Chapter 17 Siege of Constantiniya (5)

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"How dare they spare the guards and force their way to Constantinople by sea?" Ella said in surprise, "Isn't their general afraid that the guards will drive back and they will be attacked from both sides?"

"If the Thracian Field Army is still there, it will be very dangerous for them." Andrea said, "But listen, the Thracian Field Army has been defeated. It seems that it is still a complete rout that is difficult to reorganize. .”

"Why were they defeated again? It was only a few years ago that they were defeated by Hestein! Nearly 20,000 people! They were defeated twice in two years! I really have to wonder if those were 20,000 pigs!"

"Twenty thousand pigs?" Andrea said, "Even if there are twenty thousand pigs, if I put a helmet on them and light their tails on fire, they can run over and smash the enemy's formation into pieces. .”

"Too incompetent!"

Ella cursed as she hurriedly returned to the military camp and threw herself on the map on the table to study the current battle situation.

"Under the current war situation, the only option is to have the Guards return urgently. This will weaken the defense force on the coastline, but there is nothing we can do about it. Rather, even if I want to stop it, my uncle will definitely mobilize the Guards Coming back."

Andrea said: "It will take at least half a month for the Praetorian Guards to learn the news and rush back urgently. Considering the ongoing war in the Peloponnese, it will only take longer. But the Praetorian Guards were transferred Let’s go, the Thracian field army has been defeated again, and there are only two to three thousand people guarding Constantiniya. Whether they can hold on until the Janissaries return is still a question.”

“I think Constantiniya’s city defense should be strong enough… But Andrea, what’s your opinion?”

"Constantiniya is the heart of the Empire of the Seven Hills and cannot be risked. King of Sweden, if you want to fight the island republic, you should immediately send troops to support Constantiniya. Although the transformation and response of the trebuchet The Ocean Fire training has not been completed, but there is nothing we can do, my navy will fully support you from the sea."

"But Your Majesty, there are 20,000 soldiers besieging Constantiniya, and we only have 10,000 soldiers left in Azov City. Azov City also needs soldiers to guard it, so the most we can mobilize is 8,000 soldiers. Man. Even if we can win, it will only be a tragic victory."

"Amy, what do you mean?"

Amy looked at Ella seriously and said: "Your Majesty is only the King of Sweden now. Is it necessary to waste Sweden's national power so much for the Seven Hills Empire?"

When Amy said this, Andrea also looked at Ella seriously. As Amy said, neither Ella nor Andrea had any reason to fight for the Seven Hills Empire. He agreed to Ella because the Republic of Liguria and the Island Republic were old enemies, but he didn't know why Ella had any reason to support the Seven Hills Empire.

Ella frowned and tapped her fingers on the table.

"Originally, my troops should have returned to Sweden in order to sow seeds, but now the supplies are blocked in the Adriatic Sea because of the war between the two countries. Although the Seven Hills Empire took the lead in starting the war, this war was actually fought by the Island Republic. It was provoked. Anyway, we won’t be able to catch up with the planting when we go back, so we might as well destroy the island republic. All our losses must be recovered from the island republic.”

"But Your Majesty, eight thousand versus twenty thousand...and General Andrea's navy is not ready..."

Ella slammed the table: "Eight thousand is eight thousand. This landing will be all handed over to the Pirate Kingdom's clippers. Marshal Andrea, your fleet will continue to be on standby."

"Stay on standby?" Andrea was shocked. "The sea control is now controlled by the Island Republic. All the ocean fire on your fast ship has been moved to my fleet. Are you planning to sneak across? But even if your ship is fast, After landing, the navy will also have to ensure material logistics? Or do you, King of Sweden, already have some plans?"

"The Seven Hills Empire's fleet has not been completely destroyed. I don't think the Island Republic has the spare capacity to move the fleet to the north of the Black Sea Strait. Moreover, didn't the Island Republic inexplicably hold back Aulus's fleet for more than a month?" Ella He raised his head and said, "Then use the other person's way to repay the other person's kindness!"



The Duke of Burgundy is commanding more than 20,000 Alemannic troops to besiege Constantiniya.

According to Giovanni's plan, the mission of his force was only to raid the Thrace region. However, the always heroic Duke of Burgundy was not willing to act obediently according to Giovanni's plan. As soon as he landed, he defeated the Thracian field army head-on and then launched an attack on Constantinier.

At the beginning, they were taught a lesson in turn by various defensive equipment in the city.

Just like when besieging an ordinary city wall, they set up a siege camp where the enemy's crossbows could never reach. But on the night the camp was built, many boulders rolled over from the direction of Constantiniya, crushing half of the camp that was finally built.

They tried to use ladders to attack again, but the shooting holes in the city wall once again caused corpses to litter the outside of Constantiniya.

After two failed sieges, they learned their lesson. The soldiers raised the terrain where they camped to avoid the collision of boulders. Then they began to build siege towers and siege rams that could effectively block crossbow shots.

Even so, they still had difficulty breaking through the walls of Constantiniya. The Duke of Burgundy knew that it would be impossible to destroy the Theodosian walls with their engineering skills alone. The key to conquering Constantiniya was to defeat the will of Constantiniya's defenders.

Their strength was ten times that of Constantiniya's garrison. So he divided the soldiers into two groups in the morning and evening, and each group took turns to besiege Constantiniya day and night, without giving Constantiniya's soldiers any time to rest. In contrast, one group of the Duke of Burgundy's soldiers was during the siege, while the other group was resting in the distance. Even so, Constantiniya's defenders had to face five times more enemies, and they did not dare to relax their vigilance.

Sometimes the Duke of Burgundy would deliberately slow down his attack. After Constantinier's defenders narrowed their eyes, they would suddenly beat the war drums again to torture the defenders' spirit. Even if he doesn't attack next, beating the war drums for a day is enough to make Constantiniya's soldiers mentally exhausted.

Under such an offensive, the gap in the fighting spirit of the soldiers on both sides became increasingly obvious.

——Until news came that enemy troops appeared in the north of the city.

"The pirate kingdom's troops? Came by sea?"

The Duke of Burgundy approached with a detachment of cavalry to investigate the enemy's situation. It saw that this army numbered about ten thousand and was camping in the north of the city.

The Duke of Burgundy was a little angry: "Why are you reporting to me now when such a force has landed? The best opportunity to attack was halfway through the landing, but it was missed!"

"They didn't land directly here!" the soldier said, "They should have landed farther away and then formed a team to come here!"

"That's all." The Duke of Burgundy waved his hand, "Send a group of soldiers over here and let me test the enemy's capabilities!"