We have all heard that a thousand-mile embankment collapsed in an anthill, but no one expected that the Byzantine Empire, a major European power, would lose the battle and be occupied because of a Kakelka door that was inadvertently closed.
This door is used for pedestrians to enter and exit when the city gate is closed. It is inconspicuous and insignificant. People throughout the empire have neglected to set up defensive measures.
The enemy accidentally discovered that this small open door could lead directly to the city. At first, they were afraid of a trap and hesitated. When they finally realized that there was an unobstructed passage here, they continued to violently attack from outside the wall to blind the people inside the city. People, this team sent a team to enter quickly, causing the people who were defending the city wall to be attacked from both sides. The sudden arrival of foreign enemies broke down the psychological defenses of the people in the battle. They panicked about the enemy falling from the sky, and were even deceived by the enemy's rumors. The first batch of rescuers from outside also mistakenly thought they had been betrayed and turned around and fled.
Attacked from the front and back, and without strong backup, the combat effectiveness continued to decline, and they could not survive despite a desperate fight.
The Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire, which had always attracted much attention, was destroyed. This is the brightest pearl of the Middle Ages. Those who are too dazzling with honors are most likely to be jealous and attract countless greedy eyes. Every empire wants to compete for it and bring disaster. Human psychology is always like this. They don’t want others to live better than themselves, but they never think about it. How to seek corresponding benefits on your own.
The Byzantine Empire has the Hagia Sophia that the world is proud of, the Theodosian Wall that has survived for thousands of years, and a large number of ancient Greek and Roman cultural classics.
Everyone wanted a piece of the pie and kept invading. By the middle of the fifteenth century, the Byzantine Empire, which was once the most impressive, was slowly declining. It suffered from domestic political disputes, years of melee abroad, and was forced to sign various unequal treaties. The treaty appears to be shaky.
At this time, the Turks were rising rapidly, especially Mohammed II Mahomet, who was trying every means to capture the Byzantine Empire. Mobilizing an army of 200,000 men and 300 warships, they surrounded the Byzantine Empire, but still failed to capture it. After all, it has the most impregnable walls in the world.
In order to better boost morale, Mahomet promised the soldiers to plunder as they pleased for three days after breaking the city. The soldiers went crazy and launched a desperate attack for this promise.
And the people in the city finally recognized the disaster before them. With no one to rescue them, they could only rely on their own resistance. They united together to pray to God as never before, and resisted foreign enemies together to defend their dignity.
Zweig said: Often when disaster strikes, scenes of incomparable unity will appear in the world.
In the early morning, a fateful war began. The enemy used human weapons to rush forward and resisted the ladder to attack continuously, which consumed the will of the defenders.
The enemies on the periphery continued to attack, and the desperate battle inside the city was evenly matched. But the Turks accidentally discovered the open door and attacked from behind. As a result, the soldiers in the city were attacked from both sides and were outnumbered. They lost their combat effectiveness and lost their defense. The city fell into an unprecedented panic, and the soldiers violently looted.
The destruction and damage to Hagia Sophia and the fall of the cross announced the end of a great era, and a glorious country has reached the end of its history. And what caused all this was just the small door that was open.