The Sun and the Lion

The sweep that lasted for several days was like locusts passing through. Not a single village in the area around Antalya and under the jurisdiction of Texanjak escaped the devastation, and not a single road was safe for caravans, travelers and messengers to pass through. The city's land transportation is almost cut off. If there were not a harbor for ships to berth, the rebels would have effectively besieged the city.

But even if the situation has developed to this point, there are still no high-level officials to come forward to integrate all the armed forces in the jurisdiction to attack and suppress these heretical mobs.

Shahkulu took advantage of this, and the rebels defeated the nearby Ottoman armed forces. They had a long period of free movement before Gaomen mobilized troops from outside. They took the opportunity to move their camp from the seaside to a valley next to Antalya during the looting process, where it was hidden and safe.

So what about the commander who was supposed to be organizing the defense in Antalya?

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"Your Highness, a group of daring horse bandits have appeared recently, and their activities are rampant. Not only have they robbed passing caravans, but the property you are transporting has also been robbed." The attendant reported anxiously to his master, who was lying on the sofa casually to rest.

"What?" Korkut was startled when he heard the last sentence. He suddenly sat up while lying on the sofa, and his right foot that was resting on his left leg smoothly stepped on the ground. He looked at him in surprise. Attendant.

At this time, the prince was not living in a mansion in Antalya or even Texanjak. Korkut had just returned from Egypt not long ago after Bayezid announced his pardon for his son's defection. Moreover, he did not intend to compromise with his father and still did not go to Antalya to take office.

Believing that Bayezid had aged too much, he planned to wait for his father's death in Manisa - where the bureaucrats and clergy still supported him after his transfer - and then arrive at Costain first. Diniya succeeded the Padishah ahead of his two brothers, Ahmed and Selim.

Driven by this mentality, Korkut will naturally not devote much energy to Teksanjak's governance. His only concern is to collect more money to win over people and bribe him after taking control of Kostantiniya. loyalty. Teksanjak and the port of Antalya unfortunately became a stepping stone for Korkut to realize his ambitions.

Coincidentally, the unlucky caravan was discovered by wandering rebel scouts when they were helping to transfer the Antalya treasury. Only two injured guards successfully fled the scene on fast horses. The remaining people and livestock and property were basically captured by the rebels.

Touched by the loss of property, he hesitated for a while, and finally made a decision that went against his responsibilities: "Just report this matter to Gaomen as usual, and then assign more guards to the escort team... No, just ship it directly. Take it to Smyrna by sea and ship it ashore here. I don’t want to deal with the horse bandits, I have more important things to be busy with.”

After saying that, he waved to the servant on the side, asking him to bring the fruit and wine to him to continue to enjoy, and continued to lie on the sofa with his feet up.

Just kidding, he is busy writing letters and contacting the empire's bureaucrats, dignitaries and priests to gain support. As long as he is willing to share the spoils when the time comes, the matter will be revealed. A mere thief and horse bandit is worth the trouble of his thousands of gold. Is it laborious?

Anyway, if he doesn't suppress it, he has people to suppress it, and Osman is not the only one with Sanjak Bey and the Governor. If this trivial matter can delay the other two competitors... that would be great.

Seeing that the master handled the matter so lightly, the attendant who came to report quickly agreed and went out to deliver the order without stopping the master from continuing to rest.

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In mid-August 889 after the Prophet Muhammad moved to Medina in the Iranian calendar, Prophet Jesus was born in early November 1510. At this time, it was about a week and a half after the uprising.

In the valley camp, Havac walked out of a remote small tent and walked quickly to the central tent with the strong smell of blood and interrogation records. The place was already crowded with leaders of various ministries, waiting for the general manager. The conductor is present.

Passing through the crowd and deep into the cramped tent, he came to Shahkulu's side. In his right hand, he held up a piece of paper filled with confessions: "Everyone, we have obtained vital information, which can determine the next actions of our army." plan."

Next, he read out the important information in his own words: "This caravan intercepted by our army was ordered by Shahzad to transport all the tax revenue from this place to Manisa. In other words, this caravan was intercepted by our army. It was not a privately owned caravan, but our army captured the ill-gotten gains looted by the Roma."

At this point, there was a burst of cheers in the camp. Everyone was rejoicing at this great victory and thinking about how much loot they could get.

"At the same time, the official under interrogation also knows some inside information. Sanjak Bey who should be in Antalya at present, that is, Shahzad who ordered the tax to be transported to Manisa, is looking for Shuyuanwｗw .zhaoshuyuan.com We are now in Manisa for some reason, so the Teke area is leaderless, allowing us to easily defeat the bandits who are scattered and unorganized." Havaci waited until the noise at the scene subsided and solved the Shahkulu Uprising to this day. He was puzzled. It turned out that the situation in Texanjak was so corrupt that Derwig couldn't help laughing.

Then Shahkulu took the opportunity to encourage people and said: "Did you see it? Ghazis, these are the Roma! These are the nobles of the Roma! They are imbecile! Selfish! Cowardly! Unjust! They are stepping into this step by step In the pit of fire, the declining Ottoman Empire is ready to make way for us who are protected by God!"

The powerful rebel army wants to conquer the city of Antalya. Even if they don't have siege engines and heavy artillery, they still have to rely on ants to attack the port city. The prestige brought by the battle will make more people Anti-Ottoman elements devoted themselves to this great cause, and their losses were only a fraction of those who came to defect!

At the same time, Shahkulu still needs to wait here to receive the red heads coming from other areas. His appeal can spread as far east as Konya, as far west as the Aegean coast, and as far east as Konya. The Shias operating within the area can be said to be his available troops.

They showed great execution ability at this time. A large number of long ladders were collected and manufactured. After half a week of brief preparations, the rebels armed with these simple equipment rushed out, killing the sentries in Antalya City and the remaining ones. The officials were all startled. It seemed that what was supposed to come was coming.

Faced with such a vicious gangster, and now that Bey is away, Kadi, who usually presides over justice, has no choice but to personally organize the available manpower in the city for defense, and ask the docked official ship to refuse to transport Antalya's inventory to Smyrna, and request Deliver supplies and reinforcements by sea.