"Captain, there are still people inside, hiding inside and refusing to come out."

The people outside were solved, and the few remaining Janissaries did not dare to appear rashly, hiding in the mosque quietly.

"Won't come out? Hum! Get out the gunpowder we brought with us and blow the door open for me!" ”

Harris twitched at the corners of his mouth, dismissive of the remaining Janissary stubbornness, there were already several fires in the city, which meant that Skanderbeg's progress was already fast, and he had to speed up.

On the other hand, Skanderbeg is rapidly heading towards the town hall, a large city like Ankara, the municipal facilities in the Roman Empire era are still relatively perfect, and Western Europe, where most of the urban development is centered on monasteries, slowly developing into towns, and soon building cities on traffic arteries or transportation arteries, the initial population of the city is the peasants who want to get shelter, gathered next to the monastery, with the addition of displaced people, the urban population is increasing, and it is precisely because of this characteristic that there will be the Diocese of Mainz, The Diocese of Trier, where the Church is located in the center of the city, is the patron of the city,

In addition, there is also a situation, that is, the river transport artery, such as Nuremberg is made through the river transport, occupies a very important position in the Middle Ages, is the logistics operation center of Europe, and because the city is not built by feudal monarchs, it is the citizens spontaneously gather to build the city, most of such cities have great autonomy, by 1462, the free cities of the Holy Roman Empire have Mainz, Cologne, Augsburg, Worms, Speyer, Strasbourg and Basel a total of seven, in 1521 at the Worms Imperial Conference, There are as many as 85 free cities participating in the conference, among which Nuremberg is the center, where the crowns and scepters of the Holy Roman Emperors and kings are stored, and the status of the free city can be seen.

This situation will occur because the cities built during the Roman Empire era were abandoned, and the feudal monarchs of the big countries did not have the strength to carry out such large-scale infrastructure activities throughout the country, only the local feudal lords would participate in it for their own interests, and in order to receive more taxes, the central government allowed the local nobles to engage in large-scale construction, and the nobles and citizens who had spent a lot of time and energy would soon naturally confront the central government for their own interests, so the centralized actions of European countries were actually more like ... Karma leek,

Grab the territory that others have worked so hard to build, after all, there is nothing faster than robbing the money, so calculated, robbery is probably the traditional art of the European aristocracy, the main reason for this is that there is no strong central government, a nobleman can regulate the resources of limited resources, the local population is limited, so the people and taxes can not support the centralization, you want to centralize, okay, do you want to arrange the life of the peasants? Do you want to protect the rights and interests of workers? Do you want to guarantee the safety of businessmen?

At the same time, let's see what the rulers of Western Europe are like, the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, is grabbing the title of King of France, there is no time to manage the following, several countries in the Spanish region are busy with the Reconquista movement, the front line of the war cannot be expected to invest energy in infrastructure, the Holy Roman Empire has become scattered after the era of the Great Vacancy, under such conditions, who cares about the life and death of the people at the bottom, as long as they can provide taxes, You can live wherever you like, which is why cities often rebel against these rulers.

In the East, due to the Byzantine Empire's history of several reconquest of lost land, the urban construction of these famous cities still basically retains the characteristics of the Roman Empire, squares, churches, avenues, public baths, theaters, etc., these things will naturally affect the living habits of the people living here, so why there is such a name as "pothos", there may be part of this reason.

Coming to the city hall, the soldiers quickly surrounded the town hall, Skanderbeg stood in front of the door, nodded, and soon, the same gunpowder was placed in front of the door, and after the same explosion, the door was broken,

"Control all the people inside, don't miss one."

Cowhide boots clattered against the stone tiles, and the orderly movement and concentration of the Imperial army showed off the elite of the Imperial army.

Behind the city hall, the municipal secretary pulled the sleeve of the mayor of Ankara,

"My lord, let's go first, get out of here, we don't necessarily have no way out."

The clerk was sweating profusely, and the mayor's face was pale,

"Where else can I go? My life's work is here, my everything is here, and I have no way back..."

The secretary was so anxious that he was about to turn around, he was still young, and he didn't want to die yet!

"Let's go, young man, you still have a long way to go, don't let me drag you down... No, Constantine is the name of God, and I'm afraid that's the only way to explain all this..."

Dazed as he watched the secretary rush away at his suggestion, but was soon pressed to the ground by the soldiers who burst in, tied up, the mayor suddenly thought of when he was a child, followed his father to shepherd sheep, at that time his dream was to become a nobleman and get ahead, but now, half a lifetime of struggle has come to naught, looking back on the past, it is really embarrassing.

"Poof~"

He spat out a mouthful of black blood, followed by the seven orifices and also flowed out dark black blood, poisoned, everything was over, and his head hung weakly.

As soon as he entered, Skanderbeg saw this scene and shook his head,

"Put him... Let's bury it! ”

The soldier answered, and then said,

"My lord, we have captured a city clerk, what do you think of it?"

Skanderbeg thrust the whip into his waist and looked at the hapless man,

"Everybody knows you, right?"

Receiving an affirmative reply, Skanderbeg smiled slightly,

"Then you follow our team to persuade them to surrender, I promise to surrender, I will protect their lives and property."

"I..."

The city secretary looked at this group of people as if they were not too vicious, and they slowly calmed down, so he wanted to say no.

"Eh, you can think about it, refusal is death, promise... I don't know if you're still on the rise. ”

The secretary's face changed from shame to hesitation to shame and then to defeat, this expression changed, and those who didn't know thought it was acting.

"I see, I'm willing to do things for you."

There are thousands of people in the face of war, but it is certain that the Roman Empire has achieved a phased victory, and the fall of Ankara is not only significant, but also means that Cilicia and Ankara are connected, with wider strategic depth, plus the Kingdom of Cyprus and the Knights of St. John, there is no problem at all when it comes to victory, and the next question is how to completely kill the Ottoman beast.

Just as Constantine was about to accomplish his goal, a figure appeared in front of him that he did not expect,

"God bless your soul, my majesty."

"God bless every one of his faithful believers, and so do you, Louis de Valois."

That's right, the person who came is the famous "universal spider" and "sewing man" Louis XI of historical France, but now he is just a young bird under the wings of Charles VII, after Charles VII deprived him of his money, he had no choice but to secretly leave the prince's territory in France, originally wanted to go to the "good man" Philippe, the Grand Duke of Burgundy, but he didn't expect to be noticed by his father halfway, all the way to southern Italy, and then thinking that he was coming, he got up and came to Constantine, ready to meet this contemporary legendary monarch.

Constantine was still a guest in Rhodes, and suddenly a Louis appeared, which surprised him, not to mention that this Louis didn't even have a few retinues, and he looked more like a merchant than a nobleman.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is normal that Louis will definitely not be able to make a big deal about his escape, and the reason why he will be deprived of his fortune by Charles VII is also very simple, that is, he is too disobedient, to what extent is he disobedient? Let's put it this way, he looked down on his father's policies very much, and even led a rebellion against his father, so you can imagine how rebellious he was.

This has nothing to do with adolescence, Louis is thirty-three years old at this time, there is no reason for adolescence, that is, rebellion, looking down on his father's policy, Charles VII is also generous, the first rebellion also released him, sealed a piece of territory for him, thinking about letting him stop some, but he rebelled again, after this time Charles VII was even more speechless, deprived him of his wealth, he couldn't afford to raise his territory, he had no choice but to run out, and he didn't dare to be found by his father, for fear of being arrested.

"I'm curious about why you're here, Grand Duke Louis, has something happened in France?"

Constantine and Grand Master Pedro of St. John looked at Louis with an inquiring look in their eyes.

"No, Your Majesty Constantine, thanks to God and your blessings, all is well in France."

"Hmm... France has just come out of the quagmire of war, after you succeed to the throne, you must pay attention to domestic development, do not blindly start war, you can take appropriate means to promote industry and commerce, speed up urban development, you can choose several industries as the country's key support projects, must be the country first! ”

As soon as they met, Constantine kept pouring about his experience in governing the country, which made Louis a little excited, after all, although the Roman Empire seemed to have signs of decline before, but under the rule of Constantine, the Roman Empire was obviously about to rise, and Constantine's experience must be very precious.

And Constantine also has his own considerations in it, first, Constantine needs to make a name for himself and the Roman Empire, and make a reputation for loving the people like a son, so as to attract the people, and second, to pass on the model of his country to others, which is also an invasion, if you are used to the same model, then the difference between Rome and France is not so big.