The coup d'état in Bursa was terrifying, but ordinary Roman soldiers didn't care, everyone only cared about what they had to face, but a Roman proverb said, "Doom falls like a dense crossbow arrow, you can't avoid it".

Ankara, known as "Metropol" in the Roman Empire, meaning "metropolis" or "capital", has changed hands many times in history, but due to its unique geographical location and the importance of successive rulers, Ankara has never declined, and in the recent Trabzon War, Ankara served as a logistics supply station, where merchants gathered, making Ankara more vibrant.

On the corner tower, Michal was on patrol, next to the Janissaries officers who accompanied Michal, and the two talked as they walked,

"I'm going to go this time, you can go with me!"

"Huh? Why is that? Who will host Ankara? ”

The officer was not afraid of Michal's identity at all, and directly asked the past.

Ankara as a logistics supply center, Mehmed II not only let the Turahan and Michal families jointly take care of it, to ensure that one person to transport, one to defend the city, to ensure that nothing goes wrong, but also sent a personal Janissary regiment of more than 100 people, nominally to assist work, in fact, to supervise two people, one to ensure that the supplies arrive on time, and the other to prevent the two from embezzlement, which is the original purpose of Mehmed II.

Mehmed II knows that it is impossible to completely eradicate corruption, the so-called "high salary and honesty" is completely unworkable in this era, no matter how high your salary is, you can't be able to make this group of people up and down, and with the spread and popularization of knowledge, there must be more and more intellectuals, in the case of the cake has not become bigger, if you want to get a big share, you have to rely on your own means, therefore, Mehmed II only needs to ensure that there are no problems with the supply of the front, and the more than 100 people of the Janissaries Legion are a symbolic existence,

However, this symbolic Janissary legion has become a stumbling block for Michal, Turahan has been called to Bursa by Khalil, and only Michal and this officer can be in charge here, and these more than 100 people may be able to exert the strength of a thousand people under the cover of the city wall.

The Janissary Legion is only more than 3,000 people, and it is enough to send 100 people to Ankara, which is enough to reflect the importance of the Sultan, after all, Ankara is located inland, and the danger factor is small, although Michal and Turahan are military commanders, but they do not have the power to give orders to the Janissary Legion, and the officers do not care about Mihal's mood.

"Malagaz, haven't you noticed it yet? There has been a big move in Bursa lately! ”

The officer named Malagaz was confused, tilted his head and thought,

"I haven't heard of anything big going on?"

Seeing Malagaz's expression, Michal secretly breathed a sigh of relief, I don't know, right? That's easy to do.

"Grand Vizier Khalil Pasha plotted to overthrow Sultan Mehmed II, and no one told you about such a big thing?"

Michal doesn't care about the agreement with Khalil at all, and now the news from Bursa hasn't come yet, it doesn't matter to him who wins or who loses, he just needs to cheat Malagaz away,

In fact, Khalil was planning to let Michal and Turahan come together, Markzi wanted to lead the army outside, this was no way, Khalil would not have agreed under the pretext of subduing the army outside Trabzon, but Everynos was sick and bedridden at this juncture, and sent a nephew closest to him as a representative, and the army outside Trabzon was indeed a great destabilizing factor, and Khalil also let Michal go out and act in Khalil's name, He also appointed the al-Qadi of Iznik (the judge of Nicaea) as an emissary to supervise Michal.

Malagazi was shocked when he heard this, he had not heard from the Sultan, and no one had told him about it, and it was normal to be shocked by this great event that was enough to turn the whole Ottoman upside down, and suddenly, he put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist,

"How do you know? Where did you get the news from? ”

"Does it matter? Malagazia, you just need to know that what I say is correct. ”

Michal smiled and put his hand in front of him, indicating that he was not threatening.

Aga is the commander of the Sultan's troops, especially the Praetorian Guard, in the early days, any Praetorian Guard officer could be called Agha, and later slowly evolved into the exclusive title of Commander-in-Chief of the Janissaries.

"Why do you make me believe you?"

Malagaz narrowed his eyes, the confrontation between the two professional soldiers, especially the two professional soldiers who had seen blood, was enough to make ordinary people sweat, but the other party didn't feel anything.

"I don't have any other way, 'You don't know what kind of drama you're seeing before the curtain is lifted.'" That's what a great man told me, and that's all I can say,"

Michal spoke slowly, his tone full of sincerity,

"I don't have any proof, but I can guarantee with the generational reputation of the Michal family that what I say is true."

There's nothing wrong with that, Michal is telling the truth, and he's not afraid to swear, whatever you want, anyway, as long as you Malagaz hurry up and take your people away, the farther away the better.

Malagaz's mind was thinking wildly, as if he was looking at Michal's expression on the surface, but in fact, his thoughts had long since drifted to the point where he didn't know.

Whether what Michal said is true or not, it stands to reason that Malagazi shouldn't care so much, the Janissaries are the Praetorian Guard, but he only listens to the orders of the Sultan, and he doesn't have much influence on who is the Sultan, unlike the Janissaries who have had seven coups after the death of Suleiman the Magnificent in history, the current Praetorian Guard does not have such great influence, if Khalil forcibly cooks raw rice and cooked rice, even if the Janissaries are no longer willing, they can only obey,

Besides, these hundred or so people are going to Bursa right now, what are they enough to do? Historically, when Bayezid I and Timur were in a great war, there were as many as 30,000 "White Tatars" from the steppes through Wallachia alone.

"Why do you want us to be with you?"

Malagaz looked puzzled, he was thinking about the pros and cons,

"The army outside Trabzon has Khalil's henchmen, and this must be controlled, and I have no one to worry about except you."

Michal is very sincere, of course, if you consider that acting is a basic skill of politicians, I am afraid that this sincerity is not very real.

"But... Ankara's side? ”

Malagaz hesitated a little, to be honest, he didn't know what to do now, his eyes were black, whoever said it would be believed, this was the easiest judgment a normal person would make in the face of an unknown situation, and it was also the most likely judgment to make.

"Alas, I will keep some more people here on Ankara's side, as long as I take us elites there, and the ordinary people will stay."

Seeing that Malagaz was showing signs of being moved, Michal was overjoyed.

For Malagazi, his original purpose was to supervise Turahan and Michal, and now that Michal was with him, Turahan had gone to transport supplies again (under the apparent pretext that Turahan had deceived Malagazi in order not to alarm Muhammad II), and this time he had just kept both of them under surveillance, and the task was completed.

"Heck, Ankara is inland, how could the Romans come here? The general thief garrison can deal with it, if you don't go with me, if it causes turmoil in the front-line army, what will the Sultan do at that time, I don't need to say, right? ”

Michal has been neglecting... persuaded Malagazis, he had already arranged for his cronies to defend the city, and when he saw the Romans coming, he could directly sacrifice the city, which would be his property in the future, and if he could not fight, he would not fight, and he would not break his things.

"It's... Well, you arrange some more people, and I'll keep half of the Janissaries as well, just in case. ”

Malagaz had to compromise, but was stopped by Michal again,

"No, if you don't take them all away, I'm afraid that these people alone won't be able to control the arrogant soldiers on the front line, and once they don't do a good job at the beginning and cause the soldiers to mutiny, then we will be guilty."

"So... Then leave ten people and let them help guard the warehouse, so that I can rest assured. ”

Michal struggled for a long time, and reluctantly agreed, in fact, his heart had already blossomed, ten people were enough to do something, and it was not a pot.

That's it, Michal deceived these little guys who were to him out of Ankara City by cheating, relying on sneak attacks, and things will be much easier after that, as long as there is no cover, how many shots can a few powerful people take? How many crossbow arrows can you catch? How many times can you be slashed and not die? There is a way!

As for why he didn't kill them all in the city, first, Michal's power has not yet reached the point where it spreads all over the city, and he can't do it directly to carry out a military coup, not to mention anything else, there are many old nobles among the Turks in Ankara, and this group of people will listen to Michal? People also have private soldiers at home, if you are not strong enough, you can't suppress others, you see if he dares to oppose you, so Michal decided to leave the most difficult things to the Romans to do, it is best to kill this group of people, and it will be conducive to Michal's future rule,

Second, there is no time to start in the city, or the casualties will be very large, they eat and live together, strictly abide by the YSL ban, do not drink, weapons and armor do not leave their bodies, and are familiar with the terrain.

Michal tricked people out of the city, and then sent a signal to a designated place, and this place is where Skanderbeg must pass, as long as Skanderbeg leads the troops to pass by, he can get the news that the city of Ankara is empty, and then a bloody hand-to-hand combat is inevitable.