Chapter 79: Siege

Just as Egil said, Norman's army was very elite, Norman's artillery and engineering machinery were also very good, and the number of crusaders was twice as many as the enemy defending the city. However, it was a bit of a dream to break up a big city like Jerusalem in one battle (

"But, there should be a good start. Isn't there a saying that goes? A good start is half the success." Seeing Egil say this, Bamami continued to say this.

"Indeed, there is indeed this statement." Egil chuckled: "But I have other considerations - if your army is too popular, then the other army will come to some conclusions that I don't like very much. Therefore, I must show all the power of the empire in all aspects. Let the other party know that the empire is not just winning by excellent engineering machinery and new weapons. In terms of a slight 'traditional', my army is equally powerful."

"Is that...is it true?" Mamami seemed a little unfamiliar with it, but still nodded, indicating that she already knew it.

"Of course, I did not mean to be low on the firearms and the mechanical engineering troops. You did a good job today. You have to work harder in the future." Seeing that Bamami seemed a little disappointed, Egil chuckled and encouraged.

"I understand! Thank you for your praise!" So Bamamei immediately became energetic.

At this moment, with the arrival of the main forces of the Norman Empire, the siege battle on this day also entered a white-hot stage. The Norman army, with excellent armor, well-trained, holding shields and a large number of baffle trucks, rushers, ladder trucks, tower trucks and other equipment, advanced all the way, and received almost no damage (

In this battle, Egil's side invested a total of twenty large-scale chariots up to 6.5 meters high. These were installed on the shooting platforms that were one size larger than the body, five meters square, with guardrails and roofs. The initial design was to accommodate thirty soldiers to shoot. Of course, in actual combat, these chariots seriously exceeded the standard. Even the most extensive chariots were densely arranged on the roof of the chariots. These soldiers poured firepower towards the Arabs on the wall at a height slightly higher than the city wall, forcing many Arabs to raise their shields to protect them. Some even had the illusion of "Are we the attacked party?"

Under the suppression and assistance of the crossbowmen, the Norman infantry pushed the chariot and finally arrived next to the city gate. After that, a total of thirty strong men hit the horn with the iron-covered sheep head hitting the horn. The city gate could not stop trembling.

"Hurry! That magic pot! Burn that thing, hurry!" Seeing that his city gate was severely damaged, Saladin quickly ordered this. In fact, before he spoke, many Arab soldiers holding the magic pot rushed to run towards the city gate tower on the section of the rushing car. Some people with good arm strength rushed to throw the fire pot over. The pot filled with the magic pot broke on the hardwood rushing baffle. The turbulent oil spilled all over the floor, and then it was ignited by the burning weaving that sealed the fire pot. Suddenly, a fire broke out on the rushing car!

"Damn it! Get out of here quickly!" Seeing that the baffle on his own rushing car was about to be burned through, the Norman infantry immediately scrambled and left the rushing car. Then, when the last Norman infantry was about to leave, with a click, the entire rushing car finally disintegrated under the violent combustion effect, and the burning hardwood baffle smashed down, burying the unlucky ghost inside---although the guy was not dead with a helmet (

"Hurry, who will help me?" The severe pain made the soldier's face twist. He screamed in pain and called for help to his robes.

"What a waste!" His boss's head, a veteran who had followed Egil for three years, cursed like this, but his hands were dissatisfied with the movements. He immediately ran over and wanted to pull out his subordinates. However, the wood chosen by the engineers was very strong and heavy, and his pulling behavior eventually only deepened the soldier's pain.

"Damn---God-----You bastard, I will definitely beat you hard with a whip with a barbble and water after I go back." Shi Chang cursed like this, then stretched out his hands under the surprise gaze of a group of Norman infantry, and raised the violently burning wooden board in flames. Then he shouted: "Come a few more people quickly and pull him out!"

The soldiers who realized this immediately ran over. The two men took one hand of the trapped soldier and pulled him out. Then, the soldier who had been apologizing and the swearing leader. The two wounded retreated under the cover of the other.

In addition to the emperor's own bad character, he did take good care of his army. Military regulations, daily training and publicity also emphasized the unity and assistance between soldiers, as well as dedication and friendship between comrades. This made the Norman Empire's army more concise and difficult to defeat while being brave.

"The other party...the pagans also have this spirit." Saladin, who witnessed all this, sighed (

While directly attacking the city gate, the Norman Empire's more and more threatening ladders approached the opponent's wall. The Norman soldiers stopped nearly three meters away from the city wall. Then they opened the folding ladders on the ladder - these siege equipment were extremely dangerous, not so much a cloud ladder, but not as a general ladder. In fact, folded on the vehicle were two rectangular hardwood boards, four meters long and two meters wide. There was a barb at the front end, which could grasp the opponent's wall to fix it. The entire ladder was placed obliquely at a certain angle, and the folded pillars under the wooden board were also opened to ensure stability.

In this way, a slightly tilted flat road connects the ground and the city head. Just take a little attention and don’t crush too many people at once. This is not very stable road. Norman soldiers can charge towards the city head at an extremely fast speed, rather than climbing the ladder like ordinary cannon fodder, risking being burned by tinder oil or being smashed by stones.

Sixty of such machines were put into the attack this time. Four of them were destroyed by the opponent's turtle oil and rolling stones, and fifty-six were still at the designated location. But this was enough--Norman's soldiers were busy folding these exquisite machines------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Damn it--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Seeing this scene, Saladin's eyes were straightened (

"Quickly, send more troops to come and drive them down the city wall! Move quickly!" Saladin kicked and beat, calling several stunned Kasagi guards back to their souls, shouting like this.

At the same time, on the east side of the city walls, the Greeks were responsible for the fierce siege, and the commanders of the remaining three sections of the city walls almost roared at the same time, asking reinforcements, more reinforcements, to drive the enemies down as soon as possible, and destroy their desecrated construction machinery.

However, on such a narrow and unreachable city wall, the powerful infantry unit of the Norman Empire was not so easy to deal with. Although the large number of Arab troops rushed to attack, the imperial soldiers remained standing. With their fine armor, they ignored defense and desperately squeezed the enemies on both sides, expanding their positions on the walls so that more soldiers on their sides could rush up. For a moment, the situation in Jerusalem became precarious. No matter how hard the Arab soldiers tried, there was no way. The advantage of the Crusaders - at least on the north side, the Crusaders clearly had the advantage at the wall commanded by Egil.

Even such an advantage made Egil: it seems not impossible to directly capture Jerusalem. Such an illusion...

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