"Your Majesty, please rest, and then, just see how Vasica and Francisco expand their victory."

The four-β flag at the top of the Cut Throat Fort is particularly dazzling in the setting sun.

"In the future, both sides of the Bosphorus will be under the control of the empire...... When was the last time, huh? Constantine XI's face showed an extremely exaggerated smile that he had not seen for a long time, "A few years, Agrippa!" The Ottomans are about to be driven down the Aegean Sea and swim back to Asia Minor! ”

"Your Majesty, let's take the next step, since our forces are not enough to launch a full-scale offensive, it is better to close the net first." Old Agrippa and Kinchi stood behind Constantine XI and looked at the other side of the strait with the same excitement, "Next, it's up to His Majesty John." ”

"I believe in him...... Let's go, let's go wait for the next good news! ”

……

After making peace with Gyerdi and Hunyadi in Castoriaburg, John quickly began to make the next decision.

In order to successfully complete the formal siege of Edirne, the first thing to ensure was to cut off the connection between the nearby fortress garrison, which was still under Ottoman control, and the city of Edirne. Otherwise, the encirclement network will be flanked by reinforcements from inside and outside, which will only hasten the collapse of the front. Now that the fate of the entire Balkan region is in the hands of the Triple Alliance, if Muhammad were to complete the Jedi counterattack, then I am afraid that no one would be able to stop the expansion of the Ottomans.

"Your Majesty Gyerj, I need to leave this matter to you." Tens of thousands of troops were stationed in the makeshift tents less than a hundred miles from Edirne, and in a few hours, they would leave for the front line of Edirne to complete the most crucial part of the battle, "Although the Albanian infantry is not numerous, they are proficient in ambush operations in the mountains, and the Ottomans know that after Edirne is trapped, the reinforcements around them will definitely support their royal court frantically!" ”

"Encirclement and reinforcement...... Your Majesty, this seems to be a very traditional siege tactic, and perhaps the Ottomans would have taken precautions against this. "And there are so many defenders in the trapped city of Edirne, we can't storm the walls. ”

"Storming the walls? No, no, no, it's stupid. Our numbers are likely to match the Ottoman defenders in the city," Giovanni shook his head, "two options. One is to wait for the heavy artillery to be delivered to the front of the city wall...... But it will take a long time. And in the meantime, we can only stare at the walls, which is a waste of time and a waste of our food. ”

"So what are we going to do with the fortified walls of Edirne? Although the outer wall of Edirne is not as good as the wall of Theodosius in Constantinople, it is not something that can be pierced by a few shells! Jerj also pondered that although he had also studied the siege, he had not thought of a particularly good way to open the city gate and surrender through a long siege of the city.

"Your Majesty Derti, do you remember how you managed to get your first fortress in Albania?"

That time, of course, with the help of forged Muhammad's letters...... However, there was no way Edirne could have opened the gates and let our men rush in. ”

"No, no, no, your majesty, this time, we are going to stage this big drama to let Mohammed II personally see how his most trusted general rebelled in front of a most critical defensive battle." Sophia, who had been hiding in the corner, suddenly spoke up, "The Empire has tasted betrayal enough, and the Empire will never want to try again...... This time, it was just the Empire that came to ask the Ottomans to taste it. ”

There was a brief silence in the noisy tent.

Because Sophia's words, which seemed to have no emotional fluctuations, seemed to be full of threats.

"Alright, according to the normal plan, before we complete the deployment, the Phoenix Legion and the Hungarian army will complete the encirclement of the Ottomans on three sides, and the other side will be handed over to the general of the Imperial Holy Nuncio Guard, Publius." John interrupted the embarrassment with a smile, "Your Majesty Jerj, I'll trouble you to clean up the rear for us." ”

"As long as you can withstand the front and not collapse, for the Ottomans, they are like the tiger at the very bottom of the Colosseum, although it is surrounded by walls, but it is undoubtedly the tiger, when it is the most threatening to people. Muhammad would not be willing to be a trapped beast and be killed in the walls of Edirne! ”

The encirclement of Edirne was kept in a state of negligence. Strength and strength of the siege network are the two major factors that need to be considered, and since Edirne is now wrapped in an isolated city, the next step is to wait for Sophia's dark line to give a signal, it will be the first and most likely the last strong attack.

But in John's prediction, Muhammad's battle of the trapped beasts would probably be extremely strong, and even if the walls were lost, the Ottomans would make a final resistance in the streets and fortresses, and in the end, the number of casualties of the coalition forces would probably be beyond imagination.

"Remember, if the gates are open, the first thing we need to do when we enter the city is to clear the threat around the gates and then build a strong defense line inside the city. The defenders of the Ottoman city were not cleaned up in a short time. ”

"General Giovanni, what if the line is breached?" Hunyadi asked casually.

"Your Majesty, we only have one chance. If we can't start quickly after entering the city, then not only will our inner life be directly threatened, but most importantly, we may lose the last chance to break through the walls during the whole battle. Giovanni took a deep breath, "Regardless of whether the city wall is broken through or not, as long as we enter Edirne, the loss will immediately reach a terrifying number, and when the time comes, we will fight for whose last breath can be held!" ”

"The soldiers involved in this war have drained all the resources that can be recruited in the empire at present." John chimed in, "And I believe that neither the Albanian infantry of Gyerj nor your Hungarian legion will be able to squeeze more people out of the fight?" But the Ottomans are different! Even if we temporarily cut off Asia Minor's connection with the Balkans, this situation will gradually be destroyed as the war ends. The Ottomans had a strong rear and a steady supply of troops, but if this coalition failed, how long would it take for us to recover? Within a few years, the Ottomans would be able to expel us from here like a gourd! ”

"So, one chance, it has to be ...... Win! ”