Aetius's army was a surprise to Arecius, but he was not so surprised, as the news of Theodosius' death had resounded like a thunderclap of God's wrath throughout the Roman Empire.

A noble fellow who has been Augustus since he was a child, the world thinks that he can spend the rest of his life in peace, and at the end of his life, he will soar under the hymn and go straight to his kingdom, but who would have thought that Augustus, who has always been blessed, would die under the horse.

Aetius was just afraid of Theodosius and did not dare to make a mistake, but Theodosius ascended to heaven and became a god, so there would be no Romans in the mortal world that Aetius feared.

This time, Aetius led the army south again, not to mention the mighty military formation, but also pushed the siege engine to the front.

Several military formations and dozens of trebuchets were ready to go, and the stone eggs were loaded on the catapults and pointed directly at Arettion in front of them.

Aetius made a big deal, and he arranged for an army of nearly 5,000 men to be deployed at the forefront, and they were like fortresses of men, less than a hundred meters from Aretion.

"Prepare for war! Prepare for battle! ”

The trumpeters of the Praetorian Guard in the city stood on the city walls, and all the trumpeters of the city climbed to the roofs of their houses and sounded their horns.

Heavily armed Praetorian Guards marched down the streets in hundreds, and archers climbed the walls. In order to intimidate the enemy, they deliberately wore all the horned helmets that meant the Praetorian Guard.

This time, instead of standing outside the city as boldly as they had at the beginning, they lined up on the city walls, their eyes fixed on the army of Aetius that was close at hand.

"Duke of Aretion, Dimius." Aetius pondered, asking the officers around him, "What is his position now, especially since he is a member of the Senate." ”

"He's very vacillating right now, my lord." "This is not surprising," replied, "after all, no matter which senator or nobleman they are, they all want to stand with the strong. ”

"That's hoping that even if it eats a piece of prey, a dog with dirty skin." Aetius couldn't help but grit his teeth when he said this, "For such a bastard, you always need to prove your strength to him in order to be able to make him touch, and you should understand who the real winner of this fight is!" ”

On the city walls, Aresio was wrapped in fur robes and Aetius spoke of Dimius and Verus, and the faces of the three of them were full of surprise.

"Aetius is attacking, Aetius is attacking!"

Dimius shouted loudly at the soldiers behind him, seeing his duke so flustered, the soldiers under his command naturally looked panicked.

"Click..."

There was a clash of equipment, and only dozens of stones could be seen flying out of Aetius' military formation, passing over the heads of the soldiers on the city walls. They looked up and saw the stone like a bird flying over the walls and down on the crowded houses of the city.

"Dangdang..."

Stones fell on the red roof, piercing the house and smashing the rubble on it.

The sudden destruction shocked the civilians of the city, who were still living peacefully, and they could not tell who had fired the stone, but understood that it was an advance and that they had been attacked.

Unarmed citizens, men, women, and children, wandered aimlessly through the streets, screaming and crying, fleeing in the opposite direction of the stones, to the south of the city.

The Praetorian Guards in the streets formed a human wall to block their way, as they had to maintain order in the city until it was breached, and the fleeing men would only spread panic throughout the city.

The panicked citizens collided with the Janissaries who formed the human wall, and the crying women clinging to their children frantically slapped the strong shields in front of them.

"Children, children, let us go, we can't just become the target of the enemy!" The old man pleaded over and over again, even if the soldiers in front of them were moved, but they were far from being able to shake the officers behind them.

"Stop them! Block them! "The Praetorian Guards commanders seemed to be cold-blooded and impersonal, but their actions were not questioned by the soldiers, the officers were battle-hardened warriors, and in their eyes order far outweighed the deterrence of the enemy's attack.

"I didn't think Aetius would be like this, at least at this time." Arecio looked at the Aetius army in front of him, their trebuchets busily filling them with stone eggs with their winch trebuchets, and saw that the next round of bombardment was about to begin.

At this time, only a rider appeared in the army of Aetius, and he saw the rider riding towards the wall.

He was so brave that he was not afraid of the rounded bowstrings and sharp arrows of the archers on the walls, and rode his horse quickly.

Probably curious about what this brave fellow had brought, Arecio and they agreed that it was Aetius who had just begun to use stones as a greeting gift, and then sent messengers to negotiate. So let this guy have good luck, otherwise it only takes a snap of his fingers and this guy will be shot like a hedgehog with people and horses.

Raising his head and shouting at the wall, "For, Dimius, have you forgotten our agreement?" Just before winter falls! ”

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional, and at this time Arecio and Verus looked back at Dimius in front of them.

"No, it's not like that, it's not!" Faced with the questioning eyes of the two people, Dimius was so frightened that he couldn't argue, and he hurriedly waved his hand for a while, but he couldn't find the right words to defend himself.

"Hey, Dimius," obviously see that you don't forget that you are under the command of our soldier Aetius, you should remember your mission, Dimius, the Romans, should not go to war with their companions, open the gates, let our army supporting Augustus pass, and then, we will point to the east, where Augustus's position is vacant, Rome needs Augustus, if you stop it, you will be considered Rome, the enemy of Augustus! ”

"Maniac!" Arecio yelled at the guy below who kept screaming, only to see him snatch the bow from the hand of the soldier beside him, draw an arrow and turn around and walk in front of Dimius, and push the bow and arrow into Dimius's arms.

"Now, prove your loyalty, Dimius, they are all lies, I want you to prove yourself, come, those them, and then, in our witness, kill that nonsense fellow!"

Dimius looked at the bow in his hand, but the treasurer was furious, and now he had to go to the battlement, and look at the subordinate general of Aetius who was constantly trying to turn against him.

He closed his lips tightly, and the man with his bow and arrows was open, and everyone around him could see his trembling hands.

Beads of sweat flowed from his forehead and dripped down his cheeks, and there were obvious traces of water stains between the five fingers of his closed left hand.

"Dimius, kill him, now!" Aresio's tone seemed unmistakable!

"Click!"

The right hand loosened, the bowstring flicked, and the arrow flew out and landed beside the cavalryman, and the officer screamed and fell to the ground with the jolt of the frightened horse.

"It's empty!"

The soldier next to him said in surprise, and everyone saw the guy scrambling to get up from the ground, grab the reins of the panicked warhorse, and want to leave.

"Kill him! Kill him! ”

Verus pointed at the man and shouted at the soldiers.