Seeing another cannonball smash a deep crater not far from the city wall, and the dust kicked up, Alexander sighed slightly.

As for whether he could hold Bucharest, he was also a little shaken at this time.

The Ottoman army was more difficult to deal with than he had imagined, especially the power of their artillery, which deserved to be called the army with the greatest firepower in the world.

Alexander wondered if it was time to think about the plan to break out with Sophia.

In Alexander's vision, running away with Sophia in the end was undoubtedly the last and most helpless solution.

The high returns of the Hungarian copper mines were more than enough to offset the high cost of the venture, and although Montina's army had so far suffered nearly a quarter of its casualties, he was not struggled by the Balkans, at least in terms of troops.

What's more, after continuous battles and many tempering of blood and fire, this army has gradually become a whole, whether it is the Agri, who he regarded as the backbone, or the Genoese who were incompatible with other troops from the beginning, the Montina army at this time has become like a solid alloy tightly cohesied, and the hammer that cannot be tempered on this alloy is the artillery fire and charge of the Ottoman army.

"I am really unwilling," said Alexander, who sighed softly, feeling that he was close to success, and that if he escaped from Bucharest at this time, he would obviously have a regret that he had lost all his efforts.

And he believed that if he left like this, Ladislas II would definitely tear up the agreement between them, so that his voyage would be a real loss.

In addition, according to the military agreement signed with the Venetians, he wanted to successfully prevent the Ottomans from invading, and if he left like this, and the Ottomans continued to march westward after capturing Bucharest, then it would undoubtedly be tantamount to not fulfilling the agreement with the Venetians.

It seems that it must be persevered. Alexander was a little helpless when he came to this conclusion, he only hoped that Busako, who had raided the Ottoman artillery position, would succeed, otherwise the walls of Bucharest might not last long with such heavy artillery fire.

Alexander felt that Bucharest had not yet been captured, and that the biggest contributor to this should have been Helva, and if it had not been for the fact that he had led his army to contain and sabotage the enemy in the Ottoman-occupied territories, perhaps the Ottoman terrible and powerful cannons would have been transported to the front line.

There was another fierce artillery bombardment, Alexander involuntarily bent down slightly, he was about to observe the location of the landing point of this round of shells in order to deal with it, but he did not expect that a billowing smoke suddenly rose into the air from the Ottoman military camp opposite.

"What happened?" Alexander couldn't help but ask, and even turned his head to look to the side.

"My lord, I don't know......," one soldier replied blankly, and then let out a scream of excitement as if he suddenly understood something, "God, there's a shot there!" He, someone is firing at them! ”

Alexander's heart suddenly struck, and he immediately looked in the direction of the Ottoman artillery position, and at this time he vaguely saw that there were groups of Ottoman troops running back and forth, but it did not seem to be advancing towards the city wall, on the contrary, they seemed to be surrounding something in the opposite direction.

"Busako, Busako succeeded!"

Alexander slapped the battlements hard, and then his mood suddenly darkened.

He knew that this raid was dangerous, even a gamble to death, and whether Busako would come back alive was a very slim matter.

Alexander kept his eyes in the direction of the artillery position, hoping to see signs that Busako's troops would break through, and although such a chance might be too slim, he couldn't help but hope for a miracle.

Suddenly, there was another earth-shattering bang in the direction of the artillery position, a huge fireball rose into the air, and the shaking of the ground could be faintly felt even in the direction of Bucharest City.

Loud noises came and went, and the smoke of gunpowder had completely enveloped the artillery positions in the distance.

"It's artillery, and explosives, and Busako destroyed the Ottoman artillery." Alexander felt his heart loosen violently, and a stone fell to the ground in an instant.

Without artillery support, the Ottomans relied on their army to force the siege of the city, and the tens of thousands of allied troops in the city were strong enough to compete with the Ottoman army.

Alexander raised his arms in the air and was about to let out a cheer, when he heard a sudden commotion from the direction of the Ottoman barracks.

The uproar came so suddenly, and so panicked, as if something terrible had suddenly arrived, and in an instant the Ottoman barracks became a great chaos!

Alexander immediately looked in the direction of the noise, and he noticed that it was the same place where the shelling had just begun.

At this time, the smoke had gradually dissipated, and from a distance, you could see that the barracks that were originally lined with tents were already full of devastation at this time.

Many tents were still burning, and the ground was littered with the shattered and chaotic wreckage of the shells.

But the Ottomans did not just look like they were being shelled, they were running incessantly, as if they were going crazy, and at the same time countless cavalry were rushing out of the barracks, but as soon as they rushed out of the barracks, they immediately scattered and ran madly in the direction of the troops in the camp.

At the same time, with the sound of panicked horns, a large number of guards poured into the barracks, and as soon as they stormed the barracks, they immediately surrounded one of the places.

Not long after, with that barracks as the center, the surrounding Ottoman armies also began to move, and those armies approached that place one after another, and then a group of Ottoman troops surrounded the bombed barracks from the periphery as if they were facing a great enemy!

Alexander watched the movement of the Ottoman army in the distance in a daze, although he didn't know what was happening, but he guessed that something big must have happened!

Judging only by the movement of the Ottoman armies and the movement of their battle formations before they left the barracks, their enemies were not so much the Bucharest as their own men next to them.

"Something happened, Busako, what did you blow up?"

Alexander had a vague idea in his mind, but it was ridiculous because it might be too incredible.

But what happened next made the thought in his heart grow stronger.

The Ottoman armies that were already attacking suddenly stopped, and the soldiers in front who heard the horn of retreat looked back blankly, while the troops behind had turned and retreated desperately under the urging of their respective commanders, even ignoring their companions who were left in front to resist the arrows and projectiles thrown from the city walls.

The Ottoman armies in other directions also moved after receiving the news, and the entire front was gradually detached, and the Ottomans retreated like a tide in the direction of their barracks.

Alexander was sure by this time that something had happened in the Ottoman camp, and although he was still not sure what had happened under the bombardment of Busako, it was clear that the Ottomans were panicking.

"Send a regiment," Alexander suddenly ordered, "to fetch them back from Bubusako." ”

Previously, because he believed that Busako had no chance to break through, Alexander did not send any more people to support him, because if that would happen, the losses would be greater.

But now the panic of the Ottomans gave him an opportunity.

Rona Pannoni ran over, the commander of the Balkan regiment with a sweaty face and a mouth open like a goldfish out of water.

"My lord, I'll go, I have to bring my people back!"

"Go ahead, but if you're lucky you can bring them back, they're not your either." Alexander stood on the wall and looked at the Ottoman camp, which was already in chaos at this time, "I will expand them into a new regiment, and Busako hopes that you will have the opportunity to become the commander of this regiment." ”

Rona Pannoni could no longer hear Alexander's words, and he rushed out with his Balkans from the gap where Busako had left before, and when he saw the Ottoman troops running back and forth in the distance, he raised his hands, his axe and saber flashing at the same time.

"Kill it!"

Panoni let out a roar, he knew that the Ottomans were fierce, but it was his countrymen who were surrounded, and he could not watch them being chopped to pieces by the enemy like this.

The Balkans roared and swarmed up, ready for a bloody battle with their enemies.

But what they didn't expect was that the Ottoman army on the opposite side didn't seem to notice them at all, and a horn sounded from the ranks, and the Ottomans immediately turned around, ignoring the Balkans who were about to rush to the vicinity, and rushed in the direction of the barracks.

The panic and nervousness of the Ottomans, who seemed to be driven by an invisible whip, even affected the Balkans, and as he looked at the Ottomans running by not far in front of his ranks, Panoni could not help but raise his hand to stop his companions who were about to rush forward.

"What's going on?" Panoni muttered that he had never encountered such a thing, and the Ottoman troops rushed to the distant barracks as if they had been struck by evil.

And although it was still a little far away, looking at the Ottoman troops gathered densely near the barracks, Pannoni could still feel the suffocating aura faintly coming from there.

On the city walls, it can be seen even more clearly, and the entire Ottoman camp has changed dramatically in a short period of time.

The few barracks that had been densely stationed had obviously been emptied, and there were faint signs of smoke and dust that could be seen that the Ottoman army had quickly split into different parts, and they were on guard against each other, and the atmosphere was tense.

The unusual changes in the Ottoman barracks attracted the attention of the Bucharestans, and many nobles had already climbed the city wall when they heard the news, and many of them could not help but cheer excitedly when they saw the panic atmosphere of the Ottoman barracks in the distance.

Ladislas II, who also climbed the city wall under the protection of the guards, opened his mouth slightly as if he did not know what to say for a while, but then he cried out as if he understood something: "Sultan, it is the Sultan!" ”

Although everyone had guessed that something had happened to the Sultan, the king's shout caused a burst of cheers from the people on the city walls.

"It's the Sultan."

Alexander's voice came from behind the king, and Ladislas II looked back to see Alexander approaching with an officer who was filthy all over, and the blood had turned black from his wounds, but there was an irrepressible excitement on his face.

"Your Majesty, this is my Captain Busako, who has just attacked the Ottoman artillery position," Alexander said and waved his hand at Busako, "It's better for you to tell me what's going on." ”

Busako's lips twitched slightly, and he still didn't believe what he had just been through.

"We were all in a bit of a panic," said Bussako, who was mindless at first, and then realized that what he said was so inexplicable, so he quickly moved down and bowed to the king before continuing, "for fear that the captured artillery would fall back into the hands of the Ottomans, we were going to blow up all the cannons, but before that we saw that some of the cannons had already turned their shells, so we fired a few shots at random at the Ottoman barracks." ”

"What did you hit?" Ladislas II's voice trembled slightly.

"We're sorry, Your Majesty, we didn't see it clearly," Busako's reply discouraged the nobles, but then his words made them feel refreshed, "We only noticed that the tents in those places looked large and ornate, and one of the large tents seemed to be white. ”

"God, that's the Sultan's royal tent!" Someone in the crowd let out an exclamation.

Although it had been guessed that the sudden change in the Ottoman camp was related to something that had happened to the Sultan himself, there was a burst of exclamation when the evidence was received from Busako.

Ladislas II stretched out his hand and shook it so hard that he finally made a cross on his chest and let out a sigh.

"God, this is God's grace to us, and Bucharest is a place that is truly favored by God."

As he spoke, the king took a few steps forward and hugged Busako's shoulders and patted them incessantly.

"Well done, young man, well done!"

The king looked at Alexander again, but his eyes became a little gloomy.

Alexander stood silently watching the scene, knowing that Ladislas II was probably regretting how he had signed the Hungarian copper mine agreement so rashly before.

Judging from the signs of change in the Ottoman military camp now, it is likely that something happened to the Sultan, in this case, then the Ottoman army at this time is likely to have become chaotic because of the accident of the Sultan, and may even break out into civil war at any time because of the sudden death of the Sultan.

This is no speculation.

After Charlemagne's death, his empire was quickly divided into three by his children and grandchildren; Alexander the Great had just lost his breath when a fierce conflict broke out among his generals over his body, which turned into a brutal civil war.

Bayezid II's two sons are now fighting for the future Sultan Baoming, and his generals will be divided into factions because of their affinity with the two princes.

The current Ottoman military camp is like a huge powder keg, perhaps just a little spark can trigger a terrible explosion with great power.

It is clear that Ladislas II had already thought of this.

Perhaps in his opinion, the Ottomans may no longer be able to threaten him, so he suddenly showed that look, thinking that he may have been thinking about how to break the contract at this time.

There was another commotion in the Ottoman barracks, and the Ottoman troops that had been near the imperial camp immediately became agitated, and from a distance, you could see that a group of Ottoman cavalry was running around the Sultan's imperial camp, and several times passed very close to the imperial camp, but they were blocked back by the Sultan's guards who were blocking the periphery.

It was clear that the commander of the force seemed to be trying to get close to the Imperial Camp for information, but the tight defenses of the Guards thwarted his intentions.

"We need to know what happened," Ladislas II finally decided, looking back at the eager nobles, knowing that they had probably become agitated because they saw an opportunity, "we should send someone to negotiate with the Ottomans." ”

As soon as the king's words came out, he suddenly realized that something seemed wrong with the atmosphere around him.

He immediately noticed that the eyes were involuntarily looking at Alexander, who was standing nearby, and although no one spoke, the inquiring look spoke for itself.

Ladislas II's face instantly became gloomy, he also looked at Alexander, and at the same time asked in a cold tone: "Then who do you think we should let negotiate with the Ottomans, Count, you must know that this is a very dangerous task, maybe there may be civil strife on the Ottoman side at any time, so ......"

"Why should we negotiate with the Ottomans?"

Alexander interrupted the king suddenly, and his action made everyone around him look surprised, and the people looked at him in astonishment, and then at the king, who was also surprised by the surprise.

"God, this is so rude, Count you actually interrupted Your Majesty's words!"

One of the attendants angrily questioned Alexander, but as soon as he finished speaking, Busako, who was next to him, had already drawn his saber full of crumbles and put it on his shoulder.

The king's attendants were taken aback, and they drew their weapons, and behind Alexander, with a series of unsheathed weapons, the hunters and a group of Greeks rushed up.

For a time, the Ottoman army outside the city confronted each other, while the allied forces on the city walls were tense.

Ladislas II stared silently at Alexander, not far away, at the Greeks around him, and at the Balkan nobles around him who seemed to be watching coldly, and the king's heart could not help but feel a mixed feeling of unspeakable bitterness and anger.

He knew that the Balkans were watching a good show.

The king could not have imagined that as soon as the threat from the Ottomans showed signs of disappearing, the Balkans were already thinking of abandoning him.

Obviously, these Balkan nobles actually don't have a good impression of all foreigners, and now seeing the sudden conflict between the two, those Balkan nobles immediately showed a posture of not helping each other.

Ladisras II gritted his teeth in secret anger, the current situation is actually still unfavorable for him, the Bosnians have not yet retreated from Hungary, even after getting the news, Rova? The army would be withdrawn immediately, but the king feared that Emperor Maximian would intervene in southern Hungary at this time under the pretext of defending against the infidels sending troops to intervene in the affairs of southern Hungary.

If that were the case, would the king believe that even Rois? Eventually, the troops will be withdrawn, but the emperor will try his best to find an excuse to stay in Hungary.

That was what Ladislas II feared most.

"What do you think we should do, Count?"

Ladislas II could barely remember how he had uttered it, and as his gaze swept over the faces of the Balkan nobles beside him, a barely restrained sense of humiliation made his body tremble slightly.

"Sortie," said Alexander without hesitation, "at this time there is only a sortie to prove our speculation." ”

The Balkans all around looked at each other, and gradually they saw the same thing in the eyes of others.

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

"Attack the Ottomans!"

Shouts began to spread from the walls to all directions, and more and more people followed suit.

Ladislas II looked at Alexander coldly, he knew that Alexander had won.

Not only in this decision to tempt the Ottomans, but Alexander clearly knew how to cater to the Balkans.

"My lord, I would appreciate it if you would allow me to continue leading those two companies." Bussako said nervously, "I know I've cost them a lot, but I still hope you'll let me command them." ”

"Busako, you're doing a good job, but you can't go to war now."

Alexander's words made Busako look disappointed.

"Your men need to rest, and you yourself need rest and healing," Alexander continued, and then he suddenly hugged Busako vigorously in front of everyone, "Thank you for everything you've done, my friend, and leave the rest to me now." ”

After saying that, Alexander suddenly shouted loudly to the crowd behind him: "Pannoni! ”

"I'm here, landlord!" Pannone squeezed out of the crowd, still with his saber in his hand, and when he saw the look in the king's eyes towards him, Pannone quickly put the knife away.

"Your countrymen may have done something big, I'm going to see you next, now take your troops and attack at once, I'll see how the Ottomans react."

"Obey, landlord!"

Panoni shouted and turned and ran under the walls, and just as he was leaving, the Balkan nobles suddenly shouted and ran down the walls.

Ladislas II looked at the men coldly, and when there were only him and Alexander on the walls, the king asked softly: "Count, what do you think will happen next if the Sultan really dies?" ”

The king's inquiry made Alexander slightly stunned, his eyes couldn't help but look at the Ottoman military camp in the distance, and after a little groaning, he slowly shook his head: "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I don't know, but I'm sure that if that's the case, maybe a lot of things will change." ”