Chapter 55: Attack in the Woods

Am I too fickle? This question popped up in my mind, because Anai's smile and words were like a drop of water, dripping on the calm lake in my heart, causing ripples. My heart was moved, just like that, in an unintentional smile or a touching word. This pale-faced Gaul girl actually made me lose my mind.

Anais was still smiling and slowly approached me. I was stunned, watching her approach me step by step. When she was less than half a meter away, she stood on tiptoe and gently kissed my forehead. My head buzzed, and at that moment, it seemed as if all my memories became blank, my five senses disappeared, and I held my breath unconsciously. I could only feel my heart beating all over my body. This little Gallic fairy, no wonder they say that French women are passionate seeds, this can be confirmed thousands of years ago.

"Hey, time to get going!"

The centurion behind me couldn't stand it anymore and patted my shoulder. I came to my senses and found that Anais in front of me was gone. I looked around and saw her lonely figure not far behind me. This poor woman came all the way just to give me bread and this. I thought about it and opened my palm. I exclaimed softly. It turned out that the silver ring lying quietly in my palm was the ring that she had risked her life to protect. Now it was lying in my palm.

I sighed deeply, I don't know if this feeling is joy or sadness, or maybe it's just a lack of expression! I put the ring on my middle finger, thinking I hope I can come back and give the ring back to her, this poor girl. I shook my head vigorously to stop thinking too much.

After returning to the team, before Andrew could speak, the boy named Fumiou who he just met spoke first: "Hey, that, is that your mistress?"

I touched the silver ring on my hand, not knowing what to say, so I simply kept silent, as I figured he wouldn't be able to get any information out of me.

"Luga, why did Levi look for that girl?" Andrew asked me.

"I don't know. He stopped when I walked over. But when Ana gave me something, his face looked unhappy. Could he be planning something?" This made me think hard. As I walked further and further away, the stench of corpses in the air became much lighter.

The journey was very boring. If we regard the march as an exciting journey, then when we understand that such a large group of people and horses scared the birds and animals in the woods away without a trace, then the meaning of this journey must be very boring. There was no sound of birds except the trees around. Maybe the sound was too loud, and the birds hundreds of meters away had abandoned their nests. The only thing left was a large number of troops moving along the dilapidated dirt road. The road was bumpy and there was no stone road in my cognition. It might be considered that we had stepped into a land occupied by barbarians. They were ignorant and had no idea how to repair the road.

"How many of us are there this time?"

After a long silence, I think the most important question to ask is this: I don't want to follow in the footsteps of Varus (Battle of the Teutoburg Forest) as a soldier.

"There are only three legions. If the number is optimistic, then we may have brought 20,000 people this time." Fumio answered quickly, which surprised me. I quickly asked him, "How did you know?"

"Ha, didn't I tell you? I used to work in the Imperial Library, as a small copyist." A smile appeared on Femio's face. It was true that a scholar knows everything about the world without leaving home.

"Since you are so boring, why not tell me your story?"

I was full of curiosity about Femio. He didn't seem like one of those ignorant people. Instead, as a scribe in the Imperial Library, this young man in armor exuded the aura of a cultured person.

There are not many intellectuals these days, and even fewer with ambitions. I wonder which group this Fomio, who seems to know everything, belongs to?

"My story?" Fermiou pointed at himself and shook his head. "I don't have any interesting stories."

"Tell me, it's not a difficult question." After my repeated pleading, Fermiou couldn't stand my pestering anymore and kept nodding his head. Andrew on the side said nothing, but I noticed that his ears were perked up.

"Okay, okay."

Fumio waved his hand at me and said, "Then you go first!"

With the idea that you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb, I thought for a while and decided to tell him the moment after he woke up. I couldn't tell him the previous part, otherwise it would almost destroy his worldview.

But as soon as I opened my mouth, it was time for the afternoon break. We were already far away from Ludinan. I rubbed my dry throat, and my body was already wet with sweat. I drank every drop of water in the kettle, and then looked up at the scorching sun. I suddenly felt that I would die of thirst if I continued talking. But Fumio listened with gusto, staring at me, which made me embarrassed to stop. This was really a shame.

Finally, with a long horn sound, the convoy in front stopped.

"Rest where you are! Rest where you are!"

The cavalry of the warlord rode by the roadside and left an order. Without saying anything, I sat down quickly. At this time, the water supply carriage stopped beside the team. Because we were the first brigade, we had priority in supply. This was a great thing. I held the kettle and followed a group of people to push and shove and finally grabbed a wooden bucket. I scooped the water from the wooden scoop and drank it without having time to fill the kettle. After a few sips, I felt that my eyesight had improved a lot. Looking around, I was in an undeveloped forest with bushes. Moreover, the road was at the lowest altitude. The scenes in the movies I had seen before emerged in my mind one by one.

“It’s too quiet.”

I couldn't help but say, standing there with the water scoop in my hand.

"Hey, are you going to drink or not? I'm still thirsty if you don't!"

The soldier behind me roughly snatched the water scoop from my hand, but I was not moved. Instead, I looked around and realized that the surroundings were too dangerous. I didn't know why Aetius chose to stay here.

Holding the empty kettle, he walked back to the square formation step by step.

"Luka?" Andrew called me, but he turned his eyes to the empty kettle in my hand and asked me in confusion: "You didn't get any water?"

"Oh, oh," I finally came to my senses and turned around. The water carriage had already left. Oh, I wonder if this bucket of water is enough for me to last the whole afternoon.

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"It's really strange. Our deputy legion commander Antony should be following behind Aetius' carriage. Why didn't he come today?"

At this time, I saw the chief centurion Guy and several phalanx centurions passing by us. I heard clearly the centurion's questions to Guy.

"Not coming!" I exclaimed in my heart, and quickly looked up at Aetius's carriage in front of me. The fully armed cavalrymen got off their horses at this time. Although they were resting, they held their lances tightly and surrounded Aetius's carriage. There was nothing wrong, so why did they stay here? More and more questions came to my mind, and I couldn't breathe. Looking at the soldiers around me sitting there talking and laughing, everything seemed normal, how could it be possible? It was so quiet around! "Da Da Da"

A series of rapid horse hoofbeats came from behind. It seemed to be the scouts. They galloped past me, dismounted from the horse beside Aetius's carriage, held a rolled-up parchment in their hands, and handed it through the window of the carriage, lowering their heads as if they were receiving a lecture. After a while, the scout jumped on his horse as if he had received some order, took out a horn from the backpack on his waist, and came to the front of our battle. The soldiers on guard beside the carriage in front also hurriedly mounted their horses, as if they had received some great news.

"What kind of comedy is this?"

Andrew said as he sat there staring at the scout.

The scout obviously didn't hear what Andrew said. He raised the horn to his lips and took a deep breath! "Woo~chi!"

Just as the horn was about to sound, a sharp arrow flew out from the bushes not far away and pierced the scout's throat.

"Meet the enemy! Meet the enemy!!!"

Facing the sudden change! The centurions shouted and ran back to their squares, and the soldiers quickly stood up. It seems that the peaceful surroundings are destined to be turbulent, which is exactly what I worried about just now!

(End of this chapter)