In the words of Grandpa Mao, the future is bright, and the road is tortuous.

Although he promised to have a grand plan to dominate the industry, that night, after the dinner, the group of generals and the king of Min still gathered together with a stern face to discuss the upcoming war.

The Min Legion is seven hundred and fifty meters away from Constantinople, if it is another city, directly push the cannon over, relying on the surging firepower, no matter how strong the city wall will be bombarded, but these 750 meters is the sea, not to mention the 400,000 army, even four million are not enough.

And at this time, it was completely different from when Anna was guarding Constantinople, when the Roman Emperor Constans was bent on moving the capital to Rome, to Athens, to Thessaloniki, in short, to go anywhere, the forces of the Eastern Roman Empire were scattered in North Africa, southern Italy, Sicily, Macedonia and along the Rhine, and the forces guarding Constantinople even relied on Anna to recruit militia, and then cheekily went to the Bolgars to borrow troops.

But now, although Constantine IV is a loser, almost all the troops left by Anna and the family left by Constants, Constantine is still an outlaw, and now he has completely invested the last part of his forces in the defense of Constantinople, where he wants to fight to the death against Damin.

And the terrain here is too splendid, Constantinople is built on a triangular bulge that protrudes from the land, just in the southeasternmost corner of Europe, but in the northern part of Constantinople the continent is cracked a Golden Horn, just a few waters, Constantinople has become a triangle facing the water, the most wonderful defense between heaven and earth,

If you want to attack Constantinople, you have to land in Europe from the Byzantine beach, and attack the west wall of Constantinople from the west, but that place is the inland hinterland of the Eastern Roman Empire, and the weight of Gyeonggi is not easy, not to mention that it is not easy to land, even if you board, you have to face the attack of the Roman army from Macedonia, Thrace and Constantinople in three directions, and if you are unstable, you may be beaten back to the sea.

On the other hand, the terrain of the Black Sea coast above the Golden Horn is also quite rugged, and it is not possible to land, on the other side of the Golden Horn is the Garata Fort where Anna was once imprisoned, and from there the mechanism was pulled up, and the iron chain of the thickness of the thighs of two people cut off the entrance to the Golden Horn, and the Eastern Roman Royal Navy lurked in the Golden Horn, which was really as lacking in virtue as Rhodes, so that the Roman Navy could attack the Great Min Naval Division at any time, but the Great Min Naval Division could not pursue the Roman Navy in the Golden Horn, and it could really be attacked and defended.

From the map, Constantinople is like a sea urchin full of thorns, which is unpalatable, and it is easy to prick himself with a mouth full of blood, Li Jie who saw it secretly complained, he had long known that Constantinople could shield Europe for a thousand years, but in the end he was defeated by the artillery of Ottoman Turkey.

However, the monarch Jinkou Yuya has the title of Constitution, and the words he said were like golden rules, and he had to stand up to it and clear his throat, Li Jie pretended to be relaxed and asked the old Li Ji beside him: "Does the British have a strategy to break the ground?"

Old Li Ji's old face, which was full of old age spots and wrinkles at this time, looked tense, obviously dissatisfied with what Li Jie said in the morning, but Li Ji was not a person who didn't know the general situation after all, and after a while, he bowed down in Li Jie's anxious eyes.

"Lao Chen has some plans, but he still needs the cooperation of the water master Liu Dudu."

"The sailor must fully cooperate with the military department!" Liu Renliang on the side hurriedly and respectfully immediately expressed his position, he is different from Li Ji, the old Li Ji is the old acquaintance of the King of Fujian, and he can even be regarded as an elder, and he is beside the King of Min all the year round, but he was promoted by Li Jie with one hand, and he also led the troops outside all the year round, if he is a little reserved and disrespectful, it is easy to be said to be domineering.

Reputation doesn't matter, but if Li Jie is suspicious, he will be the official.

Li Ji also said hello in advance, he already knew the result, and when Liu Renliang agreed, he pressed his finger on the map under the attention of the group generals.

"Your Majesty, the maximum range of our artillery is more than two miles, and it is erected on the outskirts of Caesarea, just enough to block the exit of the Golden Horn, and here the old minister intends to set up two hundred general cannons to prevent the Eastern Roman fleet from rushing out of the Golden Horn with intensive firepower to attack our army with Greek fire."

Li Jie's strategy of attacking Constantinople was completely copied from the classic siege tactics of the later Ottoman Sultan Mehmör II to break through Constantinople, and the old Li Ji's method of blockading the Golden Horn seemed to have not been used by the Turks in later generations.

Liu Renliang has been worried about the Greek fire of the Romans, and the actual combat has proved that the artillery of the Great Min needs at least one or two hundred cannons to destroy a Roman warship, and even the largest caliber of ship-destroying artillery also needs more than fifty cannons, the terrain of the Bosphorus is narrow, if the Romans release Greek fire on a large scale, the Great Min fleet will really be beaten up, and now Lao Li Ji can be regarded as relieving his worries.

"The strength of the Roman fleet in the Black Sea is too weak to be ignored, the naval army focuses on defending the Aegean Sea, and the Greek fleet of the Romans is still very strong there, and they must be vigilant against their surprise attack on our landing force!"

"The old minister!" Listening to Li Ji's continued narration, Liu Renliang solemnly expressed his hand to Li Jie.

According to intelligence, the Romans built shore defense towers along the coast of Constantinople, and set up sapper ballistas to defend our army from landing, and the old minister needed the artillery of the sailors to destroy these shore defense towers, and then the left and right Qianniuwei as the vanguard landed west of Constantinople and occupied a beachhead."

Sheng Lianshan was suffocating, as soon as he heard that there was a battle, he immediately jumped to the top to receive the order, and also provoked the new Zuo Xiaowei general Yuwen Anye to squeeze his eyebrows, signaling that only we can fight the left and right Qianniuwei. Li Yexu frowned when he heard this order.

Even with the cover of naval fire, in the face of enemy ballistae, bow and arrow rain sniping, the casualties of the landing army were the heaviest.

Li Yexu is not afraid of death, but there are so many Arab armies and Caucasian servant armies, these are restless elements, why not let them consume? Isn't it more cost-effective than consuming the main force of Damin?

But after thinking about it, Li Yexu understood Li Ji's intentions again, the landing battle is too important, it is related to whether Da Min can set foot in the West, if one blow misses, the blow to morale will be too great, so it must rely on a reliable army, and the first battle will consume these servant troops, these people are like ghosts, and they are bound to be lazy and shirk in the future war, but the Min army has been the first to shed blood, who dares to be lazy, Da Min can kill him with confidence!

Thinking of this, Li Yexu pulled Sheng Lianshan and immediately stepped forward respectfully, bowed heavily and said, "The last general will obey the order!" ”

Li Yexu is very important in the plan, seeing that he can figure it out, Lao Li Ji is the boss is happy, the old-timer Li Weigong has a successor, looking at him, Li Jie also hesitated, recalling that Li Jing left such an important wealth to himself after his death, Li Jie suddenly said solemnly.

"The last time the right Qianniuwei general broke the widow of Rhode Island, there is no reward, this time the two of them will be rewarded together! General Li, if you can break Constantinople for the widow this time, the widow will make you the Duke of Wei of Damin! And in front of the palace square in Constantinople, the monument of Ruzu Li Weigong, the biography, and the colossus! ”

Originally, the ancient Chinese did not have the tradition of standing statues to commemorate, but those who were erected, such as the martial saint Guan Yu, the holy king of Kaizhang, Chen Yuanguang, etc., were all deified, that was a great honor, from Li Jie in Manila Port to help Xiao Yu and several other people in the Great Min to erect a colossus to commemorate, was erected by the imperial court, has become one of the lifelong pursuits of both the Great Min and the Tang Dynasty. It's just that in these years, only the hero Lao Yang Yi, who helped King Min step by step, got the colossus of Jingshili and enjoyed the treatment of Sheji Wandai incense.

This treatment is already eye-catching, not to mention the monument and biography that Huaxia Shi has been pursuing, in comparison, the title of Duke Wei is secondary, if these are achieved, Li Yexu's desire to revive the Wei Gong family in Damin and spread Li Jing's reputation to the world will all be realized.

In the complicated eyes of Li Ji and other prime ministers who were a little jealous, Li Yexu knelt on the ground with excitement and thanked Li Jie: "The last general will definitely repay His Majesty's great kindness!" ”

"You don't need to smear your liver and brain, the widow doesn't lack your paint, just live to serve the widow." Li Jie's joke caused everyone to laugh again, and in the complicated laughter of everyone, Li Yexu got up embarrassedly.

The atmosphere was warmed up by Li Jie's sudden promise, and the tone of the old Li Ji's tactics was also a little filled, and his fingers drew a circle in Macedonia, Li Ji's tone was a little gloating, and he said with a smile: "Now that the southern Arabian tribes are serving Your Majesty, after the left and right Qianniuwei occupy a tidal flat position, there is no need to rush to attack the city, you can let the southern desert tribes attached to Your Majesty's hands go to Macedonia first, Greece and other places to preach their teachings!" Cut off the reinforcements from all over the country to help Constantinople, and when Constantine IV is trapped in the lonely city, our army will definitely be able to take this Roman capital without much effort! ”

The implication is to let the Arabs go and rob it, with locust tactics, if the entire Balkans are looted, it will naturally be impossible for all parts of the Roman Empire to aid Constantinople, and the more vicious strategy is to let the Arabs and the Romans form a personal enmity.

The only drawback is that if Li Ji's strategy is followed, it will definitely not be able to be conquered within a month.

This suggestion made Li Jie hesitate for a moment, but he still nodded.

"That's it!"

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Turning the day, on February 18, the sixth year of the Great Min Dynasty, next to the city of Caesarea, the Great Min Army from Tianzhu quickly got busy, and a group of heavy general cannons were mounted on the gun carriages, held high at the elevation angle, aimed at Constantinople on the other side of the sea, at about noon, in the stunned gaze of the defenders gathered on the beach of the port, the first cannonball whistled out of the muzzle, and fell in the crowd, and the exploding flowering shells disgusted a large area of blood.

The offensive and defensive battle of Constantinople, which shocked future generations, also began!