Chapter 1310. Tragic
With the temptation of the king, the battle for the head of Constantinople entered the white-hot XshuOTXt.CoM
The second wave of the Fujian army rushed up has been fearless to seize the first city wall of more than 400 meters long position, rushed to the head of the city of the Min army fearlessly crashed into the defender's military formation, relying on the sharpness of quenched steel and the solidity of cold forging armor, the Rus' people guarding the front line here, the Slavs killed the corpses a lot, these mercenaries are working for money after all, such a difficult task, they screamed and retreated to the city tower, they didn't dare to show up again, and they couldn't help but flee off the city wall.
The first layer of the city wall was four meters shorter than the second wall, and through the towering battlements, the infantry of Constantinople and the militia from the Greek city desperately suppressed them with bows and arrows and the crossbows of the imitation Fujian army.
A brigade of fifty people has a tiger squat cannon, plus the temporary deployment, at this time there are forty or fifty tiger squat cannons on the head of the city, the sergeants used the tower shield and the round shield to build a temporary line of defense, with the tiger squat cannon is also fierce counterattack, although the lethality of a single tiger squat cannon is limited, but it can not stand the number and fast firing speed, more than a dozen aiming at a point, several consecutive rounds of shooting, the Roman defensive battlements collapsed, the archers behind were either shot through by the projectile, or fell in panic in the middle of the wall.
If the Min army wants to take Constantinople, it will either completely destroy the outer wall as Li Ji did last time, or it will have to rush from the tower to the second layer of the city wall and control the two gates. But as a precaution, the passage of the Roman's tower was designed to be so narrow that only two people could pass side by side, and the small space made the cruelty even more numerous times greater.
The Min army could only rush forward with two people at a time, but the Roman defenders could hold the staircase exit with four or five people, and once they could not resist it, they threw Greek fire into the staircase, the white limestone walls had been burned black, the Min people were killed, and the burned dry corpses also accumulated a layer at the staircase, no matter what, the Min army seemed to be unable to overcome this obstacle.
However, there is an old saying in Huaxia, if you walk too much at night, you will eventually meet ghosts!
"Hahaha, Min dog, go die!"
Once again, he stabbed the Fujian army that rushed up from below with a spear, and saw that a few Fujian people in the back rushed up with irrepressible anger, and the centurion from Athens laughed wildly and picked up the Greek fire jar and was about to throw it down again, but what he didn't expect was that this time, the Fujian army was faster than him, and the two Fujian soldiers behind him suddenly raised the fire gourd.
After high-pressure compression, the copper gourd was violently spewed out, and directly turned into two fire snakes under the ignition of the ignition at the mouth of the pipe, and the centurion only felt a light in his hand, and the Greek fire jar in his hand was directly ignited and exploded.
More than a dozen jars at the feet of the defenders were bursting open, standing in the distance, but a burst of flames suddenly erupted from the exit of the upper floor of the tower, carrying with it seven or eight blackened human bodies.
Without waiting for the Roman soldiers to shoot arrows, from behind the flames, the general who seemed to be like death had already rushed out fiercely, and two horizontal knives swirled and slashed, and the Roman defenders who were only holding bows and crossbows were cut down by Sheng Lianshan in one face like cutting leeks.
The Min army finally rushed to the second layer of the city wall!
Even if he didn't expect a frontal breakthrough, seeing this scene, Li Jie still couldn't help but applaud, Anna was also excited to hold the edge of the hanging nest of the well railing, her fingers were lying blue, and the Min army below was even more excited to beat the shield, or poke the ground with the spear shaft, and cheer for his comrades loudly, and the mighty voice of the Great Min spread throughout the battlefield.
More and more Min troops poured onto the second city wall, and the garrison Romans were cut down like dumplings, seeing that the Great Min was about to occupy a strong stronghold in the second city wall, but at this time, the accident still happened.
Sheng Lianshan's double knives easily cut off the head of a rather sturdy Greek, and when the next knife slashed in a row, the Athenian soldier behind him was already so frightened that he sat on the ground, and he didn't kill him with a cold snort, Sheng Lianshan continued to kill the next Roman defender, but just cut a person to death, and behind him, the roar with infinite resentment had already sounded.
"Min dog, you actually killed my brother, I want you to die!"
Sheng Lianshan hurriedly turned around, the horizontal knife in his right hand had already been thrown, but it was too late, the timid Athenian soldier just now had already frantically grabbed the torch and poked it into a jar of gunpowder seized from Damin.
Bang~
The people on the head of the city were blown by the air flow of the explosion and flew out like kites for dozens of meters, and the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, and there were still a few elite warriors in the front camp of the loyal and brave eight guards in Shenglian Mountain.
More than a dozen cans of Greek fire were thrown into the passage to block the tower, and the Roman defenders who swarmed up finally recaptured the entrance, even if they were mentally prepared for the ending of Sheng Lianshan, but this scene still made Li Jie stumble.
"Your Majesty!"
Anna hurriedly grabbed Li Jie's arm, and Wang Fangyi also hurriedly came over, calling with concern.
Shaking his head, Li Jie still waved his hand as usual: "It's okay to be outnumbered!" Keep commanding the battle! ”
Li Jie's every move affects the morale of the entire army, and a monarch sometimes has to be hard-hearted!
At his feet, the next wave of Fujian army formations rushed towards the hellish walls of Constantinople with a shout.
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Until the sun sank, the Min army did not attack the inner wall of Theodosius for the second time, but the strong attack brought more serious casualties, at least 1,700 people died in the city at the end of the day, and the wounded were even more numerous, only those sappers who rushed under the car made some progress, and the fierce battle attracted all the attention between the inner and outer walls, and there was no harassment, they could be regarded as digging out fifteen holes more than one meter deep and more than one person in the hard wall of Constantinople, and dug into the center of the rammed earth wall.
Staring at Constantinople with unwillingness, Li Jie waved his hand helplessly after all.
"Mingjin!"
As he spoke, he sighed and went down the stairs from the back to the well.
The flag bearer played the flag, and several strong men on the high platform smashed the thick drum hammer on the gong together, and the sound of the golden sound that made the eardrums tremble finally came out, and at the head of the city, the siege soldiers of the Fujian army, who had already been exhausted and exhausted the last bit of passion, dragged the corpses of their comrades and rushed back eagerly from the ladder, dragging or damaged, or burning siege ladders and returning quickly.
Outside the wall, the banners of the Fujian army were also a little sluggish and returned to the camp, so that the war-torn Constantinople finally enjoyed some peace.
The heavy sound of gold also woke up another person, and he sat up reflexively, Sheng Lianshan wanted to touch the knife casually, but the painful palm was empty, and his whole body hurt as if it had fallen apart, and he gasped in pain.
Vision left and right, as if he had fallen into a dilapidated warehouse, with a human-shaped hole on his head and hay for feeding horses under his body, Sheng Lianshan recalled what had just happened, and couldn't help but scold angrily.
"Damn, Lao Tzu also became a cannonball!"
The sun was setting in the west, and the whole of Constantinople seemed to be plunged into darkness, but the defenders had not rested, a team of men and horses kept carrying the corpses and damaged equipment from the city walls, and carried new garrison materials up, a dozen priests prayed around the corpses covered with white cloths, and the people carried materials removed from various buildings, and intensified the repair of the city walls.
Hiding in the dark, Sheng Lianshan is full of closed city gates, more than a dozen Roman defenders lazily leaning on both sides of the city gate to sit down, watching Sheng Lianshan has always been too lazy to use the dead brain, this will also have to operate, how to open it with the Fujian army!
But at this moment, moaning in pain? The groans came, and they looked over in astonishment, a group of scarred Min troops were being pushed down from the city wall, and one person was so badly injured that he fell directly on the road when he walked to the bottom of the city.
These are all under his own command, and immediately Sheng even the mountain eyes are red, and he is angry, and he is going to rush out to fight with those Roman dogs regardless of it!
But at this moment, an arm covered his mouth violently, grabbing him and dragging him into the alley.
Flexibly broke free from the clamp with his short body, Sheng Lianshan waved his fist and was about to hit, but before the fist fell, the reckless man immediately widened his eyes, as if he saw a dinosaur, and froze there, and shouted in horror.
"Evil! Hell yes! ”
"Shh!!h