~Date: ~October 09~

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This battle will be a little more exciting than the Paris siege. (, General Farr is looking forward to it. His 30,000 troops were ready to surround the entire Bordeaux. The 30,000 troops surrounded the city walls, and looked over the city walls. There were bright shiny plate armor, heavy battle axes, excellent heavy crossbows, longbows and cannons shining with cold light. As well as heavy knights wrapped in the heavy armor, everything made the Bordeaux feel frightened.

"What kind of method should be used to defeat such an army?!" The people in Bordeaux couldn't help but want to ask themselves.

On that day, the Norman army just stood outside the range of the enemy's crossbow and showed off their military appearance. They did not really attack the city. Instead, they chose to set up camps and rest for health. The soldiers and civilians of Bordeaux were relieved. But that night, something happened. General Farr looked around Bordeaux during the day. He felt that the city was still very strict. Although the other party's commander was not a peerless general, he also reached the level above.

Before this, Louis XIV expanded the city's defense system and had a considerable effect. Even if the suspension bridge was lowered, it would not be able to pass. Several disrepaired walls were repaired with stones and clay. Some relatively low places were also heightened. The arrow towers were also reinforced. A wall was built at the gate. Some houses were demolished and the debris were piled up at the gate, making it almost impossible for the siege to pass.

"If you force an attack, you will definitely win. However, the losses will become very large. So, before the formal battle, try to weaken the opponent's combat effectiveness." After checking the city defense in Bordeaux, General Fal made such a decision. And on that night, a group of crossbowmen and longbowmen fired arrows with leaflets into the city. (, Gree Literature Network

The leaflet is written in French and Norman words, which describes the numerous crimes of the Duke of Aquitaine: betraying the Norman Emperor, murdering the nobles in the territory, conspiring to rebel, funding mob armed forces, etc.... The soldiers and civilians of Bordeaux immediately behave and take their Duke - no, now it is not a duke. Now it is just a sinner named Louis.

General Fal asked them to hand over Louis to the Norman Empire for interrogation, and then sentenced to eliminate the crime of vassal and rebellion. When General Fal also promised that if anyone could subdue Louis XIV, he would receive a reward of 10,000 Normankin and food filled with five large carriages.

Or no one cares about that ten thousand Norman King. But as mentioned before, in these days, some people can kill people for a piece of bread the size of a fingernail. Not to mention what the five trucks of grain really mean.

These announcements were shot into the city at night. When the next day, the Bordeaux soldiers and civilians got up and looked at it. They found that there were a lot of paper in their city. Under the conditions of the Norman Empire, when they woke up the next day and patrolled the city, Louis XIV discovered something was wrong.

The soldiers who had originally looked at him with expressionless expressions and were not happy, looked at him now as if they were looking at a large row, or white bread. The feeling of trying to swallow him all made Louis XIV feel particularly uncomfortable.

Soon, a knight who was loyal to him came over and told the duke what happened. When Louis XIV heard this, he took a breath and thought to himself: "The Normans' vicious plan. Food in troubled times is more important than gold. Five chariots of military rations are indeed enough to replace a duke's head. What's more important is that our army's morale will be disintegrated and will collapse without fighting..."

After thinking it through, Louis XIV immediately took action. (, while strengthening the guards around him, he sent soldiers to collect those leaflets. When he sent eloquent confidants to promote it: "Don't believe those Normans - they are all demons and robbers who kill people. If they break Bordeaux, then we will suffer. They will definitely be killed by them. The money will be robbed by them! As long as they rise up and resist, let them know that they can lose their lives and property!"

Such remarks, coupled with the testimony of some refugees who escaped in Paris before, made the Bordeaux people hesitate again. Although there are still many simple-minded guys who want money and live, they still think about assassinating Louis XIV in exchange for wealth. But most people gave up their ideas. The first round of the fight was barely considered a draw.

Of course, General Fal could not just imagine taking down the city of Bordeaux with his own riot. That would have failed his 20-point ruling value. In fact, he had other plans. The next day, when Louis XIV was busy clearing the rumors and strengthening the garrison, General Fal had already used his second move. A large number of baggage soldiers, engineers and engineers held excellent tools, and under the cover of Norman infantry holding large shields, they began to fill the moat.

When Louis XIV was busy for a long time and barely stabilized the people's hearts, he got the news again. When he saw that thousands of baggage soldiers had already landed more than half of the moat.

"Shoot! Shoot! Organize them!" Louis XIV shouted in anger. The knight next to him said with a frown:

"Duke, we tried to shoot. But the opponent's shield was too strong and too big. Even our best shooter could not shoot, and the best crossbow could not be shot."

"...Is that true?!" Louis XIV did not give up and asked the soldiers to try to shoot for a while. As expected, it was as the knight said. The heavy shield, covered with a layer of iron, was almost immune to all attacks. Aquitaine's technological power was very weak. Just like the Norman Empire, he could easily take out a lot of city crossbows, stone catapults and even artillery. Louis XIV could not even think about it. So he could only watch the other party fill the moat.

After two days of operation, the Mann Engineers filled the moat in Bordeaux. They covered the softer soil with a layer of stone and a layer of wooden boards, making the land here as strong as the ordinary road surface.

In this way, the layer of defense on the periphery of Bordeaux was eliminated, and no loss was caused to the Norman army. The morale of Bordeaux further fell.

In the following days, the Norman army launched a large number of siege machinery. They stood above the solid building chariots and were condescending. They used longbows and heavy crossbows to shoot at the top of Bordeaux. The tower chariots were as high as eight meters tall than the arrow tower in Bordeaux. The garrisoned Aquitaine almost couldn't raise their heads.

In addition, dozens of rush-working catapults, which are well-made, with good accuracy and lethality, as well as crossbows, and five 24-pound cannons from the Norman army, were constantly bombarded at the city walls on the north side of Bordeaux. Iron cannons and fireworks in heaven continued to bombard, and it seemed that they would not stop until the city of Bordeaux collapsed.

Louis XIV has no choice but to do anything about these. The Mans have mastered the most advanced science and technology in the world. However, it means that they have mastered the best long-range strike methods in the world. In this regard, no country can compete with it. All he can do is to constantly cheer the soldiers and tell them: "The Norman's attack will stop soon." Or "We have adopted a very excellent tactic of solid walls and clearing the field. The Mans' baggage will be consumed soon. They are about to retreat!"

Of course, it would be a different matter whether the Aquitaine soldiers would believe what Louis XIV said.

After more than a week of continuous bombing, causing heavy losses to Bordeaux's troops and low morale, a riot finally broke out in Bordeaux. The citizens of Bordeaux who could not bear the torture of the Norman army and some Aquitaine soldiers launched an attack on the Bordeaux palace.

Although they just hid behind the battlements tremblingly and prayed that God would not let the Normans shoot themselves. But when the opponents they faced were soldiers of the same order of magnitude as them, the combat effectiveness and morale of these people were quite high. The knights under Louis XIV led the troops loyal to him to fight hard, but they were still a little short of being able to stop the "mobs".

The riots in the city quickly caused arson, robbery and other evils. In some city walls, there were also situations where Aquitaine soldiers began to riot, which would naturally be noticed by the Normans. So General Farr made a quick decision and decided to attack with all his might. On this day, the city of Bordeaux was defeated!

A total of more than 10,000 Norman infantry shouted trumpets, pushed the ladder cart and bravely moved forward. At the same time, they raised their shields and escorted more than 5,000 assault infantrymen holding battle axes in both hands. Under the cover of tower cars, longbows, heavy crossbows, catapults, and crossbows, they rushed to the edge of the Bordeaux wall very smoothly. After lowering the ladders and forming ramps, the Norman army shouted and rushed towards the wall.

At this moment, the military and civilians in Bordeaux were still in chaos. The Aquitaine soldiers who were supposed to rush forward to fight the Normans were divided into two factions, killing each other, so that the Norman army's attack was almost not blocked. A large number of soldiers rushed to the city, wielding battle axes to slaughter...

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