Patricia Taylor
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Back in the tent of Sultan Orhan which is already shifted to the interior ruins of Izmit. A trial is going on. Antonius, Abraham with the rest of the crew on the left, still with blood stains on their armours and faces. The chieftain who attacked them kneeling down in the center, hands tied behind his back, and his men on the right, with their Sultan Orhan seated right on the top with a stern face and a pair of eyes that feels like spitting fire burning this chieftain to ashes at any moment. "That is…-
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The guard slapped Ibrahim Pasha's hand dropping that dagger. Ibrahim Pasha's eyes are still tightly closed as he awaits his final moment, but after really that he is still alive he lost all strength feeling like his muscles have softened making him fall onto the ground gasping frantically for air, having a mixed emotion of relief and resentment in his mind. Once a suicide ends in failure a man shall not think of doing it again until he meets the next major tragedy in his life. "Honourable Pasha!" The…
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Meanwhile Sultan Orhan have just been awaken by the consistent shelling. The Sultan ran out of his tent fearing it might be an in camp rebellion by these inobedient war lords, but soon found out that the commotion is from the Rumelian fleet which only arrived less than a day ago. A bit agitated by waking up abruptly from sleep he called for the bey in charge of patrolling this night asking him. "What is going on here, Emin bey?" "Sultan." The loyal bey kneeled kissing the Sultan's ring and replied.…
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"Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death." - Sun Tzu, 'Art of War' "Will the Ibrahim Pasha then allow his exhausted worn out soldiers to close their eyes and get some quality rest?" The captains all nodded slightly thinking about their admiral's words. "With this, we launch a surprise attack on them laying siege in a time when biologically speaking a man should be in a…
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An hour later, the Sultan's team of Ashji bashi prepared a sumptuous feast with roasted Ürdün lamb meat, cooked Hejaz yogurt and other delicacies of the Saracen states giving Antonius and his men quite a fresh taste towards the food of the unknown world. While the followers of Antonius are down there busy gobbling down their feast and appreciating the artistic belly dance of Persian maidens, Antonius and Orhan are up there caught in a situation of embarrassment, grinning at each other exchanging toasts…
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"My fellow Ottoman warriors! I promise you that once we break through this city, there will be an abundant amount of gold, silver and jewels, all you have to do is to breach those walls for me!" Sultan Orhan had to come down himself personally shouting in front of the soldiers urging them to charge, but these men simply sat or squad down there and not listen. "Sultan! We want bread, gold and women now! Can you give us?" The soldiers replied Orhan in one voice. "And we want it now!" The Sultan looked…
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"A little knowledge removes a lot of ignorance" - Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib "Heroes share the same mind." Antonius laughed accepting Abraham's idea. Just as Abraham thanks Alexios for supporting his idea, Yuri came in for the third time reporting. "Admiral, Finisk got a letter from Abdullah and here to present it to you." "Call him in." Finisk entered the tent looking at all the captains inside and gulped, timid as always the moment he entered he kneeled on the ground on one knee not daring to look at…
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For the horses, Antonius cannot help but to keep these cute, practical but troublesome creatures over here in Anatolia under the custody of Sultan Orhan. Whereas for the chests after chests of gold the different captains under Antonius broke into a series of debates on how to spend this tremendous amount of money that they rarely sees, some suggests distributing it between the soldiers and sailors, some suggests using it to fund the market, some suggests to use it to build more ships. However, their…
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"Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another." - Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations By the delegate's basic understanding of the Latin language, he is at least able to understand the title of the letter. "Forsit ex commune forum on insulis nuntiabunt", and immediately he understood the admiral's difficulties with an idea blinking up into his mind. With no hesitation smiles occupied his entire face as he looks up towards the admiral asking. "My…
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The delegates are welcomed into the still building in process camp and led to camp in the center and checked by a tall man supposed from Rossija speaking a weird Greek dialect, after making they are clear of any trouble the delegates are invited into the tents of the great admiral. Honestly speaking to their surprise, the admiral completely does not look like any other military leaders they have ever met before being arrogant and bossy about every particular stuff, he is more like a regular teenager in…
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