"I've told you a long time ago that there are some things that you can become dangerous if they are exposed to others."

Late at night, Sophia kneaded Zhou Heng's sore muscles, and looked at Zhou Heng with uncompetitive eyes.

Constantine XI ordered Zhou Heng to be placed under house arrest in the Slou Garden, not allowed to leave, which undoubtedly dealt a huge blow to Zhou Heng's unformed plan. There were only a few attendants in the entire garden, and Alex, who was still in charge of teaching Zhou Heng's martial arts, could go in and out, but what Zhou Heng didn't expect was that just after noon, Sophia also went to Constantine to make a fuss and successfully was placed under house arrest with him.

"He's our father, and I can't watch him go down such a wrong path!"

"How can you tell who's right and who's wrong?" Sophia smiled, "I know, brother, you are much smarter than before, but you are still a fool when it comes to human feelings." ”

At the moment, it has fallen into a dead end, and there is indeed a great opportunity in front of us next year, but if the gears of history are allowed to develop freely, I am afraid that the empire will fall into a catastrophe.

"Actually, brother, you don't have to worry too much. Even if it is exactly as you might guess, the Crusaders are well-armed and very combat-ready, and if the quality of the Ottoman army is much worse than that of the Crusader knights, the Crusaders will not necessarily lose. ”

Zhou Heng smiled a little perfunctorily, Władysław III rushed into the hinterland of the enemy and was hacked to death with a knife in order to obtain the title of killing the Sultan with his own hands, he knew the ending in his heart. In any case, the Empire had to find a way to intervene in order to avoid the rout of the Crusaders.

Now, there's still a year to go. The national strength of the empire was already stretched, and even Constantine XI could not gamble on the entire empire, mobilize troops, abandon the defense of Constantinople, and turn out of the city to support Varna.

He needed a little bit of complete power, not the empty title of a purple-clad nobleman. If it was just an attendant who was dressed and ate, Zhou Heng had traveled from modern times, and there was no need to enjoy these at all.

"I need an army...... Zhou Heng suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Sophia with a stunned face very seriously.

After chewing Zhou Heng's tone that didn't seem like a joke, Sophia shook her head and said, "Impossible, even if you are the commander of the imperial army, it is impossible to obtain an army that is not under the control of His Majesty the Emperor." So it was then, so it is now, and so it will be in the future. Even if you are the heir to the throne, as long as Your Majesty has one day left, this cannot happen. ”

Sophia seemed to be comforting, and seemed to hope that Zhou Heng would give up some unrealistic ideas.

The little princess saw Zhou Heng's desire to save the empire clearly in her heart, but Sophia, who had looked down on life and death since birth, didn't know how much of the same blazing flame could be ignited in her heart.

"You know the current finances of the empire, and maintaining a decent army is already the limit."

"Then if the imperial defenders of Achaia ......"

"Give it up, brother, whether by sea or by land, Constantinople is already besieged. Our army went out of the city gates and could not go far before they were discovered by the Ottomans. ”

……

There was a long silence in the room.

The emptiness of rights is the biggest problem facing Zhou Heng at present. He has no foreknowledge of the future, but he has no way to change anyone's decisions and opinions, as if he is unable to stop the wheel of history from moving forward.

"For now...... We must find a way to change the outcome of the Battle of Varna. Murad and Hunyadi are now fighting lively, but everyone knows in their hearts that the signing of a peace treaty is only a matter of time. Zhou Heng turned over and took out a third manuscript from under his pillow, "If the Battle of Varna starts, Hunyati and his crusaders will not face the weakened Turks as rumored in the West. ”

"Are you so sure that General Hunyadi, known as the Ottoman nemesis, cannot defeat the Ottomans?" Sophia read the manuscript roughly, and this manuscript probably recorded the possible ratio of forces and the direction of the battle between the two sides if the Battle of Varna occurred. But what made Sophia suspicious was that in the face of a battle that had not been won or lost, and had not even happened, Zhou Heng's tone was as sure as if he was retelling history...... It's as if, he's been through it all.

How can it be!

Sophia rejects the speculation in her heart, but if the crusade really fails this time, then she can also guess that the Ottomans, who have been completely liberated, will completely crush the empire to powder.

"I don't know, this war is won or lost...... Whether it happened in Varna, in Edirne or in Belgrade, even if there was a war between the Crusaders and the Ottomans in front of the gates of Constantinople, we still have to guarantee that the Ottomans could not win...... On the other hand, we must make the Western world abandon even the slightest idea of signing a peace treaty. The Ottomans must not be given any respite. Zhou Heng sat up from the bed, "Sophia, if the city of Constantine is broken, none of us will survive." ”

"Brother, everyone who is still in the city of Constantinople knows this, but not many people choose to leave." Sophia laughed, "We'll all stand with the Empire until the end." ”

"But I don't want anyone's sacrifice to be a futile rebellion!"

"Brother......

Zhou Heng sighed again, this empire on the hanging beam really broke his heart.

"Have your squire bring a message to my father and tell him that I want to see him tomorrow."

"We just got locked up today, huh?"

"If my father really listens to me, he will meet me...... I had to believe that my father had put me under house arrest for the sake of his own Basiles. If not...... I have to think of another way. You can't just sit back and wait, can you? ”

Zhou Heng gave Sophia an awkward smile, then thought about it again and spread out a new piece of paper in front of the desk.

"What are you going to write?"

"Faith."

After pondering the words for a long time, Zhou Heng still wrote the first sentence in Greek.

To the young and great King Władysław III, co-lord of Poland and Hungary......

After just looking at the line, Sophia next to her hurriedly snatched the pen from Zhou Heng's hand.

Zhou Heng looked up in astonishment and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Don't you tell me you want to write to Władysław III and tell him to be careful not to get too impulsive in Varna and be hacked to death by the enemy?"

Zhou Heng nodded.

"Brother, are you really stupid or fake stupid!" Sophia sat down on the edge of the bed, "Did you write such a letter to curse or warn each other?" Even if the Hungarians hadn't bothered you, who would have remembered the advice of one of your princes to send out today in the war after that year? ”

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