"But that's probably not enough, it's not enough. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Cons-Dante looked at Anglos in front of him, he knew that Trebizond was ostensibly ruled by this man, but in fact he was just an agent pushed by the nobles, and his power was greatly limited. From the previous meeting between Constance Dante and those nobles, he felt that this hidden contradiction existed between the monarch and the minister.

In this case, if Anglos is not able to change the time of the ministers, he will not be able to help himself.

"Of course not enough, because it also requires your own strength to prove your worth. The ones in the House of Elders are no different from the Senate when you were in the Empire. Anywhere, a capable person will be respected, no matter what his past is. Anglos said flatly. As long as you can make those people understand your value, they won't hesitate anymore. ”

"Hesitation?!" Constance Dante frowned slightly.

"Yes, hesitation, of course. You must know that it is not impossible for the original Senate to support even the rebels as long as they recognize his ability, not to mention that Justin you are only suspected by them of being involved in the turmoil fourteen years ago. And now, Trebizond really needs your strength, the power of the Knight King. Angros said.

"I don't understand ......," but Cons Dante shook his head, not agreeing, "at least you don't need me now, and some people even see me as a thorn in the side of the struggle for power with them." ”

"But for now, they just don't realize it. In this decade, we have been as self-contained as the empires of the past. I understand this, but I can't change it at all. As you can see, the city is very much like the Eternal City, but I am not happy at all, because it has only created a strong fortress that will lead the beasts and cannibals to the people inside, and finally forget themselves. And the current war with the Nicaeans may have made them realize how stupid they were in the past! But I can't sit idly by and watch the fall of Trebizond, and so must you, Your Highness! ”

"Even if Trebizond's strength is weakened, I don't think it's enough to just face those Nicaans, right?" Consitine, of course, understood all this, the city had been in a clumsy imitation from beginning to end, and the nobles of those in power were still stubborn, but the Nicaeans alone had not made the situation so bad, and four years alone was not enough to give the Nicaeans an overwhelming advantage.

"Nicaans? You're thinking too simply. In the past three years, with the infiltration of those Rastins, it is no longer the Balkans that they used to be, but the whole of Anatolia, and even the vast and rich East, and everything has changed dramatically. The intertwining of various forces has made this place a powder keg, and the gunpowder has been ignited, and everyone is doomed. The enemies of Trebizond were not only the Nicaeans, but also the Rastines and the Seljuks. Angros said with a serious expression, despite the contradictions with the nobles, both sides are doing their best to maintain the existence of the country. Ten years after the fall of the New Roman Empire, Trebizon adopted the United East to rely on the export of mecha technology to the East to obtain support from the East, so with this Trabizon was able to survive. But eventually, the world collapsed with the start of the Fifth Crusade four years ago. Not only the West but also the Nicaeans, and even the original Turks now seem to be ready to move. Anglos didn't trust anyone, but Constance Dante could, because he had saved an empire on the verge of collapse, so he could definitely turn that old situation around a second time.

Constance, Dante and Angelos looked at each other in silence once more, without saying anything more.

And at this moment, the rapid pace broke the silence between the two.

"Your Majesty......" one of the guards whispered outside the door, as if there was something to say.

"Come in, what's the matter?" Angros asked, staring coldly at the guard who had come to disturb him without permission, and the look in his eyes was as sharp as a sword.

"It's about the battle situation, the House of Elders has important matters to discuss, and you need to make a decision." The guard cautiously said that this emperor had a reputation as a tyrant, and he did not dare to have any disobedience.

"Does it have to be at this time?" Anglos was impatient, he didn't want to care about the nobles who were drunk and dreamed of death. But they always bother themselves with all sorts of things.

"It's a very important thing." Seeing the attitude of the king in front of him, the guard hurriedly added.

"I see, let them wait a while!" Once again, Angelos regained his grim face and said nothing. He got up from his chair and looked at Constance Dante and said, "Then we can only talk another day, and we have to grieve you for a few more days." ”

"Whatever you want." Constance Dante shrugged his shoulders expressionlessly, and let the jailer re-cuff the chair with shackles, only to see the lifting platform slowly fall, Cons Dante only looked up and silently watched the overhead door slowly close without saying a word.

……

Three hours ago, the western line of Trebizond.

In the autumn of 1247 AH, on a mountain plain near Trebizond, a young Herodian shepherd led his hounds and drove his sheep through the steep hills, trying to find pasture. Although it was such an age, the inhabitants of poor places still relied on the traditional way of toiling, and this boy was no exception. It's autumn, and although the crops in the family have almost been sold, he still has to drive other people's sheep to subsidize the family.

It's wartime, but they don't have to worry about anything. Because I heard that the army had been sent to the west, and the boy's brother had also been drafted into the army, and the geographical location of Trebizond was very special, and the mountain roads were rugged, and it was difficult for Westerners' mechanical chariots to enter and exit.

The boy led the sheepdog and drove the flock on.

The world is silent, and he can finally enjoy a rare peace without worrying about the trivial matters at home. The boy whistled with his mouth open, while the sheepdogs around him cleverly chased the goats that had strayed from the group.

But suddenly, the sheepdog did not move, and with a fierce expression on his face, he fell low, as if some danger was approaching.

The boy thought that there was a wolf infested, and hurriedly grabbed the whip in his hand, this kind of season is the time when the wolf is infested, in case a sheep is taken away, the consequences are unimaginable. The mountains danced, gradually obscuring people's vision, and the nervous mood made the boy subconsciously take a few steps back, as if something terrible was hiding behind the fog.

Is it a wolf? Or some other ferocious beast?

But he was wrong, and the fog was blown away, and the boy saw in front of him a column of heavy locomotives, which looked like walls of black iron from a distance, and soldiers with guns on their shoulders, and square turbans with oriental flavors on their heads—the Seljuk Turks. And further behind them are the heavy steel giants!

That's- Iron Golem! It's the Seljuk mecha army, how did they end up here?

It was a huge army, and at some point they had appeared on the outskirts of Trebizond.

The whip in the hand of the young man fell to the ground, and he was so frightened that he could not speak, and he stepped back, and suddenly turned around and ran, and he could not even control his own flock, and he must tell his people what had happened here that the war had burned into the land.

And the veiled woman in the army had already noticed the young man of Herod on the top of the mountain, but she did not want to stop the young man from going to report the news, because it didn't matter anymore, now the main force of Trebizond was a hundred miles away, and it would take at least five days to rush back, but they still had to face the pursuit of the Nicaeans, and the end was already doomed.

The terrain of Trebizond was of course not suitable for large armies, as the city was located in a basin, and as long as the pass was held, the enemy could be kept at bay. But it is not without its weaknesses, and that is that its northern coast is very suitable for landing, but only a few ships in the world can withstand the storms that rage at sea at this time, and no one can set foot on this land except by means of steel-clad ships.

……

"What's going on? Luanthony, aren't you responsible for the eastern passes? What's going on, how the hell did those damned Turks end up outside? The angry members of the House of Elders questioned the man in front of them, and he was the commander of the Eastern Theater of Operations, and those passes were guarded by troops of 3,000 men, but they were actually useless, and the House of Elders certainly could not accept this fact. Three hours earlier they had learned that the Seljuks had appeared on the outskirts of Trebizond, and now they had completed the siege of the entire city.

"Guys, haven't I repeated enough?" Luantoni reluctantly gave his explanation, "The Seljuks landed from the sea, and we didn't expect them to have steelclad ships that could break through the storm, although they were not warships, but those new ships didn't have to worry about the bumps of the waves. ”

The parliamentarians looked at each other, they could not have imagined that the Seljuks, who had been the least worried, would choose to launch a raid on Trabizon at this time. Moreover, the number of Turks is estimated to be more than 10,000, and the Trabizons had no knowledge of such a large army movement.

At that moment, the door of the House of Elders was pushed open, and Angelos, who was greeted only by frost, walked in.

"Looks like it's worse than I thought, isn't it?"

"Indeed," replied Roantoni, looking at the king who was coming towards them, "for the time being, there are no more than 1,500 troops in the whole city that can be mobilized, and there are already people fleeing in the city. The consequences of this will be unimaginable. "Although Trebizond was built into a well-defended city, this does not mean that it is impregnable, even a city as grand as Constantinople will not escape the fate of being breached in the end, and with such a disparity in strength, they simply cannot hold out for long.

Andopoulis, who was sitting in his seat, frowned and asked, "What about the garrison of the Eastern Pass?" I remember there were three thousand of them, and I couldn't ...... if I brought them back."

But before Andopoules could finish speaking, he was directly interrupted by Luanthony, "This is absolutely impossible, Secretary Andopoules." The army stationed in the east relied only on the terrain and the fixed turrets on the passes. If they are allowed to come back to support, the chances of being wiped out halfway are even higher. Because they don't have any heavy equipment. Unless the main forces of the army in the west returned, no one could stop the Seljuks. ”

"But it will take at least five days for the Western Army to come back, and there is optimism that the Nicaean will sit idly by." Angelos sneered.

"That's true." Although the words are difficult to hear, Luantoni still admits that there is nothing wrong with Angelos's words.

"Damn, how could they know what we're going on!" A lawmaker slapped the case in a rage.

"Someone must have leaked a secret!" Another councillor also roared that the military operation was carried out in secret, and it stands to reason that the Seljuks should not know about the emptiness of Trebizond, but now the other side has cornered them!

"Calm down, everyone, don't forget who you are!" At this time, Andopoules shouted loudly to suppress the commotion, and he glanced at the panicked parliamentarians and said in a deep voice: "You are the elite of the kingdom, and you should be in a hurry, but look at what you have done now?" It's like this? This does not help the situation in the slightest, but only adds fuel to the fire! ”

Anglos watched the man on stage perform, he was indeed a good politician, and he managed to silence the restless crowd with just one word.

"But how can we just rely on these people in our hands to fight against tens of thousands of Seljuks?" After more than a decade of military reform, the Seljuks have regrouped their former divisive forces, even competing with the Westerners, and the only thing they can now rely on is a fortress. Undecided, the lawmakers looked at Angros and Andopoulis. Andopulis and Angelos looked at each other.

"At this time, maybe the Knight King can come in handy!"

Unexpectedly, this sentence was actually uttered by Andopoulis, and the other councillors looked at him in amazement.

And Angelos's face also showed a meaningful smile, "Oh? I didn't expect you to say that, Secretary Andopolis? Didn't you emphasize the danger of the Knight King in the first place? How could you choose to believe him? (To be continued.) )