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Dear Governor: After the Almighty God sent an incredible miracle and harvested the lives of 14 Turks on the outskirts of Constantinople overnight, Emperor Constantine, who ruled the city, was obviously a little over-excited up.Perhaps the emperor, thinking that he was sure of God's protection and eternal victory, even in spite of the weakness of his country, launched an expedition against Adrianople, the capital of Turkey, in spite of everything.Gregory, Patriarch of Constantinople, also bestowed the cross flag of "jihad" on this military adventure.

Although I can understand the emperor's desire to eliminate his long-standing enemy, no matter from which point of view, this combat decision seems too hasty.You know, the Eastern Roman Empire army in Constantinople has not stepped out of the city wall for almost half a century.

Moreover, the quality of the army that the emperor can currently raise is really bad, and the number is too small-although the emperor has already pulled every servant and servant in the palace to the battlefield, so that there is no one in the palace after the expedition. There were guards, so they had to nail up the doors and windows of the palace with wooden strips before leaving. The government officials and priests also tried their best for the conscription work, but they still only managed to get less than 1 people.

Due to the lack of troops, Emperor Constantine once put his mind on the Republic's reinforcement fleet brought by Admiral Trevison, but the prudent Admiral refused to let his sailors leave the battleship, let alone let them go deep into the battleship. Venture inland away from the coast.

On February 1453, 2, after the emperor held an expedition ceremony at the Arena Gate, he took the mob out of the city to the west, including farmers, carpenters, blacksmiths, porters, bakers, servants, and even many chickens. female!It looks more like a military merchant group than an army capable of fighting.May God bless them to live to see the walls of Constantinople again instead of being sold into slave markets!

In the entire army, only the mercenaries directly under the emperor, as well as volunteers from Italy, France, and Spain, were more or less military.

However, although the quality of this army is not good, the equipment is very good, and it looks somewhat mighty at first glance-because the 14 Turkish army left too many ordnance outside the city, everyone can choose their own army at will. The weapons he likes are even the first-class scimitar and chain armor, which are worth several years' salary of ordinary people.Many foreign sailors joined this messy team just to mix up their outfits.

In order to observe the process and outcome of this expedition with my own eyes, so as to provide evidence for future decisions, I am saying goodbye to Admiral Trevison-he is about to lead the fleet to leave Constantinople, return to the Mediterranean, and go to Greece to execute The next mission——and after arranging the remaining personnel in the concession, he took a small team of about 50 people and joined Emperor Constantine's expedition as a volunteer.

However, after leaving the city, the situation was slightly different from what I had expected. Emperor Constantine's rash march turned out to be quite smooth. Along the way, Greeks kept defecting, causing his team to rapidly expand to more than [-].However, the Turks scattered on the Seres Plain almost failed to organize effective resistance along the way.And the emperor had no intention of entangled with them, but kept urging the army to advance to Adrianople at full speed.

The reason for this is, in my opinion, first of all, that these pagans were awed by the terrible miracles performed by God on the outskirts of Constantinople.More importantly, the battle for the succession of the Ottoman royal family that broke out in Adrianople in the past few days has plunged the entire Turkish Empire into extreme chaos, and no one cared to stop this motley army of Emperor Constantine .

——Two years ago, when Sultan Muhammad II ascended the throne, there was an extremely bloody scene.His father, Sultan Murad II, had just passed away, and he drove from Bursa City to Adrianople, the capital of the empire, with his long-trained provincial private soldiers.The bloodthirsty young man first announced a double salary increase, bribed the new army guarding the palace (Jenicherry), slaughtered all the princes and princes who were ahead of him, and then set a trap in the capital , All the relatives who came to the funeral of Sultan Murad II were wiped out and executed.

Now, after the sudden death of the cruel sultan, his wives and sons, in the same old fashion, began a cruel fight in which there could only be one victor—according to what we have heard , the Turks not only killed the capital to the point of blood, but also burned and blew up the Sultan's palace, and even the city gates were destroyed... Maybe we can really win another miraculous victory?

It is a pity that although we have tried our best to speed up, when we arrived near Adrianople, the civil strife among the Turks had basically ended. The losers were either killed or fled, while the victors withdrew their troops and stuck to the city , and repaired the damaged city walls, gates and towers at an astonishing speed, and made preparations for defensive warfare, so that we no longer had the opportunity to enter the city while taking advantage of the chaos.

Due to the chaos here, I don't know the details of the Turks' infighting for the time being, but I have sent people to intensify their inquiries.In addition, there is another unexpected harvest-my mercenaries caught a few disgraced Bulgarian craftsmen in a pile of ruins. They claimed to have participated in the casting of the cannon of the Hungarian Urban not long ago. And he has a lot of technical know-how, and he also carries a bunch of drawings with him.I thought that these Bulgarians would be of great use to the armament of the Republic, and I seized them all, to be shipped back to Venice or Crete.

Finally, about the source of the last batch of fine pepper, nutmeg and cloves, that is, the Tatar Crusades who came from Jochi Ulus on the northern shore of the Black Sea (the European name for the Golden Horde at that time) , I have been in touch with them on the way to Adrianople.

It was a small band of mixed Tatars and Rus, only about 20 in all, but I don't know how many they kept in Constantinople.Among the ranks, the Tatars clearly dominated.When I revealed my identity, the attitude of the other party was very friendly, but the communication between us was still very difficult, because none of my subordinates and I could speak the language of the Tatars and Rus, and the other party could neither speak Latin. Can't speak Greek, or even Turkish.In this way, there is no way for us to talk at all except for gestures...

Later, a Tatar tried to talk to me in Arabic, and managed to get on with it.It's a pity that my Arabic is very bad. I can only say hello. Coupled with the cooperation of gestures, I finally let them understand that we are very interested in the spices they brought and want to continue to buy... As for their reply, Unfortunately, I couldn't understand it at all, but from the analysis of the tone, I should be very happy.

It looks like I'll have to find a translator who speaks Tatar, Rus, or Arabic to start any further conversations with them...