In the middle of the Thracian plain, at the confluence of the Mariča and Denza rivers, and at the meeting point of the future borders of Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria, stands an ancient and majestic fortress city.\\ The city sits on the "absolute defense line" of the Eastern Roman Empire, once the bridgehead of Constantinople to Europe, but now in 1453 it has fallen to the hands of Turkish pagans for a full century.

At present, the Turks have changed its name to Edirne, but the Europeans prefer to use its old name, Adrianople.

Since 1362, Murad I has moved the Turkish capital to the area where it was still a front-line battlefield to show his determination to continue his march into Europe, which in some ways is similar to the Turks' response to the relocation of the capital to St. Petersburg by Emperor Peter I.

To date, the Turks have ruled here for almost a century. Over the years, this frontier town of the Eastern Roman Empire has long become full of Muslim style. Most of the city's Christians have converted to Allah, and the Orthodox churches with ornate frescoes have been replaced by domed mosques. The Islamic religious schools opened by the imams here have produced a large number of loyal local elites for the Sultan. The melodious chanting that floats over the city every day, and the crescent moon signs everywhere, make travelers who come here feel like they are in the Arabian desert of the Middle East, not the European continent by the Aegean Sea......

However, in late February 1453, the melodious chanting that hovered over Adrianople was replaced by the clash of swords and the wails of death. The palace and the barracks were in flames, every street was littered with corpses, the magnificent arsenal where the Cannons of Urban had been cast collapsed in a series of explosions, and even the mosque was broken into by the rebels, looting all the valuable belongings.

- The Head of Sultan Mehmed II, Chapter 38, The Turks' Response, which is still hanging from the tip of the spear of Emperor Constantine XI, but the group of orphans and widows he left behind, no one thought of avenging him, but immediately threw themselves into a vigorous cannibalism.

In just a few days, Adrianople was covered in blood and fire, and every street, every house was covered in blood.

No way, according to the brutal and cruel way of establishing princes in the Ottoman Turkish Empire, all the Ottoman Turkish princes would face an existential test - the victor who ascended the throne of the Sultan would have all the defeated brothers executed one by one after ascending the throne! "You can't decide how many sons your father will have, but you can decide how many brothers you will have left after you succeed to the throne!"

But the problem is that Sultan Mehmed II, who died violently on the outskirts of Constantinople earlier this month, is only twenty-three years old this year, so his eldest son Mustafa is only six or seven years old, and the second son Bayezid, the youngest son Jem and several princesses are still babbling, and it seems that they cannot kill their brothers themselves...... In this way, the killing of relatives can only be done by the princes' mothers and uncles......

To make matters worse, Sultan Mehmed II, in his prime, did not seem to have thought of appointing an heir, and as a result, the concubines had to decide the victory by force - and immediately after the Sultan's death was confirmed, a bitter civil war broke out in Adrianople. Because all the princesses had their own supporters behind them, and Shili was basically equal, the bloody battle lasted in the city for seven days and seven nights...... By the time Zuihou arrived, the armies of Shili on all sides had completely lost control and turned into outright bandits and bandits, almost ravaging the capital to nothing.

Zuihou, Turahan Pasha, who had arrived from the battlefields of the Peloponnese, was a straw that broke the camel's back - upon learning of the Sultan's death, Turahan Pasha, in southern Greece, immediately threw the slow-moving infantry to his son, and then led hundreds of the best Turkish cavalry at his disposal, and drove back to Adrianople by sea, breaking into the chaotic capital, and finally deciding the outcome of the melee.

At this moment, Turahan Pasha, dressed in military uniform, was standing in front of the door of a building with thick smoke and screams of murder, watching as the head of a little boy was thrown out of the window, bouncing on the ground and stained with dust and dirt, zuihou rolling down in a pool of foul-smelling blood.

Looking at the little boy's dead eyes, Turahan Pasha couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

“…… The Janissaries (the New Army), who were relied on as henchmen by successive sultans...... Is that the end of it? ”

-- In this building at this time, the target of the attack and slaughter of the great army is the famous Turkish new army, the Janissary!

The so-called "Janissary" was the most trusted elite standing army of the Ottoman Turkish Sultan, which was basically equivalent to the status of the Praetorian Guard. It was founded in 1363 by Sultan Murad I. In the 15th ~ 17th century, a special conscription system was formed, that is, minor men were forcibly conscripted from the Christian peoples of the conquered Balkan regions every five years, called "blood tax", and then they were divided into the families of Ottoman military feudal lords, and even lived in the royal palace for several years, learned Turkish language, customs and converted to Islam, and gradually assimilated culturally, and then sent to the specialized school in Edirne for military training and religious indoctrination, in order to cultivate the spirit of allegiance to the Sultan, and then added to the army.

This group of warriors who have lived with the Sultan since they were children, they have nothing in their eyes except the Sultan, and they firmly believe in all the beliefs that the Sultan has instilled in them.

Although the main force of this trump card force has been completely wiped out along with the Sultan on the outskirts of Constantinople, there are still many underage "reserve student soldiers" in the Adrianople Palace and Military School in the rear, and if time passes, it may not be impossible to restore the old look.

However, under the brutal butcher's knife of Turahan Pasha, the most reliable trump card army of the Sultans of all generations was finally cut down and completely destroyed.

Because, in this bloody inheritance war, they unfortunately stood on the wrong side.

Moreover, this bloody war of succession to the Ottoman Turkish Empire is far from over.

Although under the command of Turahan Pasha, the third princess Hiti, who was supported by him? Mukrim Hatun and the second prince Bayezid have become the masters of Adrianople, but his rivals have not yet been eliminated - the little prince Jem and a group of princesses have indeed been killed in the chaos, but the second princess Gulshah Hatun, the favorite of Sultan Muhammad II during his lifetime, successfully broke through the siege with his eldest son Mustafa and fled to Albania in the northwest, and then he will inevitably mobilize the border troops stationed there and turn around and return to counterattack Adrianople...... This is the fate of every Turkish prince - although they have the same father, they are natural enemies.

As for what brothers are working together to deal with the crisis...... This kind of stupidity does not exist in the dictionary of the Ottoman royal family - in the original history, there was even a Turkish prince who ran to Rome to ask the Pope for help, in order to get a crusader to escort him back to Istanbul, and this guy could even make a promise to convert the Ottoman Turkish Empire to Catholicism......

What's more, before facing the Northwest Field Army, the Bayezid Sultan, who had just ascended the throne, also had to face the "Mujahideen" of Constantinople in the east.

In the palace, where the smell of blood and scorching smoke had not yet dissipated, the nouveau riche who had just taken control of Adrianople were nervously holding a military meeting.

Since the main hall of the Sultan's court council had been destroyed by artillery in the melee, they had to find a random hall to sit down.

“…… Ladies and gentlemen, the army of the Eastern Roman Emperor is approaching, and it is now less than a day away from here! ”

The third concubine of Sultan Mohammed II, Hitty, who had just been promoted to Queen Mother? Mukrim Hadun, who was holding the young and ignorant Sultan Bayezid in his arms, sat on the hastily erected throne and asked anxiously, "...... Have you ever thought about how to defend against the enemy this time? ”

-- Behind the Empress Dowager, servants were carrying the bodies of the rest of the princesses who had just been strangled to death...... However, at this time, no one would pay attention to such a trivial matter, and they all focused on the battle map spread out on the carpet.

“…… My opinion is to close the gates and retreat to the city. These Romans lacked heavy artillery and siege equipment, and they would never be able to attack it! ”

As the highest-ranking authority in the city at this time, Turahan Pasha raised his head and glanced around at everyone, and then calmly expressed his opinion.

“…… Isn't that a bit too weak? A bearded, rough-looking Turkish officer frowned in response, "...... They weren't even real troops, they were just a mob of mobs. We can take down these guys with just one charge! ”

“…… The problem is that the Roman Emperor's men are all motley, but there are tens of thousands of them, and our forces are limited. In the decisive battle of the attack on Constantinople, the defenders of the capital had already been drawn away, and then experienced a bloody battle, and the remaining army lost more than seventy percent. Even counting the cavalry I brought with me from Greece, there are currently less than three thousand soldiers left in the city......"

Turahan Pasha wrenched his fingers and explained the current situation to the crowd, "...... At present, there are many supporters of Mustafa and Prince Jem in the various estates and fortresses outside the city, and they have not yet had time to clean up. No one knows if they will simply take refuge in the Emperor Constantine in desperation...... Above all, we must keep enough troops to fight the Albanian legions (the Turkish legions attacking Albania, not the Albanians), who are about to come from the northwest to support Prince Mustafa, and defending the city is a last resort.

Presently. My son is withdrawing from the Peloponnese with 25,000 infantrymen, while the Albanian regiment has just over 10,000 men. But the problem is that, judging from the distance, after all, Albania is relatively close to the capital...... So, it's likely that they got here first! ”

After exchanging glances with the Empress Dowager, Turakhan Pasha made the final decision, "...... Therefore, before the main force of our infantry arrives, all senseless battles must be avoided as much as possible! I also ask the generals to withdraw their troops to the city and bear with them for a few days. In such a short period of time, the Romans will never be able to break through our walls, even if they join forces with the Albanian legions! ”

However, what Turakhan Pasha did not expect was that the Eastern Roman Emperor, who had the knowledge of the time, had no intention of driving his rabble to the impregnable walls of Adrianople from the beginning......!!!

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