I am the king of the dead

Chapter 523
In Giusti's eyes, Constantine was a very wise, brave, and upright king. Whether it was before his reign, he fought against the Ottoman Kingdom in the Moria region, or after he put on the purple robe, he fought with Tessie. The diplomatic mediation of various countries has brought a glimmer of life to the Eastern Roman Empire.

It's a pity that this chance of life is too slim.

The second ray of life comes from the Ming Dynasty's Expeditionary Army. The mysterious oriental world where the God's Whip appeared, began to move westward again. This time, the westward advance of the Ming Dynasty Expeditionary Army brought a whole year of adjustments to Constantinople. time.

Fatih was going to attack King's Castle last year, but in order to guard against the sneak attack of the Ming Expeditionary Army, new defenses had to be carried out. It was this critical year that Giusti built the entire city wall of Diosedor impregnable.

"Our reinforcements are about to arrive. I have received a letter. Three hundred knights from the Genoa region and their retinues are rushing from Venice to the castle by boat. My lord, we have not been defeated yet."

Giusti said confidently: "They will arrive today, from the rough Sea of ​​Marmara!"

"They are incomparably brave! Faith and honor still guard the great king's castle, my lord!"

To the north of Junbao is the Golden Horn Bay, which is calm and calm, and is a port and wharf.

On the south side of Junbao is the sea of ​​Marmara, which is full of rough seas and howling winds all year round, and is densely covered with reefs. No one can land on the south side.

And all the offensive pressure comes from the west, and the west is the famous city wall of Diosedor.

"When will they arrive?" Constantine frowned and said, "It's not that I don't believe in the knights' creed, but I don't believe that the Venetians will send them here."

Giusti said with a smile, "They'll be there tonight."

"Greedy Venetian merchants who have sold their souls for money."

This is a proverb that is widely spread in Western Europe. In fact, the Venetians here mainly refer to the Jews who have been entrenched in Venice and have been doing business and selling their souls for generations.

When Constantine heard this, he didn't show any anger. He didn't believe that those people would really arrive. He stood up and said, "Then I want to tell you some good news. You follow me."

Constantine said as he walked: "My dear friend, I hope you can keep a secret. This secret determines the safety of the King Castle. I believe in your integrity and trustworthiness, so I took you to see it."

Giusti was a little baffled, at this point, what secrets are there?

Junbao has been taken down once, is there any secret he doesn't know?
He stood still, stroked his sword and said with determination: "I swear by my sword, I will keep this secret!"

"Very good." Constantine took Justi to the majestic Hagia Sophia, walked into a dilapidated storage room, pushed aside the sundries, and opened a secret door.

Through the long and narrow tunnel, Constantine brought Giusti into an underground palace.

Constantine lit the torch and said with a smile: "There are a total of 366 stone pillars here. This is the water palace of Junbao! It was built by my ancestor Constantine the Great, and it is specially responsible for supplying Fort water."

"There are drainage channels here to drain the water to the ground, and all the drinking water for King Castle comes from here."

"No one can poison the King's Castle in the water source, or put the plague and black death dead bodies in the water, putting the entire King's Castle in danger."

A magnificent underground water palace, the dome is supported by Roman columns, there are bursts of whistling sounds blowing in the ears, and occasionally fish jump in the water.

Obviously here is the living water.

Giusti didn't know the source, and he didn't plan to explore it. Constantine brought him here to tell him that King's Castle is an indestructible castle.

In the city, there was enough food for the whole city to eat for three years, a source of water that would not be polluted, and an impregnable city wall, but there were no Romans in the city.

No one would give their lives for this great city, because there were very few Romans even in the castle.

This is the tragedy of Rome.

The demise of Western Rome seemed to be a barbarian rebellion, but in essence, it was the reluctance of the Romans to reproduce. Even if they reproduced, they would mix with the barbarians because they could avoid taxes.

In the end, West Rome was replaced by another, and now East Rome is also facing such an end.

The city is so great, but there are no Romans guarding the city.

"Let's go up, I just want to tell you that our city is so strong." Constantine took Justi out of the underground palace, walked out of the underground palace, and closed the secret door.

If you don't pay attention, the stone gate and the surrounding walls are almost integrated.

After Ottoman conquered Junbao, it was not until the eighteenth century that the water source in the city was intermittent, and the Ottoman Sultan discovered the location of the underground palace.

After the Ottomans cleaned up the silt, the water source of Junbao was restored again.

"Your Majesty, the reinforcements have arrived! They came from the Sea of ​​Marmara! But the south wind suddenly stopped, and the boat stopped on the sea! The boat didn't have oars, so the boat couldn't move forward." A guard hurried over, Finally seeing Constantine in the purple robe, he shouted loudly.

Constantine immediately understood that although the wind in the Sea of ​​Marmara roared all year round, it would stop for a few days.

Those damned Venetian merchants, they did send people here, but they didn't have oars for the boats. When the wind died down, these people were at sea, and they were the targets of the Ottomans.

"I'll bring people to save them!" Justi immediately took the sword, ready to save people.

Constantine frowned and said: "But we only have 22 ships, while the Ottomans have thousands of ships! Isn't it too risky?"

Justi shook his head and said, "If you can bring people to the city, it will boost morale a lot. This risk is worth it. Many followers are hesitating whether to run away."

"If reinforcements arrive, the situation will be completely different!"

"Your Majesty, give the order!"

Constantine nodded without hesitation and said, "Then go."

Giusti left Constantine with a group of guards and headed for the port. Although the 22 ships were pitifully few compared with the Ottoman thousand or so ships, Giusti did not hesitate.

Constantine came to the walls of the holy palace, stood on the tower waiting for them, and looked at the sea.

With 22 ships, Giusti charged fearlessly towards the ships of the surrounded reinforcements.

The battle lasted all night, and Constantine stood before the gate of the lighthouse, looking out over the open sea.

He didn't know the outcome of the battle, he could only hear hysterical anger, but he just waited here, not moving a muscle.

At dawn, the morning sun rose from the east and sprinkled on the sea, sparkling, and countless lights were scattered and scattered on the city wall, speckled.

Constantine saw it, saw the flag of the double-headed eagle fluttering in the gusts of sea wind.

There are also those knights and followers who are watching and helping each other. They are coming towards the lighthouse gate in thirteen boats.

Constantine ran down the walls, out of the gates, and to the docks.

"This is really a miracle!" Constantine looked at the crowd covered in blood. He couldn't imagine how the war where 22 ships defeated thousands of ships was carried out.

"Everyone is a warrior!" Giusti stepped off the ship, his hands were shaking, his eyes were full of exhaustion, even standing up, he had to hold on to something, and after a night of fierce fighting, they...won.

Until now, Giusti didn't know how he and they won the battle of 22 ships against thousands of ships.

Giusti leaned against the wall, trying to maintain his etiquette, but he was powerless.

He whispered: "Your Majesty, the Ottomans don't have a high sense of combat. The people who threatened them are not so much troops as refugees."

"Even they have to spend more manpower and material resources to maintain these coerced troops. No one is willing to attack the king's castle, because no one is willing to come to die."

"The 33 battles to defend the castle have left irreparable wounds on the Castle, but these wounds are the best proof that the Castle will never fall!"

Constantinople has been fought on a large scale for more than [-] times.

Except for the Fourth Crusade, when King Castle was breached by "our own people" because of negligence in defense, King Castle has never been breached head-on.

The Sassanid Persians, Arabs, Egyptians, Roma, Mongols, and Ottomans were all under this city, leaving mountains of corpses and seas of blood, but they were unable to take off this pearl.

With such a record, in the entire Taixi world, it takes a lot of courage to attack this city that will never fall.

Even though Junbao has been surrounded by Ottomans, most of the Ottomans are not willing to die under the Wall of Sighs.

This is one of the reasons Giusti was able to achieve such a victory.

Giusti finally couldn't stand up anymore, slipped on the wall and said, "If the Ottomans want to get the red apples, we have to see if they have the ability."

The red apple is the red copper ball on the scepter in the hand of the bronze statue of Justinian outside the Hagia Sophia Cathedral.

That means legitimacy to rule the world.

"Can we jointly rule the kingdom of Aragon in Naples? Let Aragon rush to help the castle?" Giusti asked a question.

Constantine said helplessly: "If the magnanimous Alfonso V is willing to come to help, I can give him my crown and purple robe."

"But Alfonso V, he was afraid of affecting the trade with Ottoman, so he asked for my crown and purple robe. I guessed it a long time ago, and asked the messenger to tell Alfonso V, if you have the courage, go to King Castle Come and fetch it, and as long as he can hold the King's Castle, I will give him the crown and the purple robe."

"But he didn't dare."

The Kingdom of Aragon was a kingdom established by the Franks (now Andorra, Spain). The Franks wanted the crown of Rome, and Constantine agreed, but he asked them to come to King's Castle to get it.

But Alfonso V hesitated again and again, and did not have the courage to come to the castle to take the crown.

Giusti is exhausted, Franks, if they have the courage to support Junbao, they are not Franks.

Giusti continued: "Fatih was a cruel and cold-blooded tyrant who killed all his brothers and sisters."

"Fatih's only brother, that is, Orhan, is hiding in the king's castle. Now we send envoys to negotiate peace with Osman, and we can return this cousin of Fatih to Fatih for execution. His cousin."

"We cannot deny Fatih's ability to judge far beyond ordinary people because of his cruelty. The victory in this naval battle cannot change the situation of the battle. Junbao must fight, but he must use the battle to gain a bargaining chip for peace talks."

"The four Clark sailing ships brought hope and supplies, but we need to know that they have 20 people. Fatih is a very powerful person. He prepared for a full ten years to attack King's Castle."

Giusti said that the castle would never fall, but there were too many Ottomans.

There are only 8000 people defending the city. Once the Ottomans find a way to break the situation, the castle will be at stake.

Of course Constantine knew that it was not that Giusti had no courage. If he had no courage, then there would be no one in the world who possessed the virtue of bravery.

Giusti came from far away Genoa, sold all his family property, and came to Junbao. Compared with the strength of the enemy five hundred times that of his own, Giusti was not cowardly.

After considering his peace proposal, Constantine said with certainty, "I can return Orhan to Fatih."

"Whatever the conditions, Rome, there is nothing left to lose."

"But who should we turn to to persuade that brutal Fatih?"

Giusti showed a relaxed expression, and said with a smile: "Chandar Khalil Pasha, the head of the Four Viziers, you can contact him."

Vizier means minister. Under the king of the Ottoman Kingdom, there are four viziers, and Khalil Pasha is the head of the viziers and the representative of the conservative faction.

"Okay, you go to rest, I'll contact him right away." Constantine stopped and looked into the distance, and sent a few guards with his own letters to find the possibility of peace.

The peace talks began to advance, and it went smoothly beyond Constantine's expectations.

Khalil Pasha's prestige in Ottoman is extremely high, and he can be regarded as a veteran of three generations.

In the power change of the bloody Ottoman Kingdom, even the prince was not spared, and Khalil Pasha naturally had his own uniqueness in being able to be a veteran of three generations.

Khalil Pasha played an active role, the Ottomans' fighting will was not very strong, the reputation of Constantinople was still there, and the Ming Expeditionary Army was behind the Ottomans. By such a coincidence, the peace talks began Steady progress.

Orhan was placed on a ship and sent to the Ottoman camp.

The next day, Fatih ordered the guards to remove the heads of Orhan and Khalil Pasha.

Khalil Pasha was charged with collaborating with the enemy.

"I shouldn't have trusted this devil with any shred of integrity!" Constantine was furious.

After the peace talks advanced in an orderly manner and Constantine handed over the hostages, Fatih tore up all the agreements, and the attack continued.

Giusti said regretfully, "It's all my fault."

"This is my decision, it has nothing to do with you." Constantine is not a person who does not admit his mistakes, he is very ashamed.

A guard hurried in and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty! Ottoman's ship has entered the Golden Horn!"

"Have the iron chains and ship barriers been cleared?" Constantine asked with a terrified complexion.

The guard said in horror: "No, they sailed on land and broke into the Golden Horn Bay!"

"Sailing a ship on land?" Constantine asked dully.

Sailing on dry land is really unexpected.

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