Chapter 9 The so-called sense of superiority
When the Noyans defeated Hungary and the news of the Yugoslav coalition reached Constantinople, the Romans, or Greeks, lost their voices.
Imagine that when their empire was at its peak, Sil II took several years to defeat the entire Balkans. The Hungarians' resistance was even more tenacious.
In the end, the entire European army gathered and defeated the empire...
The Greeks could naturally comfort themselves: they were fighting against all the barbarians in Europe. In the end, they failed because of the attack of another enemy of the empire, the Muslims in Turkey. The empire was still honored even though it was defeated, while the barbarians won without martial law. This sense of superiority made the Greeks feel superior, whether it was a civilized lifestyle or the military strength of the civilized empire. The Greeks felt that they were much stronger than their neighbors, those barbarians who believed in heretic Catholicism.
Until the Normans emerged. The Norman Empire swept across the world, and the emperor of the empire was a perfect monarch who combined all the elements of excellent rulers and was completely impeccable. In this case, the Greeks went from resisting to ignoring, and from ignoring to having to face it. Although they could also list countless reasons to prove that the Norman Empire could not be compared with the great Rome. But they still had to face another fact: the great Roman Empire had long disappeared. The one who wanted to restore the glory of Rome and was closest to the success.
The emperor eventually failed. The Roman emperor was rejected by them outside the city. Later, he died tragically, regardless of military strength or economic strength. Whether it is the army or navy. Whether it is urban construction or commercial development, the law, government composition, scientific and technological strength... everything, all the factors that can form the comprehensive strength of the country seem to be inferior to the Norman Empire. This made the Greeks, who thought they were the most civilized and advanced nations in Europe and even the world, find it difficult to accept. And they are extremely angry.
And when the Normans, these arrogant people, had already conquered all the lands of France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Eastern Europe. Compared with the Frankish Empire, which had once destroyed the Western Roman Empire and divided the Roman territory. The transcendent, known as the Holy Roman Empire, and even the great enemy of the Romans, the Persians of Parthian... Compared with these powerful empires, whose enemies of the empire were a hundred times stronger, finally extended his claws toward Rome and to Constantinople. Constantinople, the new Rome was in full bloom.
People took to the streets, protested loudly, and scolded the ungrateful Normans. They still remember that the title of Tsar Ross was conferred on Egil by Basil. At the same time, they destroyed the shops opened by Norman merchants in Constantinople. The Venetians, Pisa-Irene and Milanese people also destroyed the same
Because now it has become part of the Norman Empire.
In the port area, the dock workers snatched the Norman merchant ships, then set fire to fire the merchant ships to ashes. The Norman sailors and sailors rushed to the news and fought against the mobs. Then the city guards and the imperial guards were swept in. They eventually turned into riots that affected the entire city, and even the entire Thrace region. People attacked all non-Constantinople indiscriminately. Even those from other provinces of the Empire were not spared, let alone those Muslims, Persians and Mongol merchants and messengers from the East.
They grabbed all these non-Constantines, dragged them out of the cellars and houses and beat them up, and then snatched all the valuable things on them.
Some people launched an attack towards the Constantine Grand Palace and the Roman Senate. Even several Roman legions stationed in the city of Constantine were attacked. People howled wildly, roared, threw stone noses, and even bows and arrows and javelins to vent their dissatisfaction.
They had reason to vent this way - because two years have passed. The promise they said before the Queen ascended the throne was not realized at all. She said she could lead the Roman Empire to regain glory. The final result was that the enemy of the empire was unstoppable and expanded the vast territory without any obstacles. From the end of the Black Death to the present, the territory of the Norman Empire has almost doubled! But the Romans were losing their land! This is absolutely unacceptable!
This feeling is like a three-good student who ranked first in every exam, watching a poor student's grades gradually improve, and finally reaching a level that he cannot touch at all. The feeling of envy, jealousy, psychological gap and shame is enough to make people crazy.
The Greeks were slapping and looting everywhere, and shouting slogans loudly. It would be even better if they held up some signs and banners with slogans in their hands. It was a pity that there was no convenient thing like plastic in this era.
Dyes and other things are also luxury goods, so people hold torches, pitchforks and other things, making this parade-like action more medieval.
The slogans shouted by the people of Constantine were almost like this: "Kill all the Normans!!" "Declare war! Declare war! Send great troops to attack them and kill them all! Just like what I did outside Budapest!!"
"I don't pay a month's salary when I fight Bulgaria, I don't pay a year's salary when I fight Türkiye, I don't pay a year's salary when I fight Norman!"
That's about it. Once the so-called public opinion is vented, it will become a terrible thing. After all, none of the common people are very smart.
So, people gradually gathered and gathered in the square at the entrance of the Grand Palace in Constantinople. They shouted loudly, asking their female emperor to come out and explain to them what was wrong with this world?!
"It's really damn, damn, damn! The Normans deserve to die, these Greeks deserve to die too!!!" After hearing the news that the mobs were gradually gathering, Lili Annu shouted in her palace in anger: "I and my father have signed countless treaties with the Norman Emperor. However, when the bastard thought that these things were unnecessary, he tore them all up without hesitation. What a bastard! No face at all!
There are also those idiots. Do they think war is playing house?! They dispatched their troops because of a little face problem?! The national affairs are playing games?! It has only been two years since the empire returned to normal under the influence of the Black Death. With a little improvement, they thought they could be invincible in the world?! How much economic losses are there for them when they make such a fuss?! It is not your family’s money. If you are really angry, donate all your property to me to sell arms. Bastard!!!”
After yelling and scolding like this for a while, Lili Annu finally calmed down. After all, yelling like this was useless. The most urgent thing was to solve this matter.
"When will the army be launched?!" Lili Annu turned around and asked Atius, the only remaining famous Roman generals beside her.
"In fact, the army is ready. Queen. But what are you going to do? Suppress the riot?" Atius frowned: "Although your prestige in the army is high enough.
But I advise you not to do this." "How could it be?" Lili Annu smiled bitterly: "Let's go out and reason with them." "If you are willing to touch people's hearts with your eloquence and eloquence, it would be better." Atius nodded and said.
Then, soon, the gate of the Grand Palace of Constantine opened. Before the people wanted to rush up and rushed in, a large number of troops rushed out first. The heavily armored Roman heavy infantry, the imperial guard heavy cavalry, the Trabisson archers, the Seljuk cavalry, and even the Minotaus Minotaus Minotaurs and the Imperial Guards came out one after another. They formed an array outside the Grand Palace of Constantine.
After seeing such a scene, even the bravest mob began to feel timid. After all, they were just a group of mobs. If the army really dispatched to suppress them, it would be very simple, very simple to complete.
"We don't have to be afraid of them! They dare not~" When a Norman spy hidden in the crowd turned his eyes and wanted to say such words to stab the mobs. Minotaurus, who was standing in the front of the army, raised his head and roared loudly. The screaming of the eardrums completely covered the Norman spy's voice. The mobs were extremely frightened and even scared their pants...
After hearing the screams of horror, Minotaurus smiled fiercely.
He strode forward, and grabbed the person who was scared to the front row and fell to the ground.
That was definitely trying to eat him.
"Stop!" At this moment, the army split a road from the middle. Lili Annu, wearing a gorgeous red armor and a Roman dagger, walked out of it and shouted at Minotaurus. After hearing this voice, Minotaurus frowned in dissatisfaction, turned his head and looked at Lili Annu. The Roman queen looked at the monster without any concession. After a while, Minotaurus gave in first. He threw the man to the ground, and then muttered quietly to walk into his troops.
"Well, Romans, you want me to come out, I have come out. You can ask me if you have any other requirements."
Lili Annu looked at the surprised and quiet citizens, opened his mouth and said such words...
Chapter completed!