A large number of Barbary pirates flocked to the sea, holding scimitars under the cover of long-range bows, crossbows and javelins, and rushed towards the Norman warship ship. Although the Norman soldiers tried their best to cut off the ropes - however, they only cured the symptoms and did not cure the root cause. The cool Mediterranean sea water is the best buffer air cushion for Barbary pirates. From a height of three or four meters high to the sea, they must not die. The pirates swim in the wind and waves, and their swimming levels are not low. They fall into the sea for a while and cannot die. However, the Norman sailors who exposed their bodies were shot to death by the Barbary pirates' bows, arrows, crossbows and javelins, and fell into the sea, making the battlefield even more bloody.

"Don't worry about them! Shoot and prepare for hand-to-hand combat!" The captain of the Norman warship felt heartbroken as he saw the fewer and fewer subordinates fought, so he issued such an order. The Norman sailors retracted again, hid behind the female wall, and threw down with iron cannons and heavenly flames pots. Iron sand of explosives flew across the battlefield, and the tinder spread evenly on the sea, spreading and burning, causing the Barbary pirates who fell into the sea to scream.

At this moment, the Heaven Flame Thrower was also ready. Under the operation of the sailors, these injectors, based on the principle of pressure pumps, the tincture oil sprayed through the oil pipes was ignited by the oil lamp hanging below, and a hot column of fire shot towards the Barbary pirates! Although such an attack is unlikely to be killed in one blow, the morale of the pirates was extremely huge! Many pirates were frightened by such spectacular - or cold attacks, unable to move, fell into the sea, and some were directly hit, and they were covered in flesh and blood!

"We are going to be burned to death in the sea!" The pirates shouted in panic. This sounded a bit of a fantasy thing, but it was happening in reality! Burned, burned, burned, dried, lack of oxygen, dizzy, and extremely fearful - some Barbary pirates plunged into the sea with a sudden slash - and then they saw the oil layer that was still expanding over their heads, falling into despair.

Many Barbary pirates were killed, either drowned or burned. The bodies floated on the sea and became fuel for burning flames, and the air suddenly emitted a disgusting smell of barbecue.

——However, at this moment, more Barbary pirates made a more correct choice—attack—attacked the Norman ships! Climb their ships, so it would be safe!

The pirates used ropes, wooden boards, and ladders as tools, constantly and densely climbed like ants, causing the Norman sailors to scream like this: "Oh my God! How many of these pirates are there?!"

——The Norman fleet has 200 ships, only fifty of which are used for combat. Their opponents have more than ten times more pirate warships. In this moment, all the Norman Empire transport ships were safely hiding inside and did not participate in the battle. There were only more than two thousand Norman sailors who resisted tens of thousands of Barbary pirates on the front line! From the beginning of the battle, the Norman Empire used long-range attacks to unilaterally kill. After entering the melee hand-to-hand combat stage, the Normans' advantage began to decline sharply, and the Barbary pirates, who had the advantage of the number of people, gradually began to seize the initiative on the battlefield!

The Norman battleship's ship's side, which is more than four meters high, can be climbed up in less than a minute. Although it is not easy to attack from the top, the Norman sailors on the defensive side still have the advantage. However, there are also a few pirates with high martial arts skills who can chop off their opponents and climb up.

"Go down! You bastard!" Seeing his comrade next to him cut off one of his arm, he screamed in pain and took a step back. The pirate beside him roared and showed half of his body, and one leg was already on the side and was about to climb in. A Norman sailor's centurion - also the sailor captain on the ship roared and chopped over with an axe. The pirate opposite immediately swung his knife to block it - but his own posture was very embarrassing. He could neither use all his strength nor stabilize the center of gravity. Although he blocked it, he shook it and lost his balance. Then he was smashed by the shield in the other hand of the centurion, which made his head bloody, and it dropped with a scream, and fell into the sea with a plop.

However, it seems that this centurion is still a minority of sailors who are good at fighting. At this point in the battle, many places have been lost. More and more Barbary pirates have been pouring up and started to fight with the Norman sailors. Both sides are light infantry and have low defense. The usual equipment of the Barbary pirates is only a scimitar, while the Norman sailors are more formal, wearing a cloak, wearing a soft leather armor, a battle axe and a round shield, and two flying axes hanging around their waists. It can be said that they are more generous than the armed forces of the Barbary pirates.

However, such outfits also affected the speed of these sailors. The battle axe, which is a heavy weapon, is not as fast as the Arab scimitar. The Norman sailors suffered a little in this regard. However, the shield equipped with their left hand can effectively block the opponent's attack. It can equalize the disadvantages in equipment. The limited protection provided by soft leather armor can also reduce the damage caused by the opponent, allowing the sailors to fight for a while...

In general, the Norman sailors still have the advantage of their equipment. In terms of organization and training, they are much higher than the other. However, the number of pirates is much higher than that of sailors. With the number of people, as well as the fearlessness of death brought by religion, nationality and profession, the pirates began to gradually suppress the Norman sailors...

"Retreat, retreat, retreat in the direction of the oars - lean together to form a circular formation. Then go up and shoot some soldiers!" A Norman captain chopped over an enemy with an axe, and blood splattered all over his body, with a face full of blood, and a Viking-style beard and blood-covered eyes. At this moment, it looked extremely ferocious.

Hearing the captain's order, the remaining sailors yelled, fighting desperately, while thinking about the direction of the oars rising from the center of the warship. The captain looked again and saw more than 200 soldiers on a heavy crossbow warship. At this moment, only seventy or eighty people were left, and half of them were lost!

"It's really damn- Can your Majesty think of some solutions?" The captain thought as he retreated.

Of course, not all warships are so difficult at this moment - those newcomers, those newly created, whose combat power is much stronger than those of improved heavy crossbow warships. Four short-barrel cannons were placed on both sides of the ship's side, and at this moment it showed its power! With the captain's crazy laughter and the gunners' desperate reload and ignite, the Barbary pirate ships trying to get close to these warships were sunk by heavy lead-in stone bullets! It is unlikely that the crossbow guns of an enemy warship would sink to the enemy warships with several attacks. Every time the artillery roared, the more lethal cannons can cause fatal injuries to the enemy warships! Some weak warships would even be smashed in half by stone bullets with huge lethality!

Such a terrifying warship, accompanied by a hull larger than the heavy crossbow warship, more Greek fire ejectors and more sailors, made it more difficult for the Barbary pirates to attack this warship. After paying a lot of casualties from ships and personnel, the pirates finally gave up attacking these artillery warships, turned around, and attacked the other warships.

If the Norman Empire could have more warships equipped with artillery - no, as long as the existing fifteen artillery warships are gathered together, then the Barbary Pirates may not be able to capture the Norman Emperor, and will suffer heavy losses in this battle. However, at this moment, only five of the Norman fleets were equipped with artillery. With the five artillery warships alone, they would definitely not be able to withstand these crazy Barbary pirates!

At this moment, looking at the sound of killing outside the fleet, the sound of gold and iron intersecting, screams and the roar of artillery, and the flames that illuminated the night sky. Egil sighed: "Compared with the iron cavalry such as Land War, the array of strong sea battles is another heroic..."

Immediately afterwards, Emperor Norman quickly walked towards the bridge and arrived at Aprakhin. He saw the general sweating profusely. After seeing the emperor coming, he immediately knelt down on one knee: "The subordinate command is incompetent, which makes the lord frightened and sentenced to death!"

"Okay, General." Egil waved his hand and let the general stand up, then sighed: "It's not your fault--in fact, I didn't expect the other party to be so crazy--this is probably half the power of the Barbary pirates. And we haven't suffered any major losses yet, right?"

"The Lord is tolerant, and his subordinates are grateful. Indeed, his subordinates really did not expect that the other party would gather a fleet of such a large scale. It was really unexpected."

"They are probably coming for me." Egil snorted lightly, looking at Apraksin's snorting coldly, and then before he could speak, he said, "I know what you are going to say-I give you this authority, all Norman soldiers in all the transport ships are now dispatched. You can assign them at will." After saying this, Egil turned around and said to the monarchs of several other countries with a serious face: "You have lost your lips and cold teeth. If you can help you at this time, I will be grateful."

"If there is nowhere, we come here to kill the pagans! The land and the ocean are the same!" Charlie, the King of Burgundy, immediately replied. The other monarchs nodded in agreement...
Chapter completed!