Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 302
Although Li Mu was pulled down from the city wall, he knew that repairing the city wall was not the top priority. If he wanted to survive the Ottoman soldiers' attack longer, he must first not allow the opponent to break through any of Constantinople so easily. A defense.

Then it is necessary to stop the opponent from filling the trench faster.

Li Mu's method is very difficult, that is to burn, blocking the opponent's speed with flames.

So the kerosene collected from various places in the city was taken by the soldiers to the filling places of the trenches under Li Mu's order. The barrels of kerosene were thrown out under the command, and shattered at the bottom of the trench, and then Then the archers fire arrows to ignite the fire oil.

The black smoke from the kerosene burning was very pungent, but screams gradually came from the black smoke.

It was the screams of the Ottoman soldiers who fell in the trench.

Thick black smoke rose, and the offensive footsteps of the Ottoman soldiers were finally blocked for a moment.

Gistini had ordered the city guards to approach the slopes.

The black fire oil was still burning in the trenches, and the reinforcements of the city guards killed the scattered enemy troops who climbed over.

At the same time, the repair operations on various parts of the city wall continued, and there were sporadic cannon sounds coming from outside the city wall, which was also a big shock to the people inside the city.

Li Mu walked under the city wall to inspect the supplies, and some people who didn't know the truth were still saying that the rumbling gunfire had angered the gods.

For the soldiers and civilians of Constantinople at this moment, the cannons of the Ottoman soldiers are a natural creation, something unimaginable.

Li Mu, who was wearing a purple robe, kept ordering the soldiers to bring materials to fill the gaps created by the cannons.

At the same time, Li Mu also walked at the foot of some city walls. For every place where there was a crack, he asked the soldiers and the people to pile up the sacks of stones to prevent it from collapsing.

In Li Mu's impression, the fall of Constantinople was largely due to man-made disasters, but also largely due to the collapse of the solid city walls, which cast a haze over the people's determined resistance.

The soldiers carried out Li Mu's orders very simply. Although they didn't like what his emperor had done before, but now, especially seeing him working so hard to help the resistance, although everyone complained, but I did it anyway.

And not long after, the shelling outside stopped, and cheers from the soldiers were heard at the same time.

Li Mu also quickly climbed onto the city wall and saw the Ottoman soldiers retreating quickly. They left behind their dead slaves and heavy wooden carts and retreated quickly.

Gistini had already ordered the soldiers to stand ready to prevent another attack from the opponent.

After waiting for a long time, those Ottomans seemed to have really died down, and everyone was relieved.

The battle on the first day was not fierce, but it was still full of dangers. At this moment, the sergeants felt as if they were surviving a disaster, and their morale was naturally high. They were seizing the time to repair the city wall.

As for the corpses and sundries in the ravine, although they had been burned for a long time, they were also filled up several meters, and Li Mu did not let the soldiers take the risk.

Just prepare to let them find a way to clean up some debris at night and keep the depth of the trench.

In the next few days, Ottoman's attack kept a constant rhythm. Sometimes the advance speed was fast, and then he started to attack frantically. Sometimes he stopped for half a day, and he simply let the cannon fodder come forward to fill the trench to die.

One of them was the most dangerous one. The Ottoman soldier hid a large log behind a dirt cart, and with the help of a ladder, he directly crossed the ditch.

At that time, a shell hit the wall next to it, creating a huge gap.

Those Ottoman soldiers frantically rushed towards the gap.

But fortunately, Li Mu discovered immediately that Gistini personally led the soldiers into the gap, and finally blocked the opponent's attack, burned the wood and ladder, and then blocked the gap tightly.

However, after several days of fighting, the soldiers became a little tired, and Li Mu stayed on the city wall, almost in the same situation as the soldiers.

When one day came, Li Mu was quite tired and prepared to face the battle, patrolling the walls of the city, cheering up the soldiers.

Soon, the offensive of the Ottoman soldiers began.

They appeared not far from the city again, but this time they didn't rush forward, and even the cannon fodder slaves just stood by.

Seeing this situation, Li Mu frowned deeply.

"Your Majesty, they seem to be waiting for something."

Gistini, who was standing next to Li Mu, spoke at this time. Lin Dong's heart moved when he heard this, and he squinted and looked at the Ottoman army.

After a while, I saw a dark mass appearing in the Ottoman army.

Li Mu looked intently and suddenly opened his eyes wide.

It was still an Ottoman cannon, still a cannon pulled by an ox cart, but the difference was that this time the number of cannons was very dense.

"Your Majesty, this... those people pulled up all the cannons?!"

Gistini said with a surprised look on his face, and immediately ordered the soldiers to stand ready.

Li Mu looked at the situation in the distance, and his expression was tense at the moment.

The number of these cannons seems to be consistent with the number of cannons previously scattered in various areas of the city wall.

Obviously, the Ottoman soldiers changed their attack strategy and planned to arrange these cannons together to concentrate their efforts on bombarding a section of the city wall.

After reaching this conclusion, Li Mu became even more nervous, and quickly said to Gistini next to him.

"Let all the soldiers withdraw from the city wall, leaving only a few soldiers to observe on the city wall!"

Li Mu said this suddenly, which made Nagistiny a little confused, and immediately retorted.

"Your Majesty, the Ottoman army has already approached the city, and we want to withdraw from the city wall, then..."

"Retreating is closer, those Ottomans are obviously preparing to attack a city wall with all their strength."

"The city wall is likely to be unable to hold up. Tell the soldiers to retreat to the back. Everyone has to carry stones and wood. As long as there is a big gap, they will go up and block it immediately!"

Li Mu said loudly, Gistini had just reacted, and immediately carried out Li Mu's order without hesitation. Groups of soldiers who had originally walked up the city wall also quickly walked down the city wall at this moment. Many soldiers and migrant workers Start moving stone and timber and prepare for what may come next.

Li Mu also quickly went down the city wall, and roars came from among the Ottoman soldiers.

The next moment the cannons rumbled, this time the cannons were even more intense, the next moment the sound of "咻咻" was endless, and then there was a vibration, and then there was the sound of things falling.

Intensive shells bombarded every corner of a city wall in Constantinople. The shells hit hard one after another, and finally a section of the wall couldn't hold it anymore, and large pieces of bricks fell.

After the sound of shelling stopped, following Li Mu's order, many soldiers and civilians rushed up to the city wall carrying stones and wood, and quickly filled up the collapsed city wall.

Cheers came from the Ottoman army in the distance, and then the howling of attack came. Gistini drew his sword and wanted the soldiers to prepare for battle, but Li Mu ordered everyone to stay away from the gap.

Another round of bombardment, this section of the city wall was already crumbling, the roar of the Ottoman soldiers outside was a little closer, and the hearts of the soldiers were floating.

But at this moment, an earth-shattering sound came from a distance, and the vibration made Li Mu feel his feet go numb.

Li Mu came back to his senses, rushed up the city wall with a group of soldiers, looked outside, but saw that the Ottoman soldiers had stopped.

And in the center of the Ottoman army formation, the cannon area was billowing with smoke and mourning.

The Ottoman cannon seemed to have exploded.

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(End of this chapter)