"The city of Thessaloniki has been captured..." In the Carpathian Mountains between Epirus and the Macedonian plains, Emperor Michael Doukas himself led his troops and marched forward to prepare to regain the lost territory.

But I didn't expect to get such "good news" halfway. At this moment, this man's face was really wonderful.

"It seems that I really underestimated the boy under you, Your Majesty Muzfius." Looking at the blind man in purple robe walking behind him, Mikhail chuckled, but that

The smile on Zhang's face made people feel very uncomfortable, with a false feeling, and even a dangerous aura, which made people feel creepy.

At this time, Muzphius was sitting alone in the carriage and remained silent. Although it seemed that the supreme emperor was still extremely graceful, and he was followed by all the eunuchs and guards of honor in the palace.

, seems to be

Mikhail, the co-emperor, still seemed to have great respect for Muzphius. But in fact, everyone knew that this was just superficial. There was always only one real ruler of Epirus, and that was

Mikhail, as for already

Muziphius, who was once a useless man, was nothing more than a flag. No one would regard him as the real master of the empire, but Mikhail knew clearly that Muziphius would never be willing to do so.

As a puppet, he was controlled by himself, so he had been imprisoned in the monastery for the past year. Unfortunately, Mikhail never expected that this inconspicuous boy would be arranged by him.

A remote corner eventually became a huge threat.

It should have been eradicated at the beginning... It was too careless... I never thought that Theodor would actually reach a tacit understanding with that boy.

After what happened in Rusnina before, Mikhail was already convinced that the two people must have reached cooperation. Looking at the good news coming from the front line, Mikhail, who was angry in his heart, remained calm on the surface.

In fact, he is already planning how to deal with the alliance between these two people.

Glancing over Muzfius behind him, a trace of fear flashed across Mikhail's eyes. This was indeed a very useful flag, but it was also a fatal weakness that would shake his orthodox position. If necessary.

, in order to prevent this "flag" from getting out of his control, Mikhail did not mind destroying it with his own hands. Of course, this was a last resort after all.

What he is currently concerned about is the city of Thessaloniki that has been captured. As the second largest city after Constantinople, Mikhail does not want it to fall into the hands of his brother Theodor.

What he wants to see. He has been trying to weaken and remove this henchman, but now if all of Macedonia falls into the hands of the other party, it will inevitably threaten Mikhail's status.

Seeing the worries of the co-emperor, Nikephoros, the deacon who was next to Mikhail and his confidant, quietly whispered: "Your Majesty should still be worried about the matter in Thessaloniki!

"

"Indeed, after all, these young people have succeeded again this time. I'm afraid they don't know how proud they are now!" Mikhail sneered, and at this moment, his sinister eyes were full of emotions.

With a cold chill, "How's the news coming from your men from there?"

Many of the forward troops attacking Thessaloniki were troops from other Epirus nobles. Although they were auxiliary troops, in order to prevent accidents, Mikhail himself had already deployed many people as eyes and ears to monitor them at all times.

Depending on the situation there. And now in order to prevent Theodore and Justinian from completely controlling the entire Macedonia, the speed of their advance must be accelerated.

"Please rest assured that everything is still under our control. They will not be able to swallow it whole for Macedonia so easily. The nobles in those places are waiting and watching, and Boniface is dead, and all the Latins

After withdrawing from Thessalonica, as long as we offer enough conditions, we can win over most of the nobles to serve His Majesty." Nikephorus replied humbly, as if everything was ready.

But Mikhail himself is not someone who can be reassured so easily. He is dubious and at this moment he can only choose to believe what Nikephoros said.

"I hope so. Tell them that as long as they are willing to surrender to me, then everything they did when the Latins came can be wiped out." Although before the expedition, he had sworn an oath to his people in the city of Rusnina.

Traitors will definitely be punished, but now in order to completely stabilize his rule, this man no longer cares about those trivial things.

, it only takes one promise to make countless nobles defect, so why not! What’s more important is that the little fox from Moria chopped off the heads of hundreds of rebellious nobles in Tripolis.

Already notorious, the Macedonian nobles were afraid of avoiding him, and Mikhail was sure that the olive branch he extended at this time would not be rejected by anyone.

"Yes, please don't worry, Your Majesty. Just leave all these matters to me."

Nodding with satisfaction, Mikhail suddenly stopped Nikephorus and asked: "By the way, there is one more thing. Has the guy next to Theodor made a decision? I

There is a limit to my patience. As for my disrespectful brother, I no longer have the need to tolerate him. Especially now that he is cooperating with Justinian - his real purpose is just to replace him regardless of life and death.

It was just a stupid choice I made."

"You mean to prepare..." Nikephorus, who was slightly stunned, quickly heard the implication of His Majesty's words in front of him, but he was a little surprised in his heart. In this case, the plan would be advanced.

Mikhail nodded impatiently, "Advance the previous plan and save yourself a long night. You and I both know that Theodore and Justinian have already started planning to deal with me. Instead of waiting for them to take action, it is better to do it first

To take advantage of others..."

"Yes, I will contact him again... Although he is still a little hesitant, please wait patiently for a while, Your Majesty! That person will never let us down. He will also completely eliminate the current confidants for you.
Chapter completed!