Chapter 311: Going out to fight and meeting the enemy

Three days later, it was Luca's turn. Early in the morning, Luca was in the Governor's residence, and he put on heavy armor with the help of several maids and Anais.

Luca naturally attached great importance to protection, so he needed a half-body chain mail and a muscle breastplate on the outside. Although it looked a bit out of place and a bit heavy, making it difficult to walk, Luca liked the sense of security brought by such a heavy suit.

"How long will you be gone this time?" Ana asked, tightening the belt on Luga's armor.

"I don't know." Luga adjusted the mail on his sleeves and continued, "During this time, I will keep heading west until I reach the seaside."

"The beach?" Anais was puzzled. "It must be very far away. Why do you have to walk so far?"

"Haha, don't worry about that!" Luga smiled and touched Anai's head, and said lovingly: "Just wait for me here, I will be back." Anai smiled and nodded at Luga.

When he walked out of the Governor's Palace, the steps were full of nobles who came to see him off. They were all Luca's financing targets. They had finally waited for Luca to go to war, so they naturally lined the streets to see him off. Alessio and Sebastianus were standing in the teams on both sides. This time they did not plan to follow Luca to the war, because they were dissatisfied with Luca's blind self-confidence, so they predicted the failure of this battle. The venue outside the door was full of fully armed soldiers. They were lined up in squares of 100 people at both ends of the venue, leaving the main road in the middle for Luca to pass.

The venue was huge. On the left was the Ninth Punisher Legion. Because they were awarded the Eagle Flag, the flag bearer stood in the middle of the road because he had to follow Luca's carriage. On the right was the newly formed Fifth Skylark Legion. Luca had high hopes for them, even on their helmets, Luca also prepared feathers for them to be inlaid on their helmets, imitating Caesar.

Andrew rode his horse to the bottom of the stairs. He looked up at Luca and asked loudly, "General, when are we going to set out?"

Seeing Andrew urging him, Luca naturally did not dare to neglect it. He slowly walked to Aresio and Sebastianus and asked them: "Aren't you going to the war with us? This way you two will lose a lot of fun."

Alessio and Sebastianus looked at Luca with dissatisfaction and shook their heads at the same time to express their refusal.

"Ha, all right then!" Luca said, "Then let's make a bet. If we take down Augusta-Treville, then the two of you will unconditionally follow me and continue westward. And you must give me advice and plans wholeheartedly without showing any dissatisfaction!"

"Humph, Luca!" Alessio said in a mocking tone, "If you can conquer Augusta-Treville with your 10,000-man army, then I, Alessio, will follow you wholeheartedly. Wherever you attack, I will follow behind you."

Sebastianus didn't say anything, but he nodded to show that he agreed to the bet.

"Okay!" Luka smiled slyly and said, "Then it's a deal. You two will spend a few days in peace in the Governor's Mansion. When the news of my victory reaches the city, you two must set out immediately. I don't have that much time to wait for you!"

After saying that, Luca walked down the steps of the Governor's Palace, got on the carriage, and, escorted by Andrew and the general's guards, headed out of the city along the main road.

"Luga!" Andrew asked outside the city, "How confident are you that we can attack Belgian Gaul with just over 10,000 of us?"

"Eighty to ninety percent!" Luca thought for a while and said, "It's almost certain. As long as we don't let the Bagauda members unite at the moment of our arrival, we can fight head-on and no one will be afraid of anyone." Andrew nodded repeatedly after hearing this, but the expression on his face was still so confused, as if he understood but not really.

After a week of trekking north, Luca and his legion arrived at Argenturamte, the closest city to Augusta-Treville and of course the largest central fortress on the northwest defense line. It was filled with border guards from the province of Greater Sequanorum, all of whom were improvised troops wearing helmets and no armor. Only officers wore armor, and such armed forces were not uncommon in Rome at that time, and their number was more than 3,000. Their commander was Thisbius, a veteran with rich experience. In defending the city, Thisbius had repelled more than ten attacks of various sizes by the Bagaudae members, but the Bagaudae members did not seem to have any intention of retreating.

There were traces of battles everywhere outside the city of Argenturamte, because the Bagaudas, who were short of money and food, had begun to focus their attention on the nearby Great Sequanoren. In order to expand their territory, the Bagaudas naturally spared no effort to attack. If they did not focus on the outside, they would collapse.

Upon hearing that Governor Luca had arrived, Thisbius hurried out of the city to greet him and followed Luca's carriage into the city.

"How's the battle going?" As soon as Luca got out of the car, he asked the main question without thinking about anything else.

"This time, the Bagaudas have an army of about 5,000 people. They seem to be led by a leader whose name I remember is Jurgen." Tisbius continued, "This is a considerable force. I heard that they work for Augusta Treville's rebels. Their chief commander is Tiberius, a Roman nobleman."

"Roman nobles?" Luca was a little puzzled, because in his impression, the Bagaudas existed to resist the Romans. Now their leader was actually a Roman noble and was hostile to the Roman Empire. What kind of contradictory reason was this?

"Are you sure you're right?" Luca asked.

"Confirmed!" Thisbius said firmly, and he seemed to be very careful with the information. "Perhaps this Roman noble can feed them, so these rebels will follow him wholeheartedly."

"That's easy!" Luca continued, "Let the army rest for a day. If these barbarians don't leave tomorrow morning, then there's no need to go back!"

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The next day, as usual, the Bagauda rebels came again. They were still as Luca expected. They were almost a mob, wearing the same coarse cloth they wore in their daily lives and work. They were also armed with spears and axes, but unlike before, they were trained to form a square formation in front of Luca to face the defense troops on the city wall.

"mob!"

Luka said in his heart, he gripped the hilt of the sword tightly, waved his hand and shouted: "Leave the city!"

A large number of phalanxes of hundreds of people trotted all the way, accompanied by the rhythmic calls of the trumpeters, and ran out of the city step by step and lined up in front of the Bagauda rebels.

The sudden appearance of fully armed soldiers surprised the Bagauda rebels. Faced with such a large-scale team, they became a little agitated and at a loss for a moment, which was exactly what Luga wanted to see.

(End of this chapter)