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Chapter 1653 Soldiers Arrive in Constantinople

Constantinople, the largest city in West Asia, has more than 50 residents, and is also the seat of supreme power where the Ottoman emperor and a group of Ottoman dignitaries gathered.Constantinople used to be the imperial capital of the Byzantine Empire. After the rise of the Turks, they occupied Constantinople and used it as the imperial capital to show their strength.

However, panic and anxiety were spreading in Constantinople at this time.

Although the emperor of the Ottoman Empire strictly blocked the news, the Venetian spies spread the news in the city that the Allied Forces of the Eight Nations were approaching the Dardanelles, less than 300 kilometers away from Constantinople, and the city fell into a huge panic.

Turkish recruits wearing white hats were sent to the streets to maintain order, heightening the fear of the residents in the city.

Ordinary residents didn't know much about it, but the emperor and other Ottoman dignitaries knew what kind of crisis they were facing. Nearly 10 navy and army surrendered to the coalition forces, and they would face the plight of having no soldiers to use.

The commander Yusuf, who had escaped from Crete, knelt in front of the Ottoman emperor and was tied up.

"You abandoned the 5 soldiers in Crete and came back alone. You deserve to die."

"Your Majesty, the fleet disappeared before it transported supplies to Crete. The Venetian defenders received tens of thousands of reinforcements, and their bastion was indestructible. Our army could not advance or retreat, so I came back here to find a solution!" Yusuf Pasha was sweating profusely, unwilling to avenge himself.

"You should trust the empire instead of fleeing without permission. Take him down and hang him." The Ottoman Emperor Ibrahim I ruthlessly issued an order for execution.

"No!"

Although Yusuf escaped from Crete, the Ottoman Empire's tolerance for the defeated was extremely low, and he was executed by the Janissaries in pain.

Constantinople fell into a panic, and hundreds of cavalry guards came out of Constantinople. They followed the emperor's order to seek reinforcements from military chiefs everywhere.

After the coalition forces captured the largest fort on the north shore of the Dardanelles, they began to pull out other coastal defense forts.

The defenders of the first few fortresses were still tenacious, but with the fall of several major fortresses, the rest of the coastal defense forts were basically on the verge of collapse, and the coalition forces occupied these forts without difficulty.

The 5000 soldiers led by Cao Bianjiao and Prince Rupert fought several small-scale battles with the Balkan Army, which was composed of Eastern European soldiers. The Balkan Army was afraid of the cavalry of the coalition forces, and they received orders from Constantinople , Asking them to withdraw to Constantinople, ready to defend the imperial capital.

Two months after the battle started, the Eight-Power Allied Forces had already arrived at the outskirts of Constant Bag.

All infantry, artillery, and cavalry were sent ashore by the fleet. Cao Bianjiao and Prince Rupert had a land force of 10000!
After the fall of the Dardanelles, Venice, the Papal States, Sicily and other places were overjoyed. They did not expect that one day they would be able to invade the imperial capital of the mighty Ottoman Empire, which was once a restricted area in the Mediterranean world!

Seeing that the Ottoman Empire was easy to bully, the forces around the Mediterranean Sea sent more ships one after another, bringing the size of the coalition forces to an astonishing 300 ships. All kinds of steamships, armed galleons, galleys, and rowing boats floated on the sea. On the sea, the number of crew and sailors is as many as tens of thousands.

When densely packed ships surrounded Constantinople, the residents of Constantinople realized what had happened—their flourishing Ottoman Empire was beaten to the imperial capital by the enemy!
Residents on the periphery realized that this might be a tragic siege, and they fled Constantinople with their families, leaving only 10,000+ people in the core area still trapped there.

"This is the big city at the junction of Asia and Europe. It once blocked the trade between the East and the West and caused the entire European world to panic. Constantinople." Chu Yun is currently on the steam iron-clad ship Weiqing. Armor can withstand any solid bullet attack in this era, so his safety is not a problem.

"After our victory, the powers of Venice, Genoa, Sicily and other places sent all their spare ships. It seems that they want to use this opportunity to weaken the power of the Ottoman Empire as much as possible and gain benefits from this war. "Ayla stood on the deck and observed the ships of the friendly forces through the binoculars. After a little counting, it can be found that the number of coalition forces has increased a lot.

"The building is about to fall, who doesn't want to take the opportunity to pick up some wood and stones? Whoever contributes the most this time will get more benefits after the Ottoman Empire surrenders. We need a batch of cannon fodder to capture Constantinople Let them gather at least 5000 engineers to assist us in attacking the city, otherwise don’t think about dividing up the spoils.” Chu Yun also noticed that the coalition forces have more and more ships and personnel, and the strength of the coalition forces may not be enough at this time. 3 people, even if it reached 5 people, Chu Yun believed it.

Everyone wants a piece of the action!

At the urging of Chu Yun and the others, Venice, the Papal States, and Sicily cobbled together 5000 engineers and went ashore under the command of Cao Bianjiao and Prince Rupert in order to gain more benefits from the big pie of the Ottoman Empire.

In order to reduce their losses, Cao Bianjiao and Prince Rupert recruited an additional 5000 strong men outside Constantinople, bringing the siege army on land to 2.

With 2 men on land and 3 at sea, Constantinople was flanked on both sides.

The coalition army is to the west of Constantinople, and the navy is to the east. Only the Golden Horn in the north hides an imperial fleet of hundreds of large and small galleys.

But soon the Golden Horn to the north of Constantinople was besieged by the coalition fleet, and tens of thousands of shells ruined the fleet protecting Constantinople.

Dozens of assault teams occupied the largest shipyard and an arsenal in the Ottoman Empire in the Golden Horn, and set fire to them.

Black smoke billowed from the Golden Horn, and Constantinople was completely encircled.

"It's really unbelievable that the coalition forces led by the Chinese were able to reach Constantinople. Now the emperor of the Ottoman Empire doesn't know how to deal with the overwhelming army." The Venetian veteran Capello looked at the huge Constantinople. , like a dream.

No one has ever been able to integrate the small Italian countries to fight back against the powerful Ottoman Empire, and these small countries may not be able to beat the Ottoman Empire together, they can only be forced to defend.

But now, the mighty Ottoman Empire reproduced the tragedy of the Byzantine Empire 200 years ago, and was surrounded by people.

(End of this chapter)