Eagle Flag of Epirus

"No acts of torture and killing of prisoners are allowed. Isolate the local people and the settlements of Latin immigrants to avoid all vengeful killings! All other spoils are allowed to be divided by the soldiers and can even be taken away, but there is one thing, where there is fornication and burning. Killer, kill without mercy!"

After the Latins gave up resistance and chose to surrender, Justinian immediately issued this order to let his most trusted Leo garrison chief handle these matters. Although he knew that after the **** battle, the army, whose mind and body had reached its limits, needed to vent, he was determined to strictly prohibit any post-war killings. This is not for any moral or religious beliefs, Justinian did so to avoid the turmoil that would eventually lead to repeated revenge killings. The greatest enemy facing the Roman Empire today is Venice, and indiscriminate rejection or even revenge on all Latins will only make the empire’s situation worse. After all, for now, Epirus alone cannot fight Venice, which is known as three-eighths of Rome, so other forces are indispensable.

Even the Turkic cavalry did not commit any crimes, and the Latin army was not avenged by any cruel means. Under Justinian’s dispatch, despite a large number of unstable factors, the city of Athens eventually returned to the empire in its entirety. What more chaos is born.

The night of fierce fighting has exhausted the whole army, and saw the sun slowly rise in the east, and finally the dark and **** haze was dissipated by dawn, which allowed everyone to relax.

At this moment, Prince Theodor also came with a follow-up company from a distance. Originally, in order to prevent Justinian from being unable to support it, Theodor Ducas prepared a reserve team, but now they only have to clean up here. The battlefield, it’s time to pick up the spoils. And the other Pronian nobles who were still very dissatisfied with Justinian at this moment looked at the floor full of weapons and luggage that could be picked up at will, and they were also stunned. This victory was even greater than the previous assault on the Acropolis Mountain, and more importantly, they really regained the city of Athens. Looking at the captives looking around, even Prince Theodor could not help but be moved. . Thousands of prisoners of war lined up on the plain outside the city, surrendering their weapons. This kind of huge battle result is unprecedented, even before he even dared to think about it, but just rely on Justinian. People actually did it.

"He really did it!" Kronos, who hadn't paid much attention to Justinian before, couldn't help muttering in exclamation at this moment. He was very old, but he didn't even think of one. The spearhead boy can actually succeed. Seeing Justinian in a military uniform walking slowly, the old man couldn't help but his face became hot for a while. As for the other young and strong nobles, headed by Karagounis, they are very convincing. Although they want to regain lost ground, they are still shocked by Justinian's cleanliness.

I saw that Justinian, who came forward, also came out of the city to greet him. As soon as he saw Prince Theodore riding on a horse, he leaned down and bowed, leaning his sword on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Fortunately Insult to life, the city of Athens has been recovered. This battle annihilated more than 9,000 enemy troops. Our army killed 1,432 people in the battle. The wounded are not counted. I finally did not live up to your expectations. Please also invite the prince to exercise restraint. "Although the victory was in the night attack, the casualties of the Roman army were still not small, especially those who died in the war were among the elite of the army. Many of them were under Justinian, and the wounded were even more. Many people will even have a lifetime disability. It can be said that the cost is definitely not small.

But this had satisfied Prince Theodor, and Justinian had only caused such a loss, which was completely beyond the man's expectation. And he actually showed a rare smile at this moment.

"You have done very well, Justinian, since it is the city of Athens that you regained, then you should take care of the temperance matters for the time being! The third and fourth company are still under your control. As for the issue of captives, As long as they pay enough for the ransom, it’s fine.” To the surprise of Justinian, Theodor Dukas did not show a keen interest in the city of Athens at this time. On the contrary, he gave Justinian even more than before. The generous treatment is not only for the fourth company, but also for the third company temporarily under his organization.

At this moment, Justinian finally reacted. Until now, Prince Theodor really included himself in his faction and made a real move of wooing, and this city of Athens undoubtedly did it. It became a gift to Justinian. It's just that whether or not to tie Theodor to Mikhail's chariot ~www.ltnovel.com~Justinian has not made a decision yet, but now he is happy to see the result.

Ever since, Justinian took the other battle flag given to him by Theodore and knelt and thanked him: "It is a mission that will not be disgraced. Please rest assured, the prince!"

"I hope I didn't misunderstand you, work hard, child." Prince Theodor nodded and pulled Justinian up and whispered, and he immediately issued another order to let other troops Assembled, obviously not prepared to stay here any more.

"His Royal Highness, are you going back to Agrinon right now?" Justinian asked in a daze. He didn't expect Theodore to go so eagerly that he would now transfer the other troops in his hand. Back in his hands, but such a person is too rushed!

But the man in front of him shook his head, "Of course not now, but I have to go back after a few days of rest here, thanks to my good emperor brother, the situation in Macedonia is not very good. Now the whole Moriah The situation is already an endgame. Let's deal with it in the shortest time! I don’t want it long before something big will happen in the north. At that time, whether you can stand out depends entirely on your own strength. But I I believe you can still do it. Justinian, continue to use your strength to prove your own worth!"

At this moment, Theodor Dukas no longer spoke to Justinian in a condescending manner as he did in the past, but truly regarded the young man in front of him as a great help for his future .

And Justinian slowly raised his head to look at each other, his eyes seemed calm, but there was already a flame in his heart. Finally, has the bigger stage beckoned to him!