Invincible urban management

Chapter 299: Carnival of Mercenaries

"...On the same day we arrived at the outskirts of Adrianople, Admiral Treveson, who led the fleet sailing along the coast of Serez, also sent a paddle boat up the Maritza River. , came to the Adrianople battlefield to inquire about news, and happened to meet my subordinates. While reading the novel, I will try my best to provide them with convenience, and at the same time ask them to hand over this report to Admiral Trevison , and then brought back to the home country.

If there are no accidents, I will issue a second report to the country after this war is basically over.

Your most humble servant, Girolamo Minotto

March 1453, 3, on the outskirts of Adrianople" This book was published

After putting down the quill, Ambassador Girolamo Minotto spread out the letter paper, grabbed a handful of dry fine sand from the sand jar next to the desk, and carefully sprinkled a layer on the paper to make it Blot the ink off the paper.Then he opened his mouth to blow off the fine sand, and rolled up the letter paper.

After the report was sent away by the courier, Ambassador Minotto also stood up, stretched himself, got up and walked to the small balcony on the second floor, overlooking the majestic fortress city at the end of the horizon— — Adrianople.

This is an ancient city, and it is also a fortified city that has been designed according to the standards of military fortresses since its establishment.As early as in the distant era before the Roman Empire was split into two parts, Adrianople was already a well-known military center, and countless tragic battles broke out with mountains of corpses and seas of blood.And every time the Eastern Roman emperors of the following dynasties used troops on the European battlefield, they also assembled a large army in Adrianople, and used this as a base to advance to Bulgaria or Serbia.Correspondingly, any army that attacks Constantinople from the west must also pull out Adrianople.

Under the test of the long war, the city was built high and solid, and it was extremely strong.When Adrianople fell into the hands of the Ottoman Turks, the Ottoman Turks spared no effort to build it as a capital, and the city defense facilities were the top priority.

Therefore, although Adrianople has a population of only about 5 to [-] today.The area is far less than that of Constantinople, but due to the compact layout, in terms of the strength of the defense, I am afraid it is still behind Constantinople-there are wide ditches and inclined embankments around the city, and the city wall is composed of Made of boulders.The water gate to the Maritza River was also heavily guarded by a battery.And blocked the waterway with heavy metal chains.

Although it had just experienced a bloody internal strife among the Turkish royal family, the defense facilities of Adrianople were destroyed in many places, and the artillery on the city wall was dismantled and transported to the front line of Constantinople.Thus greatly weakening the city defense force.However, before the Eastern Roman Empire troops arrived, the defenders in the city seized the time to complete the defensive deployment, and collected a large amount of bricks, stones, rubble, and wooden fence blankets, blocking the blasted gaps in the city wall.So that the Christians who want to pick up cheap.I had to look at the majestic city walls of Adrianople from a distance, and sighed repeatedly.

Given that Adrianople was already heavily guarded at this time, and there were many swords and guns on the walls, Constantine XI knew that the rebellion should have been quelled in the city, so he was ready to face the battle, and he no longer had to touch the troubled waters.』 He had no choice but to order the entire army to temporarily camp in the suburbs to rest—this was not because he was sympathetic to the soldiers, and he didn't know the truth about the importance of speed and striking while the iron was hot, but because the emperor had a bunch of unorganized and undisciplined mobs under his command.The whole team stretched loosely for dozens of kilometers on the Seres Plain, and most of them were still far behind.

In order to wait for the large troops behind to catch up, the emperor could only let the mercenaries who followed him rest on the spot, and wait until everyone arrived.

However, this does not mean that these years of veteran ruffians.They would stay outside the city like a baby with nothing to do—after receiving the order from the emperor to rest, they would skillfully start their own actions, separately looting the Turk manors and villas scattered outside the city, and then inside Make your home your home - it's better to live in a house than to sleep in a tent - and the Venetian ambassador and his squad of mercenaries are no exception.

at present.Ambassador Girolamo Minotto is stationed in a small manor on the outskirts of Adrianople.The original owner had already abandoned the house to escape the war, and Minotto unceremoniously brought people in.By the way, all the belongings that had not been moved were searched.

At this time, looking out from the balcony of the manor, Ambassador Girolamo Minotto could see the rippling waters of the Maritsa River and the hedges made up of seasonally blooming wildflowers and shrubs.

——Since the time of ancient Greece, the plain of Seres, which has been shrouded in the light of civilization, has been developed quite well. Every inch of land has been carefully taken care of, reclaimed and planted with crops.And perfect canals, dams, and waterwheels were built to adequately irrigate the soil.

However, this pastoral scenery, which should have been as beautiful as a picture scroll, is now polluted by clouds of black smoke and bright red flames.

——Groups of soldiers, under the banner of "Jihad" cross, are running amok, burning, killing and looting in this fertile wilderness, robbing cattle and sheep, grain, fruit, cloth, gold and silver, and everything that can be seen The spoils they received... and the Turks who had just lost their most elite armed forces on the outskirts of Constantinople, and then lost their blood in the cannibalism, failed to make any effective resistance at all.

——On this day last month, the Turks holding the Crescent Banner were still wantonly burning and killing in the outskirts of Constantinople; but just twenty days later, it was the turn of the Eastern Roman Empire The double-headed eagle is showing off on the outskirts of Adrianople...

Just as he was lamenting the impermanence of fate, there was a commotion from the gate of the manor not far away.Ambassador Minotto looked down with some displeasure, but saw a small group of mercenaries carrying the golden lion flag of the Republic of Venice, one by one carrying wine barrels, driving cattle and sheep, carrying chickens and ducks, and carrying large bags Xiao Bao even pushed a few crying pagan women, talking and laughing towards this temporary campsite and returned with a full load.

Faced with this scene, the Venetian diplomat couldn't help showing a knowing smile—after eating hard bread and corned beef for a whole week, he was finally able to drink and feast to his heart's content this night, with his arms around him. Turkish women have fun for the last time...