Eagle Byzantium

"Friend, hand over your scabbard. We won't embarrass you." The leading horse bandit named Wallachia said in Greek with cracked and smelly yellowed teeth. He held the reins and touched the saber. , the horse under his crotch took strange steps, and several horse bandits behind him laughed maliciously.

Under the apple tree, the middle-aged man who looked noble despite being covered in dust was still sitting there and exhaled, "It took me so long to escape here. The guards and mounts all escaped and died. Now I can cross over again." The mountain in front of me is Lake Nicaea. But what should I do if I go back? All friendship and loyalty are lost, and only suspicion and betrayal are left."

"You won't go casually, you can go anywhere casually, but please put down the scabbard." Several horse bandits were a little impatient, kicking their legs constantly, and began to draw their swords with their bows crossed.

Facing the polite horse bandits who spoke Greek, the middle-aged man lowered his head and smiled bitterly, then stood up, inserted the quiver on the ground, and then raised his bow, "However, no matter what, I will not let a group of horse bandits Come to rob me."

After saying this, Alexios, who was now in the wilderness, shot an arrow, and the Wallachian horse bandit fell down in response to the arrow.

The second, third, and fourth guns, Alexios's shooting skills were simply more powerful than the bravest Turk Gazi, like lightning, like a weaving shuttle, and soon the remaining gangsters were not Falling off the horse and dying means that the man and the horse are escaping with arrows.

However, this also used up the last bit of the emperor's strength. He looked at the backs of the remaining horse bandits escaping. Tired and hungry, he lowered his bow and continued to sit cross-legged on the dirt. He squinted at the apple blossoms above his head and looked at the apple blossoms above his head. There were some young fruits with fine white powder hanging on them. The emperor lost his majesty and reached out to pick a few of them and chewed them eagerly.

The strange and bone-chilling sour smell knotted his brows and nerves.

Then Alexios shed tears, but what he saddened was not the loss of the throne, but the betrayal or death of relatives and friends.

Melais, Matthew, etc., as well as so many soldiers who died or were captured for their rear.

Yes, he doesn’t even know what he’s doing now, so why is he coming back?

Clouds drifted across the wilderness mountains in an instant, and there was the sound of horse hooves again. A group of armored patrol cavalry came over and noticed the emperor chewing green apples at the head of the pit. The leading officer approached and asked.

"I am a general who escaped from the battlefield of Philomelon." Alexios raised his eyes and looked at their military uniforms. Knowing that they were ranger scouts from Prusa, he felt extremely vigilant and finished reporting After "identity", he slowly grasped the bow on the other side of the boot...

"We are the scout team of the military area here."

"Oh? Who is your general?"

"It turned out to be General Titicius, but he has been arrested because he was accused of abandoning His Majesty the Emperor on the battlefield. Now our boss has been changed to someone else, and he is connected with the military camp in Nicaea." The leader of the scouts He said so while pulling the reins.

Alexios seemed to be relieved at this moment. He walked over and fetched a prairie horse left by the horse bandits just now, sat on it, and said to the scout team, "Take me to see your general and the palace steward."

The group of scout cavalry looked at each other, and then nodded to Alexios...

After crossing the last mountain range of Braxilon, everyone suddenly became enlightened: the green scene near the city of Nicaea was reflected in front of them, with forests and lakes, dotted with dark and light colors, temporarily "hiding their identity" When the emperor saw the densely packed tents under the East Valley and the blue and white-striped eagle flag hanging above it, he finally regained some confidence and confidence in his heart.

He was shrewd and had already made a calculation - no matter whether Titicius's rebellion was directed by John or not, he would immediately tell the world about it after entering the Nicaea camp, and then enter the palace of Brachna, the imperial capital, and temporarily John's power was deprived and abolished, and then the "Prince Party" (the main body was the military nobles and tax supervisors in the western part of the empire) was severely attacked and purged.

As long as the order in Constantinople is restored, he will negotiate peace with Gawain, because the emperor now sincerely admits that the other party is invincible, and then he will attack to defeat Bohemond, his former defeated general, with such a victory to regain the prestige of his crown.

The emperor was just like this, sitting on the swaying saddle, calculating the prospects of various plans as accurately as a hawker.

A gust of wind suddenly blew, and along the layers of forest waves, the emperor heard a familiar voice.

This voice was like a key, instantly releasing the terrible dream he had before the expedition from the iron cage in his heart.

He turned his head, and the black woods, black shrubs, and black long grass beside him were swaying uneasily, and behind them seemed to be hiding the eyes of a pair of ferocious beasts.

"It turns out that this dream was not in Thrace, but in Nicaea..."

The emperor thought like this in this second.

Then the wind blew on the emperor's body, wrapped in the summer heat, and rolled up his shabby cloak...

The team of scout cavalry turned back one after another, with very subtle expressions on their faces...

In an abandoned monastery at the end of the mountain forest by Lake Nicaea, the face of Nicedemias Eustace, the palace steward and steward of the royal wardrobe, was covered with horrifying blood, dripping down his folds. Panting, he sat in a dark corner.

"The blood stains and smell here should be familiar to you even though it has been many years."

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The one who said this was the cloaked Taitisius. The general was standing only ten feet away from the "bird", and seemed to be sniffing the air here with his nose, which had become a simple scar.

The bird lowered its head hoarsely and laughed, "Yes, I dug out the eyes of George the stable master here. Is it finally my turn now?"

"I'm sorry, because the prince now needs the support of Queen Irene and Macolinus, that is, the support of the entire Ducas family, so I can only treat you like this."

"So it's because I also took out Macolinus' eyes in the Agnes dungeon... Now you also admit your power grab?"

"No, it's not a power grab, it's a normal succession after the emperor's defeat and death. With the approval of the Komnenos family and the Ducas family, Prince John's accession to the throne is flawless." After saying this, Taitius bowed to the bird, "According to the merciful laws of the empire, it is impossible to impose the death penalty on a top honorary eunuch like you. So you will be sent to the monastery on Samothrace Island and spend the rest of your life in peace."

"Where is my nephew." At this time, the bird raised his two bloody eye holes and asked such a question.

"He's good. He opposed you and pledged allegiance to Prince John. Now he is highly respected and has become the Imperial Stable Director."

"That's good." Then Xiaoniao sat there completely, and darkness swallowed up his originally thin body.

At this time, outside the monastery porch, the scouts reined in their galloping horses, and the leading officer turned over and rushed to Taitius, "Your Highness, the Grand Duke, there is an emergency outside the camp!"