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In theory, this job was done by the Marshal of the Guards, and the Governor of the Capital City Defense was only a fourth-class noble, helping the Marshal of the Guards. However, Aenarion adhered to the fine tradition of the Roman emperor: he led the army in person, and the Marshal of the Guards and the Guards were not in Constantinople all year round, so he simply threw this job to the Governor of the Capital City Defense. After all, Caledo was a first-class noble and the Minister of Finance. The Lord of the White Tower had an extremely special status. He was the Chief Mage of the Empire and sat firmly in the rear for the emperor.

There were a total of twenty field legions and forty auxiliary legions stationed at the Roman borders and fortresses.

In addition to them, there are thirty field corps and sixty auxiliary corps, totaling 90,000 troops who can be deployed anywhere at any time.

Among these 90,000 troops, the 10,000 guardsmen under Aenarion's command, these ten legions are particularly powerful.

Marshal of the Guards; the four-headed dragon Indrognir.

Chief of Staff: Joan of Arc.

Cavalry commander; Joan of Arc, the Chosen One of Chaos.

Infantry Commander: Varyag Shield Rainer.

Artillery Commander: Rogal Dorn, the surrendered gold dwarf. After many twists and turns, this man finally fulfilled his dream and returned to work in the Imperial Guard.

The extremely special White Tower Mage Company has two leaders, one principal and one deputy, namely the Archivist Estalier Angelos, and Rani von Habsburg who married from Shinra. After all, they are his magical pets, and their levels have been synchronized to become level 16 warlocks, which is only lower than the level of the Lord of the White Tower. Why should they stay in the harem? Come out and work.

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, then there is the little girl Miaoying. She has talent, but she is too young and has a strong desire to play. Seeing that she is very fast, Aenarion gave her the title of [Dragon Guard] as a personal bodyguard and let her learn slowly.

In addition to the extremely luxurious Emperor's Guards, Aenarion is also training generals who can stand on their own and are loyal enough to be used with confidence. Currently, the Warmaster Llane, the former Ottoman Legion Commander Gorgonphilus, the Serbian Crow Krakos, the Wolf King Leman Russ, and the new generals Mahmoud Angelos, Thomas Palaiologos, and John Komnenos, these seven people are all able to stand on their own.

Gilman has now worked his way up to the position of Prime Minister of the Inner Court of the Senate, ranking first among all the senators. She is no longer in the army. Sanguinius is still locked up in a gilded birdcage, and the eight former Ottoman legion commanders all have bright futures in Rome.

However, there was one thing that made Aenarion curious. There was no news about the original leader of the 18th Legion, the Lava Dragon King Vulkan. The reason why these alien dragons were loyal to Osman was because they had a contract with the Sultan from generation to generation.

However, Muhammad II died suddenly, and Bayezid II could not wait to use the chaos ritual to create the election of the gods: Selim the Grim had his soul drained and died. Two consecutive generations of sultans died suddenly, resulting in the entire inheritance being cut off. From then on, the Lava Dragon King disappeared and no one knew where he was, but he no longer stayed in the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire learned from the Balkan experience and lessons. After swallowing up large tracts of territory in the Mesopotamian region, it has been committed to the coreization of the Mesopotamian region to prevent the emergence of another Aenarion here, which would cause the lands conquered by the empire for a hundred years to fall apart in one day.

And further east, the battle for the throne of the Timurid Empire finally came to an end. His grandson was ultimately unable to hold on to the position of Sultan, and was deprived of the Sultanate by his fourth uncle Shah Rukh. The third Sultan of the Timurid Empire was ambitious to revitalize the country, and he recuperated in the grasslands and plateaus of Central Asia, coordinating all directions and eyeing his enemy, the Ottoman Empire.

The Mamluk Sultanate in the south was also deeply uneasy about the resurgence of the Ottoman Empire. By now, the emperor of the Muslim world, that is, the Caliph, had long been reduced to a toy like Emperor Xian of Han. He was currently controlled by the Mamluk king, who held the Caliph hostage to control the princes.

This group of Egyptian drow elves manipulated the Caliph to issue orders to the Ottoman Empire several times, trying to control this monster, but failed time and time again. Selim claimed that he was the shadow cast by the five true gods on the world and ignored the mascot at all, which deepened the gap between the two countries.

The thought of the Sufi branch of Sunni Islam before Ottoman was already weird enough, and now there is a weird branch that believes in Allah and the coexistence of four gods. Are you still Muslims?

The situation in West Asia and North Africa is becoming increasingly tense due to the friction between the three major Muslim countries, while Western and Central Europe are also not peaceful.

After years of ocean trade, the Spanish have found out the bottom of the New World. It is not China at all, but a brand new and unknown world. The local lizard people worship strange ancient saints and there are a group of giant toads carved on stone slabs.

It is said that many years ago, the ancient saints and these toads once made them extremely glorious and great, but now, only lizard people and dinosaurs are left in America. No one knows where the things they believed in have gone, or maybe these are just fantasies and never existed.

These lizardmen and dinosaurs were indeed strong, but they were scattered. Unsatisfied with the huge profits brought by trade, the Spanish tried to launch a head-on attack with strong ships and powerful guns, or to support one group of lizardmen to fight another group of lizardmen, and brought shiploads of real gold and silver, as well as the local lizards and dinosaurs, directly back to the Castile Dynasty. France and Britain were extremely envious. They were also close to the Atlantic Ocean and also tried to send long-distance fleets to find silver. Even the ships of the Kingdom of Burgundy set out from the Netherlands and sailed to the Atlantic Ocean.

Chapter 434: Queen of the Drow

On March 1465, 3, the sky over Constantinople was covered with dark clouds. Fine rain dripped on the eaves, rustling. A cold wind blew, making people of all kinds on the street wrap themselves up tightly. Letters printed with the seals of the Ottoman Sultan and the Mamluk Sultan were sent to Constantinople from North Africa and Central Asia like snowflakes. There were many pedestrians dressed in Turkic and Muslim clothes on the streets. A large number of ships, which were extremely rare in the past, were anchored in the Golden Horn. Extremely conspicuous delegations were waiting in line outside the palace.

Something big happened on the Muslim side.

Aenarion opened his sleepy eyes, raised his head from Astariel's soft breasts, and gently picked up Miaoying, who was hanging on him like a koala. Looking at the naked white bodies of Indrognir and Lani sleeping on his left and right sides, he chose to get out of bed from behind and put Miaoying back on the bed.

Astariel and Lani were so crazy yesterday that they couldn't even get up. Miaoying hummed twice and continued to sleep. But Indrognir woke up suddenly and immediately got up from the bed.

"It's not time for the meeting yet. You'll be fine if you sleep for a while."

Aenarion got dressed and asked his maid to bring breakfast. He took some fried chickpeas and mutton and chopped them up to feed Sanguinius to the birdcage. Apart from his chaotic private life, he was surprisingly simple in other aspects. There was no MSG in this era. Even the emperor's top meals were only average in taste. It was enough to eat. The money for such a big card game might as well be used to buy another cannon. This also made the emperor's support rate among the army and civilians drop.

Extremely high.

"That won't do. I am your Marshal of the Imperial Guards. How can I sleep when the Emperor is awake?"

Indrognir hugged Aenarion from behind, his delicate chin resting on his strong shoulders, his two snow-white breasts gently caressing his back through a layer of veil.

Aenarion checked the time and saw that there was still an hour left before the regular meeting of the Senate. Just as he was thinking about firing a shot, there was a hurried knock on the door.

"Your Majesty, this is an emergency."

Aenarion was a little confused, and Indrognir immediately put on his clothes and armor, and followed Aenarion out of the room, only to see a eunuch servant waiting anxiously outside the door.

"Your Majesty, the Mamluk Sultan sent a Bey and a whole delegation of envoys to Constantinople. They are now waiting in the reception area of ​​the palace. There was a storm in the Aegean Sea a few days ago, which delayed their letter of credence. It took only three hours for the letter and the envoys to arrive in Constantinople."

"Let me know."

Aenarion reached out to take the delayed intelligence, tore it open, and found that the letter from the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt was written to him in a language he had never seen before.

Aenarion tore open a scroll of tongues to read the letter.

Skipping the respectful address to the Roman Emperor at the beginning, ignoring the Sultan's address to him later, and omitting the other party's nostalgia for the non-existent past friendship between the Roman Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate, and the prospect of an unknown future, it can be summed up in one sentence.

The Islamic world had suffered from the Ottoman Empire for a long time. The Mamluk Sultan had already made a blood alliance with the Sultan of the Timurid Empire and the Khan of the Tatars to fight against the Ottoman Empire together.

The Roman Empire also suffered from the ravages and destruction of the Ottoman Empire, but now it has become an ally of the Ottoman Empire. I wonder if you are willing to tear up the alliance with the Ottoman Empire and turn around to fight side by side with us to defeat the Ottoman Empire? Wouldn't it be wonderful if the four of us brothers attacked from all sides and divided up its territory? The subsequent envoys will discuss the dispatch of troops and the division of the territory in detail.

Aenarion frowned. It seemed that the Ottomans' recent expansion was quite large, forcing the surrounding countries to set up a siege and invite him to join.

But why did the Egyptian Sultan write to him in some weird language? That should be the lair of the drow elves, which had long been converted to Muslims. He could understand both the traditional Elvish language and the common Arabic of Muslims. He could also accept the Turkic language brought by the late Ottomans. What language was this?

Also, what the hell is that Crimean Khan? The Crimean Peninsula, the most important part of the Crimean Khanate, has already become a province of the empire. The eastern European steppe part was caught in a huge civil strife and was not a threat in the empire's steppe balance policy. Every chief who showed a tendency to rise would be immediately defeated by another chief who was supported by the Roman Empire. Haven't you heard that the steppe Tatars united?

Aenarion was a little confused and decided to look at their messengers first, ordering them to go directly to the Senate and state their demands before him and the three hundred senators.

An hour later, the Senate meeting was in normal condition. Aenarion wore a purple and gold robe and a crown on his head. Indrognir and Myoglobe were guarding him in armor and holding swords. The other senators wore purple, red and white robes according to their status and rank. They sat upright, waiting for the envoy of the Egyptian Mamluk to come to the palace.

Under everyone's curious gaze, a 2.4-meter-tall giant walked into the Senate confidently and gave everyone a gentle smile. His huge body was covered with an orange-yellow silk robe embroidered with gorgeous thunder-shaped patterns. His cuffs and belt were golden with more complex geometric patterns printed on them. His head was wrapped in a white turban, revealing only a face as hard as rock. On his left face, a branding iron had imprinted the slave mark of a sword and an eagle.

"The Chersk people in the Caucasus call themselves Goliaths. They are as tall and strong as rocks. They don't have their own country. They are usually sold to the Ottoman legions in Asia Minor to serve as Janissaries, or sold to Egypt to serve as Mamluks. As you can see, he is a slave."

Caledo used extremely advanced magical communication skills to tell the emperor the details of the messenger in front of him.

Aenarion became even more confused when he saw the messenger's eyes. According to his knowledge, the extremely tyrannical and cruel drow queens had been ruling Egypt since the time of Alexander, commanding the slave armies of all races to fight in all directions. Even after joining the Roman Empire and the Arab Empire, they had always maintained a high degree of autonomy and independence in Egypt. It was said that the governors of Egypt came and went, but the drow queens remained forever.

"Your country is too far away from Egypt. Perhaps you don't know that times have changed."

Goliath seemed to see the doubts of the Roman officials and said with great pride.

"The cruel and tyrannical rule of the drow has ended.

At first, the drow treated all foreign slaves cruelly.

Then, the drow women cruelly treated the male drow of their own race and tried to make them high-level slaves.

In the end, those drow queens felt that apart from themselves, all drow women weaker than themselves were also slaves. Conquering a high and mighty mistress brought a much greater sense of accomplishment than conquering a slave.

And the drow women who are stronger than themselves will sooner or later be trampled under their feet and become lowly slaves. All drow queens are sure that only they

, is the only mistress in the world.

After hundreds of years of internal conquest, finally, four hundred years ago, a powerful drow queen turned all foreigners, even all her compatriots, and all other queens into her slaves. At the same time, she also lost all her allies and all support.

After she passed away, her daughter could no longer run her kingdom, control the country's slaves, or deal with the invasion of the Mongols and the rise of the Turks. She could only continue to delegate the power her mother had concentrated to us, the lowest foreign slaves, in order to keep the kingdom running. She didn't even dare to delegate power to other drow elves, fearing that other compatriots would replace her.

Therefore, today, our lovely Queen has become a decoration and a vase, and we slaves, the Beys who lead the Mamluk army, are the real masters of this country. "

Goliath opened his arms, and on his rock-hard face he smiled brilliantly. The slave mark on his cheek seemed to be a symbol of victory and glory.

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Chapter 435: Ottoman Siege (Part 1)

When Aenarion heard that the queen of the drow elves and the mistresses had gone too far, resulting in slaves replacing their masters, he did not feel any waves in his heart and asked the most crucial question.

"Your envoy asked our Roman Empire to join the encirclement and divide the land of the Ottoman Empire with the other three countries. I believe you must have a definite method of division."

"That's natural."

The Mamluk slave unfolded a map and showed it to the three hundred elders and Augustus.

"Shah Rukh of the Timurid Empire will lead the Turkic ogre warriors to attack from the east and regain Mesopotamia.

The Tatar Khan of the Crimean Khanate will lead his cavalry to sweep across the Caucasus and Armenia from the north, causing the vassal states there that have suffered from Ottoman slavery and blood taxes to gain independence one after another, and that Khan will become their new overlord.

As for you and me, we will attack the most important part of Asia Minor of the Ottoman Empire from the west and south. We can draw a line diagonally, including the coast of the Aegean Sea and the coast of the Black Sea. The northwest part of Asia Minor will all belong to Rome, while the southeast will belong to the Mamluks. In this way, the Romans will have both Ankara, the current capital of the Ottoman Empire, and the old land of Trabzon of the Komnenos family. "

After the Mamluk slave finished speaking, he stared into Aenarion's eyes, observing the reaction of the foreign emperor. The three hundred elders discussed that with Mamluk, Timur, Crimea, and the Roman Empire attacking from all sides, there was indeed a high probability that the Ottoman Empire would be destroyed. The empire could also take the opportunity to recover half of Asia Minor that had been lost for hundreds of years. If it was true as the other party said, then this was a sure-win deal.

Aenarion did not speak, nor did he show any expression, as he listened quietly to the opinions of the elders. Only twelve years had passed since the Ottoman Empire withdrew from the Balkans. The elves and Slavs had never forgotten the fear of being enslaved by the Turks, and the humiliation of being collected blood taxes and locked in cages. The Janissaries who surrendered to Rome were even more resentful of their old masters. The voices in support of the war were surprisingly high. Some Roman generals even stood up passionately, expressing their willingness to become pioneers and lead an army to recover their homeland for His Majesty. The few opposing voices were directly drowned out, and some were even accused of being spies.

After listening to the ambitious speeches of the elders and even planning the attack for a while, Aenarion stretched out his right hand. In an instant, the whole noisy Senate fell into deathly silence. The three hundred holders of the supreme power in the empire shut their mouths and looked at the emperor in unison, listening to Augustus' voice. The envoy's smile of confidence also showed a hint of worry and doubt.

"Sending the envoy to the embassy and receiving him with the highest standards is very important. I need to think about it."

Aenarion said calmly that he wanted the guards to send the Mamluk away, leaving only the Roman senators in the entire Senate.

"Your Majesty, do you have any doubts? I think this condition is perfect and we can definitely agree to it."

John Komnenos asked doubtfully. Any one of these three conditions, namely, recovering half of Asia Minor, taking back the old territory of Trebzon, and reoccupying Ankara, would make the head of the Komnenos family laugh in his dreams.

"It's because it's too perfect that there are problems."

Aenarion was filled with doubts.

"Immediately write a letter to Crimea Governor Irel... No, let the White Tower Mage send him there to ask him questions. What's the matter with the Khan of the Crimean Khanate? The nomadic clans in the Eastern European steppes have been severely weakened by our steppe balance policy. Which tribe has the strength to challenge the Ottomans?

The Mamluks were deceived by a small tribe, and described their routine winter raids southward as a way to incite a large number of Ottoman vassals to revolt and tie down the northern offensive of many legions. "

"Your Majesty is right."

The Imperial War Marshal Ryan was wearing a purple robe, with his hands crossed on the table, covering the lower half of his face, and spoke in an extremely cold voice.

"After the death of the old cripple Timur, his descendants fought for the Sultanate. From 1453 to the present, there has been a civil war for twelve years. During this period, they were defeated by the Ottomans many times, lost the entire Mesopotamian region, and were conquered by all the peoples along the way.

Even if Shah Rukh unified the remaining Timurid Empire, how many ogres would be left? How many Ottoman armies could they contain and defeat?

Don't let it end up that these Mamluks tricked us into fighting with more than a hundred Ottoman legions in Asia Minor, while they picked peaches from behind and used us as pawns. I don't doubt the fighting power of the Mamluks, but can Timur and Tatars contain the Ottomans? It's hard to say."

The two people who knew the most about military affairs in the empire spoke one after another, pouring cold water on the elders, and the noisy atmosphere just now completely cooled down.

"Yes, that's what I'm worried about. Central Asia is too far away for our spies to reach, and we don't know the real situation there. We need to consider it carefully. There's one more thing - the Ottoman envoy has arrived. Let him come in. Let's listen to what both sides have to say before making a decision."

Aenarion waved his hand, and the guards led the Ottoman envoy into the Senate from another door to avoid an encounter between the Ottoman and Mamluk envoys.

This messenger was an old acquaintance, Sultan Selim’s most beloved son, Suleiman.

"It's been a long time since we last met. Respected Uncle Aenarion, respected elders. My voice represents my father and his empire."

Suleiman had a huge and burly body. He was wearing a colorful felt coat and a huge white turban wrapped around his head. It was decorated with a large number of gold chains to show that he was of the highest status. The golden chains strung together five pendants, namely rubies, sapphires, emeralds, amethysts, and a pure gold pendant carved into the shape of a crescent moon.

Aenarion and Selim I called each other brothers, and Suleiman now directly called himself uncle.

Those elders who had just denounced the Ottoman Empire, regarded the Turks as their enemies, and wished to wipe them out, now all warmly welcomed Suleiman's arrival, without any hatred at all. After all, the Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire were now allies fighting side by side, and they were all veteran actors.

"I don't know what's going on, but Prince Suleiman has come to Constantinople in person. If there's something going on, wouldn't it be better to send an envoy?"

Aenarion asked with the same smile.

"It's not a big deal."

Suleiman said this in a relaxed manner.

"The Mamluk Sultanate used the Caliph to control the other lords. The Muslim nations have suffered from these Egyptians for a long time. My father sent the warmaster Horus to lead a hundred legions to put an end to their history.

However, the Empire is too far away from Egypt. We can only fight slowly through the deserts of Syria and Palestine. The Mamluks can set up layers of defenses in these two places, and then transport a steady stream of resources and slaves from Egypt to the front line. This will be a protracted war for the Empire.

So, we have a proposal, the Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire, why don't we unite again? The last time we united, we attacked east and west back to back, and the Empire defeated the Timurid Empire, and the Romans defeated the Holy Roman Empire.

This time, we will join hands to defeat the Mamluk Sultanate. We will gain Syria, Palestine, and the entire barren Arabian Peninsula, becoming the new owners of the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina. And you will gain the entire Egypt and Cyrenaica, the most populous and richest granary in the entire Mediterranean: Egypt will once again become a province of the Roman Empire. "

Chapter 436: Mamluk Dismemberment Plan (Second Update!)

When the elders heard that Osman promised the whole of Egypt and Cyrenaica, they were somewhat tempted. However, no one made a fuss this time. They were all weighing the prices offered by the Mamluks and Osmans. Which one was more generous and which one would require a higher price to pay?

Assisting the Mamluks in building a siege to dismember the Ottoman Empire can get half of Asia Minor, and assisting the Ottoman Empire in tearing down the siege can get the whole of Egypt. Either condition is very tempting.

"Sending the envoy to the embassy and receiving him with the highest standards is very important. I need to think about it."

Aenarion said calmly that he wanted the guards to send Prince Suleiman away as well, so that the entire Senate would be left with only the Roman senators to discuss this important matter.

The Ottoman side's statement was also very subtle. They directly said that the Ottomans and Rome divided the Mamluk Sultanate, and did not mention a word about the unknown Khan in the north and the Timurid Empire in the east. This leaves two possibilities.

First, Osman did not care about them at all. He thought that these two things were insignificant characters who were not even worthy of being mentioned and could be easily dealt with and manipulated like ants.

Second, Osman also felt that the alliance of the three was very difficult to deal with. He was afraid that the Romans would worry about fighting on multiple fronts and thus turn to the enemy and besiege them from all sides. Therefore, he did not mention it at all to dispel the Romans' doubts and only talked about how the two families would divide the Mamluk Sultanate.

The elders expressed their opinions to each other but could not reach a consensus. Two hours later, the White Tower Mage teleported back and forth from Crimea and brought intelligence from Governor Irel. A fairly powerful chief had indeed risen in the northern grasslands, but he was far from being worthy of vigilance or even reporting.

In recent years, Poland has lost cities and lands due to the Holy Roman Empire. Taxes were collected from serfs to make up for the losses. Many people on the steppes of Eastern Europe could not bear the cruel oppression and were forced to flee and live in other places. The steppes north of the Black Sea, which is today's Ukraine, are vast and sparsely populated. Birds and animals can be seen everywhere, and all kinds of fish can be found everywhere. It is difficult for Poland and the Principality of Moscow to maintain their rule.

Reaching this borderland.

So the Slavs came over and formed several large settlements on the Don and Dnieper rivers together with the local Russians and Tatars. They also formed alliances with each other and called themselves Cossacks, which means freedom in Turkic.

As for their strength... Irel said proudly, if there weren't so many swamps and frozen soil in the northern grasslands, the expedition supplies would be incredibly high, and it would be difficult to defend and garrison. I would only need three thousand Varangians and ten thousand auxiliary soldiers, and I would be able to crush all these newly arrived Cossacks in a year.