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Chapter 18: Greek Fire (Part 1)

   At this time in Constantinople, in the court, the Latins are arguing fiercely about what.

"Bohemond, what do you mean? Can't you just advance?" The man shouted angrily. He was about to open the entire table, but the knights from Achaia and Athens in front of him did not. Keep it in your eyes.

"King Gallias, we did not say that we will not support Fort Adrian, but it is not too early now, and if people go to the battlefield tired and tired, they will not be able to help His Majesty Baldwin." The man named Bohemond It is the leader of this vassal army, according to the principle of "My vassals are not my vassals." Since they are vassals of Boniface, they came to Constantinople not only with poor military discipline, but also not accepted at all. The command of the Latin Empire refused to rush to the battlefield now.

   At this moment, Gallias, as a garrison officer, has nothing to do with these people. Even if he warned that Constantinople was likely to sneak into the Herod's resistance organization to wait for an opportunity to attack, these Boniface troops were just like an uncle and could not make them move.

   But there is no other way. The emperor has not obtained the widest support, and the internal division of the Latin Empire will be difficult to avoid. This is also the empire's "inherent deficiency", and the loose union rule is extremely weak. Boniface, who should have ruled Constantinople, was very dissatisfied with Baldwin. It would be good to be able to send an army.

   The two sides were in a stalemate, and Gallias, who was annoyed, had to take his people out of the room, and his subordinates persuaded:

   "Qinggalias, let's forget it, they will stay here at most for one night, as long as we pay attention to guards, there shouldn't be any major problems."

However, Gallias shook his head with frowning brows and said: "I hope, you order everyone to step up their investigations today, and no one is allowed to move around during the night curfew. The front line is now at a critical time, and the power of these guys is necessary "If it hadn't been for the union between the Greeks and Bulgaria this time, the Latin Empire would not have to be so nervous. He was responsible for guarding the rear for Emperor Baldwin and he would naturally not want any accidents.

   But it's a pity that things went counterproductive, and an uprising is brewing in this city at the moment.

  ……

   In the room, Justinian and Muzfius were silent, and in this room it was like being under house arrest in disguise.

   And Muzfius is considering whether Justinian is really qualified to let him entrust the important task, but Justinian has not realized this at this moment.

   "What are you going to do now?" Muzfius asked.

"I want to tell them clearly that if you tell them your identity, maybe they can let us leave smoothly, I don't want to take a risk." Justinian directly said his thoughts. Participating in this riot is undoubtedly a pebble attack, although he agreed Vasily, but Justinian still hesitated, and if he stepped in at will, he would be broken into pieces.

  Unexpectedly, Muzfius shook his head and rejected his proposal.

"I'm afraid I can't agree. No matter what, I didn't resist until the end that day. It was the monarch who abandoned the people in people's eyes. And now I have to run away. Do you think they will allow this to happen?" Muzfius At first, after Alex III escaped, he had no choice but to ascend the throne. He killed the traitorous Ishak and little Alexey. He got the support of the people of Constantinople, but he couldn't resist it in the end. The Crusaders fled the imperial capital before the city broke.

   In a sense, he and Alexei III are no different.

"Then what to do? What do people expect them to do in Constantinople under martial law?" Justinian suddenly questioned the opponent angrily. From the beginning until now, Muzfius has not trusted himself, and Now he needed the man's help but was flatly rejected, which made him unable to help his temper.

   Justinian knew that by doing this he would deepen the rift between the two people at this moment... But at this moment, there is much more at stake.

   But Muzfeus was not shaken by Justinian's anger. The two people stood in the room and no one said a word. The whole atmosphere dropped to a freezing point in an instant.

After a long silence, Muzfius suddenly said: "Now I need your help, Justinian, if I don’t wash away my shame, I will still be a sinner of the empire, and I will be worthless to you. "Although his eyes are no longer visible, the sorrow of Constantinople makes him very heartbroken. Different from Alex III's greed, his ascendance to the throne is more of a kind of helplessness. At that time, he really wanted to save the city, but he failed. At the last moment, he fled weakly without coexisting and dying with Constantinople. Perhaps this is understandable, but he is the emperor of the empire anyway. Although he was not caused by this catastrophe, he is also responsible for it. This is why he decided to stay.

"So... are you trying to redeem your sins?" Justinian felt a deep sense of helplessness in his heart, but at this critical time, the other party, "But what can I do by myself?" The Ark of the Covenant was resurrected. After that, he fell into a deep sleep, but at this time he had no ability.

   "Yes." Muzfius nodded, "Of course I won't force you, because we are only a cooperative relationship, but I choose to stay here."

Such a reply made Justinian feel a sense of powerlessness in his heart. Of course he could leave Muzfius here to find another way out, but without Muzfius' help, he would have nothing. How could he find that? The so-called ark fragments.

After struggling in his heart for a long time, Justinian finally nodded and agreed to Muzifius’ request: "Okay, I promise to help you, Your Majesty Muzfius. But I also hope that after this incident, you Can you stop making your own claim?" He has no choice. This riot in history achieved its goal but was eventually suppressed. It means that many people will lose their lives because of it. Justinian knows that getting involved means taking a lot of risk. Unknown risks, and more importantly, if he personally participated in it, it would be bad if he didn't believe what changed that made the world line change.

   But now he has no choice--

  At this moment~www.ltnovel.com~ He feels that his head seems to have grown bigger, and the chaotic history with only a few words does not help him in predicting the future. Instead, he hesitated to look forward and backward.

   But at this moment, Muzfius suddenly said something that made Justinian unbelievable.

   "I know what you're thinking about. They really can't hold the army of so many Latins. But there is one thing-you, have you ever heard of Ocean Fire?"

"You mean Greek fire?!" Justinian was taken aback. The so-called sea fire was the famous Greek fire, which was the name of the Byzantines themselves. On the contrary, later generations called the Arabs the Greek fire widely. . The Byzantine Empire used this secret weapon to defeat the Arab Empire’s navy’s siege of Constantinople. Its formula is still a mystery, and it should be made from petroleum. But as the Byzantine Empire lost its oil-producing areas in Armenia, the Greek fire was gradually lost, and it was no longer used in wars on a large scale. At this moment, it seems from the mouth of Muzfius that it is in Constantine. There is still a Greek fire in Dinburgh.

"Yes, there are indeed some ocean fires in this city, but no one except a few people knows where it is. And I'm just one of those few people." Muzfius had already done it before. Prepared, and when Justinian finally agreed to his request, Muzfius decided to tell him. To a certain extent it also means that this man has recognized Justinian's position in his heart.

On the other hand, justinian was overjoyed when he learned that there was such a big killer as Greek fire. Before the advent of the gunpowder age, there is no doubt that Greek fire was no less than a strategic weapon. With it, it might really be able to attack these Latinos. The army of the empire succeeded.

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