Eagle Flag of Epirus

Igoumenitsa, an important town on the west coast of Epirus, was crowded with people coming and going at the port for a while. The fastest update Although it was once an ordinary town in the western part of the empire, with the influx of refugees from the east, it has also become prosperous. Relying on the waterways of the Adriatic Sea, this city now assumes the role of Epis. Ruth trades most of the West with Latin countries.

However, this place, which should have been far from the forefront of the war, has never been peaceful. Although Epirus, as the successor of the Roman Empire, gradually recovered from the wounds of the war and set off a recovery movement, in fact, due to the current status of fragmentation, he still has some power to cope with it. So that the Croatian pirates supported by the Venetians raged around, Epirus could only choose to swallow his breath.

In the decades of the Angeles dynasty, the depletion of armaments has already reached an alarming level. The army is extremely weak, and the navy is even more the same. A large number of warships cannot be maintained, the local garrisoned navy is disbanded, and the only remaining After the fall of Constantinople, the elite guard navy retreated to Nicaea and became loyal to the Lascaris family. Therefore, Mikhail Dukas could not completely solve the threat at sea by relying solely on his own power. This is why Epirus has always sought cooperation with Genoa. But now everything has been resolved, because in the near future the Genoese mission will arrive in Rusnina and Epirus to form an alliance, and with the support of the maritime power of the Republic of Genoa, the disaster on the west coast will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

"Woo"

By the port, the vigorous sound of horns dispersed the crowd on the trestle bridge, and saw a fully-armed fleet coming from the sea, which suddenly made everyone present nervous. However, when everyone saw the eagle flag fluttering in the sea breeze on the ship, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be a garrison navy from Igoumenitsa.

But when the dilapidated warship docked on the shore, the residents of the towns and merchants who were separated by soldiers noticed that there was something wrong. The scarred appearance seemed to have just gone through a great battle. It's a pity that more and more garrison troops came to drive away the onlookers, even if they were curious, they couldn't see what was going on.

"Oh, Simeon, it looks like you're hitting hard bones again this time!" Looking at the friend walking off the deck, Orsini, the garrison chief of Igoumenitsa, came forward and patted the opponent half teasingly. shoulder.

However, he was slapped away by the admiral Simeon, who was angered. Seeing this, Orsini could not help but retracted his hand in embarrassment, looked at the damaged hull and asked, "What is going on?"

"What else? Of course it's the **** Venetian!" Angrily in his heart, Simien slammed his fist on the wooden stake next to the trestle bridge, almost torn apart with gritted teeth.

"But even the Croatian pirates are not like that. Your losses this time seem to be a bit serious..." Orsini couldn't help being surprised when he learned of the casualties and losses counted by his men. Although the pirates are fierce, they rely on it after all. It was a gangster-style harassment, and it wouldn't even hurt the cooking navy. There was obviously something hidden in it.

"Of course it's not the Croats, it's the shameless group of Venetians who actually rolled up their sleeves and disguised themselves as a pirate surprise attack. If I didn't retreat in time, I'm afraid it would be a problem whether I could come back alive." Thinking of this, Shimi Eun will not be angry, but the joy of escaping from the dead and the lingering fears have to be behind.

Looking at his old friend, Orsini breathed a sigh of relief and comforted him: "It’s okay, it’s okay...Alas, it’s just that we don’t have the ability to regain Corfu in the Venetian’s hands. Otherwise, how can we do it? Allow them to show off in front of our door!" They know the importance of Corfu better than anyone else. It used to be the territory of Genoa, but it was taken away by the Venetians not long ago like a dagger stuck in the Adriatic Sea. The main route to the Mediterranean completely guaranteed the sovereignty of the Venetian Republic. Even if they hate to the bone, it is not realistic to openly war with the Venetians with their current strength.

"Oh, why don't I know about this? But now the country is lost, and I don't know when it will be restored. Maybe we have to wait for our bones to become so old, John and the others will have the hope of driving away the **** thing when they grow up. Latin." Simeon shook his head pessimistically. Many of his relatives were killed in Constantinople. It would be impossible if he was not eager to regain his homeland. However, several fierce battles with the Latins were It gradually made his mood cool down. The patrolling of the internal nobles made him even more dissatisfied, so not long ago he asked Emperor Mikhail to be deployed here, away from Rusnina's place of right and wrong.

While the two men were talking to each other, the sentry from the shore defense sounded a warning horn, which shocked everyone, because the horn sound represented that an unknown target at sea was approaching here~www. ltnovel.com~ The soldiers garrisoned immediately assembled and stood ready. Seeing a large-scale fleet on the sea approaching here, they had to feel anxious.

I saw that the target was getting closer, and the breathing Epirus soldiers stared at the fleet at sea slowly entering their field of vision, only to see the merchant ship hung on the front ship. banner. However, this did not let the Roman soldiers relax their vigilance, because it is not uncommon to launch attacks disguised as merchant ships. Such a large fleet, in case it is full of enemies, will not allow them to be negligent once the fire is exchanged.

"Intercept at sea...or..."

"The ship has been damaged too badly, and the identity of the other party is unknown, so let's wait for it to get to the shore and do some care." Cautious Osini said, and finally the merchant ship on the opposite side finally entered the port of Igoumenitsa and stopped. But at this moment, an unexpected scene happened. The merchant ship's flag that was originally hung on this merchant ship suddenly fell at this moment, but instead it was replaced by a flag Epirus that the shore defense soldiers did not expect. Eagle flag.

How could this happen? Watching this scene, Osnia and Simeon couldn't help but stare at each other.

And just listen, above their heads, on the deck of the huge merchant ship that stopped close to each other, a leisurely voice sounded in their ears at this moment. I saw a young man dressed as a nobleman appeared in the sight of everyone at this moment, bowed slightly and said:

"It's been a long time. Do you remember me, General Simeon, I'm Justinian."

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