?The first time, the one who launched an attack on the walls of Theodosi was not the elite soldiers of the empire. It was the sères legion that had just joined the Norman army for a long time. It can be imagined that the Norman Emperor wanted to make these poorly equipped and poorly trained troops as cannon fodder to waste the opponent's physical strength and defensive materials.

Of course, in fact, such a trick did not work at all. Or the effect was very bad. When the Norman Empire engineers pushed the siege machinery they were proud of, those well-made bridge craftsmen were ready to assume a bridge at the edge of the moat - although the average width of the other party's moat reached eighteen meters, most places exceeded the maximum limit of the bridge craftsmen. However, there were still several narrower places that could be built.

"To be honest, if there were no such siege troops as smart as me, how would those poor idiots cross the river? Such a wide water surface, do you have to swim?" Egil said unnutritional words while looking at the engineers under his command, like worker bees or worker ants. He spread the bridge cart very diligently. Under the surprise gaze of Constantine's defender on the opposite side, he instantly turned the moat that the other party relied on, which "can be defended for several months with this for a smooth road.

"Damn it! Did these Normans use any magic?" Seeing the city's first line of defense, it was over. The Greek army on the opposite side shouted in a panic. The morale was slightly lowered.

"Attack! Shoot! Break their bridges! Those temporary work-rushing things will not be too strong!!" There were also some garrison troops who reacted slightly faster. They shouted like this.

It was spread all over the walls of Theodosi, and there was a tower every sixty meters. A total of ninety-six towers, hundreds of stone casters and crossbows were continuously fired out, and violently bombarded on the bridge just built in the Norman Empire. In an instant, huge crossbow guns and stone bullets were continuously projected from Constantinople, forming a dense barrage.

This scene was extremely spectacular and shocking. The Norman soldiers looked at their companions' faces in surprise and couldn't speak at all. Because this scene was only seen from their own army for a long time. However, they did not expect that this time their enemies would even launch such a long-range attack.

Stone bullets and crossbow guns were either thrown into the moat, causing huge waves or hitting the bridge deck, causing the temporary wooden bridges to tremble violently. Although these bridges were full of materials and were therefore very strong. At the same time, it was because the opponent's mechanical weapons were not very accurate. Therefore, no bridge collapsed after this round of bombing.

However, under such dense firepower, it is very difficult and dangerous to cross the moat through the bridge and approach the other party's walls. In this case, the Sères, who have always been known for their bravery, hesitated. No matter how Norman's officers roared at them, whipped them with horse whips and scabbards, they did not dare to take a step forward.

"Give them armor and baffle carts. At the same time, tell them. The first person to climb the head of Constantinople and erect the phoenix flag of the empire. I will grant him the title and territory of the Count, and a reward of one hundred thousand Normankins - even if he was killed in the battle, this reward will be inherited by his descendants!"

Seeing such a thing happening in front of the army, Egil snorted coldly, and then said something like this: "Transfer my will. Let these savages attack like mad dogs!"

Soon, the guards conveyed the promise of Emperor Norman. After hearing such a generous reward, the soldiers of the sères became moving. The well-made half-body armor and thick, tin baffle trucks distributed to them also gave them confidence again. At the same time, the Norman army's aid shooting also began to bombard the walls of Constantinople.

More than 200 large and small artillery artillery, more than 500 counterweight catapults, and more than 300 heavy crossbows. These equipment were divided into six batches under the command of General Bamamei. They began to attack the Theodosi walls and continuously launched continuous attacks. The huge explosion made the earth tremble. No matter how thick the armor was wrapped, the lead projectiles could be beaten into meat sauce. The crossbow gun could also pierce it. The violent explosion of the huā bullets could seriously injure all humans within a radius of dozens of meters!

The barrage was more dense, more shocking, and more deadly than the troops launched by Constantinople just now, and the bombing was carried out by a large number of professional engineers! Despite the defense of the city walls and the heavy scepter that could protect the body, under such a terrifying offensive, the soldiers of Eastern Rome were still inevitably and became terrified! The attack that was like a destructive attack was like a heavy hammer, hitting their hearts hard, making them dizzy, their hands and feet sore, and unable to move.

"Is this the end of the world?! Is God's final judgment on mankind coming?!" Some people whined like this at that time.

"No! This is the army of demons who came out of hell!" someone answered next to him.

In this way, with a large amount of money to burn courage and gain confidence under the protection of excellent equipment. Under the cover of a large-scale projection weapon, the sères army began to advance again. The Eastern Roman army seemed a little panicked under the offensive of the Norman Empire. Only a few people reacted immediately and shot at the soldiers hiding behind the baffle trucks, pushing the stairs carts, and ladder trucks at the city of Theodossi.

Under such shooting, many sères screamed and fell on the wooden bridge, and some fell into the moat. Although the half-body armor produced by Norman was excellent, it was still not enough to see when facing the large rock bullets that hit the head and faced with more than ten kilograms of heavy rock bullets and crossbow guns that were shot from top to bottom. And because the crossfire formed by the other towers could only block the baffle trucks on the front, it did not allow the sères soldiers to exempt all attacks as some people imagined.

However, more Sères soldiers struggled to cross the moat more than ten meters wide. They came to the other side, under the wall of Theodosy. After that, they took the ladder truck as taught by the previous engineers, or ran up the stairs of the tower truck, preparing to climb the wall and fight the enemy.

"As long as I can be the first to climb the city wall, I can be a nobleman! Earl! Territory! Gold coins!!!" The sères shouted wildly, holding a battle axe, a long-handled anti-blade knife, a spear and a sword and other weapons in his hand, swarming towards the city wall. However, the outer wall of Nathodosie was twelve meters high. He could not climb to the top for a while. At this moment, the Eastern Roman army also recovered and gradually got used to the fierce projection of the Norman army - anyway, such an attack could not defeat the imperial city defense. So there was no problem!

After getting used to such a terrifying attack, the Eastern Roman army continued to resist fiercely. They threw stones at the sères who were charging upwards, fired bows, arrows, crossbows, and javelins to stop them from moving forward.

However, the sères, who were stabbed by Egil's promise, completely ignored the attack on the city wall and were still charging hard. After the people in front were killed, they were held up as shields by the people behind and continued to charge forward. Although the sères suffered great casualties under the dense cross-fire attack of the Eastern Roman army. But as they were about to rush to the city wall!

Seeing that the seres of Sères were about to rush to the top of the city, the Eastern Roman soldiers grabbed the spears and swords to fight in close combat, while leaning against an array. At the same time, some Greek officers shouted loudly: "Greek Fire!" and asked the soldiers to prepare to use the secret weapons of the Eastern Roman Empire.

In this way, when the sères were about to rush up - suddenly, suddenly, the array of Greek infantry suddenly spread out. Several copper tubes behind the sères were suddenly spewed out of the oil column, and the oil column was ignited by the lights in front of the copper tube. A fire dragon burned towards the sères with its teeth and claws!

"Ahhh!" The Sères, who rushed to the front, shouted in surprise, subconsciously retreated - and then felt the hot hot oil spraying on him. He rushed away his flesh and directly burned his bones!

Almost unlike the screams of human voices, they rang one after another on the wall of Theodossi. The soldiers of Sères, who were burned into fire, fell down from the wall that was more than ten meters high in panic. They fell to death, or were burned to death. Some even worse people turned around and rushed towards their companions, spreading panic and fear to other places.

On the contrary, the morale of the Greek army suddenly increased. The soldiers added another force, attacked, threw, and shot desperately, and drove the Sères down!

The remaining sères people were completely angry and dared not continue to attack. Instead, they threw down their weapons in a panic and fled back along the temporary wooden bridge. This time, the tentative attack ended with the Greeks' complete victory.

The cheers on the walls of Theodossi were rising and falling. Even under the bombing of the Normans' dense artillery, catapults and crossbows, the soldiers dared to let out their bodies and shouted at the Norman array. After the morale came, the Greeks' catapults and giant crossbows also launched a fierce counterattack. The Normans on the other side of the moat also began to suffer casualties...!

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