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Chapter 1111 The End of Ottoman (please subscribe, please support)
Slow sea breeze blows from the sea, and several Ottoman green star-moon flags on the Pendic Fortress flutter high on this Roman fortress.
More than two hundred years ago, the Ottoman army embarked on the road of conquest of the Eastern Roman Empire from here, and they set out here to conquer Constantinople.
Today, under the same flag, they embarked on a journey again. The last time they were to conquer Constantinople, but this time they were to regain that city, the capital of the Ottomans, but now they were attacked by the Chinese despicable people, and the Chinese occupied their capital.
Now they are going to take back their capital!
With such belief, the Ottoman warriors in the brigade were constantly advancing along the roads built in the Roman era, passing by the majestic fortress, heading towards Kartar, and following them, there were a large number of bronze artillery dragged by mules and horses. Heavy carriages rumbling across the broken stone road. The guards wearing white hats were all bearded and carried flintlock rifles made by Turkish craftsmen, and they also wore various styles around their waists.
Various scimitars. In front of the Guards were the Turks of Anatolia, the Berbers of North Africa, the Tianfang people, and the Sipahi cavalry carried various weapons, including exquisitely decorated flintlock guns, a few combs, and even spears. In addition to the Tartars carrying double-barrel flintlock guns, they even carried bows and arrows. These Tatars from Crimea were also extremely terrifying on the battlefield. For many years, they have been a capable assistant to Ottoman siege cities and lands.
The long team extends from the horizon east of Pendick Fortress to the horizon in the west, and there is no end at a glance.
It seemed that they were the only ones left in this land. The local Turks had already run away when the Tatar cavalry, as the vanguard, passed by, and even if it was in Turkey, the Tatar cavalry would also take the opportunity to rob. After all, they came here just to rob, and did not sell people into slaves, which was already very kind.
The atrocities of the Tatar cavalry, both local officials and military officers, turned a blind eye to them, and they knew that this was just the nature of the Tatar cavalry.
Moreover, this war is of great importance to the Ottoman Empire!
Since conquering Constantinople more than two hundred years ago, the Ottoman Empire established its hegemony on the Eurasian continent. As the leader of the Tianfang world, he launched wars against Europe again and again in order to conquer that land and convert the pagans there to the Tianfang religion.
But now the Chinese took advantage of their way south to regain Jerusalem and actually took away Istanbul. For the Ottoman Empire, this was absolutely extremely lethal and more insulting, and it was also unacceptable.
If Istanbul cannot be recovered, not only will Christians in the empire riots, but North Africans and Tianfang people will also be unstable, and even the Turks themselves may resist the rule of the Sultan. The Pashas do not mind acting as the local emperors. Now Istanbul's ownership is not just a city, but a basis for the rule of the entire Ottoman Empire. Even if they pay a heavy price, they will have to recover that city.
Now the number of troops mobilized by the Ottomans exceeds 200,000! So many troops are killing the Chinese like a tide. The Ottoman Empire will definitely be able to defeat the Chinese!
Istanbul becomes Constantinople again?
Unless the prophet no longer blesses his believers! There is absolutely no possibility.
Standing on the wall of Pendick Fortress, Ahmed Coplulu held up his telescope and looked northwest. Below the mountains and to the coastline, there were a undulating "plain".
With a frown slightly, Ahmed Copruil thought that more than two hundred years ago, Sultan Muhammad launched an attack on Constantinople from here and finally captured the city. Now he is retracing that path.
But compared to Sultan Muhammad, he was a little heavy and extremely annoyed. The reason why he annoyed was that the Chinese actually announced that women, including the Sultan princess and concubines, and palace slaves, would be rewarded as spoils to their soldiers! Not only women belonging to Sultan, but also women who snatched from the homes of other Turkish officials and nobles... were also rewarded as spoils to soldiers!
This is stepping on the Ottoman Empire. No, it is stepping on all of them in the face, slapping hard a few times, and then spitting another sputum!
These damn Chinese people!
Even if women are not worth mentioning for them, they are still their appendages, and now their property has been taken away by others. How could they not be angry?
After we win, we will also send our army to the Chinese to occupy your capital and steal your property! Take away your women...
Of course, this idea is just to think about it. After all, China is too far away from here.
An officer rushed to the top of the city and handed Ahmed Coplulu a military newspaper he had just obtained.
Open the wax seal on the envelope, and after reading it, Ahmed Copruil immediately burst into laughter.
"Is there anything happy about Big Vicil?" Kuchuk Mohammed Pasha asked curiously.
"Kuchuk, we will undoubtedly win this battle!"
Ahmed Coplulu smiled,
"The Chinese may be good at naval warfare, but they are absolutely not good at land warfare. Not only did they not stick to Istanbul, they actually deployed their troops in the Karkata area. They just built some long trenches and piled up a few low walls. By the way, they deployed some cannons on the mountain, that's all."
"What?" Kuchuck Mohammed Pasha was stunned, and even felt a little reluctant to believe what he had heard.
"What do they want to do? There is no war like this!"
Although the terrain in the area of Kalkata is still flat, the undulating terrain limits the use of artillery. Since they have given up the bastion, they should concentrate their forces on field battles. The two sides lined up in a square formation, then raised their guns to aim and shoot...
But they actually dug trenches there to defend!
This is indeed a bit beyond Kuchuck's imagination.
What is the way to play this?
How deep and wide do they have to dig to block the Tatars or the Sipahi cavalry?
Among the 200,000 troops led by the Great Weiqi this time, 30,000 Tatar cavalry from the Krim Khanate, and 50,000 Sipahi cavalry came together, and a total of 80,000 cavalry! This is a powerful cavalry unit that has never been before!
In addition, this army of 200,000 people also carried more than 350 cannons. In Europe, no country has ever had such a powerful artillery. They completely overwhelmed the Chinese in firepower.
Relying on that simple line of defense, no matter how many tens of thousands of Chinese people can't stop this army!
Ahmed Coplulu smiled coldly and ordered:
"Send the order to speed up the march. I will break through the Chinese defense line and recover Istanbul in the shortest time! Tell all Pasha that in Istanbul, the property that was stolen by the Chinese is waiting to be taken back by us!"
Reclaim the treasures that were stolen by the Chinese!
At the command of the Great Vizier, dozens of Pasha, including those soldiers, led this Ottoman army, immediately became excited!
Morality suddenly surged into the sky, and could rush up to the heaven where the seventy-two virgins could be seen.
Ahmed's wishful thinking also hopes to use those wealth to stimulate their fighting spirit. As we all know, the families of high-ranking officials and nobles in Istanbul City store a large amount of wealth, and it may even be the wealth accumulated by generations. Even Ahmed Koplulu is only 29 years old and he also has wealth of more than one million gold coins, but these wealth has almost been taken away by the Chinese. His family has suffered such heavy losses, let alone other people?
Logically speaking, Ahmed Koplulu must have tried every means to get back the wealth he was stolen, but in fact, he never thought that as long as he defeated the Chinese and regained Istanbul, he could recover his losses exponentially from the spoils, because other families were stolen more. As the commander of the battle, he could bypass Sudan and enjoy the spoils directly.
Of course, he also needed to give the spoils to the Sultan. After all, the Sultan also lost a lot of wealth. His palace was robbed by the Chinese, and the treasures that the Sultan had accumulated for hundreds of years must have been looted. Of course, he had to pay some spoils to soothe the Sultan's injured heart.
But isn’t he decided on how much to hand over?
Compared to the Chinese, those Pashas also value treasures that were stolen by the Chinese!
That's the wealth of billions of gold coins!
The Sultan, the Great Vizier, the important officials in the court... They are all very good at making money, even if some of them are in Istanbul, they are also snatched away by the Chinese. But what can that happen? They also fantasize about making up for their losses by stealing what others have lost.
For a moment, all the Pashas became excited, which was a once-in-a-lifetime great thing!
Even the soldiers seemed very excited. Of course they did not dare to think about the huge wealth, but there were still many pagans living in Istanbul! They must have colluded with the Chinese and could also grab them! By the way, they could also sell those pagans as slaves, which is simply a prophet's blessing!
robbery!
This kind of thing is the specialty of the Ottoman army. What can I do if Istanbul is their capital?
In the face of wealth, everything is worth mentioning. What is human nature? Human nature is greed.
This Ottoman army of 200,000 people rushed towards the Ming army, which was deploying defenses with a common desire for wealth.
Of course, with the same desire, it is not only those Ottoman soldiers. In the army, there are many military merchants, and there are many Jews among those military merchants. In fact, one of the important reasons why the Ottomans like Jews is that they need to use the hands of those people to do some business that the prophets did not allow them to do.
In the past few hundred years, these Jewish merchants were definitely called good friends of the Ottomans. Of course, the same is true now. At least for these merchants, they were still loyal to all kinds of supplies such as food and grass provided by the empire.
Of course, some of them also look forward to making a fortune when Istanbul breaks the city one day.
After all, it was the capital of the Ottoman Empire, and there were too many rich people there. After these Ottomans entered the city, they would definitely loot that city and everyone in the city. They would loot all the treasures in their homes and sell them at a low price. Of course, there were also Christians in the city. They would also be captured and sold as slaves.
These businesses are the best businesses that Jews are good at. How could they miss such an opportunity?
However, not everyone has such an idea. After all, some of them know that because of their identity and status, Jews have now turned to the Chinese.
"Send this information to the Chinese."
In the tent, Exxon handed the letter to his son Salon. As a businessman, making money is of course important. But as Jews, there is a more important desire in their hearts.
A country belonging to the Jews!
"Father, can the Chinese really help us have our own country?"
Sharon looked at his father with some confusion. He couldn't understand why he had to take such risks to help the Chinese.
Is it just because of the promise of the Chinese?
"I have no idea."
Exxon shook his head and said.
"But for thousands of years, only the Chinese have given us such promises. For the Jews, perhaps this is our only chance."
"But what if they deceived us?"
Salon asked back.
"It's not just the Chinese who have deceived us for thousands of years. What can we do if we are deceived? It's just a proof that there is no difference between Chinese and others."
Exxon government operated the tent outside, then whispered.
"At that time, we naturally know how to deal with them. Just like we used to deal with others. But if... if the Chinese really fulfill their promise, salon, what will we have at that time?"
What will the Jews have by that time?
The Jews will have a country that belongs to them! As for the Turks who care about their country?
Looking at his son, Exxon said.
Chapter completed!