On the northern slope of Marlashburg, fierce bombardment, attack and defense continued—the Gemergis Brigade, which had just taken over here, intensified its efforts to force the city, and its firing corps and the artillery detachment sent to it lined up many perfume bottles and shrimp whiskers behind the siege trenches, and after two days of shelling and white-knuckle fighting, all the enemy barricades on the northern slope were smashed - and then Gregor ordered a 120-foot advance and a new siege trench to be dug up. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

As a result, the sweaty craftsmen and soldiers had just laid out the forks and fences, and the gunners of the artillery detachment behind followed with shrimp whiskers and long perfume bottles, and began to bombard the outer wall of Marash.

The dazzling light of fire and gunpowder smoke continued to explode on the exterior walls and towers with flying rubble, and light lead shots and stone bullets slammed into them with white smoke tails, shaking and trembling the walls. The brave Armenian defenders hid behind pheasant moats and seized the opportunity to counterattack with intermittent bows or salvos. In the narrow distance between the newly besieged moat and the hillside of the outer wall, smoke and dust billowed out, and soon a shout exploded, "The Arnies have counterattacked from the gates!" Then there were the drums and horns of the deadly alarms, which irritated people's eardrums and hearts.

Behind the wooden fence ran to pick up their weapons, the north gate of Marash burst open, and the countless helmets inside reflected a terrifying light in the scorching air, and the selected Armenian soldiers, clad in leaf armor or chain drapery, howled fearlessly and fearlessly, carrying capable tomahawks and shiny single-edged knives, numbering as many as three or five hundred, and launched a furious charge to break the newly excavated siege trenches of the Gemagis brigade.

Some of them used spikes to "ston" the cannons that could not be dragged away, some pushed Khitan snow barrels, and some pulled in twos and threes, carrying lighter shrimp whiskers (still emitting green smoke), and rushed down the low-lying land that was artificially dug between the old and new siege trenches in one breath (the two siege trenches were first built into an earthen embankment, on which soldiers, fences and guns were laid, and then a blockade ditch was dug in front).

At this moment, the newly besieged trenches were full of frontier people, Gimagis soldiers, and Armenians who rushed at them. In the middle of the moment, another secret door of the castle was hoisted with a bang, and dozens of Armenian cavalrymen, with their long spears in their hands, galloped down the slope in a few moments, and slew many of the unprepared soldiers of the Gimagis, and they all rode over the unfinished blockade ditch, tore open the opening, and unstoppably crossed the earthen ramparts, and rushed down the low-lying land, which was less than a hundred feet, towards the old siege trench.

The Armenian heavy cavalry was no worse than Caesar's cavalry, they were silent but so terrible, and although the men and horses were all clothed in armor, those with a little experience in the battlefield knew that what was more terrifying than the armor and fast horses was the tireless warrior who was wrapped in armor and rode on fast horses.

But Gregor still left a strong reserve at the second trench and high base: along the ram there were already gunners who fired arms, the front row was the fork heavy gun with the increased Khitan snow, the last two rows were half-kneeling and upright dog-headed long-fire guns, and at the back were the reserve men who fired shotguns with short guns, and on both sides of them were many shrimp whisker cannons, "shrimp whiskers" were inserted in the dirt, and the muzzles were slightly depressed, facing the low-lying land. Everyone lined up from the bottom up, along the earthen ramparts.

Rows of guns against the rapidly approaching enemy hoplites.

"Straight shot!" After the flag was lowered, Gregor was standing behind the high wooden fence to supervise the battle, only to hear the loud sound of thunder exploding, and the thick smoke like cumulus clouds rising before their eyes, which lasted for a long time. Many of the shrimp whisker projectiles that flew past smashed on the slope behind the earthen rampart on the opposite side, stirring up clouds of dust like raindrops and waves.

"Ahh Afterwards, many soldiers with infantry spears and axes rushed down from the earthen ramparts to harvest the remnants of the enemy cavalry.

After nearly an hour of scuffle, both sides paid a heavy price, but in the end the soldiers of Gemagis blocked the defenders who had come out of the city to raid them. After the war, many gunners walked back and forth on the ground with rounded pincers on their backs, picking up the projectiles that had been fired, and if they could still fit the pincers, they threw them into the basket for reuse, and if they couldn't, they threw them into the basket with special markings for reconstruction.

The next day, the shelling of the newly besieged trenches began.

"Whether it is a long perfume bottle or a shrimp whisker cannon, it is often bombarded with a lot of flash, smoke and explosion, and it is full of momentum, but the damage caused to the façade of Marash Castle is very limited. From a distance, the shells were densely scarred, but they couldn't collapse the walls, and the Great Plani cannons couldn't shoot freely on the undulating hillsides. Therefore, I do not think that the siege will end in a short period of time. This is the report that Gregor sent to the mountain peak after the war.

"We have set up camp on the river, and no reinforcements have arrived from Aleppo, and after a few battles, it was their caravans." Another letter from Colonna, the interim commander of the Red Hand Brigade, with a crooked and grammatically incomprehensible Greek script, was also sent to Gawain.

Almost at the same time—"Danishmund's enemy chieftain Merrick, commanding six thousand elites from the direction of Lake Van to attack from the direction of Lake Van should be an attempt to rescue Marash, and fierce battles broke out with our army's fortresses, all of which were blocked out of the battle line by our army, and their logistics line was ambushed and flanked by the Paulites in the direction of Melitane, and there was nothing to be done. It seems that His Royal Highness the Great Patron was desperate to seize the benefits of the inner city of Meritae, and at this time, it was really unobstructed. "From Walter. A report on the battle at Sanzabal.

Gawain sent the battle reports from several directions to the confidential officer, "Our army at Marlash Fort is bound to win, there is only a difference between sooner or later, but this is also the conclusion drawn from this corner of the situation. Now all eyes must be on the whole of Anatolia and the whole of the Levant, John has gathered his troops to take advantage of the fire, the island of Cyprus is ready to move, and the Seljuk Turks in Mosul are also surging, and they may attack Jihad at any time, and there is a dangerous and volatile enemy situation on all sides. Putting Marash in the overall situation of the whole sea and land is just a chess piece, but we have to move this move well. Therefore, the most important thing in Marashborg's strategy is time, and it can't be delayed any longer! Maybe John and Tetisius calculated that it would take me a month or more to take this place, and then I could get back to deal with him. I must now shorten the time he has prescribed, and the initiative will be back in my hands! ”