"Your Excellency Baptiste, why do you want to stop us from continuing our pursuit? This would have been a great opportunity to give those guys back and let them understand that Thessaloniki is not a place for them to act arrogantly!" The aggrieved cavalry commander still said

I don't understand what the man in front of me is doing. Although the words of the castle lord just now are indeed rude, at this moment, Baptiste's identity as a Latin is indeed very imaginative.

Why would Emperor Justinian trust a Latin and entrust him with the responsibility of such an important city as Thessalonica?

In the past few months, with the fermentation of the Epirus Civil War, the chaos has intensified. Within a month, the Macedonian nobles who submitted to Ducas crossed the border several times to provoke. However, Sir Baptiste, who stayed behind,

They just led their troops to fight back, which made many people around them very dissatisfied. Especially the Vadaritai people who had returned from Bulgaria not long ago could not accept this kind of thing. They took the initiative to ask for a fight many times, but they were all defeated by Bati.

Stern refused on the grounds of Justinian's order.

This time, they finally beat up the invading enemy hard, and just let out a bad breath, but before they could take advantage of the victory, they were ordered by this man to withdraw their troops. For a time, the entire cavalry had already attacked Baptiste.

There were deep complaints, and more importantly, they also questioned the identity of Baptiste. At this moment, if Sir Baptiste did not have a good explanation, it would not be impossible for the army to mutiny. The atmosphere

Suddenly became nervous

In the face of such doubts, Baptiste has long been accustomed to it, and said calmly: "My duty is only to ensure the safety of Thessaloniki. That's all. If you have any questions, you can wait and investigate."

Lord Justinian proposed it after he came back, but now you must obey my order. Because this is the power given to me by Lord Justinian."

Speaking of the pronunciation that Baptiste specially emphasized here, when the name "Justinian" fell into the ears of the Vadarites, the originally tense anger dissipated a lot in an instant. Although it looked

The Vadaritai people still looked at Baptiste with a somewhat unkind look, but in the end they took into account Justinian's kindness to them and temporarily suppressed their dissatisfaction with the Latin man in front of them.

And Baptiste did not defend himself further, but suddenly grabbed the reins of the horse and looked behind him silently, as if he was thinking about something...

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At the same time, the Latin army on the other side, which was severely damaged outside the castle, retreated hastily to the river bank. In the deep forest on the bank, there was a pair of eyes watching what just happened.

"Ah, what a pity! It's really hard for that Latin guy to take the bait." The middle-aged man shook his head with regret.

Beside him, the young man who saw that the plan failed was still very unwilling to accept it. He clutched the riding crop in his hand and said, "He didn't give an order to pursue us! Teacher, could it be that we were discovered? Could it be that our actions leaked the news?"

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The two people speaking were Romanus Ducas, the eldest son of Prince Theodore, and Musvar, the Saracen animal trainer who had gone south to Moria with Justinian. And they were not going to Macedonia alone.

At this time, there was an army armed to the teeth ambushing behind them in the dense forest.

Regarding the suspicion of the prince's son, Muswar did not think so, "No, it's just that the guy we are dealing with is too alert. No wonder His Royal Highness Prince Theodor admires him so much, and the little fox of Moria also

You can safely hand over Thessaloniki to a Latin like him. It seems unlikely that you will take the bait."

"Then can't we just watch Thessaloniki being held in their hands like this? Now is the best opportunity. If we wait until that treacherous boy comes back, it will be troublesome to capture it next." Romanus almost said

He said through gritted teeth, with both hatred and fear in his eyes. Justinian had almost lost his face in Agrinion before. But for Jaizi, he must repay this humiliation twice as much.

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Looking at his student's unwilling expression, Musvar said: "Your Highness Romanus, you should understand that the blood of the noble Dukas family flows in you. You are the son of destiny, the purple man favored by God.

Noble. Future you

What is galloping is the battlefield of the entire empire, and it must be looking down on all directions. And that little fox of Moria, no matter how cunning it is, how can it compete with the lion. If you can't even see through this, then you are undoubtedly too much.

It has become narrower and less organized.”

"But my bloodline, my structure, and my vision cannot help us capture Thessaloniki." Romanus seemed to be tired of the sermons of his Saracen teacher, and complained impatiently. He has been complaining impatiently.

He respected the slave-born teacher and obeyed his advice, but this time he could not agree with Muswar's advice.

"Now you should be patient. Since the other party has not fallen into the trap, acting rashly will ruin things." Musvar frowned and read a hint of madness in Romanus's eyes. Thessaloniki is indeed very important.

This is a battleground for military strategists, but they are not the only ones keeping an eye on this place. If there is any slight disturbance, whether it is Rusnina, Agrinion or Constantinople, they will definitely notice it. At this time, it is better to wait and see what happens than to strike preemptively.

More beneficial.

It's a pity that now it seems that my disciple will not listen no matter how hard he tries to persuade me.

"Gather all the troops and ask them to gather here within a month!" Romanus Ducas, who suddenly gave the order, made everyone's hearts skip a beat, and Musvar was even more incredible.

The disciple in front of him will make such a decision. Obviously, if Romanus does this, he must make some big move here.

"Your Highness, don't forget the main purpose of your father sending you here. Moreover, these Macedonian nobles have just surrendered, so they may not accept our order."

"Hmph, those guys at both ends of the spectrum are either the Latin remnants or the weaklings who surrendered in the hope that the wind will blow. Now they join my father so that they will not be liquidated in the future. If they still want to protect themselves now, they don't dare to give my order.

Don't listen. What's more, the wealthy Thessaloniki is enough cause for them.

Their greed is used by me." Romanus, who was determined to win, said confidently, not taking his teacher's words to heart at all. He has always been worried about not getting his father's approval, but this time Romanus is determined
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