Hearing that the Bosphorus, which was at stake in life and death, had been completely controlled, Emperor Constantine XI couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief!

Speaking of which, these two Turkish castles, which choke the passage of the strait, were less than ten kilometers away from the imperial capital of Constantinople. But as the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, he can't even control such a close place, which is really sad to say.

“… Alas, all the land that can be seen on the walls of the imperial capital has been planted with double-headed eagle flags! Constantine XI smiled bitterly and muttered, "It can be regarded as a little bigger than this cage, and there is a place to breathe, so that you can't even get out of the city walls..............."

"..............., but anyway, it was a great success! Chapter 32, half of the meeting?! State Secretary Flamens smiled and complimented, "...... After a hundred years, the banner of the Empire has finally crossed the Bosphorus once again, and you have truly become the ruler of Europe and Asia......"

"..............., rulers of Europe and Asia? This title ...... Well, geographically it seems that the same can be counted, who called the Bosphorus exactly the dividing line between Europe and Asia? ”

Constantine XI glanced at the state secretary with a strange expression, then shook his head and laughed at himself...... Huh, rulers of Europe and Asia? There is only one city and two fortresses in the entire territory, and it only takes half a day to go from one end to the other, and the total number of subjects is less than 100,000"...... When did the title of Lord of Eurasia become so cheap? ”

After lamenting the loss of the glory of the Roman Empire, the bored Constantine XI changed the subject again...... How is the inventory of the materials seized from the Turkish military camp so far? With such a large amount of extra income, you will be able to live more comfortably! ”

It has been a matter of course since ancient times that the life and property of the loser belong to the winner.

With the thirty-second chapter of 140,000 land、Meet in half?! After the violent death of Erqi's army in one night, the huge amount of supplies that Sultan Mehmed II had accumulated for the capture of Constantinople was suddenly transferred to the hands of Emperor Constantine XI, who was desperately poor and poor, and he was really a conscientious transport captain!

Of course, the living creatures brought by the Turks, such as cattle, sheep and horses, "must have been poisoned and died with the people." As for the beans, flour and grains, most of them are also contaminated with a little bit of Leman's poisonous gas, and although they should not die after eating, they are definitely 10,000 times more toxic than the worst illegal food additives and pesticide residues in later generations...... However, although the emperor did not dare to let the citizens of Constantinople fill their stomachs with these gas-contaminated grains, it did not prevent him from collecting these poisonous wheat and poisoned flour, and selling them all at ultra-low prices to Genoese merchants in the Galata Concession, and then these black-hearted men were transported to the coastal ports of Asia Minor to poison the Muslim citizens who were greedy for cheap there......

Even the poisoned cattle, sheep and horses, the indigent soldiers and civilians of Constantinople were reluctant to waste them, "but used the large quantities of salt seized from the Turkish military camp and made them into cured meat, ready to be dumped on the Muslims of Asia Minor...... It can be seen that one of the largest chronic food poisoning incidents in ancient history was about to break out in Shijie in the eastern Mediterranean in the middle of the January period......

In addition to the cattle, sheep, horses, and contaminated grain that had gone out of business, the clothes, tents, weapons, and gunpowder of the 140,000 army "also included the coins and jewelry carried by the Turkish generals and soldiers, and it was also a considerable fortune, and the gold, silver and jewels taken by a dozen traversers were only a very small part of the 140,000 army" They didn't even scavenge the Sultan's royal tent!

According to the estimates of Emperor Constantine XI, at least 3,000 to 5,000 pounds of gold could be seized from the Turks' barracks, plus more than three times the weight of silver, as well as spears, swords, shields, daggers, bows, and armor in more than a million pieces. As for the seized silk,

Cloth and clothes, washed several times carefully and cleanly of the remnants of poison gas, were enough for the citizens of Constantinople to wear for ten years.

The sixty-nine large-caliber cannons that Sultan Mehmed II painstakingly dragged under the city of Constantinople were a big surprise for the Eastern Roman Empire. Although the embarrassed Eastern Roman Empire couldn't afford to raise these gold-swallowing beasts, even if these bulky big guys were melted into metal ingots, it was enough for Emperor Constantine XI to squander them for a long time. Not to mention that today's European craftsmen have not yet mastered the method of casting cannons from steel, and the 69 cannons of the Turks can only be cast in bronze...... That Urban cannon alone is a full seventeen tons of high-quality bronze!

This bright prospect of "the Sultan falling and the Emperor being fed" made Constantine XI really raise his eyebrows, change the grievance of being forced to shrink behind the wall as an otaku, and made up his mind to take advantage of his illness to take his life, and find a way to cut a few more pieces of meat from the Turks no matter what.

According to Emperor Constantine XI's idea, "he is ready to use the captured weapons, gold and silver to recruit an army as quickly as possible—the current Constantinople has only a few hundred standing troops, which is really not enough, and it is really not enough to take advantage of the victory to launch a counterattack against the Turks", not only to recover all the lost territory outside Constantinople, but also to hit Adrianople, the capital of Turkey, in one go, and "send all the wives and children of Mehmed II to heaven to be his companion~."

In short, it is to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to completely cut off this cancer rooted in the body of the empire!

This strategy jihua... It sounds a little crazy, but since the entire main force of the Turks has been completely destroyed under the city of Constantinople, except for some border guards who are thousands of miles away, the rear defense is extremely empty, so it is not impossible to win in one fell swoop.

Besides, even if there is really any danger, there is still a group of traversers behind Emperor Bixia who will give him a cheat!

But the problem was that the foreigners gathered in Constantinople at this time had a completely different intention: although they had come to Constantinople for religious reasons to defend themselves against the infidels, it did not prevent these Western Europeans from seizing every opportunity to enrich themselves in this expedition.

“…… The booty we have seized in the Turkish barracks is now being transported back to the city for counting and sorting," State Secretary Franz reported to the Emperor...... But the problem is that the Venetian fleet, which has come to the aid not long ago, as well as volunteers from Genoa, Catalonia, and France, all clamored when they saw this, claiming that they also had their share of these things......"

One is that the gang of Westerners demanded ...... on these booty Half of the meeting? The Emperor couldn't help but roll his eyes!!

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