On that day, Egil had said that the Holy City would be purified with flames. At that time, people believed that the Norman Emperor was indeed very likely to fulfill his promise. But no one expected that this day would come so quickly.

March 9, 1006. After nearly a month of preparation, the Crusaders - or more precisely, the Norman baggage soldiers - had been prepared. The guns dismantled from the battleship were transported to the front line through the roads of Tripoli, which traveled hundreds of kilometers. At the same time, there was a batch of artillery in the possession of Norman himself, and a batch of blacksmiths and foundries who rushed to cast it. At this moment, under the city of Jerusalem, the Norman army concentrated more than a hundred artillery pieces. And in the Norman camp, more artillery was constantly being cast. Among them, a giant bronze cannon weighing more than thirty tons, two meters long, and with a caliber of more than two hundred millimeters was particularly eye-catching.

Although this artillery is not yet finished. Even the clay molds made specifically for the casting of artillery have just been made. It had not yet been put into service, but the power of the cannon could be imagined just by looking at the blueprints drawn by the craftsmen and the sixty-four-pound lead projectiles that had been prepared and made specifically for this gun.

Although this artillery is not comparable to the nearly 900 mm caliber urban cannon that has appeared in history. But it was also enough to make the craftsmen of the Norman Empire proud. As one of the eldest, the craftsmen in charge of the casting of this cannon said, "This cannon represents the limits of the Empire's casting process and weaponry at this moment." It is unique in the world, supreme and powerful.

There were even some craftsmen who wanted Egil to engrave his name on the cannon. In order to highlight the martial arts. Along with them, these craftsmen can be recorded in history. Egil thought for a moment - although it was a miracle that such artillery was very powerful now. But according to the development of science and technology of the empire. In a few years, more powerful gunpowder weapons will appear. At that time, it was somewhat inappropriate to have such an artillery named after itself.

After thinking about it, Egil rejected the offer. But at the same time, as a consolation reward. Egil agreed to the craftsmen and engraved the following words on the cannon: "The Emperor's final arguments". In this way, although they did not agree to the request of the craftsmen, it was enough to make them happy.

However, Egil also understands that a powerful cannon is not enough to change the situation on the battlefield. It is not so much a secret weapon as the key to victory, but rather an incentive for your own soldiers and a deterrent for the defenders. A huge sixty-four-pound cannon, especially before the use of gunpowder, was a huge blow to the morale of the defending soldiers. But this did not mean that without this artillery, Egil would not have been able to capture the city of Jerusalem. It doesn't mean that Egil has to wait for the cannon to be cast before attacking.

When Egil gave the order to impress a general attack on the Yeruthran prank, Taglierand, the clerk of Egil, and Mary, Egil's confidential secretary, recorded the time - the ninth day of March, one thousand and six years, after the coming of Jesus.

It was on this day that the Crusader army led by Egil launched an attack on Jerusalem!

On that day, the weather was clear and cloudless. The vast majority of the Norman soldiers had been given a light blue cloak with a hood as a means of protection from the sun in the desert - in recent times, there have been many Crusader soldiers who have been incapacitated by fever and even died as a result, so that Egil has begun to pay attention to this aspect - all the strongholds of Tripoli, Antioch, and the Crusaders and Franks in Syria have received orders from Egil. They were asked to provide a cape with this beautiful style and very practical hood that Egil had designed. ...,

Even the cities of Turkey, a little further north, received some orders from the Norman emperors. With the power of real money, these Muslims also accepted the emperor's request - of course, the cloaks produced by these people were of slightly inferior quality. Further afield, Italy and Eastern Rome were also ordered to provide burqas and cloaks.

However, even so, the production of these places combined with overtime is still in short supply. Buying a piece of clothing for hundreds of thousands of soldiers is a lot of work. Eventually, Egil had no choice but to give the order that the only vest of the new cloak would be given priority to the soldiers who went to the battlefield before the new cloak was supplied.

In this way, by the time Egil gave such an order, a total of more than 40,000 Crusader coalition troops who had entered the position had already changed into such light blue robes. More comfortable and uniform attire boosted the morale of the Crusaders. And it seems to have played a little bit of a hot effect. The Arab soldiers defending the city looked at the city and there was a blue ocean all around it—and the people with bad eyes saw the moving waves of people and even shouted, "The Norman Emperor has moved the Mediterranean!" Immediately afterwards, he was loudly reprimanded by the officer.

At this moment, Saladin was dressed in a cuirass of fine scales, a pointed helmet, and armed with an ornate scimitar adorned with precious stones, the same one he had cut off the silk scarf that day. Standing at the head of the city, I couldn't help but frown at the pale blue army on the opposite side, the towering siege towers that were even higher than the walls of Jerusalem, the wide ladders that were intricately crafted and folded on wheeled vehicles, and the huge number of counterweight catapults, torsion catapults, ballistae, and scorpion crossbows—and in addition to that, the weapons that "could shoot fireballs" that Zhaohaier had mentioned after the defeat of the day. Those look like bronze or cast iron tubes.

"The other party seems to have come prepared. Saladin muttered to himself. Before that, he had been informed. The number of crusaders involved in the battle was nearly 50,000. The armies at the North Gate, the direction of the Crusaders, were the most powerful and equipped with more siege machinery. And the Norman emperor was also in this direction - so Saladin was also here.

"The city's defense is still a little insufficient......" Saladin couldn't help but sigh secretly at the various well-made siege equipment on the opposite side, although his capital, Damascus, was known as the world's cultural, trade, scientific, technological, political, and economic ...... Various centers. But in fact, the Egyptian Empire, which was created less than 50 years ago, still seems to be under-established compared to some old powers. Rao was the arrangement of Saladin's extraordinary efforts. In the end, all that was done was to repair the damage caused by the previous attack on Jerusalem, and to slightly strengthen the city gates and a few weak parts of the wall, but there was nothing else.

There were no city defense crossbows, no stone throwers, no towering arrow towers (although they could easily be smashed and then tragic, arrow towers of this era were still considered a very effective means of defense). But it seems that the city of Egil's new construction has been switched to a lower, wider and stronger firing platform). All Jerusalem could rely on was walls that were five meters high and a little more than three meters thick, and a dozen eight-meter-high towers. and the number of Nafa fire oil and the number of more than 150,000 defenders.

"In addition to this, there is devout faith in Allah. Saladin reminded himself that - and then he felt like a mountain shaking - and leaned forward, and if it were not for the high enough of the wall of the wall, he would have almost .........fallen off the wall.

"What the hell is this?!" Saladin cried out—of course, there was no one here to answer his question, and the people just watched in a daze as a pheasant moat collapsed, and the hundreds of pounds of heavy stone were crushed down at once, and a few unfortunate people were smashed into meatloaf at once.

"Enemies, it's the infidels! they use the devil's weapons!!" shouted some Arabs who had participated in the Battle of Dune. This also caused more confusion among the Arabs.

"Leave that alone - keep reloading, keep firing! Remember, it's all with solid shells!!" and at this moment, in the northern side of the crusader position, where more than fifty guns of various types were concentrated. The commander of the firearms, Norman General Asami, shouted - reminding the gunners to keep firing.

"Also, focus on one place - attack there, that place! Remember, your characters are trying to knock down a gap in the wall, not to kill or injure as many enemies!" Because the previous round of fire had spread out a lot, the trajectory was much more dispersed, so it didn't have much effect - it just blasted off a few parts of the wall and some stone slag. So in the second round of shooting, Asami Ba ordered like this. Pointing to a place where the walls were weaker, he shouted.

After that, the artillerymen got busy - loading projectiles, filling gunpowder, installing fuses...... And Basumi continued to order: "Order, let the catapult be loaded with heavenly flame jars, and bombard the enemy troops on the city wall! The same goes for the ballista and the scorpion crossbow, load ammunition, and attack the enemy soldiers—free attack!"

With Basumi's order, the Norman engineers began to get busy, loading their ballistas, loading the Celestial Flame Canister - and then, to the exclamation of the Arabs, the huge ballista and the Heavenly Flame Canister were thrown at their side, and when the fire canister hit the ground and the Heavenly Flame Oil was sprinkled all over the walls, the Arab army became even more chaotic!

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