"What about the Roman army?"

Muhammad's eyes swept over every minister of the royal court.

"Tell me one by one, what about the Roman army?"

"It's been a whole day...... It's been a whole day! ”

Muhammad's anger at this time was already difficult to add, and more than a day had passed since yesterday when he received the news of the collapse of the Greek checkpoint, and now it was late at night. But not even half a figure was seen under the inner city of Edir.

"Your Majesty the Sultan, the secret message from the Greek post an hour ago is still there. and a strong stronghold was built, and smoke was in the tent...... I'm afraid it won't come tonight. ”

"I've heard it before! I'm not deaf! Muhammad roared, "What about the west?" Why is there no news from the west now? ”

"The light cavalry sent out has not yet returned, but it should be soon, Your Majesty." "At best, Hungary and Albania will only gain an advantage over this rabble in Serbia. Our army is defeated, and I'm afraid we have to stabilize what is going on with Brankovich. ”

"Then wait...... If there is no news by tomorrow, we must go out of the city. To be trapped in Edirne is to sit still. Don't forget! The grain truck hasn't come for two days. ”

……

Mehmed II's nervousness was not without reason.

Edirne is now out of touch with almost all other fortresses, and in war, the blockage of intelligence can put the army in absolute passivity. To the east, Edirne's tentacles are currently cut off from the Silini outpost, and if they go west, so far there has not even been a news of the herald sent out on their own initiative.

"How many are you doing today?"

"General Giovanni, the fourth." Several soldiers carried the Ottoman light horse, which had been shot into a sieve, and threw it in front of Giovanni, "The Ottomans seem to have become cautious, this guy did not take the main road, but came around from the dense forest, and it just happened that we found it." If the Ottomans send any more sentinels, we probably won't be able to intercept them. ”

"Well, you're doing a good job. After calculating before and after, two days should be enough time for His Majesty to raid Kastoria. Giovanni calculated, "A large part of Kastoria's defenders have already been intercepted on their way out to support Serbia, and since the Greek-speaking Ottoman officer is happy to provide us with all the information about Kastoria, it is our problem if we can't fight it again." ”

The deputy beside Giovanni also lifted his spirits and suggested: "General, do we still have to buy some time, we can stretch the interception line a little more, so that Your Majesty can occupy more areas and better isolate Edirne!" ”

"Huh! If you see it, you will accept it, and if you are too anxious, it will backfire. Giovanni shook his head with a smile and said, "When Kastoria is arranged, and then Muhammad gets the news, they will be even more desperate, and they will definitely send reinforcements in order not to lose the other Balkan lands again." Think about it, Sofia, the Vidin region, which is not a strategic location? In this way, there will be holes in the strong city defense of Edirne, which will make it easier for us to carry out the offensive. ”

"But it shouldn't be, General, if reinforcements are needed, the inner city of Edir should have been reinforced. Since he was ready to attack Hunyati's army, he only sent 10,000 soldiers. Follow-up support is more casual, which is not at all like the original tactical style of the Ottomans...... These 10,000 men came to Serbia as if they were isolated, and they were completely annihilated and captured by General Hunyati, and even half of the reinforcements were not seen, and even a large part of Serbia has now fallen. The Ottomans were such an important ally in the Balkans that Mehmed II gave up when he said to give up? How could a commander make such a decision? ”

"If I could spy on the Ottoman court, I'd be sure to want to know too." Giovanni glared at his deputy, "As a commander, what you have to do is to analyze the best solution based on the current situation, thinking about so many things is a complete waste of time." ”

"The general...... What do we do now? ”

And so on. Wait for His Majesty to return, and return with the army of Hunyadi and Albania returning from a great victory. ”

"What do you mean?"

"I suspect that a bunch of fools in the Ottoman court are trying to hold on to Edirne. Muhammad, as clever as he was, could not have completely ignored the opinions of several of his right-hand men in the court. Having just put down the usurping rebels, I don't think Muhammad would have wanted to see the nobles rebel at this time. Giovanni touched his chin, "Think about it...... It seems that the court of the Ottomans has indeed gone a lot wrong......"

This loose interception line, at the behest of Giovanni, opened the way early the next morning, deliberately allowing the Ottoman light cavalry to quickly pass through the treacherous mountain road. At the same time, John and Sophia, bored, stood on the walls of the city of Castoria and watched the sunrise.

"There's no comparison to the terraces of Constantine's Palace, and even the Fort de Combrigne is much better than here."

"The sun is not visible in the thick of the clouds, my dear sister." John took a sweet roll of frosting and took a bite of it, "It seems that you have planted this thorn in Muhammad's side much deeper than I thought. It can make the Ottoman court chaotic, and it can also make Muhammad make such a stupid judgment. ”

"I now wonder if I should be in a hurry to pull this thorn out and let Muhammad suffer for a while."

"There's no need for that, Sophia. In this battle, we are afraid that our chances of winning are already seven or eight, let your guilt poison Muhammad again, even if he is a genius, he should become a waste. In this way, he may also be captured alive by Vasika on his way back to Asia Minor, so as to ...... The Ottomans were about to collapse on all fronts. John laughed.

"Okay brother, the guest is here." Sophia glanced at the path in the distance, where an Ottoman on a war horse hurried up. As John left the gates wide open, did not remove the Ottoman flags, and cleared the bloody battlefield, Castoria Fort looked peaceful and peaceful in the morning light.

However, when the Ottoman light cavalry broke into the city, he was knocked to the ground by the men and horses.

"Whatever I ask, you answer, do you understand Greek?"

The Ottoman hussars stubbornly shook their heads.

"I don't understand what you're shaking your head?" John slapped and slapped it.