Giovanni, who had just returned to the city with the Phoenix Legion, had a wonderful expression when he saw dozens of sailors and Venetian mercenaries dragging a huge cannon towards the Golden Gate.

"Your Highness...... This is? ”

"It must have been sent by my father, do you know what this is?"

"Looks like ...... It should be a Venetian mortar, but the caliber is also a little too large......" Giovanni replied tentatively.

As for Vasika, judging by his appearance, he should not know anything about firearms.

"Your Highness, this is called the folding cannon, and it is a test product after the stone mortar cannon has been strengthened." A mercenary from Venice replied at this time, "As far as I know, Venice has only produced two doors in total, and because the transportation is very inconvenient, they have been temporarily stored in the port of Athens for half a month...... I was going to ship it away tomorrow, but I didn't expect ......."

"You know so well, you should be able to use it, right?"

"The reloading method is the same as the stone mortar cannon...... But it takes a long time to reload and cool...... The Governor felt that it was not practical, so there was no mass production. The mercenary replied truthfully, and Zhou Heng asked him to wait and let it go.

It just so happened that Muhammad had already regrouped his troops in a rage and intended to make a decisive charge.

At the same time, he also learned his lesson and scattered the Sultan's guards in all corners of the military formation to prevent another situation where the Phoenix Legion could descend to earth. It's a pity that this kind of dense front makes it very easy to fold artillery.

"Sophia, one of the reasons why I have a lot of respect for Muhammad is that he was so young, he was brave, he was smart, he was adaptable, but unfortunately his intelligence was always one step behind me."

"Poof...... Forget it, if you're outside the city right now, you'll be blown up by this cannon later. Okay brother, I'll go back to Slou first, and I will report the situation here to Your Majesty immediately, and besides, Muhammad's 10,000-strong army should not have appeared out of thin air, and the defense of Thessaloniki may not be so strong now. ”

"Do you still want your father to try to occupy Greater Greece? It's also good...... Morey, protect the princess and return to the Slou Gardens. ”

"There's no need, I know you're here, the prince, and the Ottomans can't enter the Golden Gate."

As soon as the base of the folding artillery was installed, the Ottoman charge arrived as promised.

The Sultan's guard, led by Muhammad, was also armed with medium and light artillery, and he knew that such fire would not even break the walls of Theodosius, so he only aimed the guns at the Eastern Roman defenders on the golden gate, hoping to inflict some casualties in revenge.

It's a pity that the strange height of Theodosius' walls makes the elevation angles of these cannons feel a little desperate. Unless someone is willing to use the shoulder as a base for the artillery, they are merely skinning the walls of Theodosius.

"How long?" After waiting five or six minutes, John's patience was reduced to a minimum.

The Ottomans had already rushed under the walls, and the mercenaries had finally lit the fuse.

Bang –

The sudden loud sound made John's blood surge and his mind beep. When he opened his eyes again, he saw a huge, blood-red gap in the center of the Ottoman army.

The entire defenders of the city walls were stunned by this strange noise, and the Ottomans were completely shocked by the heavenly punishment that fell from the sky.

"You see, Giovanni, there are times when I can't help but scold the Doge of Venice for being too bad...... When the Empire recovers Venice, it would be nice to hang only one person, after all, you see, the Venetians have also helped us a lot. ”

Giovanni could only laugh as he watched John say such nonsense with an excited face, as the supreme commander of the legion, his current duty was to command the defenders and completely destroy the Ottoman attack.

That kind of unprepared charge was not so suitable for use when the Ottomans had already prepared. However, at the moment, the Ottomans have been greatly weakened in terms of morale, numbers, and combat effectiveness, and even if they adopt a more conventional way of defending the city, it will not cause much loss.

What's more, the strange firearm known as the folding cannon has more than one round of ammunition.

"Lord Muhammad...... I suggest that the inner city of Edil be withdrawn for the time being. At this time, the Ottoman military minister Farrazur, who was close to Muhammad, advised, "It is impossible to take Constantinople with only 10,000 men." ”

"Why ......" Muhammad's immature but blood-red eyes were full of hatred.

"Be sensible, sir. Our forces are already grossly underwhelming, and even more so they don't know where they got this horrific firearm...... It must be admitted that there were deviations and mistakes in our intelligence. ”

"But ......"

Bang –

Another cannonball fell into the crowd of Ottomans.

At this time, the Ottoman formation was completely unable to remain intact, and the soldiers had begun to waver, and Muhammad had to make the only decision as soon as possible - to withdraw his troops.

"Lord Muhammad! Hurry up and give the order! Let this group bombard a few more times, and the legion behind the Golden Gate will rush out again, and the Guards will not be able to stop it! ”

"Lord Muhammad!"

In Muhammad's eyes, this was a war to be won.

Victory could have been decided the moment the Ottoman warriors climbed the walls, but the decision made by the imperial prince, who was about his own age, on the lookout of the wall, buried so much blood with his own hands.

John ...... It's not over yet...... Withdraw to Edirne! ”

"Retreat!"

From the lookout, John smiled contemptuously, and at the same time, under Giovanni's persuasion, stopped the idea of pursuit. This battle did expose some of the weaknesses and shortcomings of the Phoenix Legion, but in the same way, Muhammad understood that Constantinople was not a sandbag that the Ottomans could fight whenever they wanted.

"My dear Sultan, times have changed."

……

"That guy ran away?"

Constantine had part of his army escort the captives back to Athens and then sail to Constantinople. If the Ottomans were discovered by the Ottomans by land, it could have some unnecessary and uncontrollable consequences.

However, to the surprise of His Majesty the Emperor, the Ottoman general abandoned his soldiers without looking back and fled from the city of Thebes, and now, two-thirds of Greater Greece has been temporarily incorporated into the territory of the Empire.

"Thomas, I will assist you in the defense of Greece first, and then I must return to Constantinople."

"It was almost impossible for the Ottomans to capture the Isthmus of Corinth, and the most important thing to pay attention to was Athens and Thebes." Prince Thomas confessed that "it will be very difficult for the empire to defend Greece before the land route from Constantinople to Moreah is fully opened......"

"I understand. If necessary, I will send my son to support Greece. ”