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Li Ji ordered the legion to attack at night, and the mystery of being able to see the figure just now, but not being able to see clearly, was all this, because it was not a living person who was filling the city, but a dummy with a bamboo pole like a shadow puppet, or a spear.

The straw is tied into the head and limbs, and the belly made of sacks is full of earth and stones, and it looks like a pregnant woman with a big belly up close, and it can't be fake, but it sways with the light and shadow in the night, which is really similar to a soldier in action.

In fact, these methods can be used during the day, and it is slower to fill the moat with long objects instead of soldiers, but it is also a feasible strategy.

But Li Jihe people? Almost after the Wei Guogong Li Jing, the first handsome talent, just like this day and night upside down, deceived the Roman defenders of the rain of arrows, stone bullets poured down, you must know that the stone bullets of the ballista also need to be special, after a long time of polishing into a round, there is no grinding machine in the era, this kind of cannonball is more labor-intensive than making arrows.

Just like Zhuge Liang's straw boat borrowed arrows and Han Anguo's scarecrow borrowed arrows during the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of the Western Han Dynasty, the Fujian army slept for a while with hundreds of people, and with some rags and scarecrows, they could earn a large number of military supplies for the Roman defenders.

The Roman people were so enthusiastic that several lieutenants of the Fujian army were embarrassed, and finally sprinkled the collected fish blood and pig blood on the trench, on the one hand, the blood can play a sticking role, on the other hand, it can be regarded as comforting the fragile heart of the defenders of Constantinople.

This was also the reason why Constantine IV led his generals to look out over the moat for a strange reason.

If more than 20,000 Fujian troops really died, even if there were earth and rocks to bury them, they should see a large number of corpses, but looking from the city, they could only see some traces of torn clothes and bloodstains, and they couldn't see a single hand or leg, how could it not be weird?

Unfortunately, there was no time for Constantine IV to see through and repent, and on the 16th of the month, the Min army, which had filled the moat, immediately started the largest siege battle. One? Reading a book・?k?a?? hu・

Early in the morning, the rumbling drums sounded outside the western walls of Constantinople, just like the first day, the Fujian army of hundreds of thousands of troops appeared again on the great plain outside the city, the banners were rolled, the armor was shining, the army wearing black armor was like a black cloud pressing the city, and the breath of the Roman defenders on the top of the city seemed to be frozen.

Even Li Ji himself was at the forefront of his armor, his slightly dim but still beautiful eyes like an eagle falcon stared at the double-headed golden eagle banner hanging at the head of Constantinople, and the old general drew his sword and let out a cry like thunder.

"For the sake of the Great Min Empire, attack!"

Echoing him, the Fujian saber at the front struck the shield, and the spear hit the earth, and it also shouted wildly.

"Attack! Attack! Offensive! ”

In the rhythmic cheering, the forward general lost Bi Sizhong, the captain Wang Yan from the Taiyuan Wang clan, and dozens of generals such as Li Jian, the general of the clan, took the lead and rushed into the tunnel.

The intricate tunnels and trenches were almost dug into a labyrinth by the Min army, even if it was more than enough to hide tens of thousands of people, in the passionate battle cry, the Roman defenders looked nervously at the city, and they couldn't see the crowd at all, and they could only see the dense banners of the government soldiers rushing from the top of the trench and coming straight to themselves.

The Min army dug more than 30 exits at the filled moat, and the diameter of the city wall of more than 5,000 meters was to deal with these exits everywhere, and it seemed that each exit could be the direction of the Min army's main attack, so that the originally small defenders had to be diluted, and the archers' eyes were constantly patrolling from each exit.

Suddenly, a shout rang out at the third exit in the north, and the Roman defenders, whose nerves were about to be broken, immediately turned their heads around and released their bows and arrows and ballistas in that direction, and countless arrows and ballistas slammed into the exit.

However, there was a metal crash, and under the incredulous gaze of the Romans, it was a steel monster that rushed out of the trench and slammed into the walls. Want?? Reading? ・?k?ahu・

The trench is narrow, and it is naturally impossible to fit the entire siege vehicle, but fortunately, Li Jie has traveled from later generations, and has seen all kinds of standardized parts, and has also seen such things as Lego bricks.

The Fujian army transported the parts of the siege vehicle into the trench in advance, expanded the exit and assembled it on the spot using the cover on the head, most of the buildings in ancient China were riveted with this kind of bamboo shoots, the strong Nanyang iron and wood were put together into the body and the car pillar, and the outermost steel sheet was forced out by the cold forging method on the cover, and the heavy siege vehicle slammed into the wall of Constantinople like a steel monster in the shouting of the Fujian army.

Even the hard marble was knocked out of layers of cracks, and then under the cover of the siege vehicle, at the shooting corner close to the city wall, the brave soldiers of the Fujian army pushed open the skylight, pushed the folding siege ladder and pushed up the city wall.

Thirty exits, thirty siege engines, in turn, slammed into the walls of Constantinople, the Romans' bows and arrows slammed into the steel shield, popping out sparks and then being bulleted in all directions, and the heavy ballistas fired on them often gave the whole siege vehicle a violent tremor, and the sergeant of the concussive cart was numb, and it only left a mark on the cart.

However, the Roman defenders did not give in, I don't know, the heavy rolling stones and wood smashed the car, and the warriors of the Min army who had just emerged were covered with blood, screaming and falling back, and the Min army behind had to climb up cautiously with a shield, and there were also Fujian troops nearby who threw the rope lass and claws to the head of the city, entangled the female wall, and climbed up like ants.

"For Rome!"

They have long been trained, and more than a dozen Fujian warriors climbed the city wall like apes, but before they let go of the killing, a shout suddenly came from the nearby ballista turret, and several Roman soldiers rushed out with a huge iron cabinet, and the shout did not wait for the Fujian army to scream, and the large group of flames had been sprayed fiercely.

Even the tiger's head and round shield could not block this attack, and the vicious flames of the Greek fire surrounded the Fujian army in an instant, and more than a dozen people turned into fireballs, some screamed and jumped off the city, and some knelt on the ground weakly, curled up in a ball, and were burned alive.

"Come on! Min dog! Hahahaha! ”

Laughing arrogantly, as the Roman sergeants behind continued to pressurize the Greek fire throwers, the fire-breathing Roman soldiers holding leather pipes sprayed frantically at the city wall, and the Fujian army pressed by the strong fire snake couldn't raise its head at all, and several Fujian soldiers gritted their teeth and tried to rush up, but they were burned by the fire and fell off the city screaming.

The arrow whizzed in the ear, and a bloody wound was cut out in the back, which was hot and painful, seeing that there were Roman soldiers shooting out of the head of the city, and his subordinates continued to die tragically, the king of the captain who climbed the city himself shouted angrily, and suddenly his teeth gritted the rope, and his hands were desperately churning behind his back.

More than a dozen swarthy iron bumps were pulled out of his waist bag by him, and without even looking at them, they were thrown directly at the back of the female wall.

The Roman flamethrower was on the verge of killing, and he didn't even look at the iron lump thrown at him before a burst of fire erupted, but in an instant, the red-hot iron ball was thrown at the feet of several people under his horrified gaze.

Boom, boom~

With several explosions in succession, the bronze-skinned Greek firethrower was blown apart, and the flying Greek fire sprayed everywhere, but it ignited many Romans into fireballs, causing the defenders to scream and scream in all directions.

Taking this opportunity, the Min army, which had been pressed outside the city wall, turned over and crossed the city wall and occupied a small area.

The most fierce siege battle is often the battle for the city wall, seeing that the Min people occupy a base area, more Roman defenders desperately rushed over with knives, guns and spears, and there was a great momentum to kill more than a dozen Min people on the city wall in one breath.

Seeing a scene, although the more than ten Fujian troops were not panicked, under the captain's order, the first six blocked behind them with shields, but the last few pulled out a pipe from the copper gourd hanging from the waist, and broke it with fire, and the four pipes suddenly sprayed out a rolling flame.

The fierce fire oil made of oil is also available in Damin, and in order to adapt to the war and set fire, the craftsmen of Damin also deliberately changed the huge fierce fire oil tank to a smaller size, and several flames covered a fan, and the dozens of defenders who rushed up were suddenly burned and rolled out with a scream.

Disrupted the Roman formation, the Min army shouted, and the scattered defenders fought together, the two sides desperately greeted each other through the shield, and if they were not careful, they opened a bloody hole in their bodies.

In the telescope, watching the first round of attacks of the Min army occupy the head of the city, and as the army behind continued to climb from the wooden ladders of the siege vehicles, there was a tendency to drive the Romans off the city wall, and the fierce offensive of the Min army even made several Roman defenders retreat, crying and running to the turret of the arrow tower connecting the inner and outer walls.

Looking at this scene, all the generals applauded loudly, especially Sheng Lianshan, who was still clapping his thighs excitedly and shouting.

"Damn, Constantinople is just like this, I knew it was so simple, and Lao Tzu personally brought people up!"

However, looking at the first layer of the city wall, the Roman army retreated so quickly, but Li Ji's old face showed a solemn and regretful expression.

"It's not that simple!"

As he was talking, the scorching battlefield suddenly changed again, and with a bang, on the second layer of higher city walls, countless Roman defenders came out, and countless strong bows were aimed at the besieging Fujian army that was still pursuing.

Leng Buding turned his head, and Wang was angry and cold sweat soaked through his armor.

"Defend against bows and arrows!"

Shouting loudly, the king of the captain angrily stopped the shield in front of him and squatted down, his shouting made the Min army wake up suddenly, but it was too late, in the sound of brushing and pulling the bow, countless bows and crossbows fell on the heads of the untouched Fujian army, and even the heavy arrows of the scorpion crossbow pierced two or three people in a row.

The lodging corpses were piled up on the city wall, and the blood flowing out of the Min army even extinguished the flames at the head of the city, and there was a scorching smell everywhere in the air, with an extremely miserable roar, the two Min soldiers were strung together by the scorpion crossbow arrows, and the two of them fell straight from the city wall.

The power of the double-layered walls is on full display here, and even if the besieging side takes the first layer, the defenders of the second layer can still condescendingly slaughter them uncovered!

"Boss, fire the cannon to support!"