In early 106, Epirus joined forces with Bulgaria to fight the Kingdom of Thessalonika. Originally, this three-party battle would have been a protracted war of attrition in everyone's eyes. However, the twists and turns of the matter surprised everyone. First of all, the bizarre assassination of Tsar Karoyan, and the internal strife of the Bulgarians made the military alliance with Epirus no longer exist. All the advantages gained by the Bulgarian army before were gone because of the loss of the leader. No one believed that Epirus' advance army could defeat most of the Thessalonika troops, which were born in the Crusaders.

When everyone thought Epirus had no hope of attacking Thessalonika, unexpected things happened again. The Latin army, which had an absolute advantage on the plains of Southern Macedonia, took the initiative to attack and finally defeated the Epirus army. Bonifas, commanded the Fourth Crusade, died in the battlefield, and the Thessalonika nobles also lost seven or eight out of ten, and finally had less than two thousand troops left in the army that fled back to Thessalonika. Even though Bonifas' nephew Marquis barely saved his life from the chaos, he also knew that he was incompetent to make a comeback.

Thessalonika Kingdom, which had lost most of its troops, was already seriously injured. It was really hard for people to defend the city walls, not to mention that there were so many Greek civilians in the city at this moment. When they learned that the motherland's army had fought a battle and had been treated with high pressure, the people of the Roman Empire who had been treated with high pressure were already ready, and the dissatisfaction was one after another, and even the mobs in the lower city area rushed to the armory. Marquis Dennister exhausted his energy and suppressed it. At this moment, he had no confidence in defending the city.

Because not long ago, he learned that the Romanian army in Constantinople finally had movement, but it was not a rescue place, but attempted to recover the Thracian military region in Adrianburg during the civil strife in Bulgaria. Even if Emperor Henry, who had taken the army to fight, knew what happened here, he would probably not have time to rescue it. As for the Venetians on the sea, there was no news, and the people sent out to seek help were also muddy into the sea, which directly shattered the last glimmer of hope for the Latin nobles and civilians in Thessalonika.

There was a lot of despair of losers everywhere. If it weren't for the doctrine that suicides were not allowed to go to heaven, someone would have ended his life long ago, because everyone knew what kind of revenge would be made by the extremely angry Greeks.

So when the situation was completely out of room for maneuver, Marquis Dennister finally chose to stand up and discuss with other Latin nobles in the city to send people out of the city to negotiate with Justinian.

But such a proposition was indeed fiercely opposed by some people.

"How can this be done! Marquis, have you not seen the consequences of those people? The Greeks refused to accept surrender and annihilated most of our troops. Only a few of us survived. Now we are seeking negotiations is completely a matter of trying to make a decision. Please make careful decisions, Your Excellency!"

The reason for the opponents is very simple. The methods shown by the Epirus army this time have proved that they have no intention of opening up the Internet. The Greeks and they have long been in a state of power, and it is impossible to leave here safely. Instead of doing this, it is better for both sides to have a final battle of burning together. Maybe there will be a turning point.

But this idea was completely denied by Marquis Dennister himself. "Do you think this is in the holy land at the last moment of the bloody battle? That death is glorious and will be remembered by future generations, and if you lose your life here, it will be worthless."

"But how could the Greeks let us go..."

"Don't worry, the commander opposite is as cunning as a fox, and should have been waiting for me to send someone to find him. And as long as we tell Justinian, as long as he can promise to guarantee the safety of life and personal freedom of the rest of us, we will return the city of Thessalonika to them intact. I think we will most likely be able to leave this land safely." Dennister sighed with a slightly painful expression.

After all, we can no longer talk about any threats now... The man was helpless in his heart, but he could not change anything. Now he could only bet, was the unmasked opponent on the other side a simple killer or a powerhouse who truly mastered the game.

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"Surrender, negotiation?! The Latins are really crazy." In the Epirus barracks, the Roman soldiers with great morale were watched disdainfully as the envoys sent from the city of Thessalonica came from the city and entered the tent commanded by the barracks with fear and terror.

Just through the capture on the battlefield, the originally unequal border guards and auxiliary militiamen had already made a fortune. Now most of them were planning to attack Thessalonika, the bustling city second only to Constantinople, to get a share of the pie. After all, in their opinion, the city has become their possession at this moment.

However, I am afraid that the soldiers who heard the news will be disappointed soon...

As soon as he entered the camp, the messenger sent by the Latins had just delivered the letter written by Marquis Denister to Justinian, the commander of the Epirus army, and received the straightforward reply from the young Roman general in front of him.

"I promise all the conditions put forward by His Excellency Marquis Denister... All men, whether civilians or nobles, will leave here safely without any revenge if they have to put down their weapons and swear that they will no longer be enemies with the Empire."

Justinian's face looked plain and he made the most proper promise word by word, so that the surprised Latin messenger repeatedly chewed this passage to find out if there was any written trap in it, but in the end there was nothing.

"You... are all you said true?" The messenger who thought he would be rejected was extremely excited and still felt incredible. It was incredible that they had been forced into the Jedi, but the other party agreed to reach a compromise in such a neat way.
Chapter completed!