In the early morning of the third day, a Kong Ming lantern flickered over Constantinople.

The defenders on the walls immediately tensed up, and the musketeers and archers fired in unison to shoot it down.

The Kong Ming lantern slowly fell in the middle of the city, and the soldiers gathered and cautiously stepped forward to check the flying foreign object, and soon, they found a bamboo tube, sealed with fire paint, and two large characters written on it.

Hanuman, the commander of the garrison, did not understand the Chinese language, and did not dare to open it easily, so he sent people to search the city for a long time, and finally found a merchant, this person named Lane, who had been to the East and knew some Oriental characters.

Ryan picked up the bamboo tube and carefully studied it for a long time, then said: "It should be two words of war book, how did this thing come in?" ”

"Don't worry about it for now, I'll just ask you, are you sure it's the word war book?"

Hanuman was very cautious, if it was a war letter from the Ming Dynasty, it must be presented to His Majesty the King immediately.

Ryan nodded, "The appearance is a little damaged, but you can still see it." ”

"Alright, it's none of your business!"

Ryan seemed to think of something, and asked, "Lord Commander, how did you get this thing in?" The city gates are all blocked, how can the messengers of the Ming army enter the city? ”

"You've got a lot of questions!"

Hanuman waved his hand impatiently, and since it had been decided, he would send someone directly to present it to the king, as for the person in front of him...... It's just a temporary arrest to act as a translator, do you have to tell you military secrets?

"I didn't mean that, I went to the East last year, and I heard that they have a weapon that will fly into the sky, and it will be ten times more powerful than artillery......"

"Presumptuous!"

Hanuman opened his eyes with rage and said, "What weapon can fly into the sky?" It's ten times more powerful than artillery, you are alarmist and demagoguery! ”

"It's true......"

"You saw it with your own eyes?"

"No, but ......"

"That's it!"

Hanuman said coldly: "Ryan, I have some slight merit in your recognition of the words of the Orientals, I will let you go this time, if you dare to spread rumors and disturb the morale of the army, there is nothing to say, immediately cut off your head!" ”

Ryan was so anxious that he was sweating, but when he heard that he was going to cut off his head, he could only swallow all the words back into his stomach.

Hanuman sent a letter of war to Topkapi Palace, and King Muhad received it and immediately summoned Hafiz Kasha and other high-ranking and nobles to discuss the matter.

The war book has been translated, and there are only a few sentences, and King Muhad must go out of the city and surrender before dark, otherwise the general attack will begin tomorrow, and when the city is broken, all the defenders and the people of the city will go to God, and no one will be spared.

After everyone saw it, they were all sad.

Constantinople had just regained a brief period of tranquility when the war book came.

I thought that the Ming army stopped shelling because of supply problems, but I didn't expect that it was just the calm before the storm.

Hafizkasha thought for a long time and said, "Could it be that the Orientals are bluffing?" What if they have a problem with the supplement, they are already unable to attack, and they send in the war book before the withdrawal of the army, and fight psychological warfare? ”

Muhad frowned, nodded, and said, "What you said makes sense, but ...... What if the Easterners really attacked? ”

"What are you afraid of, although the artillery fire of the Orientals is sharp, it can't shake the megalithic walls of Constantinople, we just need to defend it and wait for the Duke of Dammam to come back for help."

Everyone agreed, for now, there is no other way but to stick to it.

In their impression, if they surrender and the Orientals enter the city, they will inevitably burn and loot, just like the Ottomans did with the Eastern Romans, and they don't want their hard-earned wealth to be plundered.

Seeing that everyone was unanimous, Muhad stopped thinking about it and ordered: "Command, continue to hold on, and move all the stones and timber in the city to the gates, and seal all the gates!" ”

In the Ming army, Bei Lin, Mei Chun, Tong Xuan and others were comparing and drawing on the map to discuss the next tactics.

Fan Mingchen watched the Confucian scholars seriously discuss tactics with a confused expression, and was secretly surprised in his heart, these Confucian students wearing long robes can also go to the battlefield to fight?

He originally thought that Belin and the others came to the front line to act as a military advisor or a think tank, but he didn't expect that the emperor would directly hand over the main attack task to these people, and then leave it alone.

This is the main attack!

Not to mention that the emperor drove the expedition in person, there were also princes from all walks of life such as King Yu, Rui Guogong, and Yasukuni in the array, how could they hand over the main attack task to a group of Confucian students, isn't it too child's play?

For three days, these people scattered around Constantinople every day, observed the direction of the wind, and then released a Kong Ming lantern, this thing really came to fight?

Bei Lin ignored Fan Mingchen's surprised expression, pointed to the map and said: "The climate here is obviously different from that of the Ming Dynasty, so we should pay attention to the turbulence of the air flow caused by the evaporation of the seawater." ”

Mei Chun said solemnly: "I have observed, the wind direction will change abruptly at night, and it will be greatly affected by the tides, and there will often be cross winds. ”

"Can you find a pattern?"

"Roughly yes, during the period from sub-hour to ugly time, it is a stable southeast wind, which can last for about an hour."

"Have you observed the direction and strength of the wind?"

"It's all recorded."

"Alright, I'll play it and attack at night."

"Master Pei!"

Tong Xuan suddenly said: "We still have a big guy, do you want to come out and make an appearance?" ”

"You mean fat?"

"Yes!"

Belin thought for a while and said, "That's it, you take a group of people, calculate the parameters of the fat man alone, wait for the effect of the first wave of offensive, if the parameters are correct, bring the fat man in the second wave." ”

"Okay!"

Seeing that everyone picked up the pen and paper with great interest and began to calculate, Fan Mingchen couldn't help but come to Tong Xuan's side and asked, "The fat man I just talked about...... What is it? ”

Tong Xuan smiled mysteriously, lowered his voice, and said, "This thing was specially prepared by the emperor for the Wa Kingdom, and it was used to practice today." ”

"What's it, so mysterious?"

"Don't ask so much, just wait and watch the fireworks at night!"

"What...... Firework? ”

"That's it...... Bang! That kind of fireworks. ”

Fan Mingchen scratched his head and asked again, "Didn't the emperor let you attack the main one?" ”

"yes, we're the main attacker."

"You guys, how do you attack?"

Tong Xuan's face sank, and he said, "What's the matter, look down on us scholars?" ”

"No, that's not what I meant......"

Fan Mingchen waved his hand again and again, and said, "I mean...... You guys take me one! ”

"What's that?"

"You have to have someone to charge into battle, take me with you, I have rough skin and thick meat, suitable for fighting vanguards!"

Tong Xuan stared at Fan Mingchen, looked up and down, and asked, "Are you afraid of heights?" ”

(End of chapter)