king of ros

Chapter 496 Turbulent City
"Citizens of Constantinople! Citizens of Constantinople!"

The townspeople in ordinary clothes yelled at the crowd, and his voice attracted many nearby people, mainly the unemployed without jobs and the homeless townspeople whose houses were torn down by soldiers to collect materials.

In the imperial capital, such street speeches are actually very common. Even after entering the emperor's reign for so long, this tradition has continued.

After all, no matter how you say it, the Roman Empire’s state system is still a republic at its root. On the other hand, this is also the root cause of the instability of the Roman Empire.

Recently, the situation in Constantinople has become more and more difficult, and because of this, there have been more such street speeches, but the emperor's response to these speeches has also become stricter. Such gatherings often have only one result, which is to be killed. The emperor's soldiers dispersed.

But now it is the time of war, and the fighting on the city wall is in full swing, so there are not many soldiers to take care of this situation, so people from all walks of life are also active and busy.

"Citizens! Look around you! Look at what is now Constantinople? Where does it have the glory of being the Queen of the Cities? Ever since the Macedonian dynasty ended, emperors have come and gone on the throne. , but the empire is getting worse and worse! Now the Emperor Nikephoros is even worse! Look now, the barbarians in the north are besieging our city!"

The words of the "enthusiastic citizen" were very provocative. He successfully mobilized everyone's emotions, but when he was about to further incite, a sudden shout interrupted his actions.

"The Varangians are coming! Run, everyone!"

Hearing this sentence, everyone immediately dispersed like birds and beasts. Everyone knows Varange's notoriety. These emperor's loyal dogs are usually the most enthusiastic in suppressing the people, and their methods are also the most cruel.

Those troops who are also Greeks still have to be more or less sympathetic. At most, they use big sticks to disperse the crowd, and then beat up those who have not had time to escape, but Varangians are different. These barbarian mercenaries really It came directly from the big axe.

So everyone ran as fast as they could, and when the Varangian team came to the place where the crowd had gathered before, there were no people in sight at all.

"Really, I wanted to hear more from him, but I ran away like this."

A Varangian guard wearing golden armor complained that the face under the helmet did not belong to the original owner of the helmet, but these people did not know that the person wearing the helmet was Kirill, Rurik's deputy. .

"It's better to run away, so as not to come into contact with these people." Rurik, who was also wearing the Varangian gold armor, said in a low voice, "Speaking of which, I don't think the previous ambush was a premeditated conspiracy, you see , the incitement is still going on, and we have seen many such scenes along the way.”

Relying on Varangian's skin, Rurik and the others can walk through the streets of Constantinople very smoothly. No one dared to provoke the emperor's loyal dogs.

The language and clothing issues can be completely prevaricated. After all, Rurik and the others are northern barbarians. As for the clothing, the barbarians do not follow the rules for a day or two.

"Yeah, that ambush made it even more unclear what was going on."

Kirill couldn't help but said in confusion, and just as he finished speaking, a group of Greek soldiers in chain mail ran past these Varangians. They were very flustered, and the officers among them kept urging the soldiers them.

They took one look at the "Varangians," whom the emperor's loyal dogs did not like in Constantinople, and then buried their heads on their way.

"Interesting, they seem to be saying that there is civil unrest somewhere, and it seems that the plan is still going on."

Thanks to the education of the Bishop of Toluca, Rurik knew Greek very well, so he understood what those people said.

"Then let's move on, there shouldn't be many defenders in the Golden Gate."

Kirill said immediately, his tone was full of excitement, and the opportunity to complete a great achievement that would be famous in history was just around the corner, how could he not be moved.

Rurik was much calmer, he wasn't that excited, he just told everyone to pay attention to their surroundings, and then continued to lead the team forward.

Along the way, they encountered several waves of Greek soldiers heading to the city. These people avoided the Varangians as much as they could, and taking advantage of their fear of the emperor's loyal dog, Rurik boldly used him The Greek, with its strong Ross accent, asked where the men were going.

The answers obtained are roughly two types. One is that the civil unrest has turned into a riot, and they must dare to suppress it.

The other is that some Ross people rushed into the city from the Golden Horn without knowing what to do, and occupied a large tower. Now the defenders are mobilizing troops to encircle and suppress them.

The former Rurik was not surprised, but he was surprised by the latter Rurik. How could someone climb over the walls of Constantinople?Which side's troops are so fierce?
But he quickly put these things behind him. This is not what he should be concerned about now. Now that the situation in Constantinople is becoming more and more chaotic, what should be done is to take down the golden gate, and the guard over there The army is definitely running out.

Soon, after encountering several waves of soldiers heading for the city, the Varangians arrived at the Golden Gate of Constantinople.

At this moment, this place has become a busy place. There are people who are carrying supplies everywhere. All kinds of discarded weapons and armor are piled up everywhere. Blacksmiths are dismantling and repairing those wastes.

There were not many defenders before the Golden Gate, and Rurik only saw Greeks standing there in twos and threes, and they even chatted leisurely.

That is, when Rurik and the others arrived, a burst of cheers came from the tower, and Rurik understood that the defenders might have killed something that threatened them.Only later did he know that it was a crashed car that was set on fire before the Golden Gate, and the defenders cheered amidst the panic of the Ross soldiers.

Just as Rurik and the others were approaching the majestic city gate, suddenly a man dressed as an officer came out from among the Greek defenders. Looking at his armor and the feathers on his helmet, this guy's position was definitely not low. Rurik and the others came, apparently intending to talk to them.

This immediately made everyone vigilant, and if they were seen through next, they would do it immediately.As for Rurik, he cleared up the expression on his face, suppressed the panic, and then went to meet the Greek officer who was coming.

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(End of this chapter)