One night, a sentry in Eastern Rome stumbled upon a noise under his feet.He began to think that the British had crossed the river to attack, so he searched wide-eyed, and the moat was empty.He suspected that there was something wrong with his ears, and he was extremely tired from fighting day after day, and tinnitus and dizziness were common.But the noise grew louder and louder, and he finally heard the sound coming from underground.He hurriedly lay on the ground, his ears pressed against the ground to distinguish carefully, and there was the sound of digging and people talking underground.It dawned on him that the British were digging tunnels.He hurried to report to the chief.Commander Giovanni, a brave and resourceful soldier, ordered his soldiers to find the sound and dig into the ground.Soon, the tunnel was dug through, and the British soldiers were taken aback and were about to retreat, when Giovanni asked the soldiers to pour boiling water into the hole, and the boiling hot water poured in, scalding the British soldiers' skin and flesh.The British soldiers in the tunnels howled and fled backwards, trampling on each other, trampling on each other and injuring many others.Giovanni threw gunpowder packets into the hole again (these gunpowder packets still came from the British Empire ruled by Li Lu, well, isn't an arms dealer who does not sell his weapons to potential enemies a qualified arms dealer, the British Empire is naturally the most qualified arms dealer in the world), the tunnel was blown up, and thousands of British soldiers were suffocated in Shili.Having thwarted the British plot to storm the city through tunnels, Anatacius was so pleased that he wanted to reward the sentry heavily.The sentry's name was Storis.The emperor summoned Stolis to the palace and gave him the best food and fine wine.Stolis was so hungry that he devoured all his food.Anatacius asked the maid to take out a treasure box filled with pearl agate, and said, "Stouris, your alertness, you have saved the city's 100,000 inhabitants, and I will make you rich overnight!"
”Stolis shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the British are outnumbered, and they are not willing to give up.Cities are in danger of being breached at any time, and once they do, we will all be killed, and all our wealth will be robbed by them.So, pearl agate is of no value to me!
If Your Majesty must reward me with something, I would like to ask Your Majesty for something!
”Anatas Hughes plucked up the courage and said, "Whatever you want, I'll satisfy you!"
”Stolis said: "This thing is Your Majesty's courage, as long as Your Majesty has courage, we have the strength, and we will definitely defend the capital!"
”Anastasiaus could not have imagined that an ordinary soldier would utter such sonorous words, and he was deeply moved.He said: "There is no way back, Stories, I have the courage to fight with you against the British!"
”He immediately made Storis a centurion and guarded the castle on land.Li Lu watched as his elite troops were driven out of the city by the Eastern Romans......
Naturally, he was so angry that he beat his chest.But he did not lose faith in victory, and he vowed to set foot on Constantinople at all costs.The British lost the land battle, and the naval battle suffered no less serious setbacks.One day, four warships of the Eastern Roman Navy from Italy broke through the blockade of the British Royal Navy and entered the Sea of Marmara.These warships were to send supplies to the Eastern Romans, and Li Lu sent warships to intercept them.However, the Eastern Roman warships nimbly evaded the interception of the British warships and sailed into the Golden Horn.When Li Lu heard the news, he rode his horse and galloped to the shore to supervise the battle, and he shouted: "Open the cannon, sink it!"
”The guns fired by the British battleships were all dodged by the Eastern Roman warships.On the contrary, the Roman fire of the Eastern Roman warships burned several British warships.Li Lu was so anxious that he urged the horse to go down to the beach, and shouted: "Hit it with a boat, sink it!"
”The British battleship turned its head and rammed it, and the Eastern Roman battleship had already docked, and the Roman fire used on the ship was so powerful that it burned several more ships.The soldiers and civilians of Constantinople thundered when they saw the reinforcements and supplies coming.They shouted from the walls and insulted the incompetence of the British navy.After more than ten days of siege and successive setbacks, some high-ranking officers of the British army suggested that Li Lu accept the earlier request of the Eastern Roman Emperor Anatacius and negotiate peace with him.Lift the siege first, and then think about it in the long run.Li Lu shook his fist and roared, saying: "I don't like the two words "Listen to the discussion, as long as I live, I must capture Constantinople and hang the Eastern Roman Emperor!"
In the future, whoever dares to talk about peace again, I will cut off whose head!
”Unfazed, he summoned the commander of the naval fleet, pointed at the defeated general's nose and scolded: "Rice bucket, I ordered you to ram the enemy ships to the death on the shore, why did you let them all run away?"
Your more than 100 warships can't fight four enemy ships, and you've lost my face.."
The more he talked, the more angry he became, knocked the fleet commander to the ground with one punch, and kicked him with his foot, and the fleet commander screamed in pain, saying: "Please Your Majesty don't fight, don't fight..
I'm going to pay for it!
”Li Lu punched and kicked, and after venting, he also felt a little tired, he gasped and asked, "How can you atone for your crimes?"
”The commander of the fleet was anxious and said: "Constantinople is a land wall on three sides, composed of three walls, which is impregnable, only the Golden Horn is a sea wall, only two feet and a single wall, we can only start from the Golden Horn."
When Li Lu heard this, he waved his fist again and said: "Bastard, you are talking nonsense, there are iron chains and shipwrecks blocking the entrance to the Golden Horn, isn't it impossible for you to chase the Eastern Roman warships, what way can you get in?"
”The commander of the fleet said: "I don't mean to go in from there, but . . .
I've figured out a way to do it.."
As soon as he said this, Li Lu also felt that it made sense, so he stopped beating and scolding him, and studied a new siege plan with him.A few days later, the commander of the fleet summoned a chief merchant from Rome to the Eastern Romans, who entertained him with good food and wine, and gave him many gifts.The commander of the fleet said: "Our goal is to capture Constantinople, and it will not harm your interests, you don't need to support the Eastern Roman Empire, let's cooperate." ”Before the banquet, the merchant leader was accompanied by the commander of the fleet to visit the British barracks, and he was even more surprised to see that the tents were endless and there was no end in sight, especially the dozens of heavy guns.He knew that Constantinople would sooner or later fall into the hands of the British, and he decided to cooperate with the British.He made an agreement with the British: Eastern Roman merchants allowed British ships to enter the Golden Horn through the Galatian stronghold they controlled.The condition was that the British army would protect all the privileges of the Eastern Roman merchants after entering the city.The Galatian stronghold of Constantia, founded by the Eastern Romans, was separated by the sea.If you go down to the sea from the Galatian stronghold, you will enter the Golden Horn.But how does the ship get over the land?