As soon as Leyena's proposal came out, it quickly received a response from everyone. For them, this method was already the most reliable and feasible. Compared with the walls of Constantinople and Laszlo

With his army, Constantine was like a soft persimmon, so it’s not surprising that he was coveted.

Of course, Constantine didn't know that the other party regarded him as a priority target. Of course, even if he knew, Constantine probably wouldn't be too surprised. There are only a few ways that he can take now, so it's normal for the other party to choose to run away.

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However, this would not be good for Constantine. If Leyena ran away, the nobles below would not be able to fight Constantine to the end. If they accepted it peacefully, it would be equivalent to planting the seeds of the next civil war.

Constantine did not want to leave things to be resolved once and for next time.

"How many muskets and gunpowder are produced in the arsenal?"

Constantine is asking the person in charge of the Salonika arsenal. He is planning to set up three arsenals in Salonika, Constantinople and Athens to build weapons specifically for the imperial army and be responsible for research and development.

The Ronica Arsenal was the first to be established. Among them, muskets were a project that Constantine was very optimistic about and received strong support.

"Through our non-stop work day and night, the number of Sefru matchlocks has reached more than 3,000, and the amount of gunpowder is enough to support a large-scale war."

The person in charge's words made Constantine very satisfied. The decisive factors of war are two, people and logistics. At Constantine's age, there are fewer and fewer opportunities to go to the battlefield, so he pays special attention to logistics preparations.

In terms of the army, the proportion of musketeers in the army is getting larger and larger. Due to the rebellion of this group of nobles, the only professional soldiers Constantine can muster are mercenaries and a small number of noble soldiers who have not rebelled. Therefore,

Constantine also vigorously recruited soldiers from civilians, and some civilians who had received a short education at the University of Constantinople were also recruited and re-educated directly in the military camp to serve as officers.

In an army with this composition, the relatively easy-to-use muskets are very popular with these civilian soldiers and officers. Therefore, some nobles regard the new muskets as civilian weapons and are unwilling to use the same weapons with this group of people.

After waiting for several days, Constantine took about 5,000 soldiers from the province of Moria and set out for Philip, preparing to join Laszlo and attack from both sides to completely eliminate Leena.

He did not intend to be soft on these rebellious nobles. He directly nationalized the land of the rebellious nobles and launched a Byzantine version of "land reform." These days, he was not only busy raising supplies, but also dealing with rebellions in various places.

The aristocratic estates were taken over.

"Your Majesty, a baron has openly supported Layena's rebellion and refused to accept our request to enter the city."

The adjutant explained the situation to Constantine respectfully, and Constantine frowned.

"Let's attack directly and bring this dizzy baron to me."

Under Constantine's order, the ten small artillery in the army roared, and the soldiers of the empire surged up like a tide. In an instant, the simple wall of the barony was breached. In less than an hour of fighting, the baron was defeated.

was brought before Constantine.

The baron looked extremely frightened. Constantine was not polite to such a fool and directly issued a sentence.

"Since you are not sane enough to manage the barony, starting today, your management of the territory will be suspended and the state will temporarily take over. You will be tried in the Senate. The succession issue of the barony will be decided after the trial."

Although he clearly opposed Constantine, in order not to arouse the grief of the nobles, Constantine could only use this roundabout method to nationalize the baron. As for the issues after the trial, the baron's

The time may not even exist.

After the Senate was gradually emptied out by successive emperors, its duties were limited to noble affairs. Constantine did not intend to take such small honorary affairs away from the Senate, so he just let it go. Anyway, the Senate

Constantine had always been a coward, obeying anyone who was forced to do so, and Constantine was not worried that the Senate would act like a monster.

When the baron heard this, his face turned pale. Constantine ignored him and just asked someone to drag him down.

Not only in Salonika, but also in the province of Moria under the supervision of Constantine, under the instruction of Constantine, Laszlo also launched a vigorous land reform movement in the province of Bulgaria.

The province of Albania was not affected. The main reason for this was that Skanderbeg helped stabilize the situation. There was no large-scale noble opposition movement in Albania, so Constantine had no excuse to send troops to kill these nobles.

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Such things kept happening along the road, because Constantine was not traveling fast, and because Laszlo was busy carrying out land reform, he sometimes neglected to pay attention to Leyena, so he used a

After using a simple cover-up, Laszlo did not notice that the opponent's army had quietly left Hadrian's Castle.

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While walking and walking, Constantine came to the Struma River. Seeing that it was getting late, Constantine immediately ordered to camp by the river.

"Go to Gerardo with this edict, rebuke him severely, remove him from office, and let Skanderbeg take over as governor of the province of Albania."

After Constantine defeated Mehmed II, the emperor sent many letters to persuade him, so Skanderbeg temporarily gave up the idea of ​​rebuilding the Principality of Albania. After all, a strong country would be of greater benefit to the Albanian people. In Constantine

After Din fulfilled his promise, Skanderbeg did not miss his power and returned to the countryside. This also made Constantine appreciate him very much. After this turmoil, Constantine was the first to think of him.

"You send this letter to Radwan, the Governor of Moria Province, to praise his behavior."

After thinking about it again and again, Constantine still made this decision. It was not that he didn't know about Radwan's little moves, but he had to pretend not to know. He couldn't let Radwan know that he knew, and let Radwan not know.

He knew that he needed to create an information gap to stabilize the situation at the rear, otherwise he might become the target of being attacked from both front and rear.

Therefore, he did a lot of things to confuse Radwan, and the effect was very significant. At least so far, Radwan was still hesitant and undecided about whether to raise troops to respond to Leena.

The reason why Constantine did not eliminate Radwan first was because he still wanted to fight for it, and his strength did not allow it. Once Radwan was forced to counterattack, the situation would be overturned again, so Constantine was also waiting.

After destroying Layena, take action against Radwan.

In the busyness, the night passed quietly, and in a blink of an eye, the sun showed its head the next morning,

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not good."

The waiter whispered in Constantine's ear repeatedly, trying to wake Constantine up.

"Um...what's wrong?"

Constantine opened his eyes in confusion, then realized what he was doing and asked with a vigilant look on his face.

"I heard from them that there is a large group of people outside, I'm afraid they are rebels."

The waiter took a few steps back and responded respectfully.

Hearing the news, Constantine stood up. Because the armor was still on his body, Constantine took the sword next to him and walked out of the tent quickly.

The adjutant was already waiting outside the tent, and the horse had been brought in early. Constantine asked about the situation while getting on the horse.

"Since early morning, there has been a buzz of people on the other side of the Struma River. At first, we didn't know the identity of the other party. Later, the other party raised a flag and we found out that they were rebels, so we hurriedly came to report to His Majesty."

The adjutant did not pause in his words, and briefly explained the situation.

Constantine remained silent and just kept walking towards the Struma River. When he looked at the river, he saw the flag of the other party. It was also a double-headed eagle flag, but the form of the other party was different from that of Constantine.

The sides are a little different, but still easy to distinguish.

Constantine squinted his eyes and observed carefully for a while, and then slowly spoke,

"Is the situation in the military still stable?"

"The soldiers are all fine. Several battles have given them combat experience. They are not afraid of battles and have a stronger will to fight."

Constantine nodded. At this time, he also saw the person opposite who came to check on the situation. Based on his memory, he recognized that this was Layena, the leader of the rebels.

Layena opposite him obviously recognized Constantine, after all, not everyone can wear a purple robe.

"That's Constantine on the other side?"

It was a bit far away, so Layena couldn't see clearly, but he vaguely recognized it.

"Looking at it like this, it must be, how about we just rush over and catch him."

Sadio looks eager to try,

"No, he ran away when we passed by."

Layena stopped Sadio's reckless behavior,

"We call a formation, invite them to come out to fight, test their background, and make plans before it's too late."

Now that he has seen the person, Leyena is not in a hurry, as long as he defeats Constantine within a certain time, it is enough.

"Send people to collect ships. All merchant ships and civilian ships along the river must be collected. Don't let the other party get it."

Leiena remembered this and hurriedly ordered that if you want to cross the river, boats are indispensable. The water level of the Struma River is not low now. It is unrealistic to cross the river physically. You must use tools.

Building a pontoon bridge can easily be blocked and destroyed by the opponent, so boats are very important.

Unlike Layena's order, Constantine did not order the collection of ships, but ordered his craftsmen to build materials for pontoon bridges. He had a good plan ready to be implemented.

The encounter between both sides was sudden, and it might be a decisive battle, so Constantine and Leyena were twice as energetic and prepared to defeat each other's plot in the next battle. It can be said that this battle
Chapter completed!