Bonfires were lit at the foot of Mount Smolikas in Greece, and more than a dozen joint camps were stationed around the mountain, and the ten miles of land were discarded at will, and the soldiers drooled around the fragrant iron pot.

Riddle looked at this chaotic scene and couldn't help but think of a conversation with Emperor Alexei not long ago.

After three days of continuous marching, Emperor Alexei was exhausted, he lay on the carriage driven by slaves and refused to get down, and his thighs were bleeding from the long ride on the war horse, Alexei was not a soldier after all, and he was tired of such a difficult march!

"Your Majesty, please insist, we strive to enter the city of Ioannina before dark, where there is a complete defense system, once we encounter the pursuit of the puppet emperor, we can rely on the solid walls to resist!"

Riddle bitterly hoped to persuade the emperor.

Alexei tilted his head and squinted his eyes at his right-hand man, who had been giving himself all sorts of problems in recent times.

He even embarrassed himself in negotiations with the Venetians, and he didn't know when he didn't want to see this general who had always been outspoken.

"Has Alexios' army arrived? Did our sentinels detect anything unusual? The Emperor expressed his feelings in an unkind tone.

Riddle opened his mouth to speak, his gaze down at the ground in a daze, the instinct of war like a wake-up call that kept echoing in his mind.

Although he had not met with Emperor Alexios' army until now, the more time passed, the more uneasy Riddle became, and the anxiety in his heart could not be expressed.

"Your Majesty, allow me to interject that the puppet emperor Alexios should have swept away the obstacles inside Constantinople by now, and if his cavalry had moved quickly, it would probably have been watching us nearby!"

Dandolo of Venice was also in the army, and he obtained the bargaining chips he wanted from Alexei, but out of a certain unspeakable feeling, he thought it would be better to march with him, and the nearby Venetian fleet also arrived at his command.

Alexei saw that it was Dandolo who spoke, and was slightly silent, but the resentment that was difficult to resolve was accumulated in his heart, I am the emperor of the great Romans, how can I be subject to the chief of the guard and foreigners!

The Emperor raised his head and spoke in an arrogant tone: "Everyone, your worries are unnecessary, have we encountered Alexios' army since the incident?" ”

Dandolo looked at Alexei with some puzzlement, the longer he stayed in the suburbs, the more dangerous it became, and there was no shelter in the mountains of Smolikas.

The fledgling army consisted of more than 50,000 rebellious and loyal, and more than 30,000 imperial troops who had been purged of mid-level officers, and Emperor Alexios could have been a disaster if he caught up.

"Your Majesty......" Riddle frowned in sorrow, and he wanted to stop talking, so that the pride of the emperor alone would put the army in danger.

"Set up camp right here!" Alex grimaced, he could no longer tolerate his authority being challenged.

When the emperor's carriage departed, Dandolo's gloomy face fell, and he looked back at Riddle, where the general who stood silently did not speak, but was silent.

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At night, the trees in the mountain forest were awakened by the sound of horses' hooves, a flock of birds flew, a little fire in the quiet forest, and a flock of black shadows shuttled through the forest.

A pair of blue eyes stared at the ten-mile joint venture at the foot of the mountain in the dark night sky, and the smoke and flickering fire still pointed out the best direction.

"There." A voice sounded softly.

"Your Majesty, do you want to attack now?" A rugged voice asked.

"No, wait until they all sleep!" There was no sound in the night.

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Emperor Alexios and his cavalry finally spotted Alexus' army after three days of pursuit, and he stood on the top of the hill and looked down at the scenery.

"The rebels seem to be huge, but they are actually lax and unprepared!" The emperor raised his horsewhip and pointed at the foot of the mountain, full of confidence in the battle.

"Let's eat first, wait for the soldiers to have a full meal, and then go down the mountain to break through the enemy camp!"

The knights of "Sigh Suosuo" dismounted their horses, took out the dry food that had been prepared from the saddle, and chewed it in large gulps, although there was no water to drink and their mouths were dry, but the food in the entrance could still be converted into energy, looking at the rebel camp below, everyone was already inexplicably excited.

When the last light was extinguished in the dozen or so camps at the foot of the mountain, Alexios stood up, and he shook off the dust from his armor.

The emperor took the sword from the hand of his attendant, stepped on the saddle, and the 1,500 horsemen behind him also stood neatly, just waiting to gather momentum.

The Emperor nodded slightly at Khayyam, according to the plan that had been made long ago, Khayyam would lead his 1,000 horsemen to break into the enemy camp first, their task was to open the passage for the army, and the decisive blow would be laid by the Emperor's own bodyguards.

The swords of the snow were raised, and Khayyam was the first to rush down, "Ula", and then the Turkic warriors who followed all let out an earth-shattering cry, forming a wave on the hillside, and the earth was shaken.

The horns were sounded one after another, and the whole battalion had already woken up, and the soldiers who had no time to put on their armor hurried out of the camp tents, and were dumbfounded when they saw the rolling iron flowing outside.

"Quick! Pikemen! A panicked officer rushed out wearing only a helmet, and in the back row were his spearmen, their thin shirts fluttering in the wind.

"Shoot!"

When Khayyam was approaching the gate of the camp, he gave the order, and a rain of arrows flew out, and the unprotected rebel soldiers fell one by one, and the scattered defeated soldiers at the camp gate quickly retreated and could not fight again.

At this time, the Turkic cavalry drove the war horses one by one over the rejected horses, and the high-jumping war horses leaped forward, and the first wave of 200 knights led by Khayyam broke the camp gate.

"Push away the rejection horse and open the camp gate!"

Khayyam, who jumped off his horse, took the lead, and together with his soldiers, pushed the horse forward, and as the last obstacle at the camp gate was pushed down, the Turks were already in front of them, and they swarmed in to slaughter the rebels who had not yet woken up.

The officers of the flank battalion had already put on their battle armor, and Dukov, who was the leader, looked at the tent of the Chinese army camp that was gradually burning and was silent.

A petty officer who hurried over asked, "My lord, the soldiers are ready, when are we going to fight?" ”

There was no response, Dukov just calmly turned his head to look at him without saying a word, and only then did he say in a deep voice when he saw that the little officer was hairy all over his body.

"We hold the camp!"

The murderous aura that had just made the petty officer creepy was gone, only a faint silence, Dukov looked at the fierce fighting on the battlefield in the distance, and said softly: "We belong to the Third Legion!" ”

Such a simple reply, the officers behind were solemn, although Theodosius was characterized by Riddle as treason, but no one would be stupid to believe that they were just obeying the general trend!