Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

The effect of the explosive pack explosion can indeed cause a huge visual impact, which is completely different from previous siege battles, completely subverting their cognition.

He originally thought the Mongols were going to attack Constantinople by launching flaming boulders doused in fire oil. But I never expected such a spectacular explosion scene.

What are those folded square things that look like cotton cloth? What kind of weapon is this!

This kind of weapon is too powerful. After being ignited with flames and thrown onto the opponent's city wall, it will explode violently.

Moreover, the power of the explosion is too powerful. The trebuchet can just hit the city wall of Constantinople. As long as it hits the ground, a violent explosion will occur.

In addition, the one fired from the big black barrel is more powerful. The firing distance is obviously farther than that of the trebuchet, but the power seems to be slightly smaller.

So is this the Mongols’ great weapon? When they attacked the royal city of Hungary, they heard that the Mongols used Greek fire.

It also used something that is said to have the same effect as the breath of a giant dragon. It was passed down as a dragon breath weapon by these Western European countries, which means it is like the breath of an evil dragon and has huge destructive power and lethality.

However, many European monarchs and nobles felt that this information was exaggerated by the soldiers on the battlefield. The Mongols just used some trebuchets and launched some burning flaming boulders.

But today, after seeing this weapon of the Mongols with his own eyes, his mind began to change. It can indeed be described as the breath of an evil dragon, and it is even more terrifying than the dragon's surprise attack.

"My God, great, great King John, what kind of weapon is this? What on earth is this?" The Serbian Grand Duke wiped the sweat from his face, looked pale, and asked with a trembling voice.

God bless, if he had used this weapon to attack himself, it would have been over. Fortunately, I chose to surrender. Fortunately, I chose to surrender!

Duke Kalman of Croatia, who was standing aside, was also deeply shocked at this time. An idea came into his mind.

Can the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, who has assembled allied forces from all over Europe, really be able to fight against such a terrifying weapon?
If I told the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire about the effect and combat power of this weapon, would he have any way to deal with it? In other words, don't tell him and follow the Mongols wholeheartedly?

"Hahaha! I learned how to make this weapon in the place where God lives. Ordinary people can't make it." Zhang Yong said.

"It is an extremely powerful weapon. This thing is much more terrifying than Greek fire. It is very suitable for siege warfare, but it may not be very flexible in field battles." After John III calmed down his mood, He spoke.

The trebuchet is huge in size, and it would be very troublesome to use it in the field, because it is too clumsy. Those big black barrels need to be dug in the field, but under certain circumstances, it may be more expensive than the trebuchet. Slightly better.

But the most important thing is the large cloth bag used by the Mongolian army. What is inside this cloth bag?

"We don't need to fight in the field at all. Do you think anyone in the field can beat our Mongolian army?" Zhang Yong said with a very playful smile.

hehe! In terms of field battles, the former Iron Buddha of the Jin Dynasty could fight the Mongolian army, and the Xixia Iron Harrier Army could also fight, but these two armies have disappeared in the long river of history, and were buried by the Mongolian army themselves.

In this era, no army can defeat the Mongols in terms of cavalry. The large-scale hunting combat methods, cavalry and shooting skills, and exquisite tactics trained by Genghis Khan are far beyond the endurance of this era.

Before hearing this, the two Grand Dukes, who had witnessed the Mongolian army's field combat, nodded and agreed deeply with Zhang Yong's statement. They had seen the terrifying field combat capability of the Mongolian army.

John III on the side also agreed with this statement. After all, being able to annihilate all the living troops of the Bulgarian Empire in just one day, this combat power is no joke.

People were still chatting on the viewing platform, while the battle below continued. The Mongols continued to bomb with trebuchets and heartless cannons.

Without conscience, the cannon was withdrawn after firing ten rounds. After all, this thing was too expensive, and it would be very distressing to destroy a Mongolian army.

But the trebuchet is different. This thing was brought by the Mongolian army. Craftsmen can directly use local materials to make it, so they can use it as much as they want.

Moreover, the Mongols were more willing to use trebuchets to bomb cities than unscrupulous artillery.

The sound of booming explosions was endless, and after a while of bombing with trebuchets, the Mongols directly removed the explosive packs.

Then they began to place gasoline cans on top of the trebuchets, with several gasoline cans placed on each trebuchet.

Now the Mongols' siege tactics are very sharp and mature. Each time, they use trebuchets and explosive packs to bomb the city first, then cause fires, and then pour gasoline into it. Start these fires.

This tactic is much safer than burning gasoline and throwing it into the city.

After all, the Mongolian army had made several operational errors before. As soon as the gasoline was ignited, some small explosions occurred, causing heavy losses to the craftsmen of the Mongolian army.

From then on, Genghis Khan and Ogedei ordered that if they wanted to launch gasoline cans, they were not allowed to light them. They first set the opponent's city on fire, and then poured gasoline to support the combustion.

Gasoline cans were thrown into the dust, then splashed out, and started blazing when they encountered flames.

Constantinople, which was already devastated by bombing, suddenly became even worse, and the fires in the city burned even more fiercely.

The same scene happened again. The soldiers took out water and tried to extinguish the flames, but the flames became more fierce.

This horrific scene once again caused the inner defenses of the soldiers in the city to completely collapse. The explosive packets before had frightened them, and now there was this kind of flame that could not be extinguished with water and was burning crazily.

This is simply the fire from hell!
These Mongols were, as the legend goes, evil spirits from hell who came to slaughter God's people.

"God, save us! Save us lost lambs!" An officer of the Latin Empire knelt on the city wall and prayed with his hands.

"Did we do something wrong or commit any crime? Why do you punish us like this?"

"All we can do now is pray, pray to God."

After a whole day of bombardment, the city of Constantinople was now in a state of collapse, and even several sections of the city walls had huge gaps blown out.

As for these gaps, no one came to defend and repair them, because the entire Latin Empire defenders in Constantinople were already in despair.

In addition to Latins, there are actually a large number of Romans in Constantinople. At this moment, the situation in the city is not optimistic, because many residents of Constantinople in the old era still miss the Byzantine Roman Empire. 's rule.

It was only over forty years ago that this city was stolen by the Latin Empire.

However, Zhang Yong did not order the army to enter the city that day, but instead surrounded the city. Early the next morning, he continued to bombard the city indiscriminately, and more cracks began to appear in the city walls.

Many soldiers from the Latin Empire had already arrived at the broken city wall, started to defend, and organized manpower to start repairing the city wall.

For those who came out to repair the city wall, Zhang Yong directly ordered the trebuchets to take special care. If you dare to repair it, I will blow it up.

On the third day, there was still the same crazy bombing. By this time, the city walls around Constantinople had collapsed in more than a dozen places.

The entire city was already crumbling at this moment. Both the Latins in the city and the troops outside the city knew that the day of breaking the city had arrived.

That night, John III came to Zhang Yong's camp alone.

"My son-in-law, I think I can let my soldiers rush in. This battle should be over, and the soldiers in the city should have no resistance." John III came to Zhang Yong and spoke with an extremely excited look. said.

The battle went so smoothly, so smoothly! The success was far beyond my imagination.

Now that there are dozens of gaps in the city wall, he can send troops to rush in directly. The city has been completely captured, and many residents in the city have come out these days to provide him with some information.

Some Romans in the city have decided to stand on their side, and as long as they attack their concubines, they will rise up and deal with the defenders of the Latin Empire together, killing those Latins. This is a good opportunity, this is an offensive one.

"The time is indeed almost here. I will arrange for the 20,000 Russian troops under my command to cooperate with you in fighting, and send 10,000 Mongolian soldiers to enter the city with you." Zhang Yong said.

A general attack can be launched. This city cannot be plundered by oneself. After all, it is given to the cheap father-in-law. So just send 10,000 Mongolian cavalry in to maintain order.

"No, no, no, my son-in-law, you have to hand over this city to me. In this case, let my army attack! If your army enters, it will cause great damage to this city." John The third generation spoke.

Just kidding, the barbarism of those Russians is actually not much different from the Mongols. They are just a group of barbarians. Letting you enter this holy city will cause huge damage to the city. The army he brings is enough to attack this city. a city.

This city must be handed over to him anyway, but he cannot let this city suffer huge damage. The storming in the past few days has already made him feel a little distressed. The reconstruction of Constantinople in the future will also be an important project!

"Are you sure you don't need me to send the Mongolian army and the Russian army to assist you?" Zhang Yong asked.

"No, you have helped me enough. I will prepare a big gift for you. Please let my army enter this city alone! I want to maintain its integrity.

After I capture this city, you can lead some of your Mongolian soldiers into the city to visit, but please ask them not to rob the people in the city. " John III said.

"Well, since you said so, I promise you, I hope you can completely capture this city in one day." Zhang Yong said.

After three days of bombardment and spending so much ammunition, the city's defenders probably didn't have the courage to resist. One day was enough to capture it.

"Hahaha! Very good, my son-in-law, just wait for the news of my triumphant return!" John III said.

While the two were discussing, suddenly a Mongolian soldier rushed in and knelt in front of Zhang Yong.

"King Guanzhong, a lot of Kipchak cavalry suddenly rushed out of the city. They attacked northwest. It seems they are planning to break out."

"First release them from the encirclement, and order Guyou to lead 30,000 Mongolian cavalry to drive away the Kipchaks from behind.

Let them run towards the Bulgarian Empire, then chase them from behind and be sure to kill them all. "Zhang Yong said.

Zhang Yong has had enough of these Kipchaks who are just like grasshoppers. Don’t you like to run away?

Then run enough! It's just running in the direction of hell and death.

The Mongolian soldiers nodded, stood up and left, and the order was quickly conveyed.

The tens of thousands of Kipchaks who rushed out of the city were surprised to find a gap in the northwest, so they immediately swarmed over and successfully broke out of the encirclement.

Guyuk, on the other hand, led 30,000 Mongolian troops and started to pursue them. Some Latin Empire troops and nobles also wanted to rush out together.

But they had no horses, and the Mongols had no intention of letting them go. These people were directly served by a hail of Mongolian arrows.

After leaving hundreds of corpses behind, the soldiers of the Latin Empire and some nobles ran back to the city in embarrassment.

Early the next morning, 30,000 troops from the Nicaea Empire rushed into the Latin City in a mighty manner and started a fierce battle with the defenders of the Latin Empire.

Zhang Yong also sent his own assassin team to sneak into the city secretly, first to control and protect the princess of Jerusalem.

After all, if something unexpected happened in the rebellion and the princess of Jerusalem was killed, or she committed suicide directly, the gain would outweigh the loss.

The Latin Empire's army was desperately resisting the attack of the Nicene Empire's army, but at this time their morale was extremely low, and all of them had not slept for several days, and their combat effectiveness was not as good as before.

Facing the Nicaea Empire's army, which was superior in numbers and equipment to itself, it quickly fell into a disadvantage.

At this time, some residents of Constantinople in the city also rushed out with their own weapons and attacked the Latins and some ordinary Latin people.

"Kill them all, kill them all, these Latin invaders."

"It's time to take back our land, take back our former glory, take back our former home, soldiers attack!" John III waved his long sword and shouted with excitement.

"Kill! Kill!" The resentment accumulated for decades, the resentment that the country was taken away by the Crusaders, broke out at this time, and a large number of Latin residents and Latin soldiers were all massacred.

The fighting lasted until late that night, and the entire city fell completely under the control of the Nicaea Empire. This city, which had been occupied by the Crusaders for decades, finally returned to the embrace of the Roman Empire today.

After capturing the city, John III sent an envoy to inform Zhang Yong of the news, and asked Zhang Yong to prevent the Mongolian army from massacring the city.

Regarding this condition, Zhang Yong chose to agree, making this old father-in-law owe another big favor.

After one day and one night, the city was completely controlled, and all the Latin Empire troops in the city had been completely slaughtered.

After finishing everything, John III invited Zhang Yong and some other Mongolian generals to enter Constantinople.

"Congratulations, my Lord Yue, this city is now back under your rule." Zhang Yong said.

"Hahaha! This is all thanks to you, my son-in-law King John. Otherwise, with the combat power of our Nicean Empire, we would not be able to capture this city. You helped me a lot." John III said.

It was in their own best interest that the Mongols did not plunder this city, because according to Mongolian rules, this city belonged to the resistance forces, and after the city was broken, it would be massacred.

Zhang Yong was able to order the Mongolian army not to massacre the city, which was great news for him.

"You're welcome, this is what we agreed." Zhang Yong said.

"I will give you a big gift. Whatever you want, as long as I can give it, I will give it. Does the Cuman cavalry that escaped need my help with the army to assist you in encircling and suppressing them?" John III said. said.

"No need, don't worry about them, they will be wiped out soon." Zhang Yong said.

These Kipchaks are the worst off at this moment, because they have nowhere to run. There is no place they can go in Hungary, Poland, or the Bulgarian Empire. Unless they grow wings, they will only Can die at the hands of the Mongols.

After the two sides exchanged a few more polite words, John III spoke.

"I have something to discuss with you, my son-in-law, that Greek fire you used."

"You should call him Sun Fire." Zhang Yong said.

Please, don’t call it Greek fire. Although this thing looks similar, it is sharper than Greek fire, okay?

And look at this golden liquid, wouldn’t it be more appropriate to call it Sun Fire?
"Okay! Let's call it the Sun Fire, but it is very similar to the legendary Greek fire.

Greek fire was made from a black oil, but we used it as a naval weapon.

It uses a spray method to spray the flames out, but to be honest, it is much more powerful than what is recorded in the book. "John III said. (End of chapter)