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The walls were wide enough so that the Norman army could be put in and spread out with enough troops. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but the stairs leading to the city are very narrow, and the Norman army can put in fewer troops. With this advantage, the Burgundian army was once again given some respite. Queen Mary took the opportunity to prepare to send a group of troops up.

But her knights told the queen: No, we have no army to use.

This surprised the queen - there were more than 20,000 troops in the city of Dijon, and the citizens of Dijon were also temporarily conscripted. She has more than 40,000 men at her disposal. How could it be depleted in such a short period of time?

"When the citizens saw the battlefield, they were too scared to advance. Completely useless. So the knights explained that perhaps they would have had some courage if the townspeople had been to hide behind the battlements, draw their bows and arrows at the rushing soldiers, or throw stones at the pouring of oil. And if they want to be a logistics force, it is okay to transport supplies. But if they rush into battle and go head-to-head with the most powerful army in the world...... It's no wonder they don't mutiny.

"What a bastard......" After hearing this, Queen Mary felt that her end was near. Looking at the whole part of the city wall, whether it is the stone staircase next to the city wall or the rotary staircase on the inside of the arrow tower, the Normans are gradually advancing. Even more terrifying was the main gate, after receiving sufficient support, the Norman assault infantry at the main gate began to continue to advance, and in time it was the Walloon Guards and Swiss mercenaries, and it was impossible to stop it from being surrounded on three sides.

After completely occupying the northern wall, the Norman army sent a large number of crossbowmen, who crossed the moat along the drawbridge, and then ran to the city wall in ladder carts, condescendingly, and in turn fired at the Burgundian army in the city. The Emperor's Fury's repeating crossbowman fired a single shot that could take the lives of multiple Burgundian soldiers. The Burgundian had no temper at all......

Without reinforcements, there is no other way. Queen Mary could only watch as her own army was slaughtered. Subsequently, when the Normans continued to cut down the Burgundian flag she hung at the head of the city and replaced it with the Norman flag of the white phoenix on a black background, the morale of the Norman army reached its peak, and the Burgundians lost the last bit of resistance. The defeat was like a mountain.

Even the toughest knights, the bravest soldiers. There was no way to continue the fight at this moment. The recalcitrant were quickly beheaded, others either fled or surrendered, and the Burgundian defenses completely collapsed. The Normans also invaded Dijon like a tidal wave. Began to gradually advance to urban areas.

"Your Majesty, let's get out of this city quickly!"

Seeing all this, Queen Mary was so disheartened that she almost passed out. Beside her, the loyal Burgundian knights shouted eagerly.

"Leave, where can we go if we leave here?" said Queen Mary with a wry smile.

"We evacuated south, to Lyon, to Marseille, and even to Corsica by boat. There will be a way. The knights then persuaded.

"Nope. Queen Mary shook her head solemnly, and then laughed miserably: "Such a tragic experience, one time is enough." I don't want to suffer a second time, when the enemy breaks through the city. Let's surrender......"

When the Burgundian knights heard this, they were very sad. The vast majority of them decided to stay, to accompany their monarch until the last moment. A small number of people decided to continue the resistance. They left Dijon and continued southward to fight the Normans to the end.

None of this is a big deal, though. For those remnants of the defeated generals. The Normans didn't think it was a big deal. Anyway, they've got everything they need.

September 27, 1012. After the fall of Dijon, Queen Mary of Burgundy announced her abdication under duress from the Norman army. The Kingdom of Burgundy II. The entire territory was annexed by the Norman Empire. As a result, this kingdom, which was considered a first-class power in Central Europe, quickly perished in the attack of the Normans, and even with the covert assistance of other countries.

This has scared the rest of the continent. In the face of the Norman Empire's offensive in the future, he became even less confident.

In October, the Norman Emperor received good news, as well as letters from the kings of Hesse and Brandenburg. These two eighty percent secretly aided the king of Burgundy, and in their letters they did their utmost humbleness. Congratulate the Norman Emperor on his victory, praise the martial arts, and call himself a courtier, calling Egil the lord. At the same time, he repeatedly tones his loyalty.

The emperor knew that, in addition to these two men, the South German regions, Bavaria and Austria, as well as Switzerland, as well as Milan, Venice. These countries, after receiving the news of the fall of Burgundy, also wrote similar letters. In addition, the three Spanish countries, which were not originally in his feudal sequence, may also take action - most of them will take the initiative to ask for it. I hope to become a vassal of Egil to avoid trouble.

"Really, naïve. The Emperor sneered at this. With absolute strength, he doesn't need these things at all. No matter how hard the prey wails. As a hunter, he tore the prey apart and ate it.

So Egil threw the letters directly into the trash. And gave instructions on Burgundian things.

"The Pseudo-Queen Mary resisted the Heavenly Soldiers, which was originally a great crime. Let's take a look at the merits of Charles, the former king of Burgundy, and the fact that he was able to surrender at the last moment. The emperor was gracious, made him a count, and said that he would go to Krakow as soon as possible to meet him.

Dijon was broken, but the rest of Burgundy had not yet been pacified. I ordered the commander of the Western European Front, General Fall, to continue the sweep of Burgundian territory. Be sure to capture all the remaining land and cities. General Walter, on the other hand, led his army back to garrison North Saxony. Wait for further orders from me.

The royal family of Burgundy was guilty, the nobility was guilty, but the populace was not guilty. When the army crosses the border, it is forbidden to kill innocents indiscriminately and loot wantonly. When encountering resistance, the first thing to appease is to appease them, and if they fail to appease them, they will be exterminated. ”

The emperor's order was soon passed through carrier pigeons. After hearing that the city of Dijon had been broken, General Walter's headquarters, which had halted his march, returned to Krakow after listening to the emperor's orders. General Farr continued south, the Queen of Burgundy surrendered, and most of the Burgundian villages and towns were decided. There were bandits and rogues who took advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, and all of them were suppressed by the Norman army.

The few Burgundians who refused to surrender were completely unable to survive in the big cities and plains, or continued to flee south, or entered the mountains and forests, becoming the new bandits and thieves. The outlook is worrying. Eventually, in November, the Norman army descended on Marseille. With the momentum of thunder, the last Burgundian army was irreversibly defeated. Then it continued westward, and it took more than ten days to pacify Aquitaine.

At this point, France and the Netherlands were all pacified. The Norman Empire was once again expanding. This credit was called the best Christmas gift this Christmas by the emperor.

And next, send officials, take over the city, and manage the place. It's another round of busyness. The Norman Emperor regrouped the newly acquired territories with the original Flanders. The vicinity of Dijon was designated as the county of Burgundy and placed under the jurisdiction of the province of Flanders. The remaining territory of Northern Burgundy was established by the emperor as a new province called the Netherlands. The southern part of Burgundy, combined with Aquitaine, also formed a new province called South Flanders. With a stroke of his pen, the Norman Emperor divided France into three. Separate management.

As for General Farr's department, Egil used the spoils of war and bonds to replenish his troops, so that General Farr's department was restored to the size of its heyday, with an army of 30,000. And arranged his new task:

The Emperor asked General Farr to place his main forces in the immediate vicinity of Germany and to patrol the newly occupied provinces of South Flanders and the Netherlands with a small army. In addition to this, a group of troops was to be sent to guard the Pyrenees. And then look at the Spanish region.

In a letter to General Farr, the Emperor hinted that after the complete annexation of Germany, he would be the commander in charge of the army over the Pyrenees and over Spain. This made General Fall very much looking forward to it.

Thus, in 1012, the Kingdom of Burgundy, the once glorious Central European power, disappeared without a trace. became part of the growing Norman Empire. After this, the emperor sent two of his most trusted generals, Farr and Walter, to the border areas adjacent to Germany, with the intention of which can be imagined.

"We can't just sit idly by! we must act!" the princes of Germany, or the Holy Roman Empire, reluctantly began to secretly conspire in this situation. It was decided to form an alliance to fight the brutal invasion of the Norman Empire. At the same time, they also decided to elect a new Holy Roman Emperor, refusing to recognize Egil as their sovereign again.

And while they were secretly linked, the emperor sent a new general, a ruthless general named Ers, a commander-in-chief, brutal, loyal, and dangerously unambitious, with an army of 30,000 to Eastern Europe. Polish province and German border area. In this way, the emperor's strategy of encircling the 80,000-strong army in Germany on three sides has been completed.

"The next goal is Germany, and I want to unify the whole Germanic race!" said the Emperor at the Christmas banquet......

(To be continued)