Under the night, everything in Tripolis was silent. Apart from the soldiers patrolling with lanterns and beggars sleeping beside the stone road, there was no one in the streets. The deserted city had no sign of the noisy and prosperous appearance during the day. If you look over the city walls, you will find that except for the stars of fire in a few mailboxes, there was nothing black.

"Dadadada" only heard the sound of footsteps stepping on the stone road. A small team of patrol soldiers passed by. Although it was already late at night, they still had to take on the task of warning the whole city. However, in the past few days, because of insufficient manpower, these guards were already exhausted at this moment.

"Damn it, I've really tortured people crazy these days!" A soldier finally couldn't help complaining, dragging his heavy body and wished he could find a place to fall down and sleep.

But as soon as he said his complaint, he was staring fiercely by the patrol captain leading the team in front, "Do you think you are the only one who is tired? Stop talking nonsense."

"But, we haven't had enough time to close our eyes from the afternoon to now, and the brothers can't hold on anymore. Tell me, why are we doing nothing to do? We patrol here in the evening? All the Latins were driven away by us, so why are we doing so much?" As soon as this said, everyone else agreed, and the soldiers were all a little resentful. They were originally transferred from Agrenion to come here by Prince Theodor to wait for Justinian's orders, but they did such trivial things here, so they were naturally very dissatisfied. Although they dared not reveal it openly, they were actually not completely convinced by the new commander, let alone those who have no clear identity like Rio's garrison commander Neuski.

The centurion who led the team was also helpless when he looked at his subordinates. He was also full of resentment. But now there was no way. Since Governor Justinian led a company to go south to Coroni, and some troops were stationed in Argos to monitor the movements of the Latins in the northern city of Corinth, and some went to the northwest where the surrendered and surrendered, Tripolis was very short of staff at this time. Even if they were tired of the night patrol, they could not draw any extra hands to replace them, so they could only swallow their anger.

"Hold on, wait until everything is over, I'll invite everyone to drink!" The man who looked slightly relieved comforted his subordinates, and finally finally calmed down his previous complaints.

"You have to keep your word!" When the soldiers who were addicted to alcohol immediately cheered up and never complained again.

But just when the group was a little excited, a crisp sound of "kicking" sound like a rock being kicked to the rolling came from the corner of the dark alley, attracting everyone's attention. The whispers that had been restless before ended suddenly, and the Byzantine soldiers who stopped to calm down turned their heads and looked in the sound, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

"Did you hear anything..." the patrol captain looked at his subordinates and asked. The soldiers looked at each other - as a patrol team, they had to do their best to check the truth, but the dark corners of the alley made people feel inexplicably angry.

"Who is it?!" A soldier who finally plucked up his courage walked out and shouted into the darkness. He walked in without even taking the torch and disappeared into the darkness.

Everyone looked tightly at the alley where they were unable to see their fingers. The soldiers waiting to walk in check the situation inside. It might be some little thief, or even the sound of beggar and mouse made. However, as time passed by minute by minute, the soldier had not yet come out, which made all the patrol soldiers look ugly suddenly. And when they shouted the other party's name, there was no response in the darkness, which made everyone feel a little ominous premonition.

"Rubber-" sound.

The patrol captain who pulled his sword out of his sheath and held the weapon tightly, subconsciously held his breath, and the subordinates behind him all took up weapons to alert him. The nervous nerves made them completely lose their previous sleepiness, and their hearts were filled with fear of the unknown.

Taking a deep breath, the centurion who had also been to the battlefield stared at the darkness in the corner of the alley and shouted: "Listen, everyone inside, get out quickly. Now it's a curfew, no one is allowed to come out, otherwise you will be killed as a spy!" As soon as he finished speaking, behind him, the fully armed soldiers set up shields and raised their spears and then set off their posture.

However, there was still no movement in the darkness, neither came out nor responded. The man with a serious expression turned a wink, and the subordinates on both sides came forward with lanterns, while the rest were warned and were ready to deal with any accidents at any time.

I saw the soldiers who were half bent and cautiously walked forward bit by bit, and the dim fire gradually barely dispelled the thick darkness in front of them, allowing them to finally see clearly what was going on in the corner of the alley inside.

But when the two soldiers finally saw the scene, their blood seemed to have solidified, and they opened their mouths but couldn't scream or take the escape steps.

In this deep alley is a fully armed army!

Standing in front of them was the man in armor with a cruel sneer on his face, and at his feet was the body of the soldier who had walked in before. Looking at the patrol soldiers carrying the lights into the dead, Leosgross said softly without turning his head, "There's nothing I can do. Since they are a group of idiots who are tired of living, let's solve the problem quickly!"

"You...you!" The centurion, who was completely stunned by this scene, had already seen clearly. The fully armed soldiers who were ambushing in the dark were not the Latin people they had to guard against, but rather the imperial warriors like them - this was a long-planned rebellion.
Chapter completed!