When he returned, Al-Ashraf convened an urgent war council to strategize their next move. "I will take that fort in the same way I did with others," he replied, his certainty palpable in his voice. "Use the trebuchets to knock off the walls if it must. And tell my cavalry to encircle around and find a way to get through."
And with that, the Saracens launched an attack against the fortified walls. Their trebuchets, tremendous war machines, fired large flaming rocks from distance, seeking to penetrate their opponents' defences. Initially, some of the shots bounced harmlessly off the walls, but the trebuchet operators quickly identified their target.
As the enormous stones struck the susceptible upper parts of the walls, the battlefield fell silent. The crash resonated through the air, and numerous knights stationed atop the walls were immediately slaughtered, their lives wiped out in a single, horrible moment.
