry, generally only used for escort and reconnaissance, It is rarely regarded as the main force on the battlefield, compared with the Huns, their cavalry is too poor and too far, and the cavalry carrying the Huns is simply a food delivery!

The talent of Attila, the king of the Huns, is more reflected in his superb political skills and diplomatic skills, and his military command ability is really not flattering, he was the king of the Huns with his brother Breda, and the brilliant achievements created by Breda were much more than him, so that the Eastern Roman Empire increased the annual tribute to 6,000 gold pounds is the credit of Breda.

If Qin Dong is compared with others according to Orlistes, Qin Dong is even more terrifying than Attila, he is not only very brave and resourceful, but also has extremely strong military command ability, such a person is simply an all-rounder, if he is allowed to develop, he is bound to be a more terrifying character than Attila.

Aetius's heart was shocked, but he didn't regard Qin Dong as the main enemy, but he still said very solemnly: "This person is indeed not simple, he is only a centurion now, and no one can predict the situation in the future, we can't take him lightly, but we don't have to take him too seriously, so let's do it, as soon as you come back, rest for a while, go back and see your family, and then I will send someone to find you and give you a task, go to Constantinople to bring Qin Dong's mother, the woman named Caroline, back, If this man becomes our enemy in the future, then we have his mother as a hostage, at least we have the initiative, don't we? ”

Olistes' eyes lit up, and he said with great joy: "Yes, my lord, this trick is very clever!" ”