Chapter 82: Scavenging
When Aetius' convoy was far away, Chief Centurion Guy turned around, and the serious expression on his face disappeared in an instant, replaced by a relaxed one.
"Ha, this old thing who picks the door doesn't talk much, and he doesn't want to give us the Eagle Flag!"
Chief Centurion Guy said with a smile, and his whole look was much better, and then he whistled and shouted, "Assemble! Assembled! ”
The soldiers who had been lazy immediately cheered up, dropped the weapons that were still being polished in their hands, and the soldiers who had been exercising hurriedly got up and clapped their hands and lined up behind the centurion. Except for some wounded soldiers who are still recovering, it is strange to say that cleaning the battlefield is a hard job, and besides, under the noses of the Burgundians, the group of wounded soldiers are still not afraid of hard work and shouting to go. Even if the arm is injured, what is the excitement of the leg injury?
"Are they so afraid of death?" I didn't understand, so I had to ask Andrew, who would have thought that Andrew was also full of red face, if it weren't for the chief centurion Guy sitting here to suppress it, I'm afraid Andrew would have set off a long time ago!
"Andrew," I asked, "why are you so happy?" ”
"Alas, Luga, you don't know." Andrew said as he found a pocket, and he was busy cleaning up the clutter in the bag and throwing it on the ground, until he had cleaned the bag before he looked up and said, "We're going to get rich!" Luga, why don't you prepare a cloth bag, or do you have a better idea? ”
"Rich?" As soon as I heard this word, my mind immediately flashed to Olen coins, something I hadn't seen before, yes, didn't those Germanic mercenaries just get paid a few days ago, a whole five Oren coins, one person is five, a hundred people is five hundred, a thousand...... Oh, it really means wealth, at least it's worth a lot more than that little dinaris. Without further ado, I hurried back and took out my bag of bread, and shook off the crumbs that had accumulated in it, which I had used to satisfy my cravings, but in the presence of Orencoin, the crumbs of bread had made my desire dull.
Before they could get to their feet, the team had begun to follow in the footsteps of Chief Centurion Guy and walked briskly out of the camp gates, leaving behind the wounded soldiers who were crying wolf in place.
The road was a trot, and along the road that had already been leveled, everyone was happy as if they could go home, and the group of men and horses came to the battlefield that had just ended, under the walls of Worms.
The Burgundians on the city walls were staring at us with big eyes and wary eyes, and there was a consensus on both sides of the work of cleaning up the corpses, that is, in the event of a truce, both sides would be allowed to send unarmed men to carry the corpses.
It is really accurate to describe the corpses strewn all over the field, and we first untied the iron sword of Spada tied to our waist in front of the Burgundians at the city gates under the watchful eye of the Burgundians. At the gate, the Burgundian nodded and acquiesced, and entered the battlefield. The air smelled of blood and gunsmoke, and I couldn't help but cover my mouth and nose with the cloth bag I had brought it, and I had to grope my way through the pile of corpses in that place with one hand.
"It's weird." Andrew groped in front of me and said suspiciously: "As the victors, not only did they not clean up the corpses of their Burgundian compatriots on the battlefield, but let us grope for it?" ”
"What? Are you still afraid that people will suddenly release cold arrows to kill you when you are cleaning up? "I looked up at the walls of Worms, which were cracked by the boulder and blackened by the burning flames. There was no longer the same magnificence as before, but more of a somewhat dilapidated desolation, and two Burgundians walked up and down on it, staring at us hundreds.
"They are now like deer in the wilderness, terrified of everything they can see around them, including us!"
The chief centurion Guy pointed at the Burgundian on the wall outside the battlefield and laughed loudly, he didn't have to be afraid at all, seeing that the Burgundian didn't pay attention to his actions showed that the Burgundian didn't understand what he was saying, Guy had no intention of coming in to work, but more than his identity, he still hated the dirty corpse.
I didn't pay that much attention to this Andrew, and together the two of us, we lifted up the corpse of a Germanic man, the poor fellow was already missing a leg, and looking at the blood in that place, I dare to conclude that this fellow died of blood loss.
"Look! Luga! ”
Before I could come to my senses, I heard Andrew's happy voice, I looked at him, and saw that he was holding a glittering gold coin in his hand, probably the craftsmanship was not as high as expected, this gold coin was just pressed into an irregular circle, and a head was carved on it, wearing a crown of osmanthus flowers, and the big nose was impressive.
"Who is this?" I asked.
"Your Majesty Valentinian." Andrew said, blowing the dirt off it, wiping it again until he was sure it was not dirty, then putting it in his pocket, and said to me, "That's the wages of these Germans, there are five!" Damn son of a bitch, it's all ours now! Andrew smirked, reached out and groped in the corpse's arms, and pulled out another gold coin, but it was covered in blood on one side. Andrew wiped it clean on the corpse of the Germanic man and handed it to me, smiling and saying, "Take it, Luga, your first gold coin!" ”
I took it from Andrew's hand, and weighed it in the palm of my hand, it was actually a gold coin, but it was not even as good as the Dinaris, and the color was a little dark, presumably because there was too much metal added to it.
Without further thought, I quickly put the gold coins in my pocket, and together with Andrew, I snatched the remaining three gold coins from the corpses of the Germanic people, and then carried him out of the battlefield, and placed them on the side of the road, waiting for the carriage to collect the corpses. At this time, the soldiers who acted quickly had already moved several times, and the cloth bags in their hands began to sink at this time, presumably sharing a lot of benefits.
Andrew and I hurriedly sped up, how could our two dignified legion centurions fall behind the soldiers, Andrew was responsible for pulling the corpse in front, and I searched the body of the corpse while walking, this money, the hiding method is different from person to person, some people hide it in their chests, some people hide it in their shoes, and the most excessive one is hidden in the crotch of their pants, don't ask me how I found it!
After a busy afternoon, Andrew and I have already made a lot of money, but we don't feel the slightest sense of fatigue, which may be the strength that Oren has given us. I sat on the side of the road, one hand clutching the bulging cloth belt, and the other hand constantly playing with an Oren gold coin, which I should have made a plan for, and I kept tossing the Oren coin up and down, but in fact my mind was blank.