One month later—

The city of Tripolis, which gradually recovered from the war, is no longer as depressed as the Latins occupied it. A large number of Greeks who left their homeland were finally able to return to their hometowns to settle down and also obtain land that belonged to them. All of this is attributed to the current governor of Moria, the heir of the autocratic Duke, Justinian.

Although he did not know much about this young lord, he had many praises. Whether he defeated the Latins in the Alfios River or defeated the Venetian invasion in Fort Wiscary, Justinian's prestige was at its peak.

However, this was not what the Morian nobles wanted to see. Although they were given to them by Justinian and were able to return to their territory, the price was that a large number of nobles among them were requisitioned by Justinian for various reasons to reward soldiers and resettle refugees. However, the Morian nobles who wanted to stop all this could only swallow their anger because they were afraid of Justinian's current identity.

Looking at Tripolis who gradually returned to his pre-war state, he felt unwilling to think of the nobles who had lost many interests.

Justinian also knew this very well...

"I have to say that although you are still young, it takes a long time to explore slowly, but I have to admit that your vision of people is indeed unique." Looking at Grand Duke Anastasius who was standing beside him with a crutch, he nodded slightly. It has proved that he could take charge of the overall situation in an orderly manner in this short period of time. He did not choose the wrong person. Although Justinian's subordinates were low-ranking, they did have enough abilities. For example, the Rio garrison leader, although he was just a garrison in Castle Ilofan before, he was at ease in managing the affairs of the entire Tripolis City. Arslan and Neuski were undoubtedly some generals, and all they lacked was the opportunity to exercise.

But Justinian shrugged slightly, not only humbly but also joked:

"We must thank Romanus and others for this! Thanks to the compensation they provided to me, the city recovered so quickly." At that time, when we negotiated with the other party, Justinian not only withdrew the Fourth Company, but also asked the other party for a large amount of compensation, which was actually beyond his previous losses. However, it has to be said that this really helped him solve the problem. The gold coins made from Alexa III had already been spent in a few months. Although the palace equipment was more valuable, Justinian had no channel to sell it, and it had already reached the point where the ammunition and food were exhausted. However, with this compensation, it was much easier to deal with the current problems in Tripolis.

"But is this really good, my child?" Grand Duke Anastasius asked softly. Now Justinian is his adopted son, so the two of them are no longer as they did before, but appear more intimate. "Although I didn't say much at that time, it was undoubtedly angering our Prince Theodor!"

Theodor and Muzfius both experienced under his command when they were young. The old man still had some understanding of Theodor's character. He didn't think that the other party would suffer such a big loss. Anastasius was reminding Justinian to make plans early. After all, the other party's revenge may come at any time.

Especially Justinian even dared to detain and swallow the other party's personal guards. The upper level of the entire Fourth Company was expelled, while other grassroots were split into various new troops for training as a backbone. It has to be said that Justinian's actions were really bold.

But Justinian waved his hand with disapproval on his face and said, "You don't have to worry about this. Now our prince probably has no mind to care about us at all. On the contrary, he may only think about trying to win us over, rather than insisting on pushing us to the opposite side."

Looking at the young man in front of him, Grand Duke Anastasius was also a little surprised, "So you seem to be very confident?"

"That's right, my lord, the whole of Macedonia is now full of war. If no wise person chooses to make things difficult for us anymore." Justinian murmured as he looked at the military map hanging on the wall.

Not long ago, although they had the upper hand, the Greeks and Bulgarian coalitions underestimated their enemies. The army of the Kingdom of Thessalonika and the Latin Empire actually gave up the initiative along North Macedonia to take the initiative to attack and severely damaged the unprepared Bulgarian army. They lifted their siege of Thessalonika in one fell swoop, and the Roman army that had lost the restraint of Bulgarian had to retreat. At this time, the Latin cavalry that were heading south was in the area of ​​Thessali. Once it was captured there, it would open up the connection with the Duchy of Athens, the Duke of Achaia, which undoubtedly made the two Latin Crusaders who had just surrendered were ready to move again.

"In other words, Prince Theodor, who is responsible for the defense line here, has been under great pressure, so we need our strength to restrain the Latin people behind the scenes." Grand Duke Anastasius also saw the subtlety of this. Although the two crusad countries surrendered, their strength did not suffer huge losses, so it was only a matter of time to betray the empire. At this time, the power of Justinian in South Peloponnese was naturally of great importance, but the old man also saw another point at the same time.

"With that being said, Latins should also be aware of this."

The experience of so many years has allowed Grand Duke Anastasius to see the importance of Tripolis at a glance. This is the gateway between the north and south of the Peloponnese Peninsula. The Latins will never allow such a great threat behind them before taking action. This means that Tripolis' situation will be extremely bad.

And Justinian certainly knew this, nodded slightly, and said solemnly: "Because of this, I have been preparing for all this for the past month. Since the Latin people in the north have taken the lead, we must not give the Latin people here a second chance now."

As soon as this was said, even a calm man like Anastasius could not help but look unexpectedly, and looked at Justinian in amazement, "You mean-"

"We should take the initiative before the Latines of Achaia are ready." Justinian did not deny it, and then expressed his crazy intentions and pointed his hand at Argos on the map at this time, which was the key point that was the first to be hit from Tripolis. Once it was conquered, the connection between Corinth and the Principal of Athens would be threatened to be cut off. Therefore, this is undoubtedly the most important thing for the Latins, but Justinian did not hesitate at all.
Chapter completed!