Chapter 92: You see it, that's the holy land

"My friends, the bravest knights and the wisest kings from all countries in Europe. Search Baidu to search "《" and quickly enter the strongest soldiers of this site - we have come to the city of Jerusalem. This is the land of God's promise, the holy city of martyrdom of Jesus Christ, and the place where he sublimated and resurrected!"

When Saladin got the news and rushed to the top of the city, he saw such a scene.

The soldiers who could not see the border and those fully armed people from all over the continent surrounded the entire Jerusalem. Before this, they caused great harm to the Jerusalem defenders and various siege equipment that were extremely shocking were also extremely eye-catching.

Among these siege machinery, the most eye-catching thing is that it looks several circles larger than the surrounding cannons. It is like a monster. The dark tube seems to be able to be stuffed directly into a person. It is so hideous that it makes people shudder.

However, there is no more frightening than this. That is, Emperor Norman, Egil Scadragrimson, who is now wearing the whole body armor that he just got, exuding evil charm, and slanted long swords, and walking in front of the soldiers to speak loudly.

"What is it for us to come here for thousands of miles, riding the wind and waves? It is a holy land! We come for the holy land, to regain the city, to expel and kill the heresy who occupy it, and to purify these filths!"

With Egil's speech, the soldiers who had already been impatient were motivated and teased, and their morale rose sharply. Glory, faith, and wealth stimulated their nerves together, making their fighting spirit soar.

"So, or someone will ask: We come from afar, away from the land where we live. We are isolated and exhausted. But the enemy sits in a strong city and is prepared. Can we really achieve our goals and win?"

Egil asked this, then paused, looked at the expected eyes of the soldiers around him, and then replied, "Then, this is my answer - we are the crusaders, the army representing justice, truth, faith and glory, Jesus Christ!!! We are destined to victory, destined to obtain glory, and destined to be recorded in history forever!"

As Egil finished speaking, the crusaders shouted wildly, and their fighting spirit reached its peak. In contrast, under the crusaders' aura, the Arab soldiers on the top of the city fought and looked as if dead.

"I order you to start the battle! Bombing! Bombing artillery! Tapping the way for our warriors!!"

With Egil's order, the Crusaders shouted the corresponding artillery, and the commander of other long-range siege weapons, Bamami shouted at the same time: "Prepare, Cannon gunners, fire solid bullets and mortar guns at the cracked wall, and fire bombs at the city! The stone thrower operator prepares iron cannons, win or lose, and it doesn't matter if you shoot all the ammunition out!"

As my mother did not have such orders, hundreds of cannons began to roar continuously. More stone casters, more bed crossbows, scorpion crossbows and crossbows were thrown, more iron cannons were thrown. Because if the heavenly flame oil bomb was used, the burning fire would also cause trouble to the Crusaders' attack.

The most eye-catching thing is the 64-pound siege cannon with an exaggerated appearance. When the cannon was finally cast successfully, Egil gave it a very appropriate name "monster". Although the giant siege cannon named Monster is slightly slow to fire, its power is unforgettable for life.

After all the artillery fired two or even three rounds, the monster cannon slowly swallowed the gunpowder. The gunner who controlled the cannon ignited the fuse, then immediately ran aside, squatted down to cover his ears. Despite this, the huge explosion still made his eardrums hurt.

Then, a heavy, sixty-four-pound lead projectile roared out of the cannon chamber and violently hit the crack designated by General Bamamei. Amid a shaking ground, the cheers of the crusaders, and the terrifying shouts of the Arabs, the city wall that had been under the bombardment of a large amount of firepower was finally overwhelmed and collapsed. The hundreds of Arab soldiers under the wall were engulfed above it.

"What is this?! It's so terrible! Allah, have you abandoned your believers?" At that time, the vast majority of Arab soldiers had their brains blank, while a few smarter ones were already wailing in pain.

Previously, Saladin issued a special order against the powerful gunpowder weapons of the Norman Empire, requiring the imams to publicize in the army: these are the weapons of the devil. It is a further proof of the crusades that the believers of the devil. And the Arabs, as the elected people of Allah, must not be scared by these things. This is the test of Allah for us. In the end, the Arabs' devout faith in Allah will defeat the devil of the crusades and achieve the final victory.

Such a very idealistic propaganda partly eliminated the fear of the Arab soldiers - however, under the powerful power of the monster cannon, the armor called faith that the imams put on the soldiers for several months was completely disintegrated!

"Devil! These people are devils! We cannot defeat them!" Many soldiers wailed like this, put down their weapons and fell to the ground. Immediately afterwards, they were fired by the Norman Empire mortars, filled with gunpowder, and the explosives were blown into dregs. However, more soldiers survived with the promises of Islamic imams, these priests wearing robes, holding knives and holding Quran.

The Arab soldiers frantically fought back the Crusaders' attacks, forming dense long-range barrage with crossbows, javelins and stones. Hundreds of Arab soldiers rushed towards the gap bombed by Norman artillery, intending to fill the defects of the city wall with flesh and blood.

At the same time, the Crusader infantry arrays were already in place. There were more, larger and more sturdy ladders than before, and were wider than before, and could accommodate more infantry charges. Moreover, this time, it was not just the city wall on the north that had such a configuration. The other three directions, even in the east, were mainly Greek troops. Basil II also obtained this convenient siege machinery!

At the same time, more than 60 tower cars equipped with shooting platforms slowly entered the range. Immediately afterwards, a large number of Norman heavy crossbowmen equipped with the latest steel pulley crossbows and Norman longbowmen filled the tower cars. In addition, the largest tower cars were even equipped with small four-pound cannons.

Thanks to the aid provided by these tower vehicles, and on the ground, France followed the support of England's longbowmen, Burgundy, Italian crossbowmen, and compound archers from Eastern Europe. Although the crusaders belonged to the siege, the firepower had already suppressed the Arabs guarding the city. With long-range assistance, the soldiers successfully launched a charge towards the city tower!

In a short while, the entire city was covered with heavy infantry of the crusaders. They fought fiercely with the Arab infantry. As the long-range attacks, the crossbows on the ground had stopped firing. The bombing of the city walls also stopped. The tower cars and mortars with high ballistic parabola continued to advance the front and bombard the city.

The Crusaders approached one after another, relying on the heavy armor and excellent equipment, as well as the assistance of various engineering machinery from the Norman Empire and the new crossbow machines, they gradually gained the upper hand. However, under the brainwashing of Islamic teachings and inspired by the imams' loud chanting of the Holy Quran, the Arab soldiers also continued to go one after another. Although their compatriots around them continued to fall, they still gritted their teeth and insisted on seeing life and death with the Crusaders.

"Tsk, if this happens, it will turn into a tug-of-war again. It's really troublesome." Standing on a building car a little far from the battlefield, Egil looked at the battlefield with a telescope in his hand. Although the Crusaders won one after another, the damage inevitably appeared in the face of the enemy's desperate counterattack. The soldiers from other countries died and it doesn't matter how much they died. But if the soldiers of the Norman Empire died, Egil was very heartbroken.

"I don't know if that guy will take action... No, I can't have any expectations for that guy. I still have to rely on my own strength to win." Egil secretly planned, then looked at the battlefield again. I don't know when the Arab troops actually gained the upper hand in a corner!

"Damn it! Reserve team, two Norman infantry of a thousand-man team! Take it up!!" As Egil finished speaking, the surrounding guards blew the horns. At a high place, the sound of the horns spread throughout the battlefield. A group of Norman infantry immediately shouted excitedly and rushed towards the city wall...

at the same time.

In a barracks, Zhao Haier, who had been rescued by the Norman spies earlier, was silent and ignored the persuasion of the Norman spies in front of him and several of his ambitious best friends and subordinates, and fell into deep thought.

Although he was quite dissatisfied with Zhao Haier's behavior, at this time, the spies had no other good way except to constantly persuade him. The old man who had contacted him before took a step forward and said, "General. We have rescued you as agreed between us. But you hesitate - who do you have any fantasies about? Saladin? Do you think he can forgive you? Or our emperor? Are you testing the emperor's bottom line? His Majesty Egil has never been a tolerant monarch!"

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