Eagle Byzantium

"It's not just a stone-shooting machine, it's also an integrated way to defend against other Turkic siege techniques." Gedier flipped up his loose and dry hair and reported to the Grand Duke with interest in a researcher's characteristic hoarse voice. "My field camp defense system can be summarized as Zimu Trench, Zimu Gate, Zimu Wall, and Zimu Fortress."

He said several "zimu" in one breath, which aroused Gawain's interest, "What you said, can the construction be successful in the face of the pressure from the Turkic army?"

Gedier seemed very confident. He first pulled out another drawing for Gawain to read, and then pointed to the vast and wide Orontes River next to the camp and the Falfa River surrounding the city of Antioch behind it, "Here It is a very good place. There are pastures by the river and timber forests by Rose Ridge. Various equipment and supplies can be sent from the city through bridges and water transportation. In addition, the sandy soil is easy to build and shape, mixed with bricks, stones and asphalt, which is enough. arrive In addition, as long as the Grand Duke assigns the brigade detachments to their respective building locations, tasks, and supplies according to the camp layout, the soldiers will be activated at the same time, and the conscripted laborers will start rough and deploy cavalry and troops. Half of the infantry will serve as guard and protection, and soon we will be able to build a strong field fortification between the Orontes River and Rose Ridge. No matter how many times the Turks come, they will suffer heavy losses. "

Gawain immediately said that you have full authority to discuss all the details with the herald officer and military judge, and ask them to act according to your legal plan immediately!

"It seems that Bohemond's side has a ready-made fortress left by Aji, which is much easier than us. Let them provoke and attract the enemy's attack first, and buy some time for us here."

At this time, on the high mountain ridge where the Antioch Acropolis is located, separated by criss-crossing ravines and a long and narrow winding valley floor, is the confrontation line between the main armies of Bohemond, Tancred and Cobuha - —The "Iron Gate" has fallen into Mosul In the hands of the army, everyone's ambitions were high, but soon the Normans used the "Eagle Castle" (the highest point of the Acropolis and the castle) of the "Katzkenuz Tower" facing the enemy. The long pole raised the heads of Achish, Sansadonias and his son.

The beard on Achish's head had not been cut off, and the flesh began to swell and rot, so it showed a terrifying expansion and became even bigger. From a distance, it looked like a huge melon, and it took four strong soldiers to lift it. Let the Turkic camp across the valley see it.

Budakis cried so much that his whole body was burned. He tore his hair again. Unable to bear the sight of his father and brother being so brutally killed, he hugged Prince Kobuha's thigh, and Kobuha also Thunder rages, no Duan told his subordinates that after we conquer the city of Antioch, we will kill all the pilgrims in the city. Not only the people, but also the horses, donkeys, sheep, and dogs they brought with them. Anyone alive will be slaughtered. Dropped to comfort Achish's death.

But Bohemond, who was under the long pole, obviously had no intention of stopping. Not only did he instruct the Turks in the camp who had converted to Christianity to curse the other side of the valley with many words that insulted the saints, prophets and scriptures, he also called the soldiers Put metal "dog legs" on the bottom of the long pole that is tied to Yagi's head so that it can be firmly inserted into the ground, and then put horizontal wheels and pedals on the top of the long pole. The four dwarf clowns in the court stepped on the short pole, just like stepping on the branches of a big tree, climbing up, sometimes singing disgusting and vulgar songs, sometimes beating Achish and his eldest son with sticks. His head sometimes even pulled the rope, causing the heads of Achish and Sansadonias to spin along the wheel, "pretending to chase and bite his son's head."

"I think the son is biting his father!"

"They were spinning around and couldn't tell who bit whom!"

"They must be competing for mom's milk."

"We should tie some pieces of donkey tails to these two heads so we can tell them apart clearly."

Several Calabrian soldiers below were holding their bellies and laughing.

Sure enough, at dusk, the Norman army found two donkey tails, climbed up a long pole, tied them to two severed heads in front of tens of thousands of Turks on the opposite side, and then lit a bonfire. , and started playing the trick of "rotating, bumping and biting" again.

Budakis almost fainted, "Starting from tomorrow, follow the Iron Gate Fortress and storm the defenses of the unbelievers - avoid the Acropolis towers, focus on seizing the paths, mountain walls, and small fortresses, and then rush in after seizing them." In the city, shoot and kill these bastards, and create as much panic as possible!" Kobuha felt sorry for the young man's grief, and gritted his teeth and issued the order to attack.

At the same time, on the section between Iron Bridge Estuary Fortress and Rose Ridge, Gawain had 800 red-handed cavalry under his command, and Raymond personally led 300 knights or sergeants, arrogantly setting up the formation under beautiful battle flags. Nearly 10,000 Turkic troops facing the direction of Saint Simon and Atta City were watching.

Behind them, two thousand of Gawain's military servants and four thousand laborers, working with the soldiers who supervised the work, were sweating and using shovels to dig a long trench perpendicular to the Orontes River. In the area adjacent to the riverbed, a seven-foot thick earthwork was left undigged, and wooden fences were driven in to reinforce it to isolate the river water. "It stretches all the way to Rose Ridge, about 5,100 Anna feet (about 1.5 kilometers now). If 6,000 people dig trenches at the same time, it will take about two and a half days to complete." Geddie held up a counting stick and stood in front of everyone, calculating precisely. Next to him, there were another 6,000 laborers and soldiers from three brigades, who were quickly mixing the excavated soil with stone bricks and rammed earth to build walls. "First build the mother wall, and make sure to make it flat and low, so the amount of earthwork at the bottom increases, but because the height is only one-fifth of the standard castle wall - so the amount of work is actually reduced, and it will take about two and a half days." Geddie muttered and calculated non-stop.

"Two and a half days is too long. Use more whips and send fast horses to tell Adhmar and Robert to assign 70% of the laborers to us, because Godfrey's West Castle and Bohemond's Acropolis do not require such a huge amount of work." Gawain, who was also supervising the construction, spanked Sabina's buttocks, carrying his military servant Muzafiadin who was responsible for delivering the letter, to make her run as soon as possible.

Then, he looked at the figures shuttling back and forth in front of him, they gradually became blurred, and Gawain fell into the initial confusion, which was about Titishius:

"Although I can understand that this noseless guy passively avoided the battle under the order of the emperor, why would he run away at such a critical moment? This is really not like Titishius' style. Even if it was the emperor's order, it was a bit incredible based on my understanding of Alexius. What is the answer?" (To be continued ~^~)