The Babylonian region, I don't know when, this place was not occupied by a powerful force, but split into several or even dozens of small powers, each of them occupied land, in addition to the surrounding large powers such as the Timurid Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate vassal allegiance, taxes, real estate, trade, etc. were all their own decisions, to a large extent, they were already independent states,

However, after the arrival of the Roman legions, the princes and nobles of this place soon surrendered to the Romans, and a variety of messengers continued to come and go to the Roman military camp located on the shore of the Persian Gulf, and even came to Eprenus in person to ask for surrender, and the military camp of Eprenos was bustling.

"The head of the legion, the heads of Mushasha, Marestan and other places came in person and prayed for an audience from the legionnaires of the Roman Empire."

The captain of the column complimented, and Everynos just nodded, not looking very concerned,

These days, he has seen too many leaders, in this place, even the village chief dares to call himself an emir or a bey, and it is too common for the weak to be self-conscious, so he doesn't care much about the attitude of this group of people.

"Has Justice Julius' reply been received? Does he have any instructions for our behavior? ”

Compared to this group of local aristocrats... Oh no, now it can only be said that the landlords, Everynos valued the attitude of the chancellor in the rear, and in the correspondence Everynos put his position very low, which he believed would please the other party.

"There was no reply, Justice Julius just asked someone to pass on a few words, and the Justice said that he was grateful for the team sent by the Legion Commander, which had a great effect on stabilizing the situation in Baghdad, and in addition, the Justice also said that the situation in Baghdad was becoming more and more stable, and the existence of the Inquisition was obviously very necessary, so the Chancellor was urging the Legion Commander to stabilize the situation at the front as soon as possible, and then let the Inquisition settle in Seleucia and Ctesiphon as soon as possible,"

The commander of the column obviously has a deep understanding of this,

"The Chancellor wants the Legion Commander to write a letter to His Majesty with him, asking His Majesty to send the mayor to take over the administrative power of Baghdad and other cities, but he only hopes that the Legion Commander will sign his name together."

Julius' urgent actions made Eprenos' eyes stiffen slightly, but he quickly adjusted.

Why was Julius so desperate for Constantine to send the mayor and other administrators here? Could it be because his abilities have reached their limits?

Actually, no, first, the local forces here are intricate and difficult to sort out in a short time, and now there is an urgent need for personnel sent by Constantinople to guide local work on behalf of Constantine, and secondly, Julius does not want the Roman legions who came here to defend themselves and become another local force, or collude with local people.

Speaking of which, this is a bit of a defensive meaning for Everenos, and it is no wonder that Everynos has a slight displeasure in his eyes.

"There is no problem, I am willing to sign a letter to Your Majesty with the Chief Justice, and after solving the local problems, I will wait to return to Constantinople to receive Your Majesty's reward."

The slightly witty tone made the atmosphere in the tent more relaxed, and the column commander didn't think much about the mystery behind it, and immediately took the order.

Not everyone has this kind of political awareness, and this can only be done after a long period of observation, and Everynos's age has given him this ability.

Although the Inquisition in Mesopotamia was impressive, it actually had only one role, that is, to stabilize the local situation and win people's hearts. Uzun Hassan!

Iskenderun, within the City Council,

With a dark cloud on his face, a large group of people surrounded him, and only Ramsi was trying to maintain order.

"Lord Uzun Hassan, I don't know if you have heard the news that the rear has been lost?"

The leader is quite polite, after all, Uzun Hassan's previous power has not yet dissipated.

Uzun Hassan's army is not all his direct army, Uzun Hassan is a branch of the Turkmen tribe, and the Aries Dynasty is essentially a nomadic dynasty, which means that there are many khans in the Aries Dynasty, they are independent, Rao is how to obey Uzong Hassan in peacetime, but once it is critical, their independent status will still be involuntarily revealed,

Scold!

Uzong Hassan's heart was full of sadness, but he still had to hold on, restrain himself, if he also seemed powerless, now these clan leaders in front of him could tear him apart.

Seeing that Uzong Hassan didn't speak, the leader couldn't bear it anymore, and said what was in his heart straightforwardly,

"The Roman legions have captured Diyarbakir and are heading straight for Baghdad, our pastures and estates are being ravaged by the Romans, and the lads miss their wives and children at home, but we are now trapped in Iskenderun, still at war with Giovanni, what if time drags on, and Iskenderon runs out of food? Don't we need to think about the future at all? ”

The chieftain had received the news that he had not known that Baghdad had fallen, and that the entire region of Mesopotamia had fallen, and if he had known this, he would not have had a fight with Uzun Hassan here, but would have run away with his own soldiers and horses.

"Fatima Faulkner, calm down, Allah tells us that unity is the only way to bring the enemy to its knees, and it is not yet the end of the time, are you so anxious to threaten the emir?"

Ramsey shouted that he would not allow such a situation to occur.

"I'm not going to betray the head of Uzun Hassan, I'm saying, Lord Uzun Hassan's next move, since the Romans have done so many things, we shouldn't do nothing, what should we do now, Lord Uzun Hassan has to come up with a way."

Faulkner didn't want to do this either, he was usually quite upright, and he used to be one of the people who Uzong Hassan relied on as his confidant, but now he had to think about his own clan, any adult's favor, it was all false, only the strength of his own clan was real.

"Aren't you just threatening Lord Uzun Hassan, slam your arm, I can tell you..."

Just when Ramsey was so angry that he said Faulkner's nickname, Uzun Hassan finally spoke, and his opening directly stopped the whispering in the entire hall.

"Retreat."

Seeing everyone looking at him in surprise, Uzong Hassan sighed in his heart, but his face remained unchanged,

"Retreat, go to Baghdad, if all the remaining Roman legions remain in Baghdad, we will divert to Ctesiphon, if the Roman legions are not large in Baghdad, we will take Baghdad, in short, we will not stay here."

When he said this, everyone was excited, this is like words, this is like a real leader.

"My lord, since we are all leaving, the city of Iskenderon is not ours anyway, so let's let our boys indulge and prepare for the next battle."

Faulkner's words drew a lot of applause, and compared to Uzun Hassan's side, he seemed very popular.

"We'll leave tomorrow, and before we go, you can do whatever you want."

"Woohoo!"

With the support of Uzun Hassan, the leaders of the various tribes cheered on the spot and hurried down to reap the benefits.

Seeing them so happy, Uzun Hassan regretted it, eh, don't get me wrong, it's not that he regrets issuing this order, but that he regrets why he didn't say before Faulkner that he was the one who bought people's hearts like that,

What? You say there are thousands of lives left in the city?

Who cares about them? What era is it? Chaos and war are the theme songs of this era!

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"Haha, run? You run again! ”

An Aries soldier grinned and wanted to kill the civilian he had just caught, but he didn't watch out for the arrows shot from afar, and the sound of entering the flesh sounded muffled, and he could only hold his throat and fall unwillingly.

Asked his subordinates to wake up the frightened civilians, Giovanni's face was full of puzzlement,

"Strange is it, are the Aries people crazy?"

The killings were all outside the city, and the large and small villages outside the city were attacked by the Aries, and Giovanni had seen many burned villages on the way to find out the news, but this was the first time he had seen a living person.

"What's going on? Why are the Aries attacking you like crazy? ”

Seeing that the man was woken up, Giovanni asked impatiently.

"I... I don't know, I just know that the Aries people do all kinds of evil, burning and looting in the city, I... We... None of us survived. ”

As he spoke, the man couldn't hold back his crying anymore, and all the children in the family died unexpectedly, how calm did he be.

"Commander, the Aries people want to run away, should we stop what the Aries people are doing?"

The commander of the column stepped forward and whispered in Giovanni's ear.

"Yes, you're right, we have to stop Uzun Hassan, we can't let him burn Iskenderun to death, otherwise Your Majesty won't spare us,"

Giovanni didn't finish saying this, mainly because of the Minister of War Cecipe, Giovanni was also a little worried that Cecipe would take advantage of the situation, and he didn't want to get involved in the political struggle, so what he could do was to do it.

"Mobilize the soldiers, we have to attack Iskenderun this afternoon, and even in the evening, we can't give Uzun Hassan time to calmly prepare for retreat, it's not so easy to leave like this."

Uzun Hassan was in a hurry to run, and Giovanni insisted that he couldn't let it go, otherwise wouldn't Everynos have to face another battle? Although there were plenty of troops over there, it was still good to suppress Uzun Hassan's strength.

Some people died, but not completely......