Under the city of Gaza.

The shouts of killing shook the sky.

With their shields raised above their heads, the Saracen soldiers in a neat line were pushing the siege towers, battering rams, and slowly approaching the city walls.

From time to time, someone was hit by an arrow from the head of the city and fell to the ground.

But the number of enemies is simply too many.

Although Gaza City was the target of key protection, and Baron Robert, who oversaw it, did not send many troops to join the crusade in Jerusalem, the total strength of Gaza City was only 3,000, and most of them were improvised militiamen.

The balance of strength between the enemy and us has reached a terrifying one-to-ten.

Baron Robert, who was standing at the head of the city, pressed his palm on his sword: "Aim at the enemy's siege tower, fire the rocket - go!" ”

The Crusader archers at the head of the city began to ignite fire arrows, which were specially made of hollowed-out arrows filled with brimstone, asphalt, and grease-soaked linen, which were used as weapons for fire attack, but also sacrificed range and accuracy.

Bang –

There was a clang.

Most of the arrows hit the siege tower, but they were bounced off by the iron sheet covering it, and only a few dozen arrows pierced through, but they could not ignite the siege tower that had already been splashed with water.

Seeing that the siege towers were approaching the city walls.

Baron Robert again gave a loud order: "Throw the fire pot!" ”

The fire pots used by the Crusaders were far less flammable than the Greek fires of the Eastern Empire, and the flames covered the siege towers, and it was obviously far from being able to burn this behemoth.

Finally, the siege tower was pressed against the city wall.

The Saracen warriors, who had already been ready, immediately kicked open the baffle, erected it between the city wall and the siege tower, and rushed towards the city wall.

However, the siege tower has a small springboard, and the number of troops that can be deployed at any one time is limited.

In addition, the Saracen army that came from the direction of Egypt was a little ill-prepared, so after the four siege towers built were close to the city wall, they fell into a bitter battle for a while, and many of the armor soldiers who climbed the city were pushed off the city by the crusaders and fell to the ground.

Some of those who have not yet fallen to their deaths cannot be treated at all in this chaotic battlefield, and can only wail and wait for death to come.

"Be careful, young master!"

A squire in a red burqa pushed a knight away, and he was hit with a mace, which directly knocked his helmet apart, and the squire's seven orifices were bloodied, and he fell to the ground and looked lifeless.

The surviving knight stabbed the other with a sword, but immediately realized that something was wrong.

The sword had pierced through the scale armor of the enemy, but it was smiling hideously, and the gloveled left hand grabbed the knight's armed sword, and with his right hand, he swung his mace and smashed it into the knight's head again.

Click-

The flying spear, almost grazing the knight's shoulder, pierced directly through the head of the Mamluk soldier, and the force of the force caused him to take several steps back in succession.

The knight looked back.

Only then did he realize that it was his father, Baron Robert, who had taken the opportunity to throw this spear in his busy schedule.

But soon, the sound of footsteps on the pedal in front of him was heard again.

In the dark siege tower, it seems that a giant beast is slowly emerging.

And the number of soldiers fighting side by side around them has become smaller and smaller, even if the number of siege towers is limited, but the enemy is outnumbered, the enemy elite is numerous, once on the top of the city, many of the militia who are called up to defend the city are not their opponents at all.

An unknown enemy has finally appeared.

Another group of heavily armored Mamluk soldiers, armed with maces, straight swords, and round shields, were wrapped in iron armor all over their bodies, and their mouths uttered pagan prayers, like a flock of fierce tigers out of the gate, and pounced on little Robert.

Little Robert yelled "ahhhh

He picked up a crusader shield and met the enemy.

Bang –

The hammer slammed into the barrel helmet with a heavy, muffled sound.

His eyes were suddenly dark, and what could be seen through the cracks in his armor became blurred.

Puff –

He fell among the corpses at the head of the city.

I don't know how long it took.

When little Robert woke up, he had crawled out of the pile of corpses, a heavy, armor-covered corpse that weighed him down and could not breathe, and the heavy smell of blood became more and more foul under the scorching sun.

After getting up, I found that the battle situation had stabilized at this time.

A siege tower had fallen to the side.

There was no enemy on the wall he was on, and most of the defenders had gone elsewhere.

His father was still standing at the head of the city to stand out from the enemy, and ordered in a loud voice: "Release!" ”

Bang!

The ballista at the head of the city thundered through the siege tower, and the layer of iron covered by the siege tower, where was the opponent of this powerful ballista, like a piece of paper being easily torn apart.

The end of the crossbow was connected to a rope, which in turn was connected to a suspended boulder, and with another order from Baron Robert, the sound of the hanging boulder was cut off by the Crusader's axe.

The sudden fall of the boulder suddenly drove the rope at the end of the crossbow arrow, so that the entire siege tower was deflected by the momentum of the boulder's fall.

With a roar.

The dozens of elite Mamluks who were about to attack in the siege tower all let out a terrifying roar.

Immediately, the siege tower fell to the ground with a bang.

The soldiers inside were either smashed to pieces or stoned to death.

Perhaps this was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The horn sounded at the hurried sound of the enemy's withdrawal.

The Saracen soldiers began to flee in confusion, and some of the Saracen warriors who were still trapped in the city walls did not even notice the sound of the horn of retreat, and when they came back to their senses, they found themselves surrounded by enemy troops.

Looking at the Saracen soldiers who had abandoned their armor and fled in embarrassment, the crusaders defending the city showed a sense of happiness for the rest of their lives.

Little Robert took off his helmet, his beautiful blonde curls were completely wet with sweat and stuck to his cheeks and forehead, he gasped violently, took off the jug next to him and poured it into a big gulp.

"I don't know where Miss Cellynina has gone."

He remembered the day Cellinina left, the sand, the pursuing cavalry, and the "witch" who didn't know what spell she had cast, so she stuck an arrow into the neck of Saracen's scout.

"If she's still here, with her sorcery, no matter how many enemies she attacks, she won't be able to achieve anything, right?"

Little Robert's face showed deep regret and envy, and he didn't know what kind of personality charm the Marquis of Lothar, whom he had never met, had in order to get the service of Miss Cellinina.

In the camp under the city.

Adil's face was full of gloom: "Master Salman, are you still unwilling to make a move?" ”

On the side, the spellcaster, wrapped in a black robe, wrapped in a turban, and wearing a veil, said with a cold expression: "I made a promise with your lord that I would not attack ordinary people - I agreed to cooperate with him only after he agreed." ”

"If you were really merciful, you shouldn't have watched my soldiers die in the enemy's city by hundreds!"

Adil said angrily: "My siege equipment has been completely destroyed, if you want to take Gaza as soon as possible, you have to send soldiers to carry rudimentary ladders to climb the walls of the Crusaders, do you know how many people will die?" ”

To build siege equipment, one relies on technology, and the other depends on time.

His army did have craftsmen who were good at crafting siege engines, but where could they get enough materials to build siege engines in a short period of time? Where did he get the time to keep going on under this Gaza City?

Master Salman was silent for a moment, shook his head and said, "An agreement is an agreement, and once there is a precedent, there will be one after another. ”