“…… In the face of this sudden outbreak of the plague, the doctors, scholars, and imams in the city were all helpless. Doctors of the Greeks and Arabs concocted many herbs, but none of them worked. The most devout prayers were also useless, and several imams vomited blood directly inside the mosque and died...... The air in the city was always permeated with a strange metallic smell that gave people a disgusting sour taste in their mouths. (Smell of radioactive material)"

“…… When night falls, the wilderness and sky outside Adrianople glow strangely, looking colorful and very bright, including orange, yellow, blue, and blood-red red, like a rainbow. But it is actually the banner of hell - wherever this color appears in the sky, the people who live there will have ulcerated skin, bleeding pus, and die quickly......"

“…… Anyone who did not escape from that land in time, even if they did not become ill for a while, were saddled with the curse of death, and sooner or later they would fall ill and die, according to several citizens who escaped from Adrianople, Prince Bayezid and Queen Mother Hitty had both contracted the disease and died. ”

“…… According to one of the Albanian regiment deserters, the Albanian regiment, which arrived on the outskirts of Adrianople, at the same time as the departure of the Greeks, also contracted the plague at an even more alarming rate, and none of them were spared. The two border Pashas, as well as the second princess, Gulshahhatun and Prince Mustafa, were killed in the plague. Only a handful of fortunate and alert people saw that something was wrong and gave up discipline and honor in horror. Break away from the team and run away. But even then, they only lived a few more days...... When they were dying, their skin was festering, swollen, rancid, and their bellies were bursting, and even their intestines were exposed, and the scene was more horrific than any known plague. No one could do anything about it, and no one even wanted to bury the body, so they had to set fire to the dead and the beds......"

“…… Now, the refugees who fled from the vicinity of Adrianople, who set off after us. All of them have become ill, and no one is exempt. But the refugees who had fled during the siege of the Greeks had not yet shown any signs of abnormality. ”

The black-clad guards were half-kneeling on the ground, trembling and reporting to Turahan Pasha the latest collection of the "plague" (the Turks did not know that it was a radiation disease, so naturally it could only be understood as a plague), and their faces were as firm as a rock, full of palpable fear, cold sweat was pouring down like a waterfall, and their thin shoulders seemed to be still trembling slightly and shamefully.

And it's no wonder. No matter how terrible the plague was in the past, at least a small part of the citizens of the plague-stricken city could survive. But this time "the curse of the pagan angels". But the real chicken dog is not left, and no one is immune. Half of the Thracian plain, centered on Adrianople, has now become a completely dead wilderness, and both the Greeks and Turks have no choice but to die in the face of the "angel's curse". Such an irresistible threat of death, combined with the sight of the "Angel Descending" seen at the head of Adrianople, could not help but strike fear deep into the bones of the young Turk - he was now a very committed Muslim before his faith had collapsed.

For the gaffe of the guards. Turakhan Pasha, who had always been strict in his army, rarely did not open his mouth to reprimand, for he had also witnessed the horrific deaths of several "plague patients", and the scene was indescribably disgusting—after the patients became ill, they first tossed back and forth in bed, had difficulty swallowing, and then their faces turned the color of mulberries. The skin around the body began to peel off, the fat on the stomach turned into water, and the intestines and organs poured out...... When he was dying, the patient's mouth and nose were foaming like a kettle on a stove. The corpse will bulge after death. And it bursts, emitting a sulfurous stench from every hole. In Turahan Pasha's opinion, apart from the meat sauce crushed by the boulder on the battlefield, this is already the ugliest, weirdest, and most terrifying corpse he has ever seen......

Therefore, after a long hesitation, Turahan Pasha finally turned the thousand words entangled in his heart into a long sigh of loss.

“…… Alas, is that the end there? Sultan Bixia died on the outskirts of Constantinople, and several young princes, including Mustafa, Bayezid and Cem, died in Adrianople. As for Sultan Bixia's brothers and elders, they had already been killed by Sultan Bixia a few years ago...... The Ottoman royal family, which had been galloping in Europe and Asia for more than 150 years, was so extinct that the world was really unpredictable! ”

-- The royal family and the kingdom that had been loyal all his life were wiped out in just a few dozen days, and it was really this Pasha who couldn't help but sigh.

“…… My lord, within the territory of our country, the Ottoman royal family has indeed been extinct, but there is still a remnant of the bloodline abroad. ”

One of his cronies stepped forward and whispered to Turahan Pasha, "...... Prince Orhan is still in Constantinople, and it may be helpful if he can get in touch with the Eastern Roman Emperor and bring back the remnant of the Ottoman family......"

- Although the brutal and bloodthirsty Sultan Mehmed II, when he first ascended the throne, he frantically wielded a butcher's knife and killed all his uncles and brothers, killing the Ottoman family almost alone. But out of reach of his butcher's knife, there were still people alive after all.

The prince Orhan, who narrowly escaped the butcher's knife, was an unfavored Turkish prince, and like Qin Shi Huang's father, he was sent to Constantinople because of an armistice treaty that exchanged hostages. Although the existence of this noble hostage did not prevent the Turks from breaking the treaty in the future, it was still regarded as a life-saving bargaining chip in times of crisis by the Eastern Roman Empire, and the treatment provided was always very generous.

Over the decades, although the former hostage prince was dead, his descendants sprung up in Constantinople to form a small Ottoman family. For example, the prince of Orhan, whom the staff had just mentioned, was born and raised in the city of Constantinople.

And at this moment after the destruction of Adrianople and the extinction of the Ottoman royal family, legally speaking, the Ottoman royal family of Prince Orhan has become a well-deserved legitimate heir to the Ottoman Turkish Empire. If Turakhan Pasha were willing to change course and prop up Prince Orhan as the new sultan, he would not only be able to ease relations with the Christians and avoid fighting on two fronts, but he would also be able to gain a righteous position in the imminent Turkish warlord scuffle - although the heirs are now largely extinct, the enormous influence of the Ottoman royal family will not fade so quickly, and there will be people willing to defect as long as the flag is raised...... If it weren't for this, all kinds of "prince's revenge" would not have been staged again and again in the West.

However, after some careful consideration, Turahan Pasha rejected this tempting proposal.

“…… No, if we welcome Prince Orhan, it will inevitably give the Greeks, who are good at intrigue, the opportunity to meddle in our internal affairs. Moreover, Prince Orhan, who was born and raised in Constantinople and has never left the pagan lands all his life, may have deviated from the orthodox teachings of the Allah, and it will be difficult for him to gain the approval of the Turkic chieftains of Asia Minor, and if he does not do so, he will cause us trouble......"

He took a deep breath, looked up at his generals, and suddenly opened his mouth and announced aloud, "...... As Sultan Bixia's most loyal courtier, I am saddened by the death of Sultan Bixia and the heir of the Ottoman dynasty more than anyone else! But there is no immortal dynasty or eternal kingdom! So, let all the things that have passed pass away with the wind!

Warriors, in the past, we fought for Sultan Bixia, so now we have to fight for ourselves! Tomorrow we will continue south to Athens to join the main force of Moria's legion, and then we will cross the sea and return to our Asian homeland! ”

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