Chapter 537 The Resistant Army

Richard followed the caravan to a nearby town. This time, barbarian invasion, almost all the provinces on the border of the empire were to fall.

As the most glorious empire in European history, its territory was once very vast, covering almost the most fertile land on the continent, occupying most fertile areas in Europe and Africa.

Such a vast land was rare in the classical era. This creates a question of how to rule such a vast empire.

Although the empire surrounds the Mediterranean and relies on shipping to solve many transportation problems, the control in the border areas is no longer enough, especially after the empire's decline, corrupt bureaucracy made government orders almost impossible.

More and more places have been selected by the Empire, such as the Province of Britain.

As early as decades ago, the Empire gave up the British Isles due to financial problems, and the British Isles were trapped in the siege of the Anza pirates. That's right, it was the ancestor of the later Anklu Saxons.

Therefore, there is a basis for saying that the Anglo-Saxons were pirates and robbers. King Arthur resisted the ancestors of the Anglo-Saxons.

In the province of Britain, Celtics, Irish and others are now resisting the invasion of the Ansar barbarians.

In fact, except for a few nobles and naturalized barbarians in the entire empire, almost everyone was unwilling to fight for the empire anymore.

This huge empire is falling apart.

The Roman legion was already corrupted by the cornerstone of the imperial rule in the past. Now the empire's military is completely supported by barbarian mercenaries.

Even the Monarchy did not want to see the empire maintain. After all, if the empire continues, then the empire's emperor's power would be too great.

The Monotheistic Cult can successfully whitewash and kill the polytheistic Cult with the emperor's edict, while other sects can also rely on the emperor to perform the same operation.

Therefore, after the Monotheistic Church solved the problem of polytheism, a huge and powerful empire was not in the interests of monotheistic Church.

In this case, the Monarchy naturally does not want the empire to continue. Of course, the empire can not be continued, but the Monarchy must be continued.

At this time, the Monarchy of the One God had begun to spread among some barbarians.

In the interests of Monotheism, the Roman Empire was best to split into small countries, while Monotheism could overtake the king by virtue of faith. Let the divine power be higher than the royal power.

In this case, it is difficult for the empire to die.

After a long time of travel, the caravan arrived at a city before dark. It is said to be a city, but it should actually be a town.

The population of towns is only a few thousand, but it is already a good city during this period.

Richard took Mia to find a hotel to rest. He needs to know everything here as soon as possible.

Although the timing seems to be very similar to the history of Blue Star, the difference is still huge in fact, and the fact that the historical records are somewhat true cannot be guaranteed at all.

Richard estimated that it would be good if there were 20% of the records about Rome in Western history, and more information could only be collected by himself.

The best way for him to gain divinity is to participate in the war of faith. Only by defeating the gods can he seize the divinity of the gods.

What Richard is now considering which camp to join and the Unit God Cult camp. At this time, the gods of the Polythe God Cult have reached the last moment. Richard does not think that the main god of the Unit God Cult will share divinity with him.

As for joining the Polytheism, the Polytheism at this time was basically done, and he now has no ability to fight against the army.

According to the original history, the Unit God Cult has finally had a last laugh, and even in the subsequent battle between the divine power and the royal power, the divine power has gained an overwhelming advantage. Until the Renaissance, theocracy still had a significant influence on the royal power.

In the end, Richard felt that he should form a force first, because in the next time, after the demise of the Western Roman Empire, Europe will enter the darkest Middle World.

The feudal lord system will be established, and this system will last for thousands of years.

Richard learned through the leader of the caravan that the current Roman Empire was able to maintain it entirely by relying on the Duke of the National Guardian Etius.

The last famous general of the Western Roman Empire can be said to be that he maintained the empire through the east and west expeditions and suppressed the rebellion. Not long ago, he successfully defeated the main force of the rebels and reintroduced the entire Gaul area into the empire's rule. .

But the empire that is declining is not something he can save alone. And because of his high prestige in the army, the current Roman emperor was very afraid of him.

This Emperor Valentinian III had no idea. He was now the Roman emperor and was completely supported by the last famous general of the Roman Empire.

If it weren't for him, the entire empire would have been destroyed by the barbarians long ago. But Valentinian III didn't think so, he thought he could do it. So in the future, the emperor killed Etius directly, and after losing Etius, the Roman Empire eventually fell apart.

At this time, the Roman Empire was a big ship that was about to sink, and everyone was waiting to eat a piece of meat from the Roman Empire, so Richard naturally did not intend to join the Roman camp.

As for the barbarians, they are based on tribal alliances. They are not from the tribes. The German barbarians will not trust him. After thinking about it, Richard felt that they had to unite with those rebel troops.

Most of these rebel troops were slaves or deserters, with low strength and pennilessness. The empire suppressed them and the barbarians plundered them. It can be said that these rebels could only survive in the cracks.

But Richard felt that these people had great potential. Although they are weak, these people have no tribal race problems, and their faith is also chaotic.

They could gather together, but it was only said that the Roman Empire and the barbarians were not human.

In fact, if there is a way out, these rebels will not gather to resist. After thinking about it, Richard decided to gather these rebel troops.

No faith means they have no religious problems, no tribes, and the source is complex, which means there is no big mountain between them, so it is difficult to integrate.

These difficulties are difficult for others, but for Richard, it should not be too simple.

Richard is very experienced in rebellion by pulling flags and rebelling. Whether it is the dragon-slaying technique of that year or the Chinese history books, there are too many examples to learn from.

Immediately, Richard decided to find these rebels and then lead these rebels to form his power.

That night, the leader of the caravan came to invite Richard to return to Rome with him, and he could recommend his master, an imperial Count nobleman.

But Richard refused, and the broken ship of the Empire was no longer saved. Instead of playing political games with the nobles and churches, and confronting the barbarians, he might as well start a new job directly.

After saying goodbye to the caravan, Richard began to rush to the Gaul area. Although the slave uprising in Burgundy was suppressed, it did not mean that it was peaceful here.

In fact, many rebels hid in the mountains and forests. The mountains and forests in the Gaul area were not friendly to the army. After seeing those scattered rebels entering the mountains and forests, the Roman army no longer pursued them. After all, they still had barbarians to deal with.

Richard took Miya to Gaul on a horse and encountered bandits along the way, but they were all shot and killed by Richard with bows and arrows.

Although Miya is not strong enough, as an extraordinary creature, she can still deal with ordinary people, and as a natural spirit, she can communicate with many animals.

Along the way, Richard and his two met some fleeing slaves and peasants. Once, when they met a scattered barbarian warrior, Richard shot and killed these people neatly, allowing these fleeing slaves to become attached to him. beside.

Richard did not drive away the slaves and farmers who followed him. After all, he had already planned to find the rebels as the basic base, and these people happened to be his source of troops and farmers.

With just a few days of follow-up, these people already regarded Richard as the leader, not only Richard could fight, but also because Richard could give them food.

By the time Richard brought these people to the Burgundy mountainous areas, there were hundreds of people following him, of which 70% were young and middle-aged men and only 30% were women.

After all, only adult men have the strength to escape.

At this time, the escape team had been simply divided by Richard. According to five people as one team, one person was selected as the commander, two people as one team, one team was selected, and then ten team leaders were recruited to manage.

The slaves and servants of this era basically had no culture, and it was difficult for them to manage five people in many cases.

As a natural spirit, Miya has learned a lot of Greek and Roman knowledge, and she can manage these people just in time. After half a month of management running-in, there were finally some rules.

"There is a situation ahead!"

A falcon fell from the sky and landed on Miya's shoulder.

"Master, there are hundreds of people fighting in front of you." Miya stepped forward and said.

Richard let go of his spiritual thoughts, and his powerful mental power soon discovered those people. About twenty kilometers away from them, a group of people were besieging an army with the help of mountains and forests and terrain.

These people are basically farmers and their equipment is extremely simple. Wooden sticks and wooden forks are their weapons. Many people also use stones, basically no armor, and only a few people have some leather armor.

The people they besieged were an army of thirty people, not only equipped with armor, bows, arrows, shields, but also more than a dozen war horses.

Although the army was besieged ten times the number of people, the army was not in chaos. If it weren't for more than a dozen cars, the army could have easily tear the siege and left.

Dozens of people who were besieged have died or injured, but they are still unwilling to leave. Judging from their physical condition, these people no longer have food, and besieging this convoy was for food.

If they succeed, they can survive, but if they retreat, they will only starve to death.

In this case, they actually have no choice.

Their idea is very simple. Instead of starving to death, it is better to fight. If you fail, you will die, and if you succeed, you will continue to live.