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Chapter 1647 Surrender of the Ottoman Army

"We are willing to surrender to the coalition forces. I hope you can forgive us and allow us to return to Constantinople."

Several generals of the Ottoman Empire came to the Candia Fortress, and they met Chu Yun, the leader of the coalition behind him.

The Ottoman Empire was located between the east and the west, and they had seen many black-haired and yellow-skinned orientals, so they were not surprised by Chu Yun's appearance.

The 50000 Ottoman army that landed on Crete originally attacked the Venetian castles and fortresses with the force of the autumn wind, but the coalition fleet led by Nelson, Zheng Zhihu, George Monk and others encircled and suppressed the Ottoman Turkish fleet in the Mediterranean. The fleet was exhausted, leaving 50000 Ottoman soldiers on Crete alone.

Crete originally had only 26 Greeks and Venetians, and there were not many people who could support them.In order to show his authority and occupy Crete as soon as possible, the Ottoman emperor sent 50000 people at a time.

If their maritime supply line is not cut off, maybe these 50000 people will not be a problem to feed and clothe, and hundreds of Turkish ships can continuously transport supplies from the rear.

But now their ships have been captured or burned by the coalition forces one after another, the sea supply line has been cut off, and 5 troops are trapped in Crete.Especially the replenishment of fresh water is more difficult, this is an island.

"Your food is almost exhausted, and the Venetians evacuated the population and food ahead of time to clear the wilderness, so you can't find any leftover food in Crete. In order to save food, you don't distribute food to those who work for you Slaves and coolies, they starved to death and caused plague outbreaks. Now you may have less than 5 people, only more than 4." Chu Yun looked at the generals of the Ottoman Empire.

The generals of the Ottoman Empire looked at each other awkwardly and could not deny it.

There is not much food, of course they keep the food for themselves, not slaves with low status in their eyes.

As a result, the starved slaves caused the plague, and a group of people in the Ottoman army died of the plague, which is ironic.

Before Chu Yun took the initiative to launch an attack, the Ottoman Empire's 5 troops were already in disarray, but the coalition forces stationed in the Candia fortress could obtain a steady stream of supplies from the sea.

"It's not just famine and plague. Our commander Yusuf Pasha, who sneaked away from Crete in a small boat, abandoned the entire army." The general of the Ottoman Empire said with difficulty.

Not only Chu Yun, but also other officers of the coalition army were deeply surprised.

Didn't they expect that the supreme commander of the other party would abandon his army at the most critical moment and run for his life alone?

It's no wonder that the abandoned army would choose to surrender. The coaches have all fled. What's the use of them staying alone and desperately.

"We can accept your surrender, but you need to hand over all your weapons, armor, horses, and property. After the war, you will be allowed to return to Constantinople. During this period, we will provide you with food and fresh water , you need to solve the problem of the plague as soon as possible, otherwise we won’t let you leave here.” Chu Yun didn’t want to continue to consume Crete and the 50000-strong Ottoman army.

Not to mention 5 people, even 5 pigs are not easy to deal with.

"We will solve the plague problem as soon as possible... Our lives are in your hands, please be sure to keep your promise." The generals of the Ottoman Empire said.

These Ottoman generals returned to their barracks and announced the news of surrender to the new Turkish army, feudal knights and slave troops.

Part of the new Turkish army was unwilling to surrender, and a rebellion broke out under the command of middle and low-level officers.

The new Turkish army was the personal soldiers of the Ottoman emperor. They were loyal to the emperor himself and refused to surrender to the coalition forces.

Divided Ottoman armies were locked in melee, killing each other while ruthlessly exterminating plague-stricken slaves to prevent the plague from spreading across Crete.

While Chu Yun and other members of the allied forces watched the farce on the wall of the fortress, the Ottoman army on Crete was already a trapped beast, and the threat was lifted.

"Wait until the cannibalism among themselves is over and let them hand over their weapons, Konar, and you can garrison this fortress with 5000 Venetian soldiers to watch them. Don't let them leave Crete until the war is over, as long as they want to Give them up your arms and provide them with fresh water and food. We are going to march on Constantinople."

As the supreme commander of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces, Chu Yun directly ordered the Crete Defense Commander of the Republic of Venice, Konar.

"Thanks to your arrival, you helped us relieve the threat on Crete. Their sea supply line was cut off, and plague and rebellion broke out inside. Our 5000 Venetian soldiers are enough to control the situation on Crete. Please feel free to go. Expedition to Constantinople!" Conor became more and more afraid of Chu Yun.

The coalition forces led by Chu Yun have not exerted much force yet, the [-] navy and [-] army of the Ottoman Empire have suffered heavy losses, and the siege of Crete has also been lifted.

It can be said that the Ottoman Empire's strategy of aggressively attacking the Mediterranean failed just at the beginning. It lost a large number of troops in a short period of time, and no matter how large the population was, it could not bear such a heavy loss.

"I don't know what's going on with the fleet. Send someone to contact Nelson. If the other party's fleet is almost solved, then come back to Crete and transport our infantry, artillery and cavalry to Tenedos Island to prepare for the forced crossing." Danil Strait, march on Constantinople."

Chu Yun knew that helping the Venetians out of the siege was not his goal. His goal was to capture Constantinople and disintegrate the huge Ottoman Empire.

Although the Ottoman Empire began to decline in the original history, after all, after the arrival of Chu Yun, history began to deflect. Towards glory, the best way is to break it up and divide it into several small countries. In this way, no matter how ambitious it is, it will not be able to rise into a real big empire because the territory is too small.

At this time, Nelson was tracking Khosan Zand Pasha's fleet in Rhode Island. He successively destroyed several ports and shipyards built by the Turks, captured dozens of large and small ships, and captured many Turkish merchant ships.

He received an order from Chu Yun to return to the division to transport infantry to prepare to cross the Dardanelles to attack Constantinople, so he assembled a fleet and headed for Crete.

The governor of Rhodes Island, Huoshan Zand Pasha, was hiding in the Aegean Sea where the islands were densely covered. He was secretly relieved after hearing that the main force of the coalition fleet had left.

During this period of time, he was like a mouse meeting a cat. He didn't dare to fight at all, and he just wanted to save some of the Turkish ships.

(End of this chapter)