When the Normans and their allies were amazed to see each other rushing towards their fortress on their horses. Indicates that it cannot be understood. Indeed, the Mongols rode the best war horses in the world. Whether it's speed, impact or stamina, it's all top notch. And it doesn't need to be tended to be too much, or even too good for feeding. With such a strategic resource against the sky, there is no reason why the Mongols will not rise.

However, this is a siege, a siege, although the fortress of the outer defense line of the Norman Empire is a civil structure. Anyway, the rammed earth was also inclined upwards at a 75-degree angle, and it was stacked two meters high. And on top of the rammed earth, there is a three-meter-high, two-meter-wide wooden wall, such a posture, even the Mongolian iron cavalry can't jump up, right?!

Of course, the surprise in the heart is the surprise in the heart. The Norman soldiers, as well as their allies, from Hungary, Austria, and Moscow, still opened their bows and arrows, and fired arrows with their crossbows and crossbows to kill the Mongols. And farther away, on the batteries of the two large fortresses on the main body of this line of defense, after the adjustment of the engineering troops, the twelve-pounder long-barreled guns also began to roar. A salvo of twenty pieces of artillery struck the Mongol cavalry group with twenty falling bullets.

This round of attacks is to play fast. Therefore, heavy cavalry was not sent into battle. Now at the front were all lightly armed cavalrymen dressed in leather robes lined with silk - these cowhide robes with a lot of grease on them had a certain defensive power against light weapons such as swords. Tough silk is also quite good at defending against arrows. Nomadic cavalry with such equipment has a good chance of surviving if they encounter an ordinary battle.

But the cannonballs are cannonballs, and the most powerful weapon of our time, artillery! In the face of the terrifying power of artillery, the defensive equipment of the nomadic cavalry is like paper paste. Doesn't work at all. When the bullet exploded among the Mongol cavalry, it was accompanied by an incredulous, unbelievable scream. Broken people, the corpses of war horses were thrown high. And then it fell again. Paste on the cavalry rushing from behind, in the face. The heat gave the corpses a scorched smell. It's like a rain of flesh.

A volley of Norman artillery killed hundreds of Mongol cavalrymen. Generally speaking, this round of bombing was enough to dampen the enemy's morale -- however, I don't know if it was a delusion. Or maybe the people on the other side have gone mad - the Normans are looking at it from afar. The Mongolian cavalry, covered with a layer of flesh and blood, was not only not afraid, but showed excitement. A joyful, frightening smile.

"Aha!! "It's like the devil of hell." The Mongols, spurred on by the blood and corpses, and the strange way of dying, were not as flustered as the Norman soldiers had predicted. Instead, he laughed maniacally. The speed of the charge forward is a few points faster!

"What a herd of livestock!" General Sulla spat, and then slapped a Norman militia crossbowman on his side, who seemed to be a little stunned, and shouted and cursed: "What do you see?! Why don't you shoot quickly! Do you want the Mongols to rush over and cut you down?!"

Around them, the other Norman generals and Norman officers also shouted and cursed, asking their soldiers to calm down. Keep shooting and block the enemy's attack.

Although it is not as thrilling as artillery, nor is it as eye-catching as the city defense crossbow. But. In fact, it is indeed these individual seemingly inconspicuous crossbowmen and archers who form a barrage of arrows that are the best means of urban defense in this era.

So, after a brief confusion, thousands of heavy crossbowmen, militia crossbowmen. Militia archers, peasant archers and nomads...... Armed with short bows, short compound bows, pulley crossbows, and stilted crossbows, these soldiers began to pull their bows and wind them desperately. Shooting in groupings at the dispatch of Norman officers and noble knights of other countries. Rain of arrows at the Mongol cavalry in dense formations. ...,

And the Mongols, who were born to be masters of mounted archery, were naturally not to be outdone. Under the command of the other party, hundreds of Mongolian cavalry in the front row were in unison, and almost at the same time, they raised their recurve cavalry bows in their hands. A round of arrows like flying locusts "buzzed" towards the Norman army at the head of the city.

The Mongols now occupy most of Asia. There are countless skilled craftsmen under his command. The bows were all well-made, and they were no worse than the Normans' equipment. Moreover, the Mongol cavalry fired extremely fast and accurately. Riding on horseback, stretching a bow and arrows, five seconds is a round. Three arrows can hit at least one. Compared to the light archers that the Norman Empire was proud of, it was no better!

With the charge of the Mongol cavalry, it got closer and closer. More and more Mongol cavalry came into range, and they drew their bows and arrows, and each shot could bring down the Norman army at the head of the city! If it was a regular army in plate armor, or a militia commander and nobleman in plate chain composite armor, such arrows could be completely defended.

However, if it is chain mail, even if it is heavy chain mail, elite levies wearing heavy chain mail will still take a lot of damage after being hit by a Mongolian bow! A Mongolian arrow with barbs can make a strong soldier incapacitated if it hits the vital point. Not to mention, the average soldier who is only armed with light chain mail or leather armor. Even those peasant soldiers who could not afford even a suit of armor, forcibly recruited by other countries.

However, it is still a loss.

Although the Mongol cavalry's riding and archery skills were unparalleled in the world. Their allies, the light cavalry of the other nomads, were also above the mark in mounted archery. But in the face of the Norman army relying on the wooden pheasant moat, it still suffered.

From the opposite side, the place where the Mongol cavalry began to charge to the bottom of the fortress, a distance of eight hundred meters. The artillery bombarded, the torsion catapult could be smashed, and the city defense crossbow was also fired. But ordinary bows and crossbows are not as powerful.

When the opponent was 300 meters away from the tower, the Norman heavy crossbowman armed with a pulley crossbow on the city wall fired the first round of arrows.

At another 200 meters, Eastern European nomadic conscripts armed with compound bows, Muscovite, Hungarian and Austrian hussars, as well as militia crossbowmen armed with stumbling crossbows, also began to shoot.

Closer, the recruited archers, hunters, and poachers with short bows and hunting bows began to shoot.

In this way, the Norman Empire had about 5,000 crossbowmen, 120 city defense crossbows, and 20 artillery pieces in several waves, and the closer they got, the more people they shot. Wait until the other party gets closer to a place less than fifty meters away from the city wall. Some Norman conscription militiamen armed with javelins and throwing axes, or javelinmen and javelinmen from Livonia and Eastern Europe, joined the shooting ranks. It's really impermeable.

The recurve bows of the Mongol cavalry were close to the range of the Norman compound bows, that is, they had been subjected to two or three rounds of various fire from the Norman army before they even entered the firing range......

At a distance of 800 meters, the Mongol cavalry was fast and could run in less than a minute. And in just this minute, more than 5,000 crossbowmen, armed with javelin throwing axes, infantry, artillery, city defense crossbows, and catapults fired desperately. He beckoned the Mongols all over the place...... The Mongol vanguard army suffered one-third casualties among the five thousand light cavalry sent this time! The battlefield was covered with hedgehog-like Mongols and their horses, and the closer they got to the Norman line, the more they became!

However, under such a severe blow, the other party still maintained extremely high morale. When they got closer, the Normans realized that they were carrying sacks. It was filled with sand. ...,

The Mongol cavalrymen, who were extremely skilled in horsemanship, stopped in front of the Norman fortress. Stand up to the fire of the city. Throw that bag of sand under the base of the wall. Then he continued to draw his bow and arrows, and exchanged fire with the Normans at the head of the city. Others eagerly grabbed their sabers and tried to climb to the top of the city with their bare hands. However, few succeeded, either by shooting or by stones thrown from the city. And even if they succeeded in climbing up, they didn't wait for anything, they were swarmed by the surrounding Normans, cut into several pieces with random knives, and threw them down.

Thousands of Mongol soldiers, instead of scattering and attacking the two dozen or so fortresses at the same time, focused on the three fortresses on the southernmost side. They used sand, and other fallen Mongols, and their horses, some of which were still alive and killed by the Mongols themselves, and they used these things as materials to make a slope under the Norman wooden fort. Such a project consumed about one-third of their soldiers and horses. Now the 5,000 Mongols who are at the forefront of the death squad, or even the 5,000 Mongols of the death squad, are only more than 1,000 left.

However, the more than 1,000 Mongols, still excitedly brandishing their scimitars, holding their shields high, and charging along the ramp paved with dirt, human and war horse corpses, launched a charge towards the Norman fortress! At the head of the city, the Norman soldiers were not to be outdone, and the brave Norman professional soldiers, as well as some of the levies, and the fierce nomads of the people, in turn, launched a counter-charge against the Mongols along this slope.

In this way, the two armies collided in this way. The Mongols, whose fighting power plummeted after dismounting, still maintained their fierce nature. But it was still no match for the well-armed Norman army. Their formation was quickly shattered by the Norman Tomahawk. At the head of the city, with the long-range support of other Norman soldiers, the Mongol advance was crushed to the death—and at this moment, a second group of Mongol cavalry, also of 5,000 men, rushed towards this battlefield......