The Great Grandson of the Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the slaughter of General Tiance's mans

Chapter 316 The Beginning of the Empire’s Downfall

The destruction of the Byzantine Empire's million-strong army was not necessarily a completely bad thing for Heraclius.

Most of the 50 elite troops in this Crusade were composed of the private armies of the Senate nobles.

Now that it was destroyed in World War I, there were almost no available soldiers in the country.

But there was only one exception, and that was Heraclius.

The emperor had an army of [-] emperor's personal guards. As the emperor's bodyguard, it was naturally impossible for this army to participate in the Eastern Expedition, so they were lucky enough to escape.

Now that there are no elite combat forces in the country, they are the strongest elites!

Therefore, yesterday Heraclius had the confidence to directly announce the dissolution of the Senate and the implementation of dictatorship.

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Heraclius soon announced to the whole country in the name of the emperor the abolition of the Senate mechanism and the implementation of a monarchical dictatorship.

And directly used iron-blooded tactics to kill all the few nobles who made moves to scare other noble forces and stop them from moving.

Until now, the power of the Byzantine Empire was finally in the hands of Heraclius, and he became a real emperor!

While gathering power and integrating the remaining private soldiers in the hands of various nobles into the emperor's guard, Heraclius carried out large-scale recruitment in the country.

The words he used to scold the senators were not alarmist, but a real threat that the Byzantine Empire faced at the moment.

In the eyes of Heraclius, the strength of that monarch of the Tang Dynasty can be seen from the results of the last peace negotiation.

This time, the Byzantine Empire sent millions of troops to conquer the east, but was destroyed in one fell swoop.

Today's Byzantine Empire is at its weakest in history. If he were the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he would not hesitate to gather troops to conquer the west. This is the best time!

Therefore, before Datang's army arrived, he had to regroup an army, otherwise the empire would really be over.

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Just when Heraclius ordered the massive conscription of troops, the chess pieces arranged by Jia Xu in the Byzantine Empire also began to take action.

I don’t know when rumors about conscription began to spread.

"The millions of Eastern Expedition troops were all destroyed. The Tang Dynasty was blessed by the gods and it is impossible to defeat it!"

"The emperor is recruiting troops again. This is to make us die, and those nobles plan to escape!"

"The Tang army is not the enemy, they are here to kill those nobles and rescue us slaves!"

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Rumors like this spread widely among the lower-class slaves and civilians of Byzantium.

The existence of the Tang Dynasty has long been known to the Byzantine Empire. Regarding the Tang Dynasty, few people know what kind of country it is. They only know that the Tang Dynasty is rich, mysterious, and there is no slavery there. It is a truly happy country. .

Some slaves who were captured to the Tang Dynasty were lucky enough to come back and directly chose to take their families to the Tang Dynasty.

All in all, for the slaves, it was a great luck to be captured by the Tang Dynasty's army.

This time, the army of the Tang Dynasty was about to attack the Byzantine Empire, but the empire also planned to recruit troops to fight against the army of the Tang Dynasty. This made countless slaves angry and even afraid!

Millions of troops have been destroyed, and if they go up there, they will die!

What's more, why did they resist the Tang Dynasty's army?No matter how bad Datang is, can it be treated worse than the treatment they receive now?For a time, anti-war sentiment spread rapidly among civilians and slaves. Not only that, even among the nobles, there was great dissatisfaction with Heraclius.

After all, Heraclius's Eastern Expedition had harmed their interests, and this time they abolished the Senate and implemented dictatorship, which had touched their most fundamental interests.

In response to various rumors, they actually added fuel to the flames and obstructed Heraclius from conscription in every possible way.

This move is undoubtedly very stupid. You must know that Heraclius conscripted troops to protect the country and resist the Tang army.

But there is a kind of person who is so incredible. They don’t care whether the country is in danger, but as long as you touch my interests and make me unhappy, then I will definitely fight against you and make you unhappy!

This is the selfishness of the aristocratic class. Not everyone has the spirit of righteousness.

And this news was quickly learned by Heraclius.

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Constantinople, Royal Palace.

"Idiots! These hopeless idiots!!"

Heraclius' face was extremely pale, and he wanted to kill all the nobles one by one!
How long has it been and you are still fighting against him and blocking his conscription?

It just doesn't know how to live or die!

If the situation wasn't unstable now, he would definitely have the army purge all these nobles!

"Your Majesty, please calm down. The recruitment of soldiers is the most important thing at the moment."

An older minister said to Heraclius.

This minister was a nobleman named Cecil who supported Heraclius.After Mars died, he became Heraclius's adviser.

Hearing Cecil's words, Heraclius reluctantly restrained his anger, calmed down and said: "Send troops to visit the homes of these nobles. If anyone dares to talk nonsense, then kill them directly!"

"The recruitment of troops cannot be left behind. Heavy troops must be deployed on the eastern and coastal borders for defense! We don't have much time."

The expedition from the Byzantine Empire to the Tang Dynasty took almost five or six months. Even if the Tang Dynasty needed to recruit troops and establish logistics again, it would not take much longer than this time. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty still had the ability to conduct long voyages and transport troops by sea. ?

"Have there been any recent movements among the Tang troops stationed along the coast? Has their troop strength increased?"

Heraclius then asked.

Cecil shook his head and said: "We have not noticed an increase in troops. In addition, neighboring countries Persia and Tianzhu have not made any moves to mobilize troops. The Tang Dynasty does not seem to intend to send troops."

"Hmph, it's a clumsy cover-up. Do you think I will be fooled into letting my guard down?"

Heraclius sneered when he heard this, and said coldly: "Intensify the recruitment effort! In addition, force the nobles to pay up!"

"Before the Tang army arrives, we must prepare at least 60 troops!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Cecil responded respectfully.

But neither the monarch nor his ministers knew that the Tang Dynasty's invasion war against the Byzantine Empire had already begun.

(End of this chapter)