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Part 4 Anti-Norman Alliance Chapter 9 The So-called Sense of Superiority

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    When the Nojans defeated Hungary, news of the Yugoslav coalition reached Constantinople.  Romans, or Greeks.  They lost their voices over it.

    ¡°Imagine, back then, when their empire was at its most powerful, it took Seir II several years to defeat the entire Balkans.  The Hungarian resistance was even more tenacious.

    Eventually armies from all Europe gathered.  The empire was defeated.  .

    The Greeks can naturally comfort themselves: they are fighting all the barbarians in Europe.  Eventually it was due to the attack of another enemy of the empire, the Turkish Muslims.  That's why it failed.  Although the empire was defeated, it was still glorious, but the barbarians were victorious.  This sense of superiority made the Greeks feel superior to others, whether it was their civilized lifestyle or the military strength of their civilized empire.  The Greeks felt that they were much more powerful than their neighbors, the barbarians who believed in heretical Catholicism.

    Until the advent of the Normans.  The Norman Empire swept across all directions, and the emperor of the empire was a perfect monarch who combined all the elements of an excellent ruler and was completely impeccable.  Under such circumstances, the Greek people went from resisting to ignoring.  From ignoring it to having to face it.  Although they could also cite countless reasons why the Norman empire could not compare with the great Rome.  But they still had to face another fact: the great Roman Empire had long since disappeared.  The emperor who once tried to restore the glory of Rome and came closest to succeeding ultimately failed.  The Roman emperor was turned away outside the city.  After that, the Eastern Roman Empire died tragically, regardless of military strength or economic strength.  Neither the Army nor the Navy.  Whether it is urban construction or business development laws, government structure, scientific and technological strength everything, all the factors that can make up the country's comprehensive strength, seem to be inferior to the Norman Empire.  This makes it difficult for these Greeks, who consider themselves the proud sons of heaven and the most civilized and advanced nation in Europe and even the world, to accept it.  And extremely angry.

    And when the Normans, these arrogant people, had conquered a huge empire in France, Germany, Italy, Poland and all lands in Eastern Europe.  Compared with the Frankish Empire, which once destroyed the Western Roman Empire and divided up the Roman territory.  The arrogant claim to be the Holy Roman Empire, and even the great enemy of the Romans, those Parthian Persians an empire that was a hundred times more powerful than these powerful enemies, finally turned towards Rome and towards Constantine.  When Ding Bao stretched out his claws.  Constantinople, New Rome was boiling.

    People took to the streets, protested loudly, and yelled at the ungrateful Normans - they still remembered that the title of Tsar of Rus was conferred on Egil by Basil.  At the same time, they destroyed the shops of Norman merchants in Constantinople.  Along with those opened by Venetians, Pisa, Genoese and Milanese, they were also destroyed~

    Because it is now part of the Norman Empire.

    In the port area, dockworkers robbed the Norman merchant ships and then set fire to them, burning them to ashes.  The Norman sailors and sailors who came after hearing the news started a fierce battle with these mobs.  Then the city guards and the imperial guards were involved.  Eventually it turned into riots that spread throughout the city and even the entire Thracian region.  All non-Constantinopolitans were attacked indiscriminately.  Even people from other provinces of the empire were not spared.  Not to mention the merchants and envoys of the Muslims, Persians and Mongols in the East.

    They seized all the non-Constantinians, dragged them out of cellars and houses, and beat them.  Then steal all valuables from them.

    Others launched an attack in the direction of the Grand Palace of Constantine and the Roman Senate.  Even several Roman legions stationed in the city of Constantine were attacked.  People howled wildly, roared and threw stone noses, even bows, arrows and javelins.  To vent his dissatisfaction.

    They have reason to vent like this - because two years have passed.  The promise made by their empress before she ascended the throne was completely unfulfilled.  She said she could lead the Roman Empire back to its glory.  The final result was that the enemies of the empire were overwhelming and expanded the territory of Normandy without any hindrance. From the end of the Black Death to the present, the territory of the Norman Empire has almost doubled!  And the Romans were losing their land!  This is absolutely unacceptable!

    This feeling is like being a good student who ranks first in every exam and watching a poor student's performance gradually improve.  Eventually it reached the point where it was completely out of reach.  The feeling of envy, jealousy, hatred, psychological gap and shame is enough to drive people crazy.

    Greek people were smashing and looting everywhere while shouting slogans loudly.  That's called generosity.  It would be better if they held up some signs with slogans and banners.  It's just a pity.  This year?There is no such convenience thing as plastic.

    Dyes and other things are also luxuries, so people still hold torches, pitchforks and the like.  Making this parade-like action even more medieval.

    The slogans shouted by the people of Constantine were almost like this: "Kill all the Normans!!" "Declare war! Declare war!! Send an army to attack them and kill them all! Just like what happened outside Budapest that year  Do that!!¡±

    ¡°If we fight against Bulgaria, I will donate one month¡¯s salary; if we fight against Turkey, I will donate one year¡¯s salary; if we fight against Normandy, I will donate my life!¡±

    That¡¯s pretty much it.  Once the so-called public opinion is vented, it will become a terrible thing.  After all, creatures like civilians are not very smart.

    So, people gradually gathered.  Gathered in the square in front of the Great Palace of Constantinople.  Shouting loudly, asking their empress to come out and explain to them, what is going on in this world?  !

    "Damn it, damn it, damn it! The Normans deserve to die, and these Greeks deserve to die too!!!" After hearing the news that the mob was gradually gathering, Liliannu angrily yelled in her palace: "I  My father and I signed countless treaties with the Norman Emperor. However, when that bastard thought that these things were unnecessary, he tore them all up without hesitation. What a bastard! He didn¡¯t show any dignity at all!

    And those idiot people.  Do they think war is just playing house?  !  Sent out the army just because of a little face issue?  !  Is playing games a national priority?  !  It had only been two years since the Empire recovered from the effects of the Black Death.  With a little improvement, do they think they can be invincible?  !  How much economic loss will the empire suffer if they make such a fuss?  !  It¡¯s not your family¡¯s money that co-authored the book.  If you are really angry, donate all your family property to me and sell arms, you bastard!  !  !  "

    After yelling hysterically for a while.  Lili Annu finally calmed down.  After all, yelling like this won't help.  The top priority is to resolve this matter.

    "When will the army be dispatched?!" Liliannu turned around suddenly and asked Aetius, the only remaining famous Roman general next to her.

    "In fact, the army is ready. Queen. But what are you going to do? Suppress this riot?" Aetius frowned: "Although your prestige in the army is high enough.

    But I advise you not to do this.  ""how come.  "Lili Annu smiled bitterly: "Let's go out and reason with them.  "If you are willing to use your eloquence and speech to move people's hearts."  That would be perfect.  "Aetius nodded and said.

    Then, very quickly, the door to Constantine's Grand Palace opened.  Before the people wanted to swarm in and rush in, a large number of troops rushed out first.  Elite troops such as heavily armored Roman heavy infantry, Praetorian heavy cavalry, Trebizond archers, Seljuk cavalry archers and even the Minotaur and the Guardsmen came out one after another.  Formed an array outside the gates of the Great Palace of Constantine.

    After seeing such a scene, even the bravest mob began to feel timid.  After all, they are just a bunch of rabble.  If the army really dispatches to suppress them, it will be very simple, very simple.

    "We don't have to be afraid of them! They don't dare~" When a Norman spy hidden in the crowd rolled his eyes and wanted to say such words to irritate the mob.  The Minotaur, the tall and strong leader of the Minotaur, stood at the front of the army and raised his head and roared loudly.  The eardrum-piercing shouting completely covered up the Norman spy's voice.  The mob was so frightened that they even peed their pants

    After hearing the frightened screams of the people, the Minotaur showed a ferocious smile.

    He strode forward and grabbed a person in the front row who peed his pants and collapsed on the ground.

    That posture definitely made you want to eat him.

    "Stop!" That's when.  The army cut a road through the middle.  Liliannu, wearing bright red armor and a Roman dagger hanging from his waist, walked out.  shouted to the Minotaur.  After hearing this voice, the Minotaur frowned dissatisfied, turned his head and looked at Liliannu.  The empress of Rome, on the other hand, stared at the Minotaur without giving in.  After a short while, it was the Minotaur who gave in first.  He threw the man to the ground neither lightly nor heavily.  Then he walked among his troops muttering quietly.

    "Okay, Romans, if you want me to come out, I have already come out. If you have any other demands, you can ask me."

    ??lili Annu looked at the surprised and quiet citizens, opened his mouth, and said something like this{PiaoTian Literature www.PiaoTian.com thanks all book friends for their support. Your support is our greatest motivation}
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