Back on the day of the capture of the city of Burgas, Emperor Alexios and his generals entered the city that night and surrendered, and the remnants of the Bulgarian rebels were all imprisoned on the naval ships.

"The road from Burgas to Staraya Zagora is undoubtedly an easy one, but just as the Bulgarians do not know where our main forces are! We also don't know where the main forces of the Bulgarian rebels are? ”

Alexious paused, trying to get his generals to digest the stuff, and at the same time punched the map of the Sophia Plains with a heavy blow.

"But the heart of the Bulgarians is here! Their supplies, armaments, and families are in the city of Serdica, and we will take the pearl of the Bulgarians and let them defeat themselves without a fight! ”

Emperor Alexios was so confident that if there was anyone in Bulgaria who made him feel jealous, it was the Asen brothers, but the emperor feared them for his family's many years of business in Bulgaria and their brother's appeal among the Bulgarians.

It would be a joke to say that there is anyone among the Bulgarians who has great leadership and military prowess.

In the eyes of the Roman Emperor, the Bulgarians were at most the kings of grass, and compared to the peerless warrior Saladin of Egypt, these people were not even worthy of carrying his shoes!

"Theodosius, the general I promoted, who had been fighting the Turks in Anatolia for many years, was a general with a wealth of experience and excellent command skills.

I hereby confer upon him the honorary title of Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Route Army, and order him to set out from Burgas against Stara Zagora together with his headquarters of the Third Army and 2,000 light cavalry. ”

Emperor Alexios untied a gold-encrusted sword after speaking his thoughts, and Theodosius knelt down after hearing the Emperor's order, and the Emperor rested his sword lightly on the general's shoulder.

"Can you do your duty and fight for the Empire? Can you live up to the Legion's Eagle Banner on the battlefield? Can you make the dawn of victory illuminate the land of Rome? Augustus, the Emperor of all the Roman people, asks you here. ”

"As long as the flame of my life does not stop, the eagle flag of Rome will never fall!"

The Emperor held the sword in his hand, and Theodosius' knees trembled slightly, perhaps out of excitement, but every Roman warrior was not a good Roman if he did not have the ambition to conquer the world.

Theodosius took over the sword, and the emperor sat back on his throne, and in the process of this serious strategic deployment, the emperor unexpectedly used a not very well-known general, but the emperor's decisions are always surprising, if our emperor is not a madman, then he is the reincarnation of the god of war Mars!

"I will personally lead the main force to Mushara Peak, where our army will climb the mountains and pull the Bulgarians out of their warm little shells!"

"Oh! Ahh ”

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The generals were so frightened that they couldn't speak clearly, and even if they were unheard of, they would not know the name of the first peak in Bulgaria.

In such an era, to climb mountains and valleys to achieve the task of striking the enemy by surprise, in fact, few generals do it, not every soldier has the spirit of selfless dedication, and not everyone who makes such a decision wins!

"Your Majesty, even if we were to attack the lair of the Bulgarians, we would not have to climb the Mushara Peak! Can we climb a mountain like that? ”

The Turkic Khayyam lives on horseback, and if he takes a boat, he vomits a lot, and it is better to live than to die, let alone climb the mountain!

"The spirit of the Romans can fight heaven and earth, and I am sure that my warriors will not let me down!"

The emperor waved his hand to rebuke his generals, and if he continued to let the generals make unfavorable remarks, he was afraid that his morale would collapse before the battle could be fought.

"Riddle, go and tell your men to spread word among the soldiers, telling them that the Emperor will open the Imperial Treasury after the victory over the Bulgarians and let them choose the treasures of their choice!

At the same time, tell the soldiers that the Bulgarians have hundreds of years of treasure in their cities, and that when the emperor is victorious, they can get whatever they want! ”

Alexios had only whispered a few words in the chief of the guard after all the generals had withdrawn from the tent, and Riddle, his new chief of guard, immediately blushed.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to do this? If it is your strategy, then we deceive the soldiers like this, and if the promise is not kept, the soldiers will mutinied! Think again! ”

"No, even if the promise is not kept, the soldiers will not have any complaints! Just do it! ”

Emperor Alexios smiled mysteriously at his chief of guard and told him to withdraw, Riddle felt unfathomable about the Emperor's thoughts, which was not something he could speculate on, and he quickly left it behind him, thinking only about how to complete the task.

After Riddle withdrew, the emperor sighed imperceptibly, it is true that there will be mutiny, but some people will still have to be sacrificed at that time, and for the sake of the overall situation, it is not always necessary to sacrifice a few people to protect the interests of the majority.

Just as the future of the Bulgarians is not predestined, it is the Greeks who are the main forces that he wants to unite, and if the Bulgarians are tamed in the future, then they will naturally integrate into the imperial system.

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Emperor Alexios, who had long been wrapped up in the snow, stopped on crutches to look at his once mighty army, which was now tormented in the mist and snow.

Harald exhaled the heat in his hand, he hadn't felt such a refreshing cold for a long time, and was it the same in Scandinavia at this time, where the trajectory of life in the ice and snow of his hometown suddenly repeated.

"Sven, do you remember that it should be snowing heavily in your hometown at this time, a few of us are still practicing our combat skills under the guidance of Father Rollo, and now how many years have passed, we have changed from pirates to the Varangian guards of the Roman Empire!"

"Old man, I'm sorry you remember this! It's just that I haven't been to Norway in many years, and Oslo is still the same as before......"

Harald and the Viking warriors next to him were a little silent at this point, they hadn't been back for years! Becoming famous is like not being able to return to your hometown in fine clothes, like walking at night in brocade clothes, although Harald never knew and couldn't say the words of the overlord of Western Chu, but the feeling of homesickness suddenly germinated in his heart.

"When the Bulgarians are destroyed, I want to go back to my hometown, do you want to go?"

"Harald, are you serious? Then take me one! ”

When Old Sven heard Harald's words, he also suddenly felt a sense of melancholy in his heart, how many years have he been fighting on the battlefield, if he is not tired of it, it is a lie!

"We're going over this mountain, look! It's the sun! ”

The leader in front of him was overjoyed, how long had they been climbing in this glacier, two sunsets.

Alexios saw the sun rising in the east and the sun shining all over the earth, and this warmth filled his heart with hope, how proud Napoleon must have been when he crossed the Alps, and the conquerors were united at this time!