Patricia Taylor
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Antonius has returned. His scout ships have told him about the Ottoman siege of Constantinople. Thus, after entering the Golden Horn, he stopped by the Genoese colony of Galata. There he 'politely borrowed' the tower of Galata from his countrymen, using it as a watch tower and observed the situation of the battlefield. Then he noticed something interesting. It seems like the commander of the Ottoman army is either too confident that no enemy threat will come from the water, or trust that the Ottoman…-
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Fourteen of February, 1453AD, one day into the siege of Constantinople. It is only the first day of the siege and it has already led to disarray among the citizens of Constantinople. The Ottomans consistently bombarded the Theodosian walls for a day with trebuchets and catapults of all size and judging by the looks of it the Ottomans seems to plan to do this for another day. Giovanni had a sound sleep last night and woke up early, and now he is observing the Ottoman movements through the arrow slits…
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The Ottoman side of battlefield sprung into action following the order given by their Sultan. With the advancement of technology, more and more sophisticated weapons are being developed through the ages and being implemented on the battlefield, which further increased the amount of casualties of ordinary peasants and soldiers on battlefield. Things have changed even for the nobles, the knights, the lords also nowadays. War and battles are no longer a romantic and charming scene written on poetries and…
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"The one who wants to wear the crown, must bear its weight" - The Inheritors, Kim Tan Mehmed has to conquer Constantinople in the shortest time possible. From now onwards, Constantinople is no longer just a symbol or a trophy for him to showcase to his deceased father and his subjects to boost his prestige and military achievement. The situation now is quite clear, if he fails under the walls, all the other foes hiding in the shadows might jump out together and form a coalition against him. That is…
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While Antonius is busy with his affairs messing around with the Ottoman navy, the situation of Constantinople is quite awkward when seen by the outsiders. It is a war, but no soldier on both side has died yet. It is a siege, but no siege is conducted yet. It is a battle, but no swords have been crossed yet. It is like a phoney war. If there is peace prize in the medieval era, it ought to be presented to Mehmed and Constantine for keeping the claws on both sides from striking each other. Obviously it…
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"Wait! My brother! It might be a trap!" "Why?" "Because I know the Pasha of Saruhan." Abdullah replied in a fast and anxious tone. "And his name is not Emel! That man is telling a lie!" "I see." Antonius replied but did not stop his footsteps. "Thank you my brother, but even if he and his army is real or not, I have to go, because I cannot take risks or else this victory today will turn its tides and engulf you, I and all our men with it." Upon hearing this, Abdullah said no more words and watched…
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The only thing that the Ottomans want now is to get the hell out of this place. In a state of panic and disarray, their eyes have turned red and will tear anything that tries to stop in their way for survival, including their former superiors. After Talmi executed three men hopelessly to stop the mass desertion, he suddenly felt that the tide has changed and something wrong in the atmosphere around him. Before he realises it, he felt a sharp stabbing pain in his abdomen. When he looked down, he saw…
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Just as Baltaoğlu Süleyman Bey finished his words, a series of Nordic Viking horns can be heard from the seas. Talmi frowned and looked at the direction of the seas, to his shock, a fleet of small boats with men on top holding up their axes roaring and screaming in an unknown tongue showed up out of no where from the seas and came paddling towards the dock as fast as they can. The Kapudan Pasha Baltaoğlu Süleyman Bey realised what is going on, used up last bit of his strength and tripped Talmi…
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Mauro approached the Ottomans silently from the back as he signaled his men to form into their usual Genoese mercenary formations; one man on the front squat down holding up with his long sword on top of the shield fending off any attacks by enemies aiming the head, while two men behind him with their Milano light crossbows loaded standing behind the shield man, one in charge of shooting and one in charge of loading. Although Mauro and his men are excellent warriors who have experienced many battles back…
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Antonius and Abdullah took six hundred men comprising mostly of sailors, or we can also address them by the name pirates. While leaving two hundred men behind tending for the wounded pioneers and looking after the ships preventing them from floating away. Despite most of them having expressed a strong will to fight, Antonius, although deeply touched, did not change his decision and explained to them why. It is because most of them are either newbies who has not been properly trained before for battle, or…
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