Eagle Byzantium

Under the Tower of David, the battering ram was finally smashed and burned, paralyzed in place and unable to move again. But the Pilgrim's siege tower was also rumbling. Duke Godfrey personally stood at the bottom with a sword. On the second floor were Earl Warner and Hartmann, and Baldwin personally led the rest of the people on the bottom to push the tower. The siege tower approached the city head.

The defenders were frightened. They found that the raindrop-like arrows shot from their bowstrings could not harm the siege tower, because the front of it was protected by branches. Even if the siege tower was shot up and down, Like a porcupine, it began to approach uninterruptedly.

"Get out of here!" Under the siege tower, an angry Baldwin pushed Jocelan away, who had come to join the army in the battle. "Don't get anywhere near my brother."

Holding a shield with one hand, Joceland, who was about to help push the tower, was pushed out several feet. Then he smiled ingratiatingly, raised his hands to show that there would never be a conflict, and left in front of Baldwin, who glared at him.

At this moment, the long plank protruding from the bottom of the siege tower just filled the city moat and the river. Baldwin bravely held up his shield and led many people to step on the plank, rushed to the bottom of the city wall, and began to hold hands. The rumbling siege tower allowed it to approach the city head smoothly.

At this time, the supreme commander of the entire Holy City, Sokman Ibn Attuk, who was also from the Seljuk royal family, stood at the battlement of the fierce battle wearing a golden helmet and bright feathers and raising his sword. beside, to the sound of his loud drum After dancing, the guards erected five simple trebuchets in a short time on the back side of the tower, and began to smash the canisters spitting flames onto the siege tower. For a while, fireworks and thick smoke flew everywhere. , surrounding the top floor of the tower.

"Brother!" Baldwin raised his head and looked at the top of the tower in fear and worry, but burning oil and coal dust kept falling down, and his eyes were dark, and he couldn't clearly see the situation at all.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Anna's eyebrows were furrowed, and Gawain began to counterattack. He thrust out his waist and thrust the huge, hot spear tip into Anna's throat. Her cheeks continued to roll, Gawain wanted the moist and warm feeling to reach the root. Anna's tears were about to flow out. She couldn't help but feel cruel and bit lightly.

Gawain screamed and hurriedly withdrew his spear, while Anna held her chest and lowered her head violently to breathe. She almost suffocated to death just now. Then, Anna scolded the barbarian a few words angrily, and Gawain also felt that he had gone a little too far, but Anna quickly became gentle again. She pinched the hoop of the belt and put the tip of the spear in her mouth again and began to swallow hard. .

This is almost a sprint to the final stage...

On the battlement in front of the siege tower, except for the trebuchets that kept throwing stones, many Turkic elite soldiers and generals stood bravely around Sokman. They were all from Syria, the Dead Sea and even Huluo. The mercenaries and volunteers who rushed here from Shan and other places set up more than a dozen light ballistae capable of firing stone pellets and began to fire at the siege tower in front of them.

Prince Sokman saw a sculpture of Jesus placed on the top of the siege tower surrounded by fireworks, and a gilded cross was erected, which was the spiritual flag of all pilgrims. "Blow me this fake and ugly idol." Destroyed!”

Amidst the chorus of shouts, a shot of stone pellets passed through the blazing fire and smoke, penetrated various protective panels, and hit the top space of the siege tower. It flew around in the dense group of warriors, causing horrific damage. , a knight next to Godfrey was immediately hit by a hair stone pill, his head was shattered and he fell at the Duke's feet and died. Blood and brains splattered all over the Duke's armor.

There were sounds of people falling over everywhere, and some people began to scream in despair. If this continued, they would either be burned alive or crushed to death. "Don't panic." Duke Godfrey calmly shouted, and he instructed the brave warriors. Some of them went to put out the fire and hang the leather, while others "pick up all the crossbows, gather around me, and listen to me." At the command, fire out!"

Under the Duke's instructions, everyone quickly calmed down. Many soldiers wearing heavy armor rushed to the front of the siege tower and used daggers and swords to cut off the bundles of branches hanging on it. They then fell down one after another with burning fire, no longer Spread the fire and cause disaster The rest of the people used push rods to lift the smooth leather and hung it on the tower itself. The two earls on the lower floor also followed suit - in this way, the fire pots shot and smashed by the guards could no longer burn. The leather rolled down weakly.

"Open the shield." With Godfrey's shout, the shield of the siege tower was smashed down, and with the flying ashes, it rested on the battlements of the Tower of David.

Sockman and Godfrey, the two groups of soldiers looked at each other with only a few dozen feet apart. "Hurry up and get on the noose." Sockman waved his hand impatiently to the people around him who were operating trebuchets and light catapults. shouted.

"Shoot!" Godfrey took the lead. More than 20 sergeants beside him fired the crossbows rapidly, aiming specifically at the enemies next to the trebuchets and crossbows.

"Puff, puff, puff", the sound of crossbow arrows piercing through the armor and body was endless. Many people around Sokman were shot to death immediately, and they fell to the ground screaming.

Sockman himself was also shot in the wrist, grinning and was rescued by his companions.

"Prepare to attack." Godfrey drew his sword and shouted with all his might, and then a piercing pain made him dizzy for a moment, and he almost fell off the siege tower... Damn, is it an old injury? Before leaving, Granaai specifically told him not to spend too much energy on the battlefield, let alone get too excited, and to take good care of his wounds, so that he could slowly recover.

"But Lady Granaai, how can this be possible for me? My lord's city is in front of me. Even if I die tomorrow, I will recover it with my own hands today." Godfrey panted, holding the hilt of the sword with one hand to support himself. The battlements and towers in front of him were spinning and spinning. The Frankish warriors around him began to put on chainmail turbans, stacked their shields, drew their swords and raised their axes, and praised the Lord and heaven loudly, ready to jump out and fight. The two earls on the lower floor also climbed up with elite warriors, ready to serve as backup. At this time, the trebuchets could no longer harm the tower, because the tower had entered the blind spot of their range. The stones thrown were rubbing the sides of the tower and flying to the back, and some even fell and killed the defenders themselves.

After this excellent opportunity to attack, the pilgrim warriors on the top floor quickly exclaimed - because behind the battlements of David's Tower, many Saracens were holding a huge object and hanging it on the noose of the trebuchet.

And this huge object turned out to be a hollowed-out tree trunk...

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"Anna, my Anna." Over there, Gawain had already bent his waist and was about to give up.

"Hmm? Hmm? Hmm?" Anna hesitated and kept blinking her eyes mischievously in response, meaning that Gawain was shouting at her for what. (To be continued ~^~)