Since ancient times, kings have been eager to exterminate all rebels who threaten their rule, and sometimes, even if the king wishes to be tolerant, his courtiers will push him to kill.

Lev. Tolstoy famously said in his book "War and Peace" that the emperor is a slave of history, even if the emperor is helpless.

Just like today, if Li Jie did not explain clearly why he did not kill the Romans who were enough to cause chaos in Damascus, the Fujian army's garrison and food reserves, even if it was a good thing not to kill prisoners of war, Li Jie could not force it to carry it out as the king of Fujian.

After all, he also needs these people to help him support the country.

However, Li Jie was still very calm about this situation, and asked Li Ji lightly: "Killing these Roman soldiers in Constantinople will definitely ensure that the Roman army will not be in turmoil?"

Li Ji, who asked this, was dumbfounded, killing these people, at most to ensure that the riot was minimized, who knows how many of the 160,000 troops had a life-and-death connection with Constantinople, but after being stunned for a moment, the old Li Ji looked angry and hugged the wat board and saluted and asked: "Then these people shouldn't be put back!" Now that the entire Roman Empire is weak, isn't letting these people go back to give the Roman emperor wings? ”

"Who said more soldiers is necessarily a good thing? Li Laoqing's family fought for a lifetime, and they should know better that the time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people, right? ”

Li Jie's meaningful words made Li Ji stunned for a long time, and then he suddenly became stunned.

When the Min State did this, when cleaning up the Arab tribes on the Mesopotamian plain, the Min court had selected thousands of villains, ruffians, and garbage characters from thousands of tribes, and bribed them to pass on information for the Great Min.

If tens of thousands of Roman troops who were afraid of Constantine IV's persecution of his family were sent back, Constantine IV should have doubted why these people were able to come back, and how many of them were the nails planted by Li Jie? Inevitably, the generals and soldiers who came back could not be fully trusted.

The Eastern Roman soldiers who were sent back were already psychologically sensitive, and if Constantine IV was treated differently, it would cause them to huddle together and rebound.

If Da Min sends a few hundred more fine workers to spread rumors or something, maybe these soldiers and horses can become a help to Da Min.

With Prime Minister Yuwenjie, Wang Fangyi weighed a few eyebrows for a moment, and Li Ji finally compromised and bowed down.

"Listen to the orders of the King of Min."

Several prime ministers were settled, and Yuwen Jie re-discussed the issue of screening out the details that could cause a riot, but looked at Li Jie, who seemed to have no change in expression, and Li Ji bowed deeply again.

"Your Majesty, Qin Huaiyang's matter, please make up your mind!"

Although Qin Huaiyang died in battle, it does not mean that he is not guilty, under such a tense situation of the war, he has the elite of the right military guard and tens of thousands of soldiers, but he watched Constantine escape, although there was a sudden attack by the Athenian fleet of Rome, but his crime of negligence is also a certainty, if he is not punished, the reward and punishment will be unbalanced in the future.

Otherwise, with Li Ji's virtue, he would not chase and beat a dead man.

Hearing this, Li Jie's expression finally changed slightly, and he frowned silently.

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The Great Min had just opened the trade route to Constantinople, and it became blocked with the return of Constantine IV to Constantinople, and along the way, the embarrassed and angry Constantine went berserk and constantly ordered the Athenian fleet to plunder the merchant ships of the Great Min, and the merchants who escaped the death spread the horrors of Eastern Rome in West Asia.

This news was like a bomb, after all, the 160,000 Eastern Roman troops stationed near Damascus rioted, every day, hundreds of soldiers stormed the general's palace, the governor was there, and even made several mutinies, fortunately, the Fujian army had already prepared a large army to suppress this situation.

To the embarrassment of Li Ji and others, the Greek soldiers in Athens and other places, which were farthest away from Constantinople, and the legions withdrawn from southern Italy resisted the most, but Constantinople and the Macedonian legions who were originally considered loyal to Constantine IV resisted the least.

Although the participation of Roman citizens was canceled by the Roman Emperor Justinian the Great two hundred years ago, it did not affect the determination of some big families to participate in politics, and sometimes the political position was more important than the family background.

Although the backlash of the Eastern Roman army was suppressed, the suffocating Roman army was still like a powder keg, ready to explode at any time.

On October 22, the third year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, an unexpected event was like a needle-piercing balloon, which deflated the already bloated Roman army.

On this day, the king of Min is the decree, the former right Wuwei general, Hu County Hou Qin Huaiyang did not defend the land, resulting in the Antioch City mutiny, the Roman emperor escaped, according to the "Min Law Discussion", to seize the title, deprived of all official positions, demoted to a concubine, not to be buried according to the Hou ceremony.

Qin Huaiyang, the cousin-in-law and close ministers of the King of Fujian, were dealt with so seriously, and they did have a role in the Fujian army.

At the same time, the generals of the Southern Ya also set up registration points in front of the turbulent Roman military camp, promising to send a Fujian ship back to Rome to congratulate the situation.

At the beginning, the move of the Min caused a sensation in the boiling Roman army is undoubted, and many people are suspicious, is this a trick by the Min people to deceive and kill the rebels in the team?

Previously, the division of the barracks of the Great Min, disarmed, had already aroused suspicion in the Roman army.

However, after hundreds of radical supporters of Constantine IV risked their lives to sign up at various registration points, the Min army really promised to seize all weapons and equipment and property, and sent them on the ships back to Rome, which immediately caused a sensation among the legions of the Roman army, and countless supporters of Constantine IV also flocked to the registration office.

By almost November, a total of 50,000 legionnaires had signed up to return to Constantinople, for which the Min army arranged for dozens of Daifuku ships that were originally to carry slaves, and sailed overtime to the Aegean Sea, with thousands of legions being transported away every day.

In this way, the benefits are revealed, the Min army wants to confiscate all the property, so that the impetuous heart of the Roman legion who has recently received a lot of rewards from the king of Min has calmed down, and he will stay for the Great Min to work hard without giving up the money, anyway, take the money to kill people, who will do it for?

And in early October, for some reason, off the coast of Ancatolia, the Eastern Roman Royal Navy attacked a ferry ship of the Fujian army transporting repatriated personnel, drowned more than 500 people, and the remaining more than 300 repatriated personnel were rescued by the Great Min.

At the beginning of November, although the great losses were irreparable, the time bomb near Damascus was finally extinguished, so that the Imperial Court of Damin, which was guarding here, could finally settle down and sleep soundly.

The inheritance of the Eastern Roman throne is much more extensive than that of China, the prince and princess, and the princess's husband have the right to inherit, and after excluding the restless dissidents in the army, for the future of their army in Damin, the reorganized twenty-two Roman legions actually unanimously demanded to swear allegiance to the first co-ruling empress Anna and the empress's husband, Li Jie, who was also regarded as the Roman emperor.

Hundreds of years have passed, and the long armor, square shield and Roman short sword of the Roman legions have now been replaced by the current zither-shaped shield, the round shield of the field army, the spear, and the chain mail of the long sword.

A double-headed golden dragon and gold eagle banner similar to the symbol of the ancient Roman emperor * regiment was held high on the shoulder of Maximian, a fierce general of the Eastern Military Region, and a column of elite Roman soldiers symbolizing the twelve guards of the ancient Roman consuls followed him to open the way for the king of Fujian.

For the first time, the Romanized wore the purple robe of the ancient consul style, followed behind, Li Rang, who was already in a high position, was a little more novel, and couldn't help but occasionally look to both sides, this time Anna, as the protagonist, chose the traditional Chinese Confucian palace dress like Li Jie, quietly holding Li Jie's arm, dignified and steady forward.

Finally, the two-headed dragon's new Roman eagle banner was planted on the high platform, and Maximian and the twelve guards knelt solemnly in front of Li Jie and his wife, and bowed: "Meet Augustus!" In the name of God, the last general swears allegiance to Augustus! ”

With his roar, twenty-two legions, 110,000 Roman troops also bowed down neatly, shouting with great momentum: "Meet Augustus!" In the name of God, the last general swears allegiance to Augustus! ”

An Augustus was added to the many names, looking at the Roman legions that had surrendered for several miles, Li Jie's expression seemed to be frozen, and the corners of his mouth finally hooked upward......