Chapter 325 Allied Forces

"So what does this mean?" Andrew sat on his horse and pointed at the army in front of him. "Are you going to attack us? No, it's like we are invaders, not allies."

"No, that's not the case, my lord!" Old Philip was in a dilemma. He knew that he was insignificant and his words carried no weight.

"Just you guys, do you think you can fight against the army behind us?" Andrew dismounted from his horse and faced the villagers in front of him. He was not afraid at all. Instead, he held his head high and strode forward, boldly charging towards their spears.

"What? What?"

The villagers holding spears were terrified, fearing that their weapons would hurt the fully armed Roman in front of them.

Maybe they were worried too much. Andrew kept moving forward, and the more than one hundred villagers holding spears in front of him kept retreating. To others, it seemed like one person forced back a small army.

"Are you going to rebel against the empire?" Andrew said to them in a deep voice, and took out the jewel-studded gold cross given to him by old Fili from his armor.

"Really, really in their hands."

Seeing the cross, all suspicions about old Philip disappeared in an instant.

"Our own people, our own people!"

The villagers began to spread the news among themselves. They looked at each other and gradually put down their weapons.

"Who is the leader among you?" Andrew waved the magnificent cross in front of them and asked them loudly, "Come out quickly! You want to negotiate with us! You want to negotiate and Roman citizenship. Is this your attitude?"

"Why, how could that be!" The villagers smiled apologetically, quickly dispersed, put on a friendly look, and looked at Andrew with a smile.

"Captain of the Guard! Captain of the Guard!"

The messenger rider behind him ran up to Andrew and said to him, "Captain, the army has arrived. The general asked if you have reached an agreement with them?"

"Oh, oh, it's done, it's done!" Andrew turned around and found that the villagers had already hidden on both sides of the road. They had thrown their spears away somewhere long ago. They also called out to their wives and children hiding in the house, holding flowers in their hands, and performed a full welcome ceremony.

"This change is too fast!" Andrew was shocked and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It was too late now. When he turned around, he saw teams of hundreds of people slowly coming along the road. They were getting closer and closer, and their figures were getting bigger and bigger.

"Hurry, into the village, into the village!"

Andrew called upon the cavalry behind him to enter the village quickly, firstly so as not to block the infantry's way, and secondly to enter the village as a vanguard to see if there were any hidden secrets in the village, such as ambushes or something. After all, they were in a village within the influence of the Bagauda rebels, and who could be sure that they had no intention of launching a sneak attack.

“Tap, tap, tap…”

Teams of fully armed soldiers carrying weapons and bags passed by them, which made the villagers who were cheering just now stop. Their faces had different expressions, but most of them were terrified. They must have regretted and hoped for the best. After all, such a large army had ruined the relationship in an instant. No one could say that such a large army would wipe out their small village from the world.

Seeing that the teams of centuriae were endless, the village was already crowded with people, and some even stood outside the road. Perhaps these villagers never thought that the Romans would return with so many soldiers.

After a long time, a carriage was seen slowly coming to the villagers along the dirt road, surrounded by fully armed cavalry.

"I guess this is their top general!"

The villagers thought about it in their hearts and couldn't help but look at the carriage not far away.

The carriage slowly drove to the largest house in the village, and Luga got off the carriage wearing armor.

In front of the house, an old man in brand new coarse cloth stood trembling at the door. Andrew stood beside the old man. After the old man saw Luca, he was even more respectful and didn't dare to say anything before Luca opened his mouth.

"It's you who is willing to negotiate with us, to form an alliance with us, and to choose Roman citizenship!" Luca looked at the village chief with a smile on his face.

"Yes, yes, my lord! We welcome you to our village. It will be my honor to meet you, the general." The old village chief nodded repeatedly, but he said nothing more after that. Although he was very old now, he was still full of fear for this young general. He was afraid of offending this Roman general inadvertently, after all, his legions had surrounded the village.

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"What?" Luka looked at the old village chief with a smile, and then asked, "Aren't you going to invite me in to sit down?"

"Oh, yes, yes, my lord!" The old village chief came back to his senses, and he stepped back to make way for Luca. He showed the door of the house to Luca and said to him, "My lord, the chief leaders of the villages who came to negotiate are all inside. They are very much looking forward to communicating with you about the next strategic deployment, and they are very willing to help you take back the Roman province. After all, we are all Roman subjects."

"Oh, thank you, really, thank you very much!"

Luca said as he led the old village chief and Andrew into the house. As soon as they entered, the light dimmed. Under the light of the oil lamp, Luca could clearly see the leaders who came to negotiate sitting on both sides of a huge wooden table. Everyone raised their heads and looked at Luca, revealing a little uneasiness in their eyes. The source of this uneasiness came from the two rows of fully armed soldiers standing behind them, but they also had expectations, probably expecting Luca to have some good ideas to help them win and get the Roman citizenship they dreamed of.

"Okay, okay!" As Luga passed by them, he was secretly thinking about what to say in front of so many people. After all, Luga couldn't figure out what they were thinking at the moment.

"Come on, no need to be so polite!" Luca sat down and motioned the old village chief and Andrew to sit down together. Now the whole situation was much calmer, so Luca suggested: "Now everyone, please speak out your ideas and we will discuss this issue together. Of course, there is no need to hold back, because if you hold back your ideas, we will lose a lot of useful ideas!"

Soon, the room was filled with words.

(End of this chapter)