The siege is a delicate job, not in a hurry, and the siege seems to be condescending to the defenders, occupying the geographical advantage, but in fact it is the attackers who have the advantage, since the initiative of the preset battlefield is in the hands of the Romans, Li Ji has to find a way to bring back this disadvantage.

Under the plundering of tens of thousands of elite troops, more than 10,000 Fujian troops who were only carrying farm tools were crazy and jumped in front of the formation and began to dig, and in less than half an hour, a trench more than one meter deep and more than one meter wide began to be in front of the Fujian army.

The Fujian army's efforts in digging the soil are indeed commendable, but the Roman army at the head of the city is confused. Is the Min army here to siege the city, or to defend it?

"What kind of ghost is this Fujian heretic?"

The Roman general Alsikim, who was guarding the lower wall, slapped the female wall and shouted in confusion. Constantine IV, who was standing on top of the arrow tower behind him and watching condescendingly with a telescope, also frowned suspiciously, thought for a moment, but waved his hand.

"Hold your troops and beware of the tricks of the Min people!"

This earth-shattering battle was carried out under such a strange start, all morning, the Min army was digging the earth, not a single tentative siege, at noon, even seeing that the Romans did not attack, the large army of the Fujian army also dispersed, leaving only more than 2,000 crossbowmen to guard the excavation site, and the rest actually went back to the camp for lunch.

In the afternoon, a group of sappers were replaced, but the Min army was still digging non-stop, and the Min army also extravagantly used wooden stakes connected with barbed wire to cover the outside of the dug trench, and looked drowsy, Constantine IV simply took his attendants back to the Grand Palace.

A large number of Roman scholars were also urgently recruited into the palace, leaving the royal library for them to read, and even Constantine IV himself was engaged in reading and thinking, and he was eager to know what the Min army's outrageous move meant.

I didn't eat lunch, and I tossed until the evening, and a scholar confidently found Augustus, who was reading a book with bloodshot eyes, and reported.

"Your Majesty, the subordinates know the fighting intentions of the Min people!"

"Oh? Speak quickly! "Constantine IV really cried out with excitement and urgency like a trapped beast. Looking at his emperor's thirsty appearance, the scholar who looked like an inkwell spoke triumphantly.

"The Min people want to follow the tactics used by Julius Caesar in the Battle of Alesia and trap us Romans in the city of New Rome!"

The Battle of Alesia was a classic battle in Roman history, which established the solid rule of Rome in Gaul, which later became France, and was commanded by Caesar, a key figure in the Roman Republic who became an empire, and Vicintoli, the first and last legendary leader in the history of Gaul to unite all the Gauls who fought against each other, and the result of the war was that Gaul became a Roman province.

The rule of the Romans was very brutal, and the customs of Rome and Gaul were completely different, in the early days of Caesar's conquest of Gaul, there were rebellions against Rome one after another, but due to the intrigue between the tribes, they were all suppressed by Caesar in bloody means.

Coming from a tribe conquered by Rome, Vicintoli had served as a Roman cavalryman, so he knew a lot about the reality of Roman legions.

After being elected leader of the Gallic League, Vicintoli took advantage of the weakness of the Roman legions and turned the Gallic War into a guerrilla war, a scorched earth war, in which the Gauls burned their own towns and villages and hid in the mountains and forests, constantly attacked Caesar's garrison strongholds from all sides of the great Gallic army, and even set up an ambush to eliminate Caesar's 14th legion, which seriously damaged the morale and strength of the Roman legions in Gaul.

The grain conscription team could not collect food at all, and the small army was ambushed and wiped out less than a mile or two out of the barracks, and the sneak attacks everywhere were like sparks, and the cunning Caesar could not withstand it, so they had to withdraw the Roman garrisons from all over the hungry and cold, and retreat to the mountains behind the Alps, the land that the Romans had conquered, and took the opportunity to gather more than 80,000 warriors from all parts of Gaul, chasing after Caesar's buttocks, and constantly giving Caesar painful wounds.

The chase lasted about two weeks, and the Roman legions, which had suffered heavy losses from hunger and cold, were completely defeated in Gaul, but at this time, Vicintoli made a strategic mistake, believing that Caesar had already returned to Rome for the winter, at least not before the beginning of spring, so he retreated with an army of more than 80,000 Gauls.

Who knew that Caesar had made a false shot, spared a circle in the Alps, and the 50,000 Roman legions came around under his command, and this time the attack was reversed, and Caesar chased after Vicintoli's buttocks, and after two weeks of chasing, Vicintoli made his second strategic mistake and retreated to the dangerous city of Alesia, where he wanted to resist the Roman army.

Alesia is a fortress built on the top of a mountain, surrounded by river valleys, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the defenders are almost twice as large as the Roman army, this place is still in Gaul, God knows if there will be a second Gallic army behind it to give themselves a fatal blow, if it was an ordinary general, it is estimated that he would have ordered a retreat.

However, Caesar was Caesar, and he used a strategy that could not be said to be overwhelming, at least unprecedented, and he led the Roman legions to build a long wall along the city of Alesia in three weeks, using wood as a wall, and surrounded Alesia for 18 kilometers.

In order to prepare for the Gallic reinforcements that were gathering in the rear, after completing the encirclement wall, the Romans built a 21-kilometer defensive wall behind them.

In September, Vicintoli led the Alesian army to break through the siege, while Comius, another leader of the Gauls, also led more than 60,000 Gaul reinforcements to attack Caesar's outer walls.

Defended by an army of 140,000 men, Caesar relied on these two walls to fight inside and outside the walls, continuously thwarting the Gauls' attacks, and the bloody battle lasted for a whole month, and finally, the Gauls in the city finally ordered to surrender after breaking through the gap in the wall at the mouth of the river and finally ordered surrender, and Vicintoli was escorted to Rome for execution, and Gaul was completely conquered.

The current invasion of the Great Min is really a little familiar with Caesar back then, the same well-trained elite legions, the same deep into the territory of the enemy, and the Min people have dug up ravines, isn't this a copy of the Alesian War?

However, after the triumphant inkwell scholar finished speaking, before he could be crooked and appreciated by the emperor and then added to the knighthood, the inkwell of Constantine IV had already smashed into his face, and at the same time he roared like thunder: "Get out!" ”

It is indeed besieged, but the Golden Horn north of Constantinople has always been in the hands of the Romans, and Thracian supplies are still coming in, can it be the same as the Battle of Alesia that year? The commander of the Min army is not a fool, if the siege continues, he can only be dragged down.

With an evil fire in his belly, the angry Constantine IV simply dropped his book and a group of nerds went to the city to watch the battle.

Under the city, three hundred meters away, the Min army was still digging trenches, and there were already three trenches surrounding the western walls of Constantinople like the iFi signal in later generations.

At night, the Min army continued to dig, Li Ji had 250,000 people, plus as many as 350,000 sailors, and the huge human resources allowed him to use them to the fullest, 10,000 people an hour, the Fujian infantry changed shifts to excavate, and the work was not stopped at night, and outside the city of Constantinople all day and night, there was the sound of clanging excavation works everywhere.

The first three days the defenders of Constantinople were still at a loss, but on the fourth day, the Roman defenders who woke up were patrolling the city again, but he suddenly found that the Great Min Army, which was still far away from him, seemed to have advanced to more than 100 meters away from the city, and the trenches of the Fujian people were dug very deep, and they were extremely narrow, only allowing two people to pass sideways, looking down from the towering city walls, there were no human figures in the trenches extending in all directions, and only the soil of a shovel and a shovel was constantly being raised.

In the morning, another wide trench was encircled around the chaotic trench, and on the surface of the trench, a strong wooden plank was used as a shield to enclose the wind, and then the Min army dug ten winding roads within a kilometer and continued to advance towards Constantinople.

At this point, Constantine IV finally came to his senses, and the siege was rapid and slow, and the commander of the Min State on the opposite side had enough patience, and he was going to dig directly under the city of Constantinople by digging a trench!

The Roman defenders who figured it out suddenly panicked, countless archers were sent to the front, and the dense ballistae on the arrow tower at the head of the city were aimed at the trench and began to pour down shells, and for a while, the black arrows and stone balls fell on the trenches of the Min army like raindrops.

It did play a role, a section of the trench was blown down, and dozens of unlucky Fujian troops were shot by the rain of arrows, and the glue remnants were carried back, so that the siege and excavation of the Fujian people were delayed for half an hour, but immediately, piles of shields were covered on the heads of the armored soldiers, and the collapsed trenches were quickly dug up with shovels, and the shooting was solid, and the dust flying by the Fujian army pushed the city wall like a groundhog.

Seeing this scene, Constantine IV slammed his fist on the city with a very depressed fist, and fell down with a special roar of rage.

"Lewd Min people, God curses you!!"