Chapter XIV The Destruction of Aquitaine
The war was no longer suspense. The Norman army, like a wolf, cut down all the enemies in front of them, occupied the three walls on the east, west and north. They soon moved the debris at the gate, overturned the temporary piled walls, and then opened the city gate. The Norman army swarmed in and rushed directly towards the palace in the center of Bordeaux.
At this moment, the rioters in the palace in the center of Bordeaux were still fighting fiercely with the side loyal to Louis XIV. Louis XIV, who was only sixteen years old, personally wore armor and stood on the front line to supervise the battle with a long sword in his hand to inspire the morale of the army. The mob was a mob. After several unsuccessful attacks, many people were frustrated and sneaked away and joined the ranks of robbery. After several further attacks, the remaining mobs also scattered...
Louis XIV looked at the messy battlefield and was about to breathe a sigh of relief. He heard a roar that was much stronger than the sounds made by the mobs before - the Norman army had already reached the center of the city!
"!!!!" Seeing that his army was slaughtered by the other party almost without any suspense, Louis XIV was shocked. And with the shock, there was also a ridiculous feeling. The so-called wisdom and the so-called army that he was proud of were completely unremarkable under the attack of the Norman Empire. Such a contrast made Louis XIV feel like he was a clown.
In addition to the assault infantry of the Norman army, there were some mobs they had just captured. After seeing Louis XIV, the mobs shouted with their eyes lit up: "That person is Louis XIV! Kill him! Kill him!!!"
"Long-hearted!" A Norman soldier who could not stand this bastard cut the mob's head in half with an axe. The red and white flowed all over the ground, causing the other surrendered mobs to pee in fear. Then, the Norman soldiers burst into laughter and then continued to charge.
"Duke! Please make plans early!" Seeing that our troops were retreating step by step, they could not stop the Norman attack on the not-wide street. The knights loyal to Louis XIV gave this advice. Then they rushed forward and prepared to fight the Normans to the death. Louis XIV, after hearing another scream, shivered and woke up.
"Yes. That's right... it's time." When he said this, Louis XIV felt sad, but his steps were still extremely firm. He ran into his palace, knocked over the candlesticks, and lit the firewood that had been prepared. Soon, his palace burned violently. After seeing such a scene, the few remaining Aquitaine knights also roared and launched a final attack on the Norman army with the attitude of dying together. Then they were knocked down without any surprise.
Then, General Fal, who heard the news, looked at the burning palace of Bordeaux in a daze. Then he asked the soldiers beside him: "Other, the rebel was going in and then burning himself to death, is that right?"
"Yes, many people have seen it." The Norman soldiers replied.
General Fal shook his head and said, "Well...even if this is the case, you can't relax your vigilance. Stop the fire quickly and then look for his body. You must find evidence so that I can feel at ease."
"Yes, General." So, he followed the general's order. A large number of Norman soldiers came over and organized a group of citizens to put out the fire. He also collapsed all the civil buildings next to the palace to prevent the fire from spreading. However, Louis XIV prepared very well before. His palace was filled with firewood and oil. So the fire could not be extinguished in a short while. Seeing buckets of water poured on it, it was useless. General Farr had a sudden idea and asked the soldiers to take several heavenly flamethrowers in the camp, fill it up, and then try to spray the flames. It turned out that the effect was really good.
Even so, the flames were still unable to control them. The fire burned for two days and two nights, and finally burned the entire palace to a white ground. This was the end.
After the flames were extinguished, General Fal ordered the soldiers to search. Finally, he obtained several corpses. After careful verification, General Fal determined that a corpse that was close to Louis XIV was the rebellion. The matter came to an end. Immediately afterwards, the general demolished the entire Bordeaux walls according to Emperor Norman's order, and then set fire to burn all the buildings in Bordeaux.
The residents of Bordeaux were driven north to Flanders. There, they would start a new life as residents of the empire.
The Norman Empire won again. As Egil's proud lackey, General Farr also won the title of viscount for his military achievements. Egil appointed him as commander-in-chief of the Western European Front and was responsible for all the Norman Empire's military operations in Western Europe.
This was the first time that the Norman Empire had a general of this level. It is conceivable that the Norman Emperor was satisfied with this lackey. General Farr, who was affirmed, was also grateful and wished to take action immediately to conquer the whole world for his emperor.
In this way, the Duke of Aquitaine, which lasted less than two years, ended. The entire southwestern France fell into anarchy again. However, none of these matters. As long as the plague subsides, these areas will soon be included in the control of the Norman Empire. After receiving the letter from General Fal, the Norman Emperor could not wait to prepare to take the southwestern France into control.
During the whole process, I felt very uncomfortable, as if I was sitting on pins and needles. Queen Mary also seriously considered the proposal letter from the Duke of Aquitaine. The queen felt that this duke was matched with her, whether it was ability, age or identity. Moreover, the plan to rebuild the Kingdom of France that Louis XIV vaguely mentioned in the letter also made Queen Mary excited.
In fact, after gaining the status of the Kingdom of **, the greatest wish of the Burgundy Kingdom was to usurp the Kingdom of France and to be hegemonic in Western Europe. Although he had just ascended the throne and had insufficient experience, Queen Mary could still see this matter clearly.
But soon the bad news came. The Norman Empire used thunder to thunder to wipe out the Flanders rebellion, and then it took Louis XIV's life.
All this happened so fast that Queen Mary didn't have time to react. Of course, if you say she really didn't do anything, just watching Louis XIV die, it's not correct. When the Norman Empire dispatched troops to attack the Aquitaine area, Queen Mary wrote a letter to Egil. I hope he could reconsider his policies on Aquitaine.
Of course, Egil completely ignored the nonsense of this younger girl. He wrote a letter back and sarcastically mocked her - Egil imagined that it would be great if she could join the war in anger. It would be impossible to unify France. It is not impossible to do anything to do, but the person who accomplished this matter must be Emperor Egil.
Queen Mary was naturally very angry about Egil's sarcasm. However, she did not lose her mind and join the war against Norman as Egil imagined. After this, the friendship between Norman and Burgundy was completely over. The situation is now different from the past. The Norman Empire is already powerful enough to have no need for any allies. For Burgundy, Egil now conquered it more than retaining this former ally - of course, Egil also thinks the same for other countries.
Then, His Majesty the Emperor issued a new order to General Far, requiring him to leave about 5,000 troops and stare at the southwest of France. The remaining more than 20,000 main troops were deployed on the border between Flanders and Burgundy, ready to march into the Burgundy area at any time. This naturally could not be hidden from Burgundy. Queen Mary also tried her best to send troops to defend the border, making the border situation tense.
This time the war against Aquitaine ended. The Norman Empire was more suspicious, hostile and fearful. Other countries were surprised that at such a difficult time, the Norman Empire could even use such powerful power to attack its opponents. The monarchs of those countries became reborn. At this time, the people who were originally planning to betray the Norman Empire were therefore worried. Time passed.
Because of this Aquitaine War, the victory of the Norman Empire made the 1011 AD peacefully pass. In August of this year, the fleet sent by the Norman Empire to the East finally returned. A total of twenty ships heading to the East, only eight were in the end, which was less than half of them back to the Crimean Peninsula. However, these merchant ships were filled with herbs requested by Egir.
The prescription has been tested and proved that it is effective. Therefore, these explorers who brought back the medicine were welcomed by heroes in Kherson. When Egil heard the news, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and fulfilled his promise, rewarded the explorers with money and land. He also awarded them the title of Viscount Vascoda Gamma, the leader.
According to him, he had almost bought medicinal materials from various cities along the coast of the Central Plains. Many medicinal materials were even transported from the mainland. It is conceivable that the fleet on the Cape of Good Hope route would be in vain.
After obtaining these medicinal herbs, the Black Death situation in the Norman Empire will be completely controlled. The new round of conquest of Emperor Norman can also be implemented. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!