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“Wait until you recover, and the other Janissaries that participated in the Battle of Constantinople and suffered heavy losses will also recover. Ask your Dark Angels to come and help me. The Dark Angels, Iskandar Dire Wolves, and Sultan's Fists did not directly participate in the battle, so they did not suffer too much loss. The Ultramarines are the legion with the largest number of troops. At present, the strength of four legions is enough!”

Ji Liman said ambitiously.

"The rise of the Angelos family begins today!"

Chapter 315: The Fall of Angels

Facing his extremely radical aunt, Aenarion was somewhat helpless, but she was right. After the failure of the Battle of Constantinople, the death of Mehmed, and the succession of the young ruler, he had ushered in the weakest moment of the Ottoman Empire. There would not be a better time than now. Although the Varangians and Phalanx soldiers suffered heavy casualties and needed time to recover, his navy and the most elite First Legion, the Dark Angels, had not suffered any losses.

However, this time, Venice and the Knights Hospitaller withdrew from the battle. The former suffered too heavy casualties and had no energy for another major war, while the Knights Hospitaller expressed their anger and protest - you Orthodox Christians are actually going to fight hand in hand with pagans?

In June 1453, Aenarion reorganized his army according to Eastern Roman custom.

Each team consists of ten people and has a team leader.

Every ten teams of one hundred men form a company, with one centurion; in addition, there are a deputy, a flag bearer, a military chaplain, and two military musicians. A company of about 100 men is the most basic battlefield unit.

Every ten companies of a thousand men formed a battalion, with one captain of a thousand men.

Every 10,000 people form a legion, with a legion commander; this is just the basic configuration, and the details can be fine-tuned by yourself.

More than half of their 4 Varyags were lost after this battle, but those Varyags that survived the fierce battle were upgraded to level at least. This battalion of three companies and Varyags had initially acquired the combat capability of the Janissary Corps.

Emperor Constantine had previously absorbed Vikings and tried to reorganize the Varangians. After Aenarion truly took control of the entire military power of the empire, he incorporated the Varangians, which were originally created by Constantine, into his own army. In the end, he obtained two battalions and more than 2,000 Viking half-giants as his elite troops who could charge head-on with the Janissaries.

As for the phalanx soldiers, their losses were too great. The eight battalions were all damaged and unable to form a formation. These ordinary people would be helpless.

Fighting against Janissary-level enemies, recover first.

Afterwards, he returned to Thessaly with these two battalions of half-giants and his own huge navy. After years of dormancy, the First Legion, the Dark Angels, had recovered from a dilapidated state of six battalions and six thousand men to eight battalions and about eight thousand men. Together with Varyag, he now had an elite army of ten thousand men.

After another conversation with the Dark Angels' top brass and explaining the current situation, Aenarion warmly embraced the Lord of the First Legion, the King of the Seraphim.

"Why, your husband has been away from Thessaly for so long, did you miss me?"

Lion stared at Aenarion with gnashing teeth, his teeth itching with anger, wishing he could tear him in half with his bare hands, but his body was controlled by Aenarion, so he could only hug his tall body gently, pretending to be in love in front of all the dark angels, and said delicately, "I miss you, I miss you very much."

What made Ryan feel extremely ashamed was that his body actually responded directly when he hugged him. His long and plump thighs rubbed against each other unconsciously, and his lower body began to get wet, looking forward to the arrival of his master.

"Okay, I'm not kidding you anymore. Have you heard about Ji Liman's situation?"

Aenarion looked seriously at Lion, who was more than 70 centimeters shorter than him. Humans are originally shorter than elves, and after his transformation into a demon, he was 2.5 meters tall. He had to half-kneel on the ground to look at Lion, who was 1.8 meters tall, on an equal footing.

"Well, I heard that Muhammad is dead, and the ogres have made a six-year-old child the Sultan, with Grand Vizier Khalil as the regent. Warmaster Gilman is dissatisfied and has gathered three legions to rebel, wanting to become the regent himself. Go ahead, a bunch of idiots."

Ryan said uninterestedly that the Ottoman Empire had nothing to do with him anyway, so let it do whatever it wanted.

Aenarion stared at Llane. He knew his strongest and most terrifying enemy in the early days very well. She was a very twisted and stubborn person who didn't want to say anything. If you wanted to impress this type of person, you could only use actions and sincerity to impress her. There were only two things she really desired in her heart: family and power. He returned her father to her and married her, which alleviated the situation to a certain extent.

And now, it's time to seduce with power.

"You also know that Ji Liman is my aunt. Although we are officials in the Ottoman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire respectively, we have a very good relationship. This time she is going to be the regent, and she has also invited me and the First Legion to fight. Why don't we go and help her? She is your aunt after all."

Llane remained silent and looked at Aenarion as if he were a fool. My entire legion has left and betrayed the Ottoman Empire. There is no way I can go back.

"Think about it. If you help Jiliman become the regent, she will have the right to pardon the First Legion's reputation for betrayal. If Jiliman becomes the regent, then the position of the Ottoman Empire's war commander will be vacant, right?"

Aenarion patiently persuaded him, and when he heard the word "Warmaster", Llane's eyes immediately lit up, as if he saw a little girl with a favorite toy.

"Don't you want to become the empire's war again..."

"Stop talking nonsense! Where are we going? How many people are we going to kill?"

Ryan's eyes sparkled like stars.

"Wait for news. My aunt is still planning. Let's gather the First Legion first. I will assign the bard military musicians trained in Crimea to each company of your legion to enhance their combat capabilities. After that, we will wait for news from Macedonia."

Aenarion gently held Llane in his arms like a princess, and walked towards the stable amid the laughter of the dark angels. Aenarion selected the strongest and most agile Thessaly elven warhorse, held Llane in his arms, and rode towards the vast grasslands of Thessaly.

When they galloped into the deserted green sea of ​​grass, Aenarion held Llane in his arms, made her sit on the horse backwards, and kissed her facing him. On the bumpy horse's back, he gently stripped off all her clothes, revealing the Angel King's agile and graceful body. The Lord of the First Legion seemed to be favored by Allah, with snow-white skin and bones, as white and soft as mutton-fat jade. Even though she had been through hundreds of battles, her beautiful body did not have a single scar or flaw.

Even though there was no one around, exposing her body in the green sea of ​​grass in broad daylight obviously exceeded Lion's limit of shame. Her agile body gradually turned red, hot, and even trembled. Two blushes appeared on her cold and beautiful face. The extreme shame made her body extremely sensitive. The slightest touch from Aenarion made her little mouth flow with water.

Aenarion smiled, and slowly pressed the marble pillar against the cave entrance where the stream was flowing. Along with the bumpy horse's body, the hot stone pillar kept rubbing against her, brushing against two soft clam meats, making Lion let out a shameful cry. A pair of rough big hands skillfully stroked every inch of her tender skin, kneading every piece of tempting beautiful flesh. The two soft lumps of snow-white flesh on her chest also became a size larger than before under Aenarion's kneading and control, and were gradually covered with red fingerprints, which complemented the snow-white breast meat.

It didn't take long before the legion leader, who had already tasted the pleasure, gasped for breath due to the teasing. The pupils of her emerald green eyes turned into the shape of a heart. She twisted her waist while sitting on the bumpy horse's back, trying to swallow the spear, but her body was controlled and she couldn't do as she wished.

And just then

Aenarion cancelled the domination spell and no longer controlled the Lord of the First Legion. Lion was stunned for a moment, moving her whole body in disbelief, feeling the long-lost freedom and her hungry body. She looked at the green wilderness. Now, as long as she wanted, she could escape at any time and no longer be restricted and controlled by Aenarion.

But what could he do if he ran away? The Ottoman Empire had tried to make him a traitor, and Aenarion was one of the five Roman regents. His First Legion had become a Roman institution, and the province of Thessaly was in Aenarion's possession.

After losing her position as Osman's war commander, would she also lose her dark angel, her father whom she had finally found, and her... husband and family?

Lion's cold face revealed an angry expression, and he hugged Aenarion's body directly. His white jade arms tightened Aenarion's body and arms like two beautiful snakes, and his cherry lips bit Aenarion's neck hard, with such force that it drew blood!

Aenarion was startled and subconsciously prepared to speed up time, using his last trump card to regain control of the Domination spell.

But then, Ryan put his feet on the saddle, raised his hips slightly, and took the initiative to swallow the hot marble pillar into the small mouth below him. He raised and lowered his legs again and again, allowing the thousands of wrinkles in his flesh hole to grind the stone pillar that went straight in, and he actively enjoyed the pleasure of intercourse.

Ryan seemed to feel that this was not enough. His flexible waist drove his two plump buttocks to swing wildly, wriggling up and down while swaying left and right, creating erotic ripples on the horse's back. Coupled with the abnormal bumps when the warhorse galloped, the uncertain shaking brought about by the triple swing pushed the two people who were in negative distance contact to the sky of bliss at the same time! Two streams of hot liquid were poured on the most sensitive parts of the two people at the same time!

"Hu-hu-"

Ryan took a few deep breaths, and her soul reached bliss before slowly returning to her body. She opened her mouth, stuck out her small tongue, and gently licked the wound on Aenarion's neck that she had bitten, but she spoke angrily.

"If you dare to use Domination on me again, I will bite your throat out alive."

"You have always refused to join me, and even wanted to kill your own father. I had no choice but to do this. Now, I will definitely not use this spell on you again."

Aenarion smiled, held her in his arms, and started the second round of rain and water blending. Lion snorted coldly, but his body moved honestly.

After dark, the two returned to Kronosburg together. The poor elf horse collapsed on the ground gasping for breath due to exhaustion, which made the person in charge of raising the horse feel very distressed.

The others were looking at the wound on Aenarion's neck and whispering to each other ambiguously. The Lord of the First Legion was indeed awesome. Our Warmaster had fought in Constantinople for two months, and had fought against almost half of the top forces of the Ottoman Empire, but no one could leave a wound on him, let alone a scar. His defense was difficult to break.

As a result, not even half a day after he came back, his neck was bitten by our legion commander and a scar was left on it.

Chapter 316: Seven Armies Join Forces

Three days later, intelligence arrived, but Gilman did not rush to march into Edirne, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Instead, she adhered to the strategy of pacifying the country before fighting the enemy and eliminated dissidents.

Most of the loyalists of the Dark Angels were instigated by Aenarion and Luther, and the rest basically died in the war with the Fallen Angels. Llane does not have to worry about the loyalty of his own legion, but Gilliman, Leman Russ, and Rogue, the three newly rebel legion lords, need to worry about the loyalty within their own legions. They first declared rebellion, observed the reactions of their generals and soldiers, and then sent out a large number of secret envoys to test the loyalty within the legion. The methods included but were not limited to fishing enforcement and pretending to be loyal. It took them three days to make an initial judgment on the legion.

Afterwards, the three legion commanders dispatched these uncontrollable members of their men on ships to carry out sea assault missions. After setting out to sea, they were quickly entangled by Aenarion's navy. With the overwhelming naval advantage of the Roman Empire, thousands of extremely elite Janissaries and loyal Ottoman slaves were either burned to charcoal by Greek fire, crushed by cannons, or simply buried in the belly of fish.

In this naval battle, Gilliman successfully eliminated dissidents, and Aenarion also gained more support and trust from the Roman people because of this military achievement. It was a win-win situation.

As a reward for helping him eliminate dissidents and inviting the Dark Angels to send troops to assist, Gilman ceded the three cities of Thessaloniki, Kalamaria and Cassandra to Aenarion. The entire Chalkidiki Peninsula now returned to the rule of the Romans.

The two castles of Kalamaria and Kassandra are nothing special, but Thessaloniki is the largest city in Greece after Constantinople, a major seaport, and even the capital of the Macedonian Kingdom of Alexander the Great.

Thessaloniki is the second largest city and port in northern Greece. It has an urban population of 6 and a rural population of 50. The population of the city is almost half of that of Thessaly. It has a Mediterranean climate with warm winters and hot summers. It is the second largest economic, cultural and commercial center in Greece, as well as a major transportation hub in southeastern Europe. Its commercial port is very important for Greece and the hinterland of southeastern Europe. As a cultural center, Thessaloniki is famous for its large number of masterpieces of ancient Greek and Roman architecture and some

Noted for its important Ottoman and Jewish architecture.

Such an important city, now, after a series of interest exchanges, returned to the hands of the Romans. This move made Aenarion's reputation grow in the Eastern Roman Empire. After winning the battle to defend the city, Constantinople got drunk for three days to celebrate the victory.

And when Thessaloniki was recovered, the whole of Constantinople held a three-day banquet again to celebrate the diplomatic victory of the imperial war commander. Hundreds of thousands of Roman people raised their glasses, prayed to God, and congratulated the war commander, but they did not respect the little kid who was now on the throne.

However, Gilman may not be a good warrior, but she is an extremely outstanding politician and diplomat. It is not easy to get the big cake of Aenarion.

After eliminating dissidents, only 15,000 people were left in the 13th Legion, the Ultramarines, and 7,000 people were left in the 7th Legion, the Sultan's Fists. The 6th Legion, the Iskandar Dire Wolves, was the worst off. This legion had the most loyalists, and after the Great Purge, only 4,000 people were left. Together with the 8,000 people of the Dark Angels and the 2,000 people of the Varyag, the main force of the rebel army now consists of only 36,000 people.

What greeted them was naturally the strongest counterattack from the Ottoman Regent. Khalil knew that if he could not get rid of this rebel army as quickly as possible and punish Gilman and others with the most brutal and bloody punishment, then soon no one would obey him as the Regent! At that time, everyone wanted to become the new Regent and control the world with the Sultan!

At that time, the Ottoman Empire would have been truly finished. Although the situation is critical now, everything can still be saved.

Therefore, in order to quell the rebellion and directly destroy the four Janissary Corps, the Ottoman Empire gambled everything and directly led seven legions to the battlefield in a mighty manner.

The first were the Third Legion - the Sons of the Caliph, the Eighth Legion - the Midnight Lords, and the Sixteenth Legion - the Word Bearers, which were transferred from Asia Minor to fight in the defense of Constantinople and had not yet had time to return home.

Next came the Fifth Legion, the White Scars, stationed on the Danube steppes. Chagatai Khan summoned a large number of ogre bandits who were exiled from Asia Minor to the Danube border. Without pursuing quality, the number of troops once swelled to thirty-two battalions and thirty-two thousand people, almost one twentieth of these ogre nomads.

The Ninth Legion of Ghouls stationed in the Principality of Wallachia, the Grand Duke of Wallachia and the Lord of the Ninth Legion, this vampire Grand Duke known as Vlad Tepesh in the common language and Sanguinius in the Turkish language, awakens every vampire lord in the tomb and resurrects every corpse in the grave. He is no longer guarding the northern territory for the Ottoman Empire, but is going deep into the heart of the empire to quell rebellions for the Sultan.

The 10th Legion Iron Hands stationed in the Bulgarian province, the oldest surviving Gorgon Philus took her captured Gorgon sisters and a large number of Bulgarian beastmen into action again.

The 19th Legion of the Raven Guard stationed in the Kingdom of Serbia, the sister of the Ottoman Queen Mother Lady Mara and the eldest daughter of the King of Serbia, Clarks, with a look of pain on his face, led the Serbian raptor beastmen and began to march south to respond to the Ottoman Empire's new warmaster's order to quell the rebellion, to fight his brother-in-law Aenarion and his brother-in-law's aunt Gilliman.

Khalil thought for a while and appointed the most loyal leader of the Third Legion, Fulgrim Komnenos, the rebellious Phoenix, as the new warmaster, and led seven legions to eliminate Gilliman's rebellion. Although they had just finished the Battle of Constantinople, on average, each legion still had more than 8,000 Janissaries left, adding up to nearly 60,000 elite soldiers.

No matter what, seven legions against four legions, the advantage is on me! What's more, the enemy just carried out a major purge within the faction, and their forces will only be weaker!

Afterwards, Khalil calmed down and ordered the 4th Legion's Iron Warriors, who were best at building strong camps and fighting stupid battles, and the 18th Legion's Salamanders, who were absolutely loyal because they had signed a blood pact, to return to Edirne to defend them as the imperial guards to consolidate the power center of the empire and prevent the Eastern Roman Empire from taking the opportunity to steal his ass. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Very good, now it is time to listen to the news of the victory brought to me by the phoenix Fulgrim.

Chapter 317: The Twin Bloods

Seeing the seven Ottoman legions coming in a mighty force to quell the rebellion, Gilman remained calm and even said that she had the advantage and was sure of victory. On the contrary, the soldiers under her were extremely anxious. They didn't know where the commander's confidence came from. The counselors and generals also came up with plans. The current plan was to consolidate the passes between Macedonia and the Ottoman territory, which were located in dangerous mountains and rivers, and keep the enemy out of the country.

"Why are you so anxious? Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, is a strong city with deep moats. The food stored there is enough for the army to consume for ten years. Everyone, abandon all the passes and fortresses in Macedonia. We will retreat back to Skopje, fight a defensive counterattack, and extend the supply line of the traitor Khalil.

Once the bandits surround Skopje, the Romans, Albanians, and even the entire Christian army will cooperate with us to counter-encircle the seven Janissary Legions! We are not trapped in Skopje, but the center is blooming!"

Ji Liman rejected the idea of ​​dividing the troops to defend the fortress.

Fa, with four legions, retreated to Skopje, the capital of the Macedonian province. The other three legion commanders and Aenarion had no objection, as if they knew other information and therefore had an understanding that surpassed other generals.

In July 1453, the 7rd Legion of the Sons of the Caliph, the th Legion of the Midnight Lords, and the th Legion of the Word Bearers were the first to arrive at the Macedonian border. Among the other four legions, three were responsible for guarding the border and were relatively far away, so it was normal for them to arrive late.

But the Iron Hands stationed in Bulgaria also arrived late. The legion commander was still the Gorgon with whom he had the closest relationship, Philus Manus. Fulgrim asked in confusion, but the answer he got was that it was the remnants of the Bulgarian Kingdom. Seeing the recent death of the Ottoman Sultan, an uprising broke out. The Tenth Legion will come after suppressing it. I promise to come. I will definitely come. You guys fight on the front line first.

Fulgrim was speechless. He checked the army. His Third Legion, the Sons of the Caliph, only had six battalions and six thousand men left. The Sixteenth Legion, the Word Bearers, had seriously exceeded the limit in numbers because they had absorbed a large number of fanatics and Imams from the Islamic Church. Even after the Battle of Constantinople, they suffered heavy losses. Now they only had sixteen battalions and sixteen thousand men left. In total, there were twenty-two thousand elite Janissaries who started at level four.

The number of auxiliary soldiers is five times this number, 22,000 elite soldiers and 110,000 auxiliary soldiers, totaling 132,000 people.

As for the Night Lords, this legion is quite special. They are the two children of the Vampire Grand Duke of Wallachia, who came to the Ottoman Empire as hostages. The elder sister was named Vlad and the younger sister was named Radu, who were changed to Sanguinius and Curze in the language of the ogres. These two newly-born vampires were trained by the Janissaries since childhood, and decades later grew up to become the commanders of the Eighth and Ninth Legions.

The elder sister Sanguinius eventually took the throne of Grand Duke of Wallachia and stationed the Ninth Legion in Wallachia, the northernmost frontier of the empire, while the younger sister Radu took some Wallachian vampires to the front line in Asia Minor to support the Ottoman war against the Timurid Empire, and was only recently transferred back.

Therefore, the structure of these two legions is very special, and there are almost no living people inside the legions.

A vampire lord controls dozens of vampire lords, each vampire lord controls dozens of necromancers, each necromancer controls dozens or even hundreds of ordinary zombie skeletons. This simple four-layer pyramid structure constitutes the most basic appearance of an undead army, just like the knight fiefdom system in Western Europe. The undead of my undead are not my undead.

Of course, both vampire lords control a royal guard composed entirely of vampire rookies. The Ninth Legion is called the Holy Blood Knights, and the Eighth Legion is called the Nightbat Guards. In addition to these, the various armies and lord-level vampires also enslave strange undead creatures as supplements to the army.

As for the exact number? Koz herself didn't know how many people were in her legion. She only knew that she had a total of thirty-three vampire lords under her command, as well as a vampire personal army and night bat guards that always numbered one hundred and were led by her.

Those necromancers and zombie skeletons below are managed by the vampire lords. They are none of my business.

Fulgrim thought for a moment and sent out scouts to carefully scout a series of difficult-to-defend fortresses and passes on the border between Macedonia and the Empire, especially Scotusa.

This city is located in the mountains of Greece, with the Thracian Plain to the east and Macedonia and Serbia to the west. The terrain is extremely dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. If I were Gilman, I would definitely send heavy troops to guard here, and it would definitely be a bloody battle.

However, she was surprised to find that the defense here could not be said to be perfect, but it could be said to be empty, the castle gates were not even closed, and the three legions occupied Scotusa like a whirlwind without encountering any obstruction.

Where is Gilman? Feranje or Vitina? These two fortresses stand in the mountains and are also very important. To the north is Serbia and to the south is Macedonia. Does Gilman think we will attack from Serbia in the north, so where is she stationed???

Fulgrim led his troops north and found that the two fortresses were also empty and were easily recaptured by the Ottoman army.

Fulgrim suddenly realized that it seemed that Gilman knew that he had few soldiers, so he gave up the three fortresses scattered on the border. She must be in Sinzos! Sinzos is the throat of Macedonia. The roads to the three fortresses before are all gathered under the city of Sinzos. If we don't capture this castle, the Ottoman army will not be able to enter the heart of Macedonia. Gilman must be waiting for me here.

A day later, the Ottoman army arrived at Syndros and found that there was not a single hair here. The army easily entered the throat fortress that could control Macedonia. They even took down Aeginion in the south - further south was the Thessaly Basin of the Roman Empire.

Fulgrim was completely stunned when he saw how easily the army had recaptured the border fortresses and even penetrated Macedonia from north to south. He did not dare to act rashly for a while. He easily entered the endless plains of Macedonia. There was no place to defend here. What was Gilman doing? She immediately sent auxiliary troops to garrison the fortress, repair the city defenses, and sent scouts deep into the heart of Macedonia to see what the enemy was like.

Three days later, the scout cavalry brought him good news: the rebels were in turmoil, and the premise for the four legions to cooperate was

The idea was that we all attacked Edirne together, you were the regent and I was the war commander. But now that the rebellion had just started, seven legions were pressing down on us. Gilman did not lead the attack, but instead retreated back to the capital of Macedonia, as if she was determined to defend to the end of time.

At this moment, internal conflicts among the four legions broke out instantly. The three rebel legions did not trust the Dark Angels who surrendered to Rome. Leman Russ and Rogue also had their own minds and were unwilling to obey Gilman's leadership. They felt that there was no chance of winning if they continued to defend here. Small-scale conflicts even broke out among the four rebel armies in the city. Leman Russ even wrote a letter of surrender to Fulgrim, expressing his willingness to quietly open the door and let the Ottoman Heavenly Army enter the city as long as you could pardon me and my legion.

"Warmaster, this is a golden opportunity! Now that the four legions have not arrived, as long as we march into the heart of Macedonia, attack Skopje, and capture Gilman alive, the credit will belong to the three of us! There is no need to share the fruits of victory with the other four! Humph, it's their fault for dragging their feet and wasting the opportunity, they deserve it!"

Lorgar was overjoyed and began to urge the army to advance, but Fulgrim was a little worried: Leman Russ, the she-wolf, was known for her cunning, and she was worried that these rebels were playing a trick on her. Curze acted indifferent, hiding in the sunless shadows and saying nothing.

Fulgrim hesitated. On the surface, it seemed like a great achievement, but it was possible that this was a trap. At least wait until the other four legions arrived, and then we set off together. Even if it was a trap, he could trap seven legions? Wasn't he afraid of starving himself to death?

But then again, I have just become the war commander, people's hearts are unstable, and other legion commanders may not obey me. I really need to use a huge achievement to prove my strength and value, and prove that I am qualified for the position of war commander!

Fulgrim was torn between his own conscience and his own desires, and was a little undecided, but a day later, someone spoke for him - Grand Vizier Khalil was more anxious than the new Warmaster. Fulgrim was only worried that his position as Warmaster was unstable and that he would be replaced by one of his sisters, but Grand Vizier was worried that if the bandits could not be suppressed quickly, the entire empire would collapse and fall apart.

The rebels are now in turmoil. If you, Fulgrim, don't strike now, what are you waiting for? Defeat the rebels quickly! Bring those four legion commanders back to Edirne, dead or alive! All the traitors must be brutally killed in front of everyone to stabilize the situation in the empire again! If it drags on, the other legion commanders will think that Gilliman can clear the court and rebel, and it has not been suppressed for a long time. It seems that Khalil is just at this level and is not scary at all. If she can clear the court, why can't I? ? ?

Chapter 318: Artillery and Cavalry Coordination

At the urging of the Grand Vizier and Regent Khalil, Fulgrim shrugged his shoulders and went into battle reluctantly, leaving behind 30,000 auxiliary soldiers to guard the various border fortresses and the castle. He then led an army of 100,000 into the old land of Macedonia and marched straight all the way to Skopje.