Siege of Marrich Camp, Day 5.

"Sophia, if your dark line has not given us a signal today, I am afraid that Your Majesty will start buying grain from the West, which will make the Empire's finances even worse. I'm afraid it will also shake the army a little. ”

"I know...... Maneuvering between the defending generals is not an easy task. Sophia also frowned, staring at the recently sent defense map in front of her. On more than one occasion, Edirne sent outposts to the siege network, but the choice of these outposts was determined by Lycaon, and as a result, the Empire was well aware of the situation in the inner city of Edir.

It's just that now Sophia can't figure out the specific situation in Edirne, the coalition forces have not left a backup for this siege, even if there is a little accident on Lycaon, the situation of the whole war will be reversed in an instant, and the large number of advantages obtained before will be wiped out in an instant.

Seeing Sophia's tangled appearance, John's heart softened again, and he patted her shoulder lightly and said, "Don't put so much pressure on yourself, if there is an accident...... I'll figure it out again. ”

"No...... Can't fail, this is a battle in which the empire gambled on the fortunes of the country! Sophia raised her head, "Brother, go and tell everyone that late tonight, get ready for a decisive battle." ”

"Huh?"

"According to the agreement, every day at noon, the secret post sent by the Ottomans is his henchman, and we will complete the exchange of information at this point in time. When he comes today, I'll tell him, do it. Sofia seemed to be very determined, "remember the order of our attack. Everyone is critical, there must be no mistakes, and there must be no failure before the goal is achieved, there is only one plan. Encircle Edirne on all sides and never let Muhammad escape! ”

"If our dark line executes the plan ahead of time, will there be an accident?"

"Every day of delay increases the likelihood of accidents." Sophia clenched her fists, "Let's give it a go, there's nothing wrong with being a gambler, even if you lose it, you'll go bankrupt." ”

At this moment, John admired Sophia's courage to the ground.

However, after this gamble is recorded in history, whether it is a great achievement or a huge failure will be known in 24 hours.

This night, it rained.

The fire at the head of the inner city of Edir did not seem to be as bright as usual.

"Your Majesty, aren't you resting?" Khalil walked into the royal court in the rain of night, "Are you still worried about the siege of the Allied forces? ”

"Khalil, I've always had a bad premonition."

"What hunch?"

"Lycaon...... He is a general who is extremely good at attacking, attacking fortifications, and destroying enemy lines. When my two brothers rebelled, he defended Edirne by raiding the siege camp three times in a row, forcing the siege to rout...... I thought about it calmly, and this time his suggestion was completely different from his previous conducting style......"

"Your Majesty, if you are a general, it is a good thing that the command methods and means are treacherous. But what are you worried about...... Is it a matter of General Lycaon's loyalty? "Khalil has always been the leader of the civilian faction, and he has been able to sow discord in secret, and even if he does not figure out the king's intentions, it will plant a seed in Muhammad's heart.

"I know I shouldn't doubt a good general. But intuition sometimes makes people think he's wonderful...... In this case, you go and inform the Guards Legion to defend the palace of the inner city, and no one can mobilize this legion without my orders, not even Lycaon! Even if it's Karacha. I want to keep a trail behind. "In terms of ability, Khalil is definitely not the best in the royal court, but when it comes to loyalty to the Ottoman royal family, no one can match it. This also allowed Khalil to get the deepest secrets of the royal court in the first place.

"Your Majesty, I believe that General Lycaon will not betray us, even if he is a Greek, even if we don't have anything in our hands that can restrain him, even if he makes some strange decisions several times, but we all see his contribution to the Ottoman Empire!" Khalil said again in a down-to-earth manner. But in fact, in his eyes, he really did not believe that Lykaon would betray the Ottoman Empire, and all he wanted to do was to make Muhammad less interested in him, and in this way, it would be equivalent to tearing down Karacha's right-hand man.

"Let's get to work first...... By the way, don't let Lycaon and them notice. I don't want the Ottomans to see my preparations in the shadows at their most critical moment. ”

"As you wish, Lord Sultan."

However, before Lucaon had stepped out of the royal court, suddenly there was an earth-shattering shout of killing from inside the city!

"What's the matter, the Romans are attacking the city? How many of them dare to storm the city wall? Muhammad II picked up the handguard sword that was placed on the desk, "What about the Lykaon?" ”

"Lord Sultan, let's go and see first...... The sound is not quite right, and none of our people seem to be moving! ”

When Mehmed II and Khalil rushed out of the royal court, they found that the whole of Edirne was still dark, and all the shouts and killings came from the southern wall, which is enough to show that the Romans and their allied forces did not storm the city wall at all, but bypassed the wall and poured directly into the city.

"Can anyone explain to me what the hell is going on?!" Muhammad was furious, "Are our walls a fucking ornament?!" Yes! ”

"Lord Sultan...... Don't worry, for now, we have to draw men from other gates to defend the south gate. The outer city has fallen, and I am afraid that it will not be able to resist it only by relying on those Sultan Guards in the inner city. ”

"Let's go and gather troops to defend first, and drive them out of the city gate for me!" Muhammad suppressed his anger and ordered, "Also, call me Karacha and Lykaon!" What's going on? Let our gates be easily breached! ”

"Yes, Sultan."

Things had already gone beyond Khalil's expectations, and his first thought was that one of the generals who controlled the various lines of defense had directly defected to the Ottomans. After ruling out all possibilities, there is only one candidate left - Lycaon!

After Latius led the army to "attack" the south gate, he had no intention of entering the city to expand the battle line, although the war drums were beating loudly, and the shouts of killing were also very loud, but everyone, just cleared a space under the city gate, established a fairly strong defensive line, and quietly waited for the Ottoman attack.

"Brother, the first step has been prepared."

"Then leave it to God."