December.

It seems that the ubiquitous guards of the prince of Wu are still active in the area north of Bulgaria, and from time to time a city will be captured by them.

At this point, neither the Holy See nor the Kingdom of Hungary had any solution.

Is it the incompetence of the Holy See? Or is the Kingdom of Hungary a strong foreign officer?

No, all of this is not caused by subjective factors, there are many objective factors.

In order to take back the Holy City, the Crusades fought those nomads and couldn't do it, all because of the difference between their attack and defense.

If you look at it another way, the nomads at that time had already taken Constantinople and occupied the southern part of the Balkan Mountains as a foothold.

The mobility and interspersing ability of the cavalry could exhaust the crusaders with guerrilla tactics alone.

Unfortunately, Zhu Zhanqi has already taken Constantinople, and not only the Balkan Mountains, he is already approaching the lower Danube plain.

Under the terrifying power of the white phosphor, the defenders at the head of the city were like a fictitious, and they almost opened the city gate directly to welcome the prince's guards into the city to burn, kill and loot.

Neither the Holy See, nor the Kingdom of Hungary, nor the Holy Roman Empire could stand idly by, and if they did not do so, their prestige would plummet, and no one would ever again be convinced of their rule.

However, for the white pigs in Europe, the blackness of November does not fade with the arrival of December, but becomes darker with the cold winter.

However, they may find this, but they will never realize that this darkening darkness is actually the result of their victory.

Adrianople.

Zhu Zhanyan looked at Xing Kun in front of him, his face gloomy.

As the saying goes, often walking by the river, how can there be no shoes that don't get wet.

Xing Kun and Liu Qingwen, a group of nearly 50,000 people, all broke their halberds, and less than 3,000 escaped back.

Among them, Liu Qingwen, a thousand households, died in battle after sacrificing his life.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhu Zhanyan did not get angry directly, after all, the prince's guards have done what they should have done in terms of combat performance and bravery, but they lacked thoroughness.

"Sanfeng, pass the order, let all the prince's guards shrink, within half a month I want to see all the replies from the prince's guards outside, and within a month, I want to see all the prince's guards outside return to Adrianople!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Sanfeng knew that Zhu Zhanyan at this time was unquestionable, so he immediately bowed down to receive the order, and retreated without daring to raise his head.

"You can go down too......" Zhu Zhanyan rubbed his temples and felt a little headache.

"Consciously go and get fifty military sticks yourself!"

"Yes!" Xing Kun lowered his head and limped away.

Yes, Xing Kun was also injured, and it was not light, there were two deep wounds on his right leg, and it was conceivable that he would definitely be disabled in the future.

But compared to their arrogance, Zhu Zhanyan felt that they all deserved it.

At the beginning, when he made up his mind to carry out this guerrilla tactic of breaking up the whole into pieces and constantly harassing them, Zhu Zhan Yan once told these people that they must be active in the vicinity of the Kingdom of Hungary.

It is possible to enter the Kingdom of Hungary, but remember not to go deeper.

But what about Xing Kun and Liu Qingwen? They went to Mohachi!

What is Mohachi? Along the tributaries of the Danube River to the north is Budapest, the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary!

A scattered team of more than 50,000 people, without stable logistical supplies, no stable intelligence sources, and even without specific planning, they dare to go deep into the capital of a country? And the king of this country is also the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire!

To Zhu Zhanyan, he didn't dare to do this!

But! Xing Kun and Liu Qingwen just did it!

Zhu Zhanyan took a deep breath and tried his best to get these messy thoughts out of his mind, because it didn't make much sense to think about these now, what mattered was how to get them back.

With a loss of nearly 50,000 people, Zhu Zhan's western expedition has been a scoundrel with white phosphorus eggs, and the loss is only more than 20,000 people, of which they are basically Ah San.

But this time, 50,000 people, a full 50,000 people, more than 30,000 Ah San, more than 10,000 Usi Zangdu Division soldiers, and more than 1,000 Shizi guards.

This made him very heartbroken, and at the same time felt very troubled.

"Someone."

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanyan sighed and put down his hands on his temples.

"His Royal Highness." Zhu Ling, who was standing at the door, heard the sound and walked in.

"Inform the Mu family, let them inform Zhan Qi when the next supply is available, and ask him to contact the Uszangdu Division and send some soldiers over."

"In two months, I want to see 100,000 soldiers come here!"

"If there is not enough for the Uszangdu Division, it will be transferred from the Xiangzhou Mansion! If the Xiangzhou Mansion is not enough, go to the Nanzhou Mansion to transfer! ”

"Yes!" Zhu Ling bowed and retreated.

"Zhu Ping."

"His Royal Highness." Zhu Ping originally wanted to retreat, but stopped after hearing Zhu Zhan's voice.

"Inform Jian Xiao and let him take 40,000 people to stay in Junbao, and all the others will be transferred to Adrianople!"

"Is this ......" Zhu Ping rarely did not receive the order directly, but asked hesitantly.

"His Royal Highness, do you want to be transferred?"

In fact, it was not that Zhu Ping did not obey Zhu Zhan's orders, but because Zhu Zhan's approach was a little impulsive.

Previously, Zhu Zhan Zhan spent a lot of manpower and material resources to deploy defenses in the Bosphorus Strait and the Dardanelles Strait, in order to jam this pass, but now, ......

The command conflicted.

"All transferred!" Zhu Zhanyan knew what Zhu Ping was suspicious of, so although his tone was a little heavy, he was not angry.

"Yes!"

……

Just when the Ming army of the western expedition suffered such great losses for the first time, the European white pig as the enemy was celebrating.

Rome.

That's right, it's Rome, it's the Rome where all roads lead to Rome.

As the seat of the Holy See and the capital of the Papal States, it is undoubtedly the most prosperous city in all of Europe...... One.

At this moment, the news of the Crusader's defeat of the Ming army had already been announced by the Holy See and the various forces of the Holy Roman Empire, and everyone was immersed in celebration, which meant that the whole world was celebrating.

However, the churches of Rome at this time were gloomy.

This place, which used to be used for secret room meetings, is now a meeting place for all the bigwigs, and this time Pope Martin V, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, Queen Jeanne II of the Kingdom of Naples, and King Frederick III of the Kingdom of Sicily appeared here.

In addition to these people, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Wallachia and the Duchy of Venice have also sent people.

However, the kings of these countries were not Sigismund, and they were also emperors of the Holy Roman Empire as kings of Hungary, nor were they as close as Pope Martin V, Jeanne II, and Frederick III.

So, they had to send a representative.

"Think about it carefully, today's victory is only temporary, it is used to deceive those civilians, in fact, we all know that there are as many as sixteen cities that have been attacked by the Ming army, and there are more than seven Ming troops that we know alone!"

Sigismund looked at the people present, his face gloomy.

"Although we have captured one of them, we all know that there are still six teams that have escaped and are heading towards Adrianople."

"And! And most importantly! That fleet ......"

As Sigismund said the word fleet, everyone's brows furrowed, and the atmosphere in the chamber dropped almost instantly.

The treasure ship was the largest ship in the world, and even the ships of later generations had the confidence to compare, and at this time in Europe, in terms of shipbuilding capacity, they were far inferior to the Central Plains.

Let's put it this way, although the treasure ships were made of wood, they had a displacement of more than 1,000 tons, while the Columbus fleet that discovered the New World had a maximum displacement of only 100 tons, and Magellan, who was known for his circumnavigation of the world, had a displacement of only 110 tons. (Note 1)

The tenfold gap was a haze that hung over the heads of Sigismund and other European rulers.

"Or ......" Pope Martin V looked at the gloomy faces of the crowd and spoke slowly.

"Troops, ......"

"Fort Nicoo is an important place, we don't have to worry about the north, after all, that side is our place, but Fort Nicoo can't."

"Surrounded by the Alps, the Dinara Mountains and the Eastern, Western and Southern Carpathians, the middle reaches of the Danube are a huge basin that can be stopped with minimal effort by holding Fort Niko, which is located at the outlet of the Danube."

Sigismund's eyelids drooped when he heard this, and his right hand unconsciously tapped on the table, as if considering the feasibility of Martin V's proposal.

Jeanne II and Frederick III and others looked at Martin V and then at Sigismund, but in the end neither spoke.

Actually, Martin V said this very technically.

The Danube is known as the cradle of European civilization, and the middle reaches of the river are indeed surrounded by mountains to form a huge basin plain, as Martin V said.

But!

He only spoke of the midstream plains.

The lower Danube plain was no worse than the middle plain, but because it was not separated by many mountains like the middle plain, and the Adrianople, Burgas and Varna were all under the control of the Ming army, they were ......

In fact, the situation is not very good.

Martin V seemed to have given a good solution, using the unique topography of the middle Danube plain to block the advance of the Ming army, but in fact he did lose ......

Well...... I saved one watermelon, but I lost another.

But......

There is still a variable in the approach proposed by Martin V, and that is whether they can hold the pass of Fort Nico.

If they hold it, then they can still keep one of the watermelons, if they can't......

In the end, if you hold on, you don't necessarily have peace of mind, because this is not a turn-based game where you go back and forth, and if you don't succeed once, won't people do it again?

Moreover, everything in this world has a priority.

Adrianople back, Plovdiv.

Looking at the Jingguan in front of him, Zhu Zhanyan suddenly had a sense of comfort.

How so? There are all kinds of crafts in this world, all kinds of ways out, but any kind of craft, whether you are familiar with it or not, is definitely not as easy as your old profession.

Note 1: Regarding the data of the treasure ship, everyone also knows that there is controversy, I briefly checked, some say 1,500 tons, 2,500 tons, exaggerated some say 10,000 tons, let's take 1,500 tons.

Of course, this is just what I found, and if you have relevant information, you are welcome to slap me in the face, I like this kind of slap in the face.

(End of chapter)