Half an hour after the shouting, the gates of Chalk in the Augustus Square of the Grand Palace of Constantinople had not yet opened, and the commander of the 4th Regiment came over and reminded Balhan: "General, the time has come!" ”

"Really? Does Leo still refuse to come out and surrender? Balhan asked, looking at the palace on his horse.

On the fourth day, the regiment commander nodded and said, "General, I think I'm afraid that's the case!" ”

"So what are you waiting for? Organize people to break open the palace gate and rush in, kill all the men and eunuchs inside, take all the women away, and carry all the valuable gold, silver, jewelry, various ornaments, and so-called works of art on the ship and bring them back! Balhan gave the order to attack with a horsewhip waving.

The commander of the fourth regiment hesitated: "General, if Leo and his queen are inside, should we also do something to them?" But their identities are extraordinary, Leo is the lord of a country after all, will His Royal Highness the Regent blame us for making such a decision without authorization? ”

Balhan turned his head to look at the commander of the fourth regiment and said with a cold face: "What? Do you want to disobey the orders of General Ben? Even if His Royal Highness the Regent wants to hold him accountable in the future, this matter will be borne by the General Ben alone, and it has nothing to do with you! ”

"The last general will not dare! The last will obey! The commander of the fourth regiment lowered his head, then got up and drew his saber, pointed to the chalk gate next to him, and said loudly: "The second battalion is ready, attack--".

"Huh-" The soldiers shouted loudly, and the men and horses of the second battalion marched neatly towards the Chalk gate under the command of the battalion commander, and soon a dozen strong soldiers carried a thick log and crashed into the Chalk gate.

The "boom" log hit the gate of Chalk with a loud shaking sound, and the entire palace gate wall shook a few times. Countless dust fell from above.

"Boom" The strong Hun soldiers carried the log and slammed into the Chalk gate again, and this time the Chalk gate obviously made the sound of wood breaking, which frightened the palace guards inside the gate half to death. Many people can't stand this psychological pressure and are so frightened that they collapse on the ground.

After hearing the sound of the wood breaking, the Hun soldiers who carried the wood became more powerful as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and with the encouragement of a squadron leader, they slammed the crumbling gate again and again.

Finally, after more than twenty successive impacts, the Chalk Gate could no longer withstand the force of the impact and collapsed into the palace.

The commander of the second battalion of the fourth regiment saw that he knocked down the palace gate. Daxi, he immediately drew his horse chopping knife and pointed to the palace gate: "The second battalion obeyed the order and rushed into the palace." Kill all the men and eunuchs inside, kill-".

"Kill-" With a loud shout, a group of ten Hun soldiers, a squad of soldiers from the second battalion, and one squad after another rushed into the palace in order.

The sound of swords and swords soon rang out in the palace guard barracks behind the palace gate. Screams rang out. The palace guards who are still staying inside are just looking good, their combat effectiveness is really not flattering, they are tall one by one, but everyone's combat effectiveness is probably worse than the average city defense soldiers, after seeing the Huns rushing in, they collapsed as soon as they fought each other, and then the Huns slashed these palace guards like slaughtering sheep, and soon, the palace guards barracks were bleeding.

After a large number of palace guards were killed. Dozens of palace guards were surrounded in a corner of the barracks, and they were still stubbornly resisting. However, the Hun soldiers were obviously not in the mood to be distracted by them, and the commander of the second battalion summoned the archers of the cavalry, and these archers fired two rounds of arrows at the remaining palace guards, and not a single palace guard was still standing.

The Hun soldiers then went to the palace reception hall behind the palace guard barracks, and the attendants and palace maids inside were so frightened that they ran around in a panic, and the eunuchs and attendants were quickly cut down by the Hun soldiers who caught up, while the other palace maids were dragged to the corner by the Hun soldiers who wanted to be prosperous.

Most of the soldiers rushed into the Daphne Palace, and each of them wanted to kill Leo I with their own hands and cut off his head as a trophy, Leo I's head was quite valuable, and it was a very great achievement, but it was a pity that Emperor Leo I and Empress Venina were not seen in the Daphne Palace except for the eunuchs, chamberlains and palace maids.

Outside the palace gate, the war horse kept snorting, the front hooves kicked the stone bricks on the ground, Balhan stroked the mane of the war horse, softly soothed, at this time, the commander of the second battalion with a few captains strode over and saluted him: "General Qiyu, the palace has been controlled by us, all the palace guards and most of the eunuchs and chamberlains have been killed by us, and a few guys who seem to be palace eunuchs and eunuchs and all the palace maids have been caught by us, but we haven't seen the figure of Emperor Leo I and Empress Venina!" ”

"What? Didn't find the emperor and empress? Balhan asked, frowning.

"Yes, General!"

"Let's go, come in with me!" Balhan thought about it and rode towards the palace gate, and Cao Charlie and several civil officials and a large number of generals with him followed him into the palace gate.

There were corpses everywhere on the ground in the palace guard barracks behind the gate, most of them were the corpses of the palace guards, only a few of the corpses of the Hun soldiers, Charlie Cao followed Balhan's side, looking at the corpses all over the ground and the pungent smell of blood, he couldn't help but raise his arm and cover his nostrils with wide sleeves.

Soon arrived at the Daphne Palace, all the palace maids and a few eunuchs who had not yet been killed were gathered here, there were already many palace maids who were so frightened that they were paralyzed on the ground unconscious, and a few other eunuchs were so frightened that they trembled, and the cruel scene outside really frightened these eunuchs who had never seen large-scale killings.

Charlie Cao and several other civil officials who accompanied the army automatically dismounted after entering the palace gate, and then led the horse into the palace, after all, in their consciousness, the palace is not an ordinary place, nor can ordinary people enter casually, even if they are now here as conquerors, but their subconscious makes them maintain a kind of awe.

In this way, Balhan, he rode a war horse to the Daphne Palace from beginning to end. The hooves of the horseshoe-nailed horses made a crisp sound on the smooth marble floor, and when this sound reached the ears of the eunuchs and palace ladies, a great sense of depression came over them.

Balhan reined in his horse, and the crisp sound of the horse's hooves stopped. Daphne Palace instantly fell silent, and Barhan constantly scanned the eunuchs and palace maids in front of him with his eyes, and only after more than ten seconds did he speak: "Four years ago, General Ben once came to Constantinople as the Centurion of the Bodyguard of His Royal Highness the Regent, but unfortunately General Ben was ordered to camp outside the city at that time, and he had no chance to enter the city to open his eyes. Unexpectedly, four years later, General Ben actually captured the strongest fortress in history, and also entered the city's palace, Cao Guoshi. You also came down with His Royal Highness the Regent at that time, how did you feel at that time? ”

Charlie Cao shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If you want to talk about feelings, it's really a little bit, it's just a revisit to the old place." After all, I used to be here for a while. Only then did I leave! ”

"I see!" Balhan nodded and asked, "Where did Emperor Leo I and Empress Venina go?" ”

All the palace maids and eunuchs who were arrested lowered their heads, no one spoke, the scene was quiet, the commander of the second battalion saw that no one came out to speak, he was immediately furious, and walked to a eunuch with the hilt of his sword and pointed at him: "You say, where did the emperor and empress go?" ”

"Honorable, respectful, sir. Small, villain really don't know! When the eunuch saw this fierce Hun asking him, he was frightened for a while. A foul smell came out.

"Damn it!" The commander of the second battalion suddenly drew his horse chopping knife and cut off the head of the eunuch with a knife, and then pointed to another eunuch next to him: "You say, if you don't say it, it will be the same as his fate!" ”

After killing four eunuchs in a row, someone said the whereabouts of Leo I, "My lord, don't kill people, I tell you that the emperor and empress have gone to the arena through the secret passage here, and there is a sewer in the arena that leads to the pier by the sea of Marmara!" ”

After hearing this, Barhan gave an order: "Give the second regiment an order to immediately send someone to the seaside pier to intercept it!" ”

"Yes, General!"

Charlie Cao looked at the eunuch who was talking and asked, "Emperor, how long have they been gone?" ”

"My lord, I've been walking for about twenty minutes!"

After hearing this, Charlie Cao sighed and said: "I'm afraid it's too late to send someone to intercept it now, it's not far from the arena to the seaside dock, and I'm afraid the emperor and they have already boarded the ship at this time!" ”

Barhan didn't care, it was best to catch Leo I and Venina, it didn't matter if he couldn't catch it, Qin Dong didn't ask him to catch Leo I, his task was to attack Constantinople and then loot and leave with a swagger, now that the task has been half completed, the rest is to catch the officials and nobles who have not fled, bring them and their families and their property back, and the other is to take away all the official property in Constantinople.

Balhan ordered: "Lock up all these eunuchs and palace maids, and bring them back to the ship when they leave, and find a few men from among them to prepare some food for the brethren, and they are busy in the middle of the night, so that the warriors may have something to eat and be satisfied!" ”

"Yes, General!"

Balhan asked, "Is there any news from the other regiments?" ”

"Report to the general, there is no unfavorable news, now the entire Constantinople is under our control, the military camp of the Praetorian Guard is also surrounded by our regiments, and the two legions of the Eastern Empire outside the city should not have received any news, otherwise, they would have already arrived in the city!"

This is a soldier who ran in from the outside: "Report - General, the 3rd Regiment has encountered resistance when arresting those nobles, most of them have their own arms, weapons and armor, please show the general what to do!" ”

"Kill, kill me!" Barhan was furious, "They have not yet surrendered at this time, but have rebelled against my army, and they are really impatient, and they will give my orders, and if they resist they will be killed, and their heads will be hung on pillars by the streets, and they will not be afraid, our enemies are not them, but those vampire nobles of Constantinople!" ”

"Yes, General!" (To be continued......)