"My lord, there are more and more enemies, what should we do?"

The soldier who spoke was bloodied, panting, and anxious.

Ibrahim gritted his teeth, his hands kept moving, and the words of the mayor of Adana on the city tower not far away were extremely clear, the enemy was already angry, even if the soldiers didn't say it, he knew that this battle had reached a critical moment,

"Damn it, these cursed Turkic barbarians!"

Ibrahim cursed in a low voice, a mouthful of bloody saliva was spit out, and he cut down another person with his backhand, and then shouted loudly,

"The enemy is already a dying sheep, no matter how hard he tries, it is impossible to break free from the sharp teeth of the lion, soldiers, withstand the enemy's attack, I swear in the name of Allah, the son of Muhammad, Ibrahim, will never fail you!"

The battle has reached this point, it is completely dependent on the willpower in the soldier's mind to persevere, and once that string is loosened, the soldiers will lose their combat effectiveness, which is why many soldiers lose their strength after the battle.

The soldiers did not respond, but waved their swords in silence, and many of the soldiers even had their helmets knocked off, and their shields were thrown aside, and in this way, the team gathered at the gate of the city like a firmly rooted old tree, stopping all the enemies in the city who wanted to come out.

"No matter what, I must destroy all the enemies downstairs before the enemy cavalry arrives, this is what you must do."

The mayor of Adana, Wali of the Ottoman Sultanate, Munienza picked up the steel knife handed by the attendant and said to the man in front of him with a stern expression.

As the mayor of Adana, Munineza is also the supreme head of the Ottoman Sultanate in Cilicia, and now that the enemy has reached Adana, this matter must not be clear in Bursa, otherwise there would not be no warning at all,

Now the worst-case scenario is that the whole of Cilicia has fallen, Adana is the only surviving area of Cilicia, and the whole of southern Anatolia has been or is about to be attacked by war.

But after thinking about it, Munineza denied this answer, no matter how fast the Romans moved, they would not be unable to hear the slightest rumor, and the only reason that could be explained was that the Roman army came straight to Adana and avoided the city in front of them, which is why they were able to quietly appear in Adana.

A few attendants quickly put on armor for Muneza, even if he was caught off guard by the news of the sudden appearance of the enemy, but he quickly calmed down, anyway, the top priority should be to stop the enemy under the city, as a person that Muhammad II values very much, Munieza is not useless, although he is more expert in internal fighting, but this does not mean that he does not know anything about external fighting, and the education of a qualified nobleman is doomed to the fact that this person cannot be mediocre, and therefore, Although he was only the banner that Muhammad II used to deal with Khalil Pasha, he also reacted quickly to the current situation.

In front of him, Sanjak (the name of the Ottoman nobles) Karahad, who was usually in charge of the army, had the same serious face, he had put on his armor early, and the exquisite Damascus scimitar at his waist showed his identity very well, only to see him respond in a deep voice,

"If you don't bother Bey, today, the enemy can only step on my corpse and enter the city."

Karahad was a close associate of the Grand Vizier Khalil Pasha, and this strange political pattern was not uncommon in the Ottoman Sultan, where the power of Sultan Mehmed II and the Grand Vizier Khalil Pasha was intertwined, and in general, if the governor of a place was a Sultan, then his deputy would be a close confidant of the Grand Vizier, and one was in charge of the administration and the other was in charge of the military, both central and local, which was common.

Munneza didn't respond, watching Karahad leave straight away, a helpless smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he urged the attendants who helped him to speed up.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the secret confrontation between the Sultan and the Grand Vizier was extremely detrimental to the war, but neither side was willing or afraid to give in to the other, each wary of the other, and at the same time had to resist the pressure from Constantinople with the other, and a delicate balance was reached between the three parties.

Muñeza was not only a close confidant of the Sultan, but also a prominent local landowner, a new military nobleman, he was associated with this land, so the attack of the Romans also had a greater impact on him, after all, his power must be the first to be eradicated by the Romans, and he naturally did not want to be defeated by the Romans.

As the capital city of Cilicia, Adana's city defense work is also very perfect, with moats, urn cities, arrow battlements, etc., even if it is a little blindfolded by Ibrahim's sudden attack, but with perfect fortifications, a small number of defenders can still keep Ibrahim out of the door,

Muñeza is well aware of the importance of city defense, and the surroundings of Adana are not very peaceful, because there is no strong unified empire in the Arab world and the Persian region, the whole YSL world is in chaos, and the same is true for the European world, the important division of the Middle Ages is marked by the absence of a powerful state, and in history in 1453, the Ottoman Empire stepped on the corpse of the Byzantine Empire and became a powerful empire in the Balkans, which ended the Middle Ages in the known world of Europeans,

And in such a chaotic situation, throughout Anatolia and Palestine, Syria and other regions, robbers and thieves are common, and passing caravans will also have escorts, as well as YSL ascetics and Christian knights who go to YLSL for pilgrimage, these people are quite armed forces, and if they don't have any strength and want them to be obedient, it is a fool's dream.

Generally speaking, countries or tribes will station a part of their troops in dangerous areas to warn people who want to get close to the border, and rely on the terrain to defend against enemy troops, as was the case with the border guards of the Roman Empire.

If there is really no geographical advantage, then the army will be stationed in the largest concentration of residents nearby, now is not the era of every inch of land, some deserts and other uninhabited areas no one wants, there is no value, sometimes even the land is fertile area is not necessarily valuable, if the population is sparse, there is no development capacity, no matter how fertile the land is, it will not play a great role,

Unless there is something particularly important, such as YLSL that is religiously important, or a transportation artery, which is likely to take a lot of effort to maintain, then don't think about it.

This is why Asia Minor, Cilicia, Egypt, Carthage, etc. are so important, these places are relatively densely populated, the degree of land development is high, and the taxes and troops that can be obtained are more, and a very important reason for the fall of the Western Roman Empire is that it did not master an important grain producing area, and in ancient times, the amount of grain produced was almost equal to the national strength of a country.

The Gaul region was too heavily infiltrated by barbarians, and the Apennine Peninsula in Italy was quite mountainous, and its products were mainly based on mountain crops such as olives and grapes, and the yield of wheat was small.

On the other hand, in the area of Eastern Rome, Carthage in North Africa has always been the main grain producing area of the empire, the Nile River valley nurtured an ancient civilization, the climatic conditions here are also relatively suitable, rich in wheat, Cilicia, Asia Minor, and the Macedonian plain are all grain producing areas, relying on these, Justinian the Great was able to push back the western part of the empire, and its primary target was also the Vandals in North Africa.

Look at Emperor Heraclius, his father was the governor of the Byzantine Empire in Carthage, which is why he was able to enter Constantinople when the throne was vacant, his father's strength was strong, and the Carthage region could raise such a large army, which could make all the people of Constantinople shut up, otherwise, it would not have been Heraclius's turn to inherit the throne.

Muninezza's inner activities are not mentioned for the time being, on the other side, Karahad's movements are not slow, and he has already approached the city gate, but he was silent all the way when he approached the city gate, but suddenly stopped, turned his head sharply, looked at the adjutant behind him, and said indifferently,

"Mobilize the masses around the Sultan Gate, all MSL members hang the star and moon flags on the gate, participate in the suppression of the Christians in the city and support the Sultan Gate, be sure to keep the enemy out of the gate, Christians are not allowed to go out, every house is closed door, and the MSL in the city maintains order."

The army and Ibrahim's troops were fighting fiercely at the Sultanmen, and from the beginning of the Crusades, the Christians of the whole country were ready to move, especially Edmund, who had been canonized by the Roman emperor, and attracted a large number of believers on the border, demagoguery, and inciting the people to wage a holy war against the Ottomans, and with the rare cooperation of Mehmed II and Khalil Pasha, the situation in the country was only stabilized, so in order to prevent the Christians in the city from joining forces with the enemy, At the very least, Karahad had to keep an eye on the group.

In fact, Mehmed II did not want to exterminate Edmund, but the archbishop who had seen Constantine XI and canonized him as the Patriarch of Antioch and the whole East was uncertain and wandered around the border areas, and Mehmed II suspected more than once that the Mamluks had given him refuge, but every negotiation with the Mamluks ended in nothing, so even if he hated Edmund, Muhammad II still had nothing to do with him.

In this way, in some cities there have been special areas for Christians to live, and Christians and MSLs have been separated, which is a convenient policy for Muhammad II, but as everyone knows, once there is a rift, it will be separated, and it is only a matter of time.