The Tekopo mercenaries lined up on the three walls, they covered their faces with helmets and shawls, cats bent their waists, held bows and arrows, hid behind the erected wooden poles, and then in the sound of the trumpet, half-kneeling raised their bows and arrows and threw them into the sky, and the Calabrian light infantry under the city suddenly raised the irises and round shields in their hands one by one, and put them above their heads, and the arrows flew wildly, inserted into the siege tower, inserted the skin of the crash, and inserted it into the personal shield.

"Re-string." The Tekopo and the Cumans, after a round of shooting, turned back to take the arrows, at this moment the shield array of the Norman army below seized the gap in time, suddenly dispersed, and continued to approach a section, but the corpses of many companions had fallen below, and the siege tower was slowly carrying the flying arrows in the roar of the beast, and was pulled by the rope, approaching the head of the city. In addition, it was tied to an iron cable that could be put and retracted, and the iron pestle used to chisel the wall was extended from the middle waist, so that it could be more solid and smooth to set up the battlements and wedge into the city wall.

Gawain walked along the battle path of the city wall, through the busy soldiers, to the tower firing position, and shouted to the Venetian technicians, "Use the saltpeter fire spear you sent." ”

Several technicians with soft hats stretched out their battlements and shouted to the military servants below, "Hand over the saltpeter fire flying spear!" The servants were quickly tied up in several pieces, and the tower was quickly hoisted up by ziplining, and then the technicians inserted it into the chute and shouted a few slogans against the Norman siege towers. Red lightning swept through the air, and then the siege towers erupted in billowing fireworks. Then it burned, and it was still watered by how the Calabrian soldiers above. To no avail: it was something that the Venetians had improved on from the secret recipe of fire in Greece and Syria, which burned upon reaching the target and was extremely fast. In advance, the Normans had folded the deck bridge, which was supposed to be reinforced against the bows and arrows of the city, but there was no way to use this penetrating saltpeter spear.

Soon, the two siege towers in front were burning, and black smoke was billowing out. Many soldiers leaped down from the top of the tower with terrible screams, and the rest of the siege towers did not dare to enter when they saw this, and the rest of the soldiers, including the Norman dismounted knights on foot, crouched and guarded the tower, and also marched.

"Assemble a shield formation, and send the servants with crowbars, shovels, and hooks! and crushed the walls of the city of Bari. Push the catapult up and smash their crossbows! Bohemond, who was commanding on the hill, waved his hand. Then he shouted to his nephew, "Tancred, don't stare at the city in front of you, go to your post." Your duty is to deal with Godfrey. ”

"Yes, but my sister," Tancred said worriedly, looking back at the bloody battle beneath the city.

"Your current enemy is Stephen. Gawain. Do you understand? The Duke of Apulia shouted.

Tanfred then looked again at the smoke-filled city of Barry, under the enemy's Red Cross Sword. His enemy, Gao Wen, was standing there, the sword of phosphorus fire in his left hand. Holding a horse's head scepter in his right hand, he commands left and right.

"Blow the trumpet, let the reinforcements of Salian Caesar move closer to our city as soon as possible." Gawain also stared at the constant movement of the Norman team and flags, from one side to the other, and then said to Theognes beside him, the other party nodded, and then the other party suddenly said to Gawain, "I can live and die in this city, but I hope to send Gu Siyun away, after the fall of the city, even if the Normans come in, I am afraid that she will not be spared." ”

After speaking, Diognes's robe collar was grabbed by Gawain, "No one will die here, don't be too pessimistic, everyone is fighting for Gu Siyun, and all the citizens of Bari, even the citizens are fighting for themselves, Gawain's measures will definitely not fail!" Then Gawain's pale blue eyes stared at the guard, "Show your own decision, so that you can give wings to your bravery." Then Gawain stepped back half a foot, already holding the wine bag on the belt of the captor in his hand, "Instead of relying on these poisonous eggplant ginseng wine, we have already captured the city of Avelsa, you have hated your father and brother, and now you are fighting for yourself!" After saying that, Gao Wen raised his hand and threw the wine bag off the city.

"That's not a poison ginseng wine, it's a fine Italian country wine!" Heartbroken, the Catcher complained loudly, pointing at Gawain and running towards the tower to the north.

The trumpet of communication coming from the city of Barry was heard, "All the troops march. Godfrey stretched out his arms, and his archers and light infantry marched out in line and catapulted at the Norman positions below, and then the knights from Swabia and Lower Lorraine, carrying banners of various colors, and small groups of small groups, shuttled and exchanged with the Norman knights who also lined up at the bottom of the mountain, and each side verbally reported the glorious origin, and the swords and spears intersected and fought each other mightily.

"We need more fresh forces to deal with both sides of the enemy at the same time." Bohemond, who was observing the stalemate, complained, and then a herald came running sweaty, "Your Lord, follow the streets to Tuscany, and advance a procession." ”

"Great!" Bohemond laughed to the sky, "It must be the Holy See and Matilda who have sent troops, go and guide them through the camp of the pilgrims to meet me." ”

Soon, Bohemond's face froze, for he saw a procession of infantry coming towards his position, with the black-robed donkey, the last person he wanted to see, on his left was a short, armored foot warrior Billel, and on his right was a handsome Greek nobleman on horseback.

Peter also looked at the prince coldly, holding a ring from the Holy See in his hand, and a robe, with a tone that was enough to shatter any dream, "Lord Apulia, the Holy See wants me to enter the city for Stephen. Gawain baptized again, and he will be converted under the Holy See – so please cease all acts of war. ”

Bohemond spread his hands and laughed bitterly, "I refuse, I refuse the resolution of the Holy See, and even more so I refuse to negotiate peace with the city of Bari." ”

"If you refuse, the Holy See will excommunicate you, and you will have no place to stand, and your territory will be given to the Grand Count of Sicily, who is also your uncle Roger." Peter said so fiercely, and then he let out a long sigh, "Now turn it all around, and in the future you will have the opportunity to establish a state in the East, and not to act in such an attack on your fellow believers under the eyes of the Holy See." Also, I forgot to remind you that the city of Pisa is also in the Tuscany region, and the city is very respectful of the idea of Duchess Matilda, and I heard that you owe a lot of money to the city. (To be continued......)