Eagle Flag of Epirus

Outside the sea wall of Thessaloniki, the sudden change caused everyone in the city to be astonished. Above the sea, the Venetians were attacked by their own warships! I saw the burning tar barrels fell on the deck of the ship, and there was a blazing fire, and the ship on fire was the flagship of the Venetian. Now the Venetian fleet is completely messed up, how can it take care of the original? attack.

At almost the same time, there was another fleet of ships without flags approaching here on the sea in the southeast direction, and the target was obviously the Venetians who were out of order. The Venetian Navy also immediately noticed the danger and quickly gave up fighting the fire, choosing to evacuate the wounded on board and retreat immediately. I saw that the Venetian paddle boat that was not on fire turned its direction at the fastest speed, leaving the harbor in a straight line at full speed, without the slightest trace of muddy water. The foremost warships are several weakly-protected clippers. They are flexible and they are responsible for opening the way. They are in a position at any cost. However, the three warships on the opposite side that assaulted the Venetian did not try to intercept them. Withdraw from below.

Seeing the Venetians fled in embarrassment, leaving the wreckage of the warship burning with flames, the Thessaloniki defenders, who had not yet reacted, were stunned for a while, and then burst into cheers. No one can believe that the terrible Venetians actually retreated like this. At this moment, whether it is a Roman, Turkic or Vadaritai, these people who fought side by side and laughed together, celebrating their victory. .

"We have won! We have won!"

"God, we have repelled the enemies of Rome!"

At the same time, good news from the front lines outside the city also came. People were pleasantly surprised to learn that Justinian's army had defeated the Epirus and Bulgarians in one fell swoop on the Macedonian plains. The situation of the war has really been reversed, and people who can't believe it all even wonder if there is a problem with their ears.

"It's true, Your Highness! Under the command of Lord Justinian, the Epirus rebels and the Bulgarian invaders have been defeated. Now standing on the wall and looking north, you can still see the enemy in panic Go north." The soldier who was repeatedly questioned vowed to the Empress Odoxia in front of him, and there was a cheer in the crowd.

And the Grand Master John X who stood by also said loudly: "Fortunately, with the blessing of God's asylum and blessing of the Purple Chamber, we have finally won! Long live Angeles!"

Under the guidance of the great master, countless Roman soldiers knelt down around the empress Odoxia on the wall, chanting "God Bless the Purple Room". And this kind of enthusiasm quickly infected the people of Thessaloniki. When people knew that the fierce enemy had been repulsed, they were finally safe. The tears of Macedonian residents all jumped up and down. While thanking God for the blessing, they shouted the name of Odoxia. For a time, the name of the emperor resounded throughout the city, and there was still a shadow of being cast aside and blamed by the people before. .

All this fell into the eyes of Arslan and the others, watching the Orthodox who were out of place with him sing the Three Holy Odes, but this Turkic person disagreed.

"Hmph, if it weren't for Master Justinian to come over in time, what does this victory have to do with your god?"

"Be cautious in words and deeds!" The closest to this Turkic was Sir Baptiste, who felt the same way. He poked the other person on the back and reminded his partner, "Do you think our adult will care about this matter? ?Now we should go to the north gate to meet His Royal Highness Justinian."

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The hustle and bustle of the killing finally dissipated, and under the afterglow of the setting sun, corpses ran across the plains of Macedonia. Several lame horses that had lost their masters wandered on the battlefield where the gunpowder had cleared, aimlessly not knowing where they were going, and Justinian was also wandering in this wilderness full of corpses, as if What are you looking for. I don't know how long it took, when he stepped past crippled corpses one after another, he finally stopped and bowed his head. From the stacked corpses, Justinian took away the clenched fingers of the dead man, and picked up the black fox battle flag that belonged to him and belonged here and drank blood for the soldiers who died. He He erected the flag high in this wilderness, watching quietly, as if hanging himself in front of a tombstone. At this moment, the sound of the trumpet sounded by the distant victory came from inside and outside the northern valley.

The sound of galloping horses' hoofs suddenly sounded, and a group of cavalry in the distance was leaning towards Justinian. It is a group of fully armed Teutonic knights. It was they who gave the Bulgarian Epirus coalition a fatal blow on the battlefield. At this moment, they were covered in blood and their iconic white robes were completely invisible to the black cross.

From a distance, I saw the iconic black fox flag flying, and Maximilian, who led the knights, also guessed Justinian's identity.

Under the sign of the man, the Teutonic cavalry swiftly shuttled around the battlefield and surrounded the three-tier and three-tier groups of Justinelli, which stood under their banner.

And Justinian stared at all the other party's movements indifferently, without any indication, the whole time he kept his sight on Maximilian who commanded and dispatched.

Pushing the horse forward a few steps, Maximilian asked calmly, "So, you are Justinian!" Seeing that he took off his helmet, the young man stood under the banner. Levantine was also curious about Maximilian, who had heard of him, how this young man made so many people willing to follow him.

Faced with so many Teutonic knights, Justinian was unmoved, nodded and replied: "Yes, I am the one who hired you." Although I have not seen Igor, Justinian I had already guessed what was going on, and answered the Teutonic in front of me straightforwardly.

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"Pay attention to your words, Greeks, I just came here in response to the pope's call." Maximilian said, clenching his spear.

Justinian said without raising his eyelids, "Oh, is it? If you think it's okay to put it in another way, please feel free."

"Dukas of Epirus dismembered the Christians and was excommunicated by the Holy See. The Bulgarians slaughtered the soldiers of the Crusaders in Adrianople. This is why I decided to come." The Teutonic knight raised his voice and emphasized. "To be honest, I’m surprised you didn’t know the prophet we were going to leave the Holy Land. Maybe you are a dangerous guy that should be solved. After all, you killed a lot of'our people' in Moria. But the people who really hired me. I won't let me do this, he asked me to bring this thing to you." After all, Maximilian threw a small golden thing to Justinian.

Justinian caught it and let go of his palm, only to see the Doria gold coin lying in his palm.

"Master Andrea Doria is looking forward to seeing you officially this time, and I hope you won't be absent."