Qiang Qin

The end of December and the beginning of January.

After a month and a half of pre-war preparations, all the supplies and troops participating in the war were in order. Qin Army Northern Front General Luo Jia gave an order, and more than [-] Qin infantry launched a scramble for the Balkan Peninsula with the goal of capturing Constantinople. war.

Cao Xin and Ji Xin, as the first troops to cross the sea, landed one after another. Their task was to complete the battle of the city within fifteen days. What they faced was not only the tall and solid city walls, but also the five thousand Thracian warriors who had just expelled the Greek defenders.

In Macedonia, many ethnic groups coexist.

Among them, Macedonians, Greeks, and Thracians are the main ones.

Among these three peoples, the Macedonians are superior, ruling and enslaving the other two peoples to work for them, while the Greeks and Thracians are far more than the Macedonians in terms of numbers, but because of their The deep-rooted distrust between them made them restrict each other, and they could only be willing to be enslaved by Macedonia.

In the eyes of the Greeks, who are proud of their advanced civilization, the Thracians, who have no written language, no mythological inheritance, and are just used by people even after several generations, are barbarians, and they cannot be compared with the great and righteous Greeks at all. .

"So what about the savages, as long as they are not as shameless as the Greeks." Similarly, the Thracians have no good feelings for the Greeks.

The two nations are next to each other. When it comes to the grievances between them, there are many stories that can be told in detail. The most famous one is that during the Perobnesian War, the Persians invaded the Greek peninsula. The mighty Greeks were weak but not strong The opponents of the Persians could only ask for help from the nearby Thracians. The result is ridiculous. When the Thracians who kept their promises braved the wind and snow to arrive at the rendezvous point, they found that the Greeks It hasn't arrived yet.

The lack of support for the Thracians ended badly.For the sake of their allies, they endured hunger and hunger, only to find themselves abandoned. Under the attack of the Persians, the [-] Thracian army was defeated, and even their king became a prisoner of the Persians.

Afterwards, the furious Thracians questioned the reason for the Greek allies, and the answer they got was that the Greeks, who considered themselves the sons of civilization, believed that under such bad weather, the Thracians could not come to support as promised.Therefore, they stayed in the city with peace of mind and did not go to the agreed meeting place.

This deceit made the Thracians furious.

For the Greeks who are romantic by nature, they feel that the Thracians overreacted. It was just a misunderstanding, and there is really no need to bear grudges for a few lifetimes.

With this layer of origin.

One can imagine what the relationship between Greece and Thrace is like.

Constantinople city.

After the Thracians announced their alliance with Rome, control of the city has fallen into the hands of the Thracian-dominated rebels.The few Macedonian troops originally composed of Greeks in the city, after a little resistance, put down their weapons helplessly and became captives of the Thracian barbarians.

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King Philip V of Macedon hesitated.The fortress of Constantinople fell into the hands of the pro-Roman Thracians, which made the Qin army's plan to cross the sea had to be temporarily revised. Fortunately, Ji Xin, who had crossed the sea before, had sent his trusted soldiers to make contact in the strait.Otherwise, the generals and soldiers of Cao Xin's army were not familiar with the place, and it was very unlikely that they would crash into the thracian siege.

"His grandma's Philip V. If he can't even handle his subordinates, he should be tricked by the Romans." During the march, Cao Xin gritted his teeth and cursed secretly.

The winter in the Balkan Peninsula is extremely cold. The weather here is cold and humid. If the city cannot be successfully captured before dawn, the Qin army sleeping in the wild may lose its combat effectiveness in the cold.

sneak attack.

It is the best way for the Qin army to gain a foothold on the other side of the strait.

Qin Jun's move across the sea.

Although it was right under the eyes of the Thracians, fortunately, the Thracians, immersed in the joy of victory in occupying the Greek city-state, looked down on the Qin people on the other side of the strait. A year and a half ago, the Huns were defeated by them. The battle examples in hand made the Thracian generals doubt the ability of the yellow race. They thought that the Qin army was just like the Huns.

Therefore, when Cao Xin led the Qin army across the sea to sneak under the city of Constantine, the Thracians guarding the city were still in the dark, unaware that the danger was coming.

Bastion.

stone wall.

There is also a condescending terrain.

This makes Constantine known as a strong city. It is almost impossible to rely on strong attacks to break through the city in the cold weapon era. In history, the Eastern Roman Empire was attacked by the Turks for more than [-] years. It was because of traitors in the city that the city fell, and in order to take the city, the Turks lost more than [-] soldiers successively.

A solid wooden gate.

It was tightly closed, and in the shadows, several special operations soldiers belonging to the Tianlei Force quickly approached the base of the city gate with projectiles packed in thin iron sheets in their arms.

Cotton wires extend outward along the foot of the city wall.

This kind of thing, which is similar to a cluster grenade, mainly relies on the ignition of the fuse to push the gunpowder to explode inside the thin iron barrel, and then blasts the city gate on the side with a strong external thrust.

Thermal weapons are used in siege warfare.

This is the Qin Army's first attempt since the invention of black powder. In the early experiments, the Tianlei Army relied on this secret weapon to blast open a rammed earth wall nearly half a meter thick.

The gates of Constantinople are made of thick wood. With the toughness of wood, it is absolutely impossible to resist the power of gunpowder explosion. The main problem that the Qin army encountered during the blasting process was to make the fuse burn to the point smoothly, and It can't be extinguished without being discovered by the enemy soldiers on the city, and this is why Cao Xin decided to launch a surprise attack in the dark.

boom!

Boom!

After the first thunder blast, one after another, the earth was shaken by explosions.

The wooden gate of Constantinople was blasted open a big hole in an instant, and more than a dozen Thracian gatekeepers who were hiding in the gate hole to shelter from the wind were hit by the remaining explosives, and they fell down in disorder.

Bloody.

The mourning Thracian soldier gasped heavily, with blood foaming from his mouth. A Thracian squad leader who led the team tilted his head and leaned on the stone steps, with his neck at ninety degrees Twisted, next to his body, a splinter of irregular wood was stained with blood.

outside the city.

Cao Xin jumped up and shouted loudly: "Attack!"

Hearing this order, the soldiers of the Qin Army who had been lying on the icy ground for a long time jumped up one by one like wild beasts. For these infantry who usually only serve as the second-line troops, today is a day for them to feel proud. Cavalry brothers, look, we infantry also have the opportunity to participate in the battle.

And for this day, the infantrymen shed blood and sweat during training, braved the wind and snow, and endured the beating of big waves. Now is the time for them to prove themselves. Whether we can reproduce the tenacity and bravery of the old unification war must be proved by facts.

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In the city of Constantine.

Thracian barracks.

The young spearman Spartacus who was in charge of guarding the camp gate woke up from his sleep in a daze. After shaking his head vigorously, his head was still a little dizzy.

"What's that sound?"

Violent big bang.

It shook the eardrums, and this sharp sound like a landslide made Spartacus tremble with fear, and his legs trembled.

14 is old.

It is when you are young, from a boy to a man, from adolescence to adulthood, the experience at this stage has the greatest impact on people.

Maybe it’s because of race. The Thracians conscripted three years earlier than the Qin people. They mainly adopted the method of drawing a young man from a family. If there are many brothers in the family, it’s like Spartacus. A boy like Si shouldn't be on the battlefield.However, just looking at the appearance of Spartacus, he is tall and big, with a bit of heroism, no different from an adult.

It is very helpless.

Apart from his mother and two sisters, there was no other man in Spartacus's family. His father, old Spartacus, was killed in the battle between Macedon and Seleucid three years ago, and the only thing he got was A little shirt was also exhausted after a few months, and Spartacus, unable to pay for military service, could only use his thin body to support his crumbling family.

"Sparta, what are you still doing in a daze? Hurry up and gather in front of the camp, the Qin people came in." In a daze, an old soldier from the same team pulled Spartacus forward and ran forward.

Around them, the panting soldiers were in disarray, some even held their weapons upside down, and some soldiers were bare-chested, yelling like barbarians.

"Brothers, the Qin people have broken the city, go and block the east gate."

"There is also thunder at the north gate. Divide into a group and don't let the Qin people come from behind."

Under the chaotic scene, the leaders of the Thracian team all looked disheartened. In just one night, the Qin people broke the city, which is really shocking.

Under the leadership of the veteran, Spartacus ran towards the north gate. At this time, he didn't know what he was going to do next, but just walked with a sense of inertia. After half an hour, Spartacus Bardacus only felt a weight in his body. Looking down, the Thracian veteran who had been pulling him was covering his chest, and fell to the ground with staring eyes.

near the north gate.

Qin general Ji Xin led the crossbowmen and a group of infantry to break through the defense line near the city wall. The Thracians under the slack scattered their troops on various crenels, but they did not expect that the Qin army would use special The high-tech weapons blasted open the impregnable city gate. (To be continued..)