The battle started first in the Port of Taman.

When Yuanfeng's fleet approached the Kerch Strait, it was discovered by Curtis patrol ships on the Taurus Peninsula. For Curtis, if the Taurus Peninsula is lost, it will be a matter of time before the Taurus Peninsula falls. Therefore, he must fight his life to protect the Taurus Port!

So, just when the Yuanfeng army arrived at the Bay of Taman, he had already gathered about 100 ships of all sizes and sizes on the Taurus Peninsula, as well as about 15,000 infantry troops, ready to support the garrison of the Taurus Port, Solomon, the Minister of Finance of the Khanate at any time!

Speaking of which, since Solomon went to Trabzon and Constantinople, he was originally a popular figure in these two places, but he returned in disappointment. What made him even more depressed was that he had convinced Constantinople V in Constantinople, but at the moment when the agreement was about to be signed, Constantinople V suddenly turned against him.

As a long-term ally, Solomon naturally set up many eyeliners in Constantinople, and in the end he roughly understood the reason for the matter.

If his information is correct, it should be a letter from the governor of Trabzon Taris who changed his mind!

Taris himself obviously could not convince Constantine V, but he was the son-in-law of Queen Eileen's only daughter, so things became obvious...

"Woman interferes in politics!"

On the way back, Solomon kept saying this sentence fiercely.

When he returned to Taman Harbor in extreme depression, news came from the Roman Empire.

"That letter was not written by Taris. He was the emperor's son-in-law and did not need to meet the emperor by writing. If nothing unexpected happens, the letter was passed to the emperor by outsiders through Taris!"

Solomon thought about it and finally figured it out.

"This letter was obviously first sent to the queen and then passed to the emperor. Who in this world can write a letter to the queen of the Roman Empire? Apart from her daughter in Trabzon, she is her father and sister who are far away in Huoxun. Tengis has long been dead, so the owner of this letter is about to come out..."

"Turandot!"

"And the Huoxun Kingdom of Turando is surrounded by the power of the Great Qin Kingdom, and the true master of this letter is self-evident. However, during the time of Trabzon, the translation of the Kutba Trading Company was very strange. Most of them were from the Great Qin Kingdom, alas."

"But if the Qin Kingdom had a firm foothold near the Black Sea, it would be extremely unfavorable to the Romans. Why would the emperor rather believe them than their allies? Did he forget how he could have successfully ascended the emperor's throne if it weren't for the Xhosa Khanate?"

(Only with the help of the Xhosa people, Constantine V's father could successfully ascend to the throne)

But none of this makes sense.

At this moment, he finally understood why the Qin people asked Taris to go to Constantinople to deliver that letter - the war has begun!

However, Solomon still had a chance, "The Khanate of the Xhosa and the Roman Empire are allies. According to the alliance, when either side is attacked, the other side will also send troops to assist the allies!"

But the place where the Romans could attack was just a Batumi Port. Even if the Batumi Port fell, it would not have any impact on the Shattered Ye Army, because at this time he already knew that the west coast of the Caspian Sea was already in panic!

"Shred Ye Jun, Shatter Ye Jun, you have occupied a vast land, why are you not satisfied?"

Standing on the walls of Taman City and looking at the Broken Leaf ships in the harbor and the army that had already landed, Solomon gritted his teeth and thought.

However, when he returned his sight to the city wall in front of him, his heart gradually calmed down. At this time, the emergence of the Shattered Ye Army in the Port of Taman was not a small city, but a big city that was personally led by the second-person of the Khanate government system, unified the Black Sea coastal trade, and expanded into a big city a few years ago.

Because the entire Black Sea and the Caspian Sea are rich in white marble, Taman City is also made of neatly made marble. The city is as high as three meters high and has a thickness of about one meters. The castle has 5,000 troops stationed. When the war comes, another 5,000 can be picked out from it. It is not easy to break through this city.

But the Shattered Ye Jun is the only force in the world that cannot be guessed by common sense. Who knows what horrible secret weapon they will use at that time!

But he obviously won't consider this issue at the moment.

Ken Curtis, from Kerch Port opposite, took the lead in launching!

A large area of ​​slave galleys appeared in Taman Bay!

For Curtis, Solomon was in a very complicated mood.

Unlike Brans, he was a man who wanted to completely throw the rest of his tribe and cavalry except for his own tribe and cavalry. He was satisfied with the Taurus Peninsula as long as Brans received the tribute he deserved every year. He never thought that the peninsula had already become a different world.

But Curtis was Adam's godson, and how could he hide his true strength from his eyes?

In history, Attila's army ran rampant in the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, abandoning the powerful Roman Empire, which was setbacks when facing the Ostrogoths on the Taurus Peninsula.

The Taurus Peninsula, with the coastlines covered with Greeks and castles built by the Genoese, stood on the northern shore of the Black Sea in an early morning with half of agriculture and half of herdsmen. After the Ostrogoths invaded, they were soon as assimilated by these Greek descendants, just like the Lombards who invaded northern Italy. They are now actually a Greek force speaking Gothic (or Saxony, no one can figure it out)!

On the island, they have the most farmland under the Khanate, as well as the Upper Good Ranch (the only subtropical region) that is no less than that of the North Caucasus, plus the Goths, Turks, and Slavs who were driven here by other Germanic tribes and Avals. The population of this peninsula is already alongside the North Caucasus!

With a population of one million, this is the current situation on the Taurus Peninsula, but this number is only known by Adam and his son. In the eyes of Brans, there are only 200,000 to 300,000.

The total Dingkou in the territory of the Khanate of Xhosa is only more than two million, but Curtis's command takes up half!

Only under the rule of the Khanate of Xhosa, the Curtis family is the most comfortable. Once the North Caucasus falls, no matter which force the Curtis family faces, the Curtis family will not be as comfortable as it is now!

Not to mention the Romans, the emperor or the Senate would not sit idly by and watch such a powerful force exist. If it were the Bulgarians, they would definitely kill all the Goths on the peninsula and then take away all their wealth. If it were the Shattered Ye Army, look at the Hezhong, there were at least kings under the jurisdiction of the Great Food Empire, but what about now?

Therefore, Solomon understood Curtis' enthusiasm and "loyalty" very well - it was all for himself!

"But no matter what, it's always better than watching on the wall..."

After a while, as Taman Bay made a roar that he had never heard before, he still remembered this sentence when he shivered.

......

Curtis has his own reason for "confidence". After arriving at the Kerch Strait, the waves were not as good as those on the Black Sea, and when he arrived at Taman Bay, it seemed even more "calm". In addition, the water in Taman Bay was not deep, which was when a large number of nearly flat-bottomed slave galleys under his command showed their power!

What's more, he discovered early in the morning that there were only more than ten Thunder Leaf Army ships coming to Taman Harbor, and under his command were fifty large slave galleys and fifty coastal clutches of all kinds that were raised high on both ends!

"Worry to get close, then get on the side and grab the ship! One of my galleys has three hundred elite soldiers. No matter how powerful the enemy ship is, it is impossible to get one for ten!"

In order to prevent the enemy ships from escaping into the Black Sea that was unfavorable to them, he let forty large galleys sail from the west of Taman Bay, and ten galleys sail from the north of Taman Bay with other ships - for him, he was not afraid that the enemy ships would escape into the Azov Sea in the north, which was also a shallow sea, and in late autumn, the depth of the sea water reached the lowest level!

For Curtis, warships, infantry and farmers are the real secrets for his family to stand on the Taurus Peninsula for nearly two hundred years!

His arrangement is at least in the current world. If the enemy ship uses its own speed to sail into the Black Sea before its ship approaches, he can only do nothing, but now he obviously does not take his sailboat seriously and still stays in the port without moving...

"Finally moved!"

At this time, the distance between the two sides was so visible to the naked eye.

The ship of the Shattered Ye Jun finally started to move.

Standing on the largest Zhenyang-class ship, Yuanfeng's expression was very relaxed - it was the northeast wind at the moment. If his ships were to escape Taman Bay first, why would they have to wait until all the enemy fleets came in?

You know, there are actually only three combat-capable ships under his command, one of which is Zhenyang, three Zhenhai, and the other Zhenhai, and the other Zhenhai, and the other has not come back.

However, he was not completely unreliable. Due to his lack of military strength, he only carried a thousand cavalry. However, the eight horse ships arranged a large number of artillery on the first deck. Although they were all portable two or three hundred kilograms of Francs, with a range of only a few dozen meters, it was enough for the naval battle at this time.

Furthermore, the enemy's large sailboat that was coming in front of us was more than fifty meters long, which was longer than the Zhenyang-level class, and the oars were scary, but such a long oar required a certain amount of space to display. Moreover, when such a large boat was activated by the oars, the surge formed was also very large. In order to avoid this, the space between the boats needed to be larger.

The battleship of the Shattered Ye Army sailed completely according to the wind trend and sailed. When the battle was done, it was a northeastern wind. If he came forward to the battle, it would be a good wind!

However, he was not completely safe and sound. His biggest worry was that there were too few ships, eight warships, plus eight horse ships (five loaded horses, three loaded supplies and pack horses, etc.), although the distance between the enemy ships was very wide, it would be bad if they discovered their own secrets and then posted them desperately.

About five miles away!

With the blessing of a telescope, this is the reason why he can be leisurely. Although it is just a bay on the sea, it is not an inner lake or a river, and it is impossible for the sailboat to travel too fast.

He recruited the captain of the fleet.

"You bring a Zhenhe-class Clipper and eight horse ships to fight to the north, and I take four warships to fight to the enemy in the west."

(There is also a Clipper in Fort Kiev)

The captain hesitated for a moment. He saw just now that there were only ten galleys coming from the north, and the rest were all clutches, but dozens of galleys coming from the west!

With the ability of the Thunder Ye Army horse ship, there is no need to fight against those cliff ships, just crush them directly. With the thick skin and rough flesh of the Thunder Ye Army ships, what kind of scene will appear when they are crushed has echoed in his mind countless times.

"yes!"

As for the general who had followed the king for a long time (Yuanfeng was the champion general), he, as the chief lieutenant, was completely ineligible to refuse.

"call......."
Chapter completed!