Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 299 Traveling to Constantinople
Li Mu couldn't accept his identity for a while, because he had never experienced such an identity on the battlefield.

The emperor, the supreme ruler of all in ancient times, even in the medieval West, at least in Byzantium, the emperor is absolutely majestic.

It's just that Li Mu is even more surprised at this moment. Shouldn't he appear on the side of the Ottoman Empire?But now he has become the emperor of Byzantium. Didn't the system discover the previous bug?

Li Mu was a little uncertain, and at this time a system frame also appeared in front of Li Mu's eyes.

【Kill [-] Ottoman soldiers】

【Current Progress: 0/80000】

The task given by the system was simple and rough, but Li Mu frowned fiercely.

In my own memory, the Ottoman Empire's capture of Byzantium resulted in a maximum of 4 casualties, and the task given to me by the system seemed to be to expand the results of the city defense as much as possible.

Fortunately, the system did not let him win this battle.

Li Mu heaved a sigh of relief, but suddenly realized something, his eyes burst into light, and he had another thought in his heart.

Since the system did not allow itself to win this battle, if it won, would it change the course of history?

Is it possible to enter the mysterious white space again?

Li Mu was a little excited about his conclusion, but at this time, Gistini, who was standing next to Li Mu, looked at His Majesty in such a daze, and exchanged glances with the Duke and Bishop next to him, with a somewhat strange expression on his face. Surprised.

In March, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ordered the army to surround Constantinople, and Constantinople on the isolated peninsula was suddenly isolated and helpless.

The emperor sent warriors to ask for help, but the country controlled by the pope was only perfunctory. Only from last year to now, the Genoa and Venetians next to him gave some help.

But this still depends on their huge trade with Constantinople.

Today His Majesty the Emperor inspected the city wall, and after returning to the palace, he just sat on the throne without saying a word. The adults couldn't figure out what His Majesty was thinking.

At this time, Li Mu came back to his senses. He looked at the people next to him, and a piece of information flooded into Li Mu's head. who is it.

Recalling what these people said just now, Li Mu also spoke.

"Byzantium has no way to retreat, and I don't want to see neither Ottoman shawls nor Latin hats."

His majesty's voice was thick and strong, passing through the eardrums of several people, making them look different.

Gistini showed a gratified expression. His majesty the brave emperor has never been such a coward, and he will never encounter any difficulties. He will only raise his hands and surrender.

"But Your Majesty, please seriously consider our people. What they have to face is 10,000+ Ottoman soldiers, relying only on the city wall, can we stop it?"

"Olus, this is my order to defend Constantinople." Li Mu said with a cold face, showing a murderous look on his stern face, reminding the somewhat rich duke that the emperor had killed someone with his own hands. .

His Majesty the Duke suddenly fell silent, and the Bishop's expression surged. Although he doesn't know why His Majesty suddenly changed his attitude and no longer tried his best to promote the merger with Christianity...

But the bishop still didn't speak in the end, Li Mu stood up from the throne, held his sword, and looked at Gistini next to him.

"General Gistini, I want to go see the city wall again."

Gistini half-kneeled, bowed his head and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I don't know where you are going to inspect the city wall?"

Li Mu was silent for a moment, thinking of the Golden Horn Bay, he spoke immediately.

"Let's go to the city wall on the side of the Golden Horn and see the Bosporus Strait by the way." Saying this, Li Mu stepped out, Gistini hurriedly followed, and Li Mu seemed to think again What, he said to the Duke.

"Olus, from today onwards, lend me all the Genoese mercenaries you have. This is also an order."

As the emperor, Li Mu's words at this moment were so resounding in the palace that they blocked everyone's mouths.

As for what Li Mu did, he naturally thought of the Battle of Constantinople that he had seen.

Although the Genoese mercenaries had some combat power, they were only soldiers from neighboring countries after all, not to mention that later, the Ottoman Sultan bought off the Genoese merchants, causing Constantinople to be surrounded by enemies.

It is inevitable that those businessmen will come into contact with these soldiers, and Li Mu is ready to hold them in his hands and make good use of them when the time comes.

Li Mu followed Gistini to the north of Constantinople. This is the not very wide Bosporus Strait, but the Golden Horn Bay inside is a good natural harbor. Prosperous, but now there are only a few sailboats.

It wasn't because it was blocked by the Ottoman navy. The hastily formed fleet couldn't even stop a sailboat. What really made this place depressed was the iron chain placed by Constantinople on the cliff at the entrance of the bay.

One end of the iron chain across the river is connected to the cliff on the other side, and the other end is controlled by the fortress on the city wall. Usually, the chain is lowered to facilitate the navigation of ships, but now it has been pulled straight up to block anyone who wants to pass. vessel.

Looking out along the mouth of the bay, there are many sailing ships on the distant sea. Gistini told Li Mu that most of them were ships looted by Ottoman from various places to serve as their navy.

Gistini seemed to despise the fleet of the Ottoman Empire, but Li Mu looked at the Bosphorus and fell into deep thought.

If I remember correctly, in the subsequent battles, the Ottoman Sultan bribed the Genoese merchants so that his cannons could be transported to the land on the other side, and launched a more terrifying attack on Constantinople.

Although that was not a turning point, for Li Mu, it was a rare enemy weakness.

Li Mu walked towards the tower that controlled the sinking of the chains. Looking at the solid fortress built with huge stones, he stood up very hard and nodded.

The whole of Constantinople has been continuously built over countless years and is a real strong fortress.

This is only the position facing the sea in the east, but there are still two city walls and many towers for defense.

On the weakest west side of Constantinople, there are really three walls and more towers. Any catapults, crossbows, and mobile siege towers cannot cause much damage to them.

"How many such chains are there in total?" Li Mu looked at the chain winch in front of him and said. The officer in charge of the control quickly saluted and replied.

"Returning to Your Majesty, there are three such chains in total, and two more are submerged in the water for emergencies."

After Li Mu heard this, he immediately opened his mouth to speak.

"Is there fire oil here?"

The officer pointed to the side, where there were more than [-] barrels of kerosene piled up in the corner, all to deal with the enemy's boats on the river.

Li Mu immediately said to Gistini: "Bring more kerosene, at least [-] barrels are required. Also, there are warships waiting on the river, and more kerosene is also prepared on it."

Gistini quickly understood what Li Mu meant, and immediately ordered his subordinates to complete it immediately, but he was a little strange. His Majesty, who was inspecting the western city wall this morning, has always emphasized that the western city wall is the most important. The mouth of the bay became interested.

Li Mu inspected the city wall all the way, saw the merchant ship still sailing in the Golden Horn Bay, and knew that it was a merchant ship from Genoa.

Thinking of what happened next, Li Mu felt a little repulsed by these merchants, but right now they have delivered rare supplies to Constantinople, and Li Mu didn't want to see bad consequences.

It's just that we should treat them differently, at least now we have to start doing it.

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(End of this chapter)