Marshal Carter was surprised. Marshal Carter was very happy. Marshal Carter was inexplicably not able to send troops to fight him for no reason. It was a pity that the other party did not send troops to fight him. Although this operation was quite rewarding, Carter was not happy at all. As I said before, money must be spent. The Norman Navy has made enough money now. Even if it is paid half of it according to the rules, it is enough to spend a lot of money for a while - it is impossible to expect the pirates to buy land and farm or do small business like normal people. How much money is in their hands, and in the end it will be either buried or squandered. It will definitely not be kept.

So, if you follow Carter's intention, it would be enough to do this. This time, the surprise attack on Golden Horn Bay was caused by robbery and destruction. The losses caused to Eastern Rome were already enough. If you take advantage of it, you should leave decisively. Otherwise, it would be inappropriate to be caught by the enemy and beaten up.

However, seeing that the other party did not go to fight for some reason, but closed the city gates. It seemed that he was preparing to ignore the lives and death of the Greeks outside the city. Carter's mind became lively again. After all, Egil's order was to "surround and attack for a few days", rather than letting him run away after the robbery.

If, well, just if. If this is the other party's trick... it is unlikely? If the intelligence is reliable, the other party has a total of 50,000 troops in the city, and they are all very elite regular soldiers. Even if this matter is taken apart, the permanent population in Constantinople is less than 500,000. At least the strong men can have more than 100,000. In any case, they will not timidly crouch in the city and dare not come out.

However, General Carter never thought of this time. The other party was so timid that he hugged in the city and didn't dare to come out.

However, the Viking Pirates did not think much like their boss. They only knew that the other party was frightened by their bravery. Although the other party was the number one empire in Europe, they were so timid, so cowardly, and so unbearable. Therefore, they were destined to be stepped on by our Great Norman Kingdom!

The pirates carried heads, their spoils, and captured flags from Eastern Rome, and portraits of the previous kings of all ages, Constantine I, Justinian, Basil I, Leo VI... and so on. They held these portraits high, then smeared blood and mud on them, and some took out their genitals to pee at them.

In short, do whatever you do when you are too over-the-top, and do whatever you can humiliate. Although this situation seems very strange, it is like a rabbit provoking in front of a wolf. But who made the wolf timid?

That's it. No matter how the Viking pirates outside the city provoked, insulted, or how, the gates of Constantinople were still closed. Although the soldiers guarding the city were extremely angry, they had no choice but to turn their faces, block their ears, and pretend to be unable to hear or see.

Speaking of which, Basil II also made a very serious mistake. When he went to war, he failed to leave enough prestige to station in Constantinople as the governor. He might have thought so in his heart: Anyway, there are senate, pastor, and so many generals. It would be better if each performs his duties. As for the sudden situation - where did so many emergencies come from?!

So, isn't this the emergence?

In this way, on this day, on April 17, 1003, the dignity of the Millennium Empire of the Eastern Roman Empire was trampled under one's feet like garbage at this moment.

"It's simply crazy...those guys..." The universal pastor Sergius II was completely unable to persuade those timid generals. In the end, he had to run back to Hagia Sophia and cry to God and the emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire. There was nothing else.

At this moment, in the Grand Palace of Constantine, the endless pavilions, beautiful fountains and stocked swans and marble pavements made all this look like a fairyland. The girl in a red dress held a harp and was playing herself in her entertainment. Beside her, several girls stood by carefully. She did not dare to breathe. She did not make any sound as much as possible, so as not to anger the princess who was violent and looked like her father.

In this way, in addition to the sound of fountains and the sound of birds on the treetops, the entire palace was extremely quiet. The girl seemed to be intoxicated by such a wonderful state. The songs played were like dreams and made people fascinated - but, it was a pity. At this time, outside the palace, to be precise, it was a violent sound coming from the walls of Constantine in the northeast corner, which made this rare artistic conception collapse in an instant.

"What's going on?" the girl opened her eyes, stood up, put the harp next to her, and then asked calmly.

"...I'll go and find out this." A shi girl who was dressed slightly better than other shi girls and seemed to have a higher status responded, and then ran away quickly.

In this way, the girl was in a very bad mood and waited for more than an hour. The girl who ran to inquire about the news came back. Then she stopped watching the girl.

"What the hell happened?" asked the girl.

"This... is just a trivial matter. Your Highness doesn't need to care at all." The Shi girl didn't seem to want to answer her.

"Are you trying to die? Tell me quickly!" Seeing that her shi girl wanted to hide something from her, the girl was furious and pulled out the whip that the beast trainer used to beat the beast at her waist, and gave the shi girl a whip without any mercy.

"—It's the enemy - pirates. Pirates coming from the sea! They ransacked Golden Horn Bay and started attacking from the sea. The previous sound was caused by their use of the ballast to attack the tower in the northeast corner. Their ballasts collapsed the tower in the northeast corner!!"

So, very quickly, no, it should be said that the woman told her all the news she had inquired about.

"It's rare to have half a day of free time in life... The enemy hit the doorstep, but no one stood up to resist." A mocking smile appeared on the corner of the girl's mouth.

"Princess... Your Highness?" The thin clothes on his body were pulled away directly after being whipped. The slender skin couldn't bear it. The shi woman, who was so thrust that she was so tired that she endured the pain and asked carefully.

"It's not your business anymore. Get out of here." After saying this, the girl, known as His Highness, walked away quickly and headed straight to the side of the Grand Palace, his own courtyard.

"Those generals must have known about this. The reason why they dare not fight is that they are afraid to take responsibility. In other words, those guys are unreliable. Then... the number of people I can use is... Well, the three hundred Si people guards handed over to me by the immortal immortal. But this number seems to be a little less..."

The girl used her brain while walking. When she returned to her courtyard, she had already thought of it. However, before that, she should have to arm herself first.

The girl skillfully removed her heavy skirt and put on leather armor with a heart-guard glasses, skirt armor, armed belt, steel shoulder pads, knee pads and wrist guards. She wore a Roman-style crown helmet, a broad-ridge dagger, and an oval shield. Judging from her proficiency, she knew that this was not the first time she had done such a thing.

When the girl looked in the mirror and admired her heroic posture, then walked out and came to the small Guangchang in her courtyard, a total of 300 fully armed Eastern Roman soldiers were ready to go. After the girl's years of training, this group of soldiers had completely obeyed her and had no intention.

"Okay, my soldiers! Let's go!"

The girl stepped on the horse's back and then ordered it like this.

Afterwards, the girl swept across the entire slave market and the Colosseum in a very short time. She spent a lot of money to buy all the gladiator slaves, and distributed them weapons and armed them.

"Okay! Listen to me, you scumbags! I have bought you now for money! Then I am your master!! In the empire, how should a slave survive? I believe you scumbags know better than me! Loyalty! Loyalty! Loyalty! Otherwise you will die!!!"

On the large ball field of Constantine, the girl stood on the horse's back and scolded the more than 2,000 slaves who had just purchased.

"All you have to do is kill people like you do in the arena. Unlike before, I am the only one you want to please this time. Do you understand?! You dirty slaves!! Follow my orders to kill people! This is what you are going to do!!

Of course! You slaves have made good luck now! Yes! It is indeed a great luck!!" The girl continued to shout: "Because I, your master, are unique - I am the crown prince of the Roman Empire! I am the only descendant of Basil II! I will be more generous than your former masters! All loyal people will accept my reward! All those who fight bravely will be granted the status of a free citizen! From then on, say goodbye to the identity of a slave and obtain salary and rewards like regular Roman soldiers!!"

The girl's infectious voice made the slaves who were originally a little dead and slightly expect.
Chapter completed!