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 They have no time to consider the pros and cons of life and death.
They only know that if they are defeated by the Western Qin Army, In Jerusalem, they will lose their place of survival forever.
They will also die or their descendants will become slaves of the Western Qin people.
Their strong survival instinct drives them to force themselves to calm down and fight with peace of mind.
Their hands that hold the bow no longer Shivering, their legs stopped shaking and they began to become calm and collected.
The slaves climbing on the siege ladders were like dumplings being dropped by the defenders on the wall, either stabbed with spears, beaten with stones, or scalded with boiling water until they rolled down screaming.
Being doused with kerosene, a raging fire ignited and turned into burning people.
The garrison soldiers who calmed down and began to calmly respond to the battle began to inflict heavy casualties on the slaves who had no rules and no combat experience.
Some people began to feel timid, but the eager gaze of the West Qin Supervisory Team behind them made them have no choice but to fight.
Continue to risk your life to attack.
The manhole railing finally approached the city wall, and bridges were lowered from the manhole railing to the city wall.
The Western Qin archers on the manhole railing began to retreat, and the slaves holding sharp blades roared and rushed up the city wall.
"The enemy is coming.
Come with me.
Come with me and drive them down."
A tall and strong man in armor shouted to some reserve soldiers with a broad sword.
This man is Guy, a Jew.
He is in his thirties.
He is not very old, but he has high prestige among the Jews.
Therefore, he was elected as an elder in the church.
Not only does he have a high prestige among the Jews, but he is also a Warrior, countless people have died by his sword.
Under the leadership of Guy, the defensive soldiers on the city wall followed him and began to fight with the slaves who rushed to the city wall from the well railing.
The hand-to-hand combat on the city wall began immediately.
The slaves who jumped down had to deal with the attack of the slaves who climbed up from the ladder.
Moreover, there were many Western Qin archers on the well fence.
These people fired cold arrows from time to time, which brought a lot of trouble to the defenders.
Big casualties.
Some of Guy's men were very brave.
These people were either desperadoes with knife-tips licking blood, or professional mercenaries hired at high prices, as well as a large number of barbarians.
The first group of slaves who rushed to the city wall soon After being killed by Guy and his men, the archers of the Western Qin Army had no choice but to ask the slaves below who were pushing the manhole railing to retreat ten feet to the rear, allowing the manhole railing to be further away from the city wall to prevent the defenders from rushing up to snatch the manhole railing.
Ma Sui saw that all the first batch of slaves who rushed to the city wall were killed.
He frowned and said to the two lieutenants and several generals around him: "These Jews, Christians and cannibals have adapted well."
Quick, it seems that this bone is not that easy to chew.
Let the slaves under the manhole continue to go up to the second batch, and again order the manhole to be close to the city wall 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 up the manhole railings.
The remaining slaves pushed a dozen manhole railings and slowly approached the city wall.
The Western Qin archers continued to shoot arrows.
Suppressing the garrison archers on the city wall, both sides fired at each other, causing casualties on each other.
More than a dozen manhole rails were lowered across the bridge and set up on the city wall again.
The slaves who had been prepared immediately ran across the bridge and jumped onto the city wall to fight with the defenders.
Ma Sui observed for a while and then ordered: "Order the third wave of slaves to climb up the well railing and prepare.
Once those who have rushed up the city wall can't hold it anymore, the people behind will immediately support their companions on the city wall."
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"Follow your orders" In fact, slaves can continuously send troops to the city wall through the well railings, but the space on the city wall is limited, and the fighting between the two sides has never stopped.
There are too many people to squeeze in, and there is no place to stand when they go up.
They can only wait for the people in front.
They are almost dead before providing support.
Guy discovered the huge threat posed by the well fences of the Western Qin Army.
If these well fences continued to exist, the King of Western Qin could continuously put troops on the city wall.
In this way, the defenders would never have time to rest. .
Guy immediately shouted to the people around him: "Go and let the ballistae fire at these well fences to destroy them.
Don't let them keep sending troops to the city wall."
"Yes, Lord Guy" The best way to deal with the manhole railing is to use bed crossbows and ballistae, which are called ballistae in the West and bed crossbows in the East.
The power of the crossbow arrows is huge.
As long as the shot is accurate, one arrow can break one of the pillars of the manhole railing, leaving only the manhole railing.
The three-legged manhole railing could easily fall down because there were many soldiers moving on it.
Of course, you can also use a trebuchet to destroy the manhole railing.
It only takes one stone bullet to knock it down, but you have to hit it accurately.
Compared with trebuchets, the accuracy of firing crossbow arrows from crossbows or bed crossbows is much higher.
As some ballistae on the city wall continued to fire crossbow arrows at the well railings, the Western Qin Army's well railings began to suffer losses, and only three-legged weapons were effective.
Due to the instability of the well railing, one after another the began to fall, and the archers and slaves of the Western Qin Army above also fell down.
The slaves on the ground screamed in fright, and fled one after another, but many people were still smashed to death, and the Western Qin soldiers on the well railing Most of the soldiers and slaves of the Qin army were killed and seriously injured.
Although the well railings were shot down one after another, causing a large number of casualties, Ma Sui did not order a retreat.
The slaves had to continue to attack the city, but the casualties increased a lot after the lack of support from the well railings.
Ma Sui turned to the deputy general and said: "Send someone to ask the siege camp if there are still well fences.
If so, ask them to send some defenders who came to the city wall to attack our well fences with bed crossbows, but sooner or later they will also Destroyed by our trebuchets and bed crossbows" "Follow your orders" The long-range weapons on both sides of the city wall have never stopped suppressing and shooting at each other.
You come and I fire crossbows or stone bullets, causing considerable losses to each other, and the losses become more and more serious as time goes by. , when the defenders' ballistae fired at the well fence of the Western Qin army, the Western Qin The siege battalion of the army immediately stepped up the attack on them.
The defenders' crossbows that exposed their positions were successively destroyed by the siege crossbows of the Western Qin army.
At this time, it was too late for them to move their positions, but there was still time.
The few ballistas whose positions were not exposed survived and were relocated in time.
After exchanging fire with the Western Qin Army, the defenders also discovered that the Western Qin Army's trebuchets and crossbows were much more accurate than theirs.
They also began to learn to frequently shift positions to prevent being destroyed by the Western Qin Army in time. .
Seeing this situation, Ma Sui frowned again and said to the liaison officer: "Go to see the king and tell me to request the trebuchets of the siege camp to launch kerosene bombs."
The liaison officer nodded, turned around and headed towards the commander's station.
Zhao Ziliang did not speak after hearing the liaison officer telling Ma Sui's request.
An officer with the army stood up and said, "Your Majesty, there are ancient monuments everywhere in Jerusalem.
Using kerosene bombs can easily cause large-scale fires.
If those ancient monuments are burned down, it will be a disaster."
What a pity.
In addition, if a large number of monuments are burned, it will definitely arouse everyone in the city to resist to the death, which will be detrimental to our capture of Jerusalem.
I think this is not a wise move, please think again."
Several civil servants stood up and echoed this advice.
But soon someone else came forward to support the use of kerosene bombs, "Your Majesty, Wei Chen thinks that kerosene bombs can be used.
Most of the monuments in the city are masonry structures, which are not as easy to catch fire as brick and wood structures.
Wei Chen guessed that General Ma Sui The purpose of requesting the use of kerosene bombs is to carry out large-scale killings.
There are two purposes.
The first is to kill a large number of defenders on the city wall. , the second is to destroy the opponent's defense equipment, such as trebuchets and crossbows.
They just discovered that we can shoot accurately, so they learned how to avoid attacks by shifting positions.
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If they use kerosene bombs to attack, they will destroy the opponent's defense.
The possibility of using equipment is much greater.
Even if it misses, a large area of fire will make it difficult for them to relocate in time."
"I second the proposal" "I also second the proposal."
Zhao Ziliang thought and weighed for a while and said to the liaison officer: "Tell Ma Sui that the king allows him to use kerosene bombs to attack the intruders, and send an order to the siege camp to fully cooperate with Ma Sui, but be careful when launching them."
Be careful, don’t hit your own people on top of their heads, and don’t go too far beyond the city wall to prevent large-scale fires.”
"Follow your orders" 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 trebuchets from other countries.
The technology of kerosene bombs is also unmatched by other countries.
Its killing range is very large.
Once it hits the ground, the kerosene inside will splash out in a circular shape at 360 degrees and burn instantly.
It can burn even on bare ground until the kerosene is burned out.
Therefore, as long as it is splashed by kerosene, no matter people, animals or objects will be spared.
This kind of mass murderer is definitely a huge strategic deterrent, but The defenders of Jerusalem had no idea, and they soon paid the price for their ignorance.
As a large number of kerosene bombs flew onto the city wall and inside the city wall with billowing smoke, a large number of sparks flew out, and a large area of the city wall and inside the city wall ignited a raging fire.
The power of this thing was too great.
The kerosene formula inside it is improved from the Greek fire formula.
Its kerosene can not only be burned on the sea, but can also be burned anywhere on land.
The formula of Greek fire was stolen by Western Qin spies.
This formula was improved by Western Qin craftsmen to make it more powerful.
Fires instantly broke out everywhere on the city wall, and many soldiers were burned by the kerosene splashed on their bodies.
The burning caused them to scream in agony, and they were quickly engulfed in large flames
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