In 811 it’s stated that nickophrosus got intel that their was a Bulgarian army in the mountains then proceeded to do nothing with that information
Then after the emperor decided to do nothing the guys who told him that decided to tell no one else about their findings unless the emperor himself found the bulgars then everyone was relaxed and got ambushed in the night
That story or version of history sounds so incredibly stupid. It seems like the kind of thing a historican with a chip on the shoulder would put in to maybe up play the Amorians or Macedonians
But i could be wrong so how do we know that’s how it went down
(If anything I’d say that this makes more sense th bulgars were undected and then everyone relaxed because the capitol was burned and they were victorious until a suprise ambush then the Byzantines lost )