In the distance, which was already slightly dimmed, a not-so-neat but strong-footed army appeared on the horizon.

The singing grew louder and clearer, and as the shadowy procession took over the road ahead, it was finally possible to see a flag fluttering in the wind.

It was a banner with a mountain wrapped in holy light, and a motif of a sword and shield underneath.

According to legend over the years, an ancestor of the family of Cosenza, who had been around since Charlemagne's time, had made a barefoot pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and when that Cosenza came to the Holy Mountain, he was glad to see the miraculous light and felt the revelation of the Lord, so the then Count of Cosenza sent a message to give up the title to his brother, while he himself remained in Jerusalem and became a devout missionary.

The coat of arms of this sacred mountain, which has been handed down from that time, indicates that the House of Cosenza is a warrior of the pious patron saint Lord Christ, and an armed defender of Christendom.

Now, the flag has appeared outside Bucharest, and its meaning is even more prominent at this moment.

The appearance of the Kosentsa and the formation of the queue can only indicate one result, the battle on the east bank of the Dembvica River, the defeat of the Sissougu!

The song was loud and full of pride, although when the team approached, the soldiers could be seen to look embarrassed, and some of them were wrapped in strips of cloth that had oozed red blood, but they still kept singing this tune quite strangely, but there was an inexplicable song that made people can't help but follow the joy.

A smile finally appeared on Alexander's face, and his heart fell, and his previous worries, nervousness, uneasiness, and even panic were all gone in this moment.

He stepped down the slope and looked at Hami Ressar Purm, who was also looking at the army not far away, and Alexander couldn't help but smile lightly at the sight of the eunuch's frowning brow.

He walked over and stood with the eunuch, and said in a tone of ostentation as an elder brother for his beloved sister, "It is my sister, the army of Miss Count Cosenza, and if I am not mistaken, it must be her grenadier company." ”

"Throw...... Bulletinmen? ”

Ressar whispered the term of fame with a slight confusion.

"Yes," Alexander said proudly, raising his head slightly, "that's the army she commanded herself, you know, Steward, she was on the other side of the river, fighting your general, and now she is victorious." ”

“……

Oh ~ grenadiers, Miss Countess is there, let's pay tribute to her,

Let's get honors,

……”

As if in response to Alexander's words, a clear and loud singing voice was heard again at this moment, which made Ressar's already swarthy face even darker, and he looked at the approaching group for a long time, and then turned away without saying a word.

Behind him, Alexander opened his arms to the approaching army and shouted: "Welcome, my lovely sister!" ”

The battle on the east bank of the Dembvica River ended with the final victory of the Wallachian army in Tsepez.

This is something that many people did not expect, or many people in the coalition army had very mixed feelings when they heard this result.

As Grand Duke of Wallachia, Cepes has been isolated by almost all Balkan nobles, and many people are deeply hostile and wary of the family because of his father's brutal rule and inflated ambitions in the past.

But now, the crucial battle that affected the outcome of a war was completed by Chipes, and it was done so perfectly, which made many people, including Ladislas II, feel that it is a great irony.

They did not even feel the slightest sense of victory, for they knew that with the end of the war with the Ottomans and the consolidation of Chipes's rule in Wallachia, the Balkans were likely to descend into a new chaos.

However, the mixed feelings of the Balkans did not affect Alexander, and he could not wait to meet Josa.

The dignified manners of the court, the lightness and casualness of the farmhouse, and the fascination of the Sha when he was alone, the shadows that passed over Alexander's heart, and now he wanted to see the heroic and freshly triumphant.

Alexander never expected that Josha would suddenly appear in Bucharest, and although the report was not detailed, he still guessed from the direction in which Josha appeared that she should have landed somewhere by boat from the Mediterranean Sea through the Bosphorus and then through the Black Sea.

At the thought of traveling in the Mediterranean at this time, although he already knew that Jossa had finally made it safely ashore, Alexander's heart could not help but clench at that time.

Just a few months later, Alexander remembered that the Ottoman fleet would attack the Venetians' largest colonies in the Mediterranean, and then take the last overseas possessions of the Venetians after a series of naval battles.

Although it is unknown whether this naval battle will break out as scheduled with the accident of Bayezid II, at least it is extremely dangerous in the Mediterranean now.

And what she didn't expect was that Jisha would actually encounter the battle between Cepes and Sisugu.

He couldn't describe how nervous he was when he heard the news, and he didn't even dare to think about what would happen to him if something happened to him.

A small group of hunters rushed towards Alexander, who he recognized as the soldiers Gompati had just taken.

"My lord, Captain Gompati has asked me to report to you that he has met Mademoiselle Countess, but he has stayed with Mademoiselle for now, and has accompanied Mademoiselle Earl to meet you." One of the hunters rolled over and dismounted to report to Alexander.

"You've seen Josha, is she okay?" Alexander asked anxiously.

"Miss Earl is very good, to be honest, we have never seen such a noble lady as Miss Count," the hunter showed a hint of admiration on his face, but then his expression became slightly strange, "but please forgive me, my lord, I think Miss Earl seems to be ......"

"What?"

"Seems to be angry," said the hunter hesitantly, then lowered his voice slightly, "Mademoiselle asked Captain Gompati a lot about Miss Sophia, and then she seemed a little upset. ”

Listening to the words of the hunting guards, Alexander's originally excited face stiffened slightly, and the first thought that flashed through his mind at this time was "I don't know if the fortifications of Sophia's residence can withstand the grenadiers of Josha." ”

Hami Resar Plom returned to the Ottoman barracks, and with the end of the battle on the east bank of the river, his mission had come to an end.

However, Ressar hurried back to the barracks, and in addition to discussing with the other Ottoman generals as soon as possible about the upcoming negotiations, there was a more important matter.

Ressar didn't know what the losses were, but as a very important and influential general in the Ottoman army, Sisughu's attitude not only determined the fate of himself and almost the entire Ottoman right-wing army in the coming turmoil, but also bound to affect the choice of a large number of generals.

Raysar knew that he knew this, and the others were obviously equally aware of the importance of Xi Sugu, so he had to rush back before Xi Su Gu returned, to prevent the others from taking advantage of the opportunity to win over the general.

However, what Ressar didn't expect was that when he hurried back to the barracks, he saw Xi Sugu who had already returned.

It's just that to Ressar's surprise, the person who appeared in front of him looked like two people like the general who always seemed so calm and calm no matter what kind of strong enemy he faced, and who always maintained a calm attitude after a battle.

Xi Sugu's armor had been taken off, his bare upper body muscles bulged, his body was drenched in sweat, and a pair of pants that were originally very fat were also stuck to his legs, and the whole pants were covered with mud stains, as if he had just rolled in the mud.

His beard was also gray, and his hair was stuck together with two pieces of blood that looked like it had been coagulated.

But what really surprised Ressar was the red blood that oozed from the ring of gauze wrapped around his chest and abdomen.

Apparently, Xi Sugu was injured.

"What's going on?" Ressar asked in a low voice, when he heard that Xi Sugu unexpectedly threw down the retreating army and quietly rushed back alone with a few people, he immediately ordered to strictly guard the news, but when he saw Xi Sugu like this, he was really surprised, "I heard that it was Cepes of Wallachia who was fighting with you, and ......"

"There is another woman," said Xi Sugu with a peculiar look on his face as he spoke of the woman, "a woman who has caused me to defeat so badly, that I almost broke my army, I don't know who she is, if you know, I want you to tell me." ”

"That woman is a Neapolitan nobleman, the countess of Cosenza, and she has an older brother I think you should know."

"The Count of Montina?" Xi Sugu immediately thought of something, and looked at Ressar nodding silently, his cheeks twitched slightly, first showing a bitter expression, and then his expression became solemn, "Okay, Lord Steward, now please tell me what happened." ”

Ressar's expression also became gloomy, and he stared at Xi Sugu's eyes for a while, then lowered his voice and asked, "Tell me how your army losses?" ”

"I can regroup the troops that I brought across the river after dawn tomorrow, that's about 4,000 men, and if I am given some more time, I should be able to regroup all the right-wing troops on both sides of the river by tomorrow afternoon."

"How many are there?" Ressar asked in a low voice.

"It should be around 7,000 people."

"So you've lost almost a third of your army by now?" Ressar frowned slightly, even 1,000 more people were very important to him at this time.

"Believe me, I am still the most loyal and courageous general under the Sultan, and I can assure you that there will be more loyal to the Sultan when the time comes."

Xi Sugu was not angry at Ressar's suspicions, he calmly finished speaking to the eunuch, and asked again in a low voice, "Now you can tell me what happened to the Sultan." ”

Ressar groaned, reached out and put the white hood on his head, and after motioning for Xi Sugu to put on the hood and hug his face, the two of them quietly walked out of the tent and walked in the direction of the imperial camp.

As he got closer and closer to the imperial camp, Xi Sugu felt the tense atmosphere, and when he followed Ressar through the tight guards and walked to the imperial camp that seemed to have experienced a tornado, Xi Sugu suddenly stopped, he squatted down and grabbed a handful of soft but dry sand on the ground and twisted it in his hand, and then his face changed instantly.

"This soil was overturned by a cannonball?" Xi Sugu asked in a low voice, his forehead was already covered with sweat, and his breathing became a little short.

Ressar nodded silently, then gestured to Xi Sugu to let him in.

Xi Sugu cautiously followed the eunuch into the tent, a strong smell of medicinal herbs came to his nose, he took a deep breath to calm his emotions, and then walked into the inside of the imperial tent through a curtain that had been torn and half dragged on the ground.

A man lay on a somewhat messy blanket, his body covered with a blanket, but even so, he exuded a strong smell mixed with herbs and blood.

A woman with a headscarf wrapped around her head was half-lying beside the man, gently pressing her body for him with her hand, and when she saw Ressar and Xi Sugu, the woman immediately lowered her head and stepped aside.

As a result, a face with deep eye sockets and a dead face appeared in front of Xi Sugu.

Although he already knew, seeing that face, Xi Sugu couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

He prayed incessantly that Allah, the Most High and the One and the last great prophet of this world, would reveal to him that this was nothing but a test and a test for him, and he even closed his eyes and opened them again, hoping that he would see the Sultan who might have met with a slight accident but was all right.

But when he looked over, he was still in front of him with the terrible face that seemed to be covered with a layer of dead ashes, and the eyes that were closed closed were no longer able to see the wise gaze for a moment, only two sunken eye sockets shrouded in shadows.

"Since he was accidentally injured four days ago, the Sultan has completely fallen into a coma and has not woken up since."

Ressar whispered to Sisughu, then he nodded to the Sultan's favorite concubine who was kneeling beside him, and carefully lifted the blanket over the Sultan when he was allowed to do so.

A slightly foul smell and bloody smell immediately appeared, and when he saw the two thighs of the Sultan that were charred and swollen, and layers of white, red, and tender flesh were turned under the cracked skin, Xi Sugu couldn't help but gasp.

Xi Sugu's eyes widened, he knew very well that such an injury would have been dead if it were an ordinary soldier, but even the Sultan, seeing this scene, he couldn't help but feel cold all over, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

But after a while, his face calmed down from panic and anxiety, and a pair of eyes were firmly fixed on the eunuch in front of him.

"Who knows about the Sultan's injuries?"

Xi Sugu's voice was low, and his eyes became extremely sharp.

"Everyone knows that the Sultan had an accident, but I let the guards surround the royal camp in time, and no one is allowed to enter or leave, so now everyone is just speculating, because I don't know whether the Sultan is injured or has died, so no one dares to act rashly at this time."

"You did the right thing, you did the right thing," Xi Sugu took another breath, although he had long been accustomed to the smell of blood on the battlefield, but now the breath in the imperial tent made him feel indescribably depressed, "You must not let the enemy know what happened, and you must not let our own people know the true situation of the Sultan, otherwise it will ......"

Although Xi Sugu didn't say it, both of them knew what would happen if the news leaked.

In addition to the threat that the coalition forces may take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack, it is more likely that a fierce civil strife will immediately break out within the Ossian army!

The generals who supported Prince Mehmet and Selim will openly break up, and a civil war over the command of the expeditionary force to the throne of the Sultan will engulf the entire Ottoman Empire in an instant!

The expeditionary force that had to retreat because of the civil war would make the Greek princess in Bucharest more prestigious than ever, and it would give hope to the Balkans of the newly conquered occupied territories, when rebellions and wars would erupt, and perhaps the Balkans, which the Ottomans had conquered for decades, might be lost.

Thinking of these terrible consequences, even Xi Sugu, who had always been calm, couldn't help but feel his heartbeat intensifying, and he was uneasy.

"We have to negotiate with the enemy," Ressar said to Sisugu in a low voice, "and we must get out of the trouble in front of us first, if ...... I mean, if the Sultan really can't wake up, he must decide who will succeed him as soon as possible, and the throne must not be empty, otherwise the whole empire will shake. ”

Xi Sugu nodded silently, he knew that what the eunuch said was right, but when he thought of the upcoming turmoil for the throne of the Sultan, Xi Sugu couldn't help but shudder.

"How did the Sultan get hurt?" Xi Sugu asked in a deep voice.

"It's the Count of Montina." Ressar glanced at Bayezid II, who was lying on the blanket and looked lifeless, "He sent men to attack our artillery positions, and then they opened fire on the imperial camp with the captured artillery. ”

"Count Montina?" Xi Sugu took a deep breath mixed with a pungent and foul smell, and then looked at the Sultan with a somewhat distracted gaze and muttered, "It's that person again, and his sister, they are simply devils, our nightmares." ”

Just as Sissou lamented the fate of the Ottoman Empire, Alexander, whom he called the nightmare of the Ottomans, was waiting at a junction not far from the banks of the Dembvica River.

He had already sent someone to send the news about Jisha to Sophia, but now he was a little unclear who to worry about.

Now the situation is that the grenadiers who have just won a brilliant victory have come with a great victory, although the momentum is fierce, but Bucharest is Sophia's territory after all.

Just listen to the cries of the "Greek princess" to know that Sophia is no longer the bohemian girl who can be treated casually in Naples or Rome.

As soon as he thought of the possible scene when these two men met, Alexander couldn't help but groan:

"It's a terrible nightmare"