But even if the old national teacher volunteered to be in front, the absolute difference in strength still made the Byzantines see no hope of victory.

The bombardment of artillery fire made the whole king appear to be full of holes, the houses around the city walls appeared to be destroyed, and the city was full of traces of fire.

There were wounded all over the city, some burned, some slashed with sharp weapons, and most often from rifles.

The eyes of these wounded were full of desire for life, but the reality was that the medicine in the city had already run out, and they only had a strong will to survive by relying on illusory luck.

Except for the wounded, the city's moving people were almost all moving, and women and children were constantly finding large stones from the collapsed houses and carrying them to the city walls; The men all went up to the city wall, using their own flesh and blood to block the attack from the Tang army, although from time to time someone would be blown into a ball of minced flesh by artillery fire, and no one could figure out what it was.

But how can flesh and blood compete with artillery and bullets, although the old and young in the city are not afraid of death, but this does not mean that they will not die, the Tang army's fierce attack makes them have a large number of combat attrition every day, if they continue to fight in the current way, it will not take a month, and there will be no one in the city who can stand up.

But even so, Hou Junji still didn't want to drag it out, and soon after the task of blasting was issued, one team cut off the waterway upstream of the river around the city, while another team began to dig drainage channels under the cover of artillery fire, intending to divert all the water from the moat.

All this fell into the eyes of the old Byzantine national teacher, and he fell into deep despair.

Although I don't know what the Tang army wants to do next, all this is enough to show that the Tang army is carrying out a planned mission, and this task is a catastrophe for Byzantium.

After realizing that the city was about to be broken, the old national teacher found the king who was drunk and dying, and dragged his body to the ground: "Your Majesty, the time is almost up, the old minister has prepared a guard of five thousand people, and they will escort you from Xicheng in a while." ”

Constantan put down the wine glass in his hand and pushed away the charming woman hanging on him: "No, I will never leave, this is my royal capital, even if I die, I will die here." ”

"Your Majesty, the soldiers outside can't support it anymore, the royal capital will be broken by the Tang people sooner or later, if you wait until the Tang army enters the city, you won't be able to leave if you want to!" The old national teacher continued earnestly.

"Then let them kill, the whole country is gone, even if I live, what's the point!"

"Your Majesty, you are the hope of Byzantium, as long as you live, Byzantium has no hope, and one day, you will take Byzantium back with a large army." The old national teacher said sadly, and without waiting for Constantistin to say anything, he waved his hand vigorously behind him.

Numerous soldiers poured in and pulled the king up from his throne, and on the other side someone brought armor, and the crowd armed him to the shouts of Constantine, and then set up and ran out of the palace.

This was already the last thing the old national teacher could do for Byzantium, escorting the royal family members away together.

Constantistan had realized what the old national teacher wanted to do at this time, but no one listened to his current orders, and being able to escort the king away represented the hope of being able to continue to live, and those forbidden troops who didn't want to die would naturally not let people disrupt this plan.

So in just two quarters of an hour, all the members of the royal family living in the royal capital were gathered together and arrived at the gate of the west of the royal capital under the escort of a cavalry of 5,000 men.

The Tang army on the west side of the royal capital did not invest a lot of troops, and it can be seen that when launching daily attacks, only more than 10,000 people are launching small-scale responses, just to attract the attention of the defenders in the city.

These are all carefully observed by the old national teacher, in order to be the last moment of breakthrough.

But it doesn't seem that it is so easy to break through, and the first hurdle for this breakthrough team is not the army of Datang guarding outside, but their own people.

Because when they learned that the king was going to break through the siege, a large number of people in the city and some of the lightly wounded all had a feeling of abandonment, and under the influence of this emotion, countless people put down their work and rushed to the west city, blocking the cavalry team in the middle of the road.

To walk together, to die together, this is their slogan.

Constantstein never imagined that there would be a day when he might have spoken out to the civilians and the wounded in normal times, but in this critical moment of escape, where would he have the heart to persuade them.

Just pretending to be pretended, he felt that he had done his best to be benevolent and righteous, and if he accompanied those untouchables to toss at this time and delayed the time to break through, it would be a big mistake.

Thinking of this, Constantistan wanted to order his forbidden army to break through a bloody path among the people, but before he could give the order, the eldest prince stopped him: "Father, slow down! ”

"What do you have to say, do you want to stand with those untouchables?" Constantine was discolored.

The eldest prince shook his head: "Father, it is easy to kill them, but it is easy to cause a civil uprising. ”

Constantan heard that the eldest prince seemed to have something to say, and couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "Oh? Keep talking! ”

"Father!" The eldest prince looked around, then lowered his voice and said in Constante's ear: "The weapons of the Tang Dynasty are extremely sharp, I am afraid that it will be difficult for our five thousand people to break through, since those untouchables are also clamoring to go out, it is better to use them as cannon fodder." ”

Cannon fodder, as the name suggests, is the meaning of consumables, how could Constantine not understand, so after hearing this, he glanced at his son approvingly, nodded and said, "Then do it according to your wishes!" ”

"Yes, the boy is gone." The eldest prince agreed, said goodbye to Constantistan, and urged his horse to the front and the people who had been stopped: "Byzantine people, I am the eldest prince Frederick, please be quiet, I have a few words to say." ”

"What else is there to say, abandon your own people and run for your life?!" Someone in the crowd shouted.

"No, everyone misunderstood, what I want to say is that my father has promised to leave with everyone, but our time is very tight, and Datang will soon find out about our movements, so I need everyone to consciously abide by the order, and when the city gate is open for a while, don't run around, and get out of the city as quickly as possible in an organized manner, understand?"

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