Outside Bucharest, the Ottoman army finally appeared.

Unlike the Ottoman army, which came from the north and south flanks respectively, Bucharest was confronted by the famous Sultan Guard.

When a white flat hat with long feathers came into view, a lookout post not far outside Bucharest immediately rushed to the city like a frightened bird.

Immediately afterward, the whole city resounded with the cry of "the Ottomans are coming".

The army defending the city suddenly became tense, and more people poured into the city, and the people stared into the distance with their eyes wide open, and even the slightest movement would cause a commotion.

However, it was clear that the Ottomans would not come so quickly, and when the people were a little impatient because of the anxiety and nervousness of waiting, the Ottomans finally appeared.

First small groups of cavalry appeared in the distance, and then more troops gradually appeared at the end of the road.

The Ottomans didn't advance very quickly, but the feeling of oppression was suffocating.

Many of them began to whisper as they watched the emerging enemy troops, but many more looked nervously but excitedly at the Ottomans in the distance.

Bucharest, once lucky enough to survive the invasion of Mehmed II, and the city was seen by Europe as a strong shield against pagan invasions, is now about to face a second terrible siege.

Ladislas II had also climbed the city walls, and he knew that he needed to stabilize his morale at this time, so when his armored figure appeared on the city, soldiers kept passing the news of the king's presence at the front in the distance.

Ladislas II looked at the dark and wriggling figure in the distance, his expression solemn and gloomy, he had just received news from the Tempests that they had been intercepted by the Ottomans near Bukelcani.

This news undoubtedly proved that Alexander's previous speculation was correct, that Dembvica was a huge trap waiting for him, but although he knew that the Ottomans were likely to be waiting for them there, whether it was the king, Tsepes, or the entire Bucharestans, there were reasons why they had to rescue Dembvica.

Now that the main Ottoman force had finally appeared outside the city, Ladislas II had a vague feeling that the Ottomans had completed their arrangement.

"Is the invasion of Hungary about to begin?"

At this time, the king was actually worried about his Hungary, not Bucharest.

The Ottomans did not march very quickly, and when it was about to get dark, the light cavalry, as the vanguard, set up a banner about 1 fari more than a mile from the city, and then an Ottoman cavalry came to the city with a longbow and fired arrows with a letter tied to the city, as they had done in the past.

The letter was soon delivered to Ladislas II, and the king did not open it to look at the letter of surrender in the name of the Sultan, but tore it to shreds in front of many people with gloomy faces.

"Such a letter is an insult to our devout faith, and any weakness cannot be tolerated at this time."

Ladislas II said in a disgusted tone, and he looked out of the city, looking at the slowly influx of Ottoman troops, the king's heart was not as calm as he seemed on the outside.

The king was concerned that the siege might be the beginning of an invasion of Hungary ordered by Bayezid II, or at least that the Rois side was ready, and although he doubted that an invasion without a main Ottoman force and only the Bosnians might pose a threat to Hungary, Ladislas II was really worried that the Ottoman invasion might create an opportunity for some.

He couldn't help but think of Emperor Maximian's covetousness for Hungary, since Maximian had failed to compete with him for the Hungarian throne, Ladislas II and the Emperor had become an old enemy, until now whenever he heard the news about the Emperor, the King would involuntarily express his concern.

Now that the Emperor intends to get his hands on the Hungarian copper mines, Ladislas II fears that Maximian will take advantage of the pagan invasion and reach out to Hungary again.

After all, not long ago, the Kingdom of Poland had just suffered a defeat in Moldova, and the Polish king had to sign a contract with Archduke Stefan to renounce his suzerainty over Moldova, which was a very bad thing for the Jagiellonian dynasty in Poland, and as the king of Bohemia and Hungary from the Jagiellonian royal family, Ladislas II could not be affected.

The king did not believe that the emperor would not take advantage of such an opportunity to expand his influence in Hungary, for example, the involvement of Hungarian copper mines seemed to be purely for business, but Ladislas knew that with the wealth and influence of the Fugger family, if the family was really ready to help the emperor expand his power in Hungary, it was obviously a problem that could not be ignored.

Or did the Gombray come to Bucharest with some other purpose?

The king was always suspicious of Alexander's appearance, and although Alexander seemed to be more interested in Sophia than anything else, the king did not think that things would be so simple, and even in his opinion Alexander approached Sophia for a purpose.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to negotiate with the Ottomans, and the king glanced in the direction where the letter of surrender he had casually thrown away had disappeared, and then looked again beyond the city.

The presence of the Ottoman Guards meant that the Sultan's imperial camp was coming, which made Bucharest both nervous and excited.

The people of Bucharest are proud because they have a glorious past of defeating that terrible "conqueror", Mehmed II.

Now seeing the Ottoman army, the Bucharest people are reminded of the past they are proud of, and even some of the people who participated in the first defense of Bucharest pointed to the Ottoman guards in the distance and told the young people around them how they and their ancestors fought side by side against the infidels invasion.

This agitation affected many people, and gradually stabilized those who were originally shaken by fear and nervousness.

Ladislas II narrowed his eyes slightly at the Ottoman army that was slowly approaching in the distance, and saw the shadows of the endless flow of baggage troops that seemed to have no end in sight, and the king waved his hand to the people around him.

"Watch out for the Ottoman barracks," the king whispered, "and they may approach the walls at any moment." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Also, send someone to the Count of Montina and tell him that I want him to keep an eye on the Ottoman army in the south." The king's gaze swept over the enemy in the distance again, and by this time the Ottoman army had gradually entered an open field not far from the city, and the people on the city wall saw that the Ottomans were slowly but orderly spreading their ranks in the afterglow of the sunset.

From the vague shadows, although not clear, it can be detected that the Ottoman army carried an unexpected amount of baggage, which was exactly what Ladislas II feared most.

The Sultan seemed to be ready for a long siege, and judging by the Ottomans' attempts to encircle Bucharest from both flanks, Ladislas II feared that the Sultan's aim was not simply to besiege the city.

In fact, the king's guess was accurate, and when the army entered the plains near Bucharest, Bayezid II sent orders to the generals on both flanks to allow them to march to the east bank of the Dembvica River.

When Sisugu received the order, his troops had just entered the edge of the marshland, and the Dembvica River on the east flank had affected his cavalry to detour to the enemy's flank.

The large swampy wetland in front of it forms a natural barrier.

Sisugu sent scouts to search the swamp, hoping to find a way to quickly pass through the obstacle in front of him, but he soon found that such a path was difficult to find, but even if he did, it would not be enough to meet his needs.

Because the whole swamp was submerged in shallow pools of mud and mud, which were not deep but difficult to walk, and if you stepped on them, you would often sink into the mud, and even where you could walk, most of them were actually ankle-deep or deeper mud, and the roads were so narrow that they could hardly guarantee the passage of the army.

"That Count Montina is waiting for me across the marsh," said Sissou as he walked up to a rare height, and looked ahead at the scouts who were trying to climb a lonely dead tree standing in the mire, ready to climb up to the heights, and said to those around him, "and I can guess that he must have moved all his musket troops to his right flank by this time, just waiting for me to strike a head-on blow as soon as I try to attack around the marsh." ”

"But you've seen through his scheme, haven't you, so you must have a better way to defeat that Count Montina."

An officer confidently said that he had a strong confidence in their generals, these Ottoman officers, at least in their memory, Sisugu had made the right choice and decision more than once with his keen insight and judgment in the face of a strong enemy, and this superb command art was exchanged for victory after victory.

"I don't really have a better way," Xi Sugu shook his head, "The terrain here makes us have no other choice at all, which is very annoying, but fortunately, although it limits the direction of our attack, at least the enemy will not want to attack us." ”

Xi Sugu's words made his men look at each other in astonishment, and finally one of them couldn't help but ask, "Do you think that Count Montina still has the courage to take the initiative to attack us?" ”

"Why is it impossible," Xi Sugu glanced at the officer who asked the question, "Believe me, on the battlefield, when you think something is impossible, then it is often close at hand. ”

After saying that, Xi Sugu took the lead and walked down the height, stepping on the muddy swamp quagmire, and when the boots on his feet stepped into the wet and sticky mud because it was difficult to pull out, making it as if his feet were filled with lead, Xi Sugu stopped and took a wooden stick that had just been cut off handed to him by the person next to him, poked into the water, supported his body and stood still.

"That Count Montina is waiting for us," said Sissou to himself, and he raised his hand to the other side of the steamy marsh, "yes, he must be on the other side now, and at the edge of the marsh, I can even imagine what he is like now, just put his cavalry on the side of the marsh to protect his flanks, and then place those musketeers on the edge of the marsh to watch the narrow roads that might allow us to pass, and that Count Montina will only have to stay comfortable behind his position and wait for us to come to the door." ”

"But isn't he worried that we might cross the Dembvica River and attack Bucharest from the east bank of the river?" One of the officers asked, confused, "Allow me, I think it seems better this way." ”

Xi Sugu turned his head back to the side to see that the officer didn't say anything, and the atmosphere seemed to be a little awkward for a while, and the officer also felt that his words seemed to embarrass his general, which made his dark face can't help but show a touch of unease.

But just when everyone was embarrassed, Sisugu suddenly spoke without looking back, "Do you know why I think that Count Montina would place all his troops on the west bank of the Dembvica River, and not on both sides of the river, because then it would mean that all his troops would be confined on both sides of the river, and the enemy would have to give up staying away from the river bank in order to be able to echo each other, so it would be much easier for us, At that time, we would only have to choose to outflank the enemy on either side, and they would be surrounded by us because they could not get too far from the riverbank, which seemed like a tempting plan, but our enemy had obviously guessed the outcome, so the earl would rather abandon one side of the river bank than make sure that they would not lose their flexibility because of the division of forces and the constraints of the river. The problem we faced was about the same, they would have chosen to abandon the east bank of the river because they knew that we would not be able to cross the river at this time unless we risked being cut off by the enemy. ”

Xi Sugu explained in a calm tone, and only after he finished speaking did he turn his head and smile at a few of his officers.

Some of the officers still had pensive on their faces, and some had already understood what Xi Sugu meant, until all of them gradually showed a look of enlightenment.

"It seems that we have no other way to do this," Xi Sugu vigorously picked up the wooden stick that was used as a crutch to see the deep mud marks on it, and he casually threw away the wooden stick and gave the order, "Send our cavalry to prepare and attack the enemy's right flank." ”

Listening to Xi Sugu's seemingly slightly helpless tone, the officers couldn't help but look at each other with gloomy expressions.

As Xi Sugu said, in fact, there is not much possibility for both sides to cheat, in this case, the next battle must be extremely fierce and cruel.

It was at this time that the Sultan's order arrived.

(Tianjin)