When Wang Xianjie once again arrived at the Eastern Roman military camp as a messenger of the Great Min, Constantine IV was obviously a year or two older.

This time it was much more enthusiastic than the last reception, as soon as it came, the banquet was put on the table, in the moving lyre, the beautiful Greek dancers danced the plump dance from the sea, and the table was also full of white bread smeared with honey, black caviar, tender lamb, and the impoverished Constantine IV almost moved out the New Year's affair at this meal, which made Wang Xianjie feel embarrassed.

Holding a glass full of wine, this time Constantine IV obviously took the initiative, and said with a smiling face and flattering approval: "The envoys of the Great Min Kingdom have arrived, and the tent of Augustus is really shining with Peng!"

The lame flattery made Wang Xianjie not very cold, and after taking a sip of wine politely, Wang Xianjie asked straight to the point: "Regarding the peace agreement between His Majesty the King of Min two days ago, how did His Majesty the Roman Emperor think about it?"

This matter is also the most concerned issue of the Eastern Roman court recently, and all of a sudden the camp tent was quiet, and the senators, deacons and generals who were talking quietly closed their mouths and looked at the probes with concern, and Constantine IV also groaned, and only then did he put out the conditions that their kings and ministers had discussed in these days.

"I basically agree to the conditions of King Min, but some details still need to be discussed!"

"Augustus has invited the Grand Pastor of Constantinople, and about five days later, the Great Pastor will come to Mesopotamia, as long as the King of Min and Augustus's sister Anna announce to God in the presence of the Great Priest that they will completely renounce the inheritance to the Roman Empire, Rome will immediately withdraw from the Mesopotamian Plain, and will offer the tribute to the Great Min."

This condition was pondered by Constantine IV for a long time, and perhaps the most acceptable condition for the current Eastern Rome, in the intelligent human world, internal worries will always outweigh external troubles, and as long as Anna still covets the throne of Constantinople for one day, the greedy senators, repeated generals, and despicable politicians behind him will always have a second choice to abandon themselves and let themselves be subject to their applause forever.

But if Anna and Li Jie renounce their inheritance rights to God, in the capital where Christianity is the state religion, it is tantamount to suicide of their own political life, and their rebellious words are tantamount to blasphemy against God, and the stupid commoners will no longer cling to it, and the ambitious conspirators will not choose to invest in politics.

If Anna announces her renunciation of the succession, after returning to China, Constantine IV can boldly touch the interests of the nobility and the senators who once dared not touch, and use the squeezed money and food to raise the army and the people.

Underpopulated? It doesn't matter, there are more barbarians in the Germanic forest, enough to pull up a large army! The peasants who breathed a sigh of relief after the tax rate was reduced can also step up cultivation and no longer abandon the wasteland, Asia Minor is now almost empty, there are too many arable land and forest farms, as long as there are three years, although Constantine IV does not dare to say that he will send the Fujian back to India, but he is sure to stop the Fujian army from going further to Asia Minor.

Withdraw from the war, sit back and wait for the Great Min to rise after exhaustion from fighting with the Arabs, but it depends on this peace treaty, Constantine IV's outstretched hands even trembled a little, full of hope waiting for Wang Xianjie to agree.

Unfortunately, under the expectant gaze of Constantine IV, the polite diplomat of Damin shook his head slightly.

"This condition is unacceptable to Da Min, the King of Min wants Edessa today, and the oath of the King of Min and his wife will also be carried out in the Cathedral of Fort Santa in Edessa, and the Roman Emperor can go to witness it when the time comes."

"Absolutely impossible!" Constantine IV almost jumped up and shouted, Byzantium's biggest reliance today is not the 200,000 army, in fact, it is the city of Edessa, this city was built near the confluence of the two river basins, close to the water source, the walls are tall, the city is strong, just to hold the Fujian army's waterway supply line, once the Eastern Roman defense of Persia forward position, the Persian emperor Kusi Lao once took three years to break through this city.

Using a little to block the pace of the Fujian army, and then using the Arab light cavalry to contain the attack of the Fujian cavalry, this is the defensive tactic agreed between the Eastern Rome and the Arabs.

Moreover, letting Constantine IV run to the palm of Li Jie's hand to listen to him swear is equivalent to a rabbit running to the wolf's house to listen to him announce that he is a vegetarian, Constantine IV is not stupid, almost roaring, and the Roman emperor shouted angrily: "The king of Min must take the oath first, and Augustus will give up Edessa."

"In that case, farewell."

It was very cold and didn't even stop for a moment, arched his fist, Wang Xianjie walked out directly arrogantly, making the Byzantine monarchs and ministers in the entire tent stunned, and after a while, the deacon Marmagnius, who had woken up, shouted behind his back again: "Ambassador Wang, bring the conditions to His Majesty the King of Fujian, you can still discuss!"

Wang Xianjie didn't even look back.

After the envoys left, the huge Roman tent fell into a deathly silence, the lyrete had already retreated with interest, the dancers were also running away, the aging face of Constantine IV was as gloomy as the iron of the Northern Tianzhu, and the rest of the senators were also annoyed and entangled.

"Damn the Min people, dare to be so unreasonable! The generals Olesikkin, Mezchos, and Grand Commander Simon immediately ordered the army to continue its departure, and Augustus was to enter Edessa tonight! ”

Seeing that the Eastern Roman Emperor was angry, except for the Bulgarian king Simon, who was a little careless, the rest of the generals who were named all hurriedly stood up and hurried outside.

Still in frustration, Constantine IV angrily lifted the wooden table with scarlet lacquer, and the fragrant lamb and wine were detained on the ground.

It seems that this is a little vented anger, behind his back, Constantine IV directly out of the tent, in the face of this peace treaty of Damin, the noble officials who have lost their right to choose also look at each other, and none of them dare to come forward to persuade them.

Carrying the pride of Eastern Rome, thousands of ironclad Praetorian cavalry drove heavy Anglo horses to trot and pull the vanguard of the entire army. With shields in hand, the Roman infantry trotted up, and at the urging of the general, the entire Eastern Roman army rushed towards Edessa like a sharp arrow.

The Byzantine Praetorian Guards cavalry with the triangular bauhinia banner and the double-headed eagle symbol also arranged the array, and the angry Constantine IV was about to jump on the saddle with his head stuffy, who knew that before he could boast on the horse's back, the earth suddenly shook violently, and the frightened well-trained royal mounts were frightened and raised their horses' hooves and threw Constantine IV off his horse solidly.

"Augustus!"

Screaming in panic, a group of guards immediately gathered anxiously, supporting the horses, beating the horses, in a panic, Constantine IV, who fell into a daze, pushed away the guards in a daze.

"Augustus is all right! Go find out right away, what's making a loud noise! ”

In the end, it was an old military empire, and more than a dozen Eagle Banner Praetorian Guards galloped out without saying a word.

The sudden tremor disturbed the Byzantine army that had just started to run at a speed, the pride of the Romans, the ironclad paladhalers reined in the restless horses in disbelief, and the Roman infantry of the brigade also stopped on the side of the road in a messy manner, and there was a lot of discussion.

Surrounded by his own court council, Constantine IV himself sat on the ground panting, and the chaotic sound of the army continued to reach his ears, and Constantine IV became more and more annoyed when he listened.

Unconsciously, looking at the vast plain in the distance, a strong fear climbed into the heart of Constantine IV, these days, Li Jie's sudden peace treaty disrupted all the plans of Constantine IV, and now it is close to the collapse of the talks, Constantine's mind seems to have regained a little clarity at this time.

Fear tore at the heart of the Roman emperor, and after sitting cross-legged for a moment, Constantine IV simply collapsed, and while holding the reins of the war horse, he shouted impatiently: "Don't advance any further, the whole army retreats, retreats!"

Suddenly, the emperor went crazy, and more than a dozen members of the imperial council were all frightened, hurriedly grabbed the purple robe of Constantine IV, and asked anxiously: "Augustus! Your Majesty! Something is wrong! ”

"We have fallen into the trap of King Min! Come on! ”

This delaying tactic is exactly the same as what Byzantium imposed on Damin a year ago, it is to throw a bait and attract all the attention of the other party, the strategy is actually very simple, the key is whether it can jump out of this situation. Calm down, at a glance, the most precious three days have been wasted, just now the strange shock sounded the alarm again, Constantine IV can be regarded as a decisive decision, directly ordered the army to retreat.

Listening to the emperor's explanation, the patriarchs, who also had earthy faces, did not stop for almost a moment, and also turned over and followed Constantine's horse butt and walked away in a hurry.

There was no time to explain, and in confusion, the Roman infantry reversed the queue in the order of their respective centurions, and trotted back with the long contradictory cards, followed by the Bulgarian light cavalry and the Slavic heavy infantry without the slightest hesitation, turned around and ran.

Only the heavy ironclad holy cavalry, many people were angry with a chivalry to go to the emperor to theorize, who knew that the emperor's Praetorian Guards were also scattered at this time, and after a moment of consternation, a group of knightly blood was extinguished by the ironclad cavalry was also gray and followed behind the ass of the whole army.

The Byzantine army retreated for less than an hour, and the earth trembled again, led by hundreds of black banners with Fujian characters, and a huge cavalry group of dense Turkic cavalry, Sogdian cavalry and Han cavalry covered the entire horizon, pressing like a mountain.

Seeing the devastated Byzantine camp in disarray, the sharp whistles of each team sounded, and in just a few breaths, the Min cavalry stopped.

Coming out of the Chinese army, he trotted to the middle of the barracks, touched a campfire that was already cold, and picked up a broken pot that was discarded in a panic and fiddled with it twice.

"Count him as a Roman barbarian!"