As Egir had said, the Norman army was very elite, the Norman artillery and engineering machinery were very good, and the Crusaders outnumbered the enemy defending the city by twice as many as they could do - but it was a bit of a fool's dream to conquer a large city like Jerusalem in a single battle.

"But there should be a good start. Isn't there a saying that a good start is half the battle. Seeing that Egil said this, Baasami continued.

Indeed, there is a true statement. Egil chuckled, "But I have something else, something else - if you make your army too much of a showman, then the other army will come to conclusions that I don't like very much." Therefore, I must show all the power of the empire in all aspects. Let the other side know that the empire does not only rely on sophisticated construction machinery and cutting-edge weapons to win. On the slightly more traditional side, my army is just as formidable. ”

"Yes...... Is that so?" Asami seemed to be a little unaware, but nodded anyway. Say you already know.

"Of course, I didn't mean to look at the low-firearms unit and the mechanical engineering corps when I did this. You've done a great job today. We will continue to work hard in the future. Seeing that Asami seemed to be a little lost, Egil chuckled and encouraged.

"My subordinates understand! Thank you for the compliment!" and Asami immediately became energetic.

And at this moment, with the arrival of the main forces of the Norman Empire, the siege of this day has also entered the white-hot stage. Well-armoured, well-trained, shield-bearing, and equipped with a large number of baffle carts, rush carts, ladder carts, and building carts, the Norman army advanced all the way through the road, receiving little damage. Neither bows, crossbows, nor javelins could do any significant damage to these soldiers. And as the longbowmen and crossbowmen led by Robin Hood entered the battlefield, the long-range attacks of the Arab army were also hindered after suppressing the fire on the ground and from the carts towards the city. I became a little confused.

In this operation, Egil's side invested a total of 20 large building vehicles with a height of 6.5 meters. These were mounted on firing platforms that were one size larger than the body, five meters square, with guardrails and canopies, and were originally designed to accommodate thirty soldiers for firing. Of course, in actual combat, these building cars seriously exceeded the standard. Even the most well-off buildings were densely packed with at least fifty crossbowmen and longbowmen on the roof. The soldiers, at a height slightly above the city walls, condescendingly poured fire on the Arabs on the walls. So that many Arabs had to raise their shields for protection. Some people even have the illusion that "are we the ones who are being attacked?"

Under the attack of the suppressive aid of the crossbowmen. The Norman infantry finally reached the gate with their carts, and a total of thirty strong men slammed into the gate with their iron sheep's heads and horns. The slamming gates couldn't stop trembling.

"Quick, that fire pot, burn that thing, quick!" Seeing that his own city gate had been severely damaged. Saladin hurriedly ordered. In fact, before he could speak, a number of Arab soldiers armed with Nafa fire pots scrambled towards the gate tower where the car was rushing. Some of the men with the best arm strength threw the pot at it, and the pot filled with the oil shattered on the hardwood baffle, spilling the oil on the ground before it was ignited by the burning weave that sealed the pot. Suddenly, a fire broke out on the rushing car!

"Damn! get out of here!" he saw that the baffle on his own rushing car was about to be burned through. The Norman infantrymen immediately scrambled to leave the van, and then, as the last Norman was about to leave, there was a click, and the whole cart finally fell apart under the intense burning, and the flaming hardwood baffle smashed down on the face, burying the hapless man inside, even though the guy was not dead because he was wearing a helmet. But one leg was broken. He fell to the ground and couldn't move. ...,

"Quick, who's going to help me?!" the soldier's face twisted in pain, and he screamed in pain as he cried out for help to his robes.

"What a waste!" said his immediate boss, a veteran who had followed Egil for three years, but was not satisfied with the movement of his hands, and immediately ran over to pull his men out. However, the wood chosen by the engineer was very strong and heavy, and his tugging only deepened the soldier's pain.

"Damn it—God forbid you—you're bastard, I'm going to beat you up with a barb-soaked whip when I get back. He cursed at this, and then, under the astonished gaze of a group of Norman infantrymen, he stretched out his hands and raised the violently burning plank. After that, he shouted, "Hurry up and get a few more people, pull him out!"

The soldiers, who had just reacted, immediately ran over. The two men each took one of the trapped soldier's hands and pulled him out. Then, the soldier who kept apologizing, and the scolding chief. The two wounded retreated under the cover of a she.

Putting aside the bad character of the emperor himself, he did take good care of his army. Solidarity among soldiers is also emphasized in military regulations, as well as in daily training and propaganda. and dedication and camaraderie. This made the Norman army more condensed and more difficult to defeat while being full of bravery.

"The other party...... Among the infidels, there is also such a spirit. In Chenglu, Saladin, who witnessed all this, sighed.

While directly attacking the city gates, the Normans approached the walls of the opposing city with more and more threatening ladder carts. The Norman soldiers stopped close to three meters from the city walls. Then the folding ladder on top of the ladder was opened - these siege machines were extremely dangerous, not so much ladders, but not as designed as ordinary ladders. Folding over the vehicle are in fact two rectangular hardwood planks four meters long and two meters wide. There is a barb at the front end, which can be used to grasp the opponent's wall and hold it in place. The entire ladder is placed diagonally at an angle, and under the planks, the pillars, which are also folded, are also spread out to ensure stability.

In this way, a slightly sloping flat road connects the ground to the city. As long as you take a little care not to collapse this unstable road with too many people running at once, the Norman soldiers can continue to charge towards the city at great speed. It's not like ordinary bitter cannon fodder, risking being burned with fire oil and being smashed by stones to climb ladders.

Such a machine, this attack put into sixty planes. Four planes were destroyed by the opponent's oil and rolling stones, and fifty-six more planes arrived at the designated position. But that was enough - the Norman soldiers were busy, folding the ingenious machinery - and several ladder carts joined together to form a wide slope.

"Damn it—get rid of those shit things!" the Arab soldiers shouted frantically at the head of the city, continuing to throw stones and canisters of fire oil, and successfully destroying one of the ladder carts - but more of them survived, and before the Arabs could do anything, the first group of hundreds of Norman soldiers rushed up, shielded the attack, and brandished their tomahawks to slice through the thinly armored enemy. The well-armed Norman soldiers quickly took up a position at the head of the city, and it was a great effort!

Seeing this scene, Saladin's eyes straightened. Since ancient times, the most difficult step in attacking a city was to climb from the foot of the city to the top of the city. Usually in siege battles, the most tragic killings, and the most casualties on the besieging side, is at this stage. And yet these crusaders, to be precise, these Normans, have reduced this step to such a point in such a terrible way...... If anything, before seeing the long-range firepower of the Norman Empire, Saladin was seventy percent confident in holding Jerusalem. Then after seeing the re-sighting, there were only fifty percent left-and-after seeing the total battle of the Norman army, the remaining half of the odds of victory continued to decline, and became less than three. ...,

"Quick, send more troops, call more troops over, and drive them off the walls!

At the same time, on the other side of the wall—on the east side, where the Greeks were in charge of the fierce siege battles—the commanders of the remaining three sections of the wall roared almost simultaneously, demanding reinforcements, more reinforcements, to drive the enemy down as quickly as possible. And destroy their desecrated construction machinery.

However, on such a narrow, stretchable wall, the Norman Empire's extremely powerful infantry units were not so easy to deal with. Despite the sheer numbers of Arab armies scrambling to attack, the Imperial soldiers stood still. With his well-armored armor, he ignored the defenses and desperately squeezed the enemies on both sides, expanding his position on the city wall so that more of his own soldiers could rush forward. For a time, the situation in Jerusalem became precarious. No matter how hard the Arab soldiers tried, the Crusaders had a clear advantage, at least on the north side, on the wall under Egil's command.

Even, such an advantage gave Egil the idea that it would not be impossible to capture Jerusalem directly. Such an illusion......