After the initial panic, the defenders on the city wall finally stabilized and began to adapt to this bloody fighting scene, the generals and officers who led them to defend the city were ineffective, they could only rely on themselves, in fact, they did not have much time to think about life and death, they only knew that if the Western Qin army broke through Jerusalem, they would lose their place to live forever, they would also die or their children and grandchildren would become slaves of the Western Qin people, and the strong survival instinct drove them to force themselves to calm down and face the battle with peace of mind, Their hands no longer trembled, their strands no longer trembled, and they began to become composed.

The slaves who climbed on a siege ladder were constantly stabbed by the defenders on the city wall like dumplings, or stabbed with spears, or stoned, or scalded with boiling water, and rolled down screaming, or were doused with fire oil and turned into burning men.

The defenders, who had calmed down and began to respond calmly, began to inflict heavy casualties on the undisciplined slaves who also had no experience in combat, and some of them began to be timid, but the Western Qin Governor's warring team behind them made them have to continue to attack at the risk of death.

The well fence finally approached the city wall, and one by one the bridges were lowered from the well fence and put on the city wall, and the Western Qin archers on the well fence began to retreat, and the slaves with sharp blades roared and rushed up the city wall.

"The enemy is rushing up, follow me, you come with me and drive them down!" A tall, strong man in armor with a broad sword shouted to some of the reserve soldiers.

This man was Guy the Jew, who was in his thirties, not very old, but who had a high prestige among the Jews, and was therefore elected as an elder, and not only was he a great man among the Jews, but he was also a warrior, and the number of people who died by his sword is unknown.

Under the leadership of Guy, the reserve defenders on the city wall followed him and the slaves who rushed to the city wall from the well fence began to fight, and the white-knuckle battle on the city wall immediately began, the defenders not only had to deal with the attack of the slaves who jumped down from the well railing, but also had to deal with the attacks of the slaves who climbed up from the ladder, and there were many Western Qin archers on the well railing, these people released cold arrows from time to time, which brought great casualties to the defenders.

Some of Guy's men were very brave, these people were either outlaws who licked blood with knives, or professional mercenaries hired at a high price, as well as a large number of barbarians, the first batch of slaves who rushed to the city wall were quickly killed by Guy and his people, and the archers of the Western Qin army had to let the slaves who pushed the well fence below retreat ten zhang to the rear, so that the well fence could widen the distance from the city wall to prevent the defenders from rushing up and snatching the well fence.

Ma Sui saw that the first batch of slaves who rushed to the city wall were all killed, he frowned, and said to the two lieutenants and several generals around him: "These Jews, Christians, and cannibals adapt so quickly, it seems that this bone is not so easy to gnaw!" Let the slaves under the well fence continue to go up to the second batch, and order the well fence to be close to the city wall again to transport the second batch of slaves up! ”

"Yes, General!"

As Ma Sui's order was conveyed, the second group of slaves began to climb a well railing, and the remaining slaves pushed a dozen well railings slowly towards the city wall, and the Western Qin archers continued to shoot arrows to suppress the defender archers on the city wall, and the two sides shot at each other, suffering casualties to each other.

More than a dozen well railings were lowered again and the bridge was set up on the city wall again, and the slaves who had already prepared immediately ran across the bridge and jumped onto the city wall to fight the defenders.

Ma Sui observed for a while, and then ordered: "Order the third wave of slaves to climb the well fence and get ready, once the people who have already rushed to the city wall can't stand it, the people behind will immediately support their companions on the city wall!" ”

"Yes!"

In fact, the slaves can continuously send troops to the city wall through the well fence, but the space on the city wall is limited, and the fighting between the two sides has not stopped.

Guy saw a great threat to the Western Qin army's wells, and if these wells continued to exist, the Western Qin king would be able to continuously pour troops into the city walls, so that the defenders would never have time to rest.

Guy immediately shouted to the people around him: "Go and let the ballistas fire at these wells, destroy them, and don't let them keep sending troops to the walls!" ”

"Yes, Lord Guy!"

The best way to deal with the well fence is to use bed crossbows and ballistas, the West is called the ballista, the East is called the bed crossbow, the power of the crossbow arrow is huge, as long as the shot is accurate, an arrow can break one of the pillars of the well bar, only three legs are left in the well bar because there are many soldiers on it, it is easy to fall. Of course, it is also possible to destroy the well fence with a trebuchet, and it only takes a stone bullet to knock it down, but it needs to be accurate.

Compared with trebuchets, the accuracy of the ballista or bed crossbow is much higher, as some of the ballistas on the city wall continue to shoot crossbow arrows at the well bar, the well bar of the Western Qin army began to suffer losses, and the well bar with only three legs began to fall down one after another due to the stability and instability, and the archers and slaves of the Western Qin army on the top also fell down, and the slaves on the ground screamed in fright and avoided one after another, but there were still many people who were stoned to death, and most of the soldiers and slaves of the Western Qin army on the well fence were also seriously injured by falling to death.

Although the well rails were shot one after another and collapsed, causing a large number of casualties, Ma Sui did not order a retreat, and the slaves had to continue the siege, although the casualties increased greatly after the lack of support from the well railings.

Ma Sui turned his head to the lieutenant general and said, "Send someone to ask if there is a well fence in the siege camp, and if so, let them send someone to send some over!" The defenders of the city walls attacked our well bars with bed crossbows, but sooner or later they too would be destroyed by our trebuchets and bed crossbows! ”

"Yes!"

The long-range weapons on both sides of the city wall have not stopped suppressing each other, firing at each other, you come and I are firing crossbow arrows or stone bullets, there are no small losses between each other, and the losses have become bigger and bigger with the extension of time, when the defenders' ballistae were fired at the well bar of the Western Qin army, the siege camp of the Western Qin army immediately increased their attack on them, and the defenders' ballistas that exposed their positions were successively destroyed by the Western Qin army's siege bed crossbows, and it was too late for them to transfer their positions at this time, However, there are still quite a few ballistae that did not reveal their positions and survived and shifted their positions in time.

After firing at the Western Qin army, the defenders also found that the Western Qin army's trebuchets and bed crossbows were much more accurate than them, and they also began to learn to shift positions frequently to prevent them from being destroyed by the Western Qin army in time.

Seeing this, Ma Sui frowned again, and said to the liaison officer: "Go to the king, and say that the minister asked the trebuchet of the siege camp to fire oil bombs!" ”

The liaison officer nodded, and turned around and headed for Shuaitai.

Zhao Ziliang didn't speak after hearing the liaison officer say Ma Sui's request, and an officer from the army next to him stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Jerusalem is full of ancient monuments, and the use of fire oil bombs can easily cause large-scale fires, and it would be a pity if those monuments were burned." In addition, if a large number of monuments are burned, it will inevitably arouse the sworn resistance of all those in the city, which will not be conducive to our capture of Jerusalem. ”

Several civil servants came forward to echo this advice.

But soon someone stood up to support the use of fire oil bombs, "King, Wei Chen thinks that fire oil bombs can be used, most of the monuments in the city are brick and stone structures, not as easy as brick and wood structures are easy to catch fire, Wei Chen guessed that General Ma Sui's request to use fire oil bombs is to carry out a wide range of killing, its purpose is two, the first is to kill a large number of defenders on the city wall, the second is to destroy the opponent's city defense equipment, such as trebuchets and bed crossbows, they just found that we hit accurately, so they learned to avoid the attack by shifting their positions, If you use fire oil bombs to attack, the possibility of destroying the opponent's defense equipment is much greater, and even if you can't hit, it will not be easy for them to move their position in time if they catch fire in a large area! ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister also seconded it!"

Zhao Ziliang thought about it for a while, and said to the liaison officer: "You tell Ma Sui, just say that this king allows him to use fire oil bombs to attack!" Come, send an order to the siege camp, let them fully cooperate with Ma Sui, but pay attention to proportions when launching, don't hit your own heads, and don't go too far beyond the city wall to prevent large-scale fires! ”

"Yes!"

The siege technology of the Western Qin army is extremely unique and advanced, in terms of trebuchets, the hit rate is indeed much higher than that of other countries' trebuchets, and the fire oil bomb technology is not comparable to other countries, its killing range is very large, once it lands, the fire oil inside will be splashed out in a circle of three hundred and sixty degrees and then burn instantly, even on the bare ground can be burned, until the fire oil is burned, so as long as it is splashed by the fire oil, regardless of people, animals and objects, all can not be spared, This mass killing weapon was definitely a huge strategic deterrent, but the defenders of Jerusalem did not know it, and they quickly paid the price for their ignorance.

With a large number of oil bombs flying into and within the city wall with billowing smoke, a large number of sparks flew out, and a large area of the city wall and the city wall ignited a raging fire, this thing is too powerful, the formula of the fire oil contained in it is improved from the formula of Greek fire, its fire oil can not only burn on the sea, but also burn everywhere on land. The formula for Greek fire was stolen by Western Qin spies, and this formula has been improved by Western Qin craftsmen to make it more powerful.

Flames broke out everywhere on the city walls in an instant, and many of the soldiers were burned by the fire oil that had been splashed on them, causing them to let out a scream and soon be engulfed in flames.