Chapter 331 Field Regiment

"Keep him, he is my trophy."

Luca reminded him, watching the soldiers tie up the unconscious barbarian Bill and carry him away. At this moment, Luca couldn't help but think secretly: "Gold and silver are nothing. Only this man is the proof of my victory and the best gift to the Purple Room or the Senate later."

"Okay, gentlemen!" Luca raised his voice and turned around to look at the former rebel leaders who had stopped behind him. He said slowly: "I can assume that Agrippina and the surrounding villages and fortresses have now been returned to Roman rule from the hands of the rebels, right? I think no one will object to this!"

Luca stood on the steps of the Governor's Palace, his chin slightly raised, looking at the former rebel leaders below the steps with a proud look that seemed to be smiling. The intention of this statement was obvious. Taking the temporary city lord of Agripi, the Barbarian Bill, as a vivid example, Luca wanted to convey to them that if anyone thought they could be stronger than the Barbarian Bill, they should try their best! Luca's words caused a cold reception. The smiles on the faces of the leaders froze after listening to him. They looked at each other, trying hard to guess what Luca meant by saying such a thing. I'm afraid they have guessed the implication of Luca's words for such a long time. It's just that their inner plans are different. The most questionable one is that after taking over the city, does this Roman want to regret it? Seeing them silent and hesitant, Luca could roughly guess what they were hesitating about. He laughed and said, "You can rest assured about this. I will execute the promises I made to you before. I just want to remind you that if there are any of you with a military background, I hope you can join me. Of course, the villagers outside the city and civilians in the surrendered areas can become citizens of Agrippina or Roman citizens." After that, he waved to these leaders, indicating that they had nothing to do here. He turned and stepped onto the last step. Walking forward was the familiar wooden door.

He pushed it open, and a very discordant smell hit him in the face, which made Luka cover his nose. The hall was a mess, with overturned tables, wine glasses and food residues scattered all over the floor. There was no one here. Only rustling sounds could be heard, and then there were small movements in the mess. Hungry mice had already started to look for food inside.

Luga took a step forward, looking for a clean place to settle down in the mess, and then walked carefully step by step. Perhaps the bloody smell on the soles of his shoes scared the small creatures in the environment, and they fled and hid in the dark corners.

"It seems that these sloppy guys don't know that they need to clean up after eating." Luga said, taking his hand away from his nose. I think he has become accustomed to the smell.

After walking for a long time, Luca finally came to the finely crafted chair on the innermost step. That was where Aresio used to place his couch. The gorgeous couch had disappeared, and there was only this chair that Bill had brought from somewhere.

Luca was very familiar with this place. He clearly remembered that there was a secret passage for escape. When he thought of this secret passage, Luca was puzzled. If the Barbarian Bill was the commander who captured Agrippina, then he could not have been unaware of the secret passage for escape. Moreover, the one night was the point that Luca overlooked. Why didn't the Barbarian Bill use this secret passage to escape? Could it be that this stubborn barbarian didn't know what it meant to save the green hills and not be afraid of running out of firewood? With such doubts, Luca went forward to look at the secret passage. He could only see the outline of the secret passage by moving the chair away. Luca reached out and touched it. He couldn't help but snorted coldly, shook his head and cursed: "This stupid guy, I finally know why he didn't run away." It turned out that this guy didn't know if he was missing a string in his brain. Did he just think that there was no need to use this hole because there was no ladder, or did he confidently think that he could be a local tyrant here until his death. He actually blocked his best retreat route with dirt and stones and even sat on it. Luga couldn't help laughing when he thought of his funny behavior sitting on it.

"Luka."

Andrew called him, stepped on the messy ground and came behind Luca, and said to him: "The messenger cavalry you ordered yesterday are on the road. I think it won't be long before they can convey the news of the recovery of Agrippina to the nobles of the province of Greater Sequanorum. By then, the scattered nobles in Gaul will set out to Agrippina. I hope so."

"Yes, there are still many uncertainties in the city that has just been recaptured. Moreover, we must stabilize the city before the arrival of these nobles who trust us. We must open the city gates to let the villagers in, and we must also eliminate the spies among the Bagauda rebels."

"Then the threat from the traitors in Bagauda is too great. We must understand that most of the new citizens are members of Bagauda. Although we give them generous treatment, we must be wary of them colluding with each other for the enemies outside." Andrew said.

"So we must act quickly." Luca nodded and continued, "We must capture Duroclettorum, the last city of the rebels in Belgian Gaul, in the shortest possible time. Once this city is taken down, the traitors in the Bagauda rebels will have no one to pledge their allegiance to, and will naturally behave themselves as Roman citizens. Of course, this is just our assumption. If we are optimistic, we can even assume that no one among these citizens is willing to pledge allegiance to the Bagauda rebels."

"So Luca," Andrew continued, "what are your plans now?"

"Expand our strength and use the funds from looting Agrippina." Luca continued, "Recruit from the Bagauda rebels, and then reorganize the two auxiliary legions under Malenius into the main legion, called the Fourth Legion Auxiliary. Then reorganize the rebel soldiers who are willing to surrender into auxiliary legions, temporarily responsible for the defense of the northern Rhine defense line, and relieve the pressure on the army. After all, we still need more troops to concentrate our efforts to attack the last city of the rebels."

(End of this chapter)