Outside Constantinople, the Sultan's camp was empty, Khalilvizier gave orders after orders, and teams were constantly sent to escort the food convoy or other various tasks, and now only the Sultan's Praetorian Guard and a small number of ordinary soldiers remained in the camp.

Regarding all this, the soldiers in the city did not notice that the flags and stoves in the camp had not decreased, but the number of enemy sieges of the city had become less and less recently, and most of the time they just made a noise and returned to the camp.

The defenders didn't think much of it, after all, the high-intensity fighting for days had made everyone very tired, and only a few people, including the emperor and Giovanni, noticed that something was wrong.

"Something is wrong," said Giovanni, who was accompanying the emperor on his tour of the front line, "the enemy's offensive has slowed down a lot, and there must be a reason for this." ”

"What do you think the enemy is doing?" The Emperor asked, puzzled.

"If you are not preparing to concentrate your forces to raid us, the enemy is preparing to withdraw your troops." Giovanni's tone was decisive.

"Withdrawal?" The Emperor thought about it carefully, and his tone was a little hurried, "Quick, send someone to explore the enemy's camp." ”

The Emperor waited anxiously, and at this time, the withdrawal of the enemy's troops was not a good thing, and if the enemy could not be broken to the bone, then the old predicament could be repeated at any time.

"The enemy has all withdrawn, and the camp is empty." The spies reported back.

"Inform Laszló and Camizir that the enemy is definitely on the way, and turn to Thessaloniki." The emperor made a quick decision.

It is clear that the Sultan withdrew his troops to quell the rebellion in Anatolia, so he had to pass through the Sea of Marmara, and now that the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus are blocked, the Sultan can only pass through the ports of Thessaloniki if he wants to pass through the Great Army.

Thessaloniki was the second largest city built by Byzantinum in the Balkans after Constantinople, and its fall was considered a disgrace by the Byzantines.

The Emperor did not take the army out of the city, but handed it over to the commander of Cecippe in case the enemy killed him, and he himself and Giovanni led the army of Camizir and Laszlo all the way.

As it turned out, the emperor was right, and halfway through, the Sultan's horsetail flag was clearly flying in the eyes of everyone.

The Emperor and the others climbed a hill and looked at the Sultan's army below, and when he arrived in the army, the Emperor naturally took over the command.

"Ladies and gentlemen," the Emperor said, looking around, "thank you for your bravery and selflessness, and now is the time to prove our worth." ”

With a pop, the Emperor drew his sword from his waist and pointed at the enemy troops below, "Soldiers,"

The crowd then drew their weapons and waited for the emperor's order.

"Kill~" The emperor took the lead in rushing towards the enemy.

"Protect your Majesty," Camizir shouted as the Emperor led the charge, and the most elite cavalry in the country followed in the Emperor's footsteps.

At this time, the Polish cavalry did not have such a resounding name as the hussars, but the steppes of Eastern Europe naturally raised excellent cavalry who were good at riding and shooting, and in this era, the lethality of cavalry should not be underestimated.

Not far away, looking at the troops that suddenly rushed down the hillside, the Ottomans fell into a brief panic, but quickly calmed down, and under the command of the officer, a platoon of musketeers came to the front row.

"Prepare..."Seeing the enemy getting closer and closer, the Ottoman officer silently counted in his heart, "Put." ”

After a burst of muskets, the cavalry fell one after another, but soon, the cavalry rushed to the front,

"Get in line," another command was given, and the musketeers turned and entered the formation, greeted by a platoon of spears and shields for the cavalry.

However, the previous tactics of cavalry did not play as expected, and the previous battles were mostly Turkic light cavalry, almost no one was armoured, and the same tactics did not have much effect against the Polish heavy cavalry.

The emperor reined in the horse, the horse man stood up, with a wave, a spear was cut off, and then urged the horse's belly, the horse's hooves stepped on the enemy's head, directly opening a hole in the array,

The Emperor led a team to rush left and right in the enemy's array, and gradually, the enemy's array became more and more chaotic, and it was on the verge of collapse.

The Sultan looked at the mighty emperor in the distance, and the hand holding the frame gradually turned white.

"Retreat, Your Majesty." Khalil was trying to persuade the Sultan that the enemy was outnumbered, and his army was waiting in Thessaloniki, and there were only more than 30,000 men present, only about half of the enemy's number, how could he contend with the enemy?

"Hmph," said the Sultan, pulling off his robe, jumped on his horse, and did not look back.

rushed to kill for a while, seeing the Sultan's horsetail flag running farther and farther, the emperor was a little impatient,

"Your sultan has run away, dismount and surrender."

For a time the entire battlefield was filled with the sound of persuasion to surrender, and seeing the enemy hesitantly lay down his arms, the emperor called Giovanni over,

"You are here to take charge of the surrender, and I will go after the enemy."

After speaking, without waiting for Giovanni to respond, he led the army directly in the direction where the Sultan left.

The two sides chased after each other, and soon came to the city of Thessaloniki, where the Sultan's army had been waiting for a long time.

After a puff of dust, the Sultan rushed straight into the army, and the Emperor stopped not far away.

Seeing that his wish to kill the Sultan could not be fulfilled, the Emperor came to the front with Laszlo and Camizir,

"Ask the Sultan to come out and talk," the emperor was not angry, and the result was already very good, but it was just a little regrettable.

After a short rest, the Sultan also came to the front,

"I'm in the army now, aren't you afraid that I'll do it directly?"

The Sultan first terrorized the emperor.

"Don't even try to defeat the tigers in the sheep." The Emperor smiled faintly.

The strength of the two sides is almost the same, there are more than 40,000 people on the side of the coalition army, and there are only more than 60,000 enemies, and they have just experienced a defeat, and they have no more heart to fight.

"Okay, no more nonsense." The Sultan interrupted him impatiently and directly,

"It's too late if you're going to surrender."

The emperor ignored his sarcasm and directly put forward his own conditions,

"I ask you to return to Anatolia and never set foot in the Balkans, and the two sides will be ruled by the strait as the boundary."

"You..." the Sultan's face was ugly, he didn't expect the other party to propose so... Bold requests.

"Don't think about it, if you want war, then it's better to war." The Sultan was furious.

"Don't worry, I can pay a ransom of 100 million ducats for these lands." The emperor put forward one more condition.

In this era, the salary of an ordinary Ottoman worker was twenty-two to twenty-six akche silver coins per month, and one ducat was equal to eighty-four akche silver coins, which was converted into 100 million ducats and one or two hundred billion of current funds, which may be slightly different, but not too much.

"100 million? I won't get 100 million ducats out of selling you all into slavery. The Sultan scoffed.

"Yes, so we're going to pay it off in ninety-nine years." The emperor's face did not change.

"Ninety-nine years? If you don't want to pay it back, just say it. "The Sultan directly exposed the emperor's lies.

"Please trust our credibility," the Emperor said indifferently, "If we consume too much strength here, we will only let others take advantage." ”

"What's more, how did you get so many troops across the strait without our help? If you can't quickly put down the rebellion in Anatolia, the enemy will spring up like mushrooms after a rain, and I hope you will think carefully. ”