At that time, the Norman engineers were still reloading the scorpion, bed and ballista at a relatively fast and impressive rate according to the standards of the Norman Sergeant Reform Regulations. Standard ballista for scorpion and ballista - the difference between the two is that the scorpion crossbow has a higher trajectory and fires, while the ballista fires flat. In addition to this, ballistas with wider slots can also be repurposed with the Celestial Flame Canister as ammunition. Compared with the first two, the ammunition of the bed crossbow is more special, and the crossbow gun used is a crescent shovel type, which has a larger killing area.

In addition to these three ballistas, the basket of the counterweight catapult is filled with iron cannons and heavenly fire canisters. The cantilevers of the smaller, lighter torsion trebuchets are filled with fist-sized stones.

Once the mechanical weapons filled with dangerous goods had been placed and targeted, the engineers violently let go—lowering the counterweights, cutting the ropes, or pulling the trigger—and then a mass of ballistas, heavenly pyrotechnic canisters, and iron cannons rained down on the hapless men's heads. In an instant, the hot, burning oil, the deadly and sharp ballistas, the iron filings and fragments scattered after the iron cannon was detonated, and the large number of stones seemed to rain, giving the Islamists a taste of what is called the power of technology. What is the primary productive force......

In the midst of the fire, the enemy was either pierced through the body by a crossbow gun, or had his head broken by a stone, or was beaten like a hornet's nest by iron filings, or had half of his head cut off by a piece of iron with sharp edges, or an arm or something, and then died of blood loss.

However, none of this suffering can compare to the suffering caused by the Heavenly Flame Oil. People who have been drenched in the oil on their heads, or who have been contaminated with it while running and fleeing. In despair, you will experience the sensation of being burned in your body - something that is unbearable for anyone. The feeling of madness, death, life and death—the heavenly flame oil burns wildly, even igniting stones and even steel weapons. The oil-stained soldiers slapped their bodies frantically. But to no avail - the oil was still burning uncontrollably and wildly, igniting their clothes, skin, and ** together, even their marrow and soul. And the greatest sorrow of that suffering is that it is not possible to die all at once - and there are people who are dying alive.

And after that. The oil will burn the internal organs further, the lobes of the lungs will gradually dry up, and it will feel difficult to breathe, and the limbs will gradually shrink, unable to move, and fall down—by this moment the oil has killed the whole face, and the blood is boiling and sublimating into a red mist. The entire eyeball, which is exposed by the burning of the eyelids, looks unusually hideous......

Eventually, the soldiers will be burned to charcoal. All the moisture in the entire body is roasted dry, and nothing is left except carbon...... Speaking of which, it all comes down to carbohydrates......

The entire Gobi Desert. The Arab Jihadist Army was in disarray. The soldiers suffered heavy losses. Zhao Haier took the lead and retreated to the second line with a small number of soldiers, and at the same time issued an order: "The light cavalry on both wings is dispatched!

With Zhao Haier's order, the lightly armed Arab cavalry on both flanks of the Jihadist Army. The nomad cavalry, camel cavalry and archers rushed out. With the traditional skirmish formation of light cavalry, they quickly maneuvered and attacked the engineers at the forefront of the Norman army!

"The hussars are out - and, to the Greeks, and the Greeks are charged. "On the other side, on the tower that was rushed yesterday. Under the huge parasol, Egil gave such a cold order while desperately fanning his fan.

After such an order, on the right flank of the Norman Empire's main formation, near the direction of the vast desert, the hussars of the two legions launched a counter-charge against the pagan cavalry in units of hundreds. On the left flank, it doesn't take more than a distance to reach the Mediterranean. In the direction of not much strategic buffer, seeing the fierce red banner waving above the tower in the center of the army, the Emperor Basil, the right flank of the coalition army, snorted lightly. I thought to myself: "It is simply unreasonable to ask me to cooperate with this kid's battle. ”

That being said, Basil is not the kind of person who will delay his business because of personal feelings. Immediately after receiving the signal, he gave the order: "Charge!" As the Emperor and his Praetorian Cavalry directly under the Emperor charged, the Vadaritai Archers and Seljuk Archers also charged—but they were still a little slower than the Normans. After all, they don't have a voice command system as convenient as a horn. ...,

"It's—it's hell!" Lucived, who was beside Egil, came to his senses, and then couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "There is such a terrible army. Even conquering the whole world is not a dream, is it?!"

For a moment, His Royal Highness looked at Egil with a more reverent look. It's like bowing and worshipping.

"No, no, no—the Arabs in the howl. This may be a scorching, insanely painful hell for those infidels. But for those of us who are Christian warriors, it's the opposite. Egir smiled and said to Lucived, "It's heaven for us." ”

With Egil's assertions, the Norman hussars performed their tactical maneuvers with great skill. They turned their horses' heads, deflected within range of the archers, and then galloped in unison in the direction of the east. At the same time, a large number of lightly armed archers drew their bows and arrows and completed two volleys before making contact with the enemy—and then the hussars, still in hundreds, turned their horses to the south again, replacing the cavalry in contact with the opposing side for melee hussars—so that the lines of almost equal width on both sides became an even longer semi-encirclement of the Norman cavalry.

The Norman hussars, dense as a wall of iron, swung their scimitars frantically like scimitars cutting through butter, and cut into pieces the infidel cavalry, which had suffered heavy losses with two rounds of bows and arrows. A small number of camel cavalry mixed in caused some minor confusion, and together with a group of deadly Arab light cavalry, they crushed a few hussar hundreds. But such a record is really insignificant compared to the absolute superiority of the Norman cavalry.

On the other hand, Basil's offensive was equally fierce - the archers used the traditional classic tactic of making contact with a round of bows and arrows, and then drawing their swords and fighting - neither the Vadateri nor the Seljuk archers were weaker than the Arabs. Although because of the desert combat is somewhat unfamiliar. But better equipment, as well as regular army-level organizations and arrays, gave them an advantage over the Arabs.

"The right wing can hold on for the time being, but the left wing is a little dangerous...... Do you want to use heavy cavalry...... No, let's wait a little longer. "At this moment, the fire has become a lot smaller. On Egil's orders, the number of Paradise Flame Oil Canisters used by the engineering units was reduced. In order to facilitate the next step, a frontal attack. And this also made it easier for Zhao Haier, the general, to move his position again to a higher place in front of him, so that he could better observe the situation on the battlefield.

At this moment, Zhao Haier saw that the light cavalry on his two flanks was suppressed, and he muttered like this. However, his master, Saladin, was very stingy, and only gave him a total of 2,000 armored spearmen, and 500 Ghulam heavy cavalry. Such a small number of poor elite troops. If these precious troops are thrown into battle on a whim, then there will be no tears when it really comes to a critical moment...... Therefore, although the cavalry troops on the left flank were mistreated by the Normans very badly, Zhao Haier decided to continue to hold on after weighing it.

But just because this guy isn't ready to launch a second round of attacks doesn't mean Egil's side won't. As soon as the flames had shrunk to an acceptable range, Egil gave the order: "Special troops, attack." ”

After Egil's order, a long horn sounded. A thousand-strong squad of specially equipped assault infantry, who had been waiting impatiently, howled and launched an assault on the steaming sand dunes, wearing a special overcoat made of asbestos cloth in addition to heavy plate chain composite armor, or early plate armor. They were wrapped tightly from head to toe, and their hands were covered with gloves on their long tomahawks. Allowing them to fight in the flaming terrain - this is one of Egil's secret weapons.

"Charge, smash the infidels to pieces, long live Egil Skadergrímsson!!" With such a roar, the asbestos-clad assault infantry charged in flames - and then rushed out of the flames, causing the pagan soldiers to panic.

"What's going on?!Why aren't these heretics afraid of fire?!" Seeing such an "unscientific" thing happen. The Arabs, who were overwhelmingly illiterate, immediately attributed it to miracles - or magic. Morale dropped for a moment—and the panic turned into fear as he watched the heavily armored and long-handled tomahawk soldiers laugh and roar wildly, swinging their exaggerated tomahawks and slashing their comrades in two. The Arabs twisted their faces in horror, and many of them dropped their weapons and began to flee to the rear.

“...... Damn it, heavy cavalry - charge!" watched as this strange group of enemies nearly collapsed their array. Zhao Haier immediately gave such an order-

"But the general-the other side mixed with our soldiers. If you use heavy cavalry, you will hurt your own people!" said an emir from the valley of the two rivers, beside him...... (To be continued.) )