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Chapter 17 The Battle of Normandy Third, as long as the assault is right

In twenty-five days, the Normandy Castle stood as solid as a rock, and stood strongly in the northwest of France, and there was no sign of the imminent fall. On the contrary, the French coalition lost tens of thousands of troops and dozens of nobles above the Baron. Although Charles and Philip tried their best to save and boost morale, the effect was not obvious.

The war has entered a turning point. The French coalition no longer had expectations and captured Normandy in a short period of time, but turned it into a siege. Ninety thousand troops surrounded Normandy. At the same time, they sent a small group of troops to siege the city, and they kept disturbing the Normandy defenders day and night. The defenders were mentally nervous and unable to rest well, so as to achieve the effect of exhausted soldiers.

In this way, July passed in a flash, and even August passed a little over half. Egil calmed down the people in Finland, recruited 2,000 Finnish light cavalry, and then returned to the southern end of Scandinavia. At the same time, the 50,000 Norman army had been repaired and could go to war at any time. However, Egil was still concerned about diplomacy with Novgorod and Moscow. Therefore, he did not send troops to Normandy immediately. Instead, he wrote a letter to his wife to inquire about the development of the war.

Natural development is very good.

When the Norman Celtic coalition destroyed Brittany with thunder, the French coalition was still méng in the dark. It was not until Artoria's 50,000 troops directly defeated the French camp from west to east with a scattered sea, that the other party reacted.

This cannot be said that King Philip II of France was a fool. He just made a habitual mistake. Like Arran II of Brittany, Philip also felt that the opponent's reinforcements would land from north to south from Normandy. In that case, the first one would be the Burgundians occupying the northwest side. So before that, when arranging the areas in charge of both sides, Philip II was so scheming. Most of the ranger's whistle of the French coalition were also deployed in the north. It was not that there was no other direction. However, the number and ability were a big difference. At the same time, the soldiers deployed in these areas also knew that the enemy could not pass through the direction they were responsible for. So they were very lazy.

So, Artoria made such a bend, but she was so hard that she was a slaughtering man, and the effect was surprisingly good.

Artoriara was so shameless that she was not low. She did not submit a letter of war at all, and she agreed to fight. Instead, she directly took light cavalry as the guide, and then a large number of light infantry attacked forcibly. This tactic directly charged towards the enemy.

At this moment, Europe, there is no such thing as a trap in horses and pits. The purpose of camping is to stop and rest. The whole French camp is scattered, juggling, hawkers and wanderings can walk around the military camp. The entire military camp is like a noisy farmers' market or temple fair. The soldiers are lazy in the sun, grabbing lice on their bodies and then sending them into their mouths. Or they are drilling into their own tents with cheap prostitutes who have negotiated prices. Some are watching juggling. The nobles gather together to eat and drink, or talk about the current situation. Let's say: It's so fucking unreasonable. If I command, what if I do, it seems that I am Alexander's rebirth.

In this case, Artoria's cavalry came - the vanguard was a group of light-armed cavalry. That is, the horse-riding militia recruited from England, and the knight entourages who took off their armor under Artoria's strict orders, a total of about 800. The combat effectiveness of these cavalry was not very high. Artoria had no great expectations for them. The orders issued were just surprise attacks and tried to disturb the enemy as much as possible.

I have to say that this is a very easy task to complete. After a sudden attack by the enemy, except for a few veterans who had been aged for a long time, the vast majority of recruited peasant soldiers, including most nobles, still did not know what happened - until a shrill voice like a ghost shouted in the local dialect and French in unknown valleys: "Enemy attack!!!"

After that, the entire military camp was in chaos.

At this moment, it was still daytime. If things continued to develop like this, France, which had an army of 40,000 to 50,000, would definitely gather enough troops to drive these light cavalry out in a short time, and even kill all of them. However, the heavy cavalry arrived. England, the feudal knights formed by Brittany and the knights, as well as the Celtic knights formed by Artoria, and the Celtic heavy cavalry, a total of 800 heavy cavalry charges, and defeated the thousands of French people who had finally gathered.

Artoria took the lead. The sword in her hand slashed horizontally and vertically, and there was no one in one round. The generals under her command were twice as many as Egil, and she was also a peerless general who was a thousand. This round of charge was much better than Egil's fighting in the military camp in Wadislaw back then. She also rushed all the way to the middle of the military camp, and also had the idea of ​​capturing the thief first.

"What's going on?" Unlike Vadislaw, Philip II's commander was located in the center of the entire military camp. He heard the shouts of killing outside - the young French king who had just ascended the throne was pale and grabbed one of his own and shouted from the mouth.

"Go away quickly, Your Majesty the King! The Normans are here!!!" That shi has never been a very brave guy. He kept persuading his master to escape quickly.

"Damn—where did they come from?! Where did the Burgundians?! Did the Burgundians be defeated?! Until now, Philip II still thought that the other party landed from the north. He was really incredible: the Burgundians had 30,000 to 40,000—it was all gone at once?! How many enemies should there be?! Hundreds of thousands? Two hundred thousand? Or more?

"What do you want to do now?! Go quickly, your majesty!!" Shi Zong shouted anxiously. Then, as the shouts of killing were getting closer and closer, Philip II gritted his teeth and quickly walked out of the camp, stepped onto his horse and shouted, "Go back! We will go to Paris!!" After that, he ran away without looking back.

With the French king fleeing in a panic, there was no other person in the entire French army camp who was qualified to organize the French army and carry out effective resistance - no, there was another one, Edward, the Duke of Aquitaine. But that guy was more clever than Philip. He was prepared one step earlier. Not only did he escape successfully, he also saved at least eight thousand Aquitaine people from danger.

At the same time, when the Normandy defenders heard the uproar in the enemy's barracks on the southwest, Lufos made a quick decision, opened the two city gates, and sent out two thousand professional Viking warriors to attack the opponents, working inside and outside to fight against them.

The war was out of control at this point. When tens of thousands of light infantry from the Norman Celtic coalition rushed over and almost flattened the entire French barracks, the battle situation was completely settled. The Norman Celtic coalition led by Artoria defeated the French coalition and successfully rescued the Normandy Castle.

During the whole process, the Burgundians watched coldly, and had no intention of going up to help. Charles, Duke of Burgundy, sat on the scene to watch his allies be defeated. However, he did not mobilize one soldiers to rescue him. He just guarded his camp tightly - and quietly withdrew his troops that night.

At this point, the entire Normandy Battle ended. France became the ultimate and biggest loser. Aquitaine suffered heavy losses, but it was acceptable. Burgundy only lost thousands of soldiers and did not hurt his bones. However, the Norman Kingdom achieved an unprecedented victory under the leadership of Queen Artoria. Artoria's reputation rose sharply. At the same time, it was full of confidence. After appeased the Normanian people and nobles, it prepared its troops and took it as its mission to conquer the entire France.

When the news reached, Egir's army was ready to go, with 50,000 Norman troops reorganized, plus the newly joined 2,000 Finnish light cavalry. As well as the 1,000 Finnish light cavalry recruited through the system, and 600 professional Hussars, Egir's light cavalry units reached 6,000, and the overall number of cavalry was close to 10,000, and the Norman army became increasingly strong.

At the same time, news came from diplomats that the diplomat Foster's envoy Novgorod was very smooth, and Liurik seemed to have been scared by the combat effectiveness of the Norman army. When Foster told Egil's conditions, he agreed without any trouble. He seemed to be afraid that Egil would not agree.

What made Egil a little strange was that where is the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the diplomat Saikand's diplomat was going very smoothly. The female grand duke Katerina II praised Egil's great achievements and agreed to Egil's conditions against the public. It claimed that the previous "a little bit of unhappiness" could not stop the generational friendship between the people of the two countries.

At the dinner party at the banquet for Kent, Catherine II frequently toasted the diplomat. He praised Egil and the power of the Norman Kingdom many times, likened Egil to an emperor as great as Alexander, Charlemagne. He even claimed that he was an admirer of Egil. The entire Grand Duchy of Moscow was willing to become a solid ally of the Norman Kingdom.

If it weren't for the end, Ekaterina II made a vague suggestion that the two countries should jointly punish Novgorod, and even wipe out Lithuania and divide the bolans. If this series of "cooperation" was not done, Saikend almost fell for the fool and believed the sweet words of the young female grandfather.

"Extremely dangerous, but not without value. How to choose depends on the Lord."

After receiving a letter from a flying pigeon like Saikand, Egil fell into deep thought...
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