Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 308 The beginning of the decisive battle
The tactics of the Ottomans in the Golden Horn were completely destroyed by Li Mu, which also protected Constantinople from two sides.

The waterway is temporarily safe, but the situation on the ground battlefield is not so optimistic.

The plot was thwarted by Li Mu several times in succession, and such a huge loss was caused, the Ottoman Sultan was already mad with anger.

But during the period, he sent people to negotiate peace with Li Mu in a hypocritical manner.

He said that as long as Li Mu surrendered, the Ottomans would leave immediately and never enter the city. He also said that changing Li Mu to a large fief and city would definitely be several times better than now.

Of course Li Mu refused, or Li Mu never saw the other party's messenger at all.

The Ottoman Sultan, who had tried repeatedly and failed, broke out completely, and immediately launched an attack regardless.

He mobilized all the heavy troops to the west of Constantinople, and then urged the craftsmen to continue making cannons.

Although Urban died in the cannon bombing incident long ago, this did not affect the Ottoman craftsmen to continue casting cannons. On the contrary, their craftsmanship and the technology of firing cannonballs became more and more mature, and the cannonballs were able to hit the city walls accurately. up.

After several days of shelling, the walls and towers of Constantinople were already unsupportable. Now Li Mu ordered the soldiers to build many partitions and parapets, so that the enemy would have to go through countless obstacles to break through the city walls.

Because of the victory in the Golden Horn, Constantinople's already scarce troops have not been diluted again, but the continuous battles have made the soldiers extremely tired, and their combat effectiveness is declining.

Li Mu was inspecting the troops on the city wall, looking at the Ottomans camping far outside the city wall, he was also worried at the moment.

"Your Majesty, the Ottomans have also undergone some changes in the past two days. It seems that some slaves and miscellaneous soldiers have been driven to the front. A few days ago, our soldiers saw a large number of soldiers entering the Ottoman army formation. Perhaps the other party called Come to the local army."

Gistini followed behind Li Mu in armor and said, Li Mu watched the situation outside, stopped, looked at the other party and said.

"How many soldiers do we have now?"

Gistiny paused, and then replied with some hesitation: "Including the slightly injured soldiers, we still have about 5000 soldiers."

"If the young and old people in the city are recruited, there may be 1 people."

Li Mu's mood became more and more heavy when he heard these words.

There are tens of thousands of troops gathered outside the city. The Ottoman Sultan may not have 30 troops, but it may be close to [-].

And Constantinople has been gradually losing the guards of the city walls in the protracted battle.

That is, in the near future, the soldiers of Constantinople will use their flesh and blood to resist the Ottomans.

With such a disparity in strength, Li Mu was not sure that they would be able to repel the Ottomans.

The crisis was right in front of Li Mu, but Li Mu couldn't think of any good way to prevent this crisis from happening.

After thinking for a moment, Li Mu could only sigh, and then continued to walk on the city wall, checking the surroundings.

The soldiers looked at Li Mu with tired faces, and there was some dullness and worry in their eyes.

They are also worried about the fall of Constantinople, and their wives and children will be in a situation of eternal doom.

Li Mu inspected all three city walls carefully, and issued an order to continue to strengthen the second city wall, which was to remove as much as possible of the stones from the collapsed area of ​​the first city wall, as things for defending the city at that time.

At the same time, anything that could be collected was piled up on the second and third city walls. Li Mu also ordered the people in the houses close to the second and third city walls to be ready to evacuate at any time, and at the same time build parapets on the streets to prepare Prepare for possible crises.

"Your Majesty, I don't know if I should say something or not."

Li Mu and Gistini patrolled the street. Gistini, who was standing beside him, thought for a moment, and finally spoke to Lin Mu.

Li Mu looked at the other party and motioned for the other party to continue.

"We probably can't stand Constantinople, and other countries are unwilling to help us. Your Majesty, let's find a way out first."

"Now the Golden Horn is still in our hands, we can leave from there."

Hearing what Gistini said, Li Mu immediately stopped the other party from continuing.

"Gistini, this is not something I want to think about, nor should it be something you think about right now."

Li Mu pointed to the outside of the city wall: "It is really difficult for us to support now, but you also have to think that those Ottomans who stay here are also struggling now."

Li Mu's words are not unreasonable. Such a huge army has stayed here for a long time, and there must be something wrong with the Ottomans' logistics.

With so much going on during the offense, these guys are already getting restless.

It was only under the strong suppression of the Ottoman Sultan that he calmed down.

Now Constantinople is competing with Osman who can survive, whoever gives up first, and the victory will belong to the other side.

"We're going to have a tough fight, but you have to understand that if we survive, the Ottomans will never fight again."

"At that time, they will definitely retreat!" Li Mu said decisively, Gistini looked dumb and bowed his head in silence.

Li Mu stepped forward and patted the other party's shoulder, and then said: "You are an excellent commander, you must have a firm belief in your heart, as long as I am still alive, Constantinople will definitely be in our hands." superior."

"Okay, don't mention such things again, I have one thing for you, and you must do it as soon as possible."

Li Mu changed the topic and gave the other party a new task.

On the other hand, Li Mu continued to walk around the city to check the layout of various places. Now almost the entire Constantinople supplies have been gathered on the west wall, and various preparations for defending the city are constantly piled up at the root of the city wall. Waiting for quick access in battle.

Not long after Li Mu's inspection, there was another commotion on the city wall. It turned out that the Ottomans had started to attack again.

But when Li Mu went up to the city wall and took a look, he found that this attack seemed a bit perfunctory.

Those Ottomans rushed forward with their weapons clattered, and then immediately retreated under the rain of arrows in Constantinople. After a while, sporadic people rushed up, but they didn't care Fighting against the soldiers of Constantinople, just stooped to collect weapons.

They pushed the dirt carts and approached the city wall carefully, and after a while, the armor pieces, helmets, and weapons from the corpses that fell on the ground in the trenches were all collected.

The soldiers were a little confused when they saw this, but Li Mu suddenly woke up.

These Ottomans suddenly started collecting weapons, which meant that they were preparing to attack.

It is very possible that they are brewing a big attack.

Li Mu, aware of the opponent's intention, quickly called all the officers together, and then discussed countermeasures with them.

The officers were obviously not aware of the sudden change in the situation, and they all looked a little panicked at the moment, but one officer came up with a strategy that caught Li Mu's eyes.

Now the Golden Horn is still in the hands of Constantinople, and there seems to be a lot less Ottoman ships in the Bosphorus, but you can try to make a breakthrough from there.

This is indeed a very good suggestion, and Li Mu also has an idea in his heart.

Everyone's discussion lasted for a long time, and finally, under Li Mu's arrangement, everyone left contentedly.

But when the next morning came, the soldiers guarding the city wall suddenly discovered something unusual outside the city.

That is, those Ottomans were dismantling the tents, and at the same time they began to bury the pots and cook, and the smoke rose, making the sky on one side look gray in the early morning of May.

Gradually, the defenders on the city wall noticed this situation, and everyone was a little confused by this strange situation, but the officers who had already known the situation immediately ordered the soldiers to eat, and the peasants moved the supplies. Walls, ready for battle.

Constantinople was about to face its toughest battle since the siege.

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(End of this chapter)