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Despite this, they eventually retreated. The party who supported the victory of Rome said so.

However, no matter what, the battle was over. No result was the result. After that, Artoria led the army back to the camp, and then ordered the baggage troops and engineers to strengthen their defenses and not be able to defend themselves. At the same time, he asked the spy Fei pigeon who accompanied the army to send a letter to inform Egil. To be on the safe side, the queen also sent Hussars as messengers. He made a two-pronged approach to ensure that the news could reach Egil.

"I hope he is faster. Otherwise, his opponent will probably run away." Artoria is also an excellent commander who has experienced many battles. Naturally, he knows the current situation - after seeing the strength of the Norman Empire and losing a large number of troops, the Roman Queen may no longer lead his troops to fight against the Norman Empire in a field battle. They will huddle into Constantinople.

Although he is very confident in his own army, Artoria also knows the meaning of Constantinople. It is better to defeat the enemy more easily. It would be better if the main force of the Romans could be blocked outside Constantinople and then defeat them.

However, Artoria's plan was destined to fail. When Egil received her letter and rushed towards Adrian Castle, Lili Annu had already brought her army back to Constantinople. This was a huge city that made people feel a little desperate.

In this way, neither Egil nor Artoria knew what to do. Because he was in a hurry to go, Egil did not transport the artillery equipped by his troops. In fact, Egil's main infantry troops did not arrive. He just took his Hussars to the road. Even the necessary supplies were not complete.

It seems too difficult to build a group of engineering machinery troops that are enough to defeat the city defense of Constantine by relying solely on the Artorian army.

In this way, Egilf and the others decided to take down the Adrian Fort first regardless of anything else. As long as they control this fortress, they would have the bridgehead to attack Constantinople.

So, after a little time, the Norman army easily defeated the city defense of Fort Adrian. Because of the previous retreat of Lili Annu, the morale of the fortress was greatly reduced. But in the end, in the mentality of honor, they still made some resistances. However, these resistances were obvious, and they were just doing useless work.

On the afternoon of April 12, after only half a day of siege, Egil and Artoria arrived in the Adrian Fort to discuss. Egil's army, plus Artoria's, total number exceeded 40,000. Adrian Fort is also considered strong, so there is no need to worry about defense issues at all.

"So, what should we do next? Wait for this?" Artoria asked a little boredly.

"In fact, this is true. Wait until the subsequent main forces, as well as baggage and engineers. This is the safest way. In addition, I think we must also wait for the arrival of the Black Sea Fleet. I need my fleet to block the Golden Horn, the Bosphorus, the Dardanelles, and even the entire Marmara Sea, interrupting Constantinople and obtaining volunteers from the ocean. This will ensure the strength of our attack on Constantinople.

So, wait patiently, not now. With our troops, we can maintain our own strength. But it is really unlikely if we want to break through Constantinople." Egil said to Artoria, "In about a month, my main force will be here. This period is not very long, right?"

"But..." Artoria was a little unhappy. She rarely got a chance to fight. But she didn't get enough fun. She felt quite unhappy when she lost to that woman.

"If you want, then I do have something to let you spend time." Egil seemed to have thought of Artoria's reaction for a long time. So the emperor smiled gently and pointed to Artoria at the route of the map - Sutheronica - Athens - Corinth.

"Greece was once regarded as the most civilized and advanced race of Europa... Hani, do you want to go there to see it?" Egil's sentence was confusing. In fact, even if he didn't say that, Artoria was already attracted. Indeed, Lili Annu shrank most of her army into Constantinople. In other words, the defenses of other cities were extremely weak. With just a little effort, they could break through. It was like the Adrian Castle just now.

"I give you two hussars. It shouldn't be difficult to defeat the entire Greek region, right?" Egil asked.

"Of course." Artoria answered confidently. Although the high and thick castle of Constantinople did not have much confidence to attack and defeat it. But if the target was replaced by the Greek region with insufficient troops, then the situation would be a different matter: "Do you want to take advantage of the opportunity when the opponent shrinks his troops in Constantinople to occupy the entire Greek region? It is indeed a good idea."

"That's right, that's it." Hearing Artoria's praise, Egil said happily: "Although people have always valued Constantinople. But you have to know that the Greek region and the Aegean coast are the most important areas of the Eastern Roman Empire. After all, no matter how important Constantinople is, it is just a city. It is still too large, so the entire Eastern Roman Empire must be transfusions to it before it can exist.

So, as long as we capture the Greek region, the entire Balkan region, and even the Thracian region outside Constantinople, then just one Constantinople and the Eastern Roman Empire cannot be called an empire."

"What about part of the territory occupied by the Greeks?" Artoria continued.

"That's exactly the meaning of my fleet's existence." Egil said.

"That's true. Because of the naval advantage, the resources, territory and army in Asia Minor are all gone." Artoria nodded and said, "In this way, even if we cannot defeat the Eastern Roman Empire in this battle, they will gradually decline. With a city alone, even a great city like Constantinople, it cannot be called a powerful country."

"That's right." Egil nodded: "So Hani, are you willing to complete this conquest? It represents the source of European civilization and the birthplace of the Greek nation. Are you willing to conquer it as a commander?"

"That's all right, of course I'd like to do it!" Artoria immediately answered.

"Very good. Take a few days off. Then go." Egil nodded and said.

"Can't you be quicker?" Artoria couldn't wait.

"The Hussars under my command also need to rest for a while." Egil replied: "Apart from that... I miss you a little. Hani..."

While saying this, Egil slowly stretched out his hand and hugged Artoria's waist. Then he used force to pull Artoria into his arms...

In this way, about a week later, the Emperor of the Norman Empire stayed in Fort Adrian, waiting for the arrival of the subsequent troops. Queen Norman led her newly acquired army toward her first goal, Sethessalonika on the Aegean Sea, an important commercial port city. According to the news obtained before, the Greeks only dispatched about one thousand old, weak and remnants here.

Before this, Egil reminded her again and told her that she hoped she could maintain the original state of the Greek Peninsula. It is OK to rob, but try not to kill too much. So that there was too much resistance in that place. After all, those territories will soon become territory of the Norman Empire. So if you destroy too much, the final headache will be... Aurora. The prime minister of the empire was actually specializing in managing such things... Well, despite this, Egil was the one who costs money.

"I believe that Hani will soon be able to occupy that city. Then there is Athens, then there is Corinth... the entire Greek Peninsula... Oh, what is the birthplace of European civilization? In fact, it is just a gathering place for the wrecked dogs after the failure of the Mesopotamian struggle.

These idiots think they are superior and look down on all nations except them. But they are always defeated and ruled by the barbarians in their eyes. Then, shamelessly, regard the merits of those alien rulers as their own. Or they are complacent because they can assimilate them with their "civilized" life.

They were like this to the Macedonians and Romans... In the history of another world, the same was true for the Ottoman Turkey... and then, after the inevitable decline of the Turks, they decisively distanced themselves from them and declared that they were **. They dressed themselves up as innocents, attached all their sins to the Turks who had originally been obeyed, praised and 'assimilated'... Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!'!

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Chapter completed!