"Is that so?"

"Why apologize?"

"Didn't the Imperial Army win a great victory and kill countless strong enemies!"

The words were harsh, and Hakan and Bayi, who were kneeling on the ground, were ashamed.

Can such a victory be called a big victory?

The Imperial Army did win, but for the sake of a senseless battle, dozens of fighters were sacrificed and nothing else was gained.

The point is that there is no point!

Khayyam stared indifferently at the Imperial cavalry kneeling below, unable to see what he was thinking.

"Hakan!"

"You're my nephew, and you've been following me all the time, but you should understand!"

"The Imperial Army never fights meaninglessly, and now you are no longer a child of the steppe, but an Imperial soldier."

"Imperial soldiers make it their duty to obey orders."

"I once warned you, don't fight the Seljuks, and come back immediately."

"And you disobeyed my admonition!"

"General, this is my fault, please punish me!"

"Twenty lashes!"

"You won the battle after all, didn't you?"

Hakan looked at the slightly mocking look of the Imperial Army Commander and lowered his head.

When everyone had exited the tent, Khayyam stroked his forehead.

The Imperial Army soldiers are a little anxious!

But it didn't matter, Seljuk finally couldn't hold it back.

The Roma army came out.

The Seljuks came out of the air this time, and the main force attacked Bursa under the leadership of Arslan.

And 20,000 men came to Trabzon.

Do the Seljuks still have any strength left?

Maybe it's time to harvest soon!

Remembering the letter of His Majesty Emperor Alexios.

Khayyam recalled the Hadith of the Supreme of the Empire with a lot of thoughts.

Is the goal of the Imperial Army in this battle only to defend against the attacks of the Sultan of Rûm?

No!

No!

We can also destroy the war potential of the Roma!

The world thought that the iron horsemen of the Seljuks were the foundation of Rum.

I said it was wrong!

Just as the empire was exploiting trade in the Black Sea, Arslan did not stop.

From Samsun to Trabzon, commerce flourished and hundreds of industries flourished.

The Sultan of Rûm did not need that pitiful poll tax to arm his army for a long time.

Today, the seaports of northern Anatolia are the lifeblood of Roma.

A steady stream of goods was brought from the Genoese ships to Arslan's court in Konya.

The Sultan was able to expand his forces and recruit warriors, but he was repeatedly defeated.

The Seljuk branch in Anatolia thus flourished.

In fact, when the rest of the side branches were all decaying, they thrived and slowly expanded to the extent they are today.

Didn't Manuel, the former emperor of the empire, know?

No, yes!

But why did the Imperial Supreme endure to this day?

The reason is the Venetians!

The Imperial Navy fleet is now composed of up to thirty percent of the soldiers of Genoese mercenaries!

It was a staunch ally of the Empire at sea, and at the same time a bargaining chip for the Empire to balance the hegemony of the Venetians in the Eastern Mediterranean.

This decisive force decided the fate of the empire's maritime frontiers.

It was for this reason that the empire indulged Genoese merchants in trading with the feuding Seljuks.

The war with Roma also did not reach these coastal cities.

But this time the Imperial Army does not need to worry, there is no need to wait!

The great Imperial Supreme Basilus has decided to go to war!

War Without Limits!

The land that the Imperial army has passed through will be scorched to the earth, and the Seljuks will be drained of blood.

The greed of a greedy wolf like Röm for the territory of the empire is endless and endless.

Only by completely strangling it can the security of the eastern part of the empire be guaranteed.

But the rulers of the empire also knew that the war with the Seljuks would not end so easily.

This heroic family has an extremely tenacious vitality.

And this determined that the war between the empire and the nomads of the East would continue at least for a long time.

Thankfully, the war has stopped.

Arslan would no longer have the support of Genoese maritime merchants.

The Imperial Navy fleet was to blockade the Dardanelles and, while the war was ongoing, to prohibit all ships that did not belong to the Roman Empire from entering the Black Sea.

The Imperial Supreme was even prepared for this to make enemies with the Genoese after the war.

Concerning the centennial fortune of the empire, the emperor invested 120,000 points of energy.

Drain the Seljuks' war potential!

So said the Emperor.

In this way, the commander of the Imperial Army, Khayyam, carried out the will of the Imperial Supreme.

……

In the vast plains outside Trabzon, the Imperial Army was heavily arrayed, and dozens of phalanxes entered the battlefield.

As the pikemen of the Fourth Imperial Army entered the front line, the Imperial crossbowmen behind followed in a line.

The Tomahawk warriors of the Varangian Guard pressed at the rear of the Imperial Army.

This is the treatment of veterans, and they are also the last line of defense of the Imperial Army.

In the event of a bad battle, the Varangian Guard will take on the burden of saving the defeat!

On both flanks were the light cavalry of the Second Legion, and in the long neighing of the horses, the Imperial cavalry stepped into the Shura field.

The Chinese army is where the trebuchets are, and the warriors here are loaded with stone bullets and will bring death to the Seljuks.

Khayyam, the commander of the Imperial Army, watched the enemy formation from a high platform.

Shishman had already arrived at the front lines, and his recruits needed to go through a baptism of blood and fire.

As a general of the Imperial Army, Shishman felt the need to be on the front lines to boost morale.

After the formation was completed, the crossbowmen of the Imperial Army interspersed and stood on the front line, and three columns were horizontally displayed, overlapping one after another.

The iron cavalry of the Roma army also pressed with a strong momentum as the Imperial army approached.

"Soldiers of the Imperial Army!"

"If I remember correctly!"

"The last person to lead the Imperial Army so deep into the eastern lands of Anatolia was the previous Emperor of the Empire, the Supreme Emperor of the Empire."

"But in that battle, the Imperial Army suffered an unprecedented defeat!"

"Sixty thousand soldiers of the Imperial Army spilled their blood on the battlefield, and their souls returned to heaven."

"Thanks to the Seljuks, it's been a hundred years since the empire lost this fertile land!"

"Aren't you ashamed!"

"I'm ashamed!"

"The Romans have defeated the world's greatest enemies, and now they have all turned to dust."

"Let me see if Seljuk is next!"

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"Victory!"

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"Victory!"

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"Victory!"

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On the opposite side of the Roma army formation, Prince Kaihoslu led the army.

The Seljuks were shocked by the Imperial attack.

Arslan was also furious when he learned of the Imperial Army's choice.

The atrocities of the imperial army in Anatolia dealt a great blow to the prestige of the sultan.

Ghazi, who was part of the Roma army, advised the Sultan to withdraw his troops and turn back to fight the main forces of the imperial army advancing eastward.

But Arslan was well aware that the Roman emperor was behind him.

The bravery of the Imperial Hussars was what Arslan had seen with his own eyes.

If such an iron cavalry attacks from behind, one mistake will be the result of the destruction of the entire army.

So after much thought, the Sultan sent his son, Prince Kekhosru, whom he intended to be his heir.

This time, the Seljuk army had only one purpose, which was to drive out the Imperial army.

Roma was traumatized and could not be recovered even after another two years.

The Seljuks can't continue to bleed!