The battle situation finally became clear at this moment. It was a beautiful and neat annihilation battle. Under the sudden attack of the Bulgarian cavalry, the almost devastating offensive caused the Thessalonika army to collapse. At this time, Theodor, who was beside Justinian, finally understood the intention of the young man in front of him.

Justinian ordered the auxiliary soldiers on the flank to pretend to retreat as bait, causing the Latin infantry and cavalry, who thought they were sure to win, to separate, and at the last moment, he ordered the Bulgarian cavalry to attack and give the Latins the final blow.

It was truly a defeat. When the most elite Northern Italian mercenaries under Bonifas were defeated, the chaotic Thessalonika army continued to trample and suffer in trauma. At the same time, seeing that Saleus, who had already succeeded, also led the flank troops that had just retreated, turned around and killed him, causing the pursuit of Latin knights to be invincible and frightened. In an instant, the original pursuer became the pursuer.

Looking at the scene of the defeat, Theodor Ducas had to sigh from the bottom of his heart.

"I didn't expect you to have expected Bonifas to take the bait!"

Looking at Justinian, the prince who had been through the battlefield couldn't help but murmur. He and Justinian were siege together and almost thought that the situation had reached a critical moment, but they didn't expect the situation to reverse so quickly. At this moment, the man became more and more determined in his previous thoughts. The boy in front of him had to win over him no matter what.

However, facing Theodor's praise, Justinian still looked at the battle situation in front of him with a calm expression, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

The so-called enemy Yuxian will always be the best expectation. What Justinian really did was to guide Bonifas himself into the trap he set up for him step by step. Although the Latin Crusaders had experienced cruel training and courage in the holy land, the greed they formed in their hearts after traveling to the East was beyond their Western European peers. Once they found it profitable, even if Bonifas was cautious, he could not control it.

The army was already blinded by interests. So when the flank retreated just now, Justinian ordered the soldiers to throw away some of the weapons and flags on the battlefield, and even asked Saleus and others to scatter a large bag of silver coins on the battlefield when they broke the rear. So even if the nobles of Thessalonika were shouting, they could not re-summon the scattered troops, and they could only be defeated by them.

But in Theodor's eyes, all this is not as easy as it seems. It is indeed a good strategy that has been tried and done, but in fact there is a huge danger in operation. The most critical factor is the absolute control of the soldiers' dispatch. Once the commander is not careful, it is very likely to turn the fake retreat into a real defeat. And there is another point that can the defenders in the central army camp resist the huge heart when facing the siege on all sides.

The pressure of liberty would not collapse before the reinforcements came back. Now it seems that these have been within Justinian's consideration before. The retreat of the flank auxiliary soldiers was led by Saleus and the high-ranking cavalry under his command, no one dared to mutiny. The central camp successfully resisted the previous attack by relying on the new Moria army trained by Justinian and Prince Theodor's own guards, which finally made the battle decide the outcome.

On the other hand, as Bonifas died in the chaos, the body of Bonifas was finally found, the Byzantine soldiers dragged their bodies cheered and celebrating the culprit that caused the fall of Constantinople to be eliminated by them, and the remaining Latin nobles who were still fighting on the battlefield finally chose to surrender and give up resistance. Although they knew that they were likely to encounter revenge from the Greeks, it was meaningless to continue to fight. Even Bonifas, the leader of the Fourth Crusade, had already died in battle. How could they still deal with the Greeks who had won a great victory in front of them?

"We are willing to surrender, please let us go, the Greek lord, we are willing to surrender to you!"

The Latin nobles who were almost begging came out and asked the people under their command to put down their weapons, in this way, in exchange for a glimmer of hope, but only a small number of people obeyed. After all, many of them were just mercenaries, and they were still on guard against the surroundings in fear. At this moment, only a small number of people fled back to Thessalonika City, and most of the Thessalonika troops were cut and surrounded by the siege net of the Roman army. There was no chance to break out. If they continued, they would definitely be wiped out. But who would be willing to put down their weapons and surrender?

Seeing this scene, Justinian, who was commanding the army, did not express his opinion immediately. At this time, Prince Theodor looked at Justinian and reminded: "Although Bonifax is dead, the city of Thessalonika, which is almost unprepared, is close to you, but once these people are released, they will definitely surrender to the Latin tyrant in Constantinople, so as to hope to make a comeback in the future. It is very likely to become a big trouble... Now is not the time to be kind, Justinian."

Prince Theodor heard that when he was in Molia, Justinian had accepted the surrender of the Latin army, and even released some ordinary soldiers back to gain a good reputation of "mercy". However, this time Theodor had to warn Justinian for gains and losses, otherwise he would be likely to be backfired if he let the tiger go back to the mountain.

At this time, Justinian turned his head slightly and said, "Of course I won't do that. Since I am already an enemy, there is no need for kindness. God said that those who use swords will die under the sword. Everyone should have this kind of enlightenment from the moment they step onto the battlefield. If you pray for your opponent's kindness, you can escape your life, which is not the so-called war-"

The boy's cold voice was particularly loud, which made the Latin nobles who heard this sentence also frightened.

"I...we... are willing to hand over enough ransom to you... Lord Justinian! We are willing to give all of it." Since the defeat has been decided, these remaining nobles would rather lose their money than save their lives by chance.

But this caused Justinian to laugh coldly as the final response:

"Take all your money? How do you respond when Constantinople and the towns you have ravaged, and the civilians are willing to give all their money?"

"God said that those who wield swords will die under the swords. Everything you did at the beginning will be your final end in this land at this moment!"

Justinian's words hung high above the Latin people's heads were like judgment, cold and ruthless, which made all the nobles stunned. Then they shuddered. From Justinian's answer, they already knew the attitude of the opposite side. When they drew their swords, they saw that the blood-filled eyes of the Greeks surrounding them were filled with ferocious cold light, not as cowardly as they had laughed at, nor any weakness.
Chapter completed!