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Despite the arrogance of the coalition forces. Think that the enemy is nothing more than a chicken, and you can destroy it in an instant. However, in order to reduce casualties and further show off the strength of the Norman kingdom, Egil still took all the siege equipment he carried, a total of 128 counterweight catapults, plus three siege vehicles improvised during these three days, Egil believed that even if the Neapolitan defenders really had the courage to resist. He can also take the city of Naples!

So the Eastern Roman soldiers began to revolt.

As mentioned earlier, the Apennines traverse the entire Italian peninsula. As a result, the Italian peninsula is mountainous and hilly. Many places are rich in marble, granite and other high-quality stones. Therefore, stones are absolutely indispensable.

At the mouth of the three city walls, after the commanders of the coalition forces gave the order to slaughter the city, the coalition phalanx quickly vacated a few places to take over. After that, the Norman engineers who were operating the siege equipment adjusted the angle, manipulated the counterweight catapult, and threw large pieces of stone over!

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of large stones roared towards the outer walls of Naples!

There was an uproar on the city walls. As mentioned before, the Apennines are able to provide an abundance of stone. As the largest city in southern Italy, the governors of the Two Sicilies, even the most deaf ones, knew the importance of Naples. By the time Narcis took over as governor of the Two Sicilies, Naples had two walls, inner and outer, all made of granite and built of large blocks of stone using rammed earth, with towers and high fortresses. Tibetan soldier cave, horse road is the same. At the end of the line is the strict guard.

And Narsis was also a talented man. Although the offensive and defensive positions of the two Sicilies and northern Italy had changed between him and the north, Narciss's maintenance of the walls of Naples was still in place. As a result, Napoli's defensive capacity has been maintained at a high level. If the Norman catapults were attacking the walls of Naples at this time, it would have taken a year and a half to bombard them before they could be reaped.

But the bad thing is that Narsis was too clever, and before that, he built a temporary outer city outside Naples, which was mainly made of wood, how to resist the indiscriminate bombardment of catapults? Still treating the coalition forces as the barbarians of the past, it is impossible to imagine that the other side has such a terrifying siege method in any case. This first turn...... Because of this mistake of Narciss, the defenders of the Eastern Romans suffered a great loss!

The Norman engineers fired three volleys in succession according to Egil's orders, almost ploughing the outer walls of Naples, and seeing the heavy casualties of the Eastern Roman soldiers, Narsis himself was almost smashed in the head by a flying stone. Several gaps had been smashed into the wooden walls, and there were clods of masonry and earth, broken pieces of wood mixed with bloody human limbs. The little determination that the Eastern Roman soldiers easily forced out also dissipated a lot in an instant:

"Damn

When did the damned barbarians have such horrible weapons?!" Narciss, surprised, cried out. And many of the other Eastern Roman soldiers must have thought the same as him.

Of course, this group of tragedies will not understand what happened until they die, that's all.

After three rounds of volleys. The Norman engineers changed their strategy, and the more than 40 catapults on each of the three walls were divided into four groups, each group of about 10 catapults, and successively aimed at the places that were more serious than the previous ones, or which did not seem too strong on the visual inspection, and concentrated their fire on them.

The smash lasted nearly two hours: the allied soldiers were bored and sat down to rest, while the Eastern Roman army in the city gradually calmed down under the command of Narciss. Seeing the gap being widened little by little, Narcisse also understood the plan of the coalition forces. Hurriedly dispatched a large number of reserve troops, lined up in a dense phalanx behind the gap, and waited for the opponent's siege knowledge to plug the gap. ,

The bombardment lasted two hours, during which more than a dozen catapults were too worn out to be used. However, after this bombardment, the outer walls of Naples were in ruins, although the ruins were still an obstacle. But it's just a little bit of a slowdown. The soldiers were able to traverse the terrain without the aid of any tools, and the catapults stopped bombing, and were dismantled into parts by the Norman engineers, which were then loaded into carts and carried away: the rest of the coalition soldiers were amazed. Those who wanted to ask two good things wanted to ask, but they were all prevaricated by the Nuoyan people because of the language barrier.

Seeing that the passage had been opened, the commanders of the coalition forces did not hesitate and ordered an attack one after another. However, this gap is still not enough for the Catholic coalition of 80,000 troops. And the commanders' thinking is similar to that of Egil. It is considered that the Eastern Roman army is a chicken, a dog. As long as there is a slight contact, the army will be crushed, so there is no intention of sending cannon fodder to test. As soon as he struck, he took the most elite army under his command.

Egil sent a total of 2,000 Norman Death Assault Warriors, who had defeated the Varangian mercenaries in the previous battle, and they could already be called the world's first-class infantry. Charles concentrated all the Swiss halberders under his command who wore composite armor with slashed plates and chains, while Philip's sergeant was slightly weaker, but he was also a group of heavy sergeants wearing heavy chain mail. Then the Papal States also dispatched the Swiss Guard, dressed in composite armor, as well as Venetian hoplites, Bolognese hoplites, Genoa elite spearmen, and so on. Although the first batch of attacking troops was only 7,000, it was the essence of the allied infantry, and the lineup was gorgeous

"Soldiers, draw closer, draw closer, lean against your brothers, shields raised, spears clenched, hold formation!!" The Eastern Romans on that side also lashed, centurions, thousands, shouting at the top of their voices. The flag bearer holds aloft the slightly tattered Legion flag. A dense phalanx was formed at each gap, ready to fight to the death.

On the city walls, a large number of Roman light infantry and Roman crossbowmen were concentrated. The citizens who were also organized, as well as the reserves, collected the ruins, built a gentle slope at the corners of the remaining walls, and then sent a large amount of armaments and supplies to it.

"Throw arrows, throw rocks and javelins, kill these bastards!!" Narcisse shouted as he watched the coalition soldiers get closer and closer

For a time, the city of Naples was full of arrows, but the elite of the coalition army were all dressed in strong armor. If you don't happen to concentrate on the neck, cheeks, etc., it's fine. Soldiers from France and northern Italy also raised their shields, so that although the attack on the head of Naples was fierce, there were not many allied soldiers who actually killed or wounded.

Immediately afterwards, the allied soldiers quickly climbed over the ruins of the city wall and condescendingly launched a charge towards the Eastern Roman phalanx.

Egil held a telescope and looked into the distance, and he could see that as soon as his decisive assault fighters rushed into the front, they tore several gaps in the opponent's phalanx, and the gaps continued to expand. In the blink of an eye, they had the upper hand.

Under normal circumstances, Egil would naturally be satisfied with such a development: satisfied with the strength of his own army, and the fact that he has made a good move.

Now, however, it was a little different from what Egir had imagined, as the Decisive Assault Warriors wielded their tomahawks and slashed and slashed: the Eastern Roman soldiers, however, continued to rush forward to fill the void. The resistance is unusually tenacious......

"This ...... Why is this??What tactics have they used to revive their morale?!" Egir was astonished, and immediately sent heralds to the walls of the other directions to inquire. The answer is the same. The Eastern Roman army put up desperate resistance: the offensive was slow to develop......

"Damn!" Egil cursed, although he didn't know what was going on, he knew that if he wanted to break through Naples, he would probably have to work harder.

The allied forces attacked Peblus in batches, and the siege lasted for a whole day, but the Eastern Roman soldiers defending the city fought to the death. Egil saw that the offensive was about to fail. He ordered the coalition forces to temporarily withdraw their troops:

The coalition army was originally high-spirited, thinking of taking out Naples in one go, and then slaughtering the city for ten days to vent. But he didn't expect to be attacked head-on by the Eastern Roman army, and it was like a bucket of cold water poured on his head.

Seeing that the morale of the army was low, the commanders of the coalition forces gathered again that night, and everyone still remembered what Egil had said about the surrender of the Varangian mercenaries three days earlier. It was decided that as agreed, the Varangians would not need to open the door when they went to the eastern wall at night. As long as they cooperate with the outside and create chaos, the coalition forces can take advantage of the situation to attack the city.

Egir, however, thought a little more, and heard Duke Charles propose it. Slowly shook his head. But there was no objection.

"Arrange the army first, but don't rush to attack: wait a little longer. Egil said, "It's better to be a little cautious if things are strange today......"

When they had heard Egil's words, they waited a little longer, and then they heard a report from outside the tent that news had been heard from inside the city. Egil breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that it was a carrier pigeon sent by Norman spies in the city. So he called in, opened the letter and read it: and then frowned:

"The attacking troops can be withdrawn, and the Varangians have no intention of surrendering," said Egil

The crowd hurriedly asked what had happened, and Egil sent the spies in the city to find out that the Varangians fled by boat. Before leaving, the Naples pier was set on fire.

And the Eastern Roman army cut off the way to retreat, so it was said that it was extremely desperate......

(To be continued.) [