Regardless of Artoria's performance, it's a personal factor for her. The Norman army is invincible, and so is Egil!!

When Artoria came to her senses, the 30,000 Norman army had been cut by about one-sixth, and there were more than 5,000 soldiers in all, including Normans, Celts, Bretons, and Frenchmen...... All of them, the stragglers she had deployed at the southern tip to take control of the Île-de-France region were gone.

Killed.

Of course, for the dead enemy army, Joan of Arc's department did not embarrass too much, cutting off the head and doing Jingguan or something, as is the most common practice in this era. Instead, they were all properly buried, and tombstones were erected, though the cemeteries were soon opened and slaughtered by angry French civilians who were bent on revenge......

But at least Joan of Arc has tried—it's a matter of attitude. There are very few armies in this day and age who can do this. In fact, leave the enemy army alone, and not put on a strange posture. This is already a sign of kindness.

However, all this was worthless for Artoria. The Celtic queen, who believed in pragmatism like Egil, may have doted on the soldiers of the army who were alive, but she was also very much spoiled for the dead......

It's useless to die.

So what Joan of Arc did meant nothing to Artoria. She just knew that the French in the south not only did not surrender on their own initiative, but were so bold that they dared to take the initiative to attack their own army. And he got good results under his carelessness.

"What a shame. After snorting coldly, Artoria was furious—she had wanted to show Egil a perfect answer. It's like ordinary women like to show off their faces, figures, clothes, and jewelry. Artoria wanted to show off her conquest of France.

But it was all ruined by Joan of Arc. Although she still dominates now. But thousands of troops were lost and, unsuspectingly, the family was sent to the outskirts of Paris. Such an answer is not good in any way. There is even a good chance that he will be ridiculed by Egil.

Speaking of which, Artoria is still the extremely arrogant phoenix-like woman in her bones. The experience of being hunted by Egil and finally surrendered was regarded by her as the greatest shame in her life. I don't want to wash it off all the time. And now, having conquered France on his own, such a feat is not inferior to that of Egil. Artoria was finally able to shake off the little inferiority complex she felt deep down in her face with Egil......

But it's a pity that it's all over, it's over, and the girl who is honored as Joan of Arc is stirred up.

Artoria's anger can be imagined.

"One day, gather all the troops in Paris, kill the woman!!"

Artoria drew her sword from its sheath, then turned around and cut in half the throne under her seat, which originally belonged to the King of France, and said murderously.

"But...... Your Highness, many of our armies are divided into newly occupied territories. In a day's time, not even the order to assemble could be passed ......," a knight of the Guards reminded.

"It doesn't matter - it's just a rabble. Isn't the 17,000-strong army in Paris still able to deal with them?" Artoria snorted coldly, and then asked, "Where has Your Majesty gone, is there any news?"

"I received a message from the flying pigeons three days ago that the fleet had sailed out of the Öresund waterway, and if all went well, it would be in another twenty days or so. ”

"Twenty days...... Enough is enough. So Artoria made up her mind not to wait for Egil to arrive. Rather, it was to set foot in Orleans, Anjou, and the whole of France in these twenty days......

It was under these circumstances that the Battle of the Outskirts of Paris began.

It's a little strange - no, it should be said that it is extremely rare that the top commanders of both sides have female surnames. Although Artoria is much stronger than Joan of Arc in terms of origin, prestige, and record. However, Joan of Arc has also shown excellent tactical talent in the last ten days of continuous fighting. And this series of battles also condensed the soldiers who were originally just a group of thugs into an army.

But that's when the test really begins.

"I won't say anything like justice will prevail, because there is no reason, all I have to do is hold high my banner and do my best. ”

"Winning is justice!"

So, the two girls went to the battlefield with such an awareness.

The first battle that would decide the fate of France began.

Artoria still had the upper hand in terms of combat power, especially the hoplite cavalry under her command - more than 500 hoplites in total, including a hundred heavy plate armor knightly guards, and more than 130 Celtic guards. Such a gorgeous lineup is something that the French can't compare with in any way. In addition, both the Norman and Celtic armies were extremely effective - such an army numbered tens of thousands in Artoria's hands.

However, in addition to this, Artoria also had a number of French soldiers under her command. These soldiers came from the local French nobility who had surrendered to Artoria, adding up to more than 3,000 in all. This army is a little ......

Not assured.

If nothing is done, there will be a riot.

As a result, Artoria "invited" all the wives, sons, and daughters of the nobles to Paris, and put them under house arrest as hostages. This did alienate the French aristocracy, but it also ensured that these guys would not turn against each other on the battlefield.

As for Joan of Arc, although a number of men have been added in recent times, the number of troops has increased to more than 20,000 - but in terms of combat effectiveness is still not as strong as the regular army under Artoria. And organizational discipline is still very poor.

In order to compensate for this shortcoming, Joan of Arc had to adopt the method of grouping the soldiers together according to their origins, and then selecting the most prestigious person to be the commander of this small force. And give them a certain degree of command. Although the prohibition is not counted. But it's good to have a rough idea.

Of course, her actions also aroused the resentment of the French aristocracy, and in the face of their outcry, Joan of Arc's system was only practiced among the volunteers, and did not affect the elite thousands of professional soldiers. These professional mercenaries, professional soldiers and knights, knightly servants, are still controlled by these nobles.

Almost, that's the situation.

On September 2, 1002, the Battle of Paris began.

At the beginning of the battle, Artoria still looked down on her opponents, so she directly arranged her own formation into a cone formation, with heavy cavalry as the lead, light cavalry to protect the two wings, and infantry in the center and behind, such an assault formation.

On the other hand, Joan of Arc adopted a wide frontal and multi-array defensive formation for such a formation. Nearly 20,000 light infantry lined up in eight lines, and in the last three was a Swiss halberd unit hired from Switzerland, which Joan of Arc used as a counterattack. The hoplites, as well as the professional troops, lined up on the flanks to protect the flanks.

The battle officially began around nine o'clock in the morning. Artoria immediately ordered the whole army to assault. Hope to end the battle as quickly as possible.

In this way, the battle began to heat up - unlike Egil, who was hiding from the show, Artoria took the lead, flicked all bows and arrows away with her cursed armor, and thrust into the first line with more than 500 heavy cavalry.

Although the volunteers who were inspired by the spirit of Joan of Arc fought desperately, their strength was too poor. The Volunteers, unarmoured and armed only with sticks and sticks, were no match for the well-armed knights - they were crushed by the slashing and then crushed by the Celtic Raiden two-handed swordsmen who followed behind them, slashing at the scattered enemy army.

In this way, this layer of front did not even play a role, and was crushed by Artoria's army in just ten minutes.

After that, the second, third, fourth...... Like a black torrent, Artoria was completely unstoppable. In the blink of an eye, the French front had been broken through halfway. Artoria, on the other hand, did not have the slightest sense of stagnation that had been held back.

If this continues, the war will end in the end of her victory, as Artoria had predicted.

However, things are not as simple as the Celtic queen imagined.

Standing on the hill behind the array, Joan of Arc watched the opposing army like a shadow blade, easily cutting through the array of the army in the engine room like cutting butter, and his face still did not change. just quietly raised his battle flag, red, white and blue, symbolizing the French flag of freedom.

"It can't end so easily. ”

After saying this, Joan of Arc's special effect instantly covered the entire battlefield - the physical strength of all the French soldiers on the battlefield instantly recovered, and at the same time, morale and defense increased significantly. Make the French array as indestructible as copper cast iron.

For a moment, Artoria suddenly felt that the enemy's resistance was much more fierce. In the past, you can easily pick off enemy weapons, and then you can kill several with a single sword, and you need to double your strength to do it.

"Damn it—what the hell is going on?!"

In this way, Artoria finally struggled to advance after breaking through the fifth layer. Perhaps she herself still has the ability to continue the charge. But most of the soldiers under her command were already wounded, out of breath, and could not fight anymore......

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