Chapter 358 Military Alliance

"Uh, can I ask how many people there are this time?" Luca felt that such a question was a bit difficult to ask Father Jiang Carlo in front of him, but he still asked. "I saw that there were adults, teenagers, and even old people among them. I really don't know what your definition of the army is?"

"A total of 18 field regiments were formed." Jiang Carlo said as he picked up a roll of parchment from the table beside him and opened it. On it was a census of the army. "Nearly 10,000 troops. Of course, they are all Christians and have a high enthusiasm for liberating Britannia. Leo I ordered us to include them."

"Such a huge army, filled with many old and weak people, do you really think going to Britannia is to retire? Or is it an old man joining a group tour with free food and accommodation along the way?" Luga was really angry.

It records in detail the troop deployment of the entire legion. This bunch of old guys even has 1,500 people.

"One thousand five hundred hands (military pay) and one thousand five hundred mouths (food) to feed so many old guys is not just adding burden to me for no reason?" Luca complained, threw the parchment on the table, sighed, and said: "At this point, there is no other way. You say to drive them away, but they will say that you are blocking their way to heaven. If I can't see his kingdom, he will not let me go even if he becomes a ghost."

"Oh, God, Hail Mary! Believe me, Master Luca." Father Jiang Carlo hugged the Bible tightly and said to Luca: "They are all devout believers of God. Believe me, they will be able to prove their worth in the battle to retake Britannia in the future!"

"I hope what the priest said is true. Otherwise, I can't guarantee that I can bring the priest back."

Having said this, Luca turned around and looked at the priest wearing a cross and the soldier with a cross engraved on his helmet. They kept saying "Hail Mary." Luca felt more and more like an outlier among them.

"It seems I need to study Christianity carefully." Luca shrugged and whispered to himself, "If I continue like this, I may not be able to reach an agreement with these charlatans. They are a group of Christians. If they start quarreling, who knows if they will build a cross and tie me to it and burn me!"

Luca no longer made any rebuttal to Father Jiang Carlo's insistence, and acquiesced to such behavior. Perhaps even such a long journey to Ludug Gaul might make these old guys tired and shaken. I hope so, otherwise Luca will have to think carefully about consuming them on the battlefield, which is too cruel.

Luca wrote an invitation letter himself and instructed the messenger to deliver it to Aetius. Even with the help of Leo I, he was determined to reach this agreement with Aetius.

The agreed two-week period ended hastily on the second day after Luca returned to the barracks. Luca got up early in the morning and asked Andrew to gather all the soldiers.

He was busy with this matter all day yesterday, which was to train the soldiers to stand in line, so that Aetius could scare them hard when he arrived. He was very careful. Fortunately, these new soldiers were very obedient because they were Christians. They said what they said. It seems that such doctrine is not useless. Soon, the aggressive positions appeared in front of Luca. The strongest soldiers were now on both sides of the road. The tips of their spears were specially and carefully polished by Luca. This morning, Aetius responded to Luca's invitation and came to visit Luca's military camp. Whether it was for his own safety or to show off his military power to Luca, this group of people came in a mighty way, with 500 people. Except for himself and the carriage, the rest of the soldiers were riding horses. If you don't know, you would really think that Aetius came to fight.

Luga's military camp was blocked by a tall wall. Apart from the patrolling soldiers on the watchtower outside, the rest of the place looked deserted.

"It seems that nothing has changed. Flavius ​​Luca has been living too comfortably these days." Aetius thought, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. "It seems that my intuition is right. Without the help of Augustus, he is really nothing!"

"Open the camp gate, open the camp gate quickly!" The guard on the watchtower saw Aetius's carriage from a distance. He hurriedly called on the soldiers below the camp to slowly open the camp gate.

The gate of the camp opened slowly, and it was not opened until Aetius's open carriage arrived outside the Luga camp.

“This, this is…”

Aetius couldn't believe his eyes at all, because he saw that after the camp gate was opened, there were fully armed soldiers on both sides of the road. They stood in front of him with shields in their left hands and spears in their right hands. The two rows of people were of equal height and neatly arranged. The spears flashed a dazzling silver light under the sun, shining brightly on Aetius' face, making Aetius stretch out his hand to block them. This was the result of Luca's long preparation. Luca did this to give Aetius a good warning and let him know that he was not easy to mess with.

"One, two! Welcome, welcome! Warm welcome! Welcome, welcome, warm welcome!" I don't know who shouted the number, but in an instant everyone present was excited. They shouted, and the huge sound rang on both sides of Aetius like a bell. The shouting was deafening. This was obviously a demonstration. How could a welcome require such a big scene?

This was indeed a welcome, which made Aetius feel extremely embarrassed. He wanted to cover his ears, but the silver light flashing from their shaking spears forced Aetius to cover his eyes and ears with his hands. Aetius seemed to realize that this would make people feel embarrassed, so he could only endure it silently. The expression of pain and happiness made Luca laugh. He knew that behind Aetius's embarrassed expression was actually more surprise. He probably never thought that Luca had such a large army in such a short time.

Seeing Aetius's embarrassed look, Luca secretly let out a sigh of relief. "Oh, welcome, welcome! Welcome, distinguished guest!" Luca spread his hands and made a welcoming gesture towards Aetius.

"Oh, yes, yes, thank you for your kindness, Lord Luca!" Now at the steps of Luca's central tent, Aetius slowly got off the carriage and looked up at Luca. The cheers finally stopped, and Aetius finally breathed a sigh of relief. He felt much better now, but the rudeness just now was seen by Luca, which was really a very shameful thing.

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"I hope you will like my welcome gesture." Luca walked down with a laugh and pulled Aetius into the tent.

(End of this chapter)