Near Cilicia, on a slightly flattened plateau, an army of Turkic people is slowly advancing,

But unlike their ancestors, there were quite a few small artillery pieces in the ranks, and some of the red-clad warriors carried muskets on their shoulders and tall hats to indicate their identity: the Sultan Guard.

Mehmed II sat on his horse, slowly, and his body fell with the horse's back, looking very leisurely.

"My lord, if we go any further, we will reach the territory of the Mamluks."

There were attendants who reminded Mehmed II that, apparently, no one knew his true purpose until then.

"That's right," said Mehmed II, stroking his beard, full of confidence,

"Our purpose is Antioch in the Mamluks, and we heard that the Aragonese and the Mamluks are fighting to the death, so let's go and see if there is a chance."

"But... My lord, Sunni doctrine does not allow us to invade the lands of our compatriots without permission. ”

"Compatriots?" Mehmed II laughed, laughing at his concerns,

"Antioch is not necessarily in the hands of the Mamluks, and if it is taken by the Aragonese, isn't it considered an invasion of compatriots?"

At this time, Mahmud Bey, the chief adviser to Mehmed II, persuaded the Sultan a few words,

"The crusaders are huge, we should not force them to fight, or wait for the Mamluks and Aragonese to fight to the death, and then make plans."

To Mahmud's persuasion, the Sultan appeared confident,

"Rest assured, our muskets and cannons are among the best in the world, and now that morale is high, I will not be afraid even if it is a head-to-head confrontation with the Crusaders."

Indeed, in a short period of time, Mehmed II defeated the rebellious Karamanbey, hanged himself at the gates of Bursa, and swept away the Emir of Ramazan and Durkadir in southern Anatolia and the Emir of Jandar in the north.

Nowadays, the morale of the army is high after victory, especially the reward after winning the battle makes the soldiers crazy, so the soldiers are willing to follow Mehmed II everywhere to fight, this is the confidence of the Sultan.

Seeing this, Mahmudbey is not good to say anything, he does not have the prestige of Khalilbey, in major matters, most of the time it is Mohammed II who makes decisions, especially after several wars, Mehmed II's personal prestige is rising, and it is difficult for others to convince him of what he believes.

At this time, a scout rushed over from the front army, and his eager expression explained the importance of information,

"Report to His Majesty the Sultan,"

Approaching, one of the scouts turned over and dismounted, his tone was short, and he shouted while panting,

"A large number of people suddenly appeared in front of them, and the other party is well-equipped, and it is estimated that there are tens of thousands of people!"

"Who can you detect?" Mehmed II did not expect this either, and asked a little uncertainly,

"I don't know yet, I only know that the other party must be a Sunni, and there are crescent flags everywhere in the army."

"Oh?" Mehmed II and Mahmudbeyi looked at each other,

"That's it, except for Uzun Hassan, there is no way that there is such a strong army in the entire Armenian region."

This Uzun Hassan is not an ordinary person, he is the emir of the Aries Dynasty, and he is famous in the entire Persian region, and there are three major forces in the Near East, namely the Ottoman Sultanate of Muhammad II, the Emir State of the Aries Dynasty of Uzun Hassan and the Mamluk Sultanate of Khali, basically, the Near East is controlled by these three people,

However, with Harry's death, it can be expected that the decline of the Mamluks is inevitable, and the importance of the Aries and Ottomans is even more evident.

After pondering for a long time, Mehmed II decided to meet the master of the Persian land, and then commanded the heralds,

"Go and call the other person out to meet him, and say that Muhammad of Uthman wants to meet him, remember, be respectful."

Watching the heralds gallop away, Mehmed II led Mahmud to the front of the battle, and the soldiers had already set up a pergola between the two armies, which was the meeting place that Mehmed II had prepared for the two sides.

Mehmed II waited under the pergola for a while, and after a short time, he saw a tall figure with an attendant in the military formation not far away, and immediately rushed to Mehmed II.

As soon as they met, Mehmed II continued to greet Uzon as if he had seen an old friend for many years, but Uzon did not smile, responded a little bit, and then got to the point.

"How dare you come to see me? I haven't told you about Durkadir yet. ”

Dulkadir is not far from the Aries dynasty and is the object that Uzon has always wanted to fight for, but unexpectedly, Mehmed II directly swept it away, making all Uzon's hard work in vain.

Hearing Uzong's questioning, Mehmed II's mood was not good, when it came to status, Mehmed II, as the sultan, was one level higher than Uzon as the emir, but more often, this kind of thing looked at more strength, Uzong's strength was not much worse than that of Mehmed II, so Uzong was not very polite to Muhammad II,

"I cannot spare the emir of Durqadir who has repeatedly insulted me, plundered my country's caravans, and hindered pilgrims from reaching the Holy Land."

Uzon also expected that Mehmed II would say this, and regardless of whether there were these circumstances or not, Uzon decided to fight for it.

"It's all the fault of the Emir of Durqadir, why should his country be wiped out as well? Isn't this a violation of the teachings of the prophets? I beg you to restore the state of Dulkadir and to appoint a meritocrat to the position of emir. ”

Muhammad II's face was blue, this Uzong was so good that he wanted Osman to spit out what was in his mouth when he opened his mouth, if he didn't have something to do now, he had to deal with Uzon first,

Mahmoud also saw the sultan's predicament, and immediately relieved the siege.

"There is no way, the royal family of Dulkadir has all been lost, and there is no one who can succeed the emir."

Uzon wanted to say more, but Muhammad II was not polite and interrupted him directly,

"Okay, what are you doing here? Could it be that it's time to practice? ”

No matter what you're doing, it's not Osman anyway, otherwise the two sides are already fighting at this time, and there will only be one thing that can make Uzong personally dispatch in the near future.

"Why do you knowingly ask, you're here for Antioch too, right?"

Wuzong rolled his eyes, slightly disdainful,

"I didn't expect that a little Antioch would be able to let you go out in person."

Mehmed II narrowed his eyes, slightly mocking, the two sides were not pleasing to each other,

"Antioch is small, but the Crusaders are not small."

Uzon frankly admitted the purpose of his coming,

"Once the Crusaders have gained a foothold in the Near East, we will have a hard time in the future."

For example, it is easy to understand that the Crusaders can increase taxes on your business travel, hinder the flow of your goods, grain, wine, olives, wine, etc., and the mountains of the Caucasus do not produce much food, in the end, you have to fight a battle.