Although the coalition forces were arrogant and arrogant, thinking that the enemy was just a native of chickens and dogs, they could be wiped out in an instant. However, in order to reduce casualties and further show off their strength in the Norman Kingdom, Egil took out all the siege equipment he brought, a total of 128 counterweight catapults, plus the three siege rushes that were temporarily made in these three days. Egil believed that even if the Naples defenders really had the courage to resist, he could still capture the city of Naples!

So the Eastern Roman soldiers began to resist.

It has been said before that the Apennines run across the entire Italian Peninsula. Therefore, the Italian Peninsula is mountainous and hilly.

Many places are rich in high-quality stones such as marble and granite. Therefore, stones are absolutely indispensable.

At the entrance of the three-sided city walls, after the coalition commander issued the order to massacre the city, the coalition formation quickly vacated several places. Then, the Norman engineers who were manipulating the siege equipment adjusted the angle, controlled the counterweight thief, and threw large pieces of stone over!

In a blink of an eye, hundreds of large stones roared towards the walls of the outer city of Naples!

The city wall suddenly became an uproar. It was said before that the Apennines could provide sufficient stone. As the largest city in southern Italy, the two Sicily governors, even the extremely stupid ones, knew the importance of Naples. By the time Narcis took over as the governor of Sicily, Naples had two inner and outer walls, all of which were based on granite and were constructed with large pieces of stone using rammed earth. There were towers and fortresses.

The hidden military cave is like a horse road. The main thing is to be rigorous in the defense.

Nalcis is also a talented person. Although the offensive and defensive forces between Sicily and Northern Italy were already mutually varied during his tenure, Nalcis was still in good condition in maintaining the Naples wall. Therefore, Naples's garrison ability has always been above a high level. If Norman's stone catapult attacked the Naples wall at this moment, it would probably have to be bombarded for a year and a half before he could get something. However, the bad thing was that Nalcis was too smart. Before that, a temporary outer city was built outside the city of Naples. The outer city was mainly made of wooden structures. How could it resist the instigation of the catapult bombing? Nalcis took it for granted. He still regarded the coalition as the barbarians of the past, and he could not imagine that the other party had such terrifying means of siege. In this first round, because of Nalcis' mistake, the Eastern Roman defenders suffered a great loss!

The Norman engineers fired three consecutive rounds of volleys according to Egil's previous order, almost plowing the walls of the outer city of Naples. Seeing that the Eastern Roman soldiers suffered heavy casualties, Narcis himself almost smashed his head by a flying stone. Several gaps were smashed on the wooden wall, bricks, broken pieces of wood and bloody human limbs mixed together, in a mess. The Eastern Roman soldiers finally forced out a little decisive desire to die in an instant.

"Damn. When did the damn savages have such terrifying weapons?!" Narcis shouted in surprise. And the other Eastern Roman soldiers must have many thoughts in their hearts.

Of course, these tragedies will not understand what happened until they die, that's it.

After three rounds of volleys, the Norman engineers changed their strategy. More than 40 stone catapults on each of the three walls were divided into four groups, each with about ten units, and they were continuously aimed at places that were more serious or were not too strong in the past. Jiping firepower smashed over.

This smash took nearly two hours. During this period, the soldiers of the coalition were bored and sat in the spot to rest. However, the Eastern Roman army in the city gradually calmed down under the death of Nalcis. Seeing the expanded gap, Nalcis also understood the plan of the coalition forces. He quickly dispatched a large number of reserve troops and formed a dense array behind the gap, waiting for the opponent's knowledge to block the gap.

This bombardment lasted for two hours, and during this period, more than a dozen catapults could not be used because of the severe wear. However, after this bombardment, the walls of the outer city of Naples were already full of holes, and although the ruins were still an obstacle, it was just a little slower. The soldiers could have crossed this terrain without any tools. The catapults stopped bombing and were dismantled into parts by the Norman engineers, and then put them in a trolley and transported away. Other soldiers in the coalition were amazed. Those who had good things wanted to ask a few questions, but they were all excused by the Normans for being speechless.

Seeing that the access had been opened, the coalition commanders did not hesitate and ordered attacks one after another. However, this gap was not enough for the 80,000 Catholic coalition forces. The commanders' thinking was similar to Egil. They believed that the Eastern Roman army was like a native chicken and a tile. With a little contact, they would be defeated. Therefore, they did not mean to send cannon fodder to test. They would be the most elite army under their command as soon as they took action.

Egil sent a total of 2,000 Norman Death Assault Warriors. In the previous battles, they were already the best infantry in the world. Charles gathered all the Swiss halberds under his command with plate chain composite armor, while Philip's sergeant was a little weak, but they were also a group of heavy sergeants wearing heavy chain armor. Next, the Pope also dispatched the Swiss Guards wearing plate chain composite armor, as well as Venetian heavy infantry, Bologna heavy infantry, Gernaya elite spear sergeants, etc. Although the first attacking troops were only seven thousand, they were the essence of the coalition infantry. The lineup was gorgeous.

"Soldiers! Get close, get close! Hold with your brothers, hold the shield flat, hold the spear tightly, and maintain the formation! Hold, be sure to hold it!!" The Eastern Romans on the other side were also ruthless, and the centurions and the commanders shouted at such a loud voice. The flag bearers held high the slightly ragged legion battle flags. They formed dense phalanxes at the gaps, ready to fight to the death.

On the city wall, a large number of Roman light infantry and Roman crossbowmen were concentrated.

Citizens who were also organized and the reserve team collected the ruins and built a gentle slope at the corners of the remaining city walls, and then sent a large amount of military supplies on it.

"Shoot the arrows! Throw stones and javelins! Kill these bastards!!!" Narcis shouted as he looked at the coalition soldiers getting closer and closer.

For a time, the head of the Naples city was filled with arrows, but the elite coalition forces were all wearing strong armor. If it weren't for the concentrating of their necks and cheeks, it would be fine. Soldiers from France and Northern Italy also raised their kite shields in their hands. In this way, although the attack on the head of the Naples city was fierce, there were not many coalition soldiers who were really killed.

Immediately afterwards, the coalition soldiers quickly climbed over the ruins at the city wall and charged towards the Eastern Roman formation from a high place.

Egil climbed up to look into the distance with a monocular telescope. He could see clearly that his decisive assault warriors charged and tore open several gaps on the opponent's square formation, and the gap continued to expand. In the blink of an eye, he gained the upper hand.

If it is under normal circumstances, Egil will naturally feel satisfied with such development. He is satisfied with the strength of his own army and his own good command.

However, now it is different, and this is a little different from what Egil imagined. The soldiers of the Death Death wielded their battle axes and slashed and slashed. However, the Eastern Roman soldiers continued to come forward, and soldiers kept coming to fill the gaps. The resistance was extremely tenacious...

"This... why is this? Did the other party use what methods to revive morale?!" Egil was extremely surprised and immediately sent a messenger to the city walls in other directions to ask. The answers he got were all the same. The Eastern Roman army fought to the death. The offensive situation was progressing slowly. "Damn it!" Egil cursed inwardly. Although he didn't know what was going on, he understood that it would take some more effort to break through Naples.

The coalition attacked Naples in batches, and the siege lasted for a whole day, but the Eastern Roman soldiers defending the city fought as if they were iron walls. Seeing that the offensive was frustrated, Egil ordered the coalition to temporarily withdraw the troops.

The coalition was originally full of fighting spirit, and wanted to take down Naples in one go, and then massacre the city for 10 days to vent. However, he was hit by the Eastern Roman army, and it was like a bucket of cold water pouring on his head.

Seeing that the army was depressed, the coalition commanders gathered again that night. People still remembered the surrender of the Varangi mercenaries as Egir mentioned three days ago. So they decided to follow the agreement and go to the east city wall at night without the need for the Varangi people to open the door. As long as they cooperate inside and outside and create chaos, the coalition forces can take advantage of the situation to attack the city.

However, Egil thought a little more. Hearing Duke Charlie's proposal, he shook his head slowly, but did not object.

"Prepare the army's cars first, but don't rush to attack.

Wait a little longer." Egil said: "There is something strange today. It's better to be a little cautious."

After hearing Egil's words, everyone waited for a moment, and heard someone outside the tent report that the news in the city had been heard. Egil breathed a sigh of relief and knew that it was a carrier pigeon sent by Norman spies in the city. So he called in, opened the letter paper and read it: and then frowned.

"The attacking troops can be withdrawn, and the group of Valangi didn't even think about surrendering."

Egil said so.
Chapter completed!