Patricia Taylor
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11
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Antonius got another special 'guest' on his ship that came with the Varangians. It is an Ottoman man in turbans, wearing the uniform of an ordinary Janissary. According to Yuri he was caught on a hole leading to the cellar, Yuri pulled his head out of that hole like how village folks pulls carrots from the ground, blocked the hole with crude oil and gun powder, tied him up with a rope they could find on the ground and sent him back here. "I am a Boluk-bashi of the Janissary, release me immediately and…-
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Antonius and his fleet approached the fortress with his fleet in darkness. He has already sealed and had full control of the strait, stopping all passing ships, and even sinking some ships flying Ottoman colours to prevent them from leaking the information that the Roman navy is out in action. The fleet moves itself flexibly in the dark blue waters of Bosporus straits under the cover of crescent light and pitch-dark sky, like a spectre haunting the waters. The ships are completely silent, with mouth of…
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The Ottoman warriors, having enough of Roman bolts and arrows, now started retaliating. Hundreds of Ottoman archers, with their unique Nomadic re curve bows, started venting their fury with their heavy arrows. The Ottoman archers took full use of their advantage of speed, they can shoot two to three arrows with their re curve bows when the Romans are still trying to reload their crossbows. They formed a barrage of arrows that is constantly pouring upon the Roman archers on the walls. The Roman…
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Back in the Rumelihisarı fortress, things are not looking so good. First thing is they do not have abundant food supplies in the fortress. The fortress only has a food supply storage that is meant for roughly around four hundred men lasting for one day, as wagons of food are transported here on a daily basis. Furthermore, as they are a sneak attack task force, they came light weighted and thus did not bring any surplus food for the next day. However, waving your blades, shielding enemy attacks,…
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The disastrous result of the first wave of attack, together with the horrific scene of the battle under dusk and the number of killed in action Ottoman warriors calmed Zaganos Pasha down immediately like a bucket of icy cold stream water from Mount Ararat poured on his head. He began thinking logically, and he vowed not to let his emotion deter his judgement every again. Zaganos Pasha led a bunch of Ottoman officers to the injured warriors, checking their wounds, reassuring repeatedly in front of them…
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Zaganos Pasha started hesitating. Various Beys and Pashas have already started gathering outside the tent, waiting for their superior's orders. Ottoman cavalries have started readying their horses, and janissaries have started lining up in formations and sharpened their blades. They are all waiting outside for their commander's orders. Seeing this, Selim pasha whispered under his breathe again. "Zaganos Pasha, I have an idea… why don't we allow whoever there attacking Rumelihisarı to save us the…
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After Constantine stormed into the gates first, he went blank and not knowing what to do as this is literally his first time with an army on the front line. But Giovanni's right hand man Mauro is an experienced combatant. He immediately organised all archers and crossbow men to suppress the enemy archers on the walls. They did a successful job – too successful that their arrows flew over the walls and landed behind, one arrow even landed right before Loukas giving him a stutter. Loukas was initially…
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"Charge!" The tremendous sound of hooves broke the silence following Giovanni's command. A hundred Andravida stallions galloped through the verdant grassland. The howling wind produced by the stallions turns the weeds and plantations rolling like tidal waves in the Atlantic. The manes of horses are sent flying into the air like inky flames dancing on their back. Giovanni and his men squeezed their thighs together and tighter making their mounts accelerate faster and faster. If the sound of one-horse…
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A day later, before daybreak, Giovanni, Loukas and Constantine and their men prepares to set off for an unknown battlefield. Antonius, Andronikos and George Sphrantzes are made in charge of defending the city in case of any potential threats. The army assembled outside the Gate of Platea ready to sail towards Galata. The army is not a massive one, only consisting of a total of a thousand troops comprising of the most professional and elite ones they can find. The army marched as one, a sea of shining…
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1st November 1452, outside the gate of Charisius, Constantinople. A hooded man walks wearily likes a zombie, his eyes seems dead and seems to be in a state of subconsciously awake. The man carrying a huge bag tainted dark red with a thick, creamy liquid dripping down onto the dirt road. The passers-by gave him a curious look but soon carried on finishing their daily chores. It is not their first day seeing a man in this state, perhaps he is robbed by an armed bandit or something. The man walked into…
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