Under the joint offensive of the Xia army and the Russian army, the Turkish army still suffered a crushing defeat even if there was a *** fourth sultan in the town, and the Xia army hussars wantonly slashed and killed in the crowd, causing a panic in the Turkish army everywhere they went.

What's more, it's still night, human beings are full of fear of the night, fighting at night is not a wise choice, coupled with the demonic hussars chasing behind, the huge fear makes the Turkish soldiers only care about holding their heads and running around, and they don't even have the courage to look back and resist.

The participation of the Russian cavalry in the battle intensified the speed of the rout of the Turkish army, and the Russian cavalry, who had been pressed by the Xia army, were finally able to vent the grievances they had been accumulating for a period of time at this time.

"What a bunch of barbarians."

The soldiers of the Xia army, who were also engaged in the pursuit, looked at the Russian cavalry who laughed wildly in the slaughter with disdain, and couldn't help but comment.

In any case, under the pursuit of the two armies, the Turkish army was almost crushed, although *** IV tried his best to stop the wave of rout from spreading, but he looked at the enemy cavalry in the crowd as if no one, and the infantry who lost their armor like poor lambs, the whole person was like a mourner, and understood that his strength alone could not save all this.

The Sultan's own soldiers did not care so much, and these loyal soldiers, seeing that the timing was not right, escorted the Sultan out of the battlefield in advance.

Daniel Zhang did not intend for the Turkish army to retreat to Edirne safely, or rather, he wanted to isolate the Turkish army from Edirne so that they could no longer resist with a strong fortress, so Daniel Zhang ordered the capture of some of the routs and demanded that they surrender and do things for themselves in exchange for their chance to survive and future glory and wealth.

Soon, some of the rout soldiers were caught in front of Daniel Zhang, these rout soldiers were panicked, looking at the fierce and vicious Dongfang general uneasily, Daniel Zhang knew that time was pressing, did not want to waste time with these captives, and he asked the higher ranking of these captives to come out and accept his questioning.

His request was relayed by the translator, and after a few seconds of silence among the captives, three embarrassed-looking men stood out, claiming to be officers of the Janissaries New Army, and Daniel Zhang stood in front of them and said in an unquestioning tone:

"This official now gives you two choices, the first is to submit to Great Xia, do things for this official, deceive the gate of Edirne, and assist our army to take the city, and the second is to die!"

After speaking, he looked at the three people, all three of them showed hesitation, as if thinking about the consequences of doing so, Daniel Zhang did not give them time to think well, under his instruction, the deputy general walked up to one of them and asked, "Give your decision!"

"I...... I ......."

Hmmm-

A knife flashed, and before the officer could finish speaking, a hideous wound was cut on his neck, blood gushed out, and the officer's eyes widened, and he looked at the adjutant general holding the bloody saber in front of him unwillingly, his legs were weak, and he slowly collapsed to the ground.

After he fell, the lieutenant looked at the other two and said coldly, "Those who do not surrender, die!"

Before his words could be relayed to the other two, the two had already guessed what he meant from the adjutant general's cold tone, their faces turned pale, and they quickly fell to their knees, and hurriedly said, "We are willing to surrender, willing to surrender!"

Seeing that they were willing to submit, the adjutant snorted coldly, shook off the blood stains on the knife, and redrew the scabbard, and Daniel Zhang said at this time: "Those who are willing to submit to the Celestial Empire and serve the Celestial Empire, the imperial court will have a heavy reward, and the official can promise to Er and so on, after Edirne takes it, the official will allocate a few pieces of land for you in Crimea as a reward, and you and your family can settle there and accept the protection of the Celestial Empire."

The so-called beating a big stick and giving a sweet date, as soon as they heard that there was a reward, the two anxious officers were much more relieved, and they immediately patted their chests and promised the generals of the Celestial Empire that they would definitely deceive the city gate of Edirne for them, so that the Celestial Empire army could take Edirne.

As for the punishment of traitors in the doctrine of their faith...... From now on, they will be the people of the Heavenly Empire, West

Can Fang's gods still control the people of the Eastern Empire?

After receiving the surrender of the Turkish prisoners, Daniel Zhang immediately ordered them to disguise themselves as rout soldiers and directly attack Edirne with a Xia army sent by himself, their task was to pretend to be a rout to deceive the city gate of Edirne, and when the city gate was opened, the Xia army directly entered the city and captured the city.

According to the confessions of the Turkish prisoners, the number of defenders in the city of Edirne was not large, and most of the troops followed the Sultan out of the city, and the number of defenders in the city did not exceed 2,500 men.

In order to ensure that he could take Edirne, Daniel Zhang directly threw 2,000 soldiers without night blindness to rush to Edirne, and the hussars pursued the retreating sultan who was escorted to ensure that they could not retreat to the city first.

Soon, the 2,000 soldiers who had been transferred were on their way to Edirne with the surrendered captives, and while the hunt continued, the Ottoman soldiers were completely disorganized, and they scattered and fled into the woods, hills, mountains, and other hard-to-find places, and their presence was likely to haunt the inhabitants of this area for many years to come.

The cavalry's target was still the retreating Sultan, who was surrounded by pro-forces, and the Russian cavalry roared after the Sultan's banner, which was held high, and although the Sultan had to admit that he was defeated, his remaining dignity made him unwilling to drop the flag that symbolized his identity and majesty, which led to them being tracked by the Russian cavalry.

Thanks to the pursuit of the Russian cavalry, the Sultan and the Sultan were unable to return to Edirne immediately, giving the Xia army the opportunity to attack the city, and at about four o'clock in the morning, the darkest hour of the day, a rout appeared outside the gates of Edirne.

The Janissaries at the head shouted the names of the officers of the defenders on the city walls, asking them to open the gates and let their men in, and these sudden routs immediately attracted the attention of all the defending soldiers in this section.

They looked at the bewildered-looking soldiers in amazement, and the defending officer whose names were called recognized by the torches he had fired, shouted in surprise, "How did you all end up here, Megham? Shouldn't you go with His Majesty the Sultan to Konstantinyer?"

As soon as this question was asked, and with the embarrassed appearance of these soldiers, the defending officers suddenly had a guess in their hearts, and the officers below showed sadness and said: "We are defeated, the army has been defeated by the combined forces of the Chinese and Russians, we are separated from His Majesty the Sultan, quickly open the city gate and let us in, they may pursue at any time."

"What?!"

The officers of the garrison, and the other soldiers on the city walls, were also in great shock, and they thought of the great army that had been in full swing a few hours ago, and now someone had fled back to tell them that the army had been defeated, and if it were not for the fact that the other party was indeed someone he knew, then he would surely suspect that it was a conspiracy of the enemy.

The defeated soldiers below were still urging them to open the city gate, as if the endless darkness behind them might rush out of the man-eating monster at any time, under their urging, the defender soldiers finally opened the city gate, and the defending officer stood behind the city gate, and hurriedly greeted the city gate after it was opened, wanting to ask for more details.

However, he was greeted not by the answers of the routs, but by a blade that shone in the darkness!

The officer, named Megham, as he approached the other man, suddenly pulled out a short knife from his bosom and stabbed it into the abdomen of the defending officer, the sharp pain made his eyes widen, and he was about to scream subconsciously, but his preparation was immediately covered by someone, and he could only let out a faint whine.

Looking at the other guards at the gate, they were all killed by the sudden rout, and these guards did not figure out why their robes would do it to themselves until they died.

After stabbing him in the body several more times, Megam set his limp body aside, took the torch and shook it a few times, and then, a few minutes later, the dying officer of the garrison saw a group of heavily armed alien soldiers appear outside the city gates, and they poured into the city with neat steps, towards the main facilities of the city.

Seeing this scene, the defending officer immediately understood everything, and he opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but all that came to his mouth was the continuous foam of blood and the stabbing of the stab

Pieces of offal.

"Quick! Take action! Take Edirne before the defenders notice!"

On the streets, the officers of the Xia Army greeted their subordinates, and groups of soldiers passed past them, heading towards the main facilities of the city, and several other city gates, barracks, governor's palaces, armories, etc., the footsteps of soldiers running echoed throughout the street.

The movement in the street was particularly harsh in the silence of the night, and soon woke up the civilians living in the houses on both sides of the street, who got up from their beds dissatisfied, cursed and walked to the window, peeking out through the cracks in the window, and after seeing the heavily armed soldiers, their sleepiness was instantly dispelled, and a cold sweat broke out on their backs, and they hurriedly ran back to the bed and did not dare to say anything.

The Turkish soldiers who patrolled the streets at night were the first to spot the enemy, and they were walking through the dark streets with torches to prevent the small ones from infiltrating the city, when they suddenly heard a jumble of footsteps from the street corner ahead.

These patrol soldiers subconsciously drew their sabers and looked vigilantly at the street corner in front of them, and after a few seconds, they saw a large number of alien soldiers rushing towards them, these clever patrol soldiers reacted instantly, they had no idea of resisting, they threw their torches on the ground without hesitation, turned and fled.

With so many enemies appearing in the city, I'm afraid that Edirne will soon fall into the hands of the enemy, not to mention that the Sultan didn't lead his army to fight for a long time, and the meaning behind the enemy army mixing in so quickly......

Plagued by various problems, the soldiers decisively decided not to participate in the war, and they dodged into the complicated alleys, took off their uniforms and ran back to their respective homes.

On the other side, the barracks near the city walls were also attacked by the Xia army, and the Turkish troops in the barracks did not seem to think that they would be attacked from within the city, so their vigilance was very low, and they were quickly caught off guard when the Xia army launched an attack.

The heavily armed Xia army dealt with these unsuspecting soldiers who were still asleep was completely one-sided slaughter, in the burst of gunfire, those who were awakened by the movement of the battle, the soldiers who ran out of their respective barracks were quickly shot by the oncoming projectiles, the Xia soldiers did not even bother to reload after hitting the projectiles, and directly raised their bayonets and rushed into the barracks to fight the enemy hand-to-hand.

Only a few soldiers who reacted very quickly were able to take their weapons and resist with the help of the terrain in the camp, but they were few in number and were quickly suppressed.

The battle in the barracks lasted less than half an hour, and when the last Turkish soldier chose to surrender on his knees, the entire camp was almost covered with corpses and blood, and the Turkish soldiers who were slaughtered by the one-sided slaughter could be seen everywhere from the barracks to the school grounds, and very few of them were able to get their hands on weapons, most of them were killed directly in their sleep.

In the early morning of the 16th, when the first rays of the sun of the day shone on Edirne, the red star and moon banner that had been hanging high on the city wall had been replaced by the majestic Celestial Dragon Banner.

The assault lasted only a few hours, from four a.m. to the end of the morning, and the city's 2,500 garrisons put up only a small resistance, most of whom were either taken prisoner or killed in the attack.

The news of the fall of Edirne spread quickly, and also reached the ears of the unfortunate Sultan, who was being pursued by the Russian cavalry for almost a night, and finally settled in a Greek farmstead, and sent someone to check on Edirne's condition and think of withdrawing to the city.

Unexpectedly, the people he sent out brought him such bad news.

After hearing the news of the fall of Edirne, *** IV fainted on the spot, and the surrounding sultan's soldiers and nobles panicked, and quickly helped him to bed, and then these people began to gather together to discuss how to deal with the next situation.

They were defeated in the battle, and the original orderly retreat turned directly into a great rout, and now the army around the Sultan is only a team of less than five hundred people, and they have no place to stay, even Edirne has fallen, where else can they go?

Now the territory of the Ottoman Empire in the European part, they are the only ones

The only safe place to go is Macedonia, and if they can find an opportunity from Macedonia to reach Anatolia by boat through the naval blockade of the Holy Alliance, then they will be completely safe.

It's just that I'm afraid that the road won't be so smooth, and the Russian cavalry won't let them leave safely.