Vol 5 Chapter 59: Pre-emptive

A Balkan soldier riding a skinny mountain horse waved his whip, because he kept running, and the horse's mouth spouted a thick breath, so that when the soldier ran to a tent and pulled the reins, his hip mount After making a hiss, he spit out a string of water.
"Let the horse rest well, otherwise it would be useless," a small captain looked at the horse distressedly, but at that time the soldier did not care about it. He hurried into the tent and reported loudly: " Lord, the Ottoman army stopped! "
Alexander was sitting on a stone covered with a piece of sheepskin, looking at the map in front of him with a few people.
As for the accuracy of the map of this era, Alexander did not hold any expectations.
It's just that since Bucharest is not far away, you won't get lost if you look at it.
The soldier who suddenly broke in was the left scout who was behind the line responsible for monitoring the Ottomans. Now when he heard the news he brought back, Alexander only thought a little, and roughly guessed what happened.
"Herva of timidity" finally showed a different kind of positivity and bravery than his nickname. Although he had been instructed what he should do before leaving Zagreb, Alexander was not quite sure.
After all, this person is indeed a timid and forward-looking character in his memory. Even though Alexander ’s appearance prevented him from finally spending his life in idleness as in history, he really wanted to fight him against the Ottomans. Alexander Not too sure.
After all, it is difficult to completely change one's personality through one or two things.
It's just that Helva is clearly more responsible than he thought, or from the moment he became the Duke of Zagreb, he also knew he had no way out.
Alexander is still very optimistic about the guerrilla warfare against the Ottomans led by Helva.
Hrva gave up Zagreb on his own initiative and went into the mountains, but his army was not a group of purely farmers and mountain people.
On the contrary, although the army of Croatian nobles dominated by Zagreb can not be compared with the fierce force like the black army of Bohemia, they still cannot be ignored.
Before that, the Ottomans, who had been accustomed to head-on confrontation, obviously would not have thought that a duke would take his army to fight guerrilla warfare, as long as there was an organized guerrilla suddenly appearing on the conquered land Army, it is not difficult to understand why the Ottomans suddenly stopped when they were about to reach Bucharest.
"Where are the Ottomans now?"
"Here, lord!" The scout searched the map for a long time and finally pointed at a place. "Upper Tatar Jesh, the sultan's battalion was stuck in a village in this place."
"This is only two days away from Bucharest?" Alexander pondered his chin. "But this point will stop from Sudan. It seems that our Duke of Zagreb really found him a lot. trouble."
"Yes, we noticed that the Ottomans' supply in recent days seems to be less intensive than before, and even when they haven't seen anything sent from behind for a whole day."
"That means that their supply line seems to be having some trouble," Gumpati smiled. He took a bite of bitter from the cup in hand and frowned. "This thing is really bad."
"The Ottomans stopped to replenish the truncated supplies, but they can also prepare for the final attack on Bucharest. It is important to know that although Bucharest is not as difficult to break as Constantinople, but if you think about it, even Muhammad II did not If you can conquer this city, you will know how strong it is. "
Alexander was not too optimistic because the Ottomans stopped marching, and looking at the location on the map, he began to figure out what he should do in his heart.
The Ottomans are very close to Bucharest, and his Montina army is not only closer, even his army has actually crossed the city, and now his position is east of Bucharest.
Alexandria did not bring the Montina army into Bucharest, but passed directly by the city and entered the eastern part of the Wallachia Plain.
The reason for this decision was because he suddenly discovered something awful, that is, Bucharest now does not seem to be full of pre-war tension and urgency as he imagined. Instead, the news he heard after entering the Bucharest Plain made him realize It seems that Bohemian King Ladislas II was not so interested in confronting the Ottomans.
This made Alexander temporarily change his mind.
The purpose of his coming from afar was to take Sophia away, and he didn't care what the nobles and Balkans of Eastern Rome would be in the future.
The Ottoman Empire ’s of the Balkans will last for a long time, and now it is only just beginning. Alexander believes that he does not have the ability to stop this from happening.
But now the performance of Ladislas II makes him a bit worried.
If Ladislas II firmly met with the Ottoman soldiers and soldiers, it would be fine, although this may cause him a lot of trouble to take Sophia, but it still does not worry, but if the king wants to fight with Pakistan Yesterday II negotiated peace, so Sophia's situation was very dangerous.
No matter what the real purpose of Bayesett II ’s expedition was, but he went on the name of crusade against the remnants of East Rome, then in order to get the understanding of the Sudan, it seemed to be a reasonable to hand over Sophia explained.
Alexander has heard about the approximate number of troops in Bucharest, less than 40,000. This number is indeed not much compared to the Ottoman army, but if you want to defend a fortress city, it is enough.
Bucharest ’s history is not long. It was only a large fortress 100 years ago, and even unknown here even less than 30 years ago. It was only after Muhammad II retired from the fortress in Bucharest. Great reputation.
This is a typical militarized city. From the beginning, the tall walls and strong fortresses built purely to defend against foreign enemies have turned the city into a hard-to-break copper wall.
So if Ladislas II is really willing to fight against the Ottomans, he may not have the chance to win, but if the king has other ideas, then Bucharest not only cannot protect Sophia ’s castle, but may also become Alexander ’s rescue Sophia's obstacles.
Alexander did not know what choices Ladislas II would make, but he could at least guess that the King of Bohemia was so keen to provoke an incident in the Balkans, but only to contain the Ottomans and thus keep his Hungary only.
Now that he has the opportunity to negotiate conditions with Sudan, Ladislas II may not necessarily betray Sophia in exchange for a promise from the Ottomans.
"It seems that we have to take the initiative to find some trouble," Alexander muttered to himself, aware of the doubtful look from Compometti next to him, and raised his eyebrows. "Tell me Compati, if you fight Ottomans on the plain Are you sure? "
"It's not a good idea," Gumpati shuddered. "Our cannons have been thrown by the Mures River. Besides, even if those cannons are not lost, we have too little troops. If we are with the Ottomans, Battles on the plains will be wiped out completely. "
"It is indeed the case, but what if we can ensure that the Ottomans do not cross the Danube?" Alexander looked at the map.
Bucharest City is located in the middle of the Bucharest Plain. The whole city is divided into two parts by the Danube River flowing through it, and there are several bridges connecting the river.
When Muhammad II was attacking Bucharest, he tried to send an army to enter the city of Bucharest from the upstream, but because of the preparation of the defending army at that time, the Ottoman troops who tried to attack along the river were faced with a head-on attack. Do not retreat uncomfortably.
Because of this, after the Ottomans withdrew their troops, the Bucharest learned their siege experience and purposely built two very strong fortresses along the river not far from the city, and placed a lot of artillery in the fort. The surface of the Danube River was held by powerful artillery fire.
"Do you want to cross the Danube?" Compatti asked strangely. He did not understand why Alexander did not choose to enter the city. He believed that with their previous experience of fighting the Ottomans and their strength, they believed in Bucharest. The nobles will surely welcome them as saviors.
"I mean based on the northern bank of the Danube, and then actively attacked the Ottomans," Alexander slightly stroked the map. "If the Ottomans chase us, then we will retreat to the fortress area in the direction of Bucharest, unless they can occupy it in one fell swoop. Those fortresses along the coast, otherwise we can easily cross the river with the support of the fortress artillery. "
Gompati looked at Alexander with some doubt. He didn't understand why Alexander Ningken ventured out of Bucharest. He also doubted whether the artillery of the riverbanks could really help them stop the possible pursuit.
Alexander noticed Gompati's concerns. Although he couldn't tell Gompati his true thoughts, he decided to reveal more.
"We came for the Hungarian copper mine. Before that we thought that Ladislas II needed help, but now it seems that the Hungarian king is not interested in the full battle with the Ottomans. If this is the case for us Saying that this expedition is a little more than worth the loss, so I feel it is necessary to help him make up his mind. "
"So we are going to take the initiative to attack the Ottomans?" Gompati tightened his lips. He thought he was already a crazy person, but now he thinks he is ordinary.
In order to be able to obtain the copper mine in Hungary, he did not hesitate to provoke a war.
At least Gompati felt it was a little crazy to do so.
Feeling full of worries, Gompati waved his hand.
"Trust me, it ’s totally worth it," although he could n’t say anything about Sophia, Alexander felt there were enough reasons to persuade Gompati to agree to this adventure. "You know that Europe is now crazy about copper prices and trading in Rome Every day the copper price in the institute is constantly being renovated, and Hungary has the largest copper mine, which should mean to us what you mean. "
Gompati nodded silently, even if he didn't quite understand how to make money in the Rome futures exchange, but he at least knew that if he had enough copper, he could make the cannons he always missed.
And to have a strong artillery force, or even to establish an artillery force that is completely independent in the field, this is the dream that Gompati has always dreamed of.
If it was to provoke a war for this, Gompati began to feel that it was not too difficult to accept.
"It's just that if we do this, we must let the Bucharest know of our arrival, otherwise they may not be willing to help us when needed."
"Don't worry about this," Alexander looked at the map and reached for a light poke in the direction of Tatar Jesh. "All we have to do is let the Bucharest people follow our rhythm."
Upper Tatar Jesh is about 2 days away from Bucharest. Even if the army is moving slowly, it can be reached in only three days.
Alexander ’s judgment of Bayesert II was not wrong. Although Helva launched a series of harassment and harassment behind the Ottoman army, the reason why Bayesett II decided to stop the army was not entirely because of the rear. influences.
Compared with his father, Bayesert II felt a little negative. In addition to the battle between Jem and Jim at the beginning of the throne, Bayesert II seemed a little too cautious.
Even if he had decided to go on an expedition, he was still careful in choosing the route to march.
Now his army is approaching Bucharest, and at this time the Sultan decided to calm down his overly excited generals and soldiers.
In the grange that has been laid out like a palace of peers, Sudan looked at the latest information.
"Eryup demanded the right to mobilize the locals at will?" Bayesert II looked at the secret report sent by his petty minister. He knew that if he agreed to this request, he would probably make Lu Wa is not happy, after all, it will touch the power of Roy, but thinking about the trouble caused by the Duke of Zagreb, Bayesert II decided to agree to this request by Eryup.
It was only when he responded to his cronies that the Sultan gave Elup another order.
"If you want to make good use of the local people, you need someone who can be recognized by them, so I decided to let Roy ?? work with you to deal with that Hurva that is going around. Believe him because of his current situation. There must be more hope than you to wipe out the local rebellion as soon as possible. "
Sudan's slow-moving letter ~ EbookFREE.me ~ He has developed the habit of giving some very important commands from an early age, and those clerks are just transcripts for the record.
Sultan was very careful to find the seal bearing the name of Elup from his secret box and pressed it on the edge of the secret letter.
This seal is divided into two halves, and the other half is in the hands of the governor Pasha or the generals sent by him. The pattern of the seal in each general's hand is completely different. Only when the patterns of the two halves are aligned correctly can they be It is determined that these secret orders were issued by Sudan himself.
Bayeset lifted the seal carefully to prevent the ink from staining the mark.
At this moment, he faintly heard the clamor that suddenly sounded.
It didn't take long for a servant to hurry into the room.
The attendant knelt down and reported anxiously: "My master, our camp was attacked."
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