Chapter 44: Theodora's "Majesty"
The city of Caesarea, Anatolia, fell at 1:30 p.m. to the siege of the Seljuk army.
Planes from Constantinople circled overhead, quickly dropping 12 aviation incendiary bombs.
The formation of the soldiers who were shot exploded into fireballs in an instant, and countless fire men screamed and ran around, but they could not get rid of the burning oil and asphalt that adhered to their bodies.
Soon, the burning men fell to the ground and died, their bodies still burning slowly.
The Seljuk soldiers lined up next to him were still stable and composed, and they didn't even glance at the burned robes.
For each array, there is a transcendent who is at least Psychic II, responsible for maintaining and controlling the morale of the array.
It's just that everyone stands in line to bomb the aviation incendiary bombs, and they won't be able to finish blowing up in a few months.
Not to mention the Seljuk support team, which is constantly replenished from Syria, the Caucasus and even the Illania plateau.
In the ornate command tent, His Majesty the Seljuk Emperor Sultan, Suleiman, had learned from the messenger of the capture of Caesarea.
He walked out of the tent with his head held high, and said to the officers and guards who had already assembled:
"Today, the Lord brings us the tidings of victory. The central fulcrum of Anatolia, the city of Caesarea, has been captured by our warriors. ”
The officers and samurai of the Guards cheered.
However, Suleiman quickly made a "silence" fist gesture to silence everyone again.
"These stupid Solomonic people have not yet realized why they have failed. Were they defeated at the Battle of Manzikert? Defeat by the emperor's ridiculous military orders? Or was it a defeat due to a lack of military power? Defeat without Western support? Or even to say that defeat is that they are inherently not as strong and brave as us? ”
"Neither!" Suleiman held up a finger and said loudly, "They failed because they fell!" ”
"And the Lord said, I have fashioned you out of the clay that ye may multiply upon the earth. Each of your families must have four children, so that after the souls of your parents return to heaven, the children and grandchildren of the bloodline can still run in this world. Suleiman laughed contemptuously and exclaimed, "But the fallen Solomons, do you know how many children they have on average in each family? ”
"1 piece!" The officers held up a finger and laughed in unison.
"They have fallen!" Suleiman opened his arms, and flames rose in his ambitious pupils, "They are addicted to the pleasures of so-called technology, and they pursue mind-paralyzing alcohol and ridiculous variety shows." They have enough material material to raise children, but they are reluctant to have children. They fear that their children will consume their wealth and delay their own pleasures. They don't care about the past life, they don't want the next life, they just want the comfort and indulgence of this life! ”
"But the Lord says that a nation that does not seek the future cannot survive even now!" Suleiman's voice was like thunder, so shocking that all the officers present unconsciously bowed down in submission, "There are fewer and fewer Solomonic people today, they are continuing to emasculate themselves, so that there are too few people to inherit the glory of ancient Solomon, they no longer deserve to enjoy this vast land and wealth!" Answer me, Seljuks, answer your sovereign, Your Majesty! ”
"What is it, let's go and conquer the Eastern Solomonic Empire?"
"It's the Lord, it's the Lord's will!"
"Who, according to the will of the Lord, should rule over the continents and seas?"
"It's us, it's the Seljuks!"
"Who we are!" Suleiman roared.
"We are the future of mankind!" The officers and guards also roared, and the sound shook the wilderness.
"Go, warriors!" Suleiman drew his sword and pointed it at Caesarea in the distance, "Go and conquer Caesarea and bring salvation to the fallen Solomons!" Anyone who is taller than a saber will be killed! Anyone who has more than seven gray hairs will be killed! ”
"Send the children of the Solomonic people to our collective camps, and they will become the best Seljuk warriors in the future! Send Solomon's young women to your tents and beds, and plow to your heart's content. Give birth! Spread the blood of the Seljuks all the way to the other side of the continent and the ocean! ”
Accompanied by the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Sultan, the officers returned to the camp with wild shouts.
A moment later, the Seljuk army began to march in full gear, and black-pressed soldiers armed with swords and guns poured in from all directions.
The smoking city of Caesarea is like an island in the midst of a tsunami in the besieging army, and it is about to usher in the most tragic fate.
………………
Counting the time, the Seljuk army was probably pushed to central Anatolia.
Standing on the side of the street, Asker looked at the busy road and thought about it in his heart.
In a month, the Seljuks would be pushed under the city of Nicaea.
Half a month later, the Seljuk army completed its Aegean Sea and began the siege of Constantinople.
Two months later, the city of Constantinople fell.
Zoe and Theodora were evacuated by plane to the province of Ciris, and tens of millions of Constantinople citizens were slaughtered and pillaged.
So the main line of the open beta version ends here, and the plot timeline enters the official No. 1 version "Bloody Battle in the Balkans".
For Asker, the final time frame for evacuation was two months later, when the Seljuks crossed the Aegean Sea and officially arrived at Constantinople.
Once the land route to the west was blocked, it meant that Constantinople became an isolated city.
Tens of thousands of NPC soldiers are blocked under the city, and it is impossible to break through, not to mention that Asker is an e-sports player, even if he is an e-sports champion, it is impossible to do it, unless a GM account directly deletes these NPC soldiers.
There's still an Arcane Mage left in the team...... Aske thought for a moment, and his eyes fell on a bench across the street, where a guy was sitting reading a newspaper.
Court agent? Aske smiled and took Eleanor with them.
The agent put down the newspaper, looked at Asker's back under his sunglasses, and quietly reached into his trouser pocket and pressed the transmitter button.
On the other side, Theodora had already gotten into the car, and at the same time there were two officer guards in the car, which were used to protect the personal safety of His Majesty Theodora. Michael himself sat in the driver's seat and drove forward according to the GPS position of the message.
More than ten minutes later, Asker and the others came to a local tavern according to the clues provided by their neighbors.
As soon as I pushed the door in, it was damp and smelled of sweat, which made the three girls immediately cover their noses.
"There." Mi'er pointed to the wine table in the corner, where three men were drinking.
Asker stepped forward, drew his pistol, fired a shot into the air, scared all the customers out of the way, and then put the gun to the back of the young man's head, pinning him to the table full of liquor.
"I ask, you answer." Aske said coldly, "Break the rules and eat guns." Got it? ”
"Understood." The man raised his hands upwards and said with a pale face. The two companions at the wine table hurriedly fled.
So only Asker and his party were left in the tavern, and the young man.
"Come here, Mi'er." Asker beckoned, "This person is your uncle?" ”
Mi'er nodded.
"The nobleman who tried to violate her and was killed in the end was introduced by you?" Asker continued.
"Yes...... It's ......" The young man seemed to have a premonition of what was going to happen next, and he was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he barely held on to the table to stand firmly.
"Why are you doing this?!" Eleanor asked angrily.
"I don't want to!" The young man cried out, "Do you think I want to raise her? I'm just a bastard! Usually I can only eat by abduction, but suddenly the Civil Affairs Bureau sent someone to find me, saying that my brother's daughter has become an orphan, and according to the laws of the Empire, I must adopt her as the only relative! ”
"But where did I get the money?" He pointed to Mi'er, who was standing behind him with a pale face, and shouted, "It's not my daughter, why should I adopt her?" This fucking imperial law! I only eat two meals a day, how can I afford to have an extra mouth? Where do you get the money if you don't do the skin and meat business! Besides, isn't she still an elf? Aren't there a lot of elves doing this......"
Eleanor's face turned pale, and she suddenly went up and punched him hard, knocking out a mouth full of teeth.
Seeing this, Sidlifa immediately jumped out and said excitedly:
"Do you want to be punished? Let's start the punishment! ”
Asker ignored her words, just looked down at Mi'er, and said gently:
"Kill, or let go? The decision is yours. ”
Before Mi'er could speak, the young man begged Mi'er in a trembling voice as if he had found a life-saving straw:
"Don't kill me! Am I not your uncle? If you kill me, you will kill your relatives! You've already killed someone...... Yes, you have already killed someone, and if you kill again, you will be guilty of one more degree! Those who ran away have called the police, and the police will be coming soon! If you don't get away any longer, you'll all be shot!" ”
"Who said that?" A veiled girl walked in from outside the door, stared at the young man with a pale face, and said, "I heard outside the door, you seem to have a good opinion about the laws of the Empire?" But do you know that if you escape the obligation of support, at most you will be fined a sum of money by the Civil Affairs Bureau and deprived of your guardianship rights. As for forcing underage girls into illegal body trafficking......"
She chuckled and said coldly, "That's what you're going to be shot." ”
When the young man suddenly heard this, his whole body couldn't help but tremble. He instinctively felt that this strange girl was quite dangerous, because she had a kind of majestic aura cultivated in a high position, and for a while he was even frightened to the point of incontinence.
Asker, on the other hand, looked at the strange girl who had suddenly entered. Staring at the eyes that appeared on her veil, they coincided with the appearance in her memory.
Theodora in purple? How could this majesty be here?