Eagle Byzantium

Surrounding the siege tower were the fierce ranks of the newly formed large detachment of Pyrothrowers. They wore linen clothes stuffed with armor, leggings, and ancient Thracian iron helmets. There is a small umbrella-shaped red horsehair feather on the top of the helmet. Their decorations swayed in the smoke and wind. They covered their faces with wet towels and carried fire pipes or leather bags containing iron torches. Amidst the fierce sound of flutes and drums, groups of people later collectively shouted hymns and war hymns. , “Lord, my persecutors are countless;

Lord, my enemies are besieging me in hordes!

But the Lord is my shield, He hears and sustains me in the holy mountain;

Although there are thousands of enemies, I am not afraid;

Lord, help me to persevere;

Lord, save me;

Lord, help me to break the face of the unbelievers;

Lord, help me to crush the fangs of the wicked!

Hallelujah, hallelujah! "

The Turkic soldiers guarding the city were so frightened by this war song that they were dizzy. Coupled with the previous fire and missile bombing, they had long lost effective command and control. They fought individually with courage and fired a white-glowing gunshot. Fire spears were sprayed out from the holes in the fence, and some were pierced into the rocks hanging on the siege tower. Some of them passed over the cotton bags or sandbags and fell into the ranks of the fire-throwing detachment. Some of them penetrated the uppermost decking of the siege tower, and the flames spread quickly - a group of Turkic soldiers behind the fence. Cheers, "Thanks be to Allah, Allahu Akbar!" and reloading and extinguishing the fire resumed.

With a rumble, the soldiers behind the siege tower used sharp axes to cut off the iron chains on the slats. The flaming slats fell directly, and the Turkic soldiers in the fence screamed in horror - Gao Wenfang, who had no cover at all. At the highest point of the siege tower, several fire-throwers with iron and copper shields, umbrella-shaped horsehair feathers swaying, were trying their best to control a short and stocky "copper monster" aimed at them.

This "copper monster" is like the crouching toad on the sarcophagus in the church, but it is much larger and made of copper. Its front and back claws can be deeply buckled on the wooden board or soil for fixation. The "big eyes" on both sides are actually hand buttons, which are convenient for the fire throwers to rotate and move, and there is an iron mark for sighting at the nostrils. The monster's "mouth" is very large, with the air of devouring the world. It is five feet wide and two feet up and down. It is divided into three layers and six partitions, a total of eighteen channels, each with a large rocket with a barbed iron spearhead. , there are Khitan snow paper tubes connected in series at the front and back, and open at the back The hole exposed the fuse, which was equipped with a gun, and in front was the explosive charge - the fuses of the three large rockets were twisted together through the fire door opened on the back of the "monster". This is what the Seleucia Ordnance Department did for The "Flying Fire Bronze Clam" made through hard work.

He was stunned when he saw such a terrifying object suddenly appearing on the opponent's siege tower about thirty to fifty feet away - eighteen large rockets stuffed into the big "Flying Fire Bronze Clam" mouth. Facing the battlement fence in front of them, many Turkic soldiers simply lost the courage to resist. They dropped the spears or arrows they were preparing to mount on the ballistae and scattered in all directions.

"Go, go, my copper toad, burst out with the highest and most magnificent roar, the Lord and Mary are with you!" In an instant, several fire throwers behind the flying fire copper toad were aiming at the target. Finally, they all shouted out prayers, and then the flag officer who took the lead kissed the "little gospel" decorated with fine leather and gold foil twice, and placed it between the iron sight of the copper toad, "Harry Lure, launch!”

"Tap, vomit, vomit, vomit!" The Khitan snow used for launching whistled. In the mouth of the copper clam, the copper and iron collided with each other with air waves, making a sound that shook the city, just like a giant male frog courting a mate. The screams shook the entire southern city wall of Kayseri Fort. The eighteen fuses of the large iron spearhead rocket were ignited. According to a slight time difference, brilliant sparks were trailed from the tail fins, moving from front to back. The copper clam shot out of its mouth, causing the entire copper clam and the wooden siege tower to tremble repeatedly - several large rockets shot through the wooden fence of the opposite city wall, and then the front-loaded cartridge began to explode. Groups of fire lines scattered in all directions, causing the debris on them to fly around, and burning everything around them. Once this kind of iron spear with a barb got wedged into the fortification, it was impossible to pull it out.

Another one, with a tail of fire between it, rushed into the perforation and smashed the crossbow cannon guarding the city on the opposite side. Before they had time to retreat, the two Danish Mondrian Turk gunners were pierced together in a row: The people under the city who were preparing to put out the fire saw with their own eyes Watching the big rocket inserted into the chest and back of the two people, their hands and feet were shaking, they screamed and were carried far away, and then they fell. During the fall, strings of sparks continued to accompany the broken bodies and internal organs. Burst open...

About half a minute later, the flag officer behind the bronze clam half-squinted his eyes. After seeing the smoke and flames, the enemy's battlements and fence section were all burned, and the burning wood and armor were pattered along the way. The city wall fell, and then he shouted excitedly, waving a small flag at the bottom, "Get up!" The fire throwers below held up iron shields, carried Khitan fire tubes, sang hymns and war songs, and continued to advance the attack. City tower.

Soon, the iron rods protruding from both sides of the siege tower pierced into the fence boards under the residual fire. Then the siege tower stopped moving. The flag officer turned to face the rear, waved the small flag twice again, "Charge, Charge!" The fire-throwers under the tower swarmed to attack the city. The wooden ramp extending from the tower went directly up to the battlements, and then they threw iron firecrackers wildly at all the buildings on the other side of the city wall. There were continuous explosions, and the people and soldiers who came to put out the fire were blown away. They abandoned the burning city gate and ran away.

Soon the battering ram was pushed up and directly knocked open the half-burned southern city gate. Amid the raging smoke and fire, the outer city of Kayseri had already fallen. Gawain, who was watching the battle on a distant hill, saw that sections of the long city wall had exploded, and the weapons in the hands of many flamethrowers who climbed up continued to spew out fireworks, and the bodies of the Turks who were hit and killed fell one after another. "Tell all the Red Hand Cavalry to gallop around the city and block the enemy's escape."

At the east gate of the castle, the most defeated Danishmond soldiers and Turkish immigrants poured out, because they tried to escape in the direction of Sivas or Melitene, but now it was a luxury: Giovanni rushed over with 300 Red Hand Cavalry, and the dozen or so cavalrymen in the front turned over and dismounted. In groups of two, they half-knelt down, carrying a long iron gun with half a slide extended from the front. "Bang, bang, bang" a burst of fierce shooting, the rockets in the iron gun flew out, hitting the dense Turks in front of the city gate and making them bloody. Then the cavalrymen behind him shouted and approached with single-edged sabers and chain hammers like a wall, slashing and killing many Turkic soldiers who had no time to turn around and escape. All the bodies fell into the moat, and the entire moat was flattened. Giovanni then led the cavalry to trample on the pile of bodies and broke into the east gate.

In a short period of time, the gates of Kayseri were lost one after another. The embarrassed and desperate Jemaladdin Bey fled with his remnants into the inner city protected by the "Seljuk Wall" (the new inner wall built after the Danishmond Turks conquered Kayseri). The bodies of his killed tribesmen and Crescent Moon believers were scattered all over the ground and the streets. (To be continued ~^~)