Eagle Byzantium

"Please forgive me. Your Majesty originally wanted to receive you as soon as possible, but the emissary arrived temporarily and brought vital information to the empire. He came from the east, so your Majesty can only entertain him for the time being. "The considerate bird Nick Demia stood beside the two of them and explained with all his heart.

A mountain pass about two miles away from the River Hall is the location of the royal hunting garden. At this time, spring is the season when all things grow, so it is not suitable for hunting. It is more necessary to hunt, that is, to hunt those who have not yet Pregnant beast.

Under a few big trees, a young warrior dressed as a guard was lying quietly among the wind-swept grass, with his eyes closed and a crescent-style wine bottle tied to his hand, just motionless. Several elk jumped past him, but the man didn't react at all.

On the hillside over there, a middle-aged man wearing a hunting coat and a purple crown, who was holding a riding crop in his hands angrily, was looking down at all this. Several other guards knelt in front of his horse, still looking at it. There was a nobleman wearing Persian riding clothes, with a majestic eagle on his shoulders, smiling and shaking his head, also riding on horseback, standing behind him.

Several lanky hounds, with their heads lowered and whining, circled around the middle-aged man, but did not run at all. They did not react at all when they saw hares and elk, "Asshole, bastard, run!" The rest The dog master barked and cursed fiercely, but the hounds were completely indifferent.

"Hang that peasant, drunkard and scoundrel from Paphlagonia. I'm asking you to go ahead now and hang him in front of the tree that I can see!" The middle-aged man became furious. His hounds had completely disobeyed orders and turned a deaf ear to his instructions to track the prey. The reason was the young guard lying in the grass at the foot of the mountain.

But the rest of the guards smiled awkwardly, but no one stepped forward to execute it. Even though the middle-aged man was the only emperor in the world, even Alexius couldn't do anything with that guard, and finally wore the The purple-crowned Alexios still found a guard and surrendered, "Go there and ask Mikhail Vatarsky who is lying there, what does he want?"

Soon, the questioning guard returned and told the emperor, "Mikhail needs wine, the fine wine stored in the Brachna Palace."

Alexios didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Send him a pot."

Mikhail, who was lying in the grass, immediately stood up vigorously after drinking the wine given by the emperor, and shouted a few times in the Paphlagonia dialect. The group of hounds immediately chased each other around. Whining, he rushed towards various places in the hunting garden, and countless dormant beasts sprang out from the boiling dust.

"The world cannot live without musicians, dancers, guards and hunters, this group of lowly people. Without them, even the emir, the sultan, and even the Roman emperor would lose all their fun, right?" The man in Persian riding clothes The nobleman came forward with a smile, stood with Alexios, and spoke in fluent and elegant Greek.

"Mikhail is a bastard young man, but I have never doubted his and his uncle's loyalty to me. His request is only for wine. In addition, this young man has epilepsy. This is The reason why I love him." Alexios said as he looked at Mikhail who was on horseback and driving the hounds to hunt.

"You are worried about other people in Xiao Qiang, right? If I guessed correctly, it is your co-emperor Caesar?"

"I have more than one enemy. There are three of my most hated enemies. One of them is the Norman bandits in Taranto and Sicily. Ten years ago in Durazzo, I almost lost my life in front of their cavalry; The second was Constantine Bertin, the Grand Duke of Zatar, who was in Durazzo During the battle, it was he who betrayed his faith and escaped from the battle line with his left wing, which turned our victory into defeat. The third was Zahas, the Emir of Nicaea. He had sent a fleet from Sinop to besiege the imperial capital every year for the past three years. Soaring prices have made people panic - as for Caesar Macaulay Nus, can be considered my enemy, but the old enemy is not qualified. The same goes for you. Sultan Giliki Arslan of Konya, you are the same as the Pechenegs, Cumans and Franks in the northern steppes. , Germanic people, in my eyes, they are all enemies. Friends, but for you, it is best not to be my enemy." After saying that, Alexios raised a bow, then attached an arrow made of a reed tube without a cluster, and pulled it gently. Full, with a slight roar, the arrow was like a divine help, sliding for several hundred feet before falling.

"It's our Turkic light arrow. Your Majesty really has a taste for fun." Giliki Arslan also took off the bow and arrow on his back and shot a light arrow for sliding. The one who wins or loses, "It seems that the difference between it and His Majesty's is a hundred feet!"

"As for the direction of the wind, you must master the wind well before you can shoot well." Alexios said meaningfully, "As long as you join forces with me, like your father Suleiman did, provide me with seven thousand to ten thousand soldiers. The Turkic mercenaries, plus the Turks I hired in the Cuman land in the north, are enough to fight against the Pechenegs in the north. "

“What about Zahas of Nicaea?”

"I will have a fleet blockade the Sea of ​​Marimara. In addition, I have summoned George Paralogus back to Asia to replace the incompetent Macolinus. In other words, I will give George actual military command and keep the honorary title of supreme commander for Caesar. George has fought in Tyrrhenium and Bari for many years. He is much stronger than that useless Macolinus. He also has the Italian veteran company of the Governorate of Bari. I believe that with my financial support and your cooperation, George can completely defeat Zahas, so that I will not be attacked from all sides and can safely slaughter the Pechenegs who crossed the Danube." Alexius was very confident, and then he looked at Giliki, "Don't think that the Roman emperor has temporarily lost Nicaea and Anatolia, and then I will just sit there and wait for death. My throne is in Constantinople, this great city that can collect 20,000 solidus in taxes a day, is my empire. It is not that you occupy Constantinople after occupying the country, but that you can own the country only after occupying Constantinople - remember this, don't be like the stupid Zahas, who has the slightest unrealistic idea of ​​its walls. Now the blade of the Roman emperor's counterattack is shining, and the trumpet has been sounded. "

"I haven't thought about it that way. I just need the merchants in my capital Konya to set up a chamber of commerce warehouse, a mosque, and trade privileges in your imperial capital."

"Yes, absolutely." The emperor agreed readily, pinching the bowstring in his hand.

"In addition, I hope you can marry your eldest princess Anna to the court of Konya, of course, as my legal wife." Giliki made another additional request.

With a clang, the emperor directly broke the bowstring!

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