~Date: ~November 08~

In this way, the first attack of the Norman Empire ended in failure. The Thracians who fled back were depressed and their morale was low. The other Norman soldiers also became a little depressed. The emperor tried to cheer the soldiers up. But the effect was not very good.

"How can we break it with such a city with sufficient defenders and supplies, and with high defense? Our maximum caliber cannons can only shake off a little dust when they hit it. If our army wants to pass, they have to withstand their crossfire attacks. They are like our empires. They have well-made catapults and crossbows. In addition, there are Greek fire ejectors, such terrifying weapons. Perhaps only God can have the ability to break through this city."

At that time, after hearing the whole process of this incident, there were bards on the Greek peninsula who wrote such lyrics in the tone of Norman soldiers. And it spread to the Greeks who were suffering from the Norman army and the strict military control system. They saw it again. They whispered, and calculated with their eyes when the Normans would fail. Just like other barbarians who tried to capture Constantinople, they broke their heads and burst into blood in front of the strong walls.

Even if the outer wall of Theodosian wall can be defeated, there is still an inner wall to attack. Even if the inner wall is defeated, the Greeks still have a Constantine wall to defend. They will rely on the wall to continuously reduce the morale, attack will and troops of the Normans. And when the Normans are weakened to a vulnerable blow, they will easily defeat them.

In such a situation, attacking from the westward land direction is probably not a good idea.) The Mans' artillery technology is not enough to cast giant artillery such as the Urban cannon.

In fact, even if such giant cannons were cast, they might not be able to blow up Constantine's fortress. This is not the broken city walls with few soldiers and gaps hundreds of years later, during the decline of the Eastern Roman Empire. It is a complete and good Constantine city defense system.

And even then, the giant cannon bombarded for several months before it blasted a small gap in the exterior wall... After that, the giant cannon was unbearable and exploded. Constantine's defenders could naturally retreat to the inner wall behind and the Constantine wall to continue to defend. So to calculate carefully, the legendary magical Urban cannon actually did not play much role in the battle of the fall of Constantine.

That's it) The advantages of the Mann army in terms of equipment were offset by the enemy's strong defense. The technological advantages of the Normans were not enough to destroy such a heavy urban defense in Constantinople. If they attacked forcibly on the front, they might be afraid.

Even if the Normans have more than 100,000 troops, they may not be able to get a bargain. What's more, the desperate war of attrition and such a loss-making deal) Emperor Man didn't want to do it.

When Thrace's army retreated, Egil was not angry or upset. Instead, his lips curled up and he smiled. After seeing the Greeks' frontal defense, the emperor already knew that. With his troops, he attacked head-on with a task that could hardly be accomplished. If he really did that, the final result would indeed be like other barbarians who attacked Constantinople...

But Emperor Norman was not stupid, a savage without brains↓ On the contrary, Emperor Norman was very smart.

The defense on the west side of Constantinople is too tight. Then look for a breakthrough from another direction - although the place on the east side is relatively wide, the defense there is also strong and difficult to break through. On the opposite side of the south side are the sea, rocky beaches and cliffs. The landing task cannot be completed - that is to say.

"So every time, every time, every time... it's like this. In the original history, Constantinople fell twice. Once Venice, once Ottoman Türkiye. It's true that this kind of tactics are coming..."

After a little calculation, Emperor Norman made up his mind - Golden Horn Bay. The dock area of ​​Constantinople. The walls are low and it is a natural harbor. After cleaning up the dock, it can accommodate tens of thousands of troops! No wonder the fall of Constantinople twice that year. Old Dandoro and conqueror Mohammed II finally regarded this place as a place to decide the outcome.

"I have enough navals, in fact, the navy is the strongest in the world. It is not too difficult to break through Constantinople with my navy." At that time, Egil said to himself. He maintained his usual confidence and ordered the artillery troops to continue bombarding for a while to frustrate the morale of the Constantinople defenders. He went back to his camp to rest.

In the next few days, the Mann army was loose on the outside and tight on the inside. On the surface, it still maintained a large fire cover, forcing the attack method of the Theodossi wall. However, behind the scenes, it began to concentrate its efforts to bypass the city defense of Constantinople and attack the Golden Horn Bay to gain an advantage.

The Norman Emperor organized an army of 40,000 people. The long-range cover force consisted of 10,000 long-bowmen, crossbowmen, heavy crossbowmen and engineers who manipulated artillery. The emperor asked the Black Sea Fleet to transport these troops. He also used hundreds of large and small naval guns as cover firepower to aid the army's attack. As long as the army could be transported into the Golden Horn Bay, it would be victory.

Under Egil's budget, the attack on Golden Horn Bay will be extremely successful. Immediately afterwards, the Norman army that occupied Constantine's wall will swarm in. Or the opponent will hold on for a while. Or his army will engage in street battles with the Greek army in Constantinople. The opponent will still have remaining troops to defend several towers of Theodosi walls and persist. However, this will not change the overall situation. The final result of the battle will be the complete victory of the Norman army. The empire will become the first conqueror to conquer this undescendant of Constantinople in a thousand years.

The Greek empire will be completely destroyed. The great Roman Empire that existed before the B.C. will completely disappear into the dust of history. When replaced by the Normans, Egil will also receive the best reward for him, the charming Eastern Roman Queen Liliannu.

However, soon, a news interrupted the Norman Emperor's delusion - Norman spies sent the latest report. The defenders of Constantinople seemed to have noticed the abnormal movement of the Norman army. It seemed that their fleet could not defend the Golden Horn Bay on the north side of Constantino. So they made such a decision to enhance their garrison - dozens of huge and heavy chains blocked the entrance of the entire Golden Horn Bay. When the other party sent three heavy infantry brigades, nearly 5,000 professional troops to guard the Golden Horn Bay to enhance the power in that direction.

The Norman Emperor's strategy was suppressed before it was achieved, and Egil felt a little angry. After that, under the rage of the Norman Emperor, the Mans' army forcibly attacked Theodossi for three consecutive days. The Mans divided his army into more than a dozen waves, uninterrupted and constantly attacked day and night, making the Greek army exhausted.

In this way, the two sides carried out high-intensity battles for three consecutive days. The arrows, crossbow arrows, javelins and lead shells shot out from each other exceeded one million. The stones, crossbow guns and artillery shells threw each other more than ten thousand. The snares of the Theodossi wall were almost destroyed. Several towers were also bombed and could not be used. A large number of crossbow strings were broken, and the catapults and crossbows were damaged, and even the artillery bombs were blown up is not uncommon. The Mans army consumed a large amount of supplies, lost nearly three thousand of the most elite professional troops, as well as nearly ten Thracians, Balkans and Hungarian minions. However, the defense of the Theodossi walls was still unable to break through.

After this, the Norman army changed its tactics and no longer sent troops to attack. Instead, under Theodossi, the moat was built with earthen mountains and wooden fences and earth walls. It seemed that in this way, it was necessary to fight against the urban defense of the Eastern Roman army. After the earthen mountains were built, the artillery troops were moved to it and directly bombarded the buildings in the city of Constantinople.

Such a move made the Greek defenders a little frightened. However, they had a little calculation. Although the Norman army's engineering abilities were not bad, they had to pile up an earth-mountain position that was nearly twenty meters high, strong enough, and had to accommodate hundreds of artillery pieces. It would probably take a while. And even if the pile was completed, the Eastern Roman army might not be afraid.

Recently, the Greeks have not been idle either. They re-strengthened the various hidden holes under the walls of Theodossi to deal with the orbital-bending shells fired by the Norman mortars. After using a lot of stone and wood, the Greeks are convinced that such a defense is enough to resist the Norman bombardment - so as long as the opponent hides in the hidden hole when the opponent is bombarded, and then go to the city wall to defend when the Norman charges. If it doesn't work, you can retreat to the inner wall of Theodossi to ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥

After this idea spread, the Greek defenders relaxed a little. The continued high-intensity battle made them tired. The continuous victory made them proud and looked down on their opponents. Watching the dirt mountain opposite grow slightly higher. But there was no big feeling. Every day, they used stone catapults and bombarded each other, which became a routine response...

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