After Li Lu's victory at the Battle of Bilegik, the British army, under his command, marched under the city of Constantinople in order to take Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, which had the most complete city defense system in the Middle Ages.Mobilizing engineering units and a large number of prisoners of war, Leo landed on the shore of the European side at the narrowest point of the Bosphorus, not far from Constantinople, expelled the Eastern Roman army there, and then built a military fortress.Sitting averse to another fortress built on the shores of Asia in the early years that the British had taken from the Romans, this fortress was like a giant pincer that controlled the straits and cut off Constantinople from the outside world and supply lines.After escaping from the battlefield of Bilejik, the fleeing emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, Anatasius was very angry that the British army had cut off Constantinople's external relations, and sent an envoy to Bulzon, where Li Lu was stationed, to lodge a strong protest against Li Lu.Regarding the accusations of the Eastern Romans, Li Lu smiled disdainfully, if the protest was useful, then what did Li Lu do when he came to the west?
What's more, Li Lu still wants to conquer the world.He arrogantly said to the Eastern Roman envoys: "Both sides of the Bosphorus belong to me, and I can do whatever I want."
Go back and tell Anatassius, let him get acquainted, give up the throne as soon as possible, and return the imperial throne to the Iraklius family........ if you send someone to entangle me again, I will be welcome, and I will skin your envoy alive!"
”The Eastern Roman envoy was so frightened that he returned in embarrassment.The Eastern Roman Empire was now in disarray and decline, and Anatacius, knowing that he was no match for the mighty British Empire, asked Leo to give all the places except the capital Constantinople to the British, and to pay them tribute every year.Unexpectedly, Li Lu said: "Hmph, I fancy Constantinople, Anatasius is a traitor, and he dares to call himself the Roman emperor......
Today, I have led the righteous to crusade against rebels such as Vael and restore the glory of Rome......
Just go away!
”Constantinople failed to sue for peace, so he had to repair the city walls, strengthen the fortifications, and prepare for the battle, Anatascius naturally refused to hand over the rights in his hands, and the throne he had finally taken away, how could he give it away.Faced with an enemy that had never been more powerful than ever, Anatacius said to the citizens of Constantinople, "Citizens, although the Anglophys are overwhelming, do not be afraid, forty years ago, the combined forces of the Avars and Persians did not take our New Rome......
Today, the British are coming, and they can't take the ........."
Just when Anatacius was giving a speech at the Colosseum of Constantine, several British spies placed in the Eastern Roman Empire led by He Zhihua also took this opportunity to contact the pitch, preparing to cooperate with the outside world, take Constantinople, and then welcome their own king into this holy city of the Western world.The Eastern Romans were actively preparing, and the British army was not idle, in order to deal with a monster defense system like Constantinople, Li Lu specially brought several cannon casting masters and asked them to cast siege cannons on the front line.The British Empire established by Li Lu is the inventor of the thermal weapons of space-time in this country, and the British Empire is strictly secretive, so their cannon casting technology is still the only one in the scorpion.After receiving orders from Li Lu to build a super siege cannon, the craftsmen of the empire began the construction work, and the workers dug a huge special casting cellar, melted the bronze, and began pouring this unprecedented weapon.When the mold is shattered, it is revealed to everyone a terrifying and extraordinary monster, well, this is the super cannon that people later called the human cannon.The cannon is more than seven feet long, weighs more than 30,000 catties, the barrel is extremely thick to withstand the huge impact when the cannon is fired, the caliber is amazing, enough to accommodate an adult, and the granite shells used weigh as much as a thousand gold, which is the most powerful firearm in this era.After the construction of the cannon, Li Lu ordered the first test firing to be held outside the camp gate.The cannon was placed outside the camp gate, and the loading was lengthy but smooth, and with a roar of shaking hills, the shells sank into the mud a thousand paces away.Several Super Gunsmiths fulfilled their promises, and Li Lu finally had the tools to make him accomplish.Both sides conducted targeted training, and a few days later, there was a sudden roar of artillery over Constantinople and the smoke of gunfire filled the air.Li Lu led an army of 200,000 and 300 warships to besiege Constantinople by sea and land, and a fierce battle that decided the future fate of Constantinople began.Constantinople is located at the southern tip of the European continent and is built on a headland.The whole city is triangular in shape.It is bordered by the Golden Horn Bay (Golden Horn) to the north, the Sea of Marmara to the south, the Bosphorus Strait to the east, and only more than 40 miles to the west to connect with the land.The walls of Constantinople were very strong.The total length of the city wall is about 40 miles.The sea wall is two zhang high, and the land is three zhang high and two zhang wide, and it is divided into three layers: inner wall, outer wall and breast wall.There are many bunkers built on the city wall, and there is a watchtower with a height of six zhang every twenty zhang.The exterior walls also feature several ballista turrets.The moat outside the city is six zhang wide and two zhang deep.For more than 1,000 years, after repeated reinforcements and repairs by successive emperors, the city was truly impregnable at that time.He is familiar with the history of Persia, Greece, and Rome, and has studied military knowledge such as strategy, tactics, and topography.He knew the structure of Constantinople's defenses well, and he was determined to use cannons against the walls that had not been breached for thousands of years, which was why Leo asked the gunsmiths to build super cannons.........
Under the cover of this powerful cannon, tens of thousands of British soldiers from Tianzhu, Persia and even the island of Wa launched an assault on the impregnable city of Constantinople, some carrying branches and some rolling barrels, rushing towards the moat.They threw twigs and barrels into the water in an attempt to fill the moat.However, the river was too deep and buoyant for the branches and barrels to sink.The British soldiers simply leaned on the barrels and approached the walls.The Eastern Roman army fired back with bows and arrows and ballistae loaded with stone bullets from the pillboxes and walls, and the British soldiers were broken in heads, broke their hands and feet, and tumbled over the barrels and fell into the water, drowning many of them.Li Lu saw that the strong attack failed, so he thought of another way.At Xue Qinling's suggestion, the British soldiers began to dig tunnels that passed under the moat and led straight into the city.In order to confuse the enemy, the British continued to shell during the day, organized small units to feint, and at night, went all out to dig tunnels.The tunnel stretched forward rapidly, and it seemed that the moat was almost dug up, and the Eastern Romans had not yet noticed it.