"Can any of you tell me more than 10,000 men, plus seven or eight thousand Serbian infantry, and our three thousand reinforcements, two days...... Just two days! Why! Why have you lost all contact by now! Muhammad sat in the palace of the Sultan of Edirne with an extremely gloomy face, and the cups on the table had been reduced to a large pile of fragments scattered on the ground, "It's just a Hunyadi!" Hunyadi! I'm in Varna, and I've easily routed their coalition of forty or fifty thousand! That's the best of the crusaders, and now tell me what the hell is going on, ah! Tell me! ”

"Your Majesty ......the Sultan," said Muhammad's First and Auxiliary Minister Khalil, as he slowly stood up, "our elite has not been damaged, it is only the failure of a tentative attack. Serbia is just a pawn of us in the Balkans, and it doesn't matter if we throw them away for now. At this time, the morale of our main army and the Guards cannot be damaged, whether it is Hungary or Albania, they are only mercenaries of the Romans in this battle. We can temporarily cede the interests of the Western Balkans, and the most important thing is the victory over the Romans...... As long as we can defeat the Romans, and even open up the Balkans and Asia Minor, then we will no longer be able to stop us from attacking the European continent! ”

"Victory over the Romans? At the beginning, the Romans almost only had one city left, Constantinople, and successively conquered Athens, Thebes, Thessaloniki, and Epirus! Now that their economy is largely restored, and their troops are unprecedented, and the Hungarians and Albanians, I am afraid, are now also attacking the territory of Serbia, how do you think, Mr. Khalil, how can we defeat the Romans? Lucaon also stood up and said.

Since the defeat of the Ottomans in Greece, factional rivalries have intensified in the court. And the first battle of Varna, when the military general group was in full swing in the DPRK. Thinking that a general like Lukaon, who is not a Turkic descendant, can also make irresponsible remarks in front of Khalil, and the decline of Wenzhi can be imagined. Mehmed's desire to avenge Murad II by force intensified the fierce conflict between the two factions.

"That doesn't sound very pleasant...... But I think General Lycaon is quite pertinent. What we have to do now is to defend Edirne, not to take the initiative to attack outside, the Romans have limited food and grass and troops, as long as we drag this section over, we can have a chance of victory. ”

In the quelling of the internal usurpation rebellion, the cavalry corps led by Lycaon fought extremely bravely. This made Mehmed II also look at the Greek general, and even thought that Lykaon was loyal to the Ottomans. As everyone knows, letting the Ottomans kill the Ottomans is the situation that Lycaon is most happy to see.

Today, Lykaon is hot in front of Muhammad. Those who can smell the slightest wind direction will probably support Lucaon's suggestion.

"Lycaon, are you humiliating the power of our army in front of His Majesty the Sultan, and building the prestige of the Romans!" Khalil stretched out his hand and pointed directly at Lykaon, and angrily rebuked, "We still have tens of thousands of troops, and there are still elite Sultan Guards who have not been used, why do you think that we will definitely lose the decisive battle with the Romans?" ”

"Then why do you think that we will win a decisive battle with the Romans?" Lycaon glanced at Khalil with disdain, "We can only defeat the Romans in a frontal battle by relying on the walls of Edirne, defending step by step, and wearing down the current sharpness of the Romans!" ”

"You two shut up!"

Khalil was a great assistant to the Ottomans during the reign of Murad II, but Lykaon was also brave in battle, especially in defensive and cavalry battles, and both of them were indispensable talents for Muhammad. But now the bureaucracy in the royal court is opposed, and as a sultan, he is powerless.

If a large number of officials are now eliminated and replaced, causing a shock in the country, it is giving the Romans a chance to counterattack in one fell swoop, and now, they can only wait until the end of the war to sort out the internal affairs. In times of war, everything is important to the army, and the military minister naturally needs to be appeased even more.

"Straighten out the military affairs and prepare to defend the inner city of Edir, Lycaon, you are in charge of the two walls, and I will ...... it myself"

Muhammad was assigning the defense, when suddenly, the herald stepped directly over the guards at the gate and rushed into the palace covered in blood.

"Lord Sultan! The Roman army marched from Constantinople and Burgasburg in Thrace, and the Greek outpost only blocked it for ten minutes before it completely fell! The Romans are now half a day's way from the city of Edirne! "The herald also had a few arrow wounds on his body, and although he missed the protection of his armor, he also looked weak at this time due to excessive blood loss.

Although the voice was weak, everyone in the royal court could hear it clearly.

"His Majesty the Sultan...... Roman...... I'm afraid we're going to besiege Edirne......" Lycaon stepped forward at once, "We're going to arrange our defense at once!" ”

"Lukaon, you also supported their plan to send troops to Serbia before, and now we have lost tens of thousands of people for nothing! You are also responsible! ”

Lycaon was just about to let Khalil go, but he didn't expect the old guy to bite him again, and he immediately turned the spear: "Khalil, sending troops to Serbia was decided by everyone, and now you come out to accuse me, do you want to provoke infighting?" ”

"The Romans have already arrived in the city, are you two still arguing?!" Muhammad suddenly stood up, his sword in hand, "Go and strengthen my defenses, and if Edirne is lost, you two will bring me your heads!" ”

……

"Finished cleaning?"

"General Publius, it's just a sentry post, and there's nothing worth paying special attention to."

"Alright, everyone, set up camp here!"

The Silene Checkpoint was a barrier between Edirne and Constantinople, located between the passes of two peaks, with a difficult terrain and a very ambiguous distance from the inner city of Edir. Advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended. Purbrius ostensibly led a large army to storm the Silene outpost, but in fact, it was to put psychological pressure on Muhammad.

Although Edirne is a big meal, it must be savored slowly. Rushing to attack will only lead to a dilemma under the strict defense of the Ottomans. And by capturing the Greek outpost, the Ottomans would be in a dilemma.

"His Majesty's strategic vision is truly amazing...... adjutant general sighed as he watched the army load cartloads of grain hoarded at the Greek outpost back to Constantinople.

"The show hasn't started yet...... His Majesty had been planning for his Phoenix Legion for so long, not just for a small Edirne. Let's see, how the Balkans returned to the palm of the Empire! ”