Eagle Byzantium

The maker of this stone embankment was, of course, Alexander.

Alexander the Great, the conqueror fourteen hundred years earlier, followed the oracle and began to attack this vital city, aided by the fleet of the King of Cyprus. But the tenacious and cunning Phoenicians abandoned the old city on the shore and withdrew all their soldiers, weapons and treasures by ship to the fortress on the sea. This fortress was completely built on the island and had solid walls surrounding the island. Protection, the center inside is a well-reserved The emperor built a stone embankment from the mainland to attack the great temple "Agono". Finally, with the cooperation of a large number of ships and the bloody sacrifice of the soldiers, this "Pearl of Phoenicia" was broken. ”, razing the homes of the rebels and plundering huge wealth.

In addition, as long as the entire territory of Cyprus and Tripoli is available, Egypt will face a huge threat-the enemy can very smoothly transport a huge army from the ocean between these two places by fleet, and burn the flames of war throughout the sacred land of Egypt.

More than a thousand years have passed, and I don’t know if the stone embankment is still a relic of the Great Emperor, but it has been repaired and added, and it was cut off near the outside of the inner city to form a gate for ships to pass by. Build a large tower to control the iron chain, which can not only block the enemy, but also freely maneuver your own ships parked on both sides to respond flexibly.

But now such an impregnable facility is no longer an opponent of the New Roman Army - Andodat previously owned four heavy mortars and dozens of light wheeled artillery. He has been able to show off his skills and cooperate with Tunnel blasting, Baldwin, who had captured the outer city of Tyre a month ago and annihilated the 2,000 defenders stationed there, including 300 Provençal men, who were all chained and sent to Jerusalem by Andodat. Parading the streets everywhere.

Because Baldwin's brother Godfrey had been wantonly insulted by this group of apostates.

Portland, Jordan and the "Prince Emir" Ibn Hudji of Tire hurriedly retreated to the inner city of the island.

Andodat mobilized all the poor Han soldiers, border residents and civilian troops to collect stones from various places, put them into woven cages, tied them to wooden piles and drove them into the sea mud, and then tied them along the joints of the Alexander Stone Embankment. It expands to both sides, making it form an inverted Then they pushed all the artillery over and spread it out in a straight line, and the large Pulani artillery built in conjunction with it fired fiercely day and night. The big tower controlling the stone embankment in the city was beaten to the point where only "half of the country" was left, and the garrison was Members also suffered heavy casualties.

Anxious Portland pinned his hopes on the mediation of Jerusalem and Antioch (he had lost confidence in the assistance of Egypt's Fatima), so he let the Venetian ships that escaped last time break out and begged Baldwin or Bo Hemond will put pressure on the besiegers - he himself promises that if the besiegers withdraw, he will abandon all honors and territorial claims and return home with his men.

However, as soon as the Venetian ships sailed out of the water barrier, they were surrounded by Wenmoha's fleet. One was sunk and the other escaped.

After interrogating the half-dead Venetian sailors, Andodat understood that the city was at the end of its rope and the people were disorganized, so he issued the order to "capture Tyre within half a month."

The garrison of Tyre then saw from the city wall that light boats were anchored on both sides of the stone embankment. Soldiers from all walks of life connected them end to end, spread them with wide planks, and lined them with stones on both sides. The cage and wooden piles were driven firmly to prevent them from shaking and disintegrating in the wind and waves, and then the wooden planks were connected with the original stone embankment to form an extremely wide siege channel.

Then 200 feet ahead, Andodat asked the border residents to erect a double row of slender and sharp wooden fences, cover them with animal skins that were set on fire, and also set up a wooden tower for surveillance and observation, and then Push the artillery behind the wooden fence and continue to bombard the big tower opposite day and night.

Within the floating wooden fence, the muzzle of the cannon continued to spit out long fireworks and roars like monsters, and then retreated. In the smoke, the gunners shouted and shook various poles, preparing for the next round of bombardment.

The tower was crumbling after being bombarded. Once it collapsed and fell, the city walls of Tyre would no longer be able to cover the city. So Jordan volunteered and used the last Venetian ship to launch a desperate raid to destroy and burn the wooden palisades on the embankment. Cannon fort.

Jordan led twenty death squads on the big two-masted ship. The decks and cabins were filled with flammable substances such as sulfur, wood shavings, asphalt, and kerosene. The sides of the ship were raised. A burning brazier hangs from the mast with a brazier attached The chain is controlled in Jordan's hand at the stern of the ship. Of course, there are several large iron ingots lined up at the stern. Their weight makes the bow of the ship tilt up. Jordan believes that this will not only help conceal himself, but also Can withstand enemy attacks.

Amidst the surging waves, the gate of the water gate in the east bay of the city opened. The fire attack ship's bow was arrogant, and with a strange posture, it slowly approached the wooden gate along the waterway on the south side of the stone embankment: once the distance was right, Jordan would pull down the brazier on the mast, igniting a fire throughout the ship. He could also jump into the water from the stern of the ship and escape safely - if he handled it well, maybe not two people would die at all, or even zero casualties.

It was noon. On the entire city wall between the North Bay and the East Bay of Tyre, soldiers frantically shot flaming arrows and crossbow spears like raindrops. Half of the ocean was illuminated red, and the wooden fence was filled with fireworks. to cover Jordan's fireship attack.

But the loyal lookouts on the wooden tower soon discovered the uninvited guest heading for the wooden fence, and sent a signal to the outer city.

Andeodate, Walter, Dorus, Monomachus and others who had been supervising the battle on the stone wall of the outer city quickly asked the artillery in the wooden fence to focus on destroying the warship with the bow raised.

Behind the wooden fence, the baffle was pushed up, and the cannons turned diagonally and fired fiercely at Jordan's fire ship.

One of the guns never fired. The gunner behind it was bare-backed, holding a round cannonball coated with mutton fat with pliers, and roasting it on the stove. Until the cannonball was burned red and the mutton fat was bubbling, the flag officer over there waved the small flag at the bow of Jordan's fire ship, "Aim, shoot!"

"Bang", the hot cannonball rotated out of the barrel, and with a loud bang, one end wedged into the bow, and broken wood and flames flew everywhere.

The cannonball penetrated and ignited everything.

Jordan and all the crew members standing at the stern waiting for the fire pot to fall could not see the shell coming in. They just felt a sun expanding and burning in front of them for a moment. Then, before they could scream, their fur, body, and bones were completely devoured violently, like ears of wheat disappearing in the mouths of a group of flying fire locusts...

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The fire ship exploded at the edge of the stone embankment, and the circular water and air waves spread out. The white circle was surrounded by red fire and black smoke. The big tower and the wooden fence were affected. The whole stone embankment was on fire and trembling.

But after an hour, the fire was controlled and most of it was extinguished.

The next day, the restored wooden fence artillery continued to fire, and the big tower collapsed that day.