Augustus Under the Horseshoe

It took the frost giants a whole day to completely destroy the foundry city of Octuron. The hunters who came from the wilds of the north have never seen such huge gold and silver jewelry, each of their eyes has turned into the shape of money, like a madman, in the ruins of the city, tirelessly searching for the dwarf's treasure .

The first batch of Frost Giants had already seen the colorful world outside. They held up their chests proudly, and while looting, they introduced the prosperity of the South to other compatriots. They said, "Brother didn't lie to you, and mix with us." , The arrogant appearance of inexhaustible gold and silver treasures.

Looking at the happily plundered compatriots, Theodoric I sighed lightly, holding on to his smile. After becoming a world feud with the tribe, it is definitely not a wise move to annoy the Western Roman Empire, but now things have happened, and we can only adapt to circumstances.

Thinking of this, the King of Visigoths gave up gold and silver jewelry, took his soldiers, and began to search for weapons and armor from the dead dwarf. When more than a thousand frost giants returned with a pocket full of gold coins, Theodoric I took the Visigoths and evacuated the arsenal of the casting city.

The High King, began to use these tens of thousands of weapons and armors to bribe the surrounding Germanic barbarians on a large scale. They have seen the terrifying power of thousands of giants stepping on the mountain, and facing the invitation of the Visigoths to form an alliance, they were naturally trembling. Nodding and saying yes, Theodoric was using the most elite weapon of the Roman Empire, armor, to arm these brave villains, and once restored the power of the Visigoths to their heyday.

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"It's weird. What about the 3,000 sets of heavy chain armor and iron-plated tower shields that we ordered in Octuron? The boy Julian recruited soldiers in the occupied area and expanded three apostasy Roman war regiments. How can we use the corresponding weapon armors? Not here yet? Abhus, pick a druid, and take a trip to see what's going on."

Painhurs was very puzzled.

"Send a messenger to Octuron. Damn it, the casting general and the dwarves there are completely unable to receive communications from Dove Whispering Court. Damn it! There are also a large number of Germanic tribes willing to surrender to me. I will reward them with the land on the border. And gathered more than three thousand strong men to fill the army, but how did the order for casting the city be postponed for so long?"

Aetius was also puzzled.

Later, after sending a large number of spies and scouts, the two sides finally discovered the true situation after a long period of investigation.

The entire casting city was directly erased from the map by the frost giants. Now, there is only a broken wall left in the magnificent city of mountains in the past. , The weapons and armors ordered by the side were all taken along by the Visigoths, distributed to the surrounding tribes, in exchange for their support, arming their tribes, on the narrow land on both sides of the Rhine, faintly became Rome and The third force outside the tribe.

Painhurs chose a few people who originally belonged to the White Frost clan and were not very loyal to him as envoys, and brought gold and silver jewelry to the Visigothic kingdom, expressing the intention of alliance.

The chief said that as long as Theodoric I is willing to join the tribe, the old accounts will be bought and sold. The Supreme King will also have a seat in the Senate. The tribe will take a large part of Gaul in the next Gaul expedition. The land was given to them as a new home for these barbarians.

As expected by the warchief, the heads of the envoys were chopped off, and all the useless gold and silver jewels were returned as the determination of the opponent and the tribe to resist to the end. Painhurs immediately sent a second letter to Aetius, with only a few words on it.

"The Visigothic Kingdom destroyed our important industrial city for the Romans and looted the weapons and equipment inside. It was a heinous crime. For the dignity and glory of the empire, my army will be on the east side of the Rhine in the spring of the following year. , Destroy the barbarians who don’t know good or bad, and hope that the commander can take over from the west side of the Rhine. After the big victory, the spoils are divided equally, but the merits belong to the respected war commander of the empire.

Just when Theodoric I was desperate and decided to take these barbarians, frost giants, and tribes to death, the second messenger, a Roman with black hair and black eyes, knocked on his door again.

"Dear Theodoric I, the brave Visigoth Supreme King! Your name is known to everyone from Britannia to Egypt."

The Roman envoy, wearing a red robe and holding an eagle flag, spoke politely.

"On behalf of the Western Empire Caesar and the commander-in-chief, Gaul and the governor of the seven British provinces, and the Frankish king Aetius are here. The hatred between you and the tribe cannot be eliminated, but only relying on your strength cannot cross the world with that. Contends with the giants."

"so what?"

Theodoric stared at the Roman messenger nervously. To be honest, he kept calculating and planning the battle these days, but his chance of winning was less than 10%. Before he had destroyed the important casting city of Rome.

In Pannonia, Aetius and Painhes joined hands to annihilate Alaric's elite army. If they join forces again, the Visigoths will die without a burial place.

In despair, the Supreme King was sweating profusely, and even made plans to go back to Northern Europe.

"Therefore, the battle commander Aetius is willing to join hands with the Visigoth Supreme King to fight against the tribe’s military front, in the name of the Western Empire co-ruling the emperor! If the Visigoths are willing to join forces with the empire to fight against the enemy, your previous The rebellion, the guilt of looting the forge city this time, was completely wiped out, and after the victory, the fertile land on both sides of the Rhine was obtained as your new home."

"Really?!"

Theodoric I jumped up from his chair excitedly and looked at the messenger in disbelief. He never expected that two people who had been extremely close would fall out? Wait, if the Romans are willing to support themselves against the tribe... my goodness, happiness comes too suddenly.

The Visigoths have betrayed Rome several times, and even killed an Augustus, which has always been a big concern for the Romans. The Supreme King never expected that the young war commander would actually dare to accept them again.

“It’s true that the tribe’s invasion of Gaul is inevitable. We are all grasshoppers on a rope. The warlord cannot defeat the tribe alone, nor can the Visigoth kingdom. However, if we join hands together, victory will not be impossible. and."

"Okay! Go back and tell you the marshal, I, Visigothic Supreme King Theodoric I, would like to become a subject of the Roman Empire again!"

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After uniting the Visigoths, Aetius rushed to Spain overnight. He knew that the regent queen mother was a hard-core pro-tribal faction. The marriage of Honoria and the warchief tied the two together in the same car. Above the car.

Therefore, the young war commander changed from a hard-core pro-tribal to an anti-tribal, in exchange for the support of the governor of Spain and the six provinces of the Western Islands, Kiliman, and asked the other side to send troops to support the Gaul theater.

The wind direction is changing again. The war has not yet begun, and the pungent and **** breath has been wafting throughout the western Roman Empire. And there was a faint breath of division.

Aetius and Giliman controlled Gaul, Germanic, and the wealthy Spanish provinces, and a large number of Germanic barbarians joined.

Pain Hess and Placidia control the cold steppe across the sea, Italy, the core of the empire, and fertile North Africa. The vast army of monsters in the tribe is endless.

Both sides have entered a stage of intense preparations, food and soldiers are constantly being transported to the direction of the Danube. Everyone knows that when the spring flowers bloom in the coming year, a decisive battle that will determine the future fate of the empire will break out near the Rhine.

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