The system has to be used even if it is pulled

Constantine VI was terrible. His every action revealed his incompetence, which led to his unhappy marriage. He often treated his wife roughly and even divorced his wife Maria because she did not give him a male heir.

It would be fine if you just get a divorce, but his actions are incomprehensible.

He soon married his mistress Theodotus; this move was unpopular and did not meet the approval of the Patriarch of Constantinople, which ultimately led to great opposition and controversy and caused him to lose support, especially from the Church.

His mother, Irina, was very happy. She secretly sent out notifications to contact those who supported her.

In 795, Pope Adrian I died, and the struggle between Constantine VI and Irene began to gradually arise. They did not care who would succeed the Pope, so the election of the Pope was carried out under the witness of Zhao Yuanlang.

As Leo III knelt down at the foot of Zhou Chengyi's throne, the election of the Pope was over. Leo III followed Zhao Yuanlang like a lapdog. Is there any doubt about it? Pope? Who is he? His power can only radiate to St. Peter's Basilica at most. I'm afraid no one outside the church will listen to him. After all, this vast area belongs to Zhou Chengyi.

Time passed so quickly. Constantine VI was so bold that he decided to deal with his mother before going out to fight. He had just arrived at the army camp preparing to fight the Abbasid Empire when his mother, who had already instigated her, led an uprising and captured him. He was secretly taken back to Constantinople.

Irina looked at her son and ordered Constantine to be blinded and all his power to be taken away.

Zhao Yuanlang immediately issued a statement condemning her behavior and said he would lead a large army to drive her down.

In order to consolidate her power, she immediately found an ally for herself, that is Kaotian.

At this moment, Kaotian felt that he was doing well again. In recent years, he not only went to southern Germany and southwestern France to consolidate his control over these areas, but also sent troops to Bavaria on the south bank of the upper Danube River, deposed the Duke of Bavaria, and placed this area under direct rule.

In order to ensure the security of the empire and the eastern border areas, Kaotian fought against the Slavs living on the east bank of the Elbe River and made some tribes surrender.

Kaotian was quite powerful. After conquering the east, he went to the south. In 778, he led his army across the Pyrenees and attacked the Umayyad Empire in Spain.

However, on the way back, the rear guard was ambushed by the Basques at the pass of the Pyrenees. Caotian was defeated by the Basques at the Battle of Roncesvalles Pass. Caotian's general Roland fought bravely until he was killed...

After this defeat, in order to avenge Roland, Caotian fought many more battles and finally drove the Umayyad Empire south of the Ebro River and established the Spanish border zone.

At the same time, he also controlled Brittany and Frisia on the Atlantic coast and fought against the invasion of the Normans.

In 797, Caoten launched a large-scale war against the Avars who lived in Pannonia in the middle reaches of the Danube. The Frankish army captured the Avars' so-called impregnable circular fortress made of earth and wood, and seized a large amount of wealth that the Avars had plundered for a long time.

At this time, he also received Irina's letter. Coincidentally, the two sides agreed that they had a common enemy, Zhao Yuanlang.

The two parties signed a contract. After defeating Zhao Yuanlang, Kaotian took the Pope away and was crowned as the emperor of the Western Roman Empire, while Irina took over Zhao Yuanlang's vast land and became the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. The two parties got married, and their descendants ruled the vast Roman Empire.

I have to say, they really have beautiful ideas.

Kaotian took the lead in the attack. He led his army directly into the Croatian region without encountering any resistance. He burned, killed and looted wherever he went. Kaotian was very proud and thought that he had encountered a good opportunity to attack Zhao Yuanlang this time. However, he did not expect that there was a huge conspiracy waiting for him ahead.

Zhao Yuanlang did not lead the army to Constantinople immediately. Although many people of the Royal Guards there were replaced because of Irina, as long as the seeds of darkness existed, this army would definitely be infected. Except for the soldiers sent back to Italy, those separated soldiers were distributed throughout the empire, and they were all officers. This led to a large part of the empire's legions being affected by darkness.

No one expected that Kaotian's 100,000 troops would be defeated like this. Although Kaotian's 100,000 troops were a lot, he fought alone and broke through the entire Croatia. Before he could celebrate triumphantly, Zhao Yuanlang's 200,000 troops hit him hard.

It was a great defeat. Kaotian's army was really weak compared to Zhao Yuanlang's dark enhanced soldiers. They were killed and blood flowed like a river. Kaotian was chased by Zhao Yuanlang to the coast of the Aria Sea.

With only more than 60,000 men left, Kaotian decided to fight with his back to the sea. He had no way to retreat, but Zhao Yuanlang was not in a hurry. Instead, he ordered the army to build various fortifications to completely cut off Kaotian's escape route.

On the seventh day of the siege of Kaotian, Kaotian organized a breakout. After leaving behind more than 10,000 bodies, he retreated in embarrassment. Kaotian's camp fell into deathly silence.

On the sixteenth day of the siege of Kaotian, Queen Irina was abducted and brought over by Zhao Yuanlang's Royal Guards, along with the imperial crown. Zhao Yuanlang tore Irina into pieces in front of Kaotian's camp on charges of treason and conspiracy, and then crowned himself the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Of course, when this news spread, half of the Roman Empire was shocked, especially the Anatolia region, which was the first to rebel, because Zhao Yuanlang had no right of inheritance to the Roman Empire and was not even a descendant of successive emperors.

But when they faced the towering walls of Constantinople, they were caught in a dilemma. Attack, but they couldn't take it down. Retreat, for the sake of face! Brother, for the sake of face! Brother!

Zhao Yuanlang didn't care. When Irina was kidnapped, Zhao Yuanlang dispatched 30,000 troops from Athens to Constantinople. It was undoubtedly a pipe dream for the people in Anatolia to break in.

As the supplies in Kaotian's camp were completely exhausted, Zhao Yuanlang accepted a large number of prisoners and led the army to attack Kaotian's camp.

Finally, the two sides met. Kaotian sat on the throne in the big tent, and his cheeks looked a little thin, probably because of the lack of supplies in the past few days.

"Are you going to kill me?"

"Not really. Although I have wanted to kill you for a long time, you are more useful to me alive."

"Don't even think about succeeding." Kaotian drew out a dagger and prepared to stab himself in the heart.

But he found a hand grabbing his dagger. Zhao Yuanlang broke his dagger and smiled: "Come here, send our Frankish King Karl down and take good care of him!"

The disheveled Ka Aotian was roughly picked up by Zhao Yuanlang's guards and dragged away like a dead dog.

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It's time to put down the rebellion in Anatolia. Damn it! The empire has been dragged down by rebellion after rebellion.