At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 535 The Book of War
In the early morning of the third day, a Kongming lantern floated over Constantinople.

The defenders on the city wall immediately became tense, and the musketeers and archers fired together to shoot him down.

The Kongming lantern slowly fell into the city. The soldiers gathered together and carefully went forward to check the flying foreign object. Soon, they found a bamboo tube, sealed with wax paint, and had two large characters written on it.

Hanuman, the commander of the defenders, did not understand Chinese and did not dare to open it easily, so he sent people to search for a long time in the city, and finally found a merchant. His name was Ryan, who had been to the East and knew some characters of the Orientals.

Ryan picked up the bamboo tube, looked at it carefully for a long time, and then said: "It should be a letter of war. How did this thing come in?"

"Don't worry about it, I'll just ask you, are you sure it's the letter of war?"

Hanuman is very cautious, if it is a letter of war from Ming Dynasty, it must be presented to His Majesty the King immediately.

Ryan nodded and said: "The appearance is a bit damaged, but it can still be seen."

"Okay, it's none of your business!"

Ryan seemed to think of something, and asked again: "Master Commander, how did this thing come in? All the gates of the city were blocked, how did the messengers of the Ming army enter the city?"

"You have too many questions!"

Hanuman waved his hand impatiently. Now that it has been confirmed, then send someone to present it to the king. As for the person in front of you...he was just caught temporarily to act as an interpreter. Do you want to tell you the military secret?
"That's not what I mean. I went to the East last year. I heard that they have a weapon that can fly into the sky. It's powerful, ten times more powerful than artillery..."

"presumptuous!"

Hanuman stared angrily, and said, "What kind of weapon can fly into the sky? It's ten times more powerful than artillery. You are scaremongering and demagogic!"

"it is true……"

"You saw it with your own eyes?"

"No, but..."

"That's it!"

Hanuman said coldly: "Ryan, because you have made little contribution in identifying the characters of the Orientals, I will let you off this time. If you dare to spread rumors and disturb the morale of the army, you have nothing to say, and you will beheaded immediately!"

Ryan was sweating profusely, but when he heard that his head was going to be beheaded, he could only swallow all the words in his stomach.

Hanuman sent someone to send the letter of war to Topkapi Palace. King Muhad received the letter of war and immediately summoned Hafez Kasha and other high-level officials and nobles to discuss matters.

The letter of war has been translated, and there are only a few sentences. King Muhad is required to leave the city and surrender before dark. Otherwise, a general offensive will be launched tomorrow. When the city is broken, all the defenders and people in the city will go to see God. can be spared.

After everyone looked at it, their faces were full of sadness.

Constantinople had just regained a brief period of peace when the book of war came.

I thought that the Ming army stopped shelling because of supply problems, but unexpectedly, this was just the calm before the storm.

Hafiz Kashya thought for a long time, and said: "Could it be that the Easterners are bluffing? If they have problems with their supplies and are no longer able to attack, send a letter of war before withdrawing to fight psychological warfare?"

Muhad frowned, nodded, and said, "You are right, but...if the Easterners really attack, what should we do?"

"What are you afraid of? Although the artillery fire of the Easterners is sharp, it cannot shake the huge stone wall of Constantinople. We just need to hold on and wait for the Duke of Daman to return."

Everyone agreed one after another. At present, there is no other way but to stick to it.

In their impression, if they surrendered, the Easterners would burn, kill and loot when they entered the city, just like how the Ottomans treated the Eastern Romans at the beginning. Those present are either rich or expensive. They don’t want their hard-earned wealth to be destroyed. People looted.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Muhad stopped thinking about it and ordered: "Command, continue to hold on, move all the stones and wood in the city to the gate of the city, and seal all the gates!"

In the formation of the Ming army, Bei Lin, Mei Chun, Tong Xuan and others were gesturing on the map and discussing the next tactics.

Fan Mingchen looked at the Confucian scholars seriously discussing tactics with a bewildered expression, and was secretly surprised that these Confucian scholars in long gowns could also fight on the battlefield?

He originally thought that Belin and the others came to the front line to act as military advisers or think tanks, but he didn't expect that the emperor would directly assign the main attack task to these people, and then ignored it.

This is the main attack!

Not to mention the emperor's personal conquest, there are also princes from all walks of life, such as King Yi, Duke Rui, and Duke Jing, in the battle. How could he entrust the main attack task to a group of Confucian scholars? Isn't it too childish?
For three days, these people scattered around Constantinople every day, observed the wind direction, and then released Kongming lanterns. Are these things really here to fight?

Beilen ignored Fan Mingchen's surprised expression, pointed to the map and said, "The climate here is obviously different from that of Daming. Pay attention to the airflow disturbance caused by the evaporation of seawater."

Mei Chun said solemnly: "I have observed that the wind direction will change suddenly at night, and it is greatly affected by the tide, and cross winds often appear."

"Can you find a pattern?"

"Probably yes, during the period from Zishi to Choushi, there is a steady southeast wind, which can last for about an hour."

"Have you observed the wind direction and force?"

"It's all been recorded."

"Okay, I'll play now, and attack at midnight."

"Master Bei!"

Tong Xuan suddenly said: "We still have a big guy, do you want to show yourself?"

"You mean fat man?"

"Correct!"

Belin thought for a while and said, "How about this, you take a group of people, calculate the parameters of the fat man separately, wait for the effect of the first wave of offensive, if the parameters are correct, bring the fat man in the second wave."

"okay!"

Seeing that everyone was excitedly picking up pens and paper to start counting, Fan Mingchen couldn't help but came to Tong Xuan's side and asked, "What is that fat man you mentioned just now?"

Tong Xuan smiled mysteriously, lowered his voice, and said, "The emperor specially prepared this thing for the Wa Kingdom, and it is used for practicing today."

"What is it, so mysterious?"

"Don't ask so many questions, just wait and watch the fireworks at night!"

"What...fireworks?"

"It's... bang! That kind of fireworks."

Fan Mingchen scratched his head, and asked again: "Didn't the emperor let you take the lead?"

"Yes, we are the main attack."

"There are only a few of you, how do you attack?"

Tong Xuan's expression darkened, and he said, "Why, look down on us scholars?"

"No, that's not what I meant..."

Fan Mingchen waved his hands again and again, and said, "I mean...you take me with you!"

"What's the matter?"

"You always need someone to charge forward, take me with you, I'm rough-skinned and thick-skinned, suitable for the vanguard!"

Tong Xuan stared at Fan Mingchen, looked him up and down, and asked, "Are you afraid of heights?"

(End of this chapter)