The military system of the Fujian army, the 160,000 people of the 16 Wei as a standing army, composed of the 16 Wei generals or generals, the Min also inherited the military system of the Tang Dynasty, and the government soldiers in various strategic points in the country are engaged in agriculture in peacetime, participate in training in winter and farming, and serve as soldiers in wartime.

The general military operations were dispatched by the 16 Wei Chang Army, and when one Wei could not cope with it, a number of Zhichong Prefectures would be assembled in the local area, and they would be unified under the command of a certain general.

This siege is the left prison guard general under the command of the army and the regular army, the left prison guard general is a rare general from Tianzhu, but at this time has changed the Han name, and even because of the military merits was given the surname of the family surname eldest grandson, the name is called the eldest grandson.

At this time, they were suppressed at the head of the city, and the dead and wounded were all under the command of the guards of the left prison, listening to the screams of his own people, General Changsun couldn't help but cut his heart like a knife, and anxiously pleaded with Li Ji.

Li Ji's old face was also tense, but after listening to the eldest grandson's request, he shook his head expressionlessly.

"It's not time yet."

At this time, there were about two regiments of more than 600 people who were suppressed at the head of the city, and they couldn't raise their heads by the rain of arrows, and every time the scorpion crossbow sounded, there would always be one or two Fujian soldiers screaming and falling down the city wall, and the shield couldn't defend against this strange force at all, and the rest of the people also tried their best to shrink themselves behind the shield, not daring to show the slightest.

In the worried gaze of the generals of the Fujian army, suddenly the rain of arrows stopped, and from the turrets connecting the inner and outer walls rushed out of countless Roman defenders, most of these people are Rus barbarians, a two-handed axe is infinitely powerful, rushing out Although the Fujian army crouching on the ground to defend was killed and slashed, the Fujian army that could not be caught off guard was cut by several sides, and it was completely annihilated.

"It's time to retreat!"

Li Ji's cold words heard the eldest grandson Dezhen's ears were really like fairy sounds, and he hurriedly rushed forward, and for a moment, the rumbling drums of the Min army that had just been urging people to forge ahead suddenly stopped, and was replaced by the sound of tinkling gold, and the Min army, which was still fighting at the head of the city and bearing the attack on both sides, suddenly became amnesty, and could no longer care about the hard fighting, and hurriedly retreated along the sliding rope and folding ladder, and even jumped directly from the * meter high city wall when forced to hurry, so a toss, the Min army lost at least more than 100 more, In the first wave, the three regiments of Shangcheng were lost, and more than a third of them were lost.

Chasing behind, the excited Roman defenders lay on the edge of the city wall, while shouting and scolding arrogantly, while constantly throwing crossbow arrows down, and some even dropped Greek fire pots, and the siege vehicles under the city wall were immediately burned red.

But just when the Roman defenders were cheering, Li Ji slammed his fist on it, and in an instant, his old face was full of hair, and he actually had the majesty of a mountain tiger, only to see him resolutely roar: "It's time, open fire!"

With a whoosh, a cloud-piercing arrow exploded in mid-air, which was a special signal for artillery, and when the defenders at the head of Constantinople looked up at the sky in astonishment, the little wild tiger kicked the torch on the ground in his hand, and actually lit the first cannon himself.

Suddenly, the whole earth seemed to tremble, and the two thousand pounds of general cannon were plunged into the soil under the recoil, and after a white smoke, before the Romans could react, they only heard a scratch, and the turret on their heads suddenly disappeared and smashed heavily on the heads of the Roman defenders.

Constantine IV was watching the battle in a nearby tower as in Anna's time, and looked at the tower with a big hole next to him and the Roman crossbow artillery who were bleeding from their mouths and noses and were shocked to death.

He escaped in time, and before Constantine IV could walk for a minute, thousands of cannons rang out from the position of the Great Min Army, and several general cannons bombarded the tower where he was, and the Byzantine eagle banner fluttered and fell from the tower, and the eighteen-meter tower was broken in half and collapsed.

This time, Li Ji brought more than 200 general cannons, these cannons rose one after another at a distance of 500 meters, solid lead bullets hit the towers, city walls, each cannon hit a deep crack mark, a large area of rubble collapsed, and even more than a dozen hollow towers collapsed, crushing the defenders inside to death.

Although the general's cannon is powerful, it can only fire a cannon in three or five minutes, after all, it is a little slower, and it is the Great Min Tiger Squat Cannon that really kills people.

The prototype of this cannon comes from Qi Jiguanghu's squatting cannon, which was once used as one of the main battle firearms, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who fought in the Wanli Korean War, was crying dad and shouting mother, which was characterized by being light and dense.

Zhechong Mansion is equipped with 10 to 30 gates, the 16th Guards and 1st Army are equipped with about 300 gates, and Li Ji has mobilized a total of more than 1,500 doors to be centrally equipped in the trenches, and the high elevation angle is projectile within more than 200 meters.

The small flowering bullets are really like fried beans, crackling in the city to bloom countless gorgeous flowers, amazing flowers short, gorgeous and deadly, just in time for the Roman defenders to chase down the city of Min army, the city wall is full of people, such an attack, it is simply an unparalleled slaughter.

The sound of the cannon even suppressed the screams, and only the fragments of the city could be seen flying around, mixed with a certain piece of people, the female wall was beaten and fell off, the towering and majestic turret arrow tower was full of holes, and it collapsed with a bang, thick white smoke evaporated, and the whole city was groaning in pain? Moan, the walls hummed with shock.

Huge cracks creak out in the hard marble and limestone!

The shelling lasted for half an hour, until the barrels were hot, and the medicine was sprayed, and then it stopped, and at this time the first kilometer of the city of Constantinople was already a mess, the Golden Eagle banner was torn off large pieces, and the mutilated city walls were lying with corpses.

This is the result of the battle in exchange for the lives of hundreds of Fujian soldiers!

"Attacking a city and seizing land is a name for life! Today, the prime minister is deeply favored by the country, leading you to seize this city, under the military order, there is no retreat! The general retreats and beheads the general, the lieutenant retreats and beheads the captain, the captain retires and beheads the captain, and the officer dies in battle and the whole team is unharmed, and the whole team is beheaded! If the old man takes half a step back, he will kill the old man! The Great Army Attacked!! ”

With Li Ji's order, the Fujian army, which had already been boiling in the shelling, shouted out from the hidden place of the trench again, and climbed up like ants with the newly built light bamboo siege ladder.

Servants are like clouds, and ants are attached to the siege!

In the face of the imposing Fujian army, the Roman defenders, who had just experienced the shelling and were frightened, had to stand out from behind the collapsed towers and female walls from their hiding places, holding bows and arrows and spears, and engaged in a new round of bloody battles with the attacking Fujian army.

At the head of the city, there was another shout, red knives went in and white knives came out, thousands of people fought endlessly, countless corpses fell out like dumplings, and viscous blood gradually stained the towering and magnificent city walls.

The bloody battle lasted for almost half an hour, and when the Romans rushed forward to twist the Damin army down the city again, the messenger of the little wild tiger also rushed to the front of the Chinese army's command tower and knelt down on one knee.

"Report to the chief manager, the cannon has cooled down, and you can continue to fire!"

Looking at the retreating Fujian army through the telescope, Li Ji still replied so coldly.

"Tell General Kamui and order him to continue the attack!"

As soon as the figure of the Min army retreated into the trench, the deafening artillery fire once again tore the sky, and Constantinople was once again plunged into a baptism of artillery fire, and the whole earth was shaken.

After a while, the cannon fire stopped, and the third round of the Min army continued to attack the city like a tide, and the Roman army that had taken refuge came out of the hiding place one after another to carry out a new round of fighting.

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As a general, the most important thing is to be ruthless enough when you should be ruthless, even if it is your own people! The battle for the city and land is to exchange life for life, and the test is the iron will of the attacker and the defender, the time passed minute by minute, and the corpses of the two armies were piled up under the city layer by layer, but Li Ji did not even blink his brows, and still ordered the next round of Fujian troops to continue to attack the city.

Rounds of shelling continued, bloody battles were fought again and again, the Fujian army suffered heavy casualties, and under such fierce attrition, Constantinople was also sharply weakened, and every time a violent shelling was heard, a chill rose in the hearts of the crowd gathered in the church to pray.

The fierce battle in Constantinople was heard very clearly even by Caesarea on the other side.

Facing the sunset, looking at Europe across the channel, Anna listened quietly, always with such a rich complexity on her beautiful cheeks, and just when Anna listened attentively, an arm wrapped around her shoulder.

Turning her head slightly, it was Li Jie's brilliant cheeks swaggered by the sunset that caught her eyes, as if she had more reliance in her heart, and Anna turned back and continued to look at the city in the sunset across the sea.

At this time, a fierce footstep under the city wall suddenly came, and a moment later, the old eunuch Sbharatito suddenly rushed up with eagerness and reported loudly to Li Jie.

"Your Majesty, General Fang Junfang has arrived at the Buddha House with the 1st to 10th Roman legions, Princess Gaoyang asks to see you!"

Hearing this, Li Jie, who was immersed in the beautiful scenery of the city on the other side, suddenly saw a light in his eyes, and another support army arrived!