Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 304 The Actions of the Ottomans

After experiencing the bombing and the incident of entering the bay, the Ottoman offensive seemed to be temporarily suspended.

Those troops entrenched near Constantinople showed signs of retreating, and the Ottoman warships on the sea seemed to be heading outside.

Everything seems to indicate that the Ottoman offensive has stagnated, and the soldiers and civilians of Constantinople have defended their homes.

The city once again fell into carnival, but the difference is that everyone's attitude towards His Majesty the Emperor has changed a lot this time.

Li Mu gathered greater strength invisibly, and at the same time made the residents of the city no longer fall into internal friction.

But if everything ended like this, then it would be Li Mu who was disappointed.

Because at this moment, the number of Ottoman soldiers killed and injured in his task column has not yet reached 1.

And most of them are slave cannon fodder.

Obviously, the task will continue, and the real hard battle has not yet come.

Li Mu was sitting on the throne in the main hall, watching a group of ministers discussing how to contact the surrounding countries and city-states to completely defeat the Ottoman army together.

The military officers such as Gistini insisted on sticking to their positions and not uniting, and they were ready to repel the enemy, while the Duke and others proposed to unite many countries to fight together.

However, they had no solution after discussing, and finally turned their attention to Li Mu.

Li Mu sat on the throne, his eyes swept over everyone's faces, everyone who made eye contact with Li Mu quickly lowered their heads.

Now under the leadership of Li Mu, Constantinople has achieved good results, and everyone has been cut off their wings. Naturally, they are in awe of Li Mu's majesty.

After a while, Li Mu finally spoke.

"Now there is still a heavy Ottoman army outside. We don't know if they are planning a new attack. If we rush out of the city to join forces, there may not be any good results."

Hearing what Li Mu said, the Duke couldn't sit still for the first time. He immediately stood up and looked at Li Mu, but immediately bowed his head under Li Mu's angry stare.

"Let the soldiers stay vigilant, the supplies in the city are still abundant, we don't need to take risks."

Li Mu made a final decision and ended the topic. Not long after he finished speaking, some soldiers rushed into the hall and told everyone a surprising news.

"Across the Golden Horn, there seems to be continuous fire, possibly Ottoman troops in action."

Hearing the news, Li Mu immediately stood up, looked at each other with everyone, and felt that something was wrong.

"Across the Golden Horn, that is the land of Genoa. They are not friends with the Ottomans." The Duke said.

"Of course they are not friends with the Ottomans, but they are friends with Qian." Li Mu said in a deep voice, and immediately stepped out of the hall.

It was already dark, and Li Mu and others quickly came to the city wall of the Golden Horn Bay in the east, looking at the opposite side of the peaceful Golden Horn Bay, behind the iron chain cliffs, there were bits and pieces of fire flickering at this moment.

"Could it be a Genoese caravan?" Someone said so, but Li Mu shook his head.

"But if it was the Ottomans' conspiracy, they would have transported their troops there. Those people would not be able to cross the Golden Horn and attack us."

Some people still feel that this is alarmist talk. Even if the Ottoman army reaches the opposite land, the Golden Horn will be a natural moat, which will completely block the Ottoman army's offensive.

Any military officer with a bit of brain would not have made such a muddled decision.

But Li Mu squinted at the situation in the distance.

The fire there illuminated a small part of the sky. Although it was not clear what the situation was, the huge scale definitely could not be the Genoa caravan operating.

That must be something the Ottoman army was doing. They endured it for so long and finally figured out a way to deal with Constantinople.

With such a huge momentum, Li Mu can realize that this is definitely not a child's play. Perhaps such an action by the Ottomans will cause huge damage to Constantinople.

"Maybe it was the cannons of the Ottomans, but at such a distance from the Golden Horn, the shells would just fall into the water."

At this time, Gistini next to him said this, but Li Mu felt like a thunder flashed in his mind when he heard these words.

That's right, cannons, the Ottomans want to break through Constantinople, and cannons are weapons that must be fully utilized.

And how to make full use of cannons does not necessarily have to be placed on the shore.

The Ottomans have a large number of ships. If those cannons are placed on them, they will be fired close to the walls of Constantinople...

Although there are still a few warships in the bay, these warships can get rid of the attack, but it does not mean that they can win such a naval battle with such a huge disparity in power.

Li Mu felt that he had grasped something in his mind, turned his head and looked around, and grabbed Gistini.

"Immediately go to the merchants in Genoa and give them gold coins. I want to know from them what happened there."

Li Mu said categorically that Gistini was a little dazed by Li Mu's anxious aura, but he immediately took the order and ran down the city wall quickly.

Li Mu, on the other hand, headed towards the fortress on the side of the Golden Horn Bay to check the condition of the iron chain across the bay.

The iron chains were in good condition, and under Li Mu's strong request, he even pulled up the other two iron chains that were sunk under the sea.

The soldiers were puzzled by the emperor's sudden nervous attitude, but after all, there was indeed something wrong with the fire rising on the land opposite the Golden Horn, so they followed the order and did things.

Not long after, Li Mu, who was patrolling the city wall, got an amazing news from Gistini.

A Genoese lord was bribed to own a piece of land between the Golden Horn and the Bosphorus.

And the flames above are indeed the Ottomans, who are sitting now, seem to have laid a layer of logs on the land, and according to a Genoese fur trader, the logs were thickly painted. Grease, layers of logs are being laid towards the Golden Horn.

And in the Bosphorus, those Ottoman warships seemed to be waiting for something.

Li Mu's mind was flashing at the moment, and he immediately understood what these guys were going to do.

They are going to lay a passage on the land, so that their ships can bypass the iron chain from the land and enter the Golden Horn by manpower.

At that time, the Ottoman ships cruising in the Golden Horn can unscrupulously pour firepower towards Constantinople.

Coupled with the offensive of the western city wall...

Li Mu felt cold all over, as if he had seen how Constantinople was breached in history.

The Ottoman Sultan also had a wild imagination, and he even came up with such a way of sailing on dry land.

Now the log has not reached the edge of the Golden Horn, but it will take another two or three days before the Ottoman ship can be sent into the Golden Horn.

Time waits for no one, and the most important thing right now is to stop the Ottomans from moving.

Li Mu looked at the officers around him, and asked, "Do you have any good ways to make that Osman's plan invalid?"

A group of officers lowered their heads, while Gistini looked at Li Mu with burning eyes, as if thinking of something, he spoke immediately.

"Your Majesty, I took a hundred warriors across the Golden Horn to destroy the log laid by the Ottomans. Didn't they say that it was covered with grease?"

"Let's just set it on fire!"

When Gistini said this, Li Mu suddenly regained his energy, but after thinking for a moment, he grinned and said.

"No, we have a better way."

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(End of this chapter)