On the seventeenth of December, two days passed in the blink of an eye, and in the early morning of that day, Julius, while he was routinely inspecting the city walls, suddenly found that the sentry that had been staring at the city of Baghdad from a distance was nowhere to be seen, which made him very strange.

"Saliford, send someone out to investigate, why don't you see any trace of the enemy today? We need to be in control of the enemy's every move, and we can't be completely ignorant of the enemy's whereabouts, which will make us very passive. ”

"Understood, sir."

Salifo nodded, and after a while, several militia teams went out of the city, cautiously touching the original Aries station, this place they had found before, but they had only seen it from afar, and no one had ever dared to come to this place to fight the autumn wind, so it was not to be rewarded, but to die.

The Aries people's station is still in place, and it looks the same as before, except for a point, the station where people used to come and go, but today there are no people in and out, only the flag is hunting with the wind, which looks very strange in the open environment.

"Sanford, can't we go over and have a look?"

The leaders of the militia gathered together, surrounded by a large group of people, in such a squad, the concept of hierarchy is not very strict, and everyone usually fights from time to time, which is normal.

"Habar, although there is no movement in the camp of the Aries, we can't just break into each other's lair, haven't you heard? Bears like nothing more than to hide in their dens and not come out. ”

Habar pursed his lips, apparently sneering at Sanford's words,

"Come on, Aries people are also people, not bears, and they will die if they are killed, and we have killed a lot of Aries people these days, why are you still so cowardly?"

Sanford's face was flushed by Habar's taunts, but he knew that Habar had no ill intentions, the two were friends from childhood to adulthood, and they both knew each other well.

"I'm not cowardly, I'm cautious, haven't you heard that from His Majesty Constantine? Caution is the key to victory. ”

The life experience of Constantine XI, even the most demanding people have to admit, has become a legend, on paper, the influence of the Roman Empire has reached the point of Dakelson in the north, Antioch in the south, the Persian Gulf in the east, and the Adriatic Sea in the west, although the influence of the merchants of Genoa and Venetian within the Roman Empire is still very large, the threat of barbarians still exists, and the traditional dispute between the Holy See and Constantinople, the number of large landowners has been overflowing, and the situation of indiscriminate distribution of noble titles exists, The church owns too much land, the civil system was forcibly pulled back by Constantine on the verge of collapse, and the officials of all sizes were bent on deceiving Constantine and thinking that they were seeking benefits, forcing Constantine to find various ways just to tear a gap, there were too many royal members, the major families did not obey control, supported the army and respected themselves, etc., etc., etc.,

But over the years, Constantine has also made a lot of efforts and achieved great results, Laszlo in Prague is looking forward to help from Constantinople, Constantine can use this move at any time to hit the Holy See, the war is frequent, Mesopotamia has been included in the jurisdiction of the empire, the trade routes of the Persian Gulf are beckoning to Constantinople, Vasily II of Muscovy has expressed his submission to Constantinople and hopes to get help from Constantinople, Ferdinando and Constantine of the Kingdom of Naples in the west had a very good relationship, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the western barrier of the empire, the establishment of the Eastern Mediterranean Economic Alliance divided the trade hegemony of Genoa and Venice, and indirectly accelerated the pace of weakening of the two countries, and the most important thing is that the Roman Empire finally did not wander to the point of destruction when it was destroyed by any incident, Constantine XI's predecessors turned the Roman Empire into a city-state, but Constantine XI made the city-state an empire again, this is his merit!

Constantine is such a figure, his story book has long become a popular reading in the Near East, almost all Christians in the pagan land can tell a story or two of Constantine XI, Constantine's influence is in full swing, and there are countless politicians who come to the court of Constantinople to study, in the universities of Constantinople, the vitality of classical art flourishes, and the works of ancient Greece and Rome are once again picked up, Thucydides, Herodotus, Epictetus, Epicurus, St. Augustine, Seneca, Marco Aurelius and other famous works are sought after by everyone, not to mention the works of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, the Renaissance movement in Constantinople has reached a climax for hundreds of years!

As Cosimo de' Medici, the founder of Florentine tyrant politics and the uncrowned king of Florence, said, "Constantine XI is a rare legend in history, who brought the Roman Empire out of the abyss, and whose political system is worthy of emulation by all nations, and whose ideal of restoring the Roman Empire may indeed be realized in this era." ”

Obviously, Sanford was a crazy admirer of Constantine XI, after all, now that Mesopotamia belonged to the Roman Empire, it was not a bad thing to have some admiration for his own monarch.

"Talking about His Majesty Constantine every day, do you think you can surpass Your Majesty."

Habar was so slanderous, but he still didn't say it, after all, the two were still friends.

"I don't care, no one in the Aries camp has been waiting for so long, maybe a plague will kill them all."

After a long time passed while speaking, Habar saw that there was still silence in the Aries camp, and finally couldn't help but stand up, and slowly touched there, seeing that Sanford was anxious, he hesitated in place for a long time, gritted his teeth, looked at the militia team behind him, and decided to follow,

"You wait for me, I'll go with you."

The two teams stepped forward quietly, and the militiamen knew what they were doing, and they didn't dare to be too presumptuous, and they didn't make much movement, but until they reached the fence, there was still silence in the Aries camp.

Sanford and Habar glanced at each other, Habar stood up decisively, stood up straight, and walked directly to the door, but even if he was already standing at the gate, there was still no movement inside, and at this moment, the situation suddenly became clear,

As soon as Habar beckoned, the team he led swaggered inward behind him, followed by Sanford, two teams of more than 30 people, swaggering around the Aries camp,

"Habar, there's no one here."

"Not here."

The curtains of the tents were lifted, the ashes of the braziers were torn down, and the militiamen tried to scavenge for goods or gold and silver utensils, but found nothing, and there was nothing in the camp except tents made of linen, much to the disappointment of the militiamen who wanted to make a fortune.

With the last hope, they went to the tent in the very center, which was customary to be the place where the leader was located.

Habar was the first to go in, and the people behind him followed him continuously, and sure enough, this was the chief's tent, and the interior decoration was more luxurious than the previous tents, a few portraits, a horse of inferior silk, and other than that, there was nothing,

"Hey, it's really unlucky, it seems that the Aries people have escaped, there is nothing left, we have run for nothing this time."

Shaking his head, Habar sat on the only chair in the tent, his face full of helplessness.

On the contrary, Sanford breathed a sigh of relief, it was better if nothing happened, and he did not want to give his life for the sake of his possessions.

"In that case, let's take these things with you."

With such a little thing, it is naturally impossible for the two of them to hide it privately, after all, there are not many belongings, and if they are handed over to Julius, they will get more rewards, so naturally there is no need to risk being discovered by Julius for such a thing.

After getting their things, the team immediately returned to Baghdad and relayed the situation to Julius, who had remained at the head of Baghdad,

"The camp of the Aries is empty? It's true? Did you see it with your own eyes? ”

Julius still couldn't believe it, and asked several times in succession, and after getting a unanimous affirmative answer from the two, Julius turned around, put his hand on the city wall, and began to think about the whereabouts of Uzun Hassan,

How could Uzun Hassan suddenly leave here, his purpose had already left from the city of Baghdad?

This was not good news for Julius, because for him, it was easier for the enemies gathered together to stabilize the local situation after the war, and if the enemies were dispersed, it would have a great impact on the local situation, and it would not be possible to completely eliminate them for a while.

Shaking his head, Julius decided not to care, he had already decided to carry out a sweep in the Viceroyalty of Mesopotamia in the near future to sweep away all the local instability, even if Uzun Hassan decided to break it into pieces, Julius was not afraid, it just increased the workload, and for him, the impact was not very great,

"My lord? My lord? ”

As soon as he came back to his senses, he heard the soft cries of the two Habars, and Julius suddenly looked at the two,

"You can go to the town hall to collect your rewards, I've already said hello to Sullifo."

"Yes, my lord, there is one more thing, this is something we found in the camp of the Aries, I don't know if it will help you, we brought it back."

As he spoke, he presented the seized things, and Julius took them, shocked on the spot.

Those portraits were the world-famous mosaic icons of Constantinople, and the pagan Aries probably didn't care very much, so they abandoned them in the camp.

Could it be that there were people in Constantinople who were also involved?

Julius was taken aback by his thoughts.

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