Chapter 323 Return

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed, and the injured soldiers gradually recovered and returned to the army one after another. During this period, Luca would promise the first batch of rewards to the nobles who participated in the financing of the Great Sequanoron Province.

A month later, this sparsely populated city was once again filled with nobles from the province of Greater Sequanorum, who had been forced to leave their homes due to war, but now the city was back in the hands of Rome, because they believed in Luca, and believed that Luca could hold on to this place and never lose it again.

In return, Luca agreed to return all the property that once belonged to them, including the houses. This was to take care of the interests of the nobles, which they naturally supported. Of course, the victory of this siege also meant that Luca could get more financing, although there were no men to be recruited in Augusta-Treville.

Luca was wearing armor. Although the situation was peaceful at the moment, no one could guarantee that the Bagauda rebels would not come to harass them in the next second. So the state of preparation for war continued, but this time Luca walked out of the Governor's Mansion and walked towards the city gate along the gradually familiar streets.

Luca could have taken a carriage, but he chose not to. He preferred to carry the heavy armor and walk towards the city gate step by step, following Andrew. Along the way, poor citizens were cleaning up abandoned houses on the street, trying to find some valuable things inside to supplement their family income. When Luca passed by them, they gave him strange looks, which Luca simply ignored.

"I just don't understand." Andrew followed behind Luca and kept complaining, "What do they deserve? We are the winners, and this is undeniable. Luca, if they want to leave, they should go to the Governor's Mansion and admit their mistakes to you!"

"Oh, come on, come on! Andrew!" Luca said, "You must be tired, otherwise you wouldn't complain like that!"

Seeing that his past was exposed, Andrew was naturally speechless. He snorted twice and followed Luca silently.

After a few minutes' journey, Luca and Andrew finally arrived at the north gate of Augusta-Treville. The place was already crowded with carriages that had entered from a distance. It could be said that the nobles were now eager to return to this city that had just been recaptured by Luca. In their eyes, this place was full of business opportunities that ordinary people could not see, and there was plenty of money to be made.

On the road outside the city gate, there was a carriage that was different from the other teams. They were not in a hurry to squeeze into the city, but just parked alone outside the city.

There were two people standing next to the car. They were Alessio and Sebastianus, who were very familiar to Luca and Andrew. They had come all the way here following the nobles' convoy, of course, to fulfill the bet they had made with Luca. Since they were old acquaintances, there was no need for so many greeting gifts.

But Alessio didn't look happy, he had a gloomy face. Luca knew in his heart that he didn't like to lose, but he had to accept this reality.

"Hey, Aresio, my old friend!" Luca smiled kindly and patted Aresio on the shoulder as if nothing had happened.

Faced with such treatment, Aresio seemed unappreciative and turned his head away, not giving his immediate superior any face at all.

"How is it, have you brought everything?" Luca asked Sebastianus.

"I brought it. Aresio spent a lot of time preparing it." Sebastianus said, pulling Luca into the small carriage. Sebastianus handed Luca a few pieces of parchment and said to him, "It records the deployment of all the rebels in Belgian Gaul in detail. Now the news that you attacked Augusta-Treville has spread throughout Belgian Gaul, and of course most of the provinces in Gaul have also learned about it. It is only a matter of time for the Purple Chamber in the Italian province to know about this situation."

"If Augusta knew about this, she would be very happy!" Andrew added, "After all, this is a city that has been occupied for a long time. Recovering it will improve Luca's status in the empire!"

"Of course it will alert Aetius!" Luca said slowly, "I think Aetius is trying to maintain the balance of Gaul. My bold attack has rekindled the conflict in the peaceful Gaul. This may lead to another big fight. We must be fully prepared before the fight!"

"Luga!" Alessio, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up: "Let me ask you now, do you still mean what you said when you promised to give me the Belgian Gaul if I conquered it? After all, you have already deceived me once!"

"Of course it counts!" Luca replied seriously.

"What guarantee do you have?" asked Alessio.

"My life!" Luca's words seemed extremely resolute, and the same tone also made Alessio feel that Luca was trustworthy at this time! "Okay!" Alessio nodded at Luca, and then took out a huge parchment map from behind him. Alessio spread the map in front of Luca, and then said to Luca: "This is the detailed garrison location of the Belgian Gaul Ba Gouda rebels, look!" Alessio pointed to the blank area between Agrippina and Durotolkolam and said to Luca: "There are dozens of villages of all sizes on it, and a large number of Ba Gouda rebels are stationed in them. They are no different from normal civilians. They just live here, but if they want to fight, they will take up weapons and become a headache. We can't slaughter them one village after another. In this way, even if we reach Agrippina or Durotolkolam, our army will become extremely tired, or be attacked by the rebels halfway, so we have no chance of winning."

"I have a solution!" At this point, Luca looked at Alessio, stretched out a finger and said to Alessio: "This method will allow us to break through this dense defense without spending much effort."

"What?"

Everyone present stared at Luga with wide eyes, and they were all patiently waiting for Luga to come up with this feasible plan.

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"Don't forget." Luca sneered and said, "We have plenty of money in our hands now. Of course, as the governor of this fallen province, even if we distribute citizenship without the knowledge of the Purple Chamber and the Senate, this is not only in line with the Law of Nations and the Theodosian Code, but we can also quickly form an army here to support us."

"Good idea!" Andrew slapped his thigh and said, "We can also use this method on mercenaries. Maybe they will give up the high commission and join the battle for free."

"Is this plan feasible?" Aresio was still a little worried. Sebastianus was also worried because this method was undoubtedly too bold and challenged the law and the authority of the Purple Room.

"Who cares? As long as we can recover the lost territory, any method is feasible!" Luca's words cannot be denied!

(End of this chapter)