Chapter 122: The Great Siege (35)
Hami Ressar Plumm looked at Alexander with a heavy expression.
It was not clear from his face what the eunuch was thinking at this time, but his expression was indeed very bad, perhaps because he had been a eunuch for too long, and Alexander always felt that there was a gloom in this man's eyes when he looked at people.
Hami Ressar Plom did not immediately answer Alexander's sudden question, he sat down on his horse and turned to look at his companions behind him, and then turned his head to look at Alexander again.
"Count, if it had been before, you would have been punished most severely for this, but we are not here to continue the war," the eunuch said in a very soft tone, his eyes crossed Alexander's shoulder to look at Sophia not far behind him, and then let out a soft sigh, "You are very brave, it can be said that there has never been an enemy who has resisted the attack of the Sultan's army on both occasions like Bucharest, and you have won the war that belongs to you." ”
Alexander looked carefully at the eunuch's face, he wanted to find something in the man's expression, but he was soon disappointed, although Hami Ressar Plumm's face was gloomy, he was not alarmed, and when he looked at Alexander, the arrogance peculiar to the Ottomans was even completely evident in his eyes.
"So, Sir, do you think we should negotiate with you or those behind you, or with the Sultan himself?"
Alexander was still unwilling, the eunuch in front of him was of course a high authority, but whether as the seal keeper or the head of the imperial camp, the identity of Hami Resal Plåm made him follow the Sultan, but now he unexpectedly appeared on the battlefield, this accident is enough to make people have too much speculation.
"Believe me, you wouldn't want to know the answer, because that wouldn't do us any good," Hami Ressar Plumm shook his head slightly, and his gaze as he watched Alexander's gaze change from the kind of inquiry that seemed to go deeper, but slightly helpless, as if suddenly a little tired, "And even if you knew, what could you do, do you think about the mighty Ottoman army attacking?" ”
Although he had been prepared, when he heard the eunuch's words, Alexander's head was still "buzzing" at that moment, and he didn't even hear what the eunuch said next.
The next thing he remembered was that Hami Ressar Plumm had said, "You have won your freedom, and now is the time to negotiate." ”
Sultan, what exactly is going on?
Alexander didn't even notice that the eunuch turned his horse's head and turned away after he had finished speaking, he silently pulled the reins of Pagasus and walked back, looking at Sophia and a few Greeks who were facing him with eager expressions, Alexander shook his head slightly.
Sultan, something must have happened, although I don't know what happened, but it is clear that the Ottoman army has been shaken.
Alexander turned his head to look at the other side, and Hami Ressar Plem had returned to their ranks, and the Ottoman nobles were whispering something, and those people looked at them from time to time, and it could be seen that the Ottomans were arguing, except for some of the generals who stood with Hami Ressar Plem, the other Ottoman generals seemed to be divided into two different factions.
There was a hurried sound of horses' hooves, and Alexander saw one of Ladislas II's retinues galloping towards him, apparently to inquire for news, but from his somewhat pale face it was evident that the man was clearly frightened by the task.
"Go and tell the king that maybe we will soon have a very Ottoman negotiation." Without waiting for the man to speak, Alexander told him what he wanted to know, "But the news about the Sultan is not clear. ”
"The Sultan must be dead," the retinue, who had been nervous, was stunned for a moment, and then a strange excitement suddenly appeared on his cheeks, and he twisted his body on his horse, and then suddenly said, "If we attack them at this time......
Alexander glanced at the retinue, and saw that his eyes were shining with a look of excitement, Alexander thought for a moment, and then took off the whip from the saddle, and as his arm shook vigorously, the whip struck the man's head with a roar!
A scream came from the mouth of the retinue, so loud that it caught the attention of the arguing Ottomans in the distance.
They looked at Alexander warily, and when they saw that nothing had happened, the Ottomans removed their hands from the hilts of their swords.
Ladislas II also saw this scene, the king's expression instantly became extremely ugly, he stared at the retinue in the distance who was running back like a driven mouse, until his horse rushed in front of him, Ladislas II stretched out his hand to block the man: "What happened?" ”
"That Count Montina, he's gone mad."
The retinue kept nagging, but then his collar was clutched tightly by the king.
"Tell me what he said."
"He said that the Ottomans wanted to negotiate," said the retinue at first, and then anxiously, "Your Majesty, the Sultan may be dead." ”
Ladislas II's heart jumped suddenly, but he still tried not to look so excited: "So what do you want to say?" ”
"Your Majesty, I mean that if we attack at this time, we may be able to defeat the Ottomans once and for all."
Ladislas II looked at the retinue silently, and after a pause, he lowered his voice and asked, "That's what you just said to Count Montina?" ”
"Yes......"
As soon as the retinue's words came out, he felt the collar of his coat grasped by the king tighten violently, and the collar of his shirt was stuck in the gap between the collar of his armor, and he almost suffocated.
"I really should have killed you now, I never thought you would be so stupid, listen to go back to your country now, I don't want to see you again."
Ladislas II angrily rebuked his retinue, and the anger and disgust in his eyes made the retinue's face change so much that when the king finally let go of his hand, he immediately clenched his horse's belly in a panic, and fled without looking back through the line towards a distant and lifeless flight.
"Sultan, are you dead?" Ladislas II looked at the men in the middle of the two armies and muttered to himself.
Hammy Ressar Plumm didn't keep Alexander waiting, and when he came back again, there were two more people by his side.
Those were two Ottoman generals, and from their ornate and delicate armor, Alexander guessed that their status was not low.
Sure enough, when he learned that one of these two people was actually a governor of South Bosnia, Alexander was slightly stunned at first, and then couldn't help but look at the other person.
Bayezid II's son Selim was only able to compete with his brother Ahmet for the sultanate after he received the support of the Ottoman nobles from occupied Greece and the Balkans.
Even in Alexander's memory, Selim's later rebellion was supported by the Ottoman nobility and army in the Balkans.
If this Bosnian governor is a Selim man, then what about another elderly general?
Under the introduction of Hami Ressar Plumm, Alexander quickly learned the identity of the other party.
Originally a general stationed in Damascus, Yusham, now the commander of the Left Army in the Sudanese army.
Looking at this general, who was already a handful of years old, but still looked capable and resolute, Alexander secretly wondered in his heart, hearing that Ahmet had led an expedition against Egypt against the Mamluks, there was no doubt that this old man should be Ahmed's follower.
The two princes' important generals, and a great eunuch who was completely loyal to the Sultan, Alexander was already sure by this time that something had happened to Bayezet, otherwise the Ottomans would not have dared to negotiate with them so openly as their respective supporters.
"Then, this time tomorrow," Alexander looked at Hammy Ressar Plom, and seeing that the other man nodded slowly, he continued, "we will have people set up tents here as soon as possible, and you can send someone to help." ”
Hami Ressar Plum nodded again, the eunuch knew that this was only the first contact between the two sides, and that real negotiations could drag on for a long time.
Until Alexander and Sophia returned to the battle, countless pairs of eyes of the coalition army were always on them, and when they finally turned around when they saw Alexander, the hearts of the coalition nobles led by Ladislas II also rose.
"What's going on?!"
Before they could come to the front, someone couldn't wait to ask questions.
Alexander glanced over to Ladislas II, and when he saw that he didn't see the retinue, the corners of his mouth turned upward.
Then he calmly said under everyone's eager gaze: "The Ottomans are going to negotiate with us." After saying that, he glanced around, and seeing that the people were still looking eager, he thought for a moment and said, "The Sultan is probably wounded, but I don't think he is dead, at least he is alive now." ”
Hearing Alexander's words, the nobles were at first dazed, and then gradually showed joy.
"The Ottomans want to negotiate, so the war is over?" A nobleman couldn't help but ask urgently.
Seeing the nervous expressions of the people, Alexander looked back at the Ottoman position, then slowly shook his head and whispered to himself: "How can there be an end?" ”
The war is not over, at least for Sisugu.
By the time the Anatolian light cavalry caught up with that strange convoy and attacked, Sisuggu had already ordered another attack on Slobozia.
Divided into sections by three rivers, Slobozia formed an almost natural fortress, and apart from a few bridges over the river, the army of Sissogu simply did not have enough roads to storm into the city.
That's why Sisugu insisted on stopping the convoy from entering Slobozia after hearing the scout's report, and the fortress-like town with the defenders with heavy firepower was an absolute nightmare for the attacking side.
But if it was in the field, Xi Sugu didn't believe that the convoy could withstand the charge of the Anatolian cavalry, after all, in his memory, although the musket was powerful and sharp, if it was not protected, once it encountered the cavalry, it would be completely killed.
Despite the complicated terrain of Slobozia, Sisugu was confident that he could defeat Cepes, not only because he had more troops than the enemy, but also because he believed that once the Anatolian cavalry dealt with the enemy there, they could take advantage of the situation and go around the back of Slobozia City, and at that time Cepes would have to divide his forces if he did not want to be cut off from retreating.
Then the pressure on the Wallachians would increase dramatically, and then it would be time for a full-scale attack.
Xi Sugu was so confident in his plan that he was already thinking that if he was lucky enough to catch the young woman the scout had said, he would have to satisfy his curiosity to meet her.
You must know that Xi Sugu has never met a woman who has gone to battle, not to mention that the other party's almost deviant all-musket unit really aroused his interest.
The Ottoman attack did not start well, but Sisugya was not in a hurry, he was waiting for news that the Anatolian light cavalry would return to eastern Slobozia, and by then the Vavalacians would naturally be in disarray.
However, what Xi Sugu was waiting for was not the news that the light cavalry had defeated the enemy and succeeded in a roundabout way, but a group of defeated soldiers who were embarrassed and many of the soldiers still had scars on their bodies.
When he saw the appearance of those Anatolian cavalrymen, Sisugu even had some difficulty believing his eyes.
The Anatolian cavalry, which had terrified many Europeans in the past, appeared in front of him like a defeated army that had just suffered a crushing defeat.
And in fact they were indeed defeated, at the hands of an army composed entirely of musketeers, and even more so at the hands of a young girl who had just entered the battlefield.
When the cavalry proved that it was indeed a very young woman who commanded that strange army, Sisugu thought that the world might really be crazy.
In the woods outside Slobozia, Zhisa was sitting under a tree, her eyes fixed on a horse that had fallen not far in front of her.
The horse was dead, but its eyes were still open, but they had lost their luster and looked like two bottomless hollows.
Next to the horse, there was an Ottoman hussar, and it was clear from the way his body was shaking that he was not dead, but because he didn't know where he hit when he fell off the horse, his body was shaking violently.
She moved her shoulders, a pain that made her groan, and she struggled to her feet with her sword, and then slowly walked over to the shaking Ottoman.
It was a sturdy-looking cavalryman, but his body was a little unnaturally twisted on the ground, which made people know that something was wrong at a glance.
The Ottoman also saw Tsusha, and I don't know if it was because he was afraid, but his body trembled even more.
Jisha looked down at the man, and although she didn't know exactly what the injury was, she knew that the man should be finished.
Josha raised her gun, holding the butt of her rifle over her shoulder and aimed it at the man.
Then she was surprised to hear the Ottoman cavalry say in a strange accent that was vague but still faintly audible: "Thank you." ”
"You're welcome." Jisha whispered back, then pulled the bolt.
A gunshot rang out, and the Ottoman soldier's body shook and fell silent.
She frowned slightly as she looked down at the hem of her dress, which was splattered with a few traces of blood and small holes that had been burned by the residue of gunpowder.
Honsha knew that Alexander liked to see her walk lightly in front of him in her gorgeous dress, so her travel clothes were sewn beautifully and fitted even when she was on a long journey, but she felt that it would be too bad for Alexander to see her as she was.
So Zhosa gave the order to advance in the direction of the city of Slobozia.
"At least there should be a place in the city where you can wash up and change your clothes." As she spoke, she looked up at the plain beyond the woods in the distance.
A scene of corpses strewn across the field, including human corpses and horse corpses.
She felt an indescribable churn in her appetite, and the composure she had deliberately maintained in front of the soldiers collapsed instantly, she turned around and couldn't help retching, when a foul smell wafted in the wind, she couldn't hold on any longer, threw away the musket in her hand, crouched down and spit out with both hands on the ground.
During the battle, the 1st Company of the Cosenza Grenadier fought fiercely with the Ottoman Anatolian light cavalry outside Slobozia.
The Ottoman cavalry suffered heavy losses under the heavy fire of the grenadiers, relying on the cover of dense forest terrain, and the casualties amounted to hundreds of people.
The 1st Grenadier Company of Kosenza won the battle at the cost of more than 10 casualties.
However, she feared that the Ottomans would return, and she knew that the reason for the defeat of the Ottoman cavalry was mainly due to the complete strangeness to her grenadiers.
This time they suffered so many casualties that it would not be so easy to deal with when they learned their lesson.
"The advantage of musketeers is fully realized behind the strong fortifications, at least for now."
Josha remembered Alexander's views on the creation of grenadier units in his letter.
Moreover, she was commanding the whole battle according to the circumstances that Alexander had conceived many times in his previous correspondence and that might arise on the battlefield.
Now Josa also believed that Alexander's judgment would not be wrong.
So she immediately ordered the grenadier company to abandon the collection of the booty and quickly advance towards the city of Slobozia without stopping.
The Anatolian light cavalry's defeat made Sisugu aware of the urgency of the situation, and he quickly sent another army to reinforce the light cavalry who had not yet had time to return, reminding them to make the most of the cavalry's mobility when attacking, and to find a way to disrupt the enemy's position with harassment and agile and quick attacks, even if the enemy was holding the woods.
"As long as you rush into their positions, those people are lambs to the slaughter, remember not to fail again for the sake of shame, otherwise even I will be embarrassed by you, after all, it is ridiculous to be defeated by a woman."
After reprimanding the cavalry officers who had annoyed him with these seemingly mild but somewhat mean words, Sisugu ordered a new attack on the city of Slobozia.
It's just that the development of things has become the result that Xi Sugu fears the most.
When reinforcements of the Ottoman army arrived, all they saw were corpses strewn across the ground.
Receiving the news, Sisugu was silent for a long time, and then he ordered to continue the attack on Slobozia.
But he clearly sensed that he might be in real trouble.
It was at this time that Sisugu received a piece of news from the Sultan's royal camp that stunned him.
This news forced Xi Sugu to order a retreat.
And after learning of the sudden and inexplicable withdrawal of the Ottomans, Chipes made an invitation to the beautiful Countess he had just met.
And Jisha gladly accepted.
So, on the east bank of the Dembvica River, a new pursuit began.
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