Eagle Byzantium

Just when Agnes was filled with sadness and anger over the birth of "Toad". On the west and north sides of the city, there were cries of killing. Now Raymond, Godfrey and Bohemond were competing to attack the enemy. Because it coincided with a great victory, everyone agreed that they must speed up and increase the intensity of the attack to defeat the morale of the Roma army defending the city in one go.

At this time, the tactics of the Pilgrims' armed forces also changed greatly. Not to mention the Normans and Provence who had been fighting against the Crescent Christians for a long time, the Franks' infantry regiments and sergeants of various lords also began to use flags and flags. Godfrey and Baldwin also mobilized thousands of civilian pilgrims to stand deep behind the siege team to perform rescue work on the battlefield.

The three leaders lined up all the ballistae and catapults at the front of the formation, and concentrated on the designated target: the tower at the northwest corner of Nicaea, and launched a fierce bombardment.

The stone bullets roared, one after another, hitting the turrets heavily, sending out streams of rubble and dust. Some of them crossed the curtain walls and hit the streets and houses. The Roma soldiers shouted and followed The city roads were lined up, and the swaying and trembling turrets were constantly being supported with timber in the hope that they could withstand it for a long time.

The craftsmanship and structure of the city of Nicaea amazes everyone. Not only the pilgrims who besiege the city, but even the defenders are also amazed. If this is the case, then who would not want to be the legal representative of the glorious halo of the "Roman Empire" What about the heir?

"Fire without interruption," Godfrey gave the order.

A single-seat stone-shooting machine was unable to cause damage to any section of the Nicaea city wall, but when all the equipment was blasted at one place, the effect finally appeared - an hour later, the northwest turret was smashed. A crack appeared, and the bricks covering it rolled away. "Charge, charge me!" Stephen, Count of Blois, immediately waved his sword and shouted. Large groups of pilgrim warriors held up their shields, stacked on top of each other, braving the bows, arrows and cupping jars thrown by the Roma soldiers on the top of the city. , approaching the turret again, they stopped climbing randomly. Instead of setting up a ladder, they surrounded it. Then the craftsman and the rest of the staff, armed with pickaxes, pestles, hammers and other tools, approached the base of the wall where the crack was located under the cover of shields. Start digging hard.

Amid the crazy noises, the cracks grew bigger and bigger, and then amid the sound of trumpets, the soldiers besieging the city looked away to both sides. They used their hooks with ropes to pull back with all their strength.

An earth-shattering sound rose up, like countless meteorites falling. All the streets, monasteries, and palaces of Nicaea trembled, while those handling the paperwork stumbled and rolled, and Ibn sat among them. Maimun was also stunned and inexplicable, in various towers and camps. The qadi and the imams were constantly accepting confessions from the Roma soldiers, and then encouraged them to defend the city to the death, even if they were all successful.

"The city of Nicaea has fallen, the city of Nicaea has fallen!" Shahnami, the sultan's wife, almost collapsed. She pulled Giliki's children, surrounded by panicked slaves. Run out of the inner chamber of the palace.

"Madam, please remain restrained and calm, and believe in Allah's blessing!" Ibn. Maimun and the guards stood in the outer hall. He scolded the poor woman sternly, "Get back!"

"I want to see my husband. I want to see him!" Shahnameh couldn't bear it anymore and shouted sharply to the vizier.

Maimon waved his hand, and several warriors stepped forward, roughly lifted up Shah Namie, and sent her back to the inner room. The other slaves were whipped with horse whips, and ran back with their heads in their hands.

At this moment, the messenger in charge of reporting the news rode a mare with colorful decorations and flags, galloped to the entrance of the palace, and then ran to report to the vizier, "A section of the northwest wall collapsed and was destroyed by the enemy's stone ejector. "

"How's the damage?"

"The gap is about twenty to twenty-five feet."

"It doesn't matter!" Ibn. Maimon made a prompt decision and "pulled all the stones that were originally intended to be used to build the palace with ropes to the gap, pushed them up and sealed them. In addition, he asked Hajib and Jigasadin to fight to the death and put Constantine Tim out of the way. The guards at the gate sent a group to come."

In the huge cloud of smoke and dust, the turret tilted to one side, and half of the wall had collapsed. Dozens of Roma soldiers stationed inside were either crushed to death immediately, or rolled down and were killed by the Franks guarding below. Use an ax to chop it into minced meat. Then, holding their shields and forming a dense team, they saw that after the smoke cleared, there was a crack in the city wall in front of them, enough for several people to crawl through side by side.

"Almighty Lord, let us be invincible!" The leading knight and the sergeants immediately stepped on the collapsed stone ruins and rushed towards the crack.

"Allahu Akbar!" Later, the Roma soldiers who rushed to the rescue from the Gate of Constantine Tim also ran towards the gap.

Soon, this area of ​​more than 20 feet wide quickly turned into a bloody slaughterhouse. People on both sides were so crowded that they could not slash freely. They could only stab each other with their swords, and various weapons and shields moved and squeezed. The wounded were trampled or suffocated to death, and the hostile soldiers shouted the names of their respective lords, desperately advancing, or never retreating.

"Go up, go up, attack!" This was the shout of Count Dodo, who was commanding the front line.

"Block the pagan dogs back!" Behind a wall, Hajib and Jigasadin also continued to use whips, kicking and scolding the soldiers who kept climbing up.

Other soldiers who were defending the city, who had woken up from the panic of the collapse, also crawled over from the battle paths on both sides, lifted stones and fire pots, and kept smashing them downwards.

Finally, the Franks could not bear it anymore. They began to flee along the slope of the collapsed ruins, holding their shields behind them, and scattered towards their own siege camp.

The brave Gigasaddin immediately led dozens of soldiers across the gap, ready to pursue bravely.

But Bohemond had already erected large wicker shields on both sides of the gap, and then ambushed several teams of crossbowmen. When Gigasaddin and his men just stepped out of the gap, he stood up and shot fiercely.

A stone bullet shot from the siege camp also passed the position of the crossbowmen and hit the gap. All of Gigasaddin's soldiers were shot down, and then they were smashed by the stones cut off by the stone bullets, and the Ataborg who tried to pursue was killed on the spot.

A correct version in 16-9 Book Bar!

After the Roma dispersed the crossbowmen, they took back Gigasaddin's body.

"Rest for a while, then attack again!" Godfrey, Bohemond and Raymond raised their hands at the same time.

"The next attack should be carried out by the Provençal warriors who have been well-rested." Baldwin lamented the continuous casualties of his own side and said to Raymond with dissatisfaction.

"Well, that's right, of course."

The red-haired Bohemond looked at this scene coldly with an unpredictable smile.

Just when the defenders of Nicaea were exhausted from resisting the attack from the northwest, the defender of the New Gate, Toulon, saw the Red Hand Company was crowding with the strange siege machine and approaching the wall he was defending. (To be continued ~^~)