Eagle Byzantium

This area is still empty for the time being. Timber, bolts, nails and various tools are piled up there. Military servants and craftsmen are erecting sections of wooden fences and brackets, and hanging cloth to protect them from arrows and flying stones. Curtains and leather, and the trebuchet that was about to be manufactured was aimed at the weakest point of the Alamein Fort wall.

When Wright went to this city to serve as an envoy, he had observed the shape of Alamein's castle up close. It was not a straight rectangle, but like an uneven dumbbell shape. The big city was located at the end of the promontory and on the seaside, while the small city was at the end of the promontory. On the hills half a mile away, there is a mezzanine double-sided curtain wall connecting the two.

This section of the curtain wall is the key. Once the enemy captures and destroys this section of the city wall, it will be enough to cut off the big city and the small city and make them independent of each other. Originally, Nikka Kallegos also hoped to build a new one after taking over this fortress. The city walls and towers include both large and small cities. However, on the spot, the areas where construction needs to be started are mostly wet and low-lying areas with water accumulation. In the Hezhou area, the foundation is not solid, and the area that the old city wall passes through happens to be on a raised dry land in the middle of this area. I can't help but sigh that the natural geography cannot be easily changed by human beings. Plus five descendants, there are Some went to Mut, and some went to Sith City. They were not connected to each other, and their branches were scattered. Therefore, the idea of ​​​​renovating the Alamein City Wall was lost. In the end, Nika only strengthened the old curtain wall and laid sloped masonry under the platform, making it impossible for the enemy's siege equipment and ladders to get close to the security. He also added several archery towers, which stood high enough to Overlooking the battlefield that controls the west.

At the venue, Gawain was already on his feet, observing the situation of the castle. "The siege of Fort Mutt has not been lifted. The three Kallegos brothers in Sith City were also imprisoned by Anna. It seems that there is indeed no peace with Ni." The conditions for peace." Gawain sighed and said to Mero who was accompanying him.

Then he saw the little sunfish coming with the box, and he greeted her warmly. Agnes quietly and quickly rolled her eyes at the lewd bear, then made a submissive expression and stood beside him, "Little Sunfish, the curtain wall and tower here are unable to be damaged by a battering ram. Below it is a sandbar swamp washed away by sea water. It is very soft and wet, and the strategy of digging tunnels like the city of Nicaea is not feasible at all. "

"It's not possible to let Andreev's galley transport soldiers and go around the castle. There is also a swamp there, and the soldiers who come ashore are easily in danger of being isolated. And there is almost the same as entering Pamphylia. In the territory of Tema, he is attacking this city and is fighting with Emperor John. The prince is in a legal battle with Constantinople, so it is not appropriate to tell the truth at this time." Over there, Mero also raised concerns with Little Sunfish and begged her to solve it, while Samuel. France's Ordnance Department and the "Unicorn" Craftsman Company will fully support her.

"His Royal Highness the Grand Duke. Your current financial and military strength are not ordinary, and Alamein's blind veteran has less than 500 garrison troops. He directly takes this section of the curtain wall first, and then cooperates with the blockade fleet to take down the big city. Naturally, the small town cannot Hold on." Agnes shrugged. Shrugging her shoulders, she said that this was the only plan, and then she handed the drawings in the box she carried to Gawain, "Chop down the rafts, cover the soldiers through the swamp, and use catapults and trebuchets to cover them. These equipments are yours." All the craftsmen are masters.”

Gawain unfolded the drawing. He looked at it briefly, and then returned it to the little sunfish, "I can't understand these Latin words and data."

"Oh, don't you understand?" Agnes said this intentionally.

Gawain nodded innocently. Very honest look.

So Agnes could only say that as the deputy director of the Agricultural Supervision Department, she could only do it herself.

Over there, Nika in the curtain wall tower, with cloudy and dull eyes, sat on the edge of the shooting window, ears twitching, and said in a hoarse voice, "Is it finally going to start? I heard that my youngest two A son has been given the surname Dukas by the Princess in Purple. Now that Gawain is besieging us, I am afraid that they will no longer be afraid. In order to wipe out the glory of Kallegos from this land, almost all of the forty rebel Jinat nobles in the Mut Valley died in battle or were captured and executed by Gawain. The wheat fields in the coming year will be stained with blood and Irrigation, it must be very lush... By the way, you can see the siege equipment built by the enemy, right? "

"Yes, Your Excellency General, it seems that he is making ladders and building stone-shooting machines." The servant reported after watching carefully along the window.

"It seems that they want to approach first, destroy the foundation of the city wall, and then use a ladder to climb up. It is very simple to defeat this tactic..." Nika looked up and arranged it like this, and then he sighed, "I am young At that time, his reputation for being brave and good at fighting also resounded throughout the plateau. He once participated in the huge battle by Lake Fan. The terrible war, the bloody battle broke out under the arrows and iron hooves of the Turks and Kurds. Now let me witness the rise of the heroes of the new era... Ask for reinforcements from Prince John, This is also the first showdown between Gawain and John, the two Glorymen of the future era!”

The next day, Italian veterans and German double-handed sword warriors selected from the two brigades were lined up along the outside of the siege equipment field. Gawain personally handed over the "Red Hand Seven Ridges Flag" under the sun. Arrived at Diem's In his hand, the golden flag swayed in the wind under the watchful eyes of all the soldiers, "Capture Alamein Castle, everyone's salary will be increased, and you can take the spoils for yourself!" Bramson, who was supervising the battle, spoke bluntly, boosting morale. .

This group of soldiers had half forgotten their oath to go to the Holy Land. They rushed to follow Bramson's shouts and shouted in various languages. They were purely Gawain's guards.

Horns and trumpets sounded excitedly, "Drink, drink, drink!" The lightly-armed military servants imitated the experience of attacking the city of Nicaea, and erected bundles of wooden bars to form large arches to prevent arrows, and began to fight one after another. , stepping through the mire, pushing towards the curtain wall, "Woo Oh, oh, oh." Then, above their heads, stone bullets with strange roars continued to pass by, with various straight trajectories, rumbling on the Alamein curtain wall, and there were bursts of dull sounds. , that was the work of several stone-shooters from Gawain's army.

Agnes Plani, wearing a golden hairband and gray hair, stood side by side with Gawain on the high base of the field, silently and intently watching the siege battle ahead.

"Gawain, that's not right." Suddenly, the little sunfish, which is naturally sensitive to data and length and width, stretched out its slender fingers, squinted its single eye, and made several gestures at Alamein's city wall, "Nika, last night, The city wall must have been raised secretly!”

"What?" Gawain was slightly startled. Logically speaking, city defenders usually build wooden fences to increase the "height" of the curtain wall, but Nika actually used masonry of the same color to reinforce the height—— In this way, ordinary people would not be able to distinguish the seamless city wall unless a master like Agnes could see it.

"All the pre-made ladders will fail! Damn it." Agnes hated it. (To be continued ~^~)