Now the ministers had no objection or reason to stop them, and there was no reason to stop them.
If the city gates were not opened, all of them would be accused of rebellion.
Someone in the city would definitely attack these ministers in order to clear themselves of the charge of rebellion. , and then opened the city gate.
It would be foolish to stand up and stop him at this time.
The city gate slowly opened.
Leo's eyes flashed when he saw this.
He raised his hand and waved forward and shouted: "Come in, and those who resist will be killed without mercy."
The faces of the ministers on the top of the city changed drastically, and they all shouted: "Close the city gate quickly, close the city gate!"
It was too late.
Leo led his army into Constantinople only after encountering slight resistance.
He soon controlled the entire Constantinople.
He sat on the throne of the emperor without any scruples.
He also ordered all ministers to be brought to the Golden Council Palace.
He announced to everyone in the Golden Council Palace that he would proclaim himself emperor, and anyone who opposed would be killed.
A military coup occurred in Constantinople.
Leo, the commander of the Anatolian military region, took control of the political power and proclaimed himself emperor.
The entire Eastern Roman Empire was in an uproar.
The commanders of various military regions expressed their opposition, calling Leo a traitor.
In May 802 AD, the Western Qin State declared a state of war against the Eastern Roman Empire on the grounds that the Eastern Roman Empire had attacked the port of Alexandria Taller.
Soon the news of the Western Qin army's massive attack on Asia Minor spread, and at any time there was the news that Emperor Nicephorus and his 50,000 troops were wiped out by the Western Qin army in Syria.
The voices of the commanders of the military regions opposing Leo stopped.
Only nobles from various places still oppose it because their interests are not protected.
The head of Emperor Nicephorus was made into a drinking vessel.
This fact was unacceptable to the subjects of the Eastern Roman Empire.
The once glorious glory of the Eastern Roman Empire gradually disappeared with the arrival of this news.
The self-confidence of the subjects has also been greatly affected.
More than a heavy blow, the Western Qin State sent troops to the Eastern Roman Empire several times and achieved victory.
However, the Eastern Roman Empire suffered repeated defeats and ceded territory to pay indemnities and sued for peace again and again.
Now the Western Qin State's army is facing the subjects of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Said seems to have become synonymous with invincibility.
Compared with the Western Qin State's massive attack again, Leo's military coup to seize power seems to have become insignificant.
When the Western Qin Army launched a massive attack, the ordinary people of the Eastern Roman Empire had to adopt a default attitude, because they knew At this time, the empire needs an emperor to lead his subjects to resist Block the attack of the Western Qin army, otherwise everyone will become the slaves of the Western Qin people.
And when Emperor Nicephorus died in battle and had no heirs to inherit the throne, now there is no choice but to let Leo be the emperor.
Although the nobles They are still expressing their opposition, but their opposition will not have much effect at this time.
As a result, the fact that Leo became emperor has gradually become a fact that everyone agrees to.
In order to distinguish him from other emperors named Leo in the history of the Eastern Roman Empire, people called him Leo V.
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Under the command of Wei Gao, the vanguard army of the Western Qin Dynasty divided into two groups.
One group invaded the Eastern Roman Empire from Armenia, and the other group still entered Cilicia from Sunset Pass.
At the same time, the Western Qin Mediterranean Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet also launched in full force respectively.
The Black Sea Fleet went straight to the ports on the southern coast of the Black Sea south of Constantinople, while the Mediterranean Fleet set out in full force towards the Aegean Sea.
Just when Wei Gao led the vanguard army to massively attack the Asia Minor Peninsula, the Black Sea Fleet and Mediterranean Fleet of the Western Qin Dynasty also had several confrontations with the Aegean Sea Fleet of the Eastern Roman Empire in the Aegean Sea, with both sides winning and losing.
On the first day of June, the Egyptian Legion of the Western Qin State set off from Alexandria by fleet.
A few days later, 30,000 Egyptian Legion troops landed on the south coast of southern Greece and quickly advanced northward, attacking cities and conquering the terrain along the way.
Almost at the same time, 20,000 North African legions from the Western Qin Kingdom landed in southern Italy and launched an attack on the southern Italian territories of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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For a time, people from all over Eastern Rome sent people to Constantinople to ask for help.
Leo V received news from various places that he was attacked by the Western Qin army and asked for help, but he could not send reinforcements.
No one from the military commanders in various places listened to him, and they almost all went their own way in resisting the Western Qin army.
The serious internal struggles in the Eastern Roman Empire over the years have caused the strength of the entire empire to decline year by year.
Regardless of the economic strength for the time being, the military strength has dropped to a jaw-dropping level.
There are loopholes everywhere in the defense lines.
This is also the reason why the Western Qin army The reason why there was almost no decent resistance when attacking from all directions.
In recent years, in order to prevent the Western Qin army from attacking from the Asia Minor Peninsula again, Irina has spent some time on the military defense of Asia Minor.
Therefore, the military defense force on the Asia Minor Peninsula is significantly stronger than that of Greece and southern Italy.
Wei Gao The offensive of the Qin Dynasty encountered some obstacles.
Although the progress slowed down, it was still advancing steadily.
The Western Qin Army's offensive in southern Italy and Greece can only be described as overwhelming.
The loss of large tracts of land and ports meant that the Eastern Roman Empire's naval fleets in the Aegean Sea and the Adriatic Sea lost their place to dock, rest, and replenish.
Their combat effectiveness plummeted.
The Western Qin Mediterranean Fleet hunted down the Eastern Roman Empire's naval ships everywhere.
The Eastern Roman Empire naval fleet in the Adriatic Sea had no choice but to retreat to the northern waters of the Adriatic Sea controlled by the Frankish Kingdom to avoid the encirclement and suppression of the Western Qin fleet, but this also aroused the vigilance of the Frankish Kingdom.
After the Aegean Fleet of the Eastern Roman Empire lost its port again, in order to preserve its strength, it had to retreat into the Sea of Marmara and merge with the fleet in the Sea of Marmara, thereby gaining the opportunity to replenish the port in the southern part of Constantinople.
Since then, the Adriatic fleet is still in ruins.
It is not only being watched by the Western Qin fleet, but also monitored by Frankish ships, while the Aegean fleet and the Marmara fleet can only stay in the Sea of Marmara.
Strategically The depth is getting smaller and smaller.
By September 802 AD, all the territories of the Eastern Roman Empire in southern Italy were occupied by the West Qin North African Legion.
Most of Greece was also captured by the West Qin Egyptian Legion, leaving only a part of the area immediately south of Thrace. , and Wei Gao's vanguard army also reached the Anatolia Military Region.
The Anatolian Military District has been managed by Leo for several years.
Although there are not many troops stationed here at this time, various military defense facilities are extremely strong and well-equipped, especially some passes, castles and fortresses.
During the construction of these When building passes, castles and fortresses, Leo used a lot of manpower and material resources, and all the engineering materials were solid stones.
It was not easy to destroy these defense facilities.
It was in the Anatolia Military District that Wei Gao encountered relatively strong resistance, and his advance slowed down.
However, Wei Gao was not in a hurry.
His mission was not to clear the way for the subsequent main army, but to transform the occupied areas into To become a solid territory of Western Qin, the rule of Western Qin should be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people here.
It has to be said that the resistance of the soldiers and civilians of the Eastern Roman Empire to the Western Qin army was unprecedented.
Many abandoned military fortresses built to deal with the cannibals were used by them to deal with the Western Qin army.
The Western Qin army did indeed attack these abandoned We suffered some losses in front of the military fortresses.
Fortunately, these abandoned military fortresses were not very strong due to their age and disrepair.
Otherwise, they would have been enough to give the Western Qin army a drink.
After the subsequent siege troops arrived, Wei Gao's offensive mission became much easier.
With the participation of special siege equipment from the siege battalion, these abandoned military fortresses were quickly destroyed, and the newly built passes in recent years , fortresses and castles were also breached after just delaying for a while.
After the Western Qin vanguard army broke through the Anatolia Military District, it became much easier to attack westward.
Although there was some resistance along the way, they were not large in scale.
Most towns were closed after the arrival of the Western Qin army.
A white flag was planted on the top of the city and the city gates were opened to surrender.
On the one hand, Wei Gao led the vanguard army to advance steadily, on the other hand, he sent troops to conquer towns and villages across the Asia Minor Peninsula, spreading the deterrence and influence of the Western Qin State to the countryside, and extending his ruling power deep into the countryside. to disrupt and eliminate Constantinople's influence.
Just as Wei Gao's army was advancing towards Constantinople, on September 15, 802 AD, the 81-year-old Zhao Ziliang led an army of 200,000 to march in person.
The main army set off from the city of Alexandria Tale. , leaving Sunset Pass and heading towards Constantinople.
These 200,000 troops include 50,000 Korean troops, 50,000 Tianzhu troops, 50,000 Tibetan troops, and 50,000 Mobei troops.
In addition, there are 100,000 Tang troops who have not yet arrived on their way to the west.
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These 100,000 Tang troops have not yet arrived.
Will serve as follow-up reinforcements.
In addition to the 200,000 people in these four legions, Zhao Ziliang also has a guard legion of 12,000 people responsible for accompanying security matters.
With the arrival of more than 200,000 Western Qin troops, after entering Cilicia, Zhao Ziliang ordered the Tianzhu Army to take over military garrison tasks in the occupied areas.
On the one hand, they were responsible for the security of the occupied areas, and on the other hand, they were responsible for protecting the entire The army's supply lines are safe.
The arrival of the main force of the Western Qin Dynasty caused some resistance in the Asia Minor Peninsula to disappear.
In the face of such powerful military strength, the recalcitrants wisely chose to hide, but this would not make the Tianzhu Army give up their pursuit and encirclement.
Tianzhu Legion is in After gradually taking over the garrison tasks, they immediately began to wipe out the resistance forces in various places.
They were not very good at fighting, but they were still very good at dealing with bandits and being responsible for public security.
Over the years, they have fully demonstrated their talents in this area.
When Zhao Ziliang led the main army through the Anatolia region, Wei Gao also led the vanguard army to attack the city of Constantinople.
For a time, the atmosphere in Constantinople became unprecedentedly tense.
This time it was more tense than ever before.
The situation at the siege of Dinburg was much more serious
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