"We want to stop the pagans from using stone castings and bows to attack Christians." -- One of the Second Rutland Conference (1139) Resolutions

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As expected, Achilles did not sleep in the command room of the naval commander in front of the Sinop Breakwater. When Stratonic's sedan chair fell at the front door, the old-school naval commander seemed to be in a heated discussion with people. When the queen entered the middle of the eunuch maid, she saw only a few wounded officers, scattered documents and shaking candlelight. Achilles stood in the middle of the crowd, unable to see his face clearly, but her tone sounded extremely sad:

"I have twelve ships with decks and fifty or sixty smaller paddle boats, but these alone cannot defend the city, not to mention that the Purple Sail Pirates have already cast their way to Adiana, and Caesar has also achieved a decisive victory in the whole of Greece and the East. Tonight, I have received even more terrible news from you, my God!"

"Is there any more terrifying news than the death of my husband, the king of the Bosphorus?" At this moment, Stratonice rushed in. Then when she saw the officers who fled back from the bronze shield army, she lowered her head silently and ashamedly, she even confirmed the bad luck that Minander suffered. She immediately held the chair handle in the command room, and almost fainted.

Achilles sighed, his hair was gray, and his life at sea had been nearly forty years. Now, he could only announce it regretfully. "Unfortunately, Minander suffered the same fate as the former emperor. And your wife became a widow again." Then several fleet commanders came to Achilles' side, and said something in a daze, as if to prompt Achilles to make some determination.

"My naval commander, after all, I am a woman who has served the emperor. Please don't treat me like a foolish village girl. If the fleet officers of the Bosphorus Kingdom have any ideas at this moment, they might as well shine under the candlelight and make it open and honest." Stratonics had a premonition, so he suppressed his fear and anxiety, held his hand, and asked calmly.

So Achilles scratched his hair in embarrassment, and then said the words Stratonics was most reluctant to hear, "Our kingdom was collapsed after Minander's death, so after serious and fair discussion, the officers and soldiers of the fleet decided to hand over all ships to the enemy - surrender. In addition, it was equivalent to the city of Sinop. I will also hand it over to Adianna, no, the daughter of Bendu." But the officers of the bronze shield army started to clamor, and they were still unwilling to betray their masters. Even though Minander had died in battle, they vowed to continue to be loyal to Minander and Stratonics' son, Prince Fanabissis.

"It turns out that in your eyes, she has become the princess of Bendu again..." Stratonice smiled bitterly, with mocking these men, and then she suddenly burst out, "Aren't my son Menander the prince? You fleet personnel have been on the sea for a long time, and each of them has learned to turn their eyes. You Achilles is the servant and comrade-in-arms of the Emperor for a long time. You two have fought from Greece to Xiaoya, and then to the Black Sea. You have never deviated from such a difficult time. Why do we still have a solid place now?

A prosperous city and a vast land serve as a backing on the other side of the ocean. Do you even surrender with a single arrow? What exactly does Adiana have? Her biological mother Monime is not even willing to perform sexual intercourse against the emperor. Who knows where this wild cat and female wolf came from? Her child's bloodline is even more despicable. It was born to Adiana and a Roman military slave she met during her capture. Adiana is the one who defiled the dignity of the entire capital's royal family. Now you are going to surrender to such a dirty character for temporary benefit and mercy!"

"Madam, please allow me to repeat again. Sinop cannot be guarded, and the Kingdom of Bosphorus has also perished. It is meaningless to continue to struggle." Achilles said coldly, "Please understand that I am not a greedy general. Even when the emperor was besieged by rebel soldiers and forced to commit suicide, the entire army would send me a crown made of reeds to me, but I still refused, so I am only responsible for the future of my subordinates." After saying that, Achilles's eyes flashed a few times, and a group of fully armed soldiers immediately appeared around the command room, surrounding everyone. "Dear former princess, Lord Stratonis, this is a letter sent to you by Adiana. In order to ensure that you can take the time to read it, I have to do this. Please forgive me."

Achilles changed his title to "former princess", and the trend was already extremely obvious. Or before Stratonic came, all the left-behind and fleet officers learned about the end of the Battle of the Amacia Valley and unanimously conspired to succeed - they "returned" to the command of Adianna, the real daughter of Bendu, and were loyal to him.

Out of anger, several young Bronze Shield Army officers were arrested and captured by Achilles' subordinates out of action. The helpless Stratonice trembled and opened the box. Then they saw that there was only a bottle of light blue liquid and a bronze plate inside, with a few lines of words engraved on it:

"The candidate for reviving the imperial family of Bendu is undoubtedly me. Even if my child was born with the most humble herder, he was also a descendant of his father and a son with the royal blood of Mitra. And you Stratonic, you should have died ten years ago. Isn't that the duty of being a father's concubine?"

With a jingle, there was a small one under the board, which seemed to be added by Adiana later. The engraved words were even more cruel. "After thinking about the above problems, you will feel that the child Fanabissi should not have come to this world, you have harmed him."

"No!" Stratonice howled in despair. She knelt on the ground and kowtowed to General Achilles, saying that she was willing to die, but she still asked to let Fanabises go. He was just a minor child. She was willing to be tied up and handed over to Turkton, allowing Adiana, who was hostile to her, to abuse her. "Let me go, let my child go, he is willing to give up his qualification to inherit the crown and only want to be the humble herdsman."

Achilles helped up the sob former princess and then said, "We have sent troops to your bedroom. I believe Fanabis will not suffer much."
Chapter completed!