eastern european eagle

Chapter 135 Recovering the Two Cities
The Ottoman infantry rushed forward like mountains and seas, and the firearms on the opposite side were also firing ammunition vigorously.But Bayezid decided to press forward with his life.

Due to the short time, the trenches in Wallachia were not completed.But the horses were ready, and the Ottoman soldiers took their weapons, split them, and began to advance towards the enemy's position.

"The enemy is coming, line up!"

The phalanx was quickly formed, and the spearmen and musketeers were in their positions. When the enemy army entered the range, everyone started firing, and a large number of Ottoman soldiers fell instantly.

Bayezid watched the almost one-sided slaughter. Even if someone approached the enemy army, they would be pierced by spearmen, or burned to death by the flames ejected by a strange thing.

"What, what the hell is this!" Bayezid yelled, while Pasha and Prince Suleiman at the side didn't speak, for fear of making the Sultan furious by saying the wrong thing.

At the end of the day, Osman not only failed to defeat the enemy, but also lost 5000 people.He did not expect such a loss.

Peter's reform of the phalanx has obvious effects, and I believe this can hold Osman back for a while.Now it was Wallachia's turn to play.

Mircea surrounded Plovdiv, and after the siege equipment was built, artillery attacks began. 60 artillery bombarded the walls of Plovdiv, and trebuchets also threw stone bombs into the city. It's been three days.

At this time, there were only 1200 Ottoman defenders in Plovdiv, and they were not all left on the battlefield by Suleiman to deal with Wallachia.

Seeing that it was almost done, Mircea directly began to attack the city, trying to take the fortress in the shortest possible time.

All the soldiers went up with A's, 3 people vs. 1000 people, no matter how you look at it, I have the advantage.And Plovdiv is also a fortress city, and the defenders use the terrain to deal with it. In this regard, Mircea decided to use the method Peter gave him before, digging tunnels.

The soldiers marched towards the city wall of Plovdiv day and night. When they were sure they had dug under the city wall, they filled it up with gunpowder kegs, lit the fuse after everything was ready, and heard a bang after a while.The walls fell.

"attack!"

The Grand Duke's order directly made the soldiers rush forward like chicken blood.

Two and a half months after the start of the war, Plovdiv fell, the first medium-sized city lost by the Ottomans.Osman's northward road was completely blocked.

"Grand Duke, we have occupied Plovdiv."

"I saw it."

Mircea was also very happy to see the Wallachia flag erected on the city wall.The next step should be to advance to Adrian.

"Grand Duke, Serbia has sent troops"

His subordinates brought news about Nishi, and Mircea felt that it was finally here, after all, it was nothing to be timid.

"Where is their target, Vidin, Berat, or Sophia?"

“It's Skopje”

Mircea was a little surprised by this answer, Skopje, isn't that a city under the direct control of Ottoman? What is Serbia doing there?

Then he understood that Serbia was ready to get rid of its vassal status and become independent after seeing Ottoman's failure.Hmph, old man, I have long been unhappy with you, I want to be independent, so don't be ignorant of good and evil.

"If that's the case, then it's easy to do."

Mircea said, and began to deploy the next operation.

Soon, another news came from the Balkans.The Serbian monarch Brankovic announced the restoration of independence from the Ottomans and converted to Catholicism. He is currently marching towards the Kosovo region.

Bayezid in Adrian vomited three liters of blood when he heard the news, and he turned traitor if he wasn't a relative.He hates it.

The matter has come to this point, the most important thing at present is to break through, so Bayezid decided that everyone A will go there together, and I will drown you.

At this time, Bayezid had 8000 troops in his hands, and Constantine had 11000.Temporarily mobilized 3000 people in Edirne City, and they are also the most fanatical believers.

The battle broke out at noon, and the rest of the Ottoman cavalry charged on the other side. This time Constantine sent the cavalry from the army to see who had the better.

The infantry also rushed desperately, and Janiceri also entered the field.And the opponent has already lined up and waited for them.

The large phalanx continued to function, and the Ottoman Janissaries were not vegetarians, but their numbers were too small. After all, everyone could not be a guard.

Constantine also frequently arranged formations, and these Anatolian elite soldiers made him feel the pressure.But he can't lose, once he loses, all previous achievements will be gone.

The two sides fought from day to night, the battlefield was red everywhere, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder and blood.Both Bayezid and Constantine knew that the army had reached its limit, but if there was no change, it could only be a matter of willpower.

At this time, an army was killed from the northeast, but it was not so much an army as it was a peasant.They held knives and forks and no armor, but their eyes were full of hatred for the heretics. When they saw them, they rushed over.

The Ottoman army was frightened by this. They thought it was an ambush, so they started to defend, but the opponent became more and more frustrated and kept attacking.And their leader even said that "the Lord decides the beginning of the war, and also decides the end of the war", which added 25 morale to this group of peasant troops, which not only disrupted their rhythm, but also changed their original Willpower is shattered.

One Ottoman ran away, two Ottomans ran away, three Ottomans ran away.The Ottoman army was completely dispersed, and the soldiers rushed back to Adrian. The gates of the city were all smashed, and Constantine also seized the opportunity to lead the army to counterattack.The Ottomans were defeated and Bayezid had to order his soldiers back and prepare to flee.

Taking advantage of the chaotic moment, Bayezid led Suleiman, Pasha and others to break out from Adrian, and the rest of the army followed them.Constantine also rushed into Adrian, taking advantage of the situation, and Adrianople officially fell into the hands of Wallachia.

It's a bit theatrical and tedious though, and the time goes by too quickly.But, after the last defeat, the Ottoman Sultan managed to come out of the battle in the east. As a result, this time the opponent came up with tactics and weapons he didn't know. How could the Ottoman army, which had been upgraded, fight Over a leaping Wallachian army.

Moreover, the three-stage strike tactic also made up for the problem of the rate of fire, which caused a lot of damage to Ottoman's proud Sipahi.In light of the results after the war, Wallachia caused Ottoman losses of nearly 1000 with more than [-] casualties.At the same time, Ottoman also lost the city of Adrianople, and a hole was torn in the tight siege of King Castle.

(End of this chapter)