Eagle Byzantium

As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow shot through the perforation of the gate tower. The civilian soldier was shot in the arm. He screamed and fell to the ground holding a Latin bow. The crossbow machine jumped and made a "buzzing" sound. The unstringed crossbow arrow crossed in front of Anna's face like electricity in the room and pierced the wall beside Anna.

Anna was stunned for a moment, and the other civilian soldiers and the retinue warrior in front of her were even more frightened to death.

However, after a few seconds, Anna regained her composure and said, "Don't panic, just keep shooting the enemy hard."

Many craftsmen and slave workers from the armory and the Santa Barbara Mint in the city rushed out with a clamor. They carried the two completed perfume bottle cannons on their shoulders and carried them step by step up the battlements of the East City. The Ordnance Department Director Samuel Fa personally lit the fire. After several rounds of successful shooting and loud cheers, the wooden wheel of the pirates' battering ram was crushed and collapsed on the spot. More than a dozen pirates were killed and injured, and the rest were busy. Fleeed. Then the civilian defenders on the gate tower threw down large iron nails heated red with charcoal fire, penetrated the wooden roof of the battering ram, and quickly burned it into a pile of waste wood.

After dusk fell, there was a tense and chilly atmosphere inside and outside the city of Seleucia - Zahas's pirates and bandits, and the Cypriot invading army continued to camp ashore, making equipment and ladders, preparing for future attacks; while the city did not care. Whether it's the acropolis or the lower city, it's all there. With so much effort, even the residential buildings in the lower city were demolished. The craftsmen consciously used wooden beams to make stone-shooting machines, used leather to make cables and strings, and polished the masonry into stone bullets, which were cast everywhere in the city. The fires in the workshops were also burning brightly, and spears and cannons were being made all night long. Most of Anna's guards and soldiers of the civilian army were guarding the city wall dutifully. Many farmers and merchants in the suburbs and Guanyi District fled to the Mut River Valley, and many buildings were set on fire and plundered by pirates.

In the old palace, Anna was sitting on a chair, and the surrounding doors were closed. The civilian soldiers who stayed here were holding axes and halberds, while the merchants, guild leaders, ship owners and members of the Six Division Brotherhood in the city were holding their axes and halberds. Everyone was standing at the foot of the steps. There were closed doors and reflections of swords and axes everywhere. Many people were so frightened that they couldn't even raise their heads.

"I'm sorry to have summoned you here on such a frightening night, but this castle is now surrounded by thousands of evil-doing pirates, which shows the sinister intentions of Tarsus' enemies. They want me to panic, Escape, miscarry, or even be captured or betrayed and killed, and then let our country's Christian Guards lose morale on the plateau and be completely wiped out. But this Caesar is here to say to you, I want to be like Queen Theodora in history, Even if the man declares When I am about to abandon the palace and escape, I am also determined to lead all my loyal and brave subordinates to die here." Anna held the armrest, and the nineteen-year-old woman spoke eloquently, "The great patron's powerful army is in Philomelon. Does he have anything here Any hesitation or retreat will be defeated by the emperor. Therefore, in Seleucia, we can only rely on us to hold on. Reinforcements will come from all directions soon. There is no problem now. What about the merchants? "

In the crowd, Zhao Zhao, the chief businessman of the royal family, and Bill Leoni, the Holy See agent who had come to try his luck before, stood up and expressed their opinions to everyone, "We are willing to donate half of our current assets to support the army. We must recruit all the strong men in the city to help defend the castle."

"Where are you, Patriarch?"

"I am willing to take all the church personnel to continue to provide services to the soldiers in the city, including confession, medical treatment, etc." Anselm, who accompanied Caesar, thought at this time that his fate and future were also tied to the survival of Seleucia. , simply express it more generously.

"The female officers and I are also willing to donate all the jewelry as gifts to the victims, city defenders and war heroes. If you all have no objections, then please go to your posts!" Anna raised her hand and said.

At this moment, the fat eunuch Staurachos deliberately stood up and said, "Your Highness Caesar, do you want to keep some hostages to ensure your loyalty?"

Under the crown, Anna's face was calm, and her tone was as soothing as the calm sea, giving everyone a sense of stability, "No, that will only increase unnecessary confusion and suspicion. Everyone here is the country's elite, and they After walking out, let the lower levels of the city When the masses see it, it is the greatest encouragement to all the soldiers, citizens, and craftsmen who defend the city. And I believe that as long as the red-handed flag of the seven ridges of this castle continues to fly in the morning light of tomorrow, all the citizens will come to help us. Yes, the gangsters are bound to fail!"

After finishing speaking, Anna held the scepter and walked slowly but firmly back to the dormitory, where Hertomia was kneeling in front of the couch, supporting Helena who was playing ignorantly, and looked at the door with concern as she walked into the door. Anna.

"Hertomia, don't close the door in the dormitory tonight, so that all the female officers and guards can see me sleeping peacefully. Seleucia is united." Then Anna walked to the bed and touched her brown eyes with loving eyes. After touching her daughter's cheek, she knelt down devoutly on the floor in front of the Madonna's mural, clasped her hands in front of her chest, closed her eyes, and recited the famous sayings of St. Paul over and over again,

"I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith."

When talking about "Tao", Anna used the word Word instead of Logos, so she paused and hesitated slightly at first, because now the "Tao" in her heart came from the teachings of the Lord and the holy apostles, as well as from the teachings of the Lord and the Holy Apostles. Under the influence of Gawain, new meanings emerged, for which she was a little scared, but also a little excited...

In the early morning of the next day, the pirates and Cypriot soldiers in the eastern part of the city had gathered nearly 2,500 people. They all gathered around the river bridge and set up camp. Now, with the earth-shaking sound of bronze drums, they began to shout one after another, forming a relatively evacuated formation, carrying flags and ladders, and began to approach every corner of the city wall.

Because they fought for a day yesterday, they still found that the wall of the lower city of Theseleucia was the weakest and shortest, and it was the first choice for a breakthrough.

And under the two small fortresses on the western side of the acropolis and the sea defense wall, more than 30 pirate bodies fell there, and there was no breakthrough. Just today, the city sent another 20 soldiers carrying Khitan snow and various weapons to replace the wounded there, further strengthening the defense.

"Hit them hard!" The battlements on both sides of the gate tower had been reinforced with bricks and stones last night, and each had a perfume bottle cannon mounted on it. In the morning light, Samuelfa looked over there, at the big hospital that was still under the siege of pirates, and thought of his wife who was still holding on. With all kinds of emotions in his heart, he could only look at the locust-like enemies walking across the field under the city and waved his hands vigorously.

"Bang!" Soon the perfume bottle emitted flames and roars, and a team of pirates' ladders on their shoulders shook violently. Two or three people wailed and rolled down, and then all the pirates shouted intimidatingly in a roar, and swarmed towards the city gate and the wall. (To be continued ~^~)