Eagle Byzantium

After night fell, Fort Sophia was brightly lit and full of carnival. Engineer Samuelfa did not go down to drink and have fun. Instead, he lay worriedly on the seat in the war room and said to the other guard soldiers, "Today You really shouldn't spray The flames came out, burning to death several of the enemy's tiny soldiers, but exposing everything here. If the enemy really came, their siege towers and ladders would avoid the defensive fire, so Sebastian Something is seriously wrong with Lord Tokrat."

The other soldiers rolled up the curtains, took advantage of the cool breeze blowing in after dark, looked at the countless bonfires under the city, and laughed easily. They all said that the engineer should be more clear-headed. The cup and wine were taken away from him, "An Heart, there are tens of thousands of troops in Fort Sophia, and the group of Gallic Frank barbarians can't break in. They know nothing except riding horses and howling like wild beasts. Our empire can fly and spray. The flames have scared them silly."

At this point, Samuelfa had nothing to say. He could only lean in and let out a slight sigh of foreboding. The other security soldiers ignored him and squatted next to the shooting tool and started drinking. Joking.

The white fish belly soon appeared in the east, but on this side of the city wall, you could not feel the sunlight. They shone directly on the camp of the West Frankish pilgrim army. The river reflected golden yellow light, and the autumn wind blew. In the swaying grass, a lady with a cross hanging on her head walked out of the tent a little shyly. Behind the secluded bushes, he said to two or three maids holding water jugs, "I will come first, and then you have to work hard to pour in all the accumulation of last night. This is God's will." The engineers accompanying the army said that using urine, especially women’s urine, can effectively extinguish the terrifying flames.”

After talking about this, several women lined up and knelt on the ground, "May the Lord pour divine power into our urine and bring blessings to the pilgrim warriors, so that their swords and armor will not be afraid of the Greeks." Flying fire." After I finished taking off the hem of my skirt, there was a constant sound of ding-dong-dong. This kind of sound was not only coming from one place, but soon the entire camp was surrounded by this grand "music". Then, among the white poplar flowers, the maids and slaves poured jars of "noble lady's sacred music" into the air. The pot of "urine" was sealed and loaded into the mule cart. Then they were sent to the front line behind the wooden fence, where craftsmen and military servants were transporting these tools to the siege tower. When many pilgrim soldiers saw this, they did not dislike the filth at all, and they all burst into tears with excitement and drew their swords. Praying and blessing, I hope that I will go through fire and water for this group of noble ladies. He did not hesitate to do so.

Swords, armor, and flags swayed like an angry sea, and soon attracted the attention of the Sofia Castle guard army. At that time, according to pre-established duties, many Byzantine soldiers guarded the city top all night. They were all extremely sleepy. Their battalion officer had just left and asked for replacement personnel to be sent to the barracks. However, most of the officers and soldiers were drunk from last night's carnival - including Supreme Commander Isaac Co. Munin did not expect that the West Frankish army would organize a second siege so quickly.

"Quick, move quickly, the enemy is coming to attack the city!" Following this cry. Samuelfa, who was originally sleeping, also jumped up. Several soldiers in the war room hurriedly started to activate the defensive fire. "Three siege towers, just facing our shooting holes." I don't know who poked his head out. Then with a face full of excitement, he said this to others, laughter and jeers sounded, and even Samuel Law felt a little relieved. Sure enough, these Gaulish barbarians are all stupid. They are stupider than the Normans. Much more.

A terrifying hose quickly protruded from the black hole, just like the tongue of a terrifying sea beast that eats people without spitting out bones. But the Franks had no intention of learning from every experience. They used logs and ropes to push and pull the huge siege tower, and pushed it towards the city wall regardless.

Below, as the craftsmen waved their hands, the levers of the seven trebuchets kept swinging, and the rolling stone bullets flew out continuously, cracking and collapsing the newly repaired city wall on the city head again, and destroying the walls on the city head. The defenders suffered heavy casualties, and the manpower behind them couldn't come up at all. They even had access to the double-layered city wall to guard the firing point of the Fire of Defense, and the personnel to control it. They couldn't even raise their heads. "Tell the flames in the war room of the city wall to spurt out, burn out the enemy's siege tower, and force them to retreat!" An officer turned his head and shouted to the central tower, followed by several officers and The soldiers, after looking at the raging sea of ​​Frankish pilgrims attacking below the city, pulled the ropes in the secret holes of the machine in turn.

The bell rang again, and Samuelfa raised the small flag in his hand. The two soldiers squinted their eyes and looked through the perforations at the approaching siege tower, with jars and jars hanging everywhere on it. , but the rope springboard has not yet been put down. After praying twice secretly, he stepped on the machine pedal.

But soon Samuelfa panicked, "The enemy's siege tower is moving too fast!"

As he spoke, the black shadow cast by the siege tower had already flooded the entire perforation and war room: the siege tower suddenly sped up amidst the shouts, "We were fooled, there are no siege soldiers in the tower at all! Stop shooting!" "Samuelfa hurriedly threw down the small flag and pushed away A soldier stepped on the pedal in preparation, but the other did not stop him. A huge roar exploded in the city wall in an instant. Cyan, orange, and red flames exploded along the gaps between the siege tower and the stone wall. Overflow, like the letter of Hydra, hissing and licking , swallowing up the guard soldiers around the shooting tool at once, Samuelfa was driven out of the war room by the heat wave, followed the stairway, and fell directly into the alley more than ten feet below the inner wall. Several boxes containing linen were crushed by his body, and the engineer's His face was blackened by smoke, and he was struggling on the spot in pain - his leg was probably broken. He looked at the flames falling from the city wall and fell around him. Although he was in extremely critical condition, he could not move and could only be frightened. One must constantly beg for mercy and help from the Holy Apostles and the Lord.

Three huge fireworks rose simultaneously on the two-and-a-half-stad-long front wall of Fort Sophia, shaking and burning violently, as if it had been hit by an earthquake: Samuelfa's guess was correct, three towers. There were no soldiers in the siege tower at all, so the Franks below pushed up It was very fast. Their speed beforehand was all disguised, and the lady's urinal hanging outside was also hidden from others. The tower contained many flammable things. When they approached the city wall, they suddenly accelerated and blocked the Greek fire that was shot out. Inside the walls, an explosive effect is created that destroys the enemy's war room.

"Giovanni, Bramson, attack the city!" Seeing this, Gawain under the banner of war looked calm, but you could see the smile on the corner of his mouth, and he chopped off the halberd in his hand. (To be continued ~^~)