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It's April, and outside Orleans, the rain moistens the endless meadows, where flocks of sheep graze, and shepherd dogs keep their heads up and stare into the distance.

The Loire is the largest river in France, with a length of about 1,000 kilometers, and at a time when railways were not yet built, it was the largest power hub in France, with unrivalled economic benefits.

Among them, Orleans is such a city that enjoys the gift of the Loire River, which is almost a golden waterway, making Orleans not only an economic hub, but also a southern barrier to Paris.

It can be said that Orleans is both an economic and a military center of Paris, where Joan of Arc left an important legacy.

Orleans is only 120 kilometers from Paris, and it can be described as a transportation and military artery, which is naturally where everyone wants to control.

For example, at this time, the south gate of Orleans was in the midst of a scramble.

"Boom-", "Kill-", "Poof-" All kinds of fighting sounds are endless.

I saw hundreds of Huguenot soldiers, carrying spears and muskets, shooting at the city gate.

The defenders near the gate, though small in number, were tenacious, and kept a tight guard over the entire gate, revealing only an arm's length of breadth.

And the poor city gate, though wrapped in iron sheets, was bumpy and ugly when it was struck to the ground.

Hundreds of Protestant soldiers, despite the constant casualties, their faith made them steadfast and vowed not to retreat.

Charles is like this, as a Protestant who has been naturalized for several years, he hates Catholics very much, especially when a large number of Catholic massacres of Protestants broke out a while ago, which made this devout believer's heart like a knife.

The nobles sat in the rear to direct the planning, and he, as the de facto commander, personally went into battle and seized the city gates.

"Uhh

Blood spurted out of the soldier's neck, and the hot red liquid was scattered directly, staining the soldier's body red.

There were even a few drops splashed on Charles's forehead, but he didn't care at all, still holding a knife, accompanied by the soldiers around him, pushing the gate in front of him.

Suddenly, a flying arrow shot out of the crack in the door, and before Charles could react, it shot directly into his arm, biting into it fiercely, and the sound of entering the flesh was clearly audible.

The pain, while keeping Charles awake, also allowed him to endure the immense pain.

Holding his injured arm, Charles slowly stepped back, leaning his back against the wall, looking at the bow and arrow on his arm, making him tremble with pain.

Several cronies hurriedly walked over and raised the small wooden shield in their hands, trying to cover his body and prevent the arrows from being fired.

"Your Excellency, are you alright?" One of the henchmen asked anxiously as he looked at the large amount of blood pouring from Charles's arm.

"Huhu-" Charles's snow-white face showed a wry smile, shook his head, and said, "I'm not as fragile as I am, I will protect it, I'm going to report the battle to the adults!" ”

After hearing the order, several henchmen hurriedly summoned a few more people, raised their shields, and covered Charles's entire body.

When they got out of the city gate, more than a dozen arrows immediately shot straight in, nailed to the wooden shield fiercely, and the tail was even trembling and buzzing.

Carefully crossing the high bridge over the broken moat, the group walked briskly, and in less than ten minutes, Charles and the others arrived at the headquarters and met the commander François. Morality. Collini.

He was Marshal Gaspar. Morality. Colini's younger brother, also known as Andro.

"Charles, what's going on?" Seeing that his subordinate general Charles was injured, Andro was very shocked, and hurriedly put down the strangely colored tea in his hand and hurriedly walked over.

Charles is just a retired man in his thirties? The leader of the mercenaries, but the only one under his command so far

A general who can be used, so Andro is currently very concerned about him.

"Your Excellency, those defenders of the city are based on the city wall, the advantage is too great, continue to continue, and when the mercenaries are dead, those militias who took the initiative to participate will also disperse immediately!"

Charles looked at the admiral's younger brother and said with a solemn face.

Hearing this, Andro shook his head and immediately vetoed:

"No, Charles! The capture of Orleans is the goal of my trip, and it is for this reason that I recruited you. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Charles sincerely and said:

"Besides, the Orleans garrison is not numerous, and the defense of the city is already its main force, as long as it persists, I believe that we will be able to seize the city gate soon, and when the time comes, Orleans will be in our hands!"

"Don't worry about the commission, after the deed is done, I will double the reward for these brave soldiers."

Hearing this, Charles's heart was cold, he knew that the gentleman in front of him wanted his brothers to use their lives to obtain merit for him.

The lives of himself and others were like a piece of grass in his heart, and he wanted to leave for a while.

As if to see Charles's unsafe mood, Andro said in a seductive voice:

"Charles, I think if you can take Orleans, a knight will be inevitable!"

Patting him on the shoulder, Andro whispered in his ear.

As soon as these words came out, Charles changed his expression and said firmly:

"Your Excellency, please give me some time, I think I will definitely be able to break through this city!"

Subsequently, under the inspiration of Andro, Charles continued to command his soldiers to seize the city gates.

At this time, Admiral Coliny, who led 3,000 cavalry on the road in advance, had already come to the vicinity of Orleans, only 6 kilometers away from the city of Orleans.

Approaching the city of Orleans, Collini has a slight confidence in attacking Orleans, with 3,000 cavalry, it should be possible to take it by surprise.

Although he thought so, he did not know the number of troops stationed in Orleans, which would not be good if there were many of them.

This operation is also a gamble.

The closer he got to Orleans, the more Collini felt that something was wrong, and when he saw the walls of Orleans, he suddenly realized that someone was taking the gates.

At this time, Andro also saw his brother's arrival and hurriedly greeted him.

After asking his brother about his intentions, Colini couldn't help but be overjoyed that the city of Orleans was in his hands.

"Warriors, follow me, press for your partners in the battle ahead, and take Orleans—"

Marshal Colini's voice was extremely incendiary, and the cavalry, who had been on the road for a long time, was in high spirits, and immediately swept away their fatigue and shouted energetically.

And the defenders, who had been struggling with each other, were already very hard to defend, and at this time, they suddenly saw that the enemy had reinforcements, and their morale was discharged.

Soon, the city of Orleans became the territory of the Huguenots and the political center of the Huguenots.