Now, with their cloud-like shields and helmets, the Turkic soldiers thought they would not be harmed by their projectile weapons at all. They cried out, their eyes under their helmets staring bravely at the rain of stones and arrows that had been shot from the flat-headed wall high above the Orontes fortification, "We have this superior protection and will not be afraid of such a thing." ”

Throwing stones and arrows smashed on the wall of the shield raised by the Turks, and they catapulted and fell everywhere weakly, but before the Turks in the front row could cry out, they suddenly threw down their shields, covered their abdomen and **** with both hands, and fell to the ground in pain, and soon swallowed their breath.

Immediately, chaos broke out in the siege queue, why did this group of soldiers in the front row die, and why did they die so quickly?

The answer was not difficult to reveal, and the Turks, who continued to advance behind, soon saw that in front of them, the enemy's fortification, slightly above the base of the wall, there were rows of firing ports that were originally camouflaged with mud or grass, and they were only about three feet above the ground, and they could not be detected without looking closely.

At the very moment, the soldiers on the lowest floor of the city gate tower approached the base of the wall to shoot holes, pierced and removed the cover with small sticks, and then held the crossbow machine in their hands, and there was no need to aim at all before a wave of killings came—and at that time, almost all the Turkic soldiers were gathered under the city, holding their shields upward, which meant that there were no precautions in the abdomen and legs

Immediately, several assaulters, shouting in anger, clenched their sharp spears and stabbed them into the hole, and the soldiers inside hurriedly dodged, and then their companions raised their axes, and cut off the blades of the spears that had entered through the holes, and then stabbed back with their spears—the Turks also used their axes to cut off the tips of the spears that had been pierced from within, and then the sight of the broken spears being thrown at each other.

The Turks, who reacted, hurriedly squatted down in the front row and re-protected their shields on their chests and legs.

The rest of the Turks, one by one, set up ladders toward the sloping wall, carrying shields on their backs, shouting and waving shining axes and scimitars, and climbing up the flat-headed walls and the ruined dog-footed wooden fences. "Cast!" The flag officers on both sides of the gate tower shouted, and the soldiers cut off a noose on the pulley in front of them every other moment, and then the pulley turned wildly, driving the rope to pull out the iron nails fixed to the battle path by the wall—at the head of the city, the black things that had been hanging from the crossbars fell vertically towards the heads of the Turks!

This black thing is actually a large wooden frame with four sides and four forks, and the four sides are made of huge and heavy wooden sticks, on which are pierced with many reverse iron thorns, and the four prongs are two wooden planks long ago, and many sharp knives are tied to them, which is the "invention" of the soldiers of the Gimagis Brigade in advance: many of them are blacksmiths and carpenters who are begging for a living in Syria, and they are naturally handy at making these unconscionable guarding weapons. Once the soldier cuts the rope, the large wooden frame with barbs will slam down with lightning speed.

Seven or eight large wooden frames fell at the same time, and the Turkic soldiers who had been climbing up the city wall along the ladder and hook claws, the top one was the first to be hit, and then like hob meat, one after another, the ladder was split, the hook and claw were broken, and smashed into the crowd below, the sticks smashed their heads and organs, the iron spikes and sharp knives pierced their bones and flesh, the dust mixed with blood splashed, and the erosive flesh of the dead and wounded was crushed and overlapped, so miserable that it was impossible to distinguish. The rest of the siege crew were frightened and scattered.

"Wring it up again." When the flag officers at the head of the city issued this order, the soldiers at the pulley took another half step to the side, leaned in front of another set of pulleys, pulled another rope tied to the top of the large wooden frame, and hoisted them up again. The large wooden frame, which shook slightly, was in the eyes of the Turkic soldiers who retreated in amazement, and the bloody stumps and broken flesh continued to drip down, and they were slowly hung up to the city again.

Under the light of the setting sun, the large wooden frame hanging on it, wafting with the smell of blood and the strong smell of death, made the Turkic soldiers standing under the city tremble, and they did not dare to take half a step forward despite the scolding of their respective officers and the agitation of the imams, and let themselves be within the range of the killing and smashing of these large wooden frames.

"The enemy has become cowardly, and told Dim to attack through the city gates!" Gao Wen, who was observing the battle formation under him in the city gate tower, immediately made a decision.

After tying the chest with the wall, the barracks gate was blocked, and the iron gate rumbled and was stretched by the mechanism. Goliath roared, dressed in special armor, with three hundred elite soldiers, holding two-handed halberds and long-handled axes, and bravely struck from both sides of the chest belt wall!

This is also another use for a chest strap wall, which provides good cover for the defenders when they counterattack through the gates.

When Dim led the team to kill, the three-story war room in the city gate tower, under the command of the bell rope hurriedly pulled, the middle and lower layers of the city wall were fully opened, and crossbow arrows, throwing stones, and pike darts poured out at the same time, and all the garrisons at the head of the city also roared in unison, plus Dim's sudden assault, the momentum was very terrifying: the Turks abandoned the siege vehicles, ladders and other equipment, and began to run wildly in the direction of their own camps.

On the other hand, under the cover of the catapults, the Turkic troops attacking the eastern corner of the Orontes River were also at a disadvantage: when the Persian artillery pushed the catapult and aimed at the corner, they found that the corners of the camp were not vertical, but curved in an arc.

This is very embarrassing, if the corners of the wall are vertical, then as long as the stone throwers are lined up and aim diagonally there, the stones thrown will quickly destroy the wall, and the guards will not be able to resist at all on such a vertical corner, because they can't even stand up to the queue of the stone throwers, let alone fight back.

So Gedier made the corners into a long arc, and asked the Grand Duke to have a full hundred soldiers here, and six ballistas and porcupine archers, facing the siege team on the opposite side. The wooden sill tower where the Persian craftsmen stayed, limited by the natural perspective, made it impossible to see the corners of the camp.

On the platform behind the curved corner wall, a long-range trebuchet was secretly set up to counter the enemy weapons attacking the city.

In a rush of fire, four Turkic catapults were quickly destroyed, and at this moment, an urgent flag was issued from the wooden tower, asking everyone to abandon the siege and quickly retreat. (To be continued.) )