The direction of Bucharest was in a fierce siege. The Ottoman artillery kept bombarding the city walls seemed to collapse and collapse at any time. The Bucharests organized. At this time, the boundary between civilians and nobles, especially the small nobles at the bottom, had become blurred. Perhaps an officer who was commanding the transportation of guarding the city supplies was just a friend from a grocery store on the street before, while a soldier who was quickly shattered was a nobleman who had just come out of the city council.

The great nobles still tried to use reserve to ensure that their noble identities would not be ignored, but when Sophia rode on the horse and ran over the street with a blue angel guard flag, even the most prominent nobles had to put down their figure and follow behind, because the Greek princess had proved with her actions that she would live and die with the city.

At this time, no one proposed peace with the Ottomans, at least they did not dare to say it publicly, otherwise they would be beaten to death by the angry Bucharests in the street.

The Ottomans clearly felt that Bucharest's defense suddenly strengthened, or that the enemies seemed to have increased. In addition to ordinary soldiers, they also saw civilians on the city wall. What the Ottomans did not expect was that Bucharest launched a mobilization order to the whole city at the beginning of the siege.

This was somewhat beyond the expectations of Bayesette II. When he thought that when he came to Bucharest, he would have to be besieged for a period of time and was about to run out of ammunition and food, he would have to send ordinary people to the city walls. But now it seems that the people of this city have been determined to fight to the death from the beginning. After all, everyone knows that any city with civilians participating in the defense will often face the consequences of a massacre once it falls. This is not just how cruel and ruthless the attacker is, but after suffering huge losses, the winner will retaliate against the people of the entire city in the form of massacre.

Bayesette II actually held the hope that Bucharest could surrender. His goal was very big, or in the long run he would have a better vision than his father Mohammed II. So for him, although Bucharest was important, if he could conquer the city without much casualties, it would undoubtedly be very beneficial to his future plans.

But now it seems that his ideas are too optimistic.

A blue-bottomed angel protection flag appeared at the top of the city, and the scout immediately reported the discovery to the Sultan. Bayeset realized that something might have changed in the city. He knew that the flag was the holy flag of Bucharest. The images of the two angels foreshadowed the protection of the Saint Cyril brothers for the city. However, the Sultan knew more that the flag would not appear easily, because those who were qualified to use it would not exceed 4 people in Bucharest.

These four people are the nominal rulers of Bucharest, the actual rulers, the parish pastor and a girl with special identities.

The nominal ruler is Cepes. His whereabouts are unknown now, and the actual ruler is Ladislas II. However, the Sultan does not think that the kings of Bohemia and Hungary would recklessly give up their last chances easily. After all, Hungary is now facing the crisis of being invaded.

Similarly, the Sultan did not think that the parish pastor would easily walk up the walls, because that meant that Bucharest had reached a real life and death.

So who could it be?

The Sultan couldn't help but feel curious. He brought the guards to the direction of the flags very close to the front line. This made many Ottoman generals worried. After all, the thrilling danger of Mohammed II almost losing his life was still vivid in his mind. They didn't want Sultan Bayeset to follow in his father's footsteps.

The Bucharests were obviously worried that the appearance of the flag might attract the bombardment of Ottoman artillery, so apart from an angel protection flag, there were not many people gathering under the flag, but this was enough, because the Sultan was surprised to find that there was a striking double eagle shield pattern flag next to the Bucharest holy flag!

The Sultan's eyes were immediately attracted by the flag. He looked quietly for a long time and finally said to the generals around him: "We have found her, have we not?"

Double eagle shield pattern, clan flag of the Valleoluo Dynasty, and the last symbol of the Eastern Roman Empire.

"Great Sultan, no enemy can escape from your wise eyes." A general who was very close to said respectfully, "But allow me to congratulate you, the great prophet blesses you and will get what you wish."

Bayesette II chuckled softly, as if he had a complimentary answer to the general. His eyes were fixed on the flag and said slowly: "I hope this is the last time, the ghost of the Greek princess will be destroyed with this city."

Suddenly, a burst of cheers came from the city wall in the distance. Although the distance was very far, the shocking cheers that kept coming out clearly reached the Ottoman positions.

"What are they shouting?" an Ottoman officer asked the person next to him.

"They are shouting..." The man argued and his eyes showed an excited look "Long live the princess!"

"Is that woman?"

"Yes, that woman!"

Listening to the lowly discussions of the generals around him, Bayesette II took a deep breath. He knew why the generals were so excited. They had been looking for this woman for a long time, and everyone even knew that even if there was such a person, they might have died of old age. After all, the legend about Greek princess has been circulating for nearly 50 years.

However, the legend of the last blood descendants of the Roman Empire has never stopped. Even though the Ottomans have captured countless heirs of this blood descendants over the years, the name of "Greek Princess" has always been circulated in the Balkan land for a long time.

"Everything will be completely solved this time." Bayesette II smiled at the people around him. "No matter whether it is true or false, there will be no legend of Greek princesses from now on."

"My Sultan, please forgive my presumption. If we can capture that princess alive, I mean, no matter who she is, we just need to catch her and then make her your wife. Isn't this a better way?" A general suddenly spoke and suggested, "We can ignore whether she is a real princess, but letting her become your harem may be more useful than killing her."

Bayesette II looked back with a little surprise. He understood the general's meaning, but after some weighing the pros and cons, the Sultan shook his head: "No, sometimes the easiest way is the best. I want everyone on this land to know what the consequences of resistance will be. Then the death of the Greek princess is the best proof."

"Affect your will, Sultan." The general did not look depressed because the proposal was not adopted. He stroked his breastplate with respect and bowed slightly. "Then please allow my troops to launch an attack, and I promise you that you will bring the woman's head to you."

"Don't worry, my general," Sudan looked at the city wall in the distance. "The morale of Bucharest is very high now, but this will not last long. Perhaps soon they will find that they are facing a dilemma, ordering a constant attack on Dembvica, and then it depends on their own choices."

Bucharest was fighting, Dembvica was fighting, and the Ottoman right wing troops crossed the lower reaches of the Dembvica River and went deeper into the eastern part of the Bucharest Plain.

For a moment, war spread across the land, and everyone was involved in this cruel encirclement.

But there are some exceptions.

Just as the city of Bucharest was in full swing, Erup was spending his leisure time in Zagreb.

Royes' preparation for the Hungarian invasion became much more difficult because the supply line was disturbed by the resistance forces headed by Herva, and Erup also suffered from the harassment of Herva.

The supply supply was often harassed by Herva. Although heavy troops were sent to protect him later, the frequently damaged traffic routes made transportation extremely difficult.

The cannons transported from Belgrade were delayed due to frequent attacks on the road, causing Elupp, who was scolded by the Sultan, felt that his life was really painful. Although he had tried his best, and even two pursuits forced Herva to fight fiercely with him head-on to break through, but as long as the hateful "Darius" was not completely eliminated, the rear of the Ottoman army would be in peace for a day.

Erup sometimes even thought that if this continued, perhaps even if Bucharest was conquered, as long as Herva himself was not completely destroyed, the Balkans would not be truly conquered, because he had discovered that over time, more and more locals seemed to see hope in Herva's resistance.

At least according to reports from his subordinates, attacks on the Ottomans are becoming more and more frequent, and many of them were not actually done by the Hervas people.

Herva, Duke of Zagreb, has become a hero and spiritual leader of the rebels in the minds of the occupied Balkans, which made Erup even stronger believe that unless Helva is completely eliminated, he will not be able to completely conquer the people on this land even if he captures Bucharest.

This idea made Erupp very helpless, and he was also worried about Roe's actions.

Since he received the order to invade Hungary, the Bosnian king Roe has been delaying and ruling with various excuses.

He didn't want to anger Hungary's Royes? After being stumbled by Herva, he had even more reasons. He came up with many excuses to delay the march to Hungary, and at the same time he paid close attention to the war in Bucharest.

Roe? didn't want to bet all the chips on the Ottomans.

Roe? Helva will not forget that as the king of Bosnia, he would not want the Ottomans to win so smoothly.

The best result in his mind is that both sides of the war will suffer losses, which is the best way to stabilize his status.

Herva's harassment of the rear made Roe? He found a good excuse. He tried to delay the time of march to Hungary by the reason why the supply line was damaged and the invasion had to be postponed. At the same time, he frequently secretly conveyed some kind of "good intention" to Hungary through Grand Duke Carl of Kaniola.

Roe? He didn't want to offend Ladislas II completely. But when the news of Bucharest being surrounded came, the Sultan's stern wording secret letter was placed on the table in front of him.

"I doubt the friendship and loyalty you have shown to me, especially when I hear that you have repeatedly refused to fulfill your obligations as an ally, I have reason to doubt whether you are trustworthy. Please do not forget the promises of being a king, or that a new king in Bosnia can continue to fulfill those promises that were before."

Looking at this almost unabashed threat, Roe? Knows that he really angered the Sultan, and in this case, Roe? has to issue an order to march towards Hungary.

On April 25, 1499, the day when the Ottoman army began to attack Bucharest, the Bosnian army also began to cross the border between Croatia and Hungary.

Roye? is actually a little worried. Although he exaggerated the harassment of Herva, the Duke of Zagreb's army did pose a significant threat to his rear. Now that he is marching towards Hungary, Roye? has to worry about the various pressures that his rear may face.

But this is undoubtedly a good thing for Elupp.

Hungary was already unable to take care of itself because it was facing a large army invasion, so their support for Herva was naturally greatly reduced, which made Erupp seem to see a glimmer of hope to completely clear the rear.

But at this moment, a businessman he had been waiting for for a long time suddenly appeared in Zagreb.

Prato felt that it was a very stupid move to promise to deliver a letter because his head was hot, and he might have to bargained again.

But after seeing the content of the letter, Elupp was silent.

In the letter, Alexander mentioned the plantation in Crete in a vague way. After saying that he could consider giving Elup a share of the output of the plantation that was enough to make him moved, the following content in the letter made Elup feel worried.

"As you guessed, I have a strong interest in obtaining the right to mine a certain mineral. Dear friend, if you can help me get a landlord around me to agree to mine on his land, I will give you enough rewards for this, including the sharing of crops on an island and the huge profits after obtaining the right to mine, and all you need to do is allow another friend in Croatia to play his role more freely."

Minerals, landlords, mining rights and another friend.

Looking at these letters that would not see any clues even if they fell into the hands of others, layers of sweat were overflowing on Elupp's forehead.

Because he knew very well what Alexander was saying, Erupp knew what kind of difficult choice he was facing.

The minerals are naturally Hungary's copper mines, and the landlord is undoubtedly Ladislas II. As for another friend...

Elupp no ​​longer dared to continue thinking about it.

Thinking of the benefits and even before making a decision, Erup wrote a long letter to his brother Ashulk.

In the letter, Ailup kept complaining about Ashulk's madness and boldness that he almost lost his mind. At the end, he wrote with grief: "I have no choice. When I found myself on a big ship that could sink at any time, I could no longer see the shadow of the land. So now I can only do one thing, that is, to avoid burying the seabed, and try to make this unlucky ship that could hit the reef at any time reach its destination as soon as possible. So my respected brother, the family will be in full swing."

Then Elupp sent someone to call Prato to him. After thinking for a while, he said carefully: "There is a letter, but it was requested by your count, so although this is somewhat risky, I am willing to provide you with enough convenience for friendship, but you must ensure that the news is delivered to that person."

"I know, this must be a very important letter," Prato nodded immediately. This time he was very aware of his lack of bargaining with the Ottoman, because as long as he thinks about the prisoners executed by this seemingly smiling Ottoman Governor, Prato feels that helping others is not a bad thing.

"You may not see him soon," Elyup described it. "But you can hear the legend about him as long as you inquire more, so go find him. Believe me, as long as you tell others that you are a friend of Count Montina, he will definitely come to you."

Following Elupp's plausible suggestion, Prato had to embark on a slow journey as a messenger again.
Chapter completed!