The thirty-six shields were wrapped in three layers and three outer layers around Paul, and Paul's hand holding the Bible was still trembling, while estimating whether these meat shields could be blocked if the ballista hit, and on the other hand, he recited the "Bible, Joshua" according to Li Ji's request with a trill. `

Fortunately, this god stick has been dumb for a few years, and the kung fu of fooling people has not yet fallen, plus the copper megaphone used by more than ten leaders of the Great Min to speak, the sound is still clearly transmitted to the city wall of Constantinople in front of him within a few hundred meters.

But now, the scene is even more bizarre, one is the soldiers of the Min government who blow the horn with the banner, and the other is the guy who reads the Bible and has been a shepherd for a few days, and the Roman defenders at the head of the city look at each other and are surprised.

Which one is this singing?

In the tower, Constantine IV was also confused and circled, faintly he had a sense of ominousness, the last Fujian army filled the moat made him feel weird, and the commander of the Fujian army on the opposite side did not know who it was, and there was an evil spirit everywhere.

After thinking about it for a while, Constantine IV simply didn't think about it, and let his group of court scholars go to wring out the milk, slapped the table in annoyance, and yelled at the attendants outside: "Simon, this bastard, has no news!"

"My Majesty!" A Roman eunuch in a silk robe walked in tremblingly, prostrated respectfully on the ground, and replied tremblingly to the angry emperor: "No news yet! But the little one has been trying to get in touch with Bolgar Khan! ”

Simon is the Turkic branch of the Balkans who migrated north to the Balkans, and he once followed Anna against the Arabs, but after the coup d'état of Constantine IV, this tyrant did not know what benefits he took from Constantine IV, and followed Constantine IV with all his heart, and last time outside the city of Antioch, if it wasn't for this old bastard, Constantine would not have been able to escape.

But this time, from the beginning of the siege of Constantinople, there has been no trace of Simon in the Min army.

After listening to the eunuch's message, Constantine IV slapped the table again in annoyance: "Get out!"

The eunuch was really pardoned, and he escaped from the secret room of the city wall.

However, as soon as the door of the room was closed, it was opened again, and the unlucky boy scholar who reported to Constantine IV that the Fujian army was digging a trench was emulating the Great War of Alesia rushed in with great interest with crystal glasses and a gilded Bible.

"Your Majesty, the lower officials have found out what the intention of the Min people is to act like this outside the city!"

There was no hope for this man, and Constantine IV waved his hand weakly, like a fly, trying to tell the scholar to get out, who knew that the scholar understood it to make him say it quickly, and immediately began to narrate.

"Your Majesty, the Min army is focusing on the book of Joshua! And there are also the Min army blowing trumpets around the city, and they are following Joshua's example in the city of Jericho, to get God's help and curse our walls to collapse! ”

These words made the irritable Constantine IV stunned, and immediately laughed angrily.

Not to mention, this time this scholar is really a lot more reliable, "The Bible. In the Old Testament, the ancient Israelites fled from Egypt under the leadership of Moses, and Moses received God's help to split the Red Sea and lead everyone to flee to the Arabian Peninsula, but when he gazed at Canaan, the promised land of the Jews, Moses was skeptical of the promised land given by God, and the Lord took his name here and did not allow him to set foot in the promised land of his dreams.

His deputy, Joshua, took over as leader of the Israelites and led an army of 10,000 Israelites against Canaan, the banks of the Jordan River and a small part of Syria, and the first obstacle the Israelites encountered was the city of Jericho.

Although the city of Jericho was sparsely populated, it had a towering and sturdy wall, which was hexagonal and built of solid limestone, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. `

According to the Bible, after God had given the city to the Israelites, Joshua sent two spies into the city, and after learning the truth of the city from a prostitute named Rahab, Joshua did not attack, but led the Israelites around the city of Jericho.

After seven days of rotation, all the Israelites blew their battle trumpets in their hands, God unleashed his divine power, and the walls of Jericho collapsed.

The rest of the story is not so good, Joshua and the Israelites rushed into the city and slaughtered men, women, and children, not even a pig, not a chicken, but by the time they left, the whole city was gone.

This is recorded in the Bible. Old testament. In the book of Joshua, almost all women and children in Christian-worshipping Europe know it, and if you look at the actions of the Min army today, which point is not exactly the same as that of Joshua, the leader of Israel.

Is it no wonder that Constantine IV was so happy that the Min army was really in a hurry to jump over the wall, and he prayed to God to destroy the walls of his followers among the pagan people who did not believe in God?

Anyway, seeing that the posture of the Min army is pretending to be a ghost and not attacking the city today, the angry and funny Constantine IV simply shouted and ordered: "Go to the city, invite all the priests of Hagia Sophia to the city wall, and then order the soldiers to follow and pray, Augustus wants to see if the Lord blesses them or blesses us!"

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With the order of Constantine IV, dozens of priests also carried the Bible to the second layer of the city wall, and condescendingly preached the Bible. Old testament. The officers conveyed the intention of the Min army, and the remaining more than 10,000 defenders also laughed loudly, laughed at the Min army for a long time, and then knelt on the ground on the first or second floor of the city wall, and prayed sincerely.

It was a strange war situation, separated by high walls and layers of trenches, and the two sides combined with an army of 200,000 compared to each other who could read the Bible well, and finally the Greek-speaking sergeants of the Min army were mobilized and joined the ranks of the trumpet-blowing and flag-waving army at the front, helping Paul to shout desperately.

A Roman defender knelt in the rubble, praying unpassionately, but suddenly, he vaguely felt two vibrations under him, and lowered his head in confusion, but nothing appeared, so the soldier knelt on the ground reverently and continued to pray.

"Dashuai, how long are we going to make trouble?"

Li Yexu really couldn't help it, and hurried over from the rear army, which would not take care of Li Ji's commander and elders' face, he was really a little annoyed, and asked in a rather unkind tone.

At this time, Li Ji had just muttered a few words with a few messengers in the rear army, listening to Li Yexu's annoyance, Li Ji was not angry, but stroked his beard with a smile, and said meaningfully: "It's right away, you just wait to watch a good show!"

At this time, Paul in front of the battle was also completely in the state, he had been pit by the monks in the city for many years, at this time, chanting on the same stage, let him have the feeling of hard work and competition when he robbed the believers, Uncle has completely stopped looking, Paul actually closed his eyes with a solemn expression and recited it backwards, the language was fast and urgent and clear, and the voice of the city was very powerful.

With his eyes closed, Paul cried out in intoxication

"When the trumpet sounded for the sacrifice, Joshua said to the people, "Cry out!" for the LORD has given you the city. Then the people cried out, and the earth was shaken, and the power of the LORD appeared, and the mighty city of Jericho fell with a bang, and the people marched forward, and took the city, and slew all the men, and the women, and the old men, and the children, and the oxen, and the sheep, and the donkeys, and the dogs, and the chickens and dogs!! ”

"The blood of sinners soaked the earth!!"

Bang~

Like a dragon rolling in the earth, the entire section of the walls of Constantinople was arched, and soon collapsed, and in Paul's ungrateful recitation, the earth seemed to come to life, surging upwards one after another, and within a radius of dozens of miles, the people who were shaken by this strong sense of vibration fell from side to side, and the defenders on the city walls fell like dumplings in an incredible scream.

As the Lord had brought upon God's punishment, the fire of the earth gushed out with a deafening roar.

It wasn't until a moment that Paul, who was choking on the dust and coughing, opened the dust in front of him with a hard slap, and then he saw the front clearly, and then he grew his mouth in shock and spit out a southern Fujian dialect.

"Holy! The Lord has truly appeared! ”

The 1,000-meter outer wall of Constantinople collapsed, and a large area fell into the earth, even if the city clamp covered with volcanic ash collapsed more than half, although the twelve-meter inner wall did not completely collapse, the damage caused by the earthquake still peeled off a small part of the city skin, revealing the cracked and broken bricks like bread inside.

The hollow turret collapsed completely, and even one turret was seriously damaged, and Qi Gen collapsed in the city under the violent vibration, crushing all the houses within a dozen meters, revealing a wide passage.

The shock of the natural disaster was born in front of the two armies so suddenly, so that in a few minutes, the two armies did not react, until in the formation of the Fujian army, a loud voice like a donkey's bark sounded loudly.

"The walls are falling! Follow me Lao Sheng and kill this group of Roman dogs! Come on! Kill! ”

Zuo Qianniuwei, who shouted at the front, was the first to rush forward with a shout, and then the nearest Himalayan Zuofu also reacted, and tens of thousands of Fujian troops rushed to Constantinople like a tide, and the roar followed by the sound of explosions that shook the earth.

At this time, Li Yexu also woke up from the shock, and asked with admiration: "Tunnel, blasting?"

Brushing his beard, Li Ji laughed and nodded again.

"Yes!"