Outside the sea wall of Thessaloniki, a sudden change shocked everyone in the city. On the sea, the Venetians were attacked by their own warships! I saw burning pitch barrels falling on the deck of the ship.

Suddenly, a raging fire broke out, and the burning ship was the Venetian flagship. Now the Venetian fleet was completely in chaos, and it could not even take care of the original attack.

Almost at the same time, there was another fleet without a flag on the southeast sea approaching here. The target was obviously the Venetians who were in chaos. The Venetian navy also immediately sensed the danger, quickly gave up fighting the fire, and chose to evacuate the ship.

The wounded immediately retreated. The Venetian sailboat, which was not on fire, was seen turning around as quickly as possible and sailing away from the harbor in a straight line at full speed without any sloppiness. The warships at the front were several weakly protected speedboats.

They were nimble and responsible for clearing the way, and they were prepared to do anything at all costs. However, the three warships attacking the Venetians on the opposite side did not try to intercept them, but allowed them to retreat under their noses.

Seeing the Venetians fleeing in panic, leaving behind the flaming wreckage of the warship, the Thessaloniki defenders who had not yet reacted were stunned for a while, and then burst into cheers. No one could believe it.

, the terrible Venetians actually retreated like this. At this moment, whether they were Romans, Turks or Vadarites, these people who fought side by side hugged each other and laughed, celebrating their victory.

"We won! We won!"

"God help us, we have defeated the enemies of Rome!"

At the same time, good news from the front line outside the city also came over. People were pleasantly surprised to learn that Justinian's army defeated the Epirus and Bulgarians on the Macedonian plains. The situation of the war really turned around. Unexpectedly,

People who dare to believe all this even wonder if there is something wrong with their ears.

"It's true, Your Highness! Under the command of Lord Justinian, the rebels in Epirus and the Bulgarian invaders have been defeated. Now standing on the city wall and looking north, we can still see the enemy hurriedly

Go north." The soldier who was questioned repeatedly swore an oath to Princess Odosia in front of him, and the crowd suddenly burst into cheers.

Archimandrite John X, who was standing aside, also said loudly: "Thanks to God's protection and blessing of the Purple Chamber, we finally won! Long live Angeles!"

Under the guidance of the Grand Priest, countless Roman soldiers knelt down around Princess Eudocia on the city wall, shouting "God bless the Purple Chamber". And this warm emotion soon spread.

People all over the city of Thessalonica, when they knew that the vicious enemy had been repulsed, they were finally safe. The tearful Macedonian residents were all jumping for joy, thanking God for blessings, and shouting Odo

Shia's name, the name of the princess resounded over the entire city for a while, and there was no trace of being spurned and blamed by people before.

All this fell into the eyes of Arslan and others. Seeing the Orthodox Christians who were incompatible with themselves singing the Three Holy Psalms, the Turks did not take it seriously.

"Humph, if Lord Justinian hadn't arrived in time, what would this victory have to do with your god?"

"Be careful what you say and do!" The person closest to the Turk was Sir Baptiste who felt the same way. He poked the other man's back to remind his partner, "Do you think our lord will care about this matter?

?Now we should go to the North Gate to greet His Highness Justinian."

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The noise of the killing finally dissipated, and under the afterglow of the setting sun, the plains of Macedonia were littered with corpses. Several lame horses that had lost their owners were wandering step by step on the battlefield where the smoke had cleared, aimlessly not knowing where they were going.

, and Justinian was also walking in this wilderness full of corpses, seeming to be looking for something. After an unknown amount of time, when he passed one mutilated corpse after another, he finally stopped and lowered his head.

Head. From among the piled corpses, Justinian pried open the dead man's clenched fingers and picked up the black fox battle flag that belonged to him and belonged to the soldiers who died fighting for him here and drank the blood.

, he raised the flag high in the wilderness and watched quietly, as if he was paying homage in front of a tombstone. At this moment, the sound of victory trumpets in the distance came from inside and outside the valley in the north.

The sound of galloping horse hooves suddenly sounded, and a group of cavalry in the distance was approaching Justinian. It was a group of fully armed Teutonic knights. It was they who gave the Bulgarian Epirus coalition a fatal blow on the battlefield.

, now covered in blood, the iconic white burqas on their bodies were completely invisible with the black cross on them.

From a distance, he saw the iconic black fox flag flying, and Maximilian, who was leading the knights, also guessed Justinian's identity.

At the man's signal, the Teutonic cavalry nimbly shuttled around the battlefield and surrounded Justinian, who was standing under his banner, three layers outside and three layers outside.

Justinian looked at all the other party's movements indifferently, without any expression, and his eyes fell on Maximilian, who was commanding and dispatching the whole time.

Motivating the horse to take a few steps forward, Maximilian asked calmly: "So, you are Justinian!" Looking at the young man who took off his helmet, he stood under the banner.

Maximilian, who had heard about him in the Levant, was also somewhat curious as to how this young man managed to make so many people willing to follow him.

Facing so many Teutonic knights, Justinian remained unmoved, nodded and replied: "Yes, I am the one who hired you." Although he had not seen Igor yet, Justinian

He already guessed what was going on and answered the Teutonic man in front of him straightforwardly.

As soon as he finished speaking, a lance was pointed at him, with the tip of the gun only an inch away from the tip of his nose.

"Watch your words, Greek, I only came here in response to the Pope's call." Maximilian said, holding onto his spear.

But Justinian said without raising his eyelids: "Oh, really? If you think it's okay to say it another way, please feel free to do so."

"Dukas of Epirus dismembered Christians and was excommunicated by the Holy See. The Bulgarians massacred the Crusaders in Adrianople. This is why I decided to come." The Teutonic Knight raised his voice and emphasized.

He said, "Honestly, I'm surprised that you didn't predict that we were going to leave the Holy Land. Maybe you are a dangerous guy who should be dealt with. After all, you killed a lot of 'our people' in Moria. But the person who really hired me

He won't let me do this, and he asked me to bring this thing to you." After that, Maximilian threw a small, shiny gold object to Justinian.

Justinian caught it and released his palm, only to see the Dorian gold coin lying in his palm.
Chapter completed!