People in the Middle Ages, draw cards to get promoted

Chapter 278
The urban militia in Limassol and the private soldiers in Turiados began to take up arms again and patrol the streets to maintain order.

Turiados and his "Wheel" family have been rooted in Limassol for nearly a hundred years.

The influence in all aspects of this city is enormous.

This is why Lothar is willing to recruit him.

With the help of Turiados, in the future, he will not need to expend much energy to grasp the new territory of the Limassol Military Region and turn it into an important source of money and troops for him.

That's right, before he started the war with Isaac, he already regarded this territory as his own.

However, Isaac has a bad reputation. Although the people of Limassol are willing to help Lothar defend the city, they still cannot avoid panic.

If Isaac publicly stated that he would pardon everyone in the city, Lothar and his army might immediately fall into a situation of betrayal.

But obviously this is impossible.

Because that requires Isaac to pay out of his own pocket to make up for the loss of his soldiers who did not plunder.

If he can do this, how can he be worthy of the name of a tyrant?

The night is getting darker.

After finishing tonight's class.

Lothar simply accepted Anna's conditions, at the cost of quelling the rebellion in Cyprus, in exchange for the post of General of the Limassol Military Region.

This condition is actually very generous.

If it was in the imperial bureaucracy, before the agricultural and military system collapsed, he would definitely refuse, because the empire at that time still had quite strong control over the local area.

At that time, magistrates were really just magistrates, and they had to accept the supervision of the supervisor.

But with the implementation of the Pronian system, Lothar only needs to pay part of the taxes on time, and when the empire needs it, he will serve in the army or provide conscripts.

In the Limassol Military Region, it can be called a local emperor.

...

Constantinople.

Anna hung up the communication with a smile on the corner of her mouth.

The majestic Queen Regent snorted softly, "If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have paid such a high price to win over a vassal from someone else's family."

Anna comforted: "Don't worry, it's worth the money."

The empress frowned slightly, she was obviously not in a good mood.

Where commercial taxes and duties now account for the vast majority of the empire's revenues.

A powerful naval fleet escort is essential.

But such a powerful fleet equipped with "Greek fire" was so easily destroyed by the rebels.

How could this make her feel better?

The defeat in the naval battle and the news that Isaac had actually controlled a black dragon caused the political situation in Constantinople to start to turmoil.

The Greek conspiracy is well-deserved, and I don't know how many nobles have started secret room talks, and how many conspiracies are brewing.

Although she was only the regent empress in name, and never raised the idea of ​​being crowned empress, but the crown prince of the empire, she and Emperor Alexios' daughter, Ira Komnenos, was also a woman.

Many people believed that she, the queen regent, would soon remove the word regent and regain the throne from the Comnenos family.

"The imperial army is really useless, the army is like this, and the navy is like this."

The queen rubbed the center of her brows, her face full of worry.

Anna sighed softly: "The most solid city walls of the empire in the past, those peasants and soldiers who could arm themselves at their own expense, have been turned into serfs on their own land by the nobles. Now, the empire really can only rely on a group of hired foreigners. Soldiers are coming to fight."

A trace of deep exhaustion flashed in Lagaia's beautiful eyes: "I don't know the dangers of the Pronia system, but I have been ill for a long time, how can I cure it?"

Apart from the mess left by the Komnenian emperors, the Dukas family is also to blame for the empire becoming what it is now.

Because the Dukas family has always been the largest aristocratic family in the empire, and the Comnenos family is both the closest ally and the greatest enemy.

Most of the emperors from the Dukas family were also incompetent, among which Constantine X and Michael VII were two idiots as typical representatives.

Even if Queen Lagaia wanted to revitalize the empire, she felt helpless.

after all.

The ills of empire lie in the system.

But the Dukas family from which she was born, as well as a large number of her supporters, are the beneficiaries of this system.

As a monarch, how can he revolutionize himself?

As long as she dared to reveal this thought, it would be a situation where all relatives would be deserted and wars would be everywhere.

"Forget it, don't mention it."

"When this Lothar arrives in Constantinople and swears allegiance to me, I want to see what kind of a majestic man can make you so optimistic."

Anna smiled and said, "If he can capture the rebellious Isaac with [-] soldiers, wouldn't that prove my vision?"

The queen snorted softly.

"If you are willing to make a move, and bring my Varangian guards, mere Isaac, won't it be easy to wipe out?"

Anna said helplessly: "Your Majesty, most honorable Baselissa, you know me well. Besides, I don't want to use magic to slaughter those ordinary people."

"Okay, okay, okay, I understand."

Lagaia carefully looked at the witch's clean and flawless face, and sighed softly: "I know, you have already given enough to the empire, and I shouldn't ask you to do more."

"It's just that Lothar...is it really reliable?"

Lagaia frowned.

Now that the local nobles can't lose their tails, even if Lothar swears allegiance to her, she doesn't have to fulfill any obligations. Could it be that she can still launch an army against her?

That's the real embarrassment at home.

"At least more reliable than those mercenaries."

Anna said seriously: "He is a man of credibility, and he is far more worthy of respect than those mediocre people."

"Ok."

La Gaia has nothing against Lothar.

The empire has long had a tradition of hiring barbarian mercenaries, and Constantinople also has many nobles from the European continent, even feudal nobles.

These rich peasants in the country were blinded by the exquisite silk, utensils, and fine wine.

I can't wait to stay in Constantinople forever, the queen of the largest and most magnificent city in the Christian world.

...

News of Lothar defeating Turiados' army and occupying the city of Limassol soon spread to Nicosia.

in the palace.

Isaac Comnenos looked gloomy.

The name of a man, the shadow of a tree.

Isaac, who had once been the governor of Cilicia, had obviously heard of Lothar's name.

He will not underestimate Lothar because he only led 400 people to land.

"Turiados is an idiot who doesn't even know how to defend a city, but he is smart enough to attack Lothar by surprise. Now, I'll give him a place to stay for nothing."

If all places stick to the city walls.

The Crusaders, who lacked siege equipment and supplies, went deep alone, and sooner or later they would be trapped on the island of Cyprus.

Every time he breaks a fortress, he will lose at least dozens of soldiers. When he arrives in Nicosia, how many people will he have left?
Sombra spoke frivolously:

"Don't worry, you have a black dragon, and then you can recruit an army from your vassals. There are more than 1000 crusaders in the area, and there will be no opponents for you."

Isaac's tone was extremely irritable: "This Lothar has the same allegiance to the witch as the stinky whore of the Dukas family in Lagaia."

Heiying said frivolously: "It's just a witch, if you're worried that you won't be able to deal with it, you might as well make another deal with me."

"What deal?"

Isaac's face suddenly showed a look of vigilance.

Soi Ying's tone was playful: "Don't put on such a face of resistance, I'm not a devil, and I'm more concerned about equal value exchange."

It's this sentence again!
Isaac felt the fear in his heart rising rapidly like a prairie fire.

"No need, I will destroy him!"

"No matter how legendary he is, if he meets me, he should stop here!"

Isaac pretended to be calm.

The guards not far away saw their lord talking to himself in the garden, looking at each other, they all saw a trace of fear in each other's face, but they didn't dare to approach at all.

"Come on!"

The guard came tremblingly: "My lord, what are your orders?"

"Pass my order, all the courtiers of Cyprus, immediately lead their respective armies and gather under my command. I will command the entire army and conquer the rebellion!"

Isaac didn't mean to underestimate Lothar at all.

He intends to do his best to bring all the troops of the vassals, as well as the [-] elite troops directly under him, together with an army of [-], to completely crush Lothar and his army.

(End of this chapter)