Adrianople is the gateway to Constantinople, the capital of the (Eastern) Roman Empire. If you want to attack New Rome, you must capture it (except for the Fourth Crusade).

The Roman Empire used the Danube River as its boundary to separate it from the northern nomads, but this river could not stop the invasion of the northern peoples at all. If the army could not stop them on the other side of the river, then these barbarians would be unstoppable in the Balkans.

The most terrifying thing about the rampage is that these areas are undefendable, all the way to Adrianople, and the city is very close to the capital and its strategic significance is very important.

(The plains between the Danube and Adrianople were difficult to resist barbarian invasions, and it was common for the capital of Eastern Romania or Adrianople to be besieged.)

At the end of the 4th century, Valens, the eastern emperor of the Roman Empire, was killed in the Battle of Adrianople. The Visigoths won and the empire was forced to sign a peace treaty. In the 14th century, the Ottomans captured Adrianople and moved their capital to this city. Soon the emperor

The fall of Tantinople and the fall of the Roman Empire.

In the early 13th century, an uprising broke out in Adrianople, which became the trigger for the Battle of Adrianople. (The war between Bulgaria and the Latin Empire broke out there)

As night fell, Varisi and others arrived at the location of the armory, which should have been heavily guarded. However, because the main Latin force was transferred to Asia Minor, the city's defense force seemed a bit weak, and there were even fewer soldiers defending the armory.

There are very few.

"Thank the Lord. It seems that the Latin man was right. The armory is here."

Varisi winked at Angus, who quickly understood and led a group of warriors to sneak in from the other direction. They were responsible for attracting the attention of the Latins, while Varisi was responsible for outflanking him from the flanks.

Annihilate the defenders, prevent anyone from escaping, and reveal information.

The plan progressed as planned. Valens led a dozen soldiers and rushed towards the Latin soldiers. One soldier who was caught off guard was knocked unconscious by a brick. The soldiers who reacted quickly formed a formation and prepared to meet the invading enemy.

"Kill the Greeks! Protect the armory!" A Latin soldier shouted loudly. As soon as he finished speaking, a member of the resistance tried to kill him and stabbed his body with a spear, but fortunately he was protected by armor.

, and survived.

"Fire the arrow!" Angus gave the order, and several archers pulled the bowstrings in their hands. With a "swish" sound, an arrow missed and hit a Latin soldier in the eye socket.

The latter died on the spot.

Some soldiers reacted quickly. They picked up their shields to block the arrows. The arrows missed the shields, leaving shallow marks.

"Kill, kill all the Latins!" Angus yelled, and with enough courage, he held the spear in his hand and stabbed a defending soldier fiercely.

The soldier quickly raised his shield and blocked the fatal blow. Just as he was about to fight back, a rebel soldier suddenly came over and kicked him to the ground.

"Kill! Defend our faith!" During the fierce fighting on the spot, Varisi led his troops to rush over from another direction. The defenders were caught off guard. Facing attacks from two directions at the same time, they gradually became unable to withstand the attacks and began to retreat continuously.

Plan to retreat to the armory and wait for reinforcements.

A Latin soldier retreated while fighting. He found the right moment and stabbed the chest of a resistance member in an instant. The latter screamed and fell in a pool of blood.

Some warriors threw the javelins they carried. This weapon was highly lethal at close range and could easily penetrate the human body. During the Roman Republic, this weapon became the iconic weapon of the Roman legions. More than a thousand years later,

It is still one of the indispensable weapons in the hands of the Romans.

The Latin soldiers raised their shields to protect them, but at such a close distance, these wooden shields were instantly pierced by javelins.

"Don't let the Latins return to the armory, brothers, work together! Deal with them." Varisi shouted, he encouraged the soldiers, everything seemed unstoppable.

The morale of the soldiers is high. Although they are not as good as the Latin soldiers in terms of equipment, their number is several times that of the latter. Even if the Latin soldiers have powerful weapons, they are unable to stop the attacks of multiple people at the same time. Their casualties are getting higher and higher, and the remaining soldiers are

The soldiers retreated to the door of the armory, only to find that the door was locked tightly.

"Damn it, there's no key!" were the last words spoken by a Latin soldier before he died.

A few minutes later, the scene became quiet and all the defenders were wiped out. When Varisi was planning the battlefield, he found the key from a corpse and immediately opened the door of the armory. The soldiers swarmed in. Under the command of Angus,

Next, carrying weapons and equipment.

They carried the weapons and equipment to the carriages that had been prepared. Regardless of whether they knew how to use these weapons, they would not leave the Latins with a single stitch.

Even the corpses were not spared, and all the armor, swords or other valuable items were taken away. When the Latin reinforcements arrived, they only saw naked corpses all over the ground and an empty armory.

The Adrianople Uprising officially broke out early the next morning.

Varisi led about two hundred heavily armed soldiers to quickly occupy various crucial locations, such as the "City Gate", "Reservoir", and "Governor's Palace", while Angus was responsible for calling other resistance forces to participate.

In the first hour after the uprising broke out, the rebels occupied the major city gates and banned all people from entering and exiting to prevent news from leaking out.

Within two hours, the rebels captured the Governor's Palace. Mayor Latin fled in panic. He was caught by the rebels on the way and was soon escorted to the central square and hanged.

Within four hours, the size of the rebel army increased. Resistance struggles of varying degrees broke out throughout the city. The Latin defenders were divided and trapped.

On the tenth hour when the uprising broke out, the rebels crushed the resistance of the Latin defenders. The remaining troops were scattered throughout the city. Most of them were caught by angry citizens and escorted to the central square for hanging.

On the second day after the uprising broke out, the city was completely captured by the rebels. The Latin forces in the city were uprooted. The heads of Catholic priests were chopped off, tied to dog tails, and dragged through the streets; the bodies of Latin soldiers were hung on the city walls.

, which acts as a deterrent.

On the third day when the uprising broke out, the news reached the ears of Baldwin I. He had to stop his attack on Asia Minor and mobilize his troops to return to Thrace.

On the seventh day of the uprising, a wave of resistance broke out across Thrace. Soon a citizen uprising broke out in Constantinople, but it was brutally suppressed by the Venetians and Latins.
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