"His Majesty is Manius, the chief centurion of the Epshkin Military Region under the command of Mezchos, who has come to rescue Her Royal Highness the princess by order of His Majesty the Emperor Constantine IV!"

The centurion was really excited and his face was flushed, there were too many joys and sorrows experienced in this month, first of all, the big backer Theodosius, who he had managed to manage, fell, and the task left by the general became a bubble, and then the Byzantine army rose up, and it didn't matter whether it was allied with Fujian. The update is the fastest and the fastest to the eye

As a result, just when the recovery of his hometown was in sight, the army of his own country had collective impotence again, and it didn't matter if he died, dragging the whole war situation into the quagmire again, just when Manius had fallen into despair, the envoy of the Fujian State who was engaged in the east and west in Constantinople and made the city full of storms gave him such a big surprise.

Manius was so excited that he couldn't help himself, but there was a trace of helplessness on Anna's still calm and beautiful cheeks, the prayer could not be done, the fierce scolding and fighting outside the cell door was now clearly audible, he stood up and tidied up the pleated silk dress on his body, his face suddenly returned to calm and serious, Anna stared at the direction of the cell door and asked solemnly.

"So, what is my fate?"

"The co-ruling emperor wants the princess to marry the king of Min in the east, agree to Byzantium to pay tribute to the state of Fujian, first stabilize the king of Min and send troops to relieve the siege of Constantinople, and then he will find a way to persuade His Majesty to truly agree to fully conclude an alliance with the state of Fujian, here is the letter of state drawn up by stealing His Majesty's seal!"

Still so excited, Manius lowered his voice, knelt a few steps closer, and held a beautiful gold book in both hands.

Constantine IV thought very well, and used the fake alliance and the real princess to coax Li Jie to send troops to attack the eastern territory of the Arab Empire, forcing Muawiya to withdraw his troops, so that the already war-torn Byzantium could take a breather.

As for if Emperor Constans bites the cake and doesn't change it, and insists on insisting on the status of the kingdom and refuses to bow to the Fujian State and pay tribute, whether the angry Li Jie will kill Anna is not in the consideration of the co-ruling emperor.

Mannius's face flushed with excitement, but unfortunately, Anna didn't even look at the letter of state, still looked at the corridor outside the prison door, and asked calmly again: "Are you done?" General Hou Zhonglang, has His Royal Highness the King of Min who is far away in the East decide what my fate is? ”

Really stunned, the centurion turned his head in surprise, I don't know when the cell door was, Hou Jie's figure appeared in the shadow of the corridor, holding a Hai Dongqing in one hand, and the other hand seemed to be putting some letter in Hai Dongqing's foot bucket, and immediately reached out, Hai Dongqing from Liaodong, Huaxia immediately screamed sharply, and disappeared into the thick night outside the window.

"Correct, Princess Anna, this general is already a protector of the Punjabi coalition army, not a general of the Praetorian Guard." Under the stunned gaze of Manius, Hou Jie walked in gracefully, and immediately bowed down: "It is Princess Anna who the King of Min wants to cooperate with him, not your father Constance, or your brother Constantine IV. ”

"I see."

The one who can cooperate with King Min must be the one in power, Hou Jie's meaning couldn't be clearer, he wanted to push himself to the throne, elegantly lowered the corners of his skirt, and raised his head noncommittally, Anna for the first time in Hou Jie's impression had the style of a princess and walked out of the prison cell where she had been locked up for several years.

Leng watched Princess Anna turn around and leave, holding the national letter and stunned for a long time, Manius stood up anxiously and chased after him and shouted: "This is not the case, the agreement between my general and the envoys of Fujian is to make peace with ......."

"But you don't have any use for, so this place is no longer yours." Snorted quite disdainfully, Hou Jie also turned his head and walked out of the cell, and the tall centurion who was made by a rather vulgar Greek word immediately turned red with anger, and roared and jumped up to fight Hou Jie, but before he could take two steps, a cold and cold thing had already hit his forehead.

His face turned pale, and cold sweat broke out all at once, Manius saw with his own eyes how this thin little girl raised her hand just now to let the five big and three rough Slavic generals die on the spot, in Li Que's contemptuous eyes, the chief centurion staggered back two steps, and turned around with the same disdain, Li Que also took the door before leaving.

There was a thud, and the cell door was locked again......

"General Hou Zhonglang, what should we do now?"

She didn't go far before Anna stopped, because in the corridors of the Galatianburg, there were still anxious Constantinoples like ants on the lid of a pot, slamming the prison doors everywhere like wild beasts, and many political unlucky people who had been locked up stupidly were also released one by one, and they were stupidly busy.

"Seemingly, they didn't come to my rescue?" Tilting his head and thinking about it, Anna asked with a wry smile, Hou Jie also shrugged his shoulders, and when he was about to answer, the cheers downstairs suddenly sounded like a tide.

"The saints have been found!"

"Meet the Crown!"

After being locked up for several days, Paul, who had nothing to do, was carried out of the Gartacastle by the disciples like treasures, looking at this guy's fake merciful figure, Hou Jie scratched his head in distress: "Princess Anna, don't you mind crowning the new Patriarch of Constantinople before being crowned?" ”

"Do I mind having one?" Tilting her head playfully again, Anna asked with a wry smile.

After more than 100 casualties, the fortified Galatian Fort was taken, and along the way, tens of thousands of Byzantine Christians who inspired religious fanaticism turned into fire dragons with torches, carrying large shoulders, on which Princess Anna and Paul stood side by side, all the way back to Constantinople, walking on the pontoon bridge built by merchant ships, the procession was several miles long, and it was magnificent.

Before that, Paul was just a little Syrian priest who was swaggering and deceiving in the valley of Xinhan, and where had he experienced such a support, his hands trembled with excitement at this moment, but Princess Anna was as steady as she usually rode in a car and a boat.

"Pastor, take a deep breath and think that I have to do the easiest thing possible, I am also nervous in such a big battle, and I am thinking about going to buy new clothes, which will be better."

A soft voice suddenly sounded from the side, and he turned his head in some surprise, and Paul just saw Anna smacking his right eye at his mischievous eyes, and then took a deep breath, and looked straight ahead with the dignified appearance of an imperial princess.

Usually the princess of the empire is also a heavenly existence for a little priest like Paul, how did she not expect Anna to be so approachable, stunned, suddenly a sense of relief rose from his heart, Paul also took a deep breath, imagining that he went to the village to fool the farmer again, unconsciously, the calmness returned to Paul's side.

rode a horse and followed behind the shoulder, seeing this scene, Hou Jie couldn't help but praise again, Anna, this chick is worthy of Li Jie's favor, she is really naturally suitable for politics, and so easily won the favor of Paul, the next Patriarch of Constantinople, who was finally promoted to the throne of the next Patriarch of Constantinople.

On one side, when the believers and the aristocratic landlords surrounded the two rescued bigwigs and slaughtered in the direction of the palace, the Constantinople military camp on the other side was also a nervous response.

Because he wanted to see the treasury transported to Greece, Leo did not sit in the palace for the past two days, in fact, most of the belongings had been smuggled out by him, and the little tatters left in the palace were just to attract the attention of those stupid nobles.

"On the contrary, they are all going to be reversed, give an order, assemble heavy cavalry, the first and second infantry regiments outflank left and right, defend the road leading to the Grand Palace in the Golden Horn, and General Ben will cut off the heads of these traitors and put them on a plate!"

Wearing a proud feather helmet, or wearing a proud white and gold heavy armor, Leo rode on a horse in a rage and kept conveying orders, thousands of Byzantine forbidden troops drove out of the barracks one after another, and the heavy armored infantry spread out to the wings, personally leading dozens of pro-lord overseers behind the heavy cavalry, all the way to the city gate angrily.

Although the enemy numbered in the tens of thousands, Leo believed that with his heavy army, he could easily defeat these unarmed rabble.

With a gloomy face, Leo didn't pay attention to it, on both sides of the street in advance, there were constantly dark shadows passing through the alleys, following his team, but at this time, Leo, who was in a rage, would probably not care even if he found it.

After walking a few streets, suddenly a crossroads appeared in front of the road, on the black pavement, an equally black rope was suddenly taut, and the horse trotted in ignorance, and suddenly, Leo's horse fell to the ground on his heels, unprepared, and the dignified consul was thrown out a few meters away by inertia, and fell into a stumbling block.

After all, he was a battle-hardened general, and Leo was about to get up in a daze holding on to his crooked helmet, but after following all the way, he saw this opportunity, how could the attacker let it go, and suddenly he slipped out of the alley, and a heavy blunt object hit Leo's helmet, and then the black shadow dragged the loyal consul's limp body into the alley again.

It happened too suddenly, and the rest of the heavy cavalry guards also fell into a rolling gourd, and when they got up in confusion, their own general was nowhere to be found, the main general had something to do, and the servant died, this is the military regulations of Rome, and dozens of heavy cavalry guards who were stupid immediately shouted left and right in panic.

"What's wrong?"

At this moment, Jefferson, the adjutant general who was urging the heavy cavalry to advance, turned back, looked around, lowered his head and asked in a deep voice.

"General Hui, General Leo has been arrested!" scrambling to answer, many of the guards and knights in the panic were crying, which made Jefferson frown, and immediately pulled out his sword and shouted: "The general is not here, the general has full command, even the brave General Leo has been attacked by a sneak attack, there must be an ambush of traitors nearby, General Ben ordered, the whole army will defend on the spot, be careful of the traitor sneak attack!" ”

Dozens of generals and guards were stunned, and one by one the heralds were scattered, and the Byzantine Janissaries, who were rolling forward, immediately stopped.

"Aren't you going to look for General Leo and wait here to die?" After giving the order, Jefferson glared at him fiercely, and was drunk by his leopard eyes, Leo's knight of the guard immediately woke up like a dream, no matter how unreasonable the order was, now it was important to save his own life, and in a moment, these people rode on their horses and scattered birds and beasts, and separated to find the hapless consul Leo.

Seeing these people disperse, Jefferson, who was still majestic just now, actually seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, jumped off his horse, and whistled at the nearby alley, and after a while, the sneak attacker who should have run away actually swaggered out of the shadows, and an old man dragged it in his hand, or the general Leo, who was knocked unconscious by a stick.

"Uncle, everything is done, this Leo general, I don't know what to do?"

"Don't worry, I've found a good place for him."

The moonlight shone on the old man's face, and the old and withered face was actually the old mercenary beside Hou Jie, the most mysterious Berennis! An old mercenary who can't even feed himself in New Hangu, in Constantinople, Jefferson, the second-in-command man in military power, is so respectful to him!

Hou Jie's last move finally showed his usefulness!