15 November, Edirne.

After learning of the fall of Galatia, Sultan IV could no longer sit still, and he gathered Edirne's army overnight in an attempt to break through the blockade of the coalition forces and move south to support Konstantiniye.

Under the cover of night, the Turkish army opened the city gate and left the city from Edirne in an orderly manner, but their movements did not escape the eyes of the coalition scouts, who had been keeping an eye on Edirne's movements, and when they had just made a move, the scouts reported the news to the coalition garrison.

In charge of commanding this part of the coalition army was Daniel Zhang, the Duke of Suguo in Daxia, because it was already night, Daniel Zhang went to bed early, and the scout reported the news to the adjutant general beside him, and then the adjutant general entered his main tent, woke Daniel Zhang from his sleep, and told him the news of the Turkish army when the latter was confused.

As soon as Daniel Zhang heard the adjutant general's words, his eyes, which were still confused, suddenly brightened, and he sat up from the bed abruptly, rubbed his eyes, and said, "His mother, it's finally here, pass the order, gather the army, and be sure to block the Ottoman barbarians here!"

"Whoa!"

The adjutant general agreed, turned and hurried away, conveying the order to assemble, and then a loud noise of gongs and drums sounded in the camp, and the officers strode into the infantry tents, woke up the soldiers who were still asleep, and ordered them to assemble and prepare for battle.

There is no need to question the discipline of the Xia army, and it took less than half an hour for the Xia army to complete the formation, and the soldiers put on their armor neatly, armed with rifles, and formed a neat phalanx one after another in the camp.

And in the Russian camp next to them, the Russian old Maozi was still gathering troops and horses, those undressed soldiers hurriedly ran out of the camp tent, and returned to the team under the reprimand and whipping of the officers, Boris Hossovsky sat on horseback, watching the poor performance of the soldiers under his command, and then looked at the Xia army that had been lined up over there, only to feel hot and embarrassed.

At this moment, Boris was firm in his heart to follow the Xia Army's training system to train the army, and the combat effectiveness of an army can be seen from their behavior, as long as they can maintain strict military discipline, the combat effectiveness will be able to surpass 90 percent of the army of this era.

The soldiers on the Xia army's side looked at the Russian army camp where chickens and dogs jumped, everyone couldn't help but want to laugh, but they still didn't laugh directly, Daniel Zhang was not ready to waste time waiting for the Russian army to be ready, he ordered the Russian army to continue to form a team, and he first led the Xia army to attack and engage the Turkish army, and the Russian army then joined the battle.

Then, accompanied by the rhythmic drumbeat and the shouts of the officers, the Xia army lined up and walked out of the camp in an orderly manner and walked in the direction of the Turkish army's movement, and the Turkish army was also ready for the encounter.

An hour later, at about two o'clock in the morning of the 16th, the two sides met five miles southeast of Edirne, and both teams were armed with torches, so that they both found each other at a distance.

The news was quickly reported to *** IV, and the Sultan did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the army to line up, and the arrows had to be sent on the string, even if they were not good at night fighting, they could only bite the bullet.

The two sides began to line up very tacitly, the soldiers did not make a sound, they silently held torches, with the help of the moonlight to advance towards each other, the rousing horns and rhythmic drums resounded throughout the battlefield, and after the infantry of both sides advanced, the rumbling of artillery gradually sounded.

"Mahmud, you lead the Sipahi cavalry around the flank, waiting for the order to charge the flank of the Xia army!"

The Sultan gave orders in an orderly manner, and under his orders, the elite Sipahi cavalry moved from their base to the flank, their movements were not easily detected under the cover of the rumbling artillery, and the night was a good cover for them, allowing them to move to the flanks to prepare for battle without attracting too many people's attention.

"Forward!"

Amid the shouts of the officers, the new Ottoman Janissaries armed with arquebuses advanced in orderly steps, and from time to time flowering and solid shells fell into the crowd, or fell a few meters in front of the queue and exploded, but this did not let Yay

The Nicheri Forces stood still, shouting slogans and rushing forward like a dark red wave.

Soon, the infantry on both sides approached each other's range of fire, but they did not stop firing immediately, but stopped one after another when they reached a distance of about 50 meters, and the Xia army in the front row was the first to raise their guns to fire a volley, and the fireworks of the barrels of the muskets were very dazzling in the dark night, and after a volley, the front row with torches on the opposite side suddenly fell.

"Raise your gun—fire!"

Bang bang bang –

After the Xia army fired a volley, the Janissaries on the opposite side also raised their guns and fired back, the Xia soldiers could see the small red dots shaking when the lead of the arquebus burned, and after the arquebus fired, the Xia army snorted and fell down.

The guns continued, you came and went, as if it was a turn-based system, the soldiers on both sides were silent and shot out the projectiles in the barrels, hundreds of soldiers had fallen in front of their queues, those soldiers who did not die on the spot covered their wounds and let out a faint moan, the torches held by the soldiers in the front row had been extinguished on the ground, they did not need torches to illuminate the target, and they could also lock on to the enemy with the fire of the other party's gun.

After the three rows of volleys, the Xia army suddenly sounded one after another sharp whistles, and then, the Xia soldiers raised their rifles like a mountain shouting, and charged over the bodies of their fallen comrades in front of them, they shouted and rushed to the opposite Janissaries new army, the latter did not hesitate, and also drew their sabers under the orders of the officers, raised their bayonets, and bravely faced the battle.

"Kill!"

In the earth-shattering shouts of killing, a Xia line infantry stabbed a new soldier in the chest with a spear, and then the whole person crashed into the body of the new army soldier, knocking him to the ground, after the opponent fell to the ground, he pulled out the bayonet and made up for it to ensure that the person was completely dead before looking for the next target.

But just as he raised his head, a saber swung towards his front door, and the line infantry hurriedly took a few steps back, dodging the fatal slash that slashed at him, the other party withdrew the saber and slashed at him again, the line infantry seized the opportunity to hold their guns and jam the other party's slashed saber with their bayonets, and then used force under their feet to kick the opponent's knee hard.

The sudden kick made the new soldier lose his balance and kneel to one side, and the line infantry took the opportunity to withdraw the bayonet and hit the opponent's face door with the butt of the gun, only to hear a crisp click, the bridge of the nose of the new soldier was directly smashed, and the blood flowed all over his face, he covered the front door and groaned in pain, and the line infantry kicked him over, and then stabbed with a bayonet, ending his pain.

"Sipahi cavalry, run!"

Just when the infantry on both sides was fighting bloodily, the Ottoman Sipahi cavalry deployed on the flank also roared out under the leadership of commander Mahmoud and rushed towards the flank of the Xia infantry, at this time, Daniel Zhang finally found the Turkish cavalry deployed on the flank, his face was grim, but he calmly ordered his cavalry to meet the enemy.

At the same time, the generals of the Xia army on the flank also noticed the Turkish cavalry coming towards them, and he immediately ordered to break away from the battle, and formed a hollow phalanx of anti-cavalry in the face of the enemy cavalry in battalion units.

"For His Majesty the Sultan, crush them!"

The Sipahi cavalry led by General Mahmoud roared and rushed towards the flank of the Xia army, and in the dark night, a huge number of cavalry rushed towards him, even the bravest soldiers would be afraid, and the Xia infantry in the phalanx also had a commotion, but the loyalty to the emperor and the military discipline engraved in their bones still made them firmly rooted in place.

"Raise your gun, shoot—"

Finally, as the Sipahi cavalry rushed into the firing range, the soldiers in the phalanx raised their guns and pulled the trigger, and multiple phalanx guns rang out in unison, and the dense barrage that was fired suddenly made the running Sipahi cavalry turn on their backs, killing and wounding several people, and the cavalry in the front row were shot and fell from their horses, and the corpses of the people and horses who fell to the ground became a stumbling block on the way of the cavalry charge behind them.

Before the cavalry could even control their horses to avoid the obstacles, they tripped over the fallen corpses and screamed and were thrown off their horses, while the infantry in the phalanx ignored the effect of their salvo and still fired nervously at the Sipahi cavalry

Shoot, output a steady stream of dense firepower.

In the dark night, the dazzling firelight and gunfire made the horses under the crotch of the Sipahi cavalry inevitably frightened, the war horses neighed and refused to continue to obey the command and control of the cavalry, and even the hearts of the Sipahi cavalry were full of fear, and the projectiles grazed by them from time to time, and it seemed that the next second they would be killed by the projectiles flying from nowhere.

In great fear, some of the Sipahi cavalry finally could not bear it any longer, and they screamed and controlled the horses to turn around, refused to obey the orders of the officers and generals, and fled into the night on their own.

Mahmoud looked at the deserters angrily, and he wanted to continue to lead the cavalry charge, but seeing that his men were frightened, he could only reluctantly accept this reality and order the cavalry to retreat with him.

But the Xia army was not prepared to give them a chance to retreat smoothly, when these Sipahi cavalry tried to retreat, they found that the Xia cavalry had been chasing them with carbines high, the Xia cavalry were all elite hussars with high horses, they came and went on the battlefield like the wind, the men and horses were full of energy, and soon caught up with the Sipahi cavalry who tried to retreat.

Seeing this, Mahmud knew that if he did not defeat the Xia cavalry, he would not be able to retreat smoothly, so he patted his horse and led the remaining cavalry to meet the Xia army, he was full of confidence, the Sipahi cavalry was the elite cavalry unit in the Ottoman Empire, and they were well-trained and could easily win in the face of the knights of the Holy Roman Empire, not to mention the little-known Xia cavalry.

However, soon, the Xia cavalry gave them a head-on blow, and when the two sides were about to engage the enemy, the Xia cavalry all raised their guns and fired a volley at the Sipahi cavalry who had entered the charging state.

Then, the hussars drew their sharp sabers and rushed into the formation of the chaotic Sipahi cavalry with a shout, and fought with the Turkish cavalry, the two armies fought, and immediately suffered casualties, General Mahmud was shot in the left arm in the close-to-face volley just now, and he tried to ride his horse out of the battle in pain, but one of the hussars stared at him in a different attire and rode his horse to kill him.

Mahmoud hurriedly raised his knife to block, but the sharp pain in his left arm made his movements slow, he just raised the saber, he saw a flash of knife light in front of him, and then a sharp pain in his neck, he subconsciously wanted to scream, but the scream to his mouth turned into a leaky ho-ho.

Immediately, Mahmoud felt the world before him turn upside down, and at the screams of the Sipahi cavalry, his disempowered body slipped off his horse and fell heavily on the grass.

Mahmud's fall was seen by many Sipahi cavalry, and when the cavalry saw that their commanders were killed on the spot, they suddenly lost their fighting spirit, screaming and turning their horses to escape from here, and the hussars followed them closely behind, and after chasing a hundred meters, the hussars stopped the pursuit, reorganized their formation in place, and changed their goals.

This time, their target became an infantry battlefield in the chaos - they originally had the idea of directly assaulting the main formation of the fourth Sultan of ***, to capture the thief and capture the king first, but the Ottoman army surrounding the Sultan's main formation was so large that they were probably not enough to complete the decapitation operation with their cavalry alone.

Therefore, they had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, and set their sights on the infantry battlefield in the melee.

The cavalry of the Xia army immediately turned around and went to the infantry battlefield to kill, and at this moment, on the side of the battlefield, the Russian army in green uniforms finally came belatedly, and the appearance of the Russian army suddenly made the morale of the Turkish army in the fierce battle plummet, they did not have an advantage in the battle with the Xia army, and even were faintly pressed over, and now the enemy's friendly troops arrived, and they were the ones who continued to fight and lost.

The fourth looked at the Russian army that appeared with a grim face, and in order to avoid the army being surrounded by the enemy's coalition forces and suffering heavy losses, he could only order Mingjin to withdraw his troops and withdraw to Edirne to wait for the next battle.

After the horn of retreat sounded, the Turkish soldiers in the fierce battle on the front line were relieved and retreated back in an orderly manner, but the Xia cavalry who were killing towards the infantry battlefield disrupted their retreat order, seeing the Xia cavalry roaring, the flank Turkish army was suddenly in chaos, and the officers shouted to order the soldiers to line up to resist the cavalry, but the soldiers only thought about retreating, and the whole formation became

Confusion arose.

Immediately afterwards, the Xia cavalry smashed into the flank of the Turkish army like a heavy hammer, and in an instant the Turkish army formation was smashed to pieces, and the Turkish infantry scattered and fled under the iron hooves of the hussars.

Seeing this situation, Daniel Zhang immediately ordered the infantry to launch a full-scale attack, pursuing the unstable Turkish infantry, and ordered the Russian army to join the outflanking, and be sure to completely annihilate the Turkish army here!