Chapter 650 You Will Return Like Lightning

Returning to Semanud, Losa quickly chose to start the simulation battle scenario.

Small words slowly emerged in his mind.

You chose the high-difficulty simulation battle scenario, the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1453.

Clearance requirements: Defeat the Ottoman "conqueror" and his army, and crush the ambition of "conqueror" Mahamu II (the name is sensitive, so choose another Chinese translation) to conquer Constantinople.

Note that this scenario belongs to the six-star template trial, which is extremely difficult and has only one chance to try, so please treat it with caution.

As the light and shadow flickered.

Losa's ears faintly rang with the impassioned sound of the cello.

It was like thunder suddenly sounded, and the iron cavalry was on the icy river.

After a moment, it seemed as if countless people were calling, praying, and singing loudly.

"You will return like lightning.

The whole country will have a feast.

The sea, the land and the sky, under your lightning.

I will wear white clothes and touch you again.

Your light and my heart.

Constantine Dragaces Palaeologus.

By the grace of God, the emperor of the Romans.

The white-legged mare at the door of Saint Romanus

Four betas, show mercy.

When the singing gradually died down, when Lothar opened his eyes again, he was in a deserted city.

The emperor in a purple robe stood in front of more than a dozen Varangian guards and a dilapidated statue of Emperor Manuel, looking at the bleak and dilapidated streets, which had been looted and had not been repaired until now.

The collapsed stone ruins were overgrown with weeds.

On the once prosperous streets, there were only a few Farmers were fertilizing the cultivated fields beside the road skillfully.

He looked at the poorly equipped militiamen and Constantinople, which looked like a large rural village, with a bitter smile on his face.

"This is the current Constantinople, the Queen of Cities..."

As the successor of Constantine XI, he sorted out the mess and quickly sorted out the gift left by Constantine XI - the cognition of the current situation in his mind.

The emperor of the empire is now just the mayor of Constantinople.

Constantinople, which once had a population of hundreds of thousands and was the most densely populated and prosperous city in the Western world, now has only a few tens of thousands of people left, and many of them are Latin immigrants.

Although the empire still has an enclave in Morea, that place has been a barren land since ancient times.

Originally, under the painstaking management of Constantine XI, Morea could barely muster nearly 10,000 conscripts.

Unfortunately, the six-mile wall he painstakingly built failed to resist the Ottomans.

After the six-mile wall was breached, the Ottomans who entered the Morea Peninsula plundered most of the population of Morea at once.

Years of hard work have gone to waste. Now Morea can no longer provide any support to the empire.

Apart from the "Crusaders" who may arrive one after another, he can only rely on the army of Constantinople, which has a total of less than 7,000 people, more than half of whom are militias, to resist the Ottoman army, which is ten times larger than his own.

Moreover, because the emperor decided to accept the Pope's request to merge the Orthodox Church with the Catholic Church, the Orthodox forces were quite dissatisfied with the emperor. Many subjects of the empire would rather accept the rule of the Ottomans than submit to the people who had plundered Constantinople. Constantinople, under the Latins with deep blood feud.

There are both internal and external troubles.

If Lothar had not been transformed into a true dragon, all the options left now would probably be to "turn his back on the enemy and surrender with courtesy", and still retain the position of Grand Duke of Morea.

As Lothar's mind moved slightly.

The first choice appeared.

The voice of the system was calm. You replaced Constantine XI, worried about the mess you took over, and thought that the chance of winning was slim, so you decided:

A: The Ottomans are strong and powerful, and we dare not compete with them. It is better to take a boat to turn away, avoid their edge, and start a new business.

B: The enemy is strong and we are weak, so quickly write dozens of letters to His Holiness the Pope, Regent Hunyadi, the King of Naples and Aragon, the Governor of Venice, the posthumous son Laszlo, and all the Christian lords who can be named, asking for support.

C: There are no reinforcements at all. Those self-righteous Latins, including the Pope, are a group of liars who can only talk big. We can only rely on ourselves, announce the abolition of "Church Unification", and purge all Latins in the city.

There is actually an option to transfer in!

Losa smiled bitterly. Although he had fantasized about it before, he knew that this idea was not reliable after coming here.

Transfer to North Africa, where there are pagans everywhere, and there is no chance of development at all.

Transfer to Italy, in this world, Sicily and Naples are all under the rule of the Kingdom of Aragon, the overlord of the Western Mediterranean. On a deeper level, there are also wolves controlling the rural areas, which are not easy to mess with.

Even if it is some small city-states in northern Italy, it is extremely difficult for him to seize them.

After all, among the 7,000 people in his hands, a considerable number are Latins, who came for the title of fighting against pagans. Once he abandons Constantinople and loses the title of jihadist, the team will immediately fall apart.

By then, there wouldn't be many people willing to follow him. At best, he would bring a guard of several hundred people with him, and in the future he would travel around the palaces of various European monarchs, eating and drinking for free, and become a character like Viserys the Beggar King in A Song of Ice and Fire.

Is it possible that in this world of combat records, I really want to wait until Osman transforms into the sick man of West Asia, then return like lightning, pull the conqueror out of the coffin board and "defeat" him?

The possibility of escaping by sea is close to zero today. It is better to go straight through the Ottoman territory in the Balkans and have a higher success rate of escaping by land.

Finally, and most importantly, he had no boat.

The Imperial Navy that once roamed the Mediterranean now has not even a single ship left.

All the shipbuilding craftsmanship was lost, captured by the Crusaders and sold to Latin merchants.

Unless the Venetians and Genoese borrow it.

But for an emperor who has given up his country and has only an empty title, is there any price he can pay?

The greatness of Constantine XI lies in the fact that he died in battle. Once he became a runaway, this halo dissipated and he was just an exiled nobleman who believed in a heretical sect.

The laurel crown of the Roman emperor could not be sold at a high price.

Lothar smiled bitterly and chose option B.

Although he made this choice, he felt that the only reinforcements that could be brought in now were probably the Knights Hospitallers living in Rhode Island.

As for the commission for inviting them to participate in the war... the emperor even wore patches on his purple robe, and the gems on his crown were all fake. If he could really afford a large sum of money, he would have used it to hire soldiers or repair the city walls. .

The price that can be offered is nothing more than the promise of some more business privileges, or even ceding them a city area so that they can enjoy the same privileges as Latin merchants. This is the only bargaining chip left in the hands of the Roman emperor.

In addition, Hungary, which is most likely to come with support, is caught in internal political struggles.

The posthumous son Laszlo (translated as Ladislaus in German) had limited political skills. Although he was the king of Hungary and Bohemia and the archduke of Austria, he was unable to hold real power at all. He was in tit-for-tat confrontation with the regent Hunyadi and failed. Frequent attacks forced the famous anti-Austrian general and Hungary's most famous war faction, the famous White Knight Hunyadi János, to resign as regent.

Unless the posthumous son Laszlo is willing to bow his head for the sake of Constantinople and ask Hunyadi to come back to lead the army, but that is obviously impossible. Laszlo does not have the courage or responsibility.

France was mired in the Hundred Years' War, and the Habsburg Emperor Frederick had no interest in supporting Constantinople. He hoped to seize control of the Grand Duchy of Austria from his cousin.

The simulated battle can adapt to the current situation and only micro-manage at key nodes, but this time it is no better than before.

Historically, Charles VII was able to win on his own, with more than one chance and a margin for error.

So Lothar decided to micro-manage the entire simulated battle!

Lothar raised his hand and looked at this body, which was completely different from his own, but was essentially the same body. He said to himself: "Everything is done. It is inevitable to violate destiny. It is not your fault. You cannot save Rome." , leave it to me to save.”

Constantine XI did his best.

People often compare him with Chongzhen, but Lothar feels that if Chongzhen really has the ability of Constantine XI, the Ming Dynasty can last at least another ten years.

As for item C, let alone mention it.

Nowadays, half of the defenders of Constantinople rely on "despicable Latins", and trying to get rid of them is even more stupid than cutting off one's own arm.

At this time.

A eunuch ran over quickly and said with surprise: "Your Majesty, reinforcements are coming!"

"How many people came?"

"Eight hundred, they came in two Galion sailing ships."

The eunuch stopped and took a deep breath before continuing: "He calls himself Giovanni Giustiniani. He is a mercenary leader from Chios Island. The soldiers he leads should be stationed on Chios Island." Genoese."

The Genoese not only had many island territories in the Aegean Sea, but also had many commercial ports and colonies in the former empire's "Khelson Military District" to control the Amber Road and sell slaves.

"At the very least, we now have a boat in our hands."

Lothar smiled and strode forward: "Let's go and greet these devout Crusaders."