Chapter 549 The War of the Successors

Let’s not talk about whether Valentinian had the right to appoint and dismiss the captain of soldiers at this time. Just to say that he forcibly commanded the army, the soldiers behind him were all under the command of Luca and Aetius. Even if he shouted at the top of his lungs, he would not mobilize the soldiers even half a step.

Looking at the motionless army behind him, Valentinian widened his eyes, looking at Luca and Aetius standing at the forefront of the army with surprise and confusion.

"What do you mean? What does this mean?" Valentinian frowned and looked at the two people opposite him in surprise.

Then, he pointed his hand at his chest and shouted at everyone present: "I am Augustus. I am the supreme ruler of Western Rome. My orders are the supreme law!"

Even Valentinian was so hysterical that he almost committed suicide with the sword in his hand.

"Why! Why nothing is being done?" Valentinian was so anxious that he burst into tears, but in return he got only the cold eyes of Luca and Aetius.

"Verus, Verus, my loyal general!" Valentinian shouted to the army. Verus hurriedly ran out of the army and stood in front of Valentinian.

"Verus, Verus, my loyal general, my loyal guard!" Valentinian's voice was trembling, his eyes were full of tears, and he rushed forward to hold Verus' arms. "You are the commander of the Guards, the only army I can rely on and command. Stand up and take this city for me. Let them see these two cunning bastards."

Valentinian's words were orders, but they were difficult for Verus to execute. He was in a dilemma and turned around to look at Aetius and Luca. The two captains of soldiers stood in front of him like two majestic Alps.

"Caesar!" Verus turned around and looked at Valentinian, his face showing difficulty. "The Guards had a conflict with Lord Aetius, and now more than half of them have been killed or wounded. I'm afraid they can't take on the task of attacking."

"Aetius! Aetius!" Valentinian looked at Aetius again, his voice trembling, almost begging, "Don't you want your son Gordontius to marry my daughter Obelias? Well, as long as you can help me take this place and send me to Constantinople, I will certainly be happy to let your son become my daughter's husband."

Valentinian was planning to break through this line of defense at all costs to achieve his goal, but Aetius didn't seem to think so.

"This is quite crazy, Caesar." Aetius spread his hands. No one knew what Aetius's compromising words meant, whether he agreed or not.

Augusta Liginia got off the carriage at the back, barefoot, and lifted her skirt, not caring that the hard ground would hurt her already fragile feet. She trotted all the way through the waiting army, ignoring the confused looks from those who were left behind.

Licinia ran behind Luca, looking breathlessly at Valentinian, who was furious and waving his sword in protest because he couldn't get what he loved.

“Haha. Hahahaha…”

Suddenly, Licinia, as if possessed or something, pointed at Valentinian and laughed wildly like a madman. She also said to Valentinian in an extremely sarcastic tone, "Look, Augustus of the Roman Empire was rejected by his subjects. He is like a fledgling that has lost its mother's wings. Even with full wings, it can't take off! Poor thing, selfish ghost!"

Likinia was cursing happily. Luca came up and grabbed her arm and pulled her to his side and said to her sternly: "Enough, Likinia, now is not the time to fool around!"

"Nonsense?" Liginia raised her head and sneered at Luca. She leaned close to Luca's ear and spoke softly, "Isn't this the situation you want to see? Isn't this the moment you have been waiting for to humiliate him for me? My dear husband, the position of Augustus is yours, and Valentinian can't take it away!"

The soft whisper and the breath from the slightly opened red lips made Lujia's whole body hairy. He didn't dare to look down at Li Jiniya's soft eyes. In order to prevent others from seeing the clues, Lujia had to push Li Jiniya away and put on the appearance of a brother to teach Li Jiniya a lesson: "The situation is very urgent now, don't make things worse!"

Just as Luga finished speaking, Li Jiniya looked behind Luga with her eyes wide open, as if she had seen something extraordinary.

"He's coming! He's coming!"

"who?"

Luca asked hurriedly. At this moment, Luca heard a series of hurried footsteps behind him. He turned his head and saw Valentinian in front of him. He held the sword with both hands, and his technique was very clumsy.

"Go to hell, you damn shrew! Whore!" Valentinian cursed Licinia and stabbed at her with the sword in both hands.

Likinia wanted to step back, but accidentally tripped over her left foot and fell to the ground.

"You damn woman, now I'll let you go to see your tragically dead father!" Valentinian took the opportunity to curse loudly, raising his sword with both hands and stabbing at Licinia fiercely.

“Bang!”

At the moment when the sharp blade hit Liginia, Luca quickly grabbed Valentinian's slender arm. It was like an irresistible force that made Valentinian unable to move.

"What, what are you doing?" Valentinian raised his head and stared at Luca in surprise. Luca raised his hand and hit Valentinian's sword-holding hands without saying a word.

Valentinian cried out strangely, and his hands shook violently before loosening.

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"Bang."

The iron sword fell out of his hand and hit the ground heavily, making a dull sound. It seemed that at this moment, the whole world had become quiet. Everyone looked at Luca to see what he wanted to do with Valentinian.

"This is a big deal, you can't do this!"

Luca leaned over and whispered in Valentinian's ear: "It's not too late to regret now. Turn back. No one here wants to fight against each other!"

"You, are you trying to persuade me?" Valentinian looked up at Luca, his expression was particularly ferocious. He wanted to break free from Luca's restraints, but the difference in strength was too great. He was like a chicken struggling in the claws of an eagle, no matter how hard he tried, it was in vain.

"Oh, I forgot!" Valentinian looked at Luca with a grim smile, "You are the brother of this damned woman, the poor adopted son of the dead Theodosius. In other words, you are nothing but a lackey. Thanks to Theodosius and my mother, you are where you are today. But you, oh, look at you, you are going against Augustus' will again!"

Luca did not say anything about Valentinian's deliberate humiliation. He just kicked the sword aside, and the soldiers not far away hurried over to collect the sword.

Only then did Luca let go of Valentinian, then took a few steps forward and grabbed Licinia, who was still in shock, and led her towards the army, shouting as he walked: "Let's end it today!"

(End of this chapter)