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This battle will be a little more exciting than the siege of Paris. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info General Fall is looking forward to it. His army of 30,000 surrounded Bordeaux. The 30,000-strong army was surrounded on all sides, and when you looked at it from the city wall, it was a bright and shining piece. Shiny plate armor, heavy tomahawks. Fine-calibrated heavy crossbows, longbows, and glittering artillery. There are also heavily armored knights with men and horses wrapped in heavy armor. All of this made Bordeaux feel terrified.

"What kind of method will be used to defeat such an army?!" the people of Bordeaux could not help but ask.

On that day, the Norman army simply stood outside the range of the enemy's bow and crossbow, showing off their military appearance. There was no real siege. Instead, they chose to set up camp. Recuperate. This made both the military and civilians of Bordeaux breathe a sigh of relief. And in the evening of the same day. But something happened, and General Farr looked around Bordeaux during the day. It feels like the city is fairly well guarded. The commander of the other party, although he is not a peerless general. But it's also above the mark.

Before this, Louis XIV had played a significant role in expanding the city's defenses. The widened moat made it impassable even if the drawbridge was lowered. At the same time, several city walls that had fallen into disrepair were also repaired with stone and clay. Some of the lower places have also increased a little taller. The arrow tower has also been reinforced. A new wall was built at the city gate. Some of the dwellings were demolished and the debris was piled up at the gates, making it almost impossible for the besieging side to pass through.

"If you force your attack, you will definitely win. But the losses can become significant. Therefore, before the actual battle, try to weaken the opponent's combat effectiveness. After inspecting the city defenses of Bordeaux, General Fall made this decision. And that night, a group of crossbowmen and longbowmen were sent to fire arrows with leaflets into the city.

The leaflets were written in both French and Norman. It describes the crimes of the Duke of Aquitaine: betrayal of the Norman Emperor, murder of nobles in the domain, conspiracy to rebel, financing the armed mob, etc...... I want the Bordeaux soldiers and civilians to be obedient at once, and put their duke - no, not a duke now, but now just a sinner named Louis.

General Fall demanded that they hand over Louis. Handed over to the Norman Empire for interrogation, and then sentenced. In this way, the crimes of rebellion of these vassals can be eliminated. At the same time, General Farr promised that if anyone could subdue Louis XIV. Then you can get a reward of 10,000 Norman gold, as well as grain filled with five large wagons.

Or that 10,000 Norman gold is rare. But as I said before, in these days, someone can kill someone for a piece of bread the size of a fingernail. Not to mention the concept of five carts of grain.

These announcements shot into the city at night. When the Bordeaux soldiers and civilians got up and looked at it the next day, they found that they had a lot more paper in the city. And lured by the conditions of the Norman Empire. When he got up the next day and toured the city, Louis XIV noticed that something was wrong.

The soldiers, who had looked at him expressionless and unhappy, looked at him as if they were looking at a large piece of steak, or white bread. The feeling of wanting to swallow him whole made Louis XIV feel extremely uncomfortable.

Soon, a knight who had pledged his allegiance came running up to him and told the duke what had happened. Louis XIV gasped when he heard this, and thought to himself, "The Normans have such a vicious plan. In troubled times, food is more important than gold. Five carts of military rations, for a duke's head, is indeed enough. More importantly, let our army be disheartened and collapse without a fight......"

After thinking about it, Louis XIV immediately went into action. While strengthening the guards around him, he sent soldiers to forcibly confiscate the leaflets. At the same time, he sent eloquent henchmen everywhere to preach: "Never trust the Normans - they are murderous demons and robbers." If they break Bordeaux, then we're in trouble. Definitely going to be killed by them. They will also rob them of their money! Let them know that it's awesome. In this way, we can save our family life and family property!"

Such remarks. Plus the testimonies of some of the refugees who fled in Paris before. Let the people of Bordeaux hesitate again. Although there are still many simple-minded people who want money and don't want to die, they still want to assassinate Louis XIV in exchange for great wealth. But the vast majority of people have given up on their ideas. The first leg was barely a draw.

Of course, General Farr could not have taken Bordeaux with the help of the other side's own rebellion. That also disappoints his twenty-point dominance value. In fact, he has other plans. The next day, when Louis XIV was busy clearing up rumors and strengthening his garrison, General Farr had already resorted to his second hand. Large numbers of baggage troops, engineers armed with sophisticated tools, under the cover of Norman infantry armed with large shields, began to fill in the moat.

When Louis XIV was busy for a long time and barely managed to stabilize the mind, he got the news again. When I went up to the city, I saw that thousands of baggage soldiers had already filled more than half of the moat.

"Shoot, shoot, organize them!" cried Louis XIV in frustration. And the knight next to him said with a sad face:

"Duke, we've tried shooting. But the opponent's shield is too strong and too big. Not even our best shooters can't shoot through it, and the best crossbow can't shoot through. ”

“...... Is that so?!" Louis XIV did not give up, and told his soldiers to try to shoot for a while. Sure enough, it was just as the knight said. The large, heavy, iron-clad shield was immune to almost all attacks. And Aquitaine's scientific and technological strength is very weak. It's like the Norman Empire, which can casually take out a lot of city defense crossbows, catapults, and even artillery. Louis XIV could not have thought of it. So I can only watch the other party fill the moat.

In this way, it took two days of work. The Norman engineers filled in the moat of Bordeaux. And a layer of stone was covered with a layer of soft soil and a layer of wooden planks. Make the land here as solid as the average road surface.

In this way, the first layer of defense on the periphery of Bordeaux was eliminated. There was no loss at all for the Norman army. This further degraded Bordeaux's morale.

In the days that followed, the Norman army rolled out a large number of siege machines. They stood on top of the sturdy building carts, condescending. With longbows and heavy crossbows, repeaters fired at the head of Bordeaux. Those of the building cars are up to eight meters high. Even taller than Bordeaux's Arrow Tower. So that the garrison Aquitaine army could barely raise its head.

In addition, there are dozens of hurried but well-made, accurate and lethal catapults, as well as ballistas. This equipment, as well as five twenty-four-pounder guns of the Norman army, was constantly bombarded at the walls on the north side of Bordeaux. Iron artillery, heavenly flame canisters bombarded repeatedly, and it seemed that they would not stop until the city of Bordeaux was destroyed.

Louis XIV was helpless about these. The Normans had the most advanced science and technology in the world. Naturally, this means that they have the best long-range strike means in the world. In this regard, no country can compete with it. All he could do was keep cheering the soldiers on. Tell them: "The Norman attacks will soon stop." Or, "We used a very good wall clearing." The Normans' baggage was soon depleted. They're about to retreat!"

Of course, whether the soldiers of Aquitaine would believe what Louis XIV said is another matter.

In continuous bombing for more than a week. After the heavy losses and demoralization of the troops of Bordeaux. There was finally a riot in Bordeaux. The citizens of Bordeaux, fed up with the Norman army, and some Aquitaine soldiers, stormed the palace in Bordeaux.

Although in the process of fighting the Normans, they just shivered and hid behind the battlements, praying that God would not let the Normans shoot them. But when they faced an opponent who was about an order of magnitude like themselves. Then the combat effectiveness and morale of these people are quite high. The knights under Louis XIV led the troops loyal to him to fight. But it was still a little bit closer, and it couldn't stop those "mobs".

The riots in the city soon led to arson, looting, and other incidents. At some of the city walls, Aquitaine soldiers also began to riot. Such a situation will naturally be noticed by the Normans. So, General Farr made a quick decision. It was decided to go all out. Strive to break through the city of Bordeaux on this day!

In total, more than 10,000 Norman infantry shouted trumpets and pushed ladder carts forward, while raising shields to protect more than 5,000 assault infantry with tomahawks in both hands. The siege force of more than 15,000 people, under the cover of building carts, longbows and heavy crossbows, catapults, and ballista artillery, rushed to the edge of the Bordeaux city wall very smoothly. After lowering the ladder and forming ramps, the Norman army shouted and rushed towards the walls.

At this time, the military and civilians of Bordeaux were still in the chaos of the insurrection. The Aquitaine soldiers, who were supposed to rush forward and fight the Normans, split into two factions and fought each other. This left the Norman offensive almost unhindered. A large number of soldiers rushed to the top of the city smoothly. Wielding a tomahawk to slaughter ......

(To be continued)