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Chapter 80 This is the erosion of civilization by barbarism!

In Attila's hand was a divine sword made of three colors of divine light. This sword was the invincible "Sword of the God of War" in the legend. It was originally a symbol of Mars, the supreme god of Rome, but now it fell into the hands of the invader Hun king.

This sword is very flashy and at first glance looks more like a toy, without any trace of the majestic power of the Sword of the God of War.

This is exactly the part of the body of the God of War Ares that was taken away by the white giant Cefalu. As a mechanical deity, Ares himself is a large weapon with his own self.

This is Attila's companion. After being dug out from the white giant's head, Attila naturally carried with him some of the remains of Ares.

The Romans thought that this was a symbol that Attila, the King of the Huns, was loved by Mars of Armies, but they didn't know that this was actually the enemy that Mars feared the most!

From his clothes to his headdress to his weapons, Attila, the Hun king, was dressed in strange clothes. No one would mistake him for someone else. They would be able to recognize Attila at a glance among thousands of soldiers.

On the battlefield, the more fancy the clothes are, the stronger the person is. After all, the weak do not have the right to dress freely. Just like Tiberius's armor, it does not look like equipment that a common soldier can afford.

Although Tiberius's unconventional dress was not as outrageous as Attila's bizarre style, it also distinguished him from the other soldiers.

The strong always have privileges. For example, Kelar never wears armor on the battlefield, but only wears simple ranger cloth. This can be considered a kind of surplus for the strong.

Except for Kelar, all the other Knights of the Round Table, even the strong ones like Lancelot, had to wear thick armor.

And now, Attila is also a strong man who is dressed in strange clothes but not wearing armor.

Attila raised his eyes and looked expressionlessly at the Roman legions stationed in front of the city of Rome. He said in a voice without any emotion but with extreme murderous intent: "Rome is a bad civilization. Bad civilizations must be punished and must be destroyed!"

Tiberius looked at Attila from a distance. This Roman Empire's last white jade pillar supporting the sky and purple gold beam spanning the sea was Rome's last hope. If Attila could kill him, then Rome would lose its last strong commander.

At the same time, it will also declare the demise of Rome!

Tiberius only glanced at her, then looked away and said to his confidant beside him: "As long as we can hold the Hun king firmly outside the city of Rome and wait until their logistics can no longer support us, it will be a victory for us Rome."

"These barbarians from the East don't know how to govern a country. They only know how to destroy for the sake of destruction. I don't even need to defeat them. I can win as long as I can keep the war at a stalemate!"

Tiberius spoke in a low voice because he could not let the soldiers know that his commander had no confidence in victory and even showed his cowardice in his words.

Despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically.

Tiberius could not even express contempt for the enemy from a strategic point of view.

The senior officers around all nodded in understanding, because they were also shocked by the terrifying aura of the Hun king.

The momentum of the nomadic king who destroyed everything, killed everything, and ruined everything, purely for the sake of killing and destroying, made people feel terrified and powerless.

As human beings, they must hate twisted things like Attila.

But as human beings, they are powerless to resist a powerful distortion like Attila.

Before meeting the King of the Huns, these border troops returning to Europe from Britannia had never thought about how powerful the cricket barbarians were.
But after meeting Attila, the Hun king himself, this arrogance and confidence were instantly destroyed, and he instantly understood why the Christians and Rome would give Attila, who was an enemy and could never be recruited, so many terrible titles with divine power.

Attila alone was able to suppress the 60,000 Roman legions in terms of momentum.

Tiberius thought he spoke quietly enough, but Attila seemed to have heard it. She responded calmly:
"I destroy, I triumph, I have never failed hitherto, and I shall never fail from now on, and forever!"

It is true that Attila only knew how to kill and fight, but had no idea how to govern a country. The army's combat effectiveness and logistics were completely dependent on looting and constant victory. If the looted materials were not enough to cover the expenses of the army, her invincible Hun army would even be defeated without a fight.

But this is something that no one can do, because no one in Europe can defeat Attila the Hun!
It is hard to imagine that Attila, a king who built a great empire spanning two continents, knew nothing about internal affairs and governance.

She has always relied on killing and aggression, using war as a means to divert domestic conflicts. Of course, she did it. The undefeated Hun king did make the Hun Empire extremely glorious, and even suppressed the Roman Empire, which had a thousand-year-old brilliant civilization.

But this method only applies to Attila alone. No one else has the ability to be invincible. The transferred conflicts still exist. Therefore, after her death, the once glorious Hun Empire immediately fell apart. The irreconcilable social contradictions directly caused this powerful Hun Empire to be short-lived.

That being said, the fact is…

Given the current situation of the Hun Empire, Attila doesn't even need to be defeated in a battle. As long as it is not a resounding victory, the Hun army that spans Europe and Asia will collapse.

However, even though there were so many internal conflicts in the Hun Empire, the Hun King Attila still conquered various European countries and even broke through the capital of Western Rome, Ravenna, destroying this city that symbolized the glory of Rome. He also drove Augustus of Rome to Rome.

If Rome fell, the Roman emperor would have no choice but to flee to Gaul.

Looking at the neat and tight military formation in front of him, Attila waved the Sword of Mars in his hand and said, "Attack!"

Tiberius's face tightened. Before the noble, beautiful, yet terrifying Hun king spoke, the entire Hun army did not make a single sound.

There were clearly 100,000 cavalrymen, each with two horses, and a total of 300,000 lives, but only Attila's voice could be heard and only Attila's movements could be seen.

Her figure alone overshadows the presence of 100,000 Hun cavalry.

The 100,000 Hun cavalry were all dressed differently and looked like a ragtag army. Logically, they should not have such strict military discipline.

But that is the fact. The 100,000 Hun cavalrymen who looked like a ragtag army were actually a powerful army that was invincible across Europe. The Hun army seemed to have no military discipline and even had no unified language, but not a single creature dared to make a sound to attract Attila's attention.

The Roman legions under Tiberius, even the barbarian soldiers, were dressed exactly like the Roman soldiers. Apart from their hair and eye color, they spoke the same language and followed the same military orders as the Roman soldiers.

The command of the Roman legion could reach the grassroots level of squad leader, and any military order from the commander could be implemented. The organizational strength was much stronger than that of the Huns who rushed over in a swarm.

At the command of the Hun King Attila, 100,000 Hun cavalrymen rushed forward in a swarm. Some of the horses were fast, some were slow. The ones at the front were about to touch the Roman legion, but the ones who set out with them were still on inferior horses that were several hundred steps away from the Roman legion...

Judging from the feeling, this messy Hun cavalry does not seem to be very combat-effective at all. If it were placed in the East Asian Monster Room, it would most likely be blown up.

In fact, this is normal, because the Huns are not a race in the strict sense, but a united tribe composed of multiple tribes that converted to the Hun King Attila. This united tribal model is similar to the Hun Empire eight hundred years ago.

The Xiongnu Empire was able to dominate the East Asian grasslands and was an enemy of the unified Han Empire for a hundred years. It was finally destroyed by Emperor Wu of Han at the cost of halving the population. Its strength was second to none in the world.

The name "Xiongnu" was a fabricated word by two Xiongnu leaders, Maodun Chanyu and Laoshang Chanyu. They integrated all the tribes in the entire grassland, abolished their original tribal names, and collectively called themselves "Xiongnu".

It was Laoshang Chanyu who proposed the term "either Han or Hu" and united all the tribes that were not Han people into one powerful leader of the Xiongnu.

As a nomadic king dug out by the Hun elders, Attila had some Hun habits. The "Huns" under his command included white and yellow people as later generations would know them, as well as people from the Western Regions with standard Central Asian appearance.

In short, the so-called Hun Empire was a hodgepodge. Even in the eyes of later generations, the Huns' origins were very mixed. Their level of civilization was similar to that of primitive savages who had not evolved. There was not even a trace of civilization in their country. There was no writing, no entertainment, no art, no philosophy, no medicine... no civilization!
There is only unsystematic and incomprehensible nonsense.

To say that the Huns were the successors of the Xiongnu is to flatter this group of primitive people. If the Xiongnu had such weak organization, the death of their Chanyu would have caused the entire empire to collapse, and the Han Empire would not have gone to such a huge cost to defeat the Xiongnu Empire.

The Huns at most inherited a trace of the remnants of the Xiongnu.

But this is normal. Attila is hostile to everything that can be called "civilized". Even the barbarian kingdom with only a little civilization like the Visigoths was hostile to Attila and was destroyed.

Of course, there would be no civilization at all in the country established by this nomadic king.

Looking at the undisciplined Hun cavalry, Tiberius showed a rare scornful smile. He said: "These barbarians from the East are not even as good as the barbarians in Britain! They are just like primitive people!"

"Change the formation, let the adults (Triarii) go out in the first row, and the young men (Hastatii) retreat to the second row to prepare for throwing javelins."

Tiberius commanded: "When the young soldiers have finished throwing javelins, retreat to the third row, and let the Principes throw javelins instead. When the Hun cavalry enters the range, let the archers raid the formation."

The Roman military system was divided into light infantry, youth soldiers, middle-aged soldiers and adult soldiers according to their ranks. In addition, there were special military branches such as cavalry and archers, which were different from the regular army.

Because cavalry and archers also need to provide their own weapons, generally only middle-class small landlords and children of good families with considerable wealth are qualified to join special military branches.

Generally speaking, adult soldiers are the true elite and core of an army. They have rich combat experience and strong combat power. They usually serve as the central guard and reserve of the commander-in-chief, and are equipped with the empire's most elite heavy armor and sharpest weapons.

Rome's normal warfare mode was to have light infantry and young soldiers in the first row, middle-aged soldiers in the second row, and adult soldiers in the third row as backup. This would serve the purpose of training the soldiers, allowing the light infantry and young soldiers to quickly become qualified veterans.

It cannot be said that the Roman military system was completely without loopholes, but it was much more advanced than the barbarians who had no military system at all.

Tiberius took a deep breath and made a decision for Augustus: "Pass my military order. Whoever kills Attila, the King of the Huns, will be appointed Archon of Nia (province) and will be in charge of the territory of a province."

"It doesn't matter if you die in battle. Your sons will inherit your territory, and your brothers will inherit theirs. Rome will not treat meritorious officials unfairly!"

Nepos did not issue such an order at all, but Tiberius believed that as long as the terrible Hun king was killed, Rome's crisis would be resolved. Such a great achievement was worthwhile to be granted a province as a territory.

At worst, the territory of the Gothic Kingdom can be divided among those who have made contributions.

As soon as Tiberius' order was passed down, the Huns, who were closest to Rome, began to attack like tigers and wolves, shouting gibberish in foreign language.

"Mangudai!"

The Huns said words like "Mangudai" and began to launch a cavalry attack. To Tiberius's surprise, the Hun cavalry, which looked so messy, actually had very good riding skills.

Those Hun cavalrymen only pretended to charge the Roman legion formation, but in fact, when they were within ten steps, the cavalrymen in the front had already used their superb riding skills to turn their horses' heads to the side and bypassed the heavy infantry legion composed of adult soldiers.

The heavy infantry phalanx can restrain all cavalry. As long as the heavy infantry phalanx does not disintegrate and flee, it is impossible for conventional cavalry to defeat a heavy infantry corps head-on.

But that was just talking about conventional cavalry warfare. As a nomadic people, the Huns only knew basic skills in horseback archery. The Hun cavalry rode on their horses and began shooting arrows at the flanks of the Roman legions.

The Romans began throwing javelins and shooting arrows in response, and for a while they did kill quite a few Huns.

However, as the defending party, the Roman legion suffered more casualties than the Huns, and was passively beaten, with its morale dropping very quickly. If Tiberius had not been a man of his words and had a high reputation, the Roman legion would probably have begun to riot at this time.

In the feudal era, if a normal army suffered 20% casualties, 80% of the remaining soldiers would lose the will to continue fighting. If there were 50% casualties, the army would be defeated in an instant.

If one person escapes, it will cause thousands of people to escape. Everyone knows that the large army gathered together is not powerless to fight against the enemy, but no one can guarantee that he or she will not be the next person to die.

Once a teammate runs away first, the herd mentality of people will cause an army to collapse directly.

This is what is meant by a defeat like a mountain collapsing.

Relying on their mobility and sophisticated archery skills, the Hun cavalry were using the skinning tactics, that is, surrounding the Roman legions and shooting arrows. The continuous archery would always take away some of them.

Killing the enemy is secondary. The most important thing is the huge blow to morale. This passive situation of being beaten but unable to reach the enemy makes the heavy infantry at the front very frustrated.

But this was not enough to defeat the Roman legions. If one wanted to defeat a disciplined army with the skinning tactics, it would have to last for at least several days and nights, harassing the enemy all night long like a pack of wolves, and it would also have to make sure that the enemy had no hope of victory. Only then would one be successful.

The Roman Legion's cavalry had not yet appeared, but Tiberius regarded the Roman Legion's cavalry as his trump card. When the Hun cavalry's horses had lost their speed and their horses were exhausted, he would order the cavalry to charge out in one fell swoop, which would surely defeat the Hun cavalry, which was at the end of its strength.

"Strange, if it's just this level, the so-called Hun cavalry is just this level!"

Tiberius looked at the stalemate situation. The casualty ratio between the Huns and the Roman legions was not one-sided and exaggerated. He was puzzled as to why such an army, whose combat effectiveness was not unimaginably strong, could force Rome into this state.

But he soon found out.

The Hun King Attila casually took an exaggerated giant bow. The bow was almost as tall as Attila, and the thick bowstring was almost thicker than her arm. She sat on the horse and did not take any arrows, but put the sword of the god of war in her hand on the bow.

A ray of bright starlight flashed in Attila's emotionless blood-red eyes. A strange divinity that was completely different from the gods on Earth permeated the bow and sword. She said coldly: "Rome! Catch my arrow!"

"Remember, this is the erosion of civilization by barbarism!"

The symbol of the earth's divinity is gold, so the more divinity a person has, the bright golden color of his hair will be.

This is true for both Gilgamesh and Altria.

But Attila's hair was a cold white, which, against her beautiful brown skin, gave her an exotic and dead feeling.

The huge bow was stretched to its limit, and the bow arm was bent so hard that it made a creaking sound. One could not help but worry that the bow would break with a snap in the next moment.

She is such a slender and frail girl, yet she has such extraordinary strength.

Seeing this strange scene, Tiberius suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and the next moment, his premonition came true.

When Attila shot this arrow, the sword of the god of war, which was made of three-color divine light, served as an arrow. The moment it left the string, it turned into a huge, despairing beam of light. The Huns seemed to have been accustomed to it. When Attila drew the bow, they had already panicked and retreated far away.

Even the fleeing Huns did not care about exposing their backs to the Roman legions, just to escape Attila's attack range as quickly as possible.

(End of this chapter)