My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 877 Capture of Bursa

At the Port of Scutari, the Ottoman warships in the port had been destroyed. Zhang Zhong commanded his soldiers to land. The Venetians followed, beating back the Ottomans in front, and finally drove them out of the port.

Compared with the previous Port of Canakkale in Europe, the Port of Shcutari is located in Asia, across the strait from Constantinople. Therefore, Zhang Zhong will send troops to land and prepare to control the entire port. Wait until Mufa When Sri Lanka captured Bursa, this port could be used as a logistics supply base for Mufas.

When Zhu Zhanhe arrived at the Port of Scutari by boat, the port had completely fallen into Zhang Zhong's control. This was also the first time that the Han Dynasty and Venice had joined forces on land. The two sides cooperated fairly well. Because the tactics are the same as at sea, the big man is responsible for attacking the enemy, and Venice is responsible for the follow-up finishing.

"Zhanhe, how's it going with Mufas? Is there any new news?"

Zhang Zhong came to the port to pick Zhu Zhanhe up and asked immediately after meeting him.

"Not yet. They attacked all night after landing. It is estimated that they will not arrive in Bursa until the early morning. I have sent people to follow them. If there is any situation, I will come back immediately to report."

Zhu Zhanhe replied immediately.

Accompanying Mufas to land, in addition to the messengers, was also a large artillery force. They brought ten artillery pieces to help Mufas attack the city. It was precisely because of these heavy artillery that Mufas carried them. Fass and the others couldn't move any faster.

"That's good. Although our navy can severely damage the enemy, the outcome of the war still depends on their performance on land. If Mufas' advance is unfavorable, I'm afraid our previous efforts will be in vain!"

Zhang Zhong nodded slightly, and then said with emotion.

Except for Venice, every country in the world now has an army that far exceeds its navy. The same is true for the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the war between the two countries will ultimately depend on the outcome of the land battle.

In contrast, no matter how well the navy fights, it cannot shake the foundation of the enemy country. For example, like the Ottomans, even if the big man destroyed the opponent's navy and port, as long as the land territory is still there, it is estimated that they will be defeated in ten years at most. And can build a navy.

Therefore, Mufas's landing operation is the key. If he can successfully capture Bursa, then he can successively take over the Asian areas of the Ottomans, and then continue to attack the European parts of the Ottomans. At least Zhang Zhong and the others can keep their previous Results.

It was already getting late, so Zhu Zhanhe stayed at the port for one night. However, the next morning he and Helen had just gotten up and were preparing to eat when Zhang Zhong burst in excitedly and shouted: "Zhanhe, good news." , Mufas has already captured Bursa, and although he has not yet controlled the entire city, he has already gained an absolute advantage, and it will only be a matter of time before he takes over Bursa!"

"Great, do you have any detailed information?"

When Zhu Zhanhe heard this, he patted the table happily and asked excitedly.

"Yes, this is the information just sent!"

Zhang Zhong immediately handed the information in his hand to Zhu Zhanhe.

He barely had much rest that night. After all, after taking the Scutari Port, many things needed to be handled by Zhang Zhong personally. It wasn't until news came from Bursa in the morning that he excitedly ran to report the good news to Zhu Zhanhe.

Zhu Zhanhe took the information and read it carefully. It turned out that after Mufas landed yesterday, he used a large number of troops to push the artillery in turn, which made them advance faster than expected, and finally arrived in Bursa before early morning. The defenders of Bursa did not have any preparations. Even if they knew that the Han army was entering the strait, because Bursa was quite far away from the coast, they never thought that there would be enemies coming to the city.

Therefore, when Mufas arrived in Bursa, the entire city was still sleeping, and the defenders at the city gate were not prepared. It was not until Mufas used artillery to bombard the city gate that he finally woke up the defenders at the top of the city. .

By the time the defenders reacted, the city gate had been blasted open. Mufas and the others successfully entered the city and quickly occupied the city gate, allowing the army outside the city to continuously enter the city.

The most important thing is that Mufas has contacted some nobles in the city before. Although only a few are really willing to join him, most of them have a wait-and-see attitude.

But when Mufas's army entered the city, the nobles from all sides who learned the news were also shocked, especially those who had a wait-and-see attitude. They immediately made a decision to directly rebel in the city and cooperate with Mufas. and.

In this case, the Burshas set fire to the whole city, and some people even took the opportunity to seek personal gain and led troops directly into their enemies' homes, causing chaos in the city.

But this also created opportunities for Mufas. By the time the sun rose, he had controlled most of the city of Bursa, and nobles continued to surrender to him.

Now only the area around the city lord's palace is left, which has not been defeated by Mufas. The current city lord of Bursa is a die-hard loyalist of Murad II. The other party will definitely not surrender easily, so Mufas can only attack hard. , and he had an absolute advantage, it was only a matter of time before he captured the city lord's palace.

"Good! Great!"

After Zhu Zhanhe read the information, he couldn't help shouting excitedly again. He thought that even if Mufas could capture Bursa, it would probably take a few days and even a certain price, but he didn't expect this. The battle turned out so smoothly, it was much better than he expected.

"Zhan He, this Mufas is really capable. No wonder you will support him to come back and seize the throne. Then we can support him with peace of mind and let him annex the Asian region bit by bit!"

Zhang Zhong also praised at this time that he didn't think much of Mufas before, but he didn't expect that the other party's performance exceeded his expectations.

"But after Mufas captured Bursa, Murad II on the other side of the strait may not be able to sit still. Now we need to block the news. The later he knows about this, the better, so you still need your navy to block the strait. !”

Zhu Zhanhe analyzed again.

"It's okay to block the strait, and the Ottomans on the other side of the Mediterranean can't get through, but if they communicate through the Caspian Sea, we probably won't be able to stop them."

Zhang Zhong replied that although it took a long way to communicate through the Caspian Sea, the Caspian Sea was so big that Zhang Zhong's ships could not block it at all.

"Don't worry about the Caspian Sea. As long as the strait is blocked, Mufas can buy some time. By the time Murad II receives the news, he may have controlled several important cities. By then Murad The second generation is powerless if he wants to fight back.”

Zhu Zhanhe laughed and said again.

(End of this chapter)