At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 546 Ambush
The place where the two sides agreed to meet was an open field, but not far from the south side was a dense jungle.

This is the best place to set up an ambush, because there is a swamp outside the jungle, so you don't have to worry about being ripped off.

The Duke of Daman ambushed all the main forces in the jungle. Today is the last and best chance for the Jedi to counterattack.

Alejandro's current identity is a squad leader. After all, he has been captured before, so it would be nice to be given an official position.

He has 50 people in his hands, and the ambush location is the most forward, that is to say, he needs to rush up as soon as Duke Daman gives an order.

In other words, it is to remove obstacles for the main force of others and act as cannon fodder.

"Captain, the time is almost up!"

The adjutant Ertuğrul behind him looked at the sky and reminded nervously.

Alejandro glanced at him, dissatisfied: "Why rush, isn't it time?"

"But... His Excellency the Duke has ordered that it may be made earlier..."

"What do you care about so much? Besides, even if you act early, there are thousands of people ambushing in the jungle, and there are still [-] people in the city who can act at any time. Can we affect the situation of the battle with only fifty people here?"

"That's the truth, but..."

"Okay, just wait!"

Alejandro waved his hand impatiently, then covered his head and closed his eyes for a nap.

Ertuğrul didn't know what to do. At this time, someone behind him persuaded: "The captain is right, we are so small that we will not be effective at all. If we rush too early, we will definitely die. Let's wait and see." .”

"shut up!"

Ertuğrul suddenly exploded, I am an adjutant, I can't scold the officer, and I can't scold a mere soldier?
"This is an order from His Majesty the Duke himself. Disobeying those who command is tantamount to disobedience on the battlefield, and it is a death penalty!"

Instead of saying this to his subordinates, he might as well say it to Alejandro who was on the side.

The chief officer took the lead in passive sabotage and disobedience on the battlefield. This is a capital offense!
As an adjutant himself, he can replace the chief officer when necessary, provided that he needs the support of the soldiers.

Therefore, he was so righteous in order to make the seriousness of the matter clear.

How could Alejandro not be able to hear it? He turned over and said with a sneer on his face, "El, did you tell me what you said?"

"The subordinates dare not. They just relayed the order of the Duke. I hope that the captain will put the overall situation first and not miss the matter of the Duke."

"How much does the Duke pay you every month?"

Ertuğrul froze for a moment, then said, "Three Ike silver coins per month."

"Ha ha……"

Alejandro smiled contemptuously and said, "Do you know how much the Orientals pay the captives for severance?"

Hearing this, Ertuğrul immediately lowered his face, faintly feeling that something was wrong.

He had heard a long time ago that the Orientals did not kill captives, but also paid severance pay, five gold coins per person.

This is a gold coin!

The currency systems of the Ottomans and the Eastern Romans were basically the same, similar to the gold and silver of the Ming Dynasty. One gold coin could be exchanged for ten Ike silver coins.

Only after working hard for a month can I get three silver coins, which is money for my life.

They easily took nearly [-] times of their own!
"Captain Alexandre, what do you mean by all this?"

"It's nothing interesting, just to tell you that everyone still has a choice, and it doesn't have to be for the Duke of Daman, and it won't sell for much."

"Captain Alexandre, do you know that saying these words on the battlefield is already encouraging soldiers to surrender, suspected of treason!"

"Treason? Haha..."

Alejandro laughed suddenly, and said, "Which country did you betray?"

"Of course the Ottoman Empire!"

"Is the Ottoman Empire... still alive? Where is His Majesty the King?"

"His Majesty the King died for the country, and we should inherit his legacy and take back Constantinople from the Easterners!"

"and then?"

"Then... what do you mean?"

"I'm asking you, if Constantinople is taken back, who will be king?"

Ertuğrul thought for a while and said, "The royal blood relatives no longer exist. If Constantinople can be recaptured, the Duke of Daman should be the one to inherit the throne."

Ottoman's heirs have a style of fratricide.

After Muhad succeeded to the throne, he immediately killed all his brothers in order to prevent someone from usurping power.

Well now, I can't even find an heir.

Alessandro said again: "Do you think that the Duke of Daman has always been loyal to the empire and has never had any second thoughts?"

"Of course!"

"Haha, how ridiculous!"

Alessandro laughed loudly, and then said: "Let me ask you, the Duke of Daman took away 20 elites, why did the Easterners directly kill Constantinople?"

Ertuğrul said: "The Duke of Daman made the city of Zigat indestructible, and the Easterners couldn't attack it, so they made a detour to Constantinople."

"Don't Duke Daman know the consequences?"

"It should be... I didn't expect it..."

"El, do you know what we heard when we were in Constantinople?"

"what?"

"The Easterners have long reached an agreement with the Duke of Daman to abandon the city of Zigat and directly attack Constantinople."

Ertuğrul was shocked after hearing this, and hurriedly said: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Then explain why the Duke of Daman watched the Easterners detour to attack Constantinople, but did not send troops to intercept him. When he learned that His Majesty the King was besieged, he did not choose to send troops to rescue him. Tell me. ,What exactly is this for?"

When Alejandro questioned, El asked directly.

At this moment, his heart also began to shake, could it be true...

"No, the Duke of Daman set up an ambush for the purpose of annihilating the Easterners in one fell swoop. How could he be in collusion?"

"I advise you to save yourself. This is all a game of power. The Duke of Daman just wants to keep his position, so he puts pressure on the Easterners. Just watch, this battle cannot be fought."

Ertuğrul lowered his head, lost in deep thought.

After some conversations, the values ​​​​in his heart began to collapse.

Has the Duke of Daman really surrendered?

Alejandro reached out and patted El on the shoulder, and said, "There is a saying in the East that people don't want to kill the world for themselves. We suffer and suffer, and even fight with our lives. What can we get in return?"

"Three silver coins a month, is it enough for you to support your family?"

"Do you know that the Easterners have allocated land to many civilians and revoked their status as untouchables, so what if you stay with the Duke of Daman?"

"Your life is not as good as those untouchables in the past. If it were me, I would take the initiative to ask the Orientals to surrender, receive a lot of severance pay, and then use the money to do some small business. It's better than working hard, right? "

Alejandro is no longer suspected, but is openly spreading speeches of surrender.

Ertuğrul should have been very angry, and then justly accused the other party of being a traitor and betraying the Ottoman Empire. However, those words just now collapsed his belief in his heart. Really wrong?

Alejandro looked around, and many soldiers reacted similarly to El, thinking hard whether they should stick to it or just surrender.

These days, the soldiers who defected from Constantinople kept spreading all kinds of opinions, and everyone could show gold coins as evidence that the Easterners really did not mistreat the captives, and the treatment was pretty good.

In addition, there have been news that the Orientals have allocated land to common people, removed hats from low-caste people, and even directly abolished the caste system.

Under the strict caste system, the aristocrats looked at civilians or soldiers almost the same as they looked at a dog.

If everyone can really be equal in the future, it will be a dream... No, it is a good thing that I dare not even dream about!
Recently, there have been rumors that interracial marriages give a lot of benefits, and they also need to build free schools, nursing homes, medical centers, etc...

Even though the Duke of Daman has been deliberately blocking the news, but these news are like sneaking into the night with the wind, moistening everything silently, how can it be blocked.

And all of this is just a chess piece left by Zhu Qizhen before leaving.

He didn't expect the 500 people in Alessandro to be able to instigate rebellion from within, or even launch a coup, because the risk of doing so was too high, and no one was willing to take the risk.

However, it is enough to spread the news and make the defenders of Zigat feel anti-war and war-weary.

In addition, the series of policies implemented by Zhu Qiyu in Constantinople are truly speaking for the people at the bottom. These are no longer conspiracy, but conspiracy.

Without comparison, there is no harm.

Alessandro and the five hundred soldiers are just a seed that took root and sprouted in Zigat until it grew into a towering tree.

Looking at my previous life and now, the gap is obvious.

The people at the bottom will always be the group with the largest base in the world, but they are also the most vulnerable to exploitation and oppression, and, in many cases, they have nothing to reason with.

No matter which country the people are, they are the most simple people. Their desire is very simple, that is, to have food and clothing.

If you can receive even a little bit of respect, it is already a great favor.

Therefore, the first thing the Ming army did after taking Constantinople was to redistribute the land and abolish the caste system.

With land, there is the most basic guarantee of life, so that the people can live.

The abolition of the caste system is a respect for lower caste groups.

Everyone was born and raised by their mothers, with two shoulders resting on one head, so why are you nobler than me?
The nobles lost their privileges, and naturally the opposition was the loudest.

However, they have been ignoring one thing, that is, the bottom civilians are the most important constituents of this society.

What's the point of opposing a few declining nobles who have lost all their power?

If one person opposes, but there are hundreds, thousands, or even 1 people in favor, then this opponent can only be overwhelmed by the trend of the times, and he will not even see a splash.

This is the case with the nobles of Constantinople. They shouted injustice behind their backs, but they dared not speak out. Not to mention the army of the Easterners, the original Ottoman people could beat them to death.

Because the people have benefited, they don't want to go back to the past, that's all.

Alessandro's task is to spread the news to Zigat City. If 500 people go to surrender, they will inevitably be disrupted and re-formed, which is more conducive to the spread of news.

They continued to exaggerate the terrifying combat power of the Ming army in the barracks, as well as various measures to treat prisoners and civilians preferentially.

To this day, among the defenders of Zigat City, rumors and rumors are flying all over the sky. Even if they don't believe it, they have turned to a wait-and-see attitude.

It's never a bad thing to let the bullets fly for a while and wait for the situation to develop further.

When a member of a team has such an emotion, it is conceivable that others must be similar.

Facing Duke Daman's ambush, although everyone came to the designated place according to the plan, all they thought in their hearts was, wait and see.

The Ming army is so powerful, even Constantinople has been captured, wouldn't it be death to rush up rashly?
Even if you want to rush, someone else will rush first.

At that time, I can choose whether to fight or retreat, so that I won't become cannon fodder as soon as I come up.

Everyone has ghosts in their hearts, but they don't know that other people have the same idea.

At this moment, a rapid whistle sounded, indicating the start of the attack.

According to the arrangement of the Duke of Daman, the Prince of Ming could be captured alive in just one meeting.

The corner of his mouth couldn't help showing a smile, because he would soon become the new king of the Ottoman Empire, but...

Something was wrong, because the whistle blew, but nothing happened.

The surroundings were so quiet that he couldn't help but have doubts, the ambush point is right here, right?
Are tens of thousands of people in the jungle deaf?

Even if one or two cannot be heard, what about the others?
Boom!

Suddenly, there was a loud noise in the distance, and the ground under his feet trembled!
Duke Daman's pupils contracted, and he cried out inwardly.

Only the sound of horseshoes sounded in front, and a large group of cavalry rushed forward.

Of course, Zhu Qiyu would not be so stupid as to go to the meeting alone, but in order not to alarm the other party, the ambush was farther away.

Alejandro had already sent out the news that the soldiers and horses of Zigat City were in ambush in the jungle, about one mile away from the meeting point, and his side was in ambush two miles away because of the long range of firearms.

Just wait for the other party to send a signal, and your side can still come first.

The Duke of Daman was in a hurry, why was his own attack signal, but it became the other party's?

In the jungle, Alejandro looked at El like a fool.

"Look for yourself. It's not that we are not moving. Everyone is watching. Everyone has lost confidence in Duke Daman. If you rush out, you will definitely die!"

El was also dumbfounded, ambushing tens of thousands of people, but none of them rushed forward.

Could it be that... I was really wrong?

Seeing that his face was ugly, Alejandro patted him on the shoulder again, and said, "Don't worry, the Easterners don't kill, they only target the Duke of Daman, we're sure we'll be fine!"

(End of this chapter)