Chapter 800: The siege is frustrated

Of course, there are some conventions that still need to be talked about. At the same time as the army, the Duke of Guedes also sent an envoy to Ghent, where he handed over the war to the handsome King Philip (who was the true master of the Austrian Netherlands and the rightful heir of the Duchy of Burgundy), who had lived in Ghent for a long time.

In this war letter, Charles II, Duke of Guedes, condemned the Habsburgs for taking away the Swiss mercenary prisoners of war who had been released halfway, and pointed out that it was extremely despicable to attack unarmed Swiss prisoners of war. Charles II, Duke of Geddes, "out of righteous indignation", decided to send troops to "rescue" the "good Swiss" who had been innocently arrested......

After the war was issued, the envoy of the Duchy of God, according to the orders of Charles II, observed the reaction of the handsome king Philip......

Sure enough, Philip expressed great indignation, accusing the Duchy of Gedes of being despicable and shameless, and only issued a war letter at this time, so that he did not have time to gather troops and horses to fight......

The messenger pursed his lips and said in his heart - when you are ready, we will also play a P?

Of course, he is just a messenger, but he doesn't dare to despise the handsome King Philip to his face. So, with a smirk on his face, he said that he would definitely bring Philip's words of accusation to Charles II......

In fact, the handsome king Philip already knew the whole story. After all, this is what happened in the Duchy of Brabant under his name, and he, as a party, must know. After all, Maximilian I, who wanted to influence the Netherlands, had to go through him as well. So, Philip had long known about the attack on Parsons by the Duchy of God's. Because, the Parsons concentration camp was originally a bait to lure the Duchy of Gedes to attack. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been located so close to the borders of the Duchy of Godes.

However, acting has to be done in full. As a qualified "actor", Philip's acting skills are still good. After all, a qualified politician is an excellent actor. Although Philip is still young, he is not a novice anymore. Stimulated by his peer Marin, he also has strengths. Moreover, because Prince Juan of Spain did not die, this also caused the handsome King Philip not to be involved in the battle for the throne of the Kingdom of Castile - Prince Juan (oh no, it should be His Majesty Juan now, after all, after the death of Isabella I, Prince Juan officially became King of Castile, although he continued to be "guided" by Ferdinand II) After all, he did not die, so he naturally did not have to participate in the battle for the Castile throne between his wife "madwoman" Juana and his father Ferdinand II......

Because he did not travel to Spain, he did not die of typhus fever in 1506 in Burgos, Spain, as is the case in history. So, now in 1507, Philip is still alive and kicking. Philip is not dead, and the so-called "madwoman" Juana is not completely insane. Of course, Juana is not the queen of Castile now, so naturally she does not need to separate from Philip (in history, Juana was the queen of Castile, but her husband was in Gent, Flanders, every day, which almost drove Juana crazy), so she stayed by Philip's side all day to prevent the invasion of the mistress......

In order not to make the envoys of the Duchy of Gedes suspicious, Philip pretended to be furious, and threatened to gather 50,000 troops to fight the Duchy of Gedes proper, capture the capital of the Duchy of Geddes, and then burn Gardon with a fire......

The envoy of the Principality of Gedesi laughed with him, but on the other hand, he thought to himself—who are you bluffing? Who does not know that now the Habsburgs have gathered heavy troops to fight in Switzerland. Want to draw troops to fight the Duchy of Godes? What about dreaming...... Moreover, even if the entire Habsburg territory is mobilized, it will not be able to gather 50,000 troops...... Who doesn't know that the Habsburgs were financially bad? I can't afford to raise an army of 50,000 at all......

Seeing Philip's appearance of "thunderous and fierce", the envoy of the Duchy of Guedes also calmed down. When he returned, he told Charles II what he had seen in Ghent......

"Haha, it's useless for that Philip kid to be angry. This Parson concentration camp, we can definitely take it! As long as we get those Swiss mercenaries, we will no longer be afraid of the Habsburgs! ”

At the same time, the 14,000-strong army of the Duchy of Gedes also crossed the border and quickly surrounded the Parson concentration camp and launched a siege......

However, to the surprise of Bonitz, the commander of the Geddes army, there were many musketeers among the defenders of Parson's concentration camp......

The attack of the Duchy of Godes was met with fierce resistance. The soldiers had just set up the ladder and had climbed more than halfway there, when they saw that the city wall was in front of them, when suddenly a gun barrel stretched out from the top of the city. Then, the Gedas warriors, who could not advance or retreat on the ladder, were blown away by the bullets......

Although the accuracy of the smoothbore gun is very low, it is still very accurate at close range. Moreover, the musketeers defending the city were veteran musketeers drawn from the First and Second Legions of the Beihai Kingdom, and would never make the mistake of shooting indiscriminately from a long distance. At close range, the smoothbore gun can also make a hundred shots. What's more, the Gedus soldiers climbed on the narrow ladder and couldn't move left and right at all. On the ladder near the top of the city, the soldiers of the Duchy of Geddes had only two options - either they were hit by their muskets or they could jump off the ladder and fall halfway...... Either way, it was difficult for the army of the Duchy of Gedes to accept......

Bonitz, the commander of the Geddes army, was furious:

"How can these bastards have so many musketeers?"

After thinking about it for a while, Bonitz decided to have his two thousand musketeers shoot at the enemy musketeers at the head of the city......

However, the facts soon gave him a slap in the face - the Mushkert muskets armed by the musketeers of the Duchy of God, although more powerful, were of little use. The battle between the musketeers ended with a great victory for 1,000 musketeers at the head of the city......

Why? The musketeers at the head of the city were covered by tall and strong walls and battlements, and were highly secure. They fired at the Guedus musketeers in the city, with only their heads and arms exposed, and their targets were small. Moreover, most of them wore iron helmets on their heads......

And what about the Guedes musketeers under the city? They were all exposed in the firing range of the musketeers of the North Sea Kingdom at the head of the city, and there was no way to stop them.

The musketeers at the head of the city and the musketeers at the bottom of the city were about forty or fifty meters away from each other, and this distance, although it was possible to aim, was not so accurate. But here's the problem - the North Sea Musketeers at the head of the city can aim at the entire body of the Gedesi Musketeers under the city, especially the largest front chest...... The Guedes musketeers under the city could only aim at the short parts of the heads, arms, and necks of the North Sea Musketeers at the head of the city......

Not only that, but the shrewd and spicy veteran musketeers of the North Sea Kingdom, when shooting, they quickly aimed and shot as soon as they were shot, and immediately retracted after the shot......

Although the bullets of the Mushkert musketeers used by the Guedes musketeers weighed 50 grams, they could not hit the city walls. Even, even the battlements can't be pierced. As long as the North Sea Musketeers shrank their heads, there was nothing they could do...... They, in turn, stood under the city walls, without any obstruction. The bullets at the head of the city are down, and it is easy to catch a ...... Moreover, the North Sea Musketeers at the head of the city are all veteran marksmen (those who shoot poorly are eliminated), and although they have outcrops, quick aiming, and firing time periods, they are more accurate than the Gedesi musketeers who aim hard under the city walls......

Therefore, after an hour of firing, the Guedes musketeers under the city lost more than 300 people, and only one unlucky Beihai musketeer in the city was unfortunately headshot, and the others were fine......

In desperation, in the face of the sharp musket net at the head of the city, Marshal Bonitz had no choice but to admit cowardice and withdraw his troops first. Bonitz then sent a herald and hurried back to Gaeldon to report to Charles II, Duke of Guedes, and ask for guidance......

After thinking about it, Charles II gave the order - let Bonitz wait for the rainy day before attacking......

Since Charles II introduced the musketeer, a new class, he naturally studied the musketeer. He thinks - on a rainy day the musketeers lose their combat effectiveness. While the 2,000 musketeers of the Duchy of God's army will be ineffective, the impact on the army will be limited. After all, in addition to 2000 musketeers, they had 12 thousand infantry. And if the defenders at the head of the city were to lose the combat effectiveness of the thousands of musketeers, the losses would be too great. Because, the defenders of the city seem to have only three or four thousand people, which is equivalent to the abolition of a quarter of the soldiers and horses...... Therefore, no matter how you calculate it, it is more cost-effective to count the army of the Duchy of Godes......

Once the musketeers on both sides were dumbfounded, it was only through hand-to-hand infantry combat. The 12,000 infantry of the Gedesi were stronger than the 3,000 infantry defending the city, even if the other side was covered by a city wall......

It's just that Charles II, Duke of Gedus, didn't know that the musketeers of the two main legions of the First Legion and the Second Legion of the North Sea Country no longer used arquebuses that were afraid of rain, but were replaced with clockwork muskets that were less affected by the rain......