I am Da Song

Song Dynasty did have flying airships, but they did not appear on the battlefield of the siege of Constantinople.

But the naval warships of Song Dynasty did cross the Bosporus Strait with the mighty power of the empire.

Ten kilometers north of Constantinople is the narrowest point of the Bosphorus.

On the north shore of the strait, the Persian Protectorate built a tall castle here, overlooking the entire strait and Constantinople on the opposite side.

A popular Persian proverb is very famous: "What is in a city is its own, and it has no jurisdiction or ownership beyond its moat."

Although the moat of Constantinople is very wide, with the entire strait as the moat, it still cannot change the fact that he was besieged.

When the Byzantines were helpless against the Song army across the strait, they were doomed to be strategically passive.

Li Yanxian, the commander of Shenwu Zuojun, personally accompanied Niu Gao, the commander of Persia, and looked at the ants-like crowd in the distance with a smile on his face.

Of course he smiled at Niu Gao, because it was the Persian Protectorate who used manpower to forcefully transport the naval warships from the Mediterranean Sea to the Golden Horn in the north, bypassing the Byzantines' barriers to the Bosporus Strait. Chain control.

To lift a huge warship with a displacement of several thousand tons, if only relying on manpower, even tens of thousands of people cannot succeed at all.

But the wisdom of the Persians amazed the Central Plains people.

They planned a four-mile-long road passage, which required climbing a 60-meter-high hillside.

The Persians first laid the track with wood, and then used the log as a roller to drag the warship onto the roller for transportation.

Relying on this method, 10,000+ Persians abruptly transported the giant ship of the Song Army to the Golden Horn on land, crossing the iron chains and Greek fire of the Byzantines.

In history, Constantinople was successfully broken through the strait by the Ottomans in this way and blocked the northern sea.

Now this scene happened 300 years earlier than history.

When the warships of the empire cruised in the Caspian Sea, the Byzantine fleet, which had been huddled in the strait, completely lost its last place to stay.

Now Li Yanxian just waited for the Persian Protectorate to bring the conscripted corvees and slaves to send half of the imperial fleet to the Golden Horn in the north, and then launched a fierce attack.

Annihilate the Byzantine navy, and then the army launched a fierce offensive against Byzantium from the sea wall and land wall at the same time.

Surrounded by a group of people, Niu Gao stood at the foot of the hillside, watching the crowd carrying the towering giant ship like ants. The sails on the giant ship had already been put away, but even so, everyone could still feel the power of the empire. The powerful force of heavy ordnance rushing head-on.

With such power and influence, everyone firmly believes in the imperial martial arts and will be invincible.

Niu Gao turned his head and said to Li Yanxian: "Jie Shuai, according to the current progress, it will take up to five more days before the Imperial Navy can cross this place and cruise in the northern part of the Golden Horn Bay."

"At that time, the navy will complete the encirclement from the north and the south, and Loulan Fort will be broken sooner or later."

Li Yanxian nodded and said, "As long as the Imperial Navy's artillery can approach and shoot at close range, the Byzantines will no longer be able to hinder the movement of the army."

The Marmara Sea to the south of Constantinople is not a suitable land for landing. There are many reefs and the terrain is steep, and large siege equipment cannot be deployed.

So the Byzantines only set up a large number of obstruction fortifications there, and almost ignored them.

This approach is indeed very effective for traditional Persians.

But now they are facing the Song Army fleet carrying a large number of artillery. Under continuous heavy artillery bombardment, all the experience of the old era will become obsolete.

Their conformity will surely cost them dearly.

Niu Gao looked at the towering Constantinople in the distance, and said: "With the power of the empire, this place must be conquered. The only thing I am worried about now is the side of King Qin. King Qin is too radical, and he will not wait until the king's master is fully prepared. The offensive was launched violently."

Li Yanxian also looked to the other side of the strait. Fighting across the sea has never been an easy task.

Master Wang wanted to make overall arrangements, but that King Qin couldn't wait any longer.

He is not in a hurry to want this city.

He just wanted to show the emperor thousands of miles away that his son was no longer weak and cowardly, and could conquer the most majestic city in the west by himself.

However, King Qin's aggressiveness gave the army in the city the only opportunity to turn defeat into victory.

That is, they defeated King Qin's army, captured King Qin on the battlefield, and forced the Song army to retreat.

If the Byzantines tied the King of Qin to the wall, the Song army would definitely be intimidated.After all, this is the heir of today's son.If it is smashed by the Song army's shells, it will always be a little bad.

You must know that the reason why this war must be fought, apart from Constantinople's crucial strategic position, is another very important reason is that the emperor felt that he had treated the eldest son badly and wanted to make up for it.

Under such circumstances, if Li Yanxian and Niu Gao smashed King Qin to pieces on the walls of Constantinople...the ending for everyone would probably not be too good.

Yang Zaixing complained: "This King Qin will really make trouble."

Li Yanxian was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Don't be pessimistic, everyone, maybe we all underestimated the King of Qin."

Niu Gao frowned, and asked, "Jie Shuai means that maybe we are still on the way to transport the fleet, and the King of Qin has already captured Constantinople?"

Li Yanxian said with a smile: "Winning Constantinople, I'm not sure. But why do you all believe that King Qin will be defeated?"

"During the Battle of Tokyo, the emperor strongly ordered all the children of the royal family to serve the country in the army. There was also a prince who was in the Shenwu right army with blood and blood. He was still fighting endlessly with dozens of arrows in his body, and finally died heroically for the country."

"The king of Qin joined the army with the dignity of a prince and established medals. It is impossible to say that he can also achieve great achievements."

Yue Yun recognized this very much. Who said that young people can't make contributions?
With a sonorous tone, he said: "The king of Qin has a 2000-strong direct guard, all of whom are the elite of the non-commissioned officers in the imperial court. The combat power is fierce and the military discipline is strict, and it may not be weaker than the Shenwu Youjun. Maybe we are still besieging the city, and the king of Qin has already Pass the good news first."

Niu Gao nodded and said: "The war is fierce and dangerous, and the battle is unpredictable. No one knows whether the good news will come first and the bad news will come first. The most important thing for us now is to transport the warship to the Golden Horn Bay in the north as quickly as possible." .”

The most unpredictable part of war is that the enemy will not do exactly what you expect, let alone wait until you are fully prepared to respond.

When the main force of the Song army was still crossing the strait, the coalition forces in Constantinople had already launched an attack first.The intention is to beat slow with fast, and win with time difference.