Facing the Normans' fierce attack, the Greek military and civilians who were still in a state of chaos were completely unable to resist. They soon turned into Norman infantry and stood firm at several places where they climbed the city wall. They pushed towards other parts of the city wall little by little.

"Damn it! Hurry up! Reinforcements! Put all the troops in. Fight the Normans back!!" Seeing that his army was hit hard and was at a disadvantage...

Lili Annu gave an order in a furious manner. At this time, although the mechanical weapons transported from the wall of Theodosi on the west side were not delivered, reinforcements had already arrived. Unlike other soldiers who were scared by the Norman artillery. They still maintained a certain degree of morale and organization.

After that, under the command of Lili Annu, the soldiers quickly rushed forward and pushed away the at a loss and overwhelmed friendly forces. They formed a tight array of shields and spears on the city walls to deal with the rushing and rushing Norman army.

The Normans used assault infantry as arrows to charge against the array of Roman heavy infantry. The remaining Norman infantry took out axes and threw them out to cause damage. This tactic exerted great lethality on the narrow city walls, causing heavy casualties to the Roman legion. However, the Eastern Roman legion was still a little worse, still insisting on guarding their fronts. At the same time, ordinary citizens, militias, and troops who were bombarded and fell into chaos gradually recovered and joined the battle.

Below the wall, near the Constantinople side, the Greeks in the city concentrated all the long-range projection equipment they could concentrate, and shot and threw wildly at the Normans' forward positions. Various styles of bows, javelins, and stone projectiles were shot at the Normans like rainstorms. The arrows, javelins and projectiles were not strong enough. They made a jingle sound on the armor on the Normans. Or they hit their limbs and injured Norman soldiers and could not move. A small number of them also hit their heads, killing the Normans:

The most powerful javelins and crossbow arrows directly penetrated the plate armor of the Norman infantry, causing greater casualties... Under such circumstances, under the attack of thousands or tens of thousands of projectiles, under the attack of stones, arrows and javelins like heavy rain, the Norman army was almost unable to make a move.

Although the soldiers had raised shields and formed a defensive shield wall. They protected the more well-equipped Normans above their heads, forming arrays like the Roman tortoise shell array. However, this still does not guarantee that they will not be harmed by the Greek army on the inside. More importantly, in this case, their defense has become very strong, but their mobility is greatly reduced. It is unlikely to continue to launch an attack, gaining an advantage.

At this time, the Norman army had sixteen siege towers and built them at the sixteen places in the city walls. The total number of troops rushing up to the city wall was only three or four thousand. The main force was still waiting anxiously under the city wall. If the position was not expanded and more troops were invested, it would be impossible to take over the city wall and take it completely in the hands.

In this way, if you do not make a defensive posture, you will be killed by the opponent's dense raindrops of crossbows. However, if you make a defensive posture, you will not have enough strength to attack the enemies. This conflicts between one front and one back makes the Norman army rushing forward in a dilemma: the Greek army took advantage of the situation to organize several counterattacks. Although it failed to completely drive the Normans down, it also narrowed its foothold on the city wall.

However, because of this, the Norman array became closer. The shield walls were layer by layer. The soldiers in plate armor were ready for battle. Even the attacks of the stone casters could not hurt them too much. The two sides became stalemate. After this stalemate, the Greek army became a little bit bored.

Generally speaking, the siege side should have morale landed and then retreated. However, the Normans still stayed on the city wall like candy. The Greek army attacked several times in a row and deployed all weapons, including Greek fire, but in the end they were unable to defeat them. This made Lili Annu feel very uneasy.

"It's really damn. If this continues, it will be bad."..." Seeing this situation, the Greek military and civilians were very troubled. The two sides were in a stalemate until noon. The Greek army began to change batches and rest, and at this moment, the Normans seized the opportunity to launch an attack. More than a dozen places to climb the city launched an attack together.

Under such circumstances, the Greek army was a little confused. They did not expect that the Normans, who had been fighting for ten hours in a row, had such spirit. Unpredictable, several Norman troops succeeded. They attacked violently, scattered the surrounding Greek arrays and opened up a larger position:

After that, more Norman soldiers climbed the city wall along the siege tower. These new forces replaced the Noyan army that had only fought continuously for a period of time. Then they continued to maintain the offensive state. Two armies were about to capture a Greek tower!

Under such circumstances, the Greeks did not bother to eat and rest: they had to grab the weapons around them and put them into battle again. However, in the case of their organizational and quality that were not as good as the Normans, such continuous combat was very unfavorable for the Greek defenders, especially those informal temporary recruitment, the second-line troops of local garrisons, and the armed citizens of Constantinople.

Soldiers who did not undergo professional endurance training could not cope with hours of continuous high-intensity combat. However, the Normans who had been trained in professional training did not have this problem. So, soon, with the upper hand, the Greek tower fell: the Norman army occupied the tower by the layers of corpses laid on the ground by the Greeks and quickly organized defense.

Although the second batch of siege machinery could not be sent as soon as possible, the Normans still came up with other solutions, and the soldiers at the top of the tower threw down the thick and strong hemp rope. Then the soldiers on the ground began to climb up with difficulty. The crossbow priority: to consolidate the defense of the tower, they were busy until the afternoon. The small tower seemed to be a little overcrowded. The longbowmen with more than three hundred people occupied the shooting platform on the upper floor of the tower, relying on the cone to the slightly lower wall, and shooting arrows under the city wall. On the lower floor and the second floor: more than six hundred Norman infantry and assault steps were stored.

Soldiers. These soldiers took turns replacing the sides of the defensive tower to the entrance to the city wall. They fought with the Greeks who fought for their lives to charge inside and wanted to retake the tower. In this way, this small tower covering an area of ​​less than 500 square meters became the focus of the entire battlefield. The other places in the Norman Empire were not as smooth as here. There were only six remaining fourteen places to climb the city. The remaining eight were all repelled by the Greeks. They left the city wall helplessly and fought against the Greeks on the upper level of the siege tower. And four others only retained a small base on the city wall. It seemed that the capture of a tower did not happen again.

"Damn it!"

Seeing his own army rushing over like a tide and shooting at the other side's crossbow, he suffered heavy losses. He was blocked by the opponent's soldiers at the entrance. Finally, he was helpless and retreated like a tide. Queen Lili Annu became even more anxious. Seeing that the day was about to pass: she didn't even eat a mountain and was in the battlefield from early morning to evening, she kept commanding the army to fight, but in the end she only got such a result. This was really unacceptable.

"I also heard about the war in Jerusalem, when Egilnai led the crusaders to fight against the pagans. Although the city defense in Jerusalem was not as good as Constantine, it was also a rare city: not to mention the rest of the reason for the final fall, one was that the crusaders captured a tower and used it as a base to attack the pagans. In the end, this tactic had a great effect: and this time it seemed that he wanted to use this method again...

Indeed, in a sense, Queen Liteannu's guess was correct. Although Emperor Norman did not directly command the battle on this line at the beginning. He took a battleship and entered the Golden Horn Bay after lunch. He fought with remote control. However, after learning that he had captured a Greek tower, the emperor was indeed very excited and quickly made tactical adjustments. The next series of commands that held the battle were all written by the emperor. It was not impossible to say that he wanted to use the same trick again.

However, it is one thing. But how to deal with it is another thing: I fought with the Normans for more than ten hours in a row. Although I was taking a rotation for a while, the Greek army still became very tired. I lost a lot of physical strength: I was a little unbearable to fight again: Lili Annu knew that if I continued to fight, I would not be able to get any advantage. I would also be able to take the opportunity to attack and suffer losses.

So, although he was unwilling to do so, Lili Annu still issued an order to ask the soldiers to retreat and rest. He ignored the tower for the time being, and concentrated his energy to drive the other Normans who climbed the city. Then he quit. He rested for a night and came to deal with them tomorrow: he also had something to eat and had a good sleep.

However, Lili Annu was right to think so. It does not mean that the Norman army also had to do this one by one. Thousands of Norman army on the city wall fought for a day and were tired. However, the Norman army waiting under the city was all full of new forces...

To be continued
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