After the city guards surrendered and swore allegiance, it was about four days in the morning, only an hour before dawn, and the morning dawn was very early in July, and it would be dawn at five o'clock, and some peasants and slaves outside the city were waiting outside the city to open the city gate before dawn, so if you want to achieve the purpose of raiding the 24th and 29th legions of the Eastern Empire outside the city, you must go out of the city before dawn to raid the two legions outside the city.

The negotiations ended smoothly, and both Charlie Cao and Barhan decided that the time was ripe, and that there were no more armed forces in the city that could threaten the Huns to rule Constantinople, including the private armies of the nobles, who had been annihilated by now. Therefore, Balhan immediately summoned Basiliscus and Apl to discuss going out of the city to attack the two legions outside the city.

Apple's city guard was renamed the "Second Army of Constantinople", and the commander of the army was still appointed by Apple, and Barhan still admired Apple's person, not only let him continue to be the commander of this army, but also did not transfer one of his generals and officers, and each of them still held their original military positions.

Apples and Basiliscus were invited to the Senate in Constantine's Square, where Barhan and Charlie settled their official residence, large enough and spacious enough to be their official residence in Constantinople, but there were other places to choose from, such as the palace and church, or a random aristocratic manor house, but Balhan chose the Senate anyway. In a place like the Imperial Palace, Balhan and Charlie Cao just wandered around casually. If they really want to use the palace as their official residence, it is estimated that someone will soon sue Qin Dong, and it is very likely that the two of them will not be able to eat and walk around at that time. And to use the church as an official residence, but it violated the order issued by Qin Dong not to occupy religious places. If you choose other places as the official residence, the layout is a little small, so the selection and selection finally chose the Senate as the official residence.

"Meet Your Excellency the National Teacher and General!" When Apur and Basiliscus were invited, they saluted as soon as they saw Charlie and Balhan. In terms of official position, Charlie Cao is much older than Balhan as the right national teacher, and he has the right to participate in political affairs. And Barhan didn't, he was only a division commander, but in the course of this expedition. The command was in Balhan, and Charlie Cao was with the army as a military advisor, and he only had the right to build yì.

"Hehe, the two generals are exempt. Please be seated. Come on, serve tea to the two generals! Charlie had a good impression of Applee and Basiliscus, and his attitude towards them was good, which eased the nervousness of both men. As a Taoist priest from the East, Charlie Cao's hospitality is naturally oriental, and when guests come, they must first serve tea, and drinking tea can calm people's minds, which is good for relieving the tension of Applee and Basiliscus.

Basiliscus was an aristocratic young man who was very good at getting things done. He immediately got up and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you for the kindness of the national teacher, and I am grateful for my humble rank!" ”

"The general's words are serious!" Charlie Cao said with a smile. When the tea was served, he reached out and made a gesture to invite him to tea, and Applee and Basiliscus were flattered and hurriedly took the tea and drank it, but as for what it tasted like, I am afraid they themselves did not know.

After a few sips of tea, Charlie Cao spoke directly, time was pressing, he couldn't afford to delay, he made a fist gesture in the direction of Saidika and said: "Two generals, it's unfortunate, I'm afraid we have a mission before dawn, just received an order from Saidika, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of our country ordered us to open the city gate before dawn, and take advantage of the unknowingness of the 24th and 29th Legions outside the city to immediately send troops to attack, and beat them off guard!" At this time, the first and second armies of Constantinople of the two generals will also participate, and they will be the main combat mission, and if they are defeated, their own division will definitely write to His Royal Highness the Regent to praise them! ”

The Twenty-fourth Army Corps was deployed in Burgaz in the northwest to guard the gate to Constantinople in the northwest, while the Twenty-ninth Army was deployed in Baghil in the west to guard the main passage from Thrace to Constantinople. In the event of a riot in the city that threatened the stability of the regime, the two legions could immediately march east to Constantinople to quell the rebellion. It's a pity that Balhan's cavalry division broke through the city gate that night and advanced too quickly, and the soldiers guarding the city gate had no chance to escape from the city to report the news, making these two legions decorations. Constantinople is only an hour from Burgaz and Baghille.

When Basiliscus and Apples heard Charlie Cao say this, they immediately got up and saluted: "Since I have received the salary of the Xiongnu Empire, it is naturally an army belonging to the Xiongnu Empire now, and I will ask the national teacher to give an order!" ”

Balhan can't deal with the official things, of course, all of them are handled by Charlie Cao, Barhan just sat on the side and listened, Charlie Cao saw that the two had no objections, so he said: "Okay, I know that the two generals are trustworthy, the national division is so planned, before the expedition must leave enough troops to stay in Constantinople, the national division and General Balhan have discussed, and it is planned that the first regiment of General Balhan will guard Constantinople, but the first regiment has just arrived, and is not very familiar with the situation in the city of Constantinople, Therefore, it is necessary to transfer a team from the army of the two generals to stay behind to assist the first regiment to guard and maintain law and order in the city, and Basiliscus's army was previously a janissary army with a small number of people, so the national division wants to transfer two wings from General Apple's Second Army Corps of Constantinople to stay behind to assist the first regiment in defending and maintaining law and order, and wait for the end of the war, these two wings will return to the formation, I don't know what General April thinks? ”

Applel did not hesitate, saluted and said: "As long as these two wings are not transferred from the formation of the Second Army, the last general will have no objection!" ”

"Then it's settled!" Charlie Cao made a decision, and then said that he was going to this combat mission, and he said: "The Western Route Army is composed of the remaining eight wings of General Apple's Second Army Corps of Constantinople as the main force of the 24th Army Corps, and the 2nd and 5th regiments of General Barhan as the left and right flanks, and the main force of the Northwest Route Army attacking the 29th Army Corps is the 1st Army of Constantinople of General Basiliscus, and the left and right flanks are in charge of the 3rd and 4th regiments of General Balhan, and the two offensive units are supervised by the War Supervision and Law Enforcement Team behind the Chinese army. At the same time, as a reserve, the commander of the Western Route Army was served by General Balhan himself, and the commander of the Northwest Route Army was General Hans, General Hans, General of Balhan's deputy. ”

Hans, the deputy division commander sitting on the side, nodded to Basiliscus and Apple, which was considered to know each other, Hans was Germanic, did not talk much, and had an upright personality, and Appel and Basiliscus hurriedly saluted him.

The two saluted Charlie Cao again and said, "I have no objection!" Please give the order of the National Teacher! ”

Both of them knew that this battle out of the city was almost equivalent to picking up military merits, and the 24th and 29th Legions outside the city should not have received the news of such a huge change in the city, so they had no defense, and the chance of success of this surprise attack was more than ninety percent, so the credit this time was almost certain, and the casualties would not be very large.

"Good!" Charles Cao stood up, and Balhan and Hans also fought, and Charles Cao said: "The two generals must bring their troops to the south square half an hour ago, and the first to arrive will set out, and it is now a quarter past four in the morning, and before a quarter past five in the morning, the two armies must all leave the city!" The national division awaits the news of your triumphant return in the city! ”

"Yes!"

The four generals said yes and left the Senate, each of them to prepare, the Janissaries were small in number, and the barracks were close to here, so Basiliscus drove the Praetorian Guard in twenty minutes, although the time had not yet come, but Barhan still asked the deputy division commander Hans to set out with the three thousand Praetorian Guards and the third and fourth regiments.

April also brought eight wings, totaling more than 8,000 men, to Constantine's Square to join Balhan and the 2nd and 5th regiments, after which Barhan immediately ordered to set off, and the whole army set out for the second army gate.

The Second Military Gate is located between Towers 22 and 23, with two large square towers on either side of the Gate, from which it is the closest to Baghhil, while the Second Military Gate is usually not opened, only when the army passes through Guò and transports military supplies.

The walls of Constantinople had many gates, the most famous of which was the Golden Gate, and there were other gates that could be used for daily traffic, such as the Gate of the Fountain, the Third Military Gate (also known as the Gate of Milandias), the Gate of Lezzo Calabria (also known as the Gate of the Red Men), the Fourth Military Gate, the Fifth Military Gate, and the Charicius Gate.

After the army went out of the city, Charlie Cao did not stop, he sent people to invite those nobles, senators, great families and big merchants in Constantinople, especially those who had some family backgrounds but were not the target of purge. (To be continued......)