Watching a soldier climb the ladder up the walls of Kassel, a smile finally appeared on the Duke of Franconia's face.

During this time, due to the unsatisfactory attack on Kassel City, he was a little angry and foamed a few times on his mouth.

Fortunately, the siege of Kassel finally ended today.

In the face of the attack of the main Franconian army, even the fortified city of Kassel was still unable to resist.

The disparity in strength and numbers made the geographical advantage of the Saxons less obvious.

Although Kassel was taken, the casualties were really high. The Duke of Franconia was only slightly pleased, and then he became annoyed.

In order to take Kassel, he paid the price of 5,000 soldiers' casualties, which is not unheavy.

But it was all worth it, and after taking Kassel, there would be no strategic towns in the south of the Duchy of Saxony.

The Duke's army could penetrate the real heart of the Duchy of Saxony and threaten central Saxony regions such as Wolper, Hanover, and Braunschweig.

This area, due to its relatively flat land and relatively large population, is the best developed area in the entire Duchy of Saxony and is the essence of the Duchy of Saxony.

Originally, the attack on the Kassel region was not so smooth, the Duke of Bach had previously led the main force of the Saxons, and the main force of Kassel and Franconia had a long-term confrontation, and the two sides won and lost each other, but most of the Saxons had the upper hand.

However, as Otto marched from the western part of the Duchy of Saxony and began to plow the court, Duke Bach himself was forced to intercept him. The main Saxon forces assembled in the Kassel region were therefore withdrawn to central Saxony.

Central Saxony is the richest, and the local nobility is naturally strong, and they are the ones who contributed the most to this rebellion.

When their territory is threatened, and there is no powerful person in charge, everyone will naturally run away with the army, and it doesn't matter if Kassel can hold it.

Anyway, it's not the first time that everyone has made trouble, and it's a big deal that when the duke's army comes, if you can't fight it, you can bow your head and be loyal, and there is a high probability that you will be forgiven. After that, everyone can still live a good life as before.

But once the territory is destroyed, then there is no strength to negotiate with the duke, and there will be no good life in the future.

Everyone can still figure out which is more important.

Everyone got together to make rebellion and trouble, in order to gain more power and interests, not for any faith and family and country feelings, everyone only had interests in their eyes.

Seeing that the gates of Kassel had been opened, and more soldiers entered the city along the gates, the Duke of Franconia nodded, put his hands behind his back, and prepared to go back to sleep well, and then write a letter of praise to Otto and Werner.

Without the two of them holding back a lot of Saxon troops, I really don't know how long it would take to take this Kassel city.

"Lord Duke, reinforcements from the Saxons... Reinforcements are coming. ”

"Huh?" The Duke of Franconia glanced at the panicked baron and raised his eyebrows. "The city of Kassel is broken, and now it's coming, it's late, what's so scary."

"Lord Duke, that, that Bach... Public... Lord Bach's banner reappeared. "The baron was clearly someone who had seen Bach's ferocious exploits.

"He's coming? Could it be that Otto and Timo Werner lost? For a moment, the Duke of Franconia had this thought in his mind.

Bach's disappearance from the Kassel front was already determined to be due to pressure from Otto and Werner. Now that the opposition is going and returning, the possibility of Otto and Timo Werner being defeated is indeed very high.

When the troops were first divided, the number of troops left for them was not large, and in the face of a fierce general like Bach, it was normal that they could not fight.

It's just a pity.

If Bach could be held back for a little longer, the situation would have been more favourable when the army had advanced closer to central Saxony.

But it's good that they can do it to this extent and help them win Kassel.

"Isn't it just a Saxon barbarian? As for being so scared.

Come, help me gather my guards, and I'll meet him in person. ”

At the same time, Bach took nearly 10,000 Saxon troops and hurried to the vicinity of Kassel.

When Bach saw from a distance that the flag of Kassel had been replaced by the black lion of the Duchy of Franconia, his heart was also full of regret.

It's a pity that it's still a step too late.

Bach was here after nearly a week of playing a game of cat and mouse with Werner, and realized that continuing to tangle with Werner would not do much.

Almost all the areas that Otto led his troops into, with the exception of a few fortified cities and castles, were devastated, and it was impossible to recover in a short time.

There is no point in chasing after Otto like this, unless you can catch up with Otto.

However, due to the high proportion of cavalry in Otto's army, and the fact that Werner helped Otto delay time,

To really catch up with Otto is an almost impossible task.

Bach also came to his senses when he heard that Otto had chosen to attack northern Saxony such as Bremen instead of central Saxony.

Otto seems to be very destructive, but in fact there are only so many troops and average combat effectiveness, it is impossible to attack the defended central Saxony.

Coupled with Otto's tyrannical offensive methods, it is not impossible to deal with it. As long as the other areas are prepared and take the initiative to clear the wilderness, Otto's subsequent gains will only become less and less.

If you want to end this war, you can only solve the main force led by the Duke of Franconia, and as for Otto's partial division, it will not be difficult to solve it when the time comes.

After figuring out the key, Bach asked the others to continue to entangle with Werner, and he returned to Hanover with his personal guards, re-recruited a main force, and went south again to rescue the city of Kassel.

It's a pity that he woke up too late, even if he marched quickly, now he only watched the fall of Kassel.

"Lord Duke, Kassel City has been lost, and the morale of the other party is high, should we retreat first."

"Pull off the fart!" Bach glared at his guards and said angrily.

"The city of Kassel is lost, and now that we are all here, we will go back without even fighting, do you guess that those guys who elected me as a duke will continue to send troops to support me like now?"

"Uh..."The guard scratched his head, with his single-core CPU, he couldn't deal with this kind of problem for the time being, and he didn't know what to say.

Bach glanced at the guards and shook his head.

"Moreover, the army of the Duke of Franconia is obviously not in control of the city of Kassel, and now if you launch an attack, there is still a possibility of retaking the city of Kassel."

"Attack with all your forces and retake the city of Kassel!" Bach shouted.

"Take back Kassel!"

"For the god of war!" Bach suddenly remembered the rumor that had been circulating recently, and shouted again.

"For the god of war!"