The Sun and the Lion

Looking at the advancing ladder, faced with the ongoing attack, the residents of Mosul could no longer organize a strong resistance. In a hurry, the remnants of the soldiers left in the city were elected as leaders. Centurion Boru, who had fifty soldiers at his disposal, became the emir of Mosul.

However, this will not change the overall situation. There is money and food in the city, but what is the use of these alone? Due to the lack of raw materials, craftsmen cannot make enough arrow stones and other military supplies, and the soldiers' equipment can only receive the simplest maintenance. .

Despite this, he did his best to prepare for defense. Using the remaining soldiers as the backbone, he once again organized some young and strong troops to defend the city wall. He also ordered residents to demolish some buildings and used the obtained bricks, stones and timber to defend the city.

However, Boru felt very strange. In previous city defense battles, the attacking archers would be deployed on the several earth platforms not far away that were higher than the city wall to suppress the defenders and cover their own siege troops. But not this time, but the simple-minded centurion didn't think twice.

According to his usual experience, he deployed his troops to any area that may be attacked. Just because there are enemies in this direction at this moment does not mean that there will only be enemies in this direction later.

There were no arrows fired by archers, and no stones fell from ballistas and trebuchets, but even so, the defenders still felt tremendous pressure looking at the advancing enemies, as if they were being pressed down by boulders.

Mihad, who was supervising the battle from behind, looked at the defenders on the city wall with disdain in his heart. He believed that his troops could defeat the civilians on the city wall in the shortest time.

Four ladders and a siege tower moved up against the city wall under the watchful eyes of both sides.

With a short blast of trumpets, the Persians began to attack through these five passages. The siege was not as smooth as expected. After all, except for the siege tower, the other passages were climbed from bottom to top, which was not only slow but also laborious. It was even more difficult to deal with the construction waste thrown down from above.

At the siege tower, the first person trotted all the way, then jumped down and stood on the city wall, gaining a small foothold for himself. Then a few people followed closely and expanded their foothold, but the siege tower section was a key defensive area. Although the Persians were better equipped, they had fewer people and the opposite side was not cannon fodder. For a time, they were trapped in a hard battle and could not move quickly. breakthrough.

"The archers are ready to go." Mihad waved his hand and gave the order.

The archers hidden behind the earthen platform quickly climbed onto the earthen platform after receiving the order, bent their bows and nocked arrows, and shot at the target.

The militiamen basically had no armor on their bodies, so they were naturally very powerless in the face of the arrows. The arrows easily penetrated their bodies, and blood flowed out like streams. They covered their wounds, and some were shot down, while others Then retreat in fear.

Taking this opportunity, some soldiers successfully climbed up the city wall and opened a breach. As the number of people who successfully climbed onto the city increased, the gap in the defense line became wider and wider.

Bolu panicked for a moment. He was watching the battle from a tower not far away, and he didn't notice that his arms were shaking at this moment. He turned his attention to the defenders in other areas, wanting to move them over for reinforcements, but he couldn't I'm afraid that the enemy in that section is just a magnet, intending to attract most of the defenders' troops.

However, the Persian army would not stop and wait for Boru to think about it before continuing to attack. Just when he hesitated, the soldiers who climbed up the city wall successfully defeated the enemy in front of them. If no one stopped them, they could directly enter the city. .

The illusion was shattered. The centurion did not expect that his defense line would be broken through so quickly. He could not figure out whether it was a problem with his own troops or whether the enemy was too strong. But it was useless to think clearly about this problem. He quickly gave up thinking and ordered the defenders in other areas to gather in the gap.

"Captain, it seems that the enemy wants to block the gap." The archers on the platform observed the changes in the enemy. While they used arrows to block the enemy, they sent people to report the battle situation to Mihad.

There's nothing more to say, just thwart the enemy's intentions.

Soon, the Persians divided into two groups and attacked in two directions. Under the fierce offensive covered by arrows, the offensive and defensive positions quickly changed. The arriving militiamen suddenly blocked the gap and blocked the enemy's target. Driving off the walls became not being defeated.

They relied on the tower for defense. Due to the small entrance and internal space, it was difficult for the Persian soldiers to exert their abilities. One person had to face multiple militiamen at the same time, and the two sides fell into a bitter battle.

Seeing that it was difficult to break through the front, Mihad chose to take a detour. He ordered the soldiers on the front to maintain the offensive and look for Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com to firmly attract the enemy troops, while the archers fired arrows at the top of the tower to suppress them. . Then, Mihad detached some of his people, went down to the city through the occupied tower, passed through the ruins to get behind the militiamen, and then went upstairs to attack.

The militiamen were stunned by the attacks from both front and rear. Facing a situation of inevitable defeat, they gradually lost the confidence to resist. As the commander, Bolu's despair and pessimism could be seen from the expression on his face. He failed to keep calm in front of his subordinates. Soon, the general's mood spread to the entire army, and many militiamen had already begun to try. Escaped or surrendered.

"Lord..." Soon, the Persians advanced to the tower where Bolu was. He wanted to run, but where could he run? Sighing, he decided to surrender, hoping to save his life.

With the final sound of the collision of metal and masonry, the battle for the Mosul city wall can be said to be over. The surrendered militiamen were escorted outside the city, and on the city wall, corpses were lying in strewn patterns. In the most intense fighting areas, blood and viscera covered the ground, so that prisoners of war and soldiers had to be careful when walking by.

The captured centurion was brought to Mihad. "Are you the emir of the Mosul garrison?" Mihad brought the tip of his long sword forward to Boru's chin, and then raised it. , asking Boru to raise his head so that he could observe his appearance clearly.

"Yes." The centurion looked weak.

"You are surrendering to save your life, right? To save your own life, the lives of your brothers, or the lives of the residents of the city? But this is not important to me." As soon as he finished speaking, the tip of the sword was thrust into the air. After squeezing Boru's throat, Mihad also stirred and picked out what appeared to be a vocal cord stained with flesh and blood.

"Go back and tell Your Majesty that our army has completely wiped out the Mosul defenders and the city has been destroyed."