Eagle Byzantium

The officer was very moved, and immediately stood up and said very cheerfully, "Then our expeditionary council can guarantee the military operations of the Grand Duke. In addition, I will submit a document to Constantinople, together with General Titicius. , strive for a generous fiefdom for the Grand Duke and Princess Ziyi, so that you can obtain the Golden Book Edict as the Grand Supervisor of Plonia, obtain the generous assets produced by the fiefdom, and live a lifetime. "

"If that's the case, everything will have to be helped by you. Anna and I will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of our lives. From now on, all the unhappiness with His Majesty will disappear." Gawain stood up excitedly and spoke with the two Holding hands, making promises to each other.

The negotiations between the Byzantine and Roman parties and the internal conspiracy of the Normans were all proceeding in secret, but when daylight came, the attack on the city of Antioch was still the top priority.

Now Ademar has full control over the military direction of the entire team. Even the armies of Gawain and Titicius are willing to accept his invitations and arrangements: four thousand mobilized pilgrim craftsmen spent several days During the time, the originally destroyed defense walls in front of the Dog Gate and St. Paul's Gate were repaired. At the same time, the priests also assigned all the cardinals to preside over the funeral. It took three days to bury the bodies of the believers' fallen soldiers.

Then, what Gawain pioneered and had already done in the city of Nicaea was performed again below the city:

Three hundred heads of Turkic warriors, soaked in salt and choked with lime, were neatly pierced with spears and lined up along the city wall to intimidate the enemy and boost morale.

Afterwards, Gawain ordered the Gimakis Brigade to sweep the mountain passes and many fortresses east of Antioch City, cut off the communication channels between Yaghi Siyan and Aleppo Ridwan, and ensure the supply of surrounding supplies. In transit, he transported a large amount of felled timber through two bridges, a wooden bridge and a boat bridge, and made them into strong wooden fences and fortifications, linking the guardrails of the St. Paul's Gate and the Dog Gate to make them fit together. As one body, and reinforced.

On the other hand, at the recovered Holy Fountain Castle, Ademar appointed Raymond to lead 500 Provençal warriors who were good at fighting, stationed there for a long time, and asked the craftsmen to reinforce the barriers with stones and soft asphalt.

After resting for more than ten days, the army of pilgrims who had regained their strength began to use bridges and ships to shuttle back and forth and transport the manufactured siege equipment to the defensive walls: these defensive walls were built very high with earth, almost as high as the ones in front of them. The walls of Antioch were flush with each other, and then defense palisades, simple battlements, and sloping walls were erected on top. The slope is covered with thorns and twigs, and at regular intervals there are short fences and towers of guards. Infantrymen armed with spears and bows are patrolling at all times. The lower part is imitated in the model of Gawain's bridgehead, with long dug holes. The long and surrounding water trenches and horse-rejecting walls were built to guard against counterattacks by the Turks in the city.

On the side of these rock formations facing the river, several slopes were built that could push vehicles and equipment up. The pilgrims relied on these slopes to push stone-shooting machines and large crossbows onto them step by step. The words are arranged.

Now the combined forces of the Pilgrims and the Eastern Roman Empire did not hide their tactical intentions at all: they concentrated all their main forces to achieve a breakthrough on the city wall at the St. Paul's Gate and the Dog Gate.

When countless spears and stone bullets fired from the defense rock hit the city of Antioch, the Turks, who had suffered heavy losses in the previous battle, no longer had the ability to ride horses and protrude the city gate as they pleased as they did before. Launching an attack on a group of scattered pilgrims, they can only Huddled among the towers and fences, crumbling under the blows, they were in panic all day long. One to two stone towers were completely destroyed every day, but Yaji Xiyang had no time to recruit manpower to repair them. The walls and curtain walls in front of the city gate were increasingly damaged.

Agi Xiyang, who was sitting alone in the city, no longer played the trick of hanging John Oakshilt out with iron ropes to show the public. He was in great pain in the Acropolis Hall, looking at the extremely huge siege situation below the city. Then he summoned his biological son Sansadonias:

"The previous attack failed miserably, and Adsonius lost his life as a result. It is estimated that in another half a month, the city of Antioch will be unable to hold. And Cobuha's reinforcements will probably not be available until three months to arrive later.”

"Father, then we can only gather the remaining manpower to defend the Acropolis and the four Emir Towers."

Yaji Xiyang stroked his white beard and nodded, "Yes, war is a big gamble. Since we failed in the gamble before, we have to admit this reality. There is a saying in the scriptures, 'Difficulties are often accompanied by ease.' , now the strong acropolis on the ridge is the card we still have in hand, and there is still room for improvement. Alas, now that Adesonius has been killed in battle, he has gone to visit the great prophet and entered the paradise of Tao. My son, you will guard the tower in his stead."

Mosul, a rich and great city, in the majestic palace, the majestic local governor Kobuha, on the high throne, cordially received Budakis, the youngest son of Achish and the all-powerful envoy for help. After praising the power and generosity of the prince, Budakis asked why almost two months had passed and the army promised by Kobuha had not yet set off. If time was delayed, "Maybe your highness, you are here" Before the glory of the victory over the Christians is taken away, the city of my father and the glory of Allah will fall in the city of Antioch.”

"My army and warriors are gathering. A warrior named Amasa is coming to me from the border. There are also people named Karagedi and Boesas, who are extremely good at using spears and bows. I need them to serve as commanders of the entire army to successfully go on the expedition." Cobha on the throne said arrogantly, "As for the city of Antioch, with your father's wisdom and ability, and the city that cannot be destroyed by manpower, will it still be afraid of pilgrims?"

"Yes, my father is willing to be loyal and submit to your majesty. He hopes to be your best friend for life, but the group of pilgrims from the west are killing my father's subjects and soldiers every day, and destroying my father's territory and fields every moment, so please don't hesitate, Governor, please provide assistance as soon as possible!" Budakis begged bitterly.

Kobha was actually determined to go to war, but he still needed to brag in front of Yagi's youngest son to satisfy his vanity. "Budakis, I can't imagine that neither Sulerman of Roma nor your father in Antioch were defeated so badly in the face of the pilgrims, and caused such heavy losses to our brave and martial Seljuks. We all know that the soldiers of the Greek emperor are as feminine as women. They have not been tempered by war at all and can be easily defeated and beheaded by any Seljuk, even the Turkmen. As far as I know, the pilgrims from the West are just a group of poor and destitute rabble. And now, Sulerman has lost all the cities in Anatolia, and your father is trapped in Antioch. He came to call for my help, which is incredible to me. Budakis, a noble and honest young man, can you tell me your opinion so that I can be more convinced of the current situation." (To be continued ~^~)