The citizens of the imperial capital of Constantinople were extremely watching, and a mighty army was marching into Constantinople towards the Golden Horn.

Duilius stood on the bow of the battleship and felt slightly agitated, he had fallen from the pinnacle of the Imperial military world since the Andronica rebellion, and although His Majesty the Emperor did not punish him, he had always hoped to be able to atone.

When the news of the Bulgarians' capture of Burgas spread throughout the country, and the citizens beat their chests with resentment and disagreed with the Bulgarians, he secretly rejoiced that the emperor would have a chance to make a comeback if he wanted to use his fleet.

In the distance, the sky came to the dust, and the warriors rode between them, galloping in front of Duilius and stopped, sticking their spears into the ground and their purple cloaks on the ground.

Duilius hastened to give his sovereign a great salute, but Araksius stretched out his hand to stop him, saying, "There is no need, just report to me about the situation of your fleet, and these red tapes will be avoided." ”

"Your Majesty, our reconnaissance fleet has penetrated deep into the sea route from the Dardanelles to Burgas, and the Bulgarians only have seventy ships that they obtained when they captured Burgas, not all of them are warships, and we have Greek fire to help fight at sea without any problems."

Alexios looked at the battleships floating on the outer harbor all over the Golden Horn, and the sparkling Aegean Sea witnessed the invincible majesty of the Roman fleet, and he didn't know how to be proud for a while.

"This will be the second Roman conquest since Emperor Basil, and the untamed Bulgarians will fall by our sword, and the subjects will no longer remain in Dacia, and we will move them all to Anatolia!"

The Emperor's words shocked Duilius, who was standing next to him, and if the Emperor's words were true, it would be the second Great Purge of the Bulgarians.

If the Bulgarians refuse to give up, they will definitely be killed by this iron-blooded emperor, and maybe our Emperor Alexios will also be given the title of "Butcher of Bulgaria" at that time.

The battleship soared into the sky, slowly sailed out of the harbor, and headed for the Dardanelles, carrying Satan's messenger or God's angel only God knows!

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Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city in Macedonia, is experiencing a hellish battle on earth.

"Hold on, His Majesty the Emperor's reinforcements will arrive soon!" Mikhail, the governor of Thessaloniki, was dressed in iron armor and held a steel sword behind the city defense army, his sword was stained with blood, and his face was covered with blood and he could barely see.

"Lord Governor, the Bulgarians have come in through the sewers, and the troops under the city can't resist it!" A scarred samurai leaned against a wall and died of exhaustion after spitting out his last words.

"Come with me and plug the gap!" Mikhail swung his sword and summoned his own soldiers to escort them down to the city to participate in the melee.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Leave not one behind, kill all the Greek dogs! "It was Ivan Arsen who led the way into the city through the sewers, and with the swing of his broadsword, he slashed two more Roman soldiers.

Governor Mikhail planted the Roman eagle banner at the head of the city, jumped down the steps to the melee zone and rushed directly at Ivan, he made a beautiful piercing from Ivan's right cheek, Ivan covered his mouth and bled profusely, and the Bulgarians behind him quickly dragged him back.

"Kill them, kill them all!"

The Bulgarian rebels, who had been superior, were defeated by the soldiers led by Mikhail, some of them retreated from the sewers, and some of them jumped directly from the city and fell into a pulp.

When the Bulgarians had retreated in another tidal wave, and it was already getting dark, Theodor ordered the whole army to retreat to the main camp and continue the siege of Thessaloniki.

"Your Excellency the Governor, our original local military district had only 3,000 soldiers, and now after four days of continuous attacks by the Bulgarians, we have lost sixty percent of the soldiers, and if His Majesty the Emperor's reinforcements do not come, we will not be able to hold on!"

Mikhail did not answer, he had heard too many complaints during the four days of siege, and he was already exhausted.

Mikhail knew in his heart that with Salonika's status after Constantinople, if the center of the empire had the heart to send reinforcements, it would only take three days to gather troops and transport them to Saloniki by water.

Looking at the severed arms and remnants of the city, the earth was also stained red with the blood of both sides of the war, even Mikhail's iron heart couldn't help but be moved.

Suddenly a howl woke Mikhail up, and he turned his head to see that it was Lazar, who was only eighteen years old, a young man from Hungary who admired the great history of Rome and came to Thessaloniki with a Roman dream to become a city defender, but who would have thought that the providence would make people, how could the empire be so troubled......

"My lord, we don't have many soldiers, please order all the men in the city who have reached the age of sixteen to be gathered at the head of the city, otherwise we will last one day at most with these veterans alone!"

The commander of the city defense army had been killed on the first day, and it was none other than Shishman, who had been left without food and clothing after the arrest of the governor of Ivailo, and was exiled to Thessaloniki, and at the height of the siege, even the commander of the city defense army was killed at the head of the city, and he stood up to gather the remaining soldiers in the city and drove the Bulgarians off the city.

Mikhail was naturally overjoyed to see that this warrior was so brave that he could defend the country at the risk of his own life in a critical moment, so he personally appointed Shishman as the commander-in-chief of the city defense army on a temporary basis.

"Has it come to this? Is our country going to be a country where children are going to fight to defend the city? ”

Mikhail looked down at the corpses at his feet, the dedication of these warriors defended the dignity of Rome, but in the blink of an eye the city was still in trouble, and suddenly Mikhail answered with a long sigh with tears streaming down his face.

Shishman had followed Governor Ivaylo, but a local official like Mikhail, who was devoted to the people, was like a precious animal to him, but he was glad that at least the governor was sober and knew what he should do.

In the evening, it was supposed to be a time for the family to have dinner, but the adult men had already taken their weapons and equipment and left their families, and they were ready to go to the city to fight the Bulgarians, and no one would believe that the rebels who had killed the Greeks all the way would forgive Thessaloniki, who had resisted for four days, and that their wives and children would be destroyed if the enemy slaughtered the city.

Mikhail assigned veterans to lead the teams in the city, and every ten people were led by a veteran, and soon formed a relatively complete militia group, many of which did not even have weapons in their hands, only kitchen knives and wooden sticks.

In response to this situation, Mikhail directly arranged for these people to demolish the house, and the stones were dismantled to make stones, and these people were responsible for throwing stones, which can be regarded as making the best use of people.

As the sky grew dark, Mikhail sighed to the sky, maybe tomorrow he will never see the sun rise again, maybe tomorrow the emperor's army will come to relieve the siege......

The long night was long and sleepless, and Rome was bleeding......