After capturing Sveron Castle, Qin Dong left an infantry battalion to guard the castle, and ordered the cavalry units of the Fourth Cavalry Division and the 16th Infantry Cavalry Division to set off and advance eastward together, and went straight to Edirne, the capital of Thracian Province in the east, and there was no big city between Sveron Town and Edirne, only a few small towns, and the defensive measures of these towns were basically none, and even the cavalry troops could not defend them, so the cavalry troops of the Fourth Division and the Sixteenth Division walked all the way to the ground, and easily captured these towns, Two days later they arrived at the city of Edirne.

The Hun cavalry suddenly appeared under the city of Edirne, which really frightened the officials and citizens of the Eastern Empire in the capital of Thracian Province, Edirne, two days ago they heard that the Hun cavalry from Constantinople had conquered the city of Lulai in the east, but they did not expect that the Hun cavalry in the east had not yet come, and the cavalry of the Hun Eastern Expeditionary Army in the west had killed first.

In fact, the soldiers who escaped from Sveron Castle had already brought back the news of the fall of Sveron Castle, but the governor of the province, Kolo, blocked the news, and except for a few officials on the wire, the other petty officials and all the citizens were kept in the dark.

After the Hun cavalry appeared under the city of Edir, they began to besiege the city, the three gates of the east, west and north were sealed by the Hun cavalry, only the south gate was still in the control of the Eastern Imperial Army, because this city gate was close to the north bank of the Maricha River, and the city walls on the east and west sides extended to the river, the Hun cavalry could not climb over the city wall to the south gate, and the officials and citizens in the city immediately fled from the south gate with their families after the Hun cavalry besieged the city, wanting to escape to Kara Ach on the south bank of the Maricha River by boat on the river.

But there weren't many boats on the river for the citizens of the city to escape. For a while, tens of thousands of people gathered on the river outside the south gate, waiting for the ships that had arrived on the opposite bank to return and plant them, this was a real escape, and the Hun cavalry had already arrived in the city. At any time, you may encounter a sword and axe, and if you don't escape to the other side of the river, once the city is broken, the citizens can imagine what will happen.

Whenever a boat rowed over, countless people on the shore frantically flocked to the boat, hoping to get on the boat and escape from here, but unfortunately the boat's carrying capacity was limited. The owner of the ship, with some sailors, tried his best to control the number of people on board, and demanded that the refugees pay a fee before they could board the ship, ten gold coins per person. This is simply a robbery, ten gold coins is equivalent to the money earned by a strong laborer doing a year's hard work, but what can be done? If you don't give money, you won't be allowed to get on board.

Just then, a large ship approached from the downstream direction. The ship is huge. It can carry one or two hundred people, but this is an official ship, there are more than a dozen oars on both sides of the boat are controlled by slaves, this big official ship slowly leaned towards the dock, the refugees found this big official ship and immediately went crazy, everyone rushed towards the big official boat, the noise, the cries of children mixed together, in the running. Many people are pushed to the ground without the people behind them, and then trampled by those behind. At a time like this, the weakness of human nature has been exposed in everyone.

However, as soon as the big official ship docked, dozens of soldiers poured out of the boat, and these soldiers, led by a centurion, controlled a small area on the edge of the dock, and they separated the refugees from the big official ship, and the refugees saw the officers and soldiers appear, and these officers and soldiers showed their weapons, and they all stopped at once, but they still involuntarily approached forward, but the soldiers blocked them with spears and forbade them to approach the official ship.

"Get out of the way, let's get on the boat, we're going to get out of here, we're going to the north shore!" Some of the brave refugees shouted at the soldiers, but the soldiers ignored them.

The force of the squeeze is getting bigger and bigger, there are only a few dozen soldiers here, and they can't withstand the pressure of thousands of people here, and the soldiers' control circle is getting smaller and smaller, and if it goes on like this, the official ship may be occupied by the refugees, and the centurion who led the team knew that something was wrong, and immediately drew his big sword and rushed over to cut down a few refugees, and the other refugees were frightened by his ferocity and retreated, and the pressure of the soldiers suddenly decreased.

Not long after, a voice suddenly came from the rear of the refugees, that is, from the direction of the city gate: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, if you don't get out of the way, General Ben will order all you hateful inferiors to be killed!" ”

A large number of refugees screamed from the rear, and then the refugees automatically separated, leaving a passage in the middle, only to see nearly two hundred troops protecting several carriages towards the dock, these soldiers have bright red blood stains on their weapons, obviously just killed a lot of people to be able to separate the refugees to get here.

The carriage stopped at the dock, and from several of the carriages came down some old men, women, and children, all dressed in expensive costumes, and at first glance they were the members of large families.

"Isn't this the family of Governor Kolo? Wait, isn't that the Governor of Kolo? He wanted to escape from Edirne! "Many citizens recognized that this was Governor Kolo and his family, who wanted to escape from Edirne on the official ship.

Colo was the governor of Thracian province, he was a close confidant of Leo I, after the fall of Constantinople, he quickly got the news, he was a very shrewd man, seeing that the fall of Constantinople meant that the Thracian province was already in danger, he wanted to flee the Thrace region at that time, but in order to show his loyalty to Leo I, he still insisted until now and was ready to flee.

After all the family members got out of the carriage, Kolo ordered the soldiers to open the way to protect him and his family from the boat, so the soldiers stood on both sides of the passage and used spears and other weapons to block the refugees from coming, and Kolo and his family walked towards the official boat by the dock.

At this time, an angry voice came from the refugee crowd: "Kolo, you damn dog officer, you usually take us away, but now that the Huns are coming to the city, you, the dog officer, will be the first to escape, God will not forgive your crimes!" ”

This voice was like a fuse, quickly igniting the anger in the hearts of the refugees, and immediately another voice came out: "Can't let Kolo escape, everyone killed him together, robbed the official ship and fled together!" ”

This official ship is big enough, if it is fully loaded, it can indeed hold hundreds of people, this voice gave many refugees hope to escape, and the anger was overwhelming, and the refugees quickly lost their minds, no longer afraid of the swords in the hands of these soldiers, and the crowd immediately rushed over.

Koloe, pale-faced with fright, ran quickly to the ship with a big belly, and he and his family finally ran to the ship as the soldiers were overwhelmed by angry refugees.

"Get out of the boat, get out of the boat, don't let these damn pariahs come close!" Kolo pointed to the soldiers on the boat and yelled at the refugees on the shore.

By the time they arrived at the dock, the boats had already left the shore more than three meters away, and some of the refugees who were running in front were squeezed into the water and then swept away by the raging floodwaters.

Kolo was also scared before, these untouchables in his eyes were too barbaric, but now it's okay, it's safe after getting on the boat, he couldn't help laughing, and scolded: "You damned untouchables, let you all become slaves of the Huns, hahaha......."

"Lord Governor, no, the Huns' fleet is coming from the west!" One of the ship's soldiers pointed across the bow and shouted, interrupting Cologne's unbridled laughter.

"Uh, what?" Chloe was very upset when his laughter was interrupted, but after listening to the soldier's words, he immediately looked ahead, and sure enough, a fleet of ships floated downstream.

Kolo's face changed, beads of sweat appeared on his fat face, and he immediately let out a cry like a pig: "Hurry up and get out of here, damn it, how can the Huns have so many ships?" ”

The Maricha River in the middle and upper reaches of the Xiongnu Empire is very fast, rocky, basically not navigable by boat, so the herdsmen and farmers of the Xiongnu Empire almost no boats on the Maricha River, and from the area of Sveron Town, located in the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire, the water flow of the lower reaches of the Maricha River in the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire is slightly gentler, but it is navigable, so there are many boats downstream, and after Qin Dong broke through the Sveron Castle, many fishermen's boats were collected on the Maricha River next to the castle to let the infantry who are familiar with the water take the fishing boats down the river, Helping the cavalry to surround Edirne, the fleet had arrived at the right time to meet the official ship of the governor of Thrace, Kolo, and his family, who were about to escape.

The general of the oncoming Hun fleet was a regimental commander, named Ulane, a Hun man, and there were not many Huns who knew how to be watery, but Ulane was one.

Ulane did not know that there were Kolo, the governor of Thrace Province, and his family on the official ship, but he recognized at a glance that the official ship of the Eastern Empire was only qualified to ride, and the official ship was not small, and the official position of its owner was certainly not small, so in line with the idea of catching a big fish, he immediately ordered his fleet to speed up and pursue the official ship.

Tens of thousands of refugees on the shore saw a large fleet floating down from the upstream, and the fleet was hoisting the wolf flag of the Huns, and they were so frightened that they turned around and ran, because the two ends were blocked by the city wall, they could only run to the south gate, they could only run back to the city, the scene was more chaotic than before, the deterrent power of the Huns was too great, and their ferocity had already penetrated into the hearts of the people of the Eastern Empire.

After the Hun fleet came, the Hun soldiers above did not go ashore, they just blocked the dock, and several ships were pursuing the fleeing official ships.

Compared with the big official boat that Kolo was riding, the small fishing boat of the Huns was faster, and they came from upstream, which was equivalent to going down the river, plus the soldiers on the boat kept rowing with oars, and soon caught up with the big official boat, and the Hun soldiers on several fishing boats immediately shot arrows at the official boat with bows and arrows, and the soldiers of the Eastern Empire on the boat were immediately shot on their backs.

It didn't take long for a spear to be erected on the official ship to provoke a piece of white cloth, Kolo really couldn't stand the fright and surrendered, at the signal of the Huns, the boatmen on the official ship threw the iron anchor down the river and stopped the boat, and then the Hun soldiers on several fishing boats rushed on the boat to tie Kolo and his family together, after asking about the identity, Ulane knew that this time he took a shit luck, and actually captured the governor of Thracian province Kolo, it seems that the attack on Edirne is just around the corner. (To be continued......)