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As a person who reviewed the overall city defense design of Constantinople, Mr. Yu Qianyu said that you wanted to use cannons, but we couldn't think of it when it was built?

With the intention of watching a good show, Yu Qian continued to think about how to completely solve the siege after appeasing the officers and soldiers.

Just after appeasing the guards, Yu Qian was invited to the palace by Constantine XI.

Constantine XI unabashedly expressed his concerns about the Ottoman cannon outside the city to Qian. He had a hunch that Constantinople was likely to be breached by this cannon.

Therefore, Yu Qian had no choice but to comfort Constantine XI with all kinds of good words, and told him that as long as the defense of Constantinople did not rebel from all the defenders, or the command of the sea was firmly controlled by the enemy, then an attack purely by external forces would It is simply impossible to capture this fortress that combines the advantages of eastern and western city defenses.

Of course, there is no fortress that never falls in the world.If the Ottomans had done a good job of filling their lives and attacking day and night, they would still capture Constantinople.But well. . .The number of human lives is probably recorded in millions. The question is, does Osman have so many people to fill it in?Can Muhammad II guarantee that half of the army will not mutiny?

After explaining his interests and telling Constantine XI that he had reported to the court of Seris, the emperor had replied that reinforcements were being called and that he was preparing to come to Constantinople for support, Yu Qian finally calmed down the anxious monarch Constantine XI.

After leaving the palace, Yu Qian came to the secret room where the blueprint of the city defense of Constantinople was stored.

After checking with the Jin Yiwei guarding here, he went into the secret room and found something on the city defense design.

Looking at such things, Yu Qian let out a long sigh of relief.

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Mehmet II was not surprised that the defenders in the city ignored him. During the siege of the city for more than three years, the Ottomans tried every means to lure the defenders out of the city and kill their personnel.

But the defenders in the city strictly followed Yu Qian's orders, and never went out of the city except to receive supplies from the sea.No matter how you seduce and abuse me, I will be self-confident until the end of time.

If you have the ability, why don't you break through the city wall and come in?

However, the action of the defenders in the city was in the hands of Muhammad II. Muhammad II was still worried that they would send cavalry to attack regardless of casualties, and destroy all the giant cannons built by the whole country!

The cannon was slowly set up and loaded, and under the expectation of Emperor Mehmet II, Urban lit the fuse of the first cannon he made himself.

"Boom! Whoop! Boom!"

There were three loud bangs from far and near. The defenders on the city wall only felt the city wall under their feet tremble slightly, and nothing happened after that.

Looking at the shells inlaid on the city wall, Mehmet II was overjoyed immediately.

Finally, finally, there is a weapon that can attack the city wall away from the artillery attack range on the city wall!

So Muhammad II decided to use shelling to completely destroy the city wall, and then flooded the defenders in the city with a sea of ​​people, capturing the Roman emperor and the teacher of Prince Seris alive!

Throughout April and May 1456, except when the cannons were cooling down, the Ottomans bombarded the outer walls of Constantinople with cannons day and night.

For two full months, Urban and his forged cannon made no progress except to leave countless granite and iron shells on the outer walls and inside the city.

It wasn't until a Hungarian delegation came to meet Mehmed II that a certain Hungarian, after watching the work of the Turkish artillery with great interest, made his suggestion: don't try to keep attacking the same place on the city wall.After the first shell hits the city wall, the impact point is translated about 10 meters to make a second gap, and then the third shell is fired between these two bullet holes so that the impact point forms a triangle—this will make the impact point of the city wall damage is maximized.

So the Ottoman artillery quickly changed their tactics. According to the Hungarian's suggestion, the artillery group first used small-caliber artillery to punch the first two bullet holes in the city wall, and then used heavy artillery to make a fatal blow.

It has to be said that the Hungarian proposal was very effective, and despite the difficulties in aiming and loading, after six days of hard work, the Ottoman artillery managed to ensure that they fired around 120 rounds per day.The artillery fire was especially concentrated in the middle section of the city wall, and eventually this section of the outer city wall collapsed.

The Ottomans cheered loudly, and all the soldiers clenched their swords and spears, preparing for the upcoming siege.

Military officers at all levels have promised them that once the city is broken, they can plunder the city for a week except for the aristocratic area to celebrate.

However. . .

As the smoke and dust from the collapse of the outer city walls dissipated, all the Ottomans froze in place.

Before their eyes, the noonday sun fell from the sky, shining on the walls of Constantinople.On the collapsed city wall, a piece of white dazzling metal reflection almost blinded the eyes of these Ottoman soldiers.

Chapter 221 The relationship between Seris and Eastern Rome 9

'The walls of Constantinople are different. When our allies, the Seres, built this city of sighs of God, in addition to the city walls of bricks and stones, they also used five bricks inside the one-meter-thick city bricks. A centimeter-thick iron plate with a middle layer of glutinous rice juice bonded with sand interlayer is reinforced by stacking four layers back and forth.This is one of the reasons why the city walls still stand after the Ottomans bombarded them with the terrible Urban cannon.

However, I heard from Yu Qian, the teacher of Prince Seris, that if it was not because it was too difficult and wasteful to transport a material called glutinous rice juice mortar from Seris, the minister of the Ministry of Industry who was buried in Constantinople actually planned to use glutinous rice Juice mortar mixed wall tiles outsourcing iron plate.What is glutinous rice juice mortar?Sounds like a traditional Seris food? '

——————Excerpt from "Roman Empire Emperors: Constantine XI"

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As early as when the walls of Constantinople were about to collapse, the Ottoman frontline generals had already sent someone to notify Emperor Mehmed II to come to witness that this was probably a historic scene of breaking Constantinople.

However, when Mehmet II saw the metal reflections flashing from the collapsed city wall in the distance through the telescope, his throat was sweet, and he felt as if his head had been hit hard with a sledgehammer, hitting himself It's star-studded.

Forcibly controlling his body, Mehmed II, who did not fall on the spot, conveyed orders to the artillery generals around him in a weak voice.

The Ottomans spent another three months bombarding the walls of Constantinople at will, including the wall facing the sea, and came to a conclusion in despair.

The main official who presided over the construction of the entire Constantinople city defense system is a guy who should be cursed to hell!

This guy frantically wrapped a layer of iron plates in the entire outer city wall of Constantinople!Even a layer of iron plate was installed after the interlayer was installed in the iron plate!

Urban, the genius artillery designer who developed the Urban cannon, specially developed the earliest armor-piercing projectiles mixed with stone and iron. One month after the bombardment, the front-line troops fought hard and obtained some of them after being bombarded by shells. After researching the fallen iron plate fragments, the above conclusions were drawn.

Urban himself was devastated by this and became sluggish.

No wonder the people of the Roman Empire looked down on him at the beginning. With the level of technology in the current era, it is impossible to rely on technical weapons to break through the city wall!

After Mehmet II received a report that the entire outer city wall of Constantinople was protected by this kind of composite armor similar to modern tank equipment, he sighed and waved back everyone who closed the big tent door, alone One person thought in the big tent.

But this time the thinking time was much shorter than the last time, and he walked out of the big tent in only one day.

The Ottoman army pressed forward, and the troops were divided into two groups to attack the city wall of Constantinople near the sea and the original main attack direction.

After a week of high-intensity siege, Mehmet II, who left behind more than [-] corpses and countless wounded soldiers, ordered the withdrawal of troops from the city of Constantinople.

Then they were raided by Seris reinforcements from afar and the defenders in Constantinople with double bread and cheese, leaving behind [-] corpses, and the Ottomans finally evacuated Constantinople within the range of the fort.

But those who are interested have discovered that in a series of siege battles and raids, the Ottoman Emperor Mehmet II's own direct troops and troops loyal to him did not suffer much loss.Most of the serious losses were the pashas (the governors stationed by the Ottomans) and most of the tribal armies.

Of course, these caring people quickly shut their mouths for various reasons.

After returning home, the Ottoman Emperor Mehmet II gave up the plan to conquer Constantinople. After looking at the map for a long time, he decided to use troops in another direction.

'If I can't capture Constantinople, can't I capture these messy little cities like you? '

However, the direction of attack he decided on was—the east.

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Putting aside the Ottoman Empire's Eastern Raiders for the time being, the Roman Empire rejoiced after confirming that the Ottomans had completely withdrawn from Constantinople.

After Yu Qian repeatedly confirmed that the Ottomans had really evacuated, he ordered the troops in the city to take turns to repair.

At the same time, he did not forget to send Yebushou to follow the evacuated Ottomans all the way, and he relaxed after confirming that the Ottomans were really evacuating instead of playing tricks to lure the enemy.

Immediately afterwards, there was a carnival in the whole city of Constantinople.

Yu Qian returned the military command of the entire city to Constantine XI, and then Constantine XI ordered the opening of the grain depot and wine warehouse, and the whole city provided free wine, barbecue and bread to celebrate the victory, which lasted for a week.

After it was decided that the city defense troops would take turns to participate in the victory carnival, the whole of Constantinople fell into a sea of ​​cheers.People celebrated another victory in the defense of the city in various ways. Soldiers and officers hugging each other and kissing each other's cheeks could be seen at any time on the street, as well as some evacuated residents who had heard the news and returned from nearby islands.

In the carnival atmosphere, Yu Qian, who was packing his luggage at home and preparing to return to Seris, was invited to the palace by Constantine XI.

Yu Qian was very surprised to see that Constantine XI entertained him with a family banquet.

But then what Constantine XI said next was even more unexpected to Yu Qian, so much so that he thought Constantine XI had drunk too much.

Because Constantine XI took a sip of his wine and told Qian that he planned to marry his daughter, Cecilia Constantine, the eldest princess of the Roman Empire, to Prince Seris.

Yu Qian found that the Constantine XI family must have passed their anger, otherwise there would be no objection from anyone at the dinner table after Constantine XI finished speaking.

He thought it was just a joke, and he immediately told Constantine XI with a wry smile that it was just a hundred-year-old joke, and His Majesty didn't need to take it seriously, sacrificing the happiness of the eldest princess for this.

However, Constantine XI meaningfully asked Yu Qian if it was really just a joke?

Seeing Yu Qian's silence, Constantine XI asked all the attendants around him to evacuate, and then frankly told him that after the events of 1204, the Roman Empire had been extremely disappointed with the Holy See and European countries.Immediately before the defense of Constantinople this time, he had sneaked in to ask for help from European countries and the Holy See. As for the result. . .Except for two or three big cats and kittens, the arrival of no support army during the six-year siege of the city has already explained everything.

Therefore, as an invitation to Prince Seris to marry the eldest princess of the Roman Empire a hundred years ago, he decided that starting from his own generation, the eldest princess of the Roman Empire would marry Seris, turning the two countries from a country of allies into a good friend of Qin and Jin.

Chapter 222 The relationship between Seris and Eastern Rome 10

The reason for this has to start with the Eastern Roman Empire officially changing its name to the Roman Empire a hundred years ago.

A hundred years ago, after recapturing the city of Rome with the assistance of the Seris Navy, the Eastern Roman Empire sent people to invite the Seris Empire to send enough important officials to attend the restoration ceremony of the city of Rome.

For the Seris Empire, this kind of thing that is beneficial to enhance the majesty of the celestial dynasty and increase the reputation among the nations is naturally willing to allow it.

So at the initiative of the prince who was a traveler at that time, Prince Seris took a high-level mission to the Roman Empire to participate in this activity on the fastest ship of the navy.

The fleet traveled all the way, and it took only a little over a month to come under the control of the Roman Empire.After another two weeks, under the escort of troops from the Roman Empire, Prince Seris finally arrived at the city of Rome.

In the camp below the city, Emperor Theodosius XII of the Roman Empire solemnly entertained Prince Seris and his party.

Theodosius XII was familiar with the customs of Seris, so after the simple but still formal banquet at noon, he held the dinner very grandly.And after the dinner, Theodosius XII specially held a family banquet.Bring your family members together to welcome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Siris.

But what he didn't expect was that after meeting his eldest daughter, Prince Siris was so focused on changing his address from His Majesty to Father-in-law. . .

. . . . . .

We all know that Western girls of the same age tend to have more mature faces and figures, and Theodosia, the eldest princess of the Roman Empire, also naturally has this characteristic.

Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, who looks like a girl in her twenties, is actually 15 years old at this time.

The brown-black shawl and long hair slightly curled naturally. Because it was a family banquet, she didn't wear too complicated clothes. A lavender dress just set off the appearance of His Royal Highness Theodosia compared to oriental women. A taller and slimmer figure.

With fair skin and a slightly round face with good genetics, Her Royal Highness Theodosia, the princess of the Roman Empire, opened a pair of black eyes and looked curiously at the prince of the Seris Empire who was ten years older than herself and came from the east. Your Highness.

Although the candidate for the crown princess in the country is about to be decided, this does not prevent His Royal Highness the crown prince of Serris from coveting the exotic princess of the Roman Empire.

but. . .Right now, everyone is cooking, and they are talking about some serious business. The education of the crown prince for many years is really not good enough for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Seris to propose marriage to Theodosius XII at the dinner table.

But after dinner, when the two parties are discussing some more intimate matters in private, they can ask cryptically.

With the idea of ​​turning Theodosius XII into an old father-in-law, the prince of Seris asked Theodosius XII in a cryptic way when the two were alone after the family banquet. Ya's situation.

Theodosius XII has been the emperor for many years, so of course he understands what it means.

Obviously, spring is here, and His Royal Highness the Prince of Siris is also in a spring mood, and he has taken a fancy to the juicy cabbage that he raised at home.

But that's not a bad thing.

Although the Roman Empire regained the old capital of Rome, there are still many remaining barbarians in the entire Italian peninsula that have not been cleaned up.Especially after the recovery of the city of Rome, these barbarian forces have united.And in that small area, the Holy See is not very peaceful.

After all, the empire on his head has disappeared for hundreds of years, and it is impossible for the Holy See to put on the shackles again by himself, so that there will be a new father on his head who acts according to his face.

As the overlord of the East, the Seris Empire is a very good ally.

For hundreds of years, the Seris Empire has always abided by the covenant, maintained neutrality, and never actively interfered in any affairs related to the Roman Empire.Even the army they sent to Constantinople at the invitation of the Roman Empire strictly abided by the obligations of the agreement.Protect the royal family of the Roman Empire while fending off enemies that invade the perimeter of Constantinople.Even when the royal family of the Roman Empire was in danger several times, it was only by relying on the Seris army to keep the throne, and it was not successfully rebelled by the imperial guards below.

No matter how you look at it, taking such a committed ally a step further is not a bad thing.

that is. . .

Theodosius XII also knew that the emperor of Seris had more than one wife, and so did he.However, due to the secular influence of the Holy See, he has only one legal wife on the surface, and the rest are lovers.

The only thing he worried about was whether his daughter would not adapt to the various struggles in the Eastern court.

As the emperor of the Roman Empire, he naturally knew that the struggle in the emperor's harem was no simpler than the struggle in the court.My own daughter is spoiled very well, and she has almost zero experience in fighting in this area.This is just in case. . .

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Serris naturally saw the hesitation of Theodosius XII, and he immediately assured Theodosius XII that His Royal Highness would not be wronged. After Her Royal Highness married Serris, her status would be Uniquely, she will not be involved in any harem struggles.

The two talked for a long time, and Theodosius XII was gradually satisfied.

After the ceremony the next day, Theodosius XII called his confidants to discuss the matter.And he also notified the queen and the eldest princess and asked for their opinions.

The queen only has reluctance and distress, while the eldest princess is full of curiosity and understanding.

The children of the royal family are all precocious, and Theodosia knew that as the eldest princess of the royal family, her destiny was to marry an important minister, or to marry a certain prince or nobleman from a European country.Now that there are better candidates, why not choose Prince Siris, the future emperor of the Eastern Overlord? (Although he is ten years older.)

Everyone is very satisfied, and they are even happier after learning that Seris will give the Roman Empire more resource support after marrying the eldest princess Theodosia.

but. . .

Spoilers will eventually show up.

After learning through its own tentacles that the Eldest Princess of the Roman Empire was going to marry Prince Seris, the Holy See immediately expressed its objection.

Originally, the power of the Roman Empire to regain the city of Rome had already made the big figures in the Holy See uneasy. If this was added to the Seris Empire, then the Holy See could only consider moving to Europe to avoid the Roman Emperor's decision to make a move one day. Heads ready to swap their heads or asses.

Therefore, under the mobilization of secular forces by the Holy See and its own strong opposition, the idea of ​​the Roman Empire's marriage with the Seris Empire was finally destroyed.

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