The Byzantines were civilized people, inheriting the mantle of ancient Rome, they were highly skilled, and the catapults they made were sophisticated and powerful, and their shafts were 20 meters long, enough for Jolin Tsai, who weighed 40 kilograms, to sit on and throw them to a distance of 400 meters!

With a powerful swing of the projectile, stone or fire bullets pierced through the clouds and slammed into the walls.

The catapult was violently ejected, the city trembled, and a large cloud of smoke erupted everywhere above and below the city!

The Tang people relied on the parapet, which was extremely strong, and the stone throwing could not be shaken at all, and all the personnel were helmets and armored, and the shields were placed beside them, which offset the attack power of the stone bullets to the greatest extent.

But the fire bomb is a bit of a problem.

The fire bomb is a clay pot, a large Molotov cocktail filled with oil seals, which explodes on the city wall and splashes with oil, and it is a trouble to ignite after the projectile ignites on the body.

However, Xiao Bonan is a master of defense, so he is naturally prepared.

The cave in the city with its back to the inner city is a good place for the defense troops, and the city is lively in the fight, and they close their eyes in it to recuperate.

The guards at the head of the city wall are wearing armor that is easy to take off, and as soon as there is a large piece of fire oil, the upper body is immediately taken off, anyway, the Tang people are highly productive, and there are many armors!

In ancient times, catapult attacks were mostly posed but not realistic, and it was even more difficult to break through the fortified city.

With the help of catapults to suppress the defenders of the city, the miscellaneous soldiers recruited by the Byzantine brigade flocked to the city, and they pushed carts, took hoes, shovels and baskets, and carried out the combat mission of "filling in the ravines".

The best cannon fodder is the enemy's civilians, and driving them forward to fill in the moat is the best of both worlds, which consumes the defender's arms and makes the defender's spirit uncomfortable.

Pity!

This place was occupied by the enemy, and the people outside were Byzantines, so they had to mobilize miscellaneous soldiers, at most, to let those middle-aged and elderly miscellaneous soldiers rush more.

The arrows flew in the air like a torrential rain on a clear day, and the Byzantines howled miserably, falling down in large swaths like harvested wheat fields!

The equipment of the miscellaneous soldiers is poor, many of them are clothed, at most they have a leather armor on their bodies, and after the Tang people's sharp arrows come down, it is a "death" word!

At this time, the attack of the catapult has stopped, after all, the error rate of the catapult at that time is still high, if it does not stop, it will not be good to hit your own people.

Therefore, it is better not to have many enemy civilians to fill the ravine, and there is no need to worry too much about it, just launch.

Then the only ones who can make the miscellaneous soldiers die a little slower are the Byzantine archers!

They flew up to the sky, taking advantage of the large number of people in the formation below, and suppressed the enemy troops in the city with a rain of arrows.

Arrows flying from under the city fell on the city, turning the city into a hedgehog in an instant!

The Tang suffered few casualties, their equipment effectively resisted the Byzantines, and their arrows in return terrified the Byzantine archers.

Bed crossbow!

The powerful arrow is like lightning, the middle one falls down, and it is effortless to shoot through the shield!

Then there were the strong bows and crossbows of the archers, which were elusive, and the screams of the arrows seriously disturbed the accuracy and fire output of the Byzantine archers.

Taking advantage of the confusion of the Byzantines, the bows and arrows of the Tang people poured down, and a large number of miscellaneous soldiers who filled the ravines were brought down.

The scene was very bloody, the dead Byzantines fell asleep in pieces, the Byzantines who were not dead by the arrows cramped, moaned and bled in pain on the ground, and what they saw and heard on the battlefield made the Byzantines deeply sad!

According to Xiao Bonan's command, with heavy armor to guard against the invasion of the enemy's long-range forces, the side has focused on attacking the Byzantines' miscellaneous troops, causing them a large number of casualties and heavy losses!

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It took almost a week to fill in the outer moat, and the Byzantines surprised them with the price they took: 20,000 killed!

Due to the viciousness of Tang Arrow, even if the person who was hit by the arrow did not die on the spot, he would die in pain and howl when he had a high fever after infection, and he would die if he was hit by the arrow anyway.

And the Tang Army's defending troops died very little, less than a hundred!

Their tactic was to focus on miscellaneous troops, pinning down the big eaters with a small number of troops, and it worked well.

All kinds of measures were effective, and Xiao Bonan said to Shi Wanchao and Tang Tingzhi with satisfaction: "The battle to defend the city is to destroy the enemy to the greatest extent and save yourself. ”

He pointed out: "Good fortifications, strong armor and well-trained defense forces, of course, there is still a lack of perfect ambulance forces, and when there is no pressure, do not engage in any 'minor injuries do not get out of the line of fire', and minor injuries must also be treated." ”

Playing such an exchange ratio made the two generals Shi Tang deeply admired, as if it didn't take much effort

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A bloody battle ensued, with the Byzantines launching a ferocious assault on the towering city of Dazhou.

Countless large armies surrounded them and attacked them on all sides.

When they rushed in high spirits, the catapults of the Don army opened fire fiercely, giving them a head-on blow!

Stone bullets rampage through the crowd and rush out of a bloody path!

The fire bombs were splashed in all directions, and there were a dozen large patches, and the fire was like enthusiasm, and the dead and wounded were all over the place.

The Tang people's fire oil was fed, burned quickly, burned poisonous, and the burned Byzantines were at first sent to the camp, but later shocked to find that almost all the burned people were dead, so they no longer sent to the camp, but to a barren mountain to facilitate "processing"!

Infected with a high fever and died, there were big blisters all over his body, some of the blisters were so big that a person's head was so big, the doctor didn't dare to deal with them at all, otherwise if they were broken, the yellow water would flow out... The wounded were in pain to death, and could only let out a long howl of terror!

There are also people whose skin has been partially charcoal-blackened by the flames that seem to come from hell, as if a black crust has formed on the surface of the skin, and there is a strong aroma of "barbecue" from time to time.

The painful struggle, the terrible screams, the miserable death, the hard death, the anger of all who saw it, and... Afraid!

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Thick smoke billowed over Dazhou City, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and I saw that there were people crawling everywhere on the high city wall.

There are many long ladders and ladders, and the siege tower surrounded by the Byzantines is six stories high and weighs twenty-five tons, leaning against the edge of the city wall.

Rockets and fireballs flew in the air, and the whole city exploded like a fireworks, like a dense spark splashed during iron smelting.

The fire flickered above and below the city, and black smoke rose everywhere.

The ladder was full of people, and the rolling wood and stones rained down, knocking them out of the air like dumplings!

The most ruthless thing is that the city often pours oil down, and the defensive master Xiao Bonan installed an oil tank!

Pour oil directly into the oil tank above, and the oil will be sprinkled all over the sky from the nozzle, and then throw a torch down!

The Tang people are relaxed and pleasant, and the Byzantines are miserable!

As soon as the fire was ignited, the soldiers who burned on their bodies rolled desperately under the city wall, and the clothes and armor that caught fire could not be taken off for a while, and the smell of barbecue was extremely strong.

Those heavy siege equipment such as ladders, rushing cars, siege towers, etc., have a large number of canisters of fire oil falling from the sky, raining on them, even if they are wrapped in water-soaked raw cowhide, they are also ruthlessly burned by the fire oil, and in a short time they become a pile of blazing torches, especially the tall siege towers. The people above were fighting desperately, not noticing the fire below, and when the fire got bigger, the Byzantines above jumped to the ground!

Both sides are fighting desperately, and the battlefield is tragic and abnormal!