No wonder Bach was remorseful.

On that day he arrived on the outskirts of Kassel with his army, and saw that the Franconian army was attacking the city of Kassel and had not yet taken full control.

In order to show his bravery, Bach led the Saxon army and went up recklessly.

The effect is immediate.

Although the Duke of Franconia personally led people to resist, he could not stop Bach, so that Bach rushed to the city of Kassel with his army, and successfully recaptured the city of Kassel, which was besieged by the Franconian army.

At the same time, Bach also saved one of the few survivors of the city of Kassel, the Count of Kassel, and his guards from the Franconian army.

This situation came as a surprise to the Saxons, and even to Bach himself.

The victory came a little suddenly, and the loss of Kassel City made Bach a little flustered.

Therefore, Bach and the Saxons naturally chose to continue to hold on to the city of Kassel.

However, this is a trap.

Yes, Bach's initial ability to break into the Franconian army formation was indeed an accident, and it was caused by Bach's strong personal combat power.

But then all the Saxon armies were able to pass through the blockade of the Franconian army so smoothly, enter the city of Kassel, and regain control of the city, but it was not Bach's ability to do it, but someone was helping.

The helper of this kind Saxon was none other than the Duke of Franconia.

When he saw Bach leading the Saxons on the battlefield, the Duke of Franconia's first reaction was to be annoyed and angry, and almost rushed directly to block it with his personal guards.

But soon, he thought of a brave way to deal with Bach, a way to quickly resolve the rebellion.

Since the Saxon army can only be assembled and mobilized by relying on Bach's personal prestige, as long as Bach is resolved, won't this rebellion be resolved?

So how do you solve Bach? It would be nice to make him less courageous.

This may seem like a nonsense, but it is not very difficult to implement.

It only takes that the newly captured city of Kassel is given to Bach, and the strategic intention of the Duke of Franconia can be easily realized.

After being breached by the Franconian army, the city of Kassel was almost dilapidated, and there was no geographical advantage.

At the same time, due to the siege of the city, no matter how strong Bach's personal ability was, he could only hold a wall and could not inflict great morale damage on the Franconian army.

And as long as Bach defended the city with the Saxons, it meant that the main force of the Saxons could be exhausted here indefinitely.

So, under the command of the Duke of Franconia, the Franconian army released water all the way, allowing Bach to enter the city of Kassel smoothly.

After that, the Duke of Franconia quickly gathered his army, surrounded the city of Kassel on three floors and three layers outside, and sent people back to the duchy to mobilize troops, hoping to trap Bach in Kassel.

The intentions of the Duke of Franconia were not discovered by Bach at the beginning of the period.

The captured city of Kassel was regained, and the Saxons were in a state of great excitement, and their admiration for Bach was beyond words.

However, it was not long before Bach realized that something was wrong as the Franconian army went on the offensive in the following days, and Bach was in charge of defending the city of Kassel.

Because the Franconian army had almost destroyed Kassel's city defenses, even if Bach brought Saxon reinforcements to urgently repair it, it was too late to repair it completely.

Along the crumbling walls and gates, Franconian soldiers could easily enter the city of Kassel and engage in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the Saxon army.

The soldiers of Saxony were completely unable to use the broken fortifications to inflict any damage on the Franconian soldiers.

Once brutal hand-to-hand combat begins, it becomes a simple war of attrition.

Deplete? The Franconians had nearly 40,000 people, while the Saxon side was only a little more than 10,000.

In terms of the elite level of the soldiers on both sides, there is not much difference, they are all private soldiers carefully maintained by the nobles, there is daily training, and there is no shortage of combat weapons and armor.

Although the Saxon side has several fierce generals such as Bach, the number of regular knights on the Franconian side is also quite large, and even because the Franconians can engage in wheel battles, the casualty ratio is lower than that of the defending Saxony.

Such a scene was not expected by Bach, who had a hot head at the beginning.

Two or three days after the Saxon soldiers were caught in such a war of attrition, half of them were wounded, and Bach, who wanted to break through with his soldiers, could not do it at all.

More Franconian conscripts arrived, besieging the city of Kassel like a barrel.

These levies, although not strong in combat, were able to suppress them with bows and crossbows on the periphery, dig various trenches and trap horses so that Bach could not break through.

After several attempts with the army and unable to break through, Bach only had two words of regret in his heart at this time.

I knew that I would be in such an embarrassing situation now, and I said that I shouldn't have entered Kassel City.

It's a pity that there are all kinds of medicines in this world, even the little blue pills, but there is no regret about selling them.

At this moment, Bach is facing the most important choice.

Whether to break through with the elite yourself, or to defeat the remaining remnants of the army, continue to trap Kassel, and wait for reinforcements that I don't know if they will appear.

If he only leads elite knights and personal guards to break through, Bach is still very confident in fighting his way out.

However, this will undoubtedly greatly affect Bach's prestige, and it will not be so easy to gain the support of the Saxon nobility and people later.

But if you want to hold on to the city of Kassel, how many more days can the remnants of Saxony, who have already suffered half of the casualties, hold out? Will there really be so-called reinforcements?

"My lord, let's withdraw, let's break through, leave them alone."

"My lord, you can't withdraw, if you withdraw, you will no longer be the invincible Duke in everyone's eyes."

“......”

The comments of the guards made Bach feel unusually irritable.

"Enough!" Bach exclaimed.

Facing the gaze of everyone, Bach sighed faintly and said softly.

"Let me think about it first."

"Your Excellency—" a knight hurried in and presented a letter.

"My lord, this is a letter from the Duke of Franconia."

Looking at the letter in front of him, Bach was even more hesitant to take it.

Could it be that there is a third way for him now?

While Bach hesitated, under the city of Bremen, a group of Saxon aristocrats were in tears and befriending Otto, eager to knock two to Otto on the spot.

"Count Otto, Count Otto, you can't kill me, let's talk about relatives.

For the sake of the Sighard family, you can let me live. ”

"Lord Earl, my ancestors also married the Sighard family, and they are also relatives."

"Count Otto, your father-in-law and I have been friends since childhood."

"Count Otto, you can ask for as much as you want, we are all nobles, there is no need to be so desperate, you have to be forgiving and forgiving!"

“.......”