Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

It has been several months since Eupracia gave birth, and the letter to herself also stated that she had almost recovered. More importantly, since the child was born so long ago, he, the father, should also see it.

After these European women have given birth, they don't seem to need confinement, and their physical fitness is indeed better than that of women from the Central Plains.

After defeating the Bulgarian Empire, Zhang Yong sent a team of 100 personal guards to pick up the princess from Kievan Rus. It was estimated that she would arrive in a few days.

Kievan Rus is not very far from Bulgaria, this distance is not even as far as Pest, Hungary.

After hearing this, John III became a little uneasy. You said it so easily! As if the capture of Constantinople had been an easy task, a few days later I was greeted in the city by my daughter and my grandson.

"It seems that my daughter is well taken care of by you, so I am relieved, great King John." John III said.

According to John III's estimation, they would besiege Constantine here for at least three months or even more than half a year. During this period, the naval forces of their Nicaean Empire would also need to deal with the Venetian navy.

After all, the two sides are old rivals. The Roman Empire's navy has been very strong since ancient times. After all, in the Mediterranean region, many countries are connected by the sea.

"Of course, after all, she is also my wife now, so I will naturally be very good to her, and I will welcome her arrival in the city." Zhang Yong said.

As long as a general offensive is launched, the city will be within his grasp. As for the street fighting that the Mongols fear most.

Haha, I have brought a total of 20,000 Russian troops, 5,000 Serbian troops, and tens of thousands of troops from my father-in-law, so I can just let them go.

The Mongolian army only needs to invade the city, and leave the street fighting to them.

"With all due respect, the great King John, it is almost impossible to capture Constantinople in a few days. Constantinople has been standing on this continent for thousands of years. It's time.

Its city walls passed by us and were built very solidly by generations of monarchs in the Roman Empire. There was also a lot of food and grass stored in the city.

After the city was captured by the Latins, we have been trying to recapture it and besieged the city several times, but in the end we failed. " John III said.

The main problem is that once before, I besieged some Mediterranean countries such as Agaea, Macedonia, and some small countries that were separated from the Roman Empire.

It will start to get ready to move, and the Bulgarian Empire in the other direction will also take action, and even some armies in Western Europe will send reinforcements.

Military and political aspects will bring a lot of pressure to themselves, but now this pressure is gone.

The Bulgarian Empire has been destroyed, which frightened several neighboring countries, such as North Macedonia, Greece, and Achaia, and they did not dare to provoke the towering tree of Mongolia at this time.

As for the armies in Western Europe, that's even worse. The only relatively powerful Catholic country, Hungary, has been completely conquered by Mongolia. Poland is almost the same, and other countries are beyond their reach.

So this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a good opportunity to regain his homeland. He has mobilized the military power of the entire Nicaea Empire, as well as various supplies, and is ready to besiege the city for a long time.

Even if there is insufficient food and grass behind the Mongolian army, he can also provide some food and grass support. This time he must capture Constantinople to fulfill his wish.

Everything was to take back Constantinople, and Emperor John III of the Nicene Empire had made some determination.

"Hahaha! Do you think this city is very strong? My father-in-law, how about we make a bet? Bet that if I launch an attack, I can conquer this city within three days." Zhang Yong He pulled John III to sit in the military camp and said.

"Please don't be careless. Although the Bulgarian army is very strong, your army destroyed them in field battles, and these Latins will not come out to fight with us in field battles. Moreover, the strength of this city is far beyond your imagination. .

I think we have to keep him under siege for at least a few months. "Emperor John III of the Nicene Empire said.

"Let's do this. After I conquer this city, I will ask my father-in-law to take your own army, my 20,000 Rus' army, and the army of the Serbian Grand Duke to enter the city and clean up the remaining army." Zhang Yong said.

If you want to fight in the street, you go. If you want to fight in the field, we will go. After all, the Mongolian cavalry is not suitable for street fighting.

"My son-in-law, if you can really break through the city gate within a few days, then our army can easily capture the city." John III asked.

As long as the strong gates of Constantinople are breached, the troops inside are not a problem at all.

"Hahaha! You have come all the way today and have a good rest. We will attack the city early tomorrow morning and prepare your army." Zhang Yong said.

Hearing this, John III nodded, and then expressed the last question in his heart. It was also the one thing he wanted to confirm most this time.

"Great King John, the Mongolian King of Guanzhong, I don't know if our previous agreement counts. Can you capture this city and return it to our Roman Empire?" John III asked.

"Of course, no problem. This is what we agreed before, and it's not just the city of Constantinople, but half of the Bulgarian Empire.

I plan to return the land that once belonged to Rome to the Roman Empire. You can have your soldiers prepare and take over the territory of the Bulgarian Empire in a few days. "Zhang Yong patted his cheap father-in-law on the shoulder and said with a smile.

John III was a little in disbelief when he heard this. His eyes widened, and he even thought that he had just heard it wrong.

Is this pie in the sky?

"Great King John, my son-in-law, I want to confirm again, in addition to Constantinople, you also want to hand over half of the Bulgarian Empire to me, right?" When John III asked this sentence , the voice has some trembling and excitement.

"Yes, Mongolia attaches great importance to contracts. As long as you don't violate the contract we promised, I will definitely abide by it.

So half of the land of the Bulgarian Empire once belonged to your Roman Empire. Just take it all away. I caused some killings on that land, but there should be some survivors, right? Or you can move some people from your Nicaean empire to live there. "Zhang Yong said.

Zhang Yong plans to keep half of the Bulgarian territory, plus some connected locations in the Ross area, to build a huge principality and hand it over to his future son.

If the land area is too large, a child and a woman will definitely not be able to control it, even if there are Mongolian forces behind them.

Therefore, Zhang Yong needs to support a powerful Roman Empire in the West. And also to cripple a certain Holy Roman Empire.

"You are really a man of your word. God chose you to enter his land for a reason. I will send some troops to take over these territories now. Then we will discuss the issue of national boundaries in detail." John III said.

At this moment, John III was in a very good mood. After acquiring this piece of Bulgarian land, even if he failed to capture Constantinople this time, he could completely surround the Latin Empire and cut off the connection between the Latin Empire and the West.

"Don't worry, wait until we completely capture Constantinople. Moreover, I will distribute the land of the Eastern Bulgarian Empire and part of the Rus' land to my son, your grandson, and I will give it to you then. I hope you will take care of it." Zhang Yong said.

Is there such a good thing? If his grandson can inherit this land, his daughter will serve as regent. To be honest, my daughter doesn't understand politics at all, and she won't be able to manage this land by herself.

By then, the Roman Empire's national strength will be restored, and he will be able to free up his hands to clean up Macedonia, Greece, and Achaia, and completely restore the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire. (At this time, there were several principalities on the Greek peninsula and islands, all of which were split off from the Byzantine Empire.)
In the following conversation, John III was very happy and kept drinking with Zhang Yong. And also with Serbia. The Grand Dukes of Croatia toasted each other.

They also brought out some specialties brought from the Nicean Empire and freshly caught seafood from around them, and entertained Zhang Yong and others.

The guests and hosts had a great time at the banquet that night. Early the next morning, at dawn, the Mongolian army began to take action.

A large number of Mongolian soldiers mobilized, ordered some Rospu to join the army, and began to dig holes in the ground. They dug out a circular pit about one meter deep. Then the Mongols moved some large black barrels that were much taller than people, inserted them into these pits, fixed them with the surrounding soil, and put up brackets.

Soon, more than twenty thunderbolt cannons were set up, all aimed at the wall of Constantinople in front.

After setting up these thunder cannons, the Mongolian army began to build trebuchets in front of the thunder cannons. Dozens of trebuchets were quickly assembled.

By the time John III, the Grand Duke of Croatia, the Grand Duke of Serbia and others woke up and arrived on the battlefield, the trebuchets and thunderbolts and cannons had been completely set up.

The princes who came to watch the battle were very excited and wanted to see how the Mongolian army carried out siege warfare. Before, they had only seen the power of the Mongolian army in field battles, but now they could finally know what kind of combat effectiveness the Mongolian army had in siege warfare.

"Come over and sit down, we will start to watch the wonderful show soon." At a commanding height, about four hundred meters away from Constantinople.

Zhang Yong set up a viewing platform here and filled it with drinks, some dried meat and other pastries.

"What a spectacular siege scene. These trebuchets can be of great help. My son-in-law, if you need it, I can mobilize some soldiers from the empire to participate in the siege battle." John III said.

With so many trebuchets, he was very confident in this battle. Of course he wanted to show his strength to his son-in-law and sent the army of the Nicene Empire to join the battle.

"It's not necessary at all. When we are at the engineering station, we will carry out carpet bombing first. We will not send soldiers carrying ladders or hammers to attack the city. It is not the time yet." Zhang Yong said.

"Great King John, I wonder what those black cylinders are, are they your secret weapons?" Grand Duke Kalman of Croatia asked.

There were many large black barrels inserted into the circular holes dug by the Russians in advance, more than twenty of them.

These black barrels were placed behind the trebuchet, about two hundred meters away from the city wall. He really didn't know what these things were for. Could they be used by the Mongolian army to hold water or stones?

"This is called the Thunderbolt Cannon. You will know its true power in a moment." Zhang Yong picked up the wine glass and smiled in a mysterious manner. Guyu, who was sitting beside him, and some other Mongolian generals also showed a hint of A proud smile.

You European barbarians, take a good look at the most advanced weapons we brought from the East!
"I heard that you used the legendary Greek fire in the battle against Hungary. I wonder if it is true or false?" John III came to Zhang Yong, sat down and asked.

After all, Greek fire was a special weapon of their Roman Empire, but it was lost for some reason. It would be great if the son-in-law could tell him the recipe of Greek fire.

"The flame I use is called solar fire. Just like the sun in the sky, it cannot be extinguished by flames. It should not be the same thing as your Greek fire." Zhang Yong said pretending to be mysterious.

joke. Gasoline is a big killer! Even if you want to have sex for free, you don’t know the specific refining method. Gasoline cannot be obtained at all in this era.

"Can't you share it with us? I think based on our relationship, you can share it with us." John III said.

The translator next to him wiped the cold sweat from his head and translated this sentence.

"Hmph, this is the secret of our Mongolia. He is the eldest son of Changshengtian. The Golden Armor God gave it to Brother Zhang, and Brother Zhang handed him over to the Great Khan." Guyu snorted coldly and put down the wine glass heavily. Said on the table.

Gasoline, explosive packs, and thunder tubes are all secret weapons of Mongolia. They have made great contributions to Mongolia over the years. How could they be handed over to you just by saying a word? What are you thinking?

John III also felt that his words were a bit glib, so he smiled awkwardly and stopped talking. After seeing his daughter, he would let her talk and enjoy the pillow breeze, maybe there would be another chance.

If something like Greek fire is equipped to the navy, their combat effectiveness will be greatly improved. After all, this thing can burn on the sea.

"The siege is about to begin!" Zhang Yong smiled, pointed forward, waved his hand, and issued an attack order to the Mongolian soldiers below.

The Mongolian soldiers below nodded, took out the explosive packets one by one, and then placed them on the trebuchet. They first filled the thunder cannon with propellant, and then filled them with huge round explosives. Bag.

Over the past decade or so, the Mongolian trebuchet technology has improved, and the current trebuchet can launch giant explosive packets weighing more than 30 kilograms.

In addition to its range, which is not as far as the thunder cannon, it is even more powerful than the thunder cannon.

If the torpedo cannon wants to fire giant explosive packets containing more explosives, it must increase in size, and increasing the size requires changing the caliber of the gun body. This is a series of projects.

Moreover, it is very troublesome to cast thunder cannons, which consume too much steel. The Mongols are obviously more inclined to develop catapults to launch explosive packets.

After traveling through time, the Mongolians' research and development of catapults seemed to have reached a new level. There had been great progress in terms of precision strike capabilities, attack distance, and launched items.

The huge trebuchet operated by ten men was activated, the explosive package was ignited, and then fell in a perfect arc on the city wall of Constantinople.

Dozens of catapults fired at the same time, making a deafening sound of bombing.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

"Ah! Ah! Help!" The Latin Empire soldiers who were originally standing on the city wall were frightened out of their wits by the huge sound and the power of the explosion.

As for those soldiers who were not frightened, they were near the explosive packs. Those who were more lucky were blown to pieces and died on the spot. Those who were not so lucky were stabbed and lay on the ground with missing arms and legs. Rolling and wailing.

At the same time that the explosive pack was launched, more than twenty thunder cannons also roared.

The round explosive package was thrown out and landed on the city wall. It even crossed the city wall and landed in the city. There were bursts of violent explosions.

There were flames everywhere and the sound of explosive packs exploding.

Boom! Boom! Boom! It kept ringing.

"Oh my God, what is this?"

"Is this the wrath of God? This must be the wrath of God, right?"

"Only God can possess such a weapon, only God possesses it."

"We are finished, we are finished, the Latin Empire is finished." The defenders of Constantinople City wailed.

On the city wall, soldiers were screaming everywhere, and the scene was like a hell on earth.

The Grand Duke of Serbia, who was sitting next to Zhang Yong and watching the battle, completely lost his image at this time. He slumped on the ground with weak legs, his body was shaking, and his mouth was open.

The Croatian Grand Duke Kalman next to him was not much better. He was also frightened by the huge roar and turned pale, and he collapsed on the ground.

John III also opened his mouth wide, held the seat tightly with his hands, and looked forward with a look of disbelief. (End of chapter)