The dragon's mercy will not be shown to those who are still capable of resisting.

After receiving Daniel Zhang's letter, Fu Xinghua immediately realized that the Ottomans had been forced to the point of having to negotiate peace with them at any cost, and Daniel Zhang could threaten Konstantinnier at any time, as long as he could break through the Danube defense line, he could flank the Ottoman capital.

Thinking of this, Fu Xinghua wrote back that he would refuse to negotiate peace with the Ottomans, and at the same time summoned all the generals of the army and invited the top officials of the Polish-Lithuanian Federation to come to a meeting, and in the following meeting announced Daniel Zhang's progress in the south.

Upon learning that the Xia army had broken through Sinop and was heading for the eastern shore of the Bosphorus, the Polly king and his generals could not help but gasp and be surprised by the progress made by the Xia army.

Immediately, Sobiesky proposed: "We should take advantage of this time to break through the Danube defense line and continue south, as long as we can reach Konstantiniye, we will win this war."

Fu Xinghua nodded, and he said: "That's what I think, that's why I invite you to come, I decided to launch an attack on the Turkish army's position tomorrow morning, and then I will concentrate artillery on the Turkish army's position for an hour, and then organize infantry to force the Danube River to break through the Danube defense line in one fell swoop.

Your Majesty, I hope that the Polish-Lithuanian army will be able to attack in concert." After saying that, he looked at the Boli king Michau I.

Facing Fu Xinghua's gaze, Mihawu I nodded slowly, and he said, "I understand, I will order the federal army to attack in concert."

Seeing that he agreed, Fu Xinghua nodded with satisfaction, and then began the pre-war deployment, he methodically released the tasks of each army in advance, and Sobiesky looked at the appearance of his order, silently remembering it in his heart, wanting to take advantage of this time to learn the military system of the Xia army.

Sobiesky's heart was full of ambition, he originally just wanted to depose Mihau I and ascend to the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Federation, but now after a long time of contact with the Xia army, his goal has increased, that is, to learn the system of the Xia army, use it in the army of the Federation, and make the federal army stronger.

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The next morning, the offensive arrived as scheduled.

With the orders of the artillery officers of the Xia Army, hundreds of artillery pieces of various types let out a deafening roar almost at the same time, pouring countless shells like torrential rain towards the Turkish positions on the other side of the Danube.

The sudden artillery bombardment of the Xia army caught the Turkish troops on the position by surprise, and suddenly many soldiers were killed and wounded in the first round of shelling, and the soldiers screamed and scattered in the artillery fire, and from time to time shells fell into the crowd and exploded, blowing up the surrounding people to the ground.

"Damn, why did the Chinese suddenly attack us?"

In the confusion, the supreme commander of the Danube defense line, that is, the third who had retreated here to organize the defense line before the Rumelia regiment was heavily damaged, shouted loudly, ordering the soldiers to withdraw from the artillery shelling range, find cover, and prepare for the Xia army to attack.

Seeing the retreat of the Turkish army, Fu Xinghua gave an order, and the Turkish prisoners of war and the Moldavian civilians who were brought here by them were all reprimanded by the soldiers to drag heavy boats, sandbags and planks to the shore, and used these tools to build a temporary pontoon bridge along which the soldiers could pass.

The movement on the side of the Xia army was quickly discovered by the scouts left on the position, they were shocked, and hurriedly reported to the third world, the latter learned about it, his face changed greatly, and he immediately realized the enemy's intentions, and he didn't care about letting the soldiers retreat to avoid artillery fire, so he quickly organized the army to return to the position, and used the artillery in the position to bombard the people by the river to prevent the enemy from forming a pontoon bridge.

Although the soldiers were very reluctant after receiving the order, they still scolded loudly, but they still returned to the position with a hard head, and the artillery of the Xia army had already stopped shelling after the enemy withdrew from the shelling range, allowing the barrels to cool down, and seeing the enemy returning, they could only fire again.

The artillery bombardment of the Xia army did not stop the movement of the Turkish army, they braved the artillery fire to return to the artillery position, lifted the gun jacket, and shot at the crowd on the river beach

The whistling sound fell heavily on the crowd, and several people were directly smashed into pieces of meat sauce.

The splatters of flesh caused great panic, and the captives and civilians screamed and dropped their belongings and scattered, and the soldiers in charge of the battle saw this, ordering them to go back to work in the unfamiliar local language, while raising their rifles in deterrence.

The muzzle of the gun that wanted to be seen by the black hole was aimed at him, and the courage to escape was suddenly half lost, so he could only go back to work again, and some of the Xia artillerymen also quickly locked their position according to the movement of the Turkish artillery, turned the muzzle of the gun to the latter, and after several rounds of shelling, they successfully destroyed several Turkish artillery, which greatly weakened the firepower of the Turkish army.

Under the cover of their own artillery, the simple and unstable pontoon bridges were quickly erected, and the positions on the south bank of the Danube were also covered with corpses under the shelling of the Xia army, and many artillery pieces were smashed into scrap metal.

With just one kick in the door, they will be completely defeated.

"Attack!"

As the continuous shelling that lasted for two hours finally ended, the Xia infantry also launched an attack amid the sound of the horns of attack, and they stepped on the pontoon bridge that was still shaking with the river, and rushed to the other side of the Danube.

While the Xia army was attacking, the remaining Turkish soldiers also entered their respective combat positions, and they poured fire on the enemy on the Danube pontoon bridge amid the mournful shouts of the officers.

A round of arrows and projectiles shot from in front of him, and immediately shot dozens of Xia soldiers on the pontoon bridge, although some soldiers did not die because of this, but after being shot, they screamed and fell to the surface of the river, were washed away by the Danube, and soon drowned under the river.

Facing the firepower of the Turkish army, the Xia army finally stepped on the land on the south bank of the Danube after paying nearly 100 casualties, and they roared and shot at the Turkish army on the position.

"What to do? They're covered in smoke, and we can't take aim!"

A Turkish soldier hiding behind a bunker shouted in horror, his hand holding the arquebus trembling slightly, and the officer next to him brandished his saber and shouted heedlessly: "Don't be afraid, keep shooting!" There are so many of them, even if they shoot indiscriminately, they can hit the target!"

As his voice fell, the soldiers beside him were about to raise their guns in obedience, but at that moment, they saw a group of soldiers in red uniforms raise their bayonets and rush down from the white smoke with their bayonets raised.

They were like red ghosts rushing out of hell, startling the Turkish soldiers in the position, and the officer was trying to inspire the soldiers around him to launch a counter-charge, but at that moment, a projectile hit him in the forehead, and the projectile pierced the back of the head, squirting out of a piece of crimson brain.

After the officer fell, the surrounding soldiers screamed that they had no longer want to fight, and fled in panic, and the Xia soldiers rushed into the panicked crowd and fought with the Turkish army.

After a fierce battle, the Danube defense line was finally broken through by the Xia army, from the river beach on the south bank of the Danube, to the first important town on the south bank of the Tuercha, you can see the corpses of the Turkish army everywhere, a large number of Turkish army ordnance, ammunition and baggage were captured by the Xia army, and the Xia army took advantage of the situation to conquer the crowded Turca city and gain a firm foothold on the south bank.

At the same time, the Polish army also routed the Turkish army and the Wallachian servant army on the Wallachian side, and invaded the territory of the Duchy of Wallachia.

However, Sobieski's bravery won him the support of his generals, especially the Wallachian cavalry who fled to Poland from Wallachia and was incorporated into the Polish army, and these brave cavalrymen, marked by the bull's head, admired Sobiesky's bravery and asked Sobieski to lead them to liberate Wallachia and make Wallachia independent from the clutches of the Ottomans again.

Sobieski knew that if he wanted to become king, he needed the support of the army, so he asked the various cavalry squadrons when faced with the pleas of the Wallachian cavalry

promised to lead them in the future to liberate Wallachia and promote Wallachia's independence, thus winning the allegiance of the Wallachian cavalry.

Of course, for Wallachia to become independent, it would have to defeat the Ottoman Empire and force the Ottomans to recognize the fact of independence in the peace negotiations.

On July 10, 1673, after a short break, the Xia army marched south from Turga to Thrace, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

It's a huge army.

In addition to the Xia army led by Fu Xinghua himself, there were also Tatars, Cossacks and Russian servant armies, as well as the allies of the Polish-Lithuanian Federation, this huge army formed a large army of more than 100,000 people, and marched towards Thrace.

The posture of the coalition shook the entire Ottoman Empire and caused an atmosphere of panic to envelop Constantinier, and the princes and pasha gathered their possessions in an attempt to flee the capital and seek refuge in a safe place before the coalition arrived.

But they soon found that they had nowhere to go, and that they were surrounded by their enemies.

In the north, there was a large alliance of Xia and Polish-Lili armies, in the east there were Xia troops who had reached Kocaeli and were trying to attack the city, and in the south Greece had landed with the troops of the Holy Alliance, and the local Greeks warmly welcomed these brothers of God in the hope of liberation and independent statehood.

In the West, although the Sultan's army was withdrawing towards the capital, this army had also suffered heavy losses after a decisive battle with the main forces of the Holy Roman Empire, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that they were powerless against the coming Chinese.

It's almost a dead end.

Fortunately, the Imperial Navy was still able to block the waters around Konstantinier, so that the Xia army could not cross the Bosphorus, but that's all, continuing to the south, the navy of the Holy Alliance had already seized the control of the Aegean Sea, and the Imperial warships could only hide in the harbor and tremble.

After more than half a month of marching, in order to be able to withdraw to the capital first, the Sultan's army did not hesitate to abandon a large number of heavy artillery and baggage, and finally entered the Thrace region before the coalition army, but after some careful consideration, the Sultan still did not withdraw all the troops into the capital, but left a large number of troops stationed in Edirne, hoping to be able to respond with Konstantiniye and act as horns for each other.

Constantinier also began to mobilize internally, a large number of soldiers were mobilized and deployed on the city walls, civilians and slaves were also armed, and they were to assist in the defense of the city, and they even cut down the trees outside the city in advance and transported them back to the city to make the city defense equipment.

After the news broke, the local Pasha also began to organize their armies and assemble in Anatolia, where they tried to annihilate the Xia army in Anatolia and then crossed the Bosphorus to reinforce the capital under the cover of their own navy.

In faraway Vienna, the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, who had experienced a crushing defeat, was so inspired by the current situation that he waved his arms and vented his joy in the court.

Subsequently, in the name of the Holy Roman Emperor, he again issued a military mobilization order to the German states, ordering the princes to gather a large army once again and regain the lost territory while the Ottomans had no time to pay attention to them.

The Emperor's order was responded to positively, and although the Electors were dissatisfied with the Emperor for the fiasco, it was clear that they could pick up the leaks, and they would not let go of this opportunity, so they abandoned their previous suspicions and gathered a large army to fight the war again.

On 1 August, having routed the local forces loyal to the Sultan, the large coalition finally entered Thrace, but then a difficult problem arose: Edirne and Constantinniye were heavily guarded on both sides, and if they were to besiege only one side, the defenders on the other side would most likely attack them on their own initiative.

However, if the siege is divided, it can only fall into a long-term siege, and Edirne, as the capital of the Ottoman Empire before the conquest of Constantinople, has experienced a long period of operation here

Gao Chengjian is a fortified town, as easy to defend and difficult to attack as Konstantiniye, known as the "city that never falls".

Moreover, no one wanted to give up the opportunity to lay siege to Konstantinier, which was a rare honor for the Europeans, and whoever was able to conquer the empress of the cities and enter as a conqueror would multiply his prestige and be regarded as a hero by the Christians.

It suddenly became a problem.