"How dare they spare the Imperial Guards and force themselves to Constantinier from the sea?" Ella said in surprise. "Are their chief generals not afraid of the Imperial Guards returning, causing them to be attacked from both sides?"

"If the Thracian Field Army is still there, it will be very dangerous for them." Andrea said, "But you hear that the Thracian Field Army has been defeated, and it seems that it is still a complete defeat that is difficult to reorganize."

"Why did it be defeated again? It was only a few years since Hestein defeated last time! Nearly 20,000 people! It was defeated twice in two years! I really have to doubt whether it was 20,000 pigs!"

"Twenty thousand pigs?" Andrea said, "Even if it is twenty thousand pigs, I will put a helmet on them and ignite their tails. They can still drive the enemy into pieces."

"Too incompetent!"

While cursing, Ella returned to the barracks anxiously and rushed to the map on the table to study the current situation of the battle.

"Under the current situation of war, the Imperial Guards can only return urgently. This will weaken the defense force of the coastline, but there is nothing we can do about it. It would be better to say that even if I want to stop it, my uncle will definitely transfer the Imperial Guards back."

Andrea said: "It will take at least half a month to let the Imperial Guards learn the news and rush back urgently. Considering the war that was taking place in Peloponnese, the time will only be longer. However, the Imperial Guards were transferred and the Thracian Field Army was defeated again, and there were only two or three thousand guards of Constantinier. Whether they could last until the Imperial Guards returned was still a question."

"I think Constantineer's city defense should be strong enough... But Andrea, what is your opinion?"

"Constantineer is the heart of the Seven Hills Empire, and you can't take this risk. King of Sweden, if you want to fight against the Island Republic, you should send troops to support Constantineer immediately. Although the transformation of the catapult and the training to deal with the ocean fire have not been completed, there is no way. My Navy will do its best to support you from the sea."

"But your Majesty, there are 20,000 people besieged Constantine, and there are only 10,000 soldiers who stayed in Azov. Azov also needs soldiers to guard it, so that we can mobilize up to eight thousand people. Even if we can win, it will only be a tragic victory."

"Amy, what do you mean?"

Amy looked at Ella seriously and said, "Your Majesty is just the King of Sweden now. Is it necessary to lose Sweden's national strength so much for the Seven Hills Empire?"

After Amy said this, Andrea also looked at Ella seriously. As Amy said, neither Ella nor Andrea had any reason to fight for the Seven Hills Empire. He would promise Ella because the Republic of Liguria and the Island Republic were old enemies, but he didn't know what reason Ella had to support the Seven Hills Empire.

Ella frowned and knocked her fingers on the table.

"Originally, my men and horses should have returned to Sweden long ago, but now the supplies were blocked in the Adriatic Sea because of the war between the two countries. Although the Qiqiu Empire took the lead in the war, this war was actually initiated by the Island Republic. Anyway, I can't catch up with the sowing of the Island Republic when I go back, so I can simply destroy the Island Republic. We have to recover all our losses from the Island Republic."

"But your Majesty, eight thousand to twenty thousand... and General Andrea's navy is not ready..."

Ella smashed the table suddenly: "Eight thousand is eight thousand. All landings are handed over to the Clippers of the Pirate Kingdom. Marshal Andrea, your fleet will continue to stand by."

"Continue to stand by?" Andrea was startled, "The sea control power is now under the control of the island republic. The ocean fire on your clutch has been moved to my fleet. Are you planning to smuggle? But even if your ship is fast, the navy will have to ensure material logistics after landing? Or do you have any plans, the King of Sweden?"

"The fleet of the Seven Hill Empire has not been completely destroyed. I don't think the Island Republic has the spare time to transfer the fleet to the north of the Black Sea Strait. Moreover, the Island Republic has inexplicably dragged Olus' fleet for more than a month?" Ella raised her head, "Then let's use his way to give him the same power!"

...

The Duke of Burgundy was commanding more than 20,000 troops from the Almani coalition to siege Constantineer.

According to Giovanni's plan, the task of his troops was to harass the Thracian area. However, the brave Duke of Burgundy, who had always been brave, did not obediently follow Giovanni's plan. As soon as he landed, he defeated the Thracian field army head-on, and then launched an attack on Constantinier.

At the beginning, they were taught a lesson by various cities in the city.

They built a besieged camp where the enemy's crossbows could never shoot when they were besieged. But on the night the camp was built, many huge rocks rolled over from Constantineer's direction and collapsed half of the camp that had finally been built.

They tried to attack with a ladder again, but the shooting holes on the city wall once again made corpses everywhere outside Constantineer.

After two failed sieges, they learned their lessons. The soldiers raised the terrain of the camping place to avoid the collision of boulders. Then they began to build siege towers and siege hammers that could effectively block the shooting of crossbow arrows.

Even so, it was still difficult for them to break through the walls of Constantineer. The Duke of Burgundy knew that it was impossible to destroy the walls of Theodosy with their engineering skills alone. The key to conquering Constantineer was the will of the defenders of Constantineer.

Their strength was ten times that of Constantine's defenders. So he divided the soldiers into two groups in the morning and evening, each group took turns to siege Constantine's soldiers day and night, without giving Constantine's soldiers a rest. In contrast, one group of soldiers of the Duke of Burgundy was siege, and the other group rested in the distance. Even so, Constantine's defenders had to face more than five times the enemies, and they did not dare to relax their vigilance at all.

Sometimes the Duke of Burgundy would deliberately slow down the attack. After Constantine's defenders squinted their eyes, they suddenly beat the war drums to torture the spirit of the defenders. Even if he did not attack next, this decent day of beating the war drums would be enough to make the soldiers of Constantine's soldiers collapse.

Under such an offensive, the gap in fighting spirit between the soldiers on both sides became increasingly obvious.

——Until the news that the enemy appeared in the north of the city came.

"The troops of the Pirate Kingdom? Come from the sea?"

The Duke of Burgundy brought a cavalry to investigate the situation of the enemy. It saw that the army was about ten thousand people and was camping in the north of the city.

The Duke of Burgundy was a little angry: "Why did such an army land now report to me? It was originally the best time to attack after logging in, but I missed it in vain!"

"They didn't log in here directly!" said the soldier, "It should have logged in further afield and then organized a team!"
Chapter completed!