Central Asia and West Asia, when the huge land was surging under the offensive of Fujian, Asia Minor was also unpeaceful, waving the golden 'colored' double-headed eagle banner, wearing the 'fine' chain mail, the chief centurion holding the golden eagle cane, under the uniform drumming of several drummers, one Roman legion after another rode horses, walking with the proud steps of their ancestors, through the rugged mountains of Ancatolia. ,:。

For half a year, Li Jie was lively in the Middle East, and Anna was not idle.

In the Battle of Constantinople last winter, the Byzantine-Bulgarian coalition crushed Muawiyah's Arab army in one fell swoop.

Nearly 50,000 Syrian 'elites', pursued by the Turkic cavalry, less than 5,000 fled back to the navy ships, and the remaining 60,000 or so recruited cannon fodder troops in Asia Minor were wiped out, and for several days in a row, the Adriatic beaches were filled with the wanton laughter of nomads and the miserable cries of Muslims.

However, the Byzantines, who have been beaten badly by the Arabs over the years, do not care about the fate of these people, the more miserable the better!

Although Anna won the battle to defend Constantinople, it also left a mess, the open sea was blockaded by the Arab fleet, the inner walls of Constantinople were destroyed, half of the city was reduced to ruins, more than 60,000 soldiers and civilians were killed and wounded, eight floors of nearby farms and granges were destroyed, and there were more than 15,000 Turkic nomadic cavalry outside the city clamoring for rewards.

On weekdays, the empire did everything possible to isolate these barbarians from the steppe from the core of the empire, but now, this group of people entered the heart of Byzantium at the invitation of the empire, and if it was not handled well, the damage caused would be much less than the Arab invasion.

Fortunately, after all, it is Princess Anna, when Hou Jie saw the joke coldly, but Li reluctantly helped restrain the Turkic cavalry, this little girl in her twenties was stunned to smooth out this 'chaos' and 'chaos' situation.

Emptied of the treasury without hesitation, stabilized the Turkic nomadic cavalry with the last bit of wealth, and at the first moment of victory, Anna sent emissaries to the west, with the power of a great victory, asking many western provincial military districts to pledge allegiance to Constantinople and fulfill their responsibilities.

Originally, the Arabs landed in Europe, even the great Greek provinces far away in the Aegean Sea were trembling, and the governors and municipal officials at all levels packed up their belongings and prepared to flee to Rome with the emperor. Under the crisis, the patriotic heart was opened, and the provincial officials who usually hid and picked all the 'hair' were finally generous, and according to Anna's imperial order, the taxes, grain, grass and troops were continuously escorted to Constantinople. [^]

With money and food, it is easy to get things done.

Politically, Anna generously pardoned the Ancatonian Muslims who had been brought in by the Arab army from Asia Minor, and after being used as cannon fodder once, these people would no longer be loyal to the Arabs as long as their heads were okay, and they were pardoned.

Across the Bosphorus, tens of thousands of young and strong laborers had nowhere to go, and had to pour into the granges of the noble senators near Constantinople to become tenant farmers.

Militarily, the surviving defenders of Constantinople and the 'Celestial' and Macedonian local peoples were reorganized into the Byzantine army, with several legions in hand, Anna's waist was also stiffened, and five thousand 'elite' elites were selected from the nomadic cavalry who did not leave to fill the army, and the rest were sent away in Asia Minor, which had not yet been recovered.

In a few months, Anna was good at dancing with long sleeves and all kinds of political skills, and the "chaotic" and "chaotic" empire was once again integrated into a monolith, and the huge Balkan Peninsula was all placed under Anna's command, and the rule of Heraclius II'empress was gradually accepted by her subjects, and the only harm was to damage the authority of the real Augustan Emperor Constantus in the Roman Empire.

However, it seems that he has already been self-aware, and Constance, who lost all the authority and responsibility of the emperor in the escape, remained silent about the actions of the 'daughter' and son, and even continued to take the initiative to continue to avoid the west because of the contradiction with the Pope, and went to the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily, which seemed to acquiesce to the expansion of Anna's power.

After all, it was the empire the year before last, under the leadership of such a strong leader, the Byzantine Empire seemed to recover its vitality in half a year, once again had 100,000 troops, and after the Arab navy could not be stalemate, it once again set foot on the territory of Asia and Asia Minor, and began a full-scale reconquistab war along the route of the retreat of the Arab Empire.

There are a few more nomadic tribes in the army, which makes the Byzantine army mounts that are already the main force of the cavalry army more comfortable, and has inspected the Fujian cavalry, and learned the disadvantages of the lack of power of the Byzantine machine in the previous wars, Anna almost didn't 'spend' her dowry money, and made up enough of the 100,000 army of one person and two mounts, equipped with either Turkic horses from Central Asia or Don hippos produced west of the Balkans, this army can be regarded as a luxurious army that has not been in the history of Eastern Rome.

However, such a large amount of equipment was worthy of the Dinar, which broke through the remnants of the Arab naval blockade on the Aegean Sea transfer fleet, recovered Ephor and Caesarea on the first day, and then rushed forward non-stop, and on the third day it hit Ankara, an important city in the central part of Asia Minor, and caught the Arabs by surprise.

Camping is a good tradition left over from the ancient Roman Empire, Byzantium has not lasted much, and the Romans also have excellent sappers, around the camp, with wood to build a circle of sturdy deer villages, and there are deer villages in the camp to divide the legions one by one, white' The tents were arranged in a staggered manner, each tent was spaced far enough apart to prevent fire, enough guards patrolled the barracks with torches, and under the horrified gaze of the Arab defenders on the city of Ankara, the sudden appearance of the Byzantine army was like a giant beast under the city.

It's really feng shui in turn!

Hit Ankara, whether it can be beaten down or not, it means that the property of the nobles and lords of the Senate of Constantinople has been preserved, so the battle has not yet been fought, and the celebration banquet in the Chinese army's big tent has been opened, and more than 30 purple-robed senators with the army, more than a dozen Turks, Bulgarian chieftains, and many Byzantine generals pushed cups and drank happily.

Even Anna threw away the 'female' queen shelf, and her delicate little face was flushed, but she still kept toasting at the banquet with pride.

"It's still my Turkic warriors! In the Ephos, such a high wall, the warriors of the Suniro tribe actually took the lead and killed the Arab barbarians, Ahur Ekin, Ben Caesar saw with his own eyes that you were brave and cut off the head of the Arab guard, no matter what, I will toast you! ”

The delicate face was full of admiration, Anna's pride was clear, but a few words of praise were said to Li but the Turkic little head recruited from the Central Asian steppes was 'excited' into a monkey's belly, and on the one hand, he also drank a large bowl of sea, and on the other hand, he also patted his chest violently.

"That is, in our steppe, who in the tribe of thousands of miles does not know that I, Ahul, am the first warrior, and our Sunit tribe is the first brave and warlike tribe, and that group of Arabs? In the eyes of Lao Tzu, it is similar to a sheep, which one you want to slaughter! ”

"Bird, which tribe's cowardice made our Wengniut people fight for thousands of miles, and dare to brag in front of my Wennutes!"

The men on the steppe are all 'sex' as fierce as fire, Ahu'er praised himself to the sky, and immediately provoked the chiefs of other tribes to refute with disdain, especially the most powerful Bulgarian leader Si'mon', who almost didn't lift the table, seeing that a group of steppe men were about to move the knife without saying a word, their eyes were blood-red, and the rest of the patriarchs hurriedly hid aside with the 'female' people in their arms, only the 'female' Empress Anna was still watching a group of Turkic infighting with great interest.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you can't get a result just by talking about it, it's better to do this, we will attack Ankara tomorrow, we might as well set a match, and that warrior will be the first to win the city, and it will be the first Turkic warrior, how about it?"

Anna smashed it with a few winks, and the Turkic chieftains who had more muscle 'meat' in their heads than brain cells immediately drooled and nodded their heads to practice, shouting that after separating the winner tomorrow, they picked up a wine bowl and drank a large piece of 'meat', and Hou Jie, who was watching coldly, was contemptuous.

This girl is 'shrewd' enough, siege warfare is the most depleted army in history, don't you see that the 'elite' like the Arab infantry are all killed and wounded under the walls of Constantinople? These Turks recruited from the steppe have never been able to integrate into the Byzantines, and they are also an unstable factor in the Byzantine army, but they were coaxed by Anna to obediently snatch the drudgery by themselves in a few words, they took the lead, this group of Hellenistic Romans picked up the cheap, Anna's abacus was really accurate enough, and I don't know if Li Jie will accept her in the future, can she control it?

However, what's the matter? Anyway, these mongrel Turks are not under the command of Xiao Ye. Comfortably picked up a glass of wine, Hou Jie also happily watched the joke on the side, and occasionally saw Li Ke lifting the small half of the armor, the ruddy lips also laughed into a round of crescent moon, Hou Jie couldn't help but say, this stupid girl, what is she happy with the Turks?

This time I fought with the Arabs in Byzantium, and fulfilled the long-cherished wish of the King of Min, and the master could finally rest for a while, and only that place could bring me real peace of mind.

After a few glasses of wine, Hou Jie suddenly became melancholy again, and his heart couldn't help but drift to the quiet cemetery near Qu'nü' City, but at this time, Yang Xiong, the ambassador of Fujian who was late to the banquet, suddenly broke in at this time, and made a 'look' at Hou Jie at the 'door', and his heart suddenly burst, Hou Jie immediately 'withdrew' from the banquet without a trace.

"Letter from His Majesty the King of Min!"

In an inconspicuous small tent, under the dim candlelight, Yang Xiong handed the wax book that he had just taken off from Haidong's green foot ring to Hou Jie, and he was also 'coloring' to open the wax pill and open the letter, but after scanning it for a few seconds, Hou Jie was stunned.

This letter, which was sent from thousands of miles and painstaking efforts, did not have a single order, it was not so much an official document as a story, and Hou Jie had heard some of this story when he was a child.

"What does that mean?" Hou Jie couldn't help but frown in doubt......