Constantinople is located at the eastern tip of the Balkan Peninsula, on the western shore of the southern mouth of the Bosphorus. The outlet of the Black Sea into the Mediterranean Sea is a key point of communication between Europe and Asia, and its strategic position is extremely important.

It is an ancient city of several thousand years old that was once the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, which was later renamed Constantinople by the Byzantine Empire.

When the Han army swept across Europe, they conquered the city, and after the Han army retreated, Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Persian Empire led an army to capture it, which was originally to be named Istanbul, and planned to choose an auspicious day for the zodiac to officially change the name.

At this critical moment, the name change reversed.

According to the official history of Ottoman Persia, the feng shui master Jin Banxian, who divined auspicious days for Suleiman the Magnificent, prevented the emperor's plan to change his name. After calculating, Jin Banxian bluntly said that Constantinople is the source of the dragon vein, and it cannot be changed casually, otherwise the dragon vein feng shui will be broken, and the Ottoman Persian Empire will not be able to protect the country. If the name is not changed, it will bless the smooth national fortunes of the Ottoman Persian Empire.

Suleiman the Magnificent, a very superstitious Muslim who believed in feng shui, gladly accepted it.

Since then, Constantinople has not changed its name, and the Ottoman Persian Empire has prospered ever since.

Constantinople became an important city in Ottoman Persia, and after hundreds of years of operation, it became an important town that held the entire Black Sea outlet and the anchorage of the Ottoman Persian Mediterranean fleet.

The symbol of the city is the Suleymaniye Mosque, built on the highest point of the city, which was designed and built by the feng shui master Jin Daochang through the exploration of the celestial star feng shui. The majestic structure stands proudly on the mountain, especially the round dome is all inlaid with gold. When the sun shines, the golden glow of the gold is dazzling.

Along the way, Nanren also learned about the situation in Constantinople from the soldiers, and was surprised that a Taoist priest could design a mosque. Especially after learning that the dome is all gold-inlayed, I can't believe it. Now that the ship was approaching Constantinople, Nanren saw the golden dome.

From a distance, it looks like it is glittering, how many tons of gold will be used up, and I don't know if the Suleymaniye Mosque will recruit temporary workers to repair the roof, so I must apply.

As soon as the two ships entered the port area, a guide ship came speeding over, and after confirming that the people on board were Tang Duchy ships, they began to guide the two ships into the military port of Constantinople.

As soon as they entered the waters of the military port, the crew of the Tang Principality discovered that something was wrong. The distant harbor was clearly in the grip of a battle, with many of the harbor buildings damaged, and a number of damaged ships flying the Ottoman Persian star and crescent flags moored in the docks.

With all sorts of doubts, the Sail Battleship docked into the dock, and the damaged Assassin was dragged to the shore by the workers on the dock with a cable as it approached the dock.

Then came the routine confirmation procedure, and the Ottoman Persians had learned that there was a transport ship in the Tang Duchy's fleet that would come to port later because of a malfunction. But unexpectedly, it was not only a transport ship but also a second-class sail battleship. This puzzled the Ottoman Persian officials who boarded the ship to confirm it.

Upon learning of the situation, the Ottoman Persian officials were shocked that a transport ship had captured a second-class sail battleship, and they were so surprised that they immediately reported the situation to their superiors.

Soon the entire base was stirred, and a transport ship actually captured a second-class sail battleship. This is simply something more fantastical than the Arabian Nights.

The situation was reported to the headquarters of the contracting country in Constantinople, and the generals of the contracting countries who received the news came to the port to check the situation.

The first general to arrive at the port was the commander-in-chief of the Stormstorm Expeditionary Corps, Feng Li, whose main fleet arrived in Constantinople yesterday, only to learn that the Assassin had not followed due to a malfunction.

But he didn't expect that the Assassin arrived in port the next day with a second-class sail battleship, and he couldn't believe it.

It wasn't until he boarded the ship that he dared to believe what was in front of him.

"Major Gao, what the hell is going on, how can one of your transport ships capture a second-class sail battleship" got on the ship, and as soon as he saw the soldiers lined up to greet him, Feng Lie immediately asked.

Gao Zhenguo respectfully saluted the Supreme Commander and said: "General Feng, I'm ashamed, I was smashed by the mast and fainted, and it was Captain Nan who commanded the battle."

"Oh!" Feng Lie looked at Nanren next to him and asked, "Captain Nan, what the hell is going on?"

Nanren smiled cheaply and just wanted to start blowing wildly, but suddenly remembered that he had been getting bad results recently, and immediately said: "Wind City Lord, it's nothing, it's just that we met the enemy and did what we had to do."

"It's that simple?" Feng Lie was very puzzled, his eyes turned to Zhang Yiting and said, "Captain, let's talk about it!" ”。

"Yes! General". Zhang Yiting began to talk about the cause and effect, and reported the entire battle in full.

After listening to the introduction, Feng Lie looked at Nanren with an unbelievable gaze, and for a while he laughed wildly and stepped forward to pat Nanren's shoulder, "Haha! Captain Minami, you have surprised me again and again. One of the wisest decisions of my life was to recruit you into the army. You really gave our Tang Principality army a long face, the recent war situation has not been good, you have sent a big surprise to our contract country."

Feng Lie looked up at the soldiers standing around him again, and shouted: "Soldiers, you have done a good job, every soldier who participates in this battle will receive the Storm Legion Second Class Storm Medal, I will personally give you the method medal, the Han army is mighty."

"The Han army is mighty, the Han army is mighty".

Cheers echoed across the sail battleship, and the soldiers excitedly responded to the commander-in-chief's commendation. Medals are the greatest honor for every soldier.

Only Nam Ren didn't have any special excitement, and he didn't feel much about the honor of the medal after just a few days in the army. I still wonder in my heart, why is Feng Lie so excited, isn't it just that he captured a second-class sail battleship? Is it only that the Supreme Commander is so excited?

To Nanren's surprise, not long after, other high-ranking generals of the contracting countries also boarded the ship. The Imperial Marshal of the Ottoman Persians, Marshal Cyrus, the nominal commander-in-chief of the treaty powers, Admiral Abel, the general of the Gallic Expeditionary Force, and the Admiral Lusay of the Great Britain Expeditionary Force, and other high-ranking generals of various countries also boarded the ship and expressed their high praise for the victory.

Marshal Cyrus of Ottoman Persia also announced on the spot that the soldiers of the Duchy of Tang who participated in the war would also receive the Ottoman Persian Bronze Order of the Star and Moon to reward them for their military exploits.

As the commander of this operation, Nanren was cordially greeted and shook hands by senior generals from various countries.

Seeing a large group of marshals, generals, and lieutenant generals, Nanren was modest and cautious on the one hand, and muttered in his heart on the other. With such a little feat, is it worth greeting so many high-ranking generals!

Moreover, this Persian is really picky, so he will issue a bronze medal, it is better to give some cash, and it is okay to reward a few more Persian beauties.

It wasn't until he finished his condolences and went ashore for repairs that Nanren learned about the situation from other officers who had already landed.

On the night of the attack on Nanren's Assassin at sea, the Slavs' Black Sea Fleet took advantage of the dense fog to attack the military port of Constantinople.

It was a very successful attack, the Persians were completely blinded, the Ottoman Persian Black Sea Fleet anchored in the harbor suffered heavy losses, almost ten capital warships were sunk, and the port facilities were shelled. Had it not been for the indiscriminate attack of the fortress artillery ordered by Marshal Cyrus, which destroyed several Slavic warships and frightened the Slavs away, the port would have been completely destroyed.

After this battle, the Ottoman Persian Mediterranean fleet was again heavily damaged, plus the detachment that had lost the previous time. The Mediterranean Fleet lost almost half of its main warships, falling from third to sixth in Europe in terms of total tonnage.

The bad news is not only that, the Great Britain fleet, which arrived the day before yesterday, learned that its allies had been attacked, so it sent a detachment of troops to patrol the Black Sea in a proud manner, ready to scare and scare the Slavs. Unexpectedly, the Slavs rushed directly to this detachment and hit it, and actually sank several sail cruisers of the Sunset Fleet and damaged the sail battleships.

The most powerful fleet of the sun never sets has been destroyed, and the entire contract country has lost face. After a few battles, the contracting countries suffered heavy losses, and it was difficult to explain them to the media.

Nanren realized that these generals were so active in boarding the ship to offer condolences, it turned out that they had been blinded by the enemy recently, and finally there was news of victory, and they were just looking for face.

It seems that no matter which time and space or which era it is, face is always the goal that people pursue.