Carefully selected, Skanderbeg selected three thousand energetic and sturdy soldiers from the army, including Constantine's Praetorian Guard, all of whom had undergone strict Romanesque military training, and brought plenty of dry rations, and Skanderbeg was ready to set off after taking the oath.

In the cramped stone room, Constantine sat very close to a person, which made people wonder about the identity of that person.

"Your Majesty, Khalil Pasha has entrusted me to ask Your Majesty to release Prince Orhan, and Khalil Pasha intended to give a large ransom in exchange for His Majesty's support for Prince Orhan and concessions in the war."

Constantine chuckled and looked at the orb of kingship specially presented by the Persian craftsman, the jewel on it showed the wealth of his master, and the cross reflected the faith of his master.

"Khalil was so confident that he could overthrow Muhammad II? What is his basis? ”

"Khalil Pasha, as the Grand Vizier, has had an influence in both the military and political circles for so many years, and I heard that the other two Viziers, Zaganos Muhammad Pasha and Saruja Pasha, have recently been very close to Khalil Pasha, and may have also received news."

The man carefully analyzed that the vizier was the minister, which was similar to the level of the six Shangshu in ancient China, and the great vizier was analogous to the minister of Tuogu, who was grasped by military and political affairs.

Khalil has met the four major families represented by the military, and has also attracted these two political giants, which shows that he is well prepared.

"What's your opinion? Everynos, I'd like to hear your insights. ”

Anyone who hears Constantine's words will be surprised, the "warrior" Eprenos family played a great role in the Ottoman conquest, is the right-hand man of Mehmed II, in the Balkan lands, from Komotini to Rumelia to Yanitsa, everywhere the property of the Eprenos family, this family can be seen.

However, it is easy to associate the current scene with the fact that the Everynos family still owns a huge estate in the Balkans, and it is probably not surprising that this scene is not surprising.

"Khalil is old and cunning, and he never does anything that he is not sure of, and if he really decides to start something, the success rate is not small."

Constantine gently rubbed the orb in his hand, and seemed to be thinking, but in the blink of an eye, he said something that seemed unrelated,

"Mehmed II's Praetorian Guard arrived in Ephesus?"

“… Yes, Your Majesty knows everything, and bows down. ”

Not bothering with Everenos's flattery, Constantine continued to ask,

"Who is the general leading the team?"

"The patriarch of the Markezi family, I'm afraid that Khalil's confidence comes from this army of Marcozi!"

Soon after the news of the war in Cilicia arrived, Khalil put the Patriarch of Markozi in the position of general through overt and covert operations, and if it was not profitable, Khalil would not have made such a great effort.

"Khalil didn't ask you to do anything? You're the head of the four great families, aren't you? ”

Constantine was very interested, and he had also heard of the fame of the four great families, and the world always liked to make rankings to highlight their noble status and power.

"Not yet, just let me wait and see, maybe he's a little defensive of me!"

Patriarch Everynos sighed, helpless at the situation.

Constantine knew in his heart that the power of Everenos was already very strong, the Chandalle family had always been a political family, in the fourteenth century, the Chandalle family produced four great viziers, and they were very prominent politically, but in terms of military, what this family knew was logistics and other aspects, at least Khalil was not a soldier, compared to the Everenos family who fought bloodily on the front line, one of the two sides was at the top, and the other was rooted in the bottom soldiers, in this regard, the power of the four major families such as Everynos was stronger, which is why Khalil needs the help of the four families,

The prestige of the Everenos family among the low-level soldiers is so strong, Khalil is also worried that Everenos will take over the throne, this is an obvious thing, in the history of the Ottomans, many times the Janissaries chose to depose the Sultan because the Sultan did not issue a reward, which shows that the low-level soldiers also have a great political impetus, in the East, perhaps because the territory is too large, such a low-level soldier rebellion, if it is not national, there will be no big chaos, but in the West, Europe is now broken into slag, any small town is the existence of a country, soldiers or popular uprisings are easy to succeed, at least relative to the great unified dynasty in the East, but Rao is so, there were still "national uprisings" in the Western Zhou Dynasty in ancient China, which can only say that there is nothing new under the sun.

"Well, since Khalil doesn't want you to move, then you don't move, just stay honest these days, don't make any moves, wait for Khalil's moves."

Constantine put the Orb of Throne on the shelf, put his hands together, and Everynos stood up respectfully,

"Yes, Your Majesty, that's... What about Prince Orhan? ”

"Take it with you when you leave, and as for the ransom, let's wait until Khalil succeeds."

Constantine had reservations about Khalil's actions, he did not believe that Muhammad II knew nothing about Khalil's actions, and Khalil's only military strength that he could rely on at present was Marcozi's army, and the attitude of the various noble territories was not clear, and the private soldiers of these local nobles were not easy to mess with, which was also a very powerful force.

As for the question of the fact that the prince of Orhan was blind, Khalil must have known such a thing, but he still insisted on making Orhan the sultan, and I am afraid that the local nobles would not be so easy to accept,

Prince Orhan was blinded by his uncle Muhammad I, the son of Muhammad I was Murad II, and the son of Murad II was Muhammad II, that is to say, Orhan was the uncle of Muhammad II, and the only one in the entire royal family other than Muhammad II who had a clear royal lineage, and only he could inherit the position of Sultan of Muhammad II, otherwise, Khalil would not have found a blind man to be the Sultan, which is insulting to the national character,

Of course, there were not no blind kings, and it was during this period that Vasily II, the Grand Duke of Moscow, was blind, called the "blind" Vasily, who was also in charge of the administration and the military, and did a lot of things during his tenure, laying the foundation for the establishment of Russia, which means the monarch of all Russian regions.

"Yes, I see."

Everenos stood up and stroked his chest, and Constantine stood up,

"Let's go, I'll send you."

As soon as the two went out, Skanderbeg had been waiting outside for a long time, Skanderbeg and Everenos looked at each other, both recognized each other's identities, and then, Everenos took out a face towel, covered his face, and after saluting again, he left without looking back.

"How sure are you about this operation?"

Constantine looked at Skanderbe, who also looked at the back of Everenos leaving, and even thought that he was dazzled, the two of them knew each other, and when Skanderbeg raised the army, he also fought with Everenos, and it was normal to know each other.

"Huh? Oh! Originally, it was thirty percent, but now... At least seventy percent. ”

Skanderbe, who reacted, was a lot more confident, Constantine laughed and patted Skanderbeg on the shoulder,

"It's still conservative! Skanderbeg, you can do more than you think. ”

Skanderbeg thought for a while, as if he knew something, and smiled,

"In that case, Your Majesty said how many percent, that is how many percent."

Constantine did not answer, and took the lead to the high platform that had been prepared, and the soldiers were already waiting below, well, no one was whispering, and no one dared.

Looking at the soldiers below, Constantine began his speech,

"My people, you look very good, I am very happy to see your spirit, I see the reason why the Roman Empire existed, and that is because of you people who have been fighting for the empire, this is the foundation of the existence of a nation, a country, that is dedication, and I am glad that in you, I see this spirit,

You are about to embark on a difficult operation, some people may die, some people may be disabled because of it, not only because of the ethereal Roman spirit, but also because we need it, our people need it, and if we defeat the enemy, our granaries will not be threatened, our fertile fields will not be trampled on, our relatives outside will not die for no reason, this is the reason why we fight, not because it is easy, precisely because it is difficult,

Here, in the name of God, I swear that you will be the most glorious legion of the Empire, that you will enjoy the highest treatment of the Empire, that the Empire will be proud of you, that your blood will not go unnoticed, and that long live the Senate and the people of all nationalities under the Roman Empire! ”

In the cheers, Constantine took a flag and unfurled it, the four letters S.P.Q.R were undoubtedly revealed, Skanderbeg knelt on one knee, lowered his head, and held his hands high, Constantine slowly handed the flag to Skanderbeg, and then took a step back, Skanderbeg got up and unfolded the flag violently, and the flag hunted in the wind,

"Operation Codename: 'Nika', all the troops are out!"

"Nika" is the Greek word for victory, and like the Russian word for ulla, it is more of a modal word, and in history Justinian the Great was almost overthrown by the Nika revolt that broke out in Constantinople, but nowadays, the two represent clearly different things.

As for whether such a huge oath operation would attract the attention of the enemy, firstly, the enemy was too busy to take care of himself, and the Ottomans were about to fall into internal strife, and secondly, Constantine had also planned another thing to attract the attention of the Ottomans, all in all, this time must and must be foolproof.