On September 8, after three days of transportation, Daniel Zhang's army crossed the Bosphorus and joined the army besieging Konstantiniye.

Considering that there were many Turkish troops in Edirne, and the Russian army alone could not be completely defended, Fu Xinghua ordered Daniel Zhang to lead the 10,000 Anxi army under his command and the soldiers of the eighth town to the west, join the Russian army, and set up a camp in the east of Edirne to confront the Turkish army in the city.

By mid-September, the coalition forces had completed the encirclement of Constantiniye and Edirne, and on the way, the defenders of Constantinnier had opened the gates of the city several times at night and launched surprise attacks on the coalition camp outside the city.

However, with the experience of the Poles, except for the successful initial raid on the Holy Alliance camp stationed on the Galatian Peninsula, the defenders had to return in vain, leaving behind corpses.

The night attack failed, and the Golden Horn was full of heavily armed and arrogant coalition warships, and the whole city of Constantinier fell into a predicament of isolation and helplessness, and the soldiers and civilians in the city lost their external communication and supply channels, but fortunately, the Grand Vizier purchased as much grain and grass as possible before the siege of the city, replenished the warehouses in the city, and saved himself from falling into the dilemma of food shortage in a short time.

Even so, it is not impossible for the Turkish army to obtain grain and grass from the outside, but do not forget that not every army can be as disciplined as the Xia army, in order to reopen the channel for obtaining grain, grass and ordnance from the outside world, the Grand Vizier sent an envoy to contact the generals of the Holy Alliance privately, opening the way with gold, in exchange for the other party's blind eye, every night several ships full of grain, grass and ordnance will sail into the Golden Horn at night.

The capital was under siege, and the Pasha everywhere gathered troops to try to aid Konstantiniye, and in late September, part of the Anatolian Pasha army approached Kocaeli, and the coalition forces decided to divide their forces to defeat them.

After some deliberation, José, the commander of the Holy League, personally led the Spanish army to Kocaeli, and fought the Turkish army a few miles southeast of the city.

After a fierce battle, the Spanish army defeated the Turkish army, captured a large number of prisoners alive, and freed many of the Christian slaves who accompanied the army, who were grateful for José's kindness and expressed their willingness to join the Holy Alliance.

José's victory over the Spanish army gained a burst of prestige, and the commander of the Holy Alliance, knowing that the Polish-Lithuanian Federation and the Chinese would not be willing to elect him commander, decided to lead the army of the Holy Alliance to attack Constantinier first and prove his ability to the world.

After leading his army back to the Galatian Peninsula, José received the applause of the generals and nobles, and his eyes couldn't help but look at the towering Galata Tower.

The current Galata Tower is not the fortified fortress originally built by the Genoese, but a new tower that the Genoese returned to Constantinople in 1348 to rebuild, with a height of 60 meters, a wall thickness of 3.75 meters, and a foundation depth of 16 meters.

José ordered that some of the ship's guns be dismantled and transported to land for bombardment of the city walls, and the poundage of the ship's guns was generally greater than that of the 12-pounder guns used on land, and the power was naturally greater.

At José's orders, many of the artillery pieces were dismantled and a long artillery position was erected outside the city with the army's artillery, during which time the Allied soldiers also cut down a large number of trees to make heavy bulletproof plates that could protect the soldiers as they advanced towards the walls.

On October 1st, the Holy Alliance launched a solo attack on Galatia without reaching a consensus with the other two friendly forces, and at breakfast that day, Galata Tower was shrouded in a faint mist that permeated the Golden Horn, and several long, thick icy chains stripped across the Golden Horn, blocking the entry and exit of any ships.

Rumble –

The deafening sound of cannon fire forcibly woke the inhabitants of Galatia, and countless solid cannonballs whizzed into the fortified walls, leaving cracks and dents in the ancient walls, and gunpowder burning

The smoke of gunfire was blown south by the north, mixing with the mist that hung over the Golden Horn.

"Enemy shelling, take care to dodge!"

Young Kemer ran through the complicated alleys, listening to the shouts of the officers leading the way to the city walls, his face full of fear of war, and everywhere he could see were civilians scurrying under artillery fire, and anxious and heavily armed soldiers.

From time to time, shells fell over the city walls into the city, whistling and striking the masonry buildings, and the chimney of a three-story building with a tall chimney was shattered by the shells, and the stone fragments of the chimney rained down on the fleeing crowd below.

Kemer saw with his own eyes that the adults who were running at the front were very unfortunate to be hit in the head by the falling stones, and they were smashed on the head and broke the bleeding, and in some cases, they fell down on the spot and fainted.

A woman living on the second floor screamed to close the open window, and as soon as she closed her front foot, a cannonball hit the chimney and entered the room, causing an abrupt scream.

In the chaotic streets and alleys, everyone was frantically fleeing for their lives, and a few pious old women, perhaps knowing that their legs and feet were inconvenient and could not escape the shells, simply knelt on the cold and hard stone road, and prayed to the ethereal gods in the sky with their hands folded.

Kemer walked straight past the kneeling prayer men, limped into a crowded alley, stepped on the foul-smelling sewage on the ground and ran to a hidden door, which he pushed open, dodged in, and slammed it shut.

In the dimly lit room, his two younger sisters were looking at the sudden intruder with their big frightened eyes, and when they saw that it was their brother, they were relieved, and Kemer only cared about taking a breath, so he hurriedly pulled the two younger sisters to the bed, while urging: "Get under the bed quickly, the bottom of the bed is safe."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a shock to the ground under his feet, and there was a panicked cry of people not far away, and he was anxious, and he violently pushed his two sisters under the bed with his hands, and after telling them not to run around, he ran to the door and reopened the door.

Then, he saw a large hole in the wall of a house near the entrance of the alley not far away, and the damaged house was crumbling, and the people inside were screaming and trying to escape.

But before all the inhabitants could escape, the house collapsed with a bang, burying all the people and things inside, and the people who escaped looked at the dusty ruins in horror, and then screamed and cried, trying to dig up the ruins and rescue the people inside, the scene was very chaotic.

The Holy Alliance's artillery constantly shelled the ancient walls of Galatia, a fortress built more than three hundred years ago that might have been invincible at the level of technology at the time, but how fragile it was in today's rapidly changing thermal weapons level.

After hours of shelling by the Holy Alliance, one of the walls of Galatia finally cracked and crumbled even more, and the defenders on the walls realized this, and they panicked to evacuate the walls, hoping to avoid being buried in the ruins.

The rumbling of artillery on this side of the Galatian Peninsula also quickly attracted the attention of the defenders of the main city of Constantiniye on the other side of the Golden Horn, as well as two other friendly forces, who turned their worried eyes to the other side, as history told them that if Galatia fell, Constantinier would not be far off.

It's just that although they know this, they don't have the ability to support it, so they can only watch the Holy Alliance launch a fierce attack on them.

After hearing the news, in order to support the friendly forces and prevent the defenders from supporting each other, the Polish army and the Xia army also decided to launch a feint attack on their respective theaters of responsibility to divert the attention of the defenders.

Therefore, the coalition forces could only use artillery to provide fire cover, put in numerous siege towers and bolts to advance to the city walls, and prepare a large amount of black powder to try to blow up the city gates.

Returning to Galatia, it was not until noon that day that the Holy Alliance finally blew down a section of the walls of Galatia, and then came from Spain, Italy, and Germany

An army of mercenaries from Western Europe rushed excitedly towards the breach, and José, now forty-four, joined the battle with his guards, despite the dissuasion of the nobles.

The coalition forces braved the barrage of bullets and arrows falling from the walls to approach the gap, but fortunately, they prepared a large number of bulletproof plates in advance, and the soldiers were able to advance to the range under the cover of the bulletproof plates, and some soldiers relied on the bulletproof plates as cover to return fire on the enemy and provide fire cover for friendly forces.

Some continued to push forward until they reached the breaching gap in the collapsed wall, and then engaged the Turkish troops deployed behind the breach.

"Kill it! For the glory of God!" José personally came to the front line under the protection of the guards, holding his saber high in his hand, and shouted encouragement to the soldiers, who saw that the commander was on the front line, and their morale was greatly boosted, and the offensive became more violent.

However, despite the commander's personal presence, the coalition forces were still held back from the gap, and the Turkish army continued to send fire to the coalition forces trying to storm the city, barrage and arrows rained down, wantonly shooting the brave Christians, and the corpses of a large number of soldiers fell one after another inside and outside the gap, and the blood almost stained the land.

The battle lasted for several hours, and seeing that it was impossible to take the gap in one go, José saw that the soldiers were tired, so he had to order the attack to be stopped and retreat to the camp with the soldiers one after another.

Seeing the enemy retreating in disgrace, the defenders of the city let out a shocking cheer, but their cheers did not last long, and under the orders of the supreme garrison commander of the Galatia District, the corpses were collected and the gaps were filled with various obstacles, so that the enemy could no longer attack through the gaps.

After nearly a day of fighting, everyone was physically and mentally tired, and this task naturally did not fall on their shoulders, and the garrison commander ordered at least one strong man to be assigned to each household in the city to assist in defending the city.

In order to motivate them, the garrison commander announced that they would be given wages and food, although the food problem in the city had not yet appeared in the early days of the siege, the prices in the city had begun to rise slightly, and the citizens would buy food for a little more every day than the day before, in order to avoid ending up in a situation where they had no money to buy food, the citizens began to respond positively to this call-up order.

One of them was the young Kemer, who was the only laborer in his family, and in order to feed his two younger sisters and prevent them from being ravaged by the greedy and evil infidels, Kemer decided to answer the call and go to the battlefield with most of the citizens.

After reaching the gap in the city wall, which was strewn with corpses, the citizens were shocked by the bloody scene in front of them, and they looked at the corpses all over the ground in horror, and the strong smell of blood constantly hit their sense of smell, making them almost nauseous.

The soldiers who came down from the battlefield looked at the pale citizens mockingly, and they all started to laugh and said, "You poor chicks, you can't stand it anymore? If we wait for the infidels to attack again, you'd better not be a drag on us."

Some veterans who had retired from the battlefield were the first to walk up in silence, calling on them not to stand still, but to carry the corpses and collect the ordnance.

Kemer volunteered to follow behind the veteran who lived in the same neighborhood as him, who had been involved in the landing on Rhode Island and had to be discharged from the army after being disabled by a stray bullet during the battle.

Even now that the battle is over, looking at the different human beings, Kemer's heart is still full of fear, as long as he closes his eyes, it seems that he can feel the resentment, despair and hatred from all around, which is the last emotion left by human beings before death.

Soon after the townspeople began to work, many of them could not bear the shocking killing and the pungent smell of blood, and vomited on the spot, and the soldiers looked at them mockingly, each with a mocking smile on his face, as if this was the only way to relieve the pressure they had accumulated on the battlefield.

Thus passed on October 1, 1673, on which it is conservatively estimated that thousands of people were killed directly or indirectly in the fighting and under shelling

, the most casualties were still inside and outside the walls of Galatia, while the other two directions, because they were feints, caused very few casualties.

Both sides seemed to know that this was not a real attack, so they did not make a mortal move, and at the end of the day's fighting, the defenders of Theodorius' walls breathed a sigh of relief as they watched the tide retreat from the enemy.