"Pasha, what should I do now?"

On the hillside, everyone was looking at Great Vizier, and Ahmed looked ahead without saying a word.

Failed!

The attack of the Azap infantry failed!

Originally, he thought that the cannon fodder had broken through the Chinese defense line, but he never thought that the Chinese counterattack was so resolute that even tens of thousands of Azap infantry could not stop their counterattack.

In fact, the result of the battle here is not a big deal. The real problem is that he is on Kuchukpasha, it’s okay!

Although Kuchukpasha did seize the opportunity, he sent out the guards and Tatar cavalry, when he arrived at the place, they discovered that the Chinese defense lines were stacked, and there were many circular fortifications behind the first trench, solid strongholds, and even another trench and barbed wire fence behind!

Then, tens of thousands of guards and Tatar cavalry turned into cannon fodder, with casualties even heavier than the Azap infantry!

This Jane is a nightmare!

Failure, continuous failures!

How to explain to Sudan?

This is just a line of defense.

I don’t know if there will be a third line of defense behind the second line of defense? Is there any further behind the third line of defense...

When will it end if this continues?

But it won’t work until Istanbul is the capital of the Ottoman Empire!

And if Istanbul is not recovered, the entire empire will collapse!

Now there have been riots in various parts of the empire. If they cannot recover Istanbul as soon as possible, everyone will question the Sultan and the empire. By then, the wars will destroy the entire empire!

So you must win this battle now!

But will Sultan give him chance and time?

In any case, there must be a breakthrough today!

After making this decision, Ahmed suddenly said.

"Istanbul! It must be taken back, at all costs! Send all our people and destroy the Chinese like a huge wave!"

Once again, with Ahmed's order, Türkiye's infantry launched another attack.

In addition to Azap cannon fodder, even the Guards and the Servants were ordered to start attacking the Chinese from the entire line of defense. The most intense battle was on the left wing, where the first line of defense had been broken through, and there were only a few circular strongholds left on the road ahead.

The battle for the circular stronghold was extremely fierce. Although the number of the Ming army's Austrian defenders was not large, the Turks paid an extremely heavy price with their artillery and hand-cranked machine guns. Moreover, the Ming army also used rifled rifles. Not only did they have strong firepower, but their guns were also accurate and fierce. In the next half day, they actually repelled five or six rounds of attacks from the Ottomans.

The ground was full of corpses.

But even so, Ahmed did not give up. He still ordered the troops to continue to launch an offensive.

For him, the life of a soldier is no longer life, and what he needs now is a breakthrough!

Although the Ming army's artillery fire was still very fierce, the Ming army also felt a little difficult in the face of such continuous strong attacks. After the Turkish attack was repelled again, when night fell, Qian Lei ordered the troops to withdraw from the stronghold.

With a command, the soldiers guarding the trench immediately retreated from the stronghold under the cover of twilight, but instead of evacuating directly, they left some landmines in the stronghold and then retreated to the rear.

As the troops retreated, Gu Chengwu saw a long, dark smoke rising from the other side of the front line, the sound of cannons vibrated the earth, the soldiers guarding the stronghold were shooting continuously, and the gunshots echoed in the darkness, and the Turks' attacks continued.

How many people died today!

He stood there and stared for a moment, showing a look of awe. He stared blankly in the direction of the battle.

There must have been many people dead there, just like theirs, as they evacuated the stronghold, there were corpses everywhere.

“Hurry up, hurry up…”

Under the supervision of the superior, he continued to move forward. To him, the battle seemed like a huge and terrible machine strangling life.

This war is no longer a war, but a meat grinder. This meat grinder is powerful and runs ruthlessly. Each of them, each of them, witnessed with their own eyes how it produced a corpse.

As his comrades retreated to the rear defense line together, he saw some corpses piled up on the ground. The dead Turks were spread on the ground, with their faces covered by their arms. Then there were dozens of corpses that could be tied together in a row.

There are corpses like this everywhere on this battlefield, and this is the hell of the dead.

As he hurriedly left the land, the strongholds behind them were filled with gunfire and gunfire! It was the troops behind the mat that were resisting the Turkish attack.

The rumbling sound of cannons echoed in the air, as if it could shake the earth. The cannons were speaking bravely, and the rifles were shouting like a rush.

Death kept taking away life from that noisy place...

finally!

The Ottomans succeeded in attacking!

After launching up to six rounds of fierce attacks in front and back, after the defenders took the initiative to withdraw, the Ottomans' attack finally succeeded!

Seeing the green flag being inserted into the commanding heights of the ring fortification, Ahmed immediately moved forward with his staff and guards to the ring fortification that had just been captured.

After they seized the fortification, many landmines were stepped on and many people were killed.

But Ahmed didn't care about all this, after all, people had walked through the places he had walked through.

"This is a cannon abandoned by the Chinese."

Ahmed said, looking at the cannon in the stronghold whose fire hole was blocked by iron nails.

"Do you think we succeed?"

"It was the Chinese who took the initiative to retreat!"

Kuchuck shook his head.

"Every stronghold is like a city. We have to pay a bloody price to seize these strongholds, but how many such strongholds are there?"

"Yes, how many more are there!"

Sighing a long sigh, then Ahmed ignored the dissuasion and went to the front again, lying behind the mud-mashed chest wall to observe the second line of defense of the former Ming army. In fact, there were several strongholds between the second and the first line of defense. The Azap infantrymen were still launching an attack, but the result was conceivable, and the casualties were naturally extremely heavy?

Should we launch a tentative attack?

There is no need to test anything anymore.

What else can be tested?

One thing that is certain is that there have been enough people who died today. Even the Guards have killed tens of thousands of people. If they continue to fight like this, he may have exhausted his troops before they reach Istanbul.

It seems that it is really difficult to recover Istanbul!

Ahmed thought so when he was in his heart.

The only thing that made him glad that today at least they seized the Chinese defense line and could send a letter to Sudan. We have already broken through the Chinese defense line and victory is in sight... If you work harder, you can win!

As for the dead... it's no big deal!

It is indeed no big deal for the dead. For the Ottoman Empire, everything except the Sultan can be sacrificed. Even the Ottomans themselves are just cannon fodder. There is a ruling class in the world who will even train slaves to serve as officials in order to enjoy themselves. Even the empire's prime minister, Vizier, was also a slave, which is the only one in the world.

It is precisely because of this that they call the people "herds" contemptuously, and a group of things that don't even count as people will die if they die.

But sometimes things will change, especially when someone slanders, things will develop in another direction.

When the memorial of Great Vizier Ahmed was sent to the front of Muha's Fourth Sultan by a fast horse, when he first saw that Great Vizier had conquered the Chinese defense line, Muha's Fourth spoke immediately.

"We are really worthy of being my Great Vizier. We broke through the Chinese defense line in such a short time. It is estimated that we will be able to return to Istanbul in less than a month."

Although the Sultan seemed very happy, his confidant eunuch Ali, who was six years old, was taken away from the coast of East Africa by Arab slave traders and sold to Jewish slave merchants. He was castrated by the slave merchants and sent to the palace. He said in addition to congratulations.

"The Great Vizier broke through the Chinese defense line, but then what? I saw that in his memorial, the Chinese still have several defense lines."

"This is normal. After all, it is impossible for the Chinese to have only one line of defense,"

Muha waved his hand and smiled,

"Now, at least we beat them!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, but he lost tens of thousands of people, and even tens of thousands of guards. Your Majesty, the Guards have never suffered such losses. The Guards are His Majesty's most trusted personal army."

“…”

Muha's fourth generation frowned, and the joy on his face disappeared. As a sultan, he knew very well what his personal army was, and the root of his suppression and deterrence of military leaders in various places. Now the Guards have suffered such heavy losses. What if those military leaders have a strange intention?

"And, rebellions are happening everywhere now. Without the guards, who will quell the rebellion?"

Ali's tone was very calm.

Without the Guards, they will lose their constraints on Pasha in various places. Will they still obey the will of the Sultan as they are now?

Pasha had just launched a rebellion a few years ago. What was the freshest thing in the Ottoman Empire? That is, there was no rebellion. When there were still tens of thousands of guards in the Sudan, Pashas dared to launch rebellion. What if there were no guards?

"What else?"

"I heard that until now, the Sipahi cavalry has not lost any losses."

Hearing that Muha had not had four lifetimes, his brows frowned, and a hint of anger appeared on his face.
Chapter completed!