Theodosiggan did not want to kill Mutan because he knew very clearly that if Mutan died at his own hands, it would only cause a greater blow to his reputation. At the same time, Charlere and Mutan's direct navy would not surrender again, and they would definitely resist to the end.

But the development of things was beyond everyone's expectations. Theodossi and Sikdorgen did not expect that Metan would be so stubborn and would rather commit suicide than surrender. This caught Theodossi and Sikdor off guard.

However, Theodosio is worthy of being an excellent general. He quickly calmed down from his shock, then analyzed the current situation, and immediately made the fastest and most wise choice, which was to order Sikdeo to lead his navy to attack the direct navy stationed in the Marmara Sea before the news of Metan's death came out.

The facts proved that Theodosi's judgment was correct. The Marmara Navy did not expect that Siktor had rebelled, so Siktor's fleet could easily get to the garrison and then suddenly started attacking, which caused great losses to these direct troops of Motan and finally had to withdraw from the Marmara Sea. If Charlere had not seen the situation wrong and sent a fleet to respond to them, this direct navy of Motan would probably have been wiped out.

When Charleil learned of Siktor's betrayal, he was also furious. At the same time, he had a premonition that his teacher might have been killed. His officers and the surviving Motan's direct officers all asked for battle, hoping that Shaleil could send troops to attack Siktor and avenge General Motan.

But Shalaire was a very steady man after all. He told the officers that it was not clear whether General Motan was still alive? If General Motan was alive, then Siktor would definitely put conditions on them and even threaten them to surrender. If they chose to attack at this time, they would probably put General Motan in a dangerous situation.

If General Metan is already killed, then the most important thing now is not to avenge General Metan, but to inherit the old general's will and guard the important exit of the Black Sea Strait, which makes the power of Theodossi unable to extend to the Mediterranean. At the same time, we will wait for the arrival of Queen Irina, and we will unite with the Queen's power to capture Theodossi and Siktor in one fell swoop, so that we can truly avenge General Metan.

Charles' calm analysis finally convinced most of the officers to shrink their strength at the western end of the strait and make a defensive force. Securing the exit of the strait firmly made Theodossi very upset. He had indeed thought about opening up the entire Black Sea Strait in one fell swoop while Charles was attacking, but unfortunately Charles was smarter than he thought.

When Li Ke and his fleet arrived at the Black Sea Strait, this situation was placed before them. Two-thirds of the entire Black Sea Strait had been occupied by Theodosie, while Charleir occupied the western end of the Strait, waiting for their arrival.

"Sanlang, what should we do now?" Irina said with some concern. Although she knew politics, she knew nothing about military affairs. In the face of such a big thing, she had no idea as a woman, and even she was already giving up.

Looking at Irina's worried expression, Li Ke smiled and said, "Irina, although I didn't agree with you to come back at the beginning, now we have all come to the entrance of the Black Sea Strait. Then it would be too late to retreat, so now we have only one way, which is to lead the army to defeat Siktor, and then use our strength to kill to Constantinople and force Theodosio to plead guilty!"

"His Majesty the Emperor is right. The current situation can no longer tolerate any retreat. Otherwise, it will not only disappoint the Roman nobles, but also encourage Theodosio's reputation. He will definitely sit down as the Roman emperor at that time, and it will definitely not be good news for us at that time!" Overlon also spoke.

This is the Renyi room of Li Ke's boat. In addition to Li Ke and Irina, Offron and Charleil are also there. Charleil is a middle-aged man in his thirties. He is not tall, but very strong, with very three-dimensional facial features and looks very stable.

This is Li Ke who looked at the Xia Lair who had not spoken, and then smiled and said, "What do General Xia Lair think?"

Charlere didn't understand Chinese, so Irina acted as a translator for the time being. After hearing this, he thought about it for a while, and then said, "Report to His Majesty the Emperor of Wu, I am a soldier and don't care about political affairs. I only know that Theodosie and Sikdo conspired to kill my teacher, so now I just want to take revenge, and the rest have nothing to do with me!"

When they heard Charleir's words, Li Ke and Irina looked at each other because they both heard some other meanings from Charleir's words. The other party emphasized that he was a soldier who did not care about politics. In fact, he was hinting that no matter what Irina did in the future, he would not interfere, that is, he would maintain a neutral position. However, there was a prerequisite, that is, he had to capture the two murderers of Theodosie and Siktor who killed his teacher. From this, it can be seen that Charleir is also an extremely smart guy. He had guessed some things from the fact that Li Ke came back with Irina.

The conversation between smart people and smart people is always very pleasant. After listening to Xia Lair's words, Li Ke looked at the other party with a meaningful look, and then said with a smile: "General Xia Lair is indeed a real soldier. I decided to launch a general attack on Siktor's navy in three days. With the strength of our Great Wu Navy, it would be no problem to defeat them. However, I hope that General Xia Lair can pay more attention to it and not let Siktor escape."

After hearing this, Charleil's eyes lit up and immediately spoke: "Don't worry, as long as your Majesty can defeat Siktor's navy, he will definitely not be able to escape!"

"Very good. When we surround Constantinople, Theodosie will have no way to escape. At that time, he will use his blood to commemorate the heroic spirits of Constantine II and the veteran General Melt!" Li Ke also promised with a decisive face that Melt has a huge reputation in the navy. Now that he is dead, Charlere will definitely become an important figure in the navy. Now that he can get a neutral position on the other side, this is a huge good thing for him and Irina.

After three days of rest, Li Ke finally decided to launch an attack on Sikdo, with Li Ke's fifteen main warships as arrows, and hundreds of warships from Athens and Charlere behind him rushed into the Marmara Sea with great momentum.

Before, Shalaire had blocked the news of Li Ke and Irina's arrival, so Siktor had no news in advance. Therefore, when he saw the fifteen strange and familiar Dawu warships, he was also shocked. When Li Ke asked the navy to test the artillery in Golden Horn Bay, he and Motan were also present. He knew the terribleness of artillery. When he thought of fighting with these terrible warships, Siktor was suddenly out of control.

Facts proved that Siktor was still too optimistic. The Roman Navy, which was still on the shore war, had no power to fight back when encountering the Dawu Navy, which had already used artillery as its main means of attack. Especially in the narrower sea areas of the Marmara Sea, Siktor's warships on his side had no place to hide, and one ship after another was sunk by artillery.

Seeing this bad situation, Siktor also knew that if he fought hard, the hundreds of warships under his command would be wiped out. So shortly after the battle and the warships lost nearly one-third, he immediately ordered the entire army to retreat and prepare to return to the strait east of Constantinople, where his navy station could be defended by the fortifications of the station.

However, Sikde obviously overestimated the speed of the oar-mounted warship. Although the Dawu warship was an old warship eliminated from the Daqi Navy, it had excellent operating performance and was very flexible. Therefore, when he saw Sikde retreating, Li Ke immediately ordered the warship to speed up and catch up, and kept biting the opponent and shooting, which caused Sikde to suffer greater losses. In the end, there were only more than 30 warships that fled to the Strait east of Constantinople, which was less than one-third of the original one.

This war, later known as the Battle of Marmara, lasted only two days, and ended with Siktor's escape to his lair. In addition, Li Ke's sudden attack made Theodosiggan in Constantinople not have time to react. When he learned that Siktor was defeated, Constantinople had been surrounded by the navy of Li Ke and Charlere.

However, Li Ke did not rush to attack Constantinople, but instead concentrated his troops to attack Siktor's nest, because he had promised Charlere to capture Siktor to avenge Metan. In addition, Siktor's navy occupied the eastern side of the Black Sea Strait, which gave Theodossi a connection channel with the Asia Minor Peninsula. The other party could escape to Asia Minor through Siktor at any time. Therefore, if you want to catch him, you must first knock out this channel.

In the navy, the advantages of firearms are easier to be revealed, especially during attacks. For example, in this battle, no matter what kind of fortifications Siktor hid, he could not withstand the volley of hundreds of artillery guns. In particular, the opponent lacked effective long-range attack methods. The only thing that could threaten Li Ke was the only crossbow that was similar to the crossbow, but the power of this kind of crossbow is not as powerful as a crossbow, so whether it was a spear or a stone shot, it did not cause much damage to the hull.

In the end, Siktor's fortifications were destroyed by artillery, and most of the warships in the garrison were destroyed. Siktor took his men to the shore and wanted to escape to the Asia Minor Peninsula, but was ambushed by Charlere, who had already been ambushed on the shore, causing more than half of his subordinates to lose, and Siktor's men were also captured.
Chapter completed!