Chapter 50: Jian Qingbi Ye, Threat, Night Attack
The strategy of "Jian Qing Bi Ye" has worked. The distance between the two places is less than 200 kilometers. There is nothing to eat along the way, except pigs.
Suleiman looked at a group of big and small pigs, and he was so angry. This is not Jian Qing Bi Ye, this is an insult to them.
He changed his mind, he wanted to tear the kid to pieces. I believe Allah will also approve.
Suleiman ordered the army to move forward quickly, but their supplies could not keep up. They took all the food away before leaving, and they quickly ate up what they brought with them.
They began a hungry march. The lack of water and food made the Ottoman army exhausted. And Suleiman Pasha's impatience made it certain that he could not wait for supplies.
After seven days of marching, the morale of the Ottoman army was very low. They were dirty all over, with only some animal feed in their stomachs, and no meat at all.
Who would have thought that the other party was so clean, there was nothing to eat along the way, and finally found a warehouse that had not been taken away. The things inside were poisoned, directly poisoning more than 20 people.
Fortunately, they were about to reach Varna. (Try 200 kilometers without food or drink)
Suleiman Pasha decided to send an envoy to Varna to make them submit to the Ottomans, because the army needed to be repaired now.
So, an envoy of Suleiman arrived in Varna in advance.
"I am here to meet your superior on the orders of Suleiman Pasha."
The gate of Varna opened, and the envoy was introduced to Peter.
At this time, Peter was reading a book that the Chamber of Commerce brought from Prague. A book called "Summa Theologica" written by a man named Wycliffe, and Peter just happened to see what the views of this ancestor were.
When the envoy entered and took a look around, he said to the person next to him.
"Where is your superior?"
"In front of you." The person pointed at Peter and said.
The envoy didn't expect that their superior was actually a child, and he felt deceived.
"I want to meet your real superior."
"If you want to say that I am in power, then I am." Peter put down the book and looked at the envoy.
The envoy was surprised. He didn't expect that a little boy was the supreme ruler of Varna. But he still signaled to Peter and began to tell Suleiman's request.
"The great Ottoman army is coming here soon. Suleiman Pasha hopes Varna will reward the army."
Peter thought for a while, then looked at the other party with a smile. The envoy was a little panicked because he saw his death in the eyes of the lord.
"I don't know why the Pasha asked us to prepare. Besides, isn't it to annex Varna at this time?"
"This is an opportunity to form an alliance with the most powerful empire in the world. I hope you can control it well."
"Then I can't control it."
Peter choked back directly. "You trampled on our homes, slaughtered God's people, and seized their property and land. Now you have the nerve to come here to ask for rewards. I have to say that you are really confident."
Seeing that the other party was so ignorant, the envoy could only issue an ultimatum.
"My Lord, if you don't want to see the beautiful Varna destroyed by war, you'd better do it, otherwise you will regret it too late."
I thought the other party would obey obediently, but Peter said directly.
"Before that, you don't have to worry, because you won't see that day."
Then, the envoy was controlled by both sides.
"Execute this arrogant guy with the highest etiquette."
The envoy was dragged away before he understood what the highest etiquette was, and the people around him understood that the envoy's death sentence had been sentenced and no one could save him.
After that, Peter gave a speech to everyone in the room.
"You all saw that these arrogant pagans asked us to open the door and hand over the grain we planted and harvested. This is unacceptable. Can we live without dignity like this?"
"No"
Peter even raised his voice in the last few words to deter some wavering people. At this time, he needed to unite all forces.
Back to Suleiman's side, the envoy he sent had not returned for a long time, so he personally led the army to deter them. Unexpectedly, he saw a scene that he would never see in his life.
On the road leading to Varna, a pillar stood beside it, and when you looked closely, you saw a man passing through the middle. He had not yet died, but he would not live long.
Suleiman saw it at a glance. This was the envoy he sent. He hurried forward to check, and the envoy said directly with his last strength.
"They... are here..."
As soon as the voice fell, a group of troops appeared around. Countless arrows and meteors fell, and the Ottoman army, which had not rested well, was instantly in chaos.
"Keep the formation, don't mess up!"
Suleiman Pasha gave orders, and at the same time, the light cavalry of Varna began to harvest the lives of some Ottoman soldiers. The two sides were very lively.
After paying a painful price, the Ottoman army finally maintained its formation. Then Sipahi began to fight with the Varna cavalry, blood, axes, and broken limbs flew all over the sky, and seeing that the Ottomans were ready to counterattack, the other side retreated directly. Sipahi wanted to chase him, but was stopped by Suleiman.
Suleiman still looked at the dead envoy. The top of the wooden pillar was sharpened. He was inserted from the top and then fell down according to his own gravity until he lost his life.
This kind of death had never been seen in the whole of Europe and the Islamic world, and the envoy's words before his death had given him a great shock. But he finally calmed down.
"Order, set up camp on the spot and bury him."
At this time, Suleiman was less than 20 kilometers away from Varna. Now he was exhausted and had to postpone the siege plan and repair it first. At the same time, he sent people to Edirne to request reinforcements and supplies.
Peter looked at the gradually quiet Ottoman camp, and his face was full of uncontrollable joy. With a wave of his hand, all the bows and arrows were ignited and fired into the Ottoman camp.
Eight light artillery also fired at the other side, and their fragile defense was directly torn apart by the shells. This was undoubtedly a burden on the shoulders of the Ottoman soldiers who were under great pressure during the march and had just fought a battle.
"Pasha, it's bad, our camp was attacked."
Suleiman Pasha, who had just fallen asleep, was still confused when he was awakened, but he soon realized something and quickly put on his armor and set up a battle array.
The Dobruja cavalry shouted for glory and charged at the Ottoman soldiers, who fell into the arms of Allah before they were ready. They were like lawn mowers, ruthlessly harvesting the lives of the enemy, and there was no way to stop them.