Three days later, under the city of Toulouse, among the blue-robed troops all over the mountains and plains, Jiang Tian, clad in oriental armor, also silently looked at this large gray-white city built of granite and marble; it was also named directly after the region.
Lead the capital.
It is said that after the Abigail Crusade against the Puritans in the south, the brutal civil war between the north and the south of the kingdom evolved. Led by the de facto independent Grand Duke of Languedoc, hundreds of noble families, big and small, or two or three generations were defeated and exterminated.
, or abolish or seize after surrender.
Therefore, the royal family directly cut off one of the two richest areas in the south - the richest and most fertile Garonne River Basin land on the Toulouse Plain, and established the Grand Crown Territory centered around the city of Toulouse; as well as a large number of meritorious royal families
fiefs of foreign nobles.
Therefore, later royal families continued to build and expand the city of Toulouse as the central city of the region; gradually turning the original rammed earth and brick city walls into stone; thus also persisting in the Lily Dynasty, Acacia
Periods of great turmoil during dynasty changes.
Therefore, remaining intact for a relatively long time has also allowed the city to develop rapidly. Even outside the city, you can see from a distance the tall buildings and sentry towers that are common in Toulouse, as well as the many towers that are obviously higher than the city walls, which are full of roses.
Bright red tile roof.
Of course, in addition to being the industrial and commercial center and transportation hub of the Toulouse region for a long time, this place also plays another important role; it is one of the long-term headquarters of the Inquisition in the Kingdom; it is responsible for cleaning out the remnants of the Cathar Sect that may exist in the local area.
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Therefore, compared with other similar existences that briefly appeared in history, the ordinary and unique heresy court existed until the establishment of the White Iris Dynasty, which announced the Edict of Aachen to narrowly amnesty various heretical sects and religious groups within the territory;
Only then could it be revoked.
However, the hatred and unity caused by this continued to last for a long time. So much so that the city was once spontaneously divided into two small camps, the White Brotherhood and the White Orthodox Sect.
The background is full of fighting and fighting.
Therefore, it also gave the new royal family an opportunity to send troops to intervene in the area on the pretext of maintaining order, and took a step back to take over and expand the small crown territory left by the later royal family.
;Divided into two small dioceses of Lower and Upper Toulouse.
Before that, the state affairs rectification movement ushered in during the lifetime of the "Terror Lord". A council composed of nobles was successively established in the local area, a military governor and a financial auditor directly under the royal family were established, and several new schools and royal workshops were opened;
Improve the functions of the mail and transportation department...
Therefore, the city of Toulouse today is not controlled by the royalists/royalists, or other forces/factions with no obvious political background; rather, it is controlled by local nobles/small businessmen/guild leaders.
A seventy-seven-member committee was formed for actual management and control.
Although the committee claims to be a neutral party, the situation has changed recently. He said that a large-scale Holy Kingdom army came to the Aquitaine region and quietly settled in on the pretext of executing the supplementary treaty signed by the new dynasty.
That little crown is the jewel of the hinterland.
However, that incident caused slight disagreements and confrontations in the seventy-seven-member committee. This was because the Holy Kingdom's army was privately introduced by many people including the city nobles in the committee, and some even
There was no public discussion or vote by the committee.
Therefore, after the other faction members in the committee had a quiet backlash and actions; those urban aristocratic factions, with the seemingly neutral acquiescence of the Holy Kingdom Army, firmly contacted the royal party in the local territory, and
If my faction attacks it first, it will be weak.
Therefore, more than half of the city committee members were captured and imprisoned by their entire families, rather than accidentally dying in the fight. Only a few individuals managed to escape from Toulouse, or hid. They could only watch helplessly.
The city guard was also purged.
As several royalist armed forces from various places also retreated to the city of Toulouse, we reorganized the city committee, which was dominated by nobles, and restored the Inquisition, which abolished the Juvenile Inquisition;
Cleanse dissidents and enemies.
However, without restraint or restrictions, it quickly spread into various royalist armed forces, extorting and extorting special citizens, poor classes, and even refugee groups; because there were no rules and order, the result was
I know a lot of human tragedy.
Then, as our desires became more and more unsatisfied, we had to step back and extend our targets to the wealthy families and wealthy classes in the city, and even the local church. There, even the neutral faction and the urban aristocrat faction who had been waiting on the sidelines...
Supporters, we can't stand it anymore.
However, when things got to that point, it was impossible to recover. Although the members of the committee stepped back from negotiations and restraints, they tried to raise money to allow the royalist armed forces to enter and leave the city and retreat to the suburbs for repairs; however, as the saying goes, it is difficult to send gods away.
Difficult basic principles.
How could those royalist armed forces from the rural territories easily let go and make concessions after seeing and enjoying the prosperity and prosperity of the city and the convenience of dominating various classes under the banner of purging heretics? From this point of view,
Several conflicts broke out with the city guard.
In the end, after the two sides spontaneously evolved into internal strife that spread throughout the city, the Holy Kingdom's army suddenly intervened to mediate; a simple temporary agreement was finally reached; instead of the royal parties having to retreat to the southwest bank of the Garonne River, the rich and the
There was trouble in the big city where the nobles gathered.
As a result, there have been irreconcilable gaps and rifts between the local management committee and the armed forces of the Royal League. However, the Holy Kingdom Army, which later claimed to provide shelter and maintain order, has always had an ambiguous attitude and is willing to take less measures.
Measures; it seems that there is nothing else to do about it.
That was also Jiang Tian who led his army southward, passing through the highways along Aveyron, Tarn, and in front of the Haute-Garonne department; he encountered people who had escaped from Toulouse, and they were seriously ill and sought medical treatment. They were running around everywhere; no matter who they caught,
A few city representatives who all wanted help learned the general situation.
However, what shocked and surprised us even more was that the Cathar believers along the way took the initiative to step forward as the leading party; consisting of seventeen cavalry companies, seventy-seven mounted infantry companies, and seven auxiliary/baggage companies,
The slow corps formed was able to retreat at an astonishing speed.
Thanks to some miraculous morale boost, we retreated for eight days and two nights with almost no pause, and easily captured four small cities and eight fortresses along the road to the south of the valley. Like the rushing wind and waves,
Rushing back to the plains of Toulouse. But that was only the beginning.
The defenders in red and white striped robes at the top of the city were also running around in a panic. Then they looked dumbfounded at the mighty small army and pressed directly to the rear. They didn't even start to set up the siege camp, and they were already in time.
Waiting for it to be launched first, it doesn't look like a ridiculous offensive.
Amidst the bursts of heart-wrenching drums and trumpets, many siege equipment appeared one after another among the white cavalry array. There were no small-wheeled artillery carts with thick barrels.
, a short and wide-mouthed stone mortar, and no long ladder that gradually stretched out under the carriage.
Even after the leading cavalry is about to arrive and is within the range of the crossbows on the city wall, even the siege crash carts covered with iron sheets and equipped with cast iron weights, with wheel baffles and small shields, do not know when they will appear.
Among the neat formations of the vanguard cavalry;
Just as the small number of alarmed city defenders were unloading their crossbows and military crossbows, the leading cavalrymen were already racing to rush to the city; and there was a peaceful scene under the wall with screams and screams.
Amidst the sound, one after another threw the bags of firewood and earth carried on the saddle.
In the blink of an eye, the moat, which was only covered with shallow mud due to the dry season, was filled in by the brave and fearless cavalry in several short sections. Then came the infantrymen who were slowly pushing back in front of the barrier.
; We slowly leveled the ground and opened several narrow paths.
Along the cleared rugged ground, amidst the increasingly sparse arrows and rain, siege vehicles and long ladders arrived one after another. They were about to approach the city gates and walls, but were hit by objects falling from the city head.
At the moment of the blow, bursts of thunder came from the front.
With the small-wheeled artillery cart that has not yet retreated into the firing range and has planned its aiming unit, and the short-barreled mortar that continues to push back; it spits out the first wave of smoke and clouds at the top of the city; the small and big ones are
Iron balls that were burned and smoked white also rushed to hit the bottom of the city wall.
Suddenly, inside the city wall, dull collision sounds and rocks flying everywhere were heard one after another; although only a large part of the ball bullets hit the inside of the city wall, or penetrated/collapsed the gap in the city wall; it also caused
The defenders were welcoming them, and the chaos lasted for a short time.
In particular, some wooden sentry towers and archery towers that were hit by artillery shells almost followed the openings created by the bombardment. Small pieces of blood flowed out amidst the screams all day long, or some stumps and broken bodies collapsed;
There was no arrow tower, and they simply collapsed among the defenders.
And such a delay and a moment of rush are enough for the long ladders under these carriages to successfully build up the stone wall with a tooth-gripping sound; and above, like a siege vehicle with a special curved roof,
Pushed by the soldiers inside, he pushed back the inside of the city gate.
Although, very slowly, the defenders who were not armed with small knives quickly attacked the long ladder hooks that were used to set up the wall ultimatum. However, they found that they could only make a clanging sound and twist the blade. Because, those special-made
The long ladder does not use fine steel castings, which weakens some important structures and parts.
And the falling stones and quicklime that we hurriedly dumped up from the hole under the city gate were almost unable to cause any decent damage or threat to the siege vehicles in the doorway; they slowly spread over the entire iron-clad arc.
The top bounced back with a clang and slid away.
There was also a frightening dull crashing sound from above; then, no defenders hurriedly leaned out and tried to shoot with longbows and weak crossbows. These armored engineers stood beside the siege vehicles to provide cover and assist in the operation;
Just as the muskets in the front array were firing, he fell.
At the last moment, we only cared about the siege vehicles in the doorway; because, at the other end of the long vehicle-mounted ladder, there were groups of special low-level enemy soldiers wearing heavy armor that covered their faces, like iron men; like a group of
The sharp-edged arrows deflected the stabbing spears and spears in the face and crashed into the defenders.
A short while ago, the siege vehicles on the inside of the city gate suddenly stopped bombarding, and then turned into scattered figures hiding on the vehicles; the last moment, a loud bang was heard; small pieces of smoke and dust billowed out from inside the city gate.
came out, and even the siege vehicles were pushed back and hurriedly fell in and out...
Amidst the roaring cheers and roars, the soldiers of the Free Army who gathered on the wall and fired at the city gate rushed into the city gate that had a small gap opened; and continued to expand it.
; And due to the haste of the incident, there were not even many obstacles or defenders placed inside the gate to attack.
We could vaguely see the scene in front of us. The representatives of the city who came out to ask for help had cold hands and feet and trembling legs. If we had seen it with our own eyes, we would have no doubt that the city's defense force was sufficient, and the city's low walls were thick and well-prepared.
The small and prosperous city was conquered in one fell swoop.
In various rumors after Lenovo Road, the Free Army is also known as an army full of miracles; the most terrifying enemy of the royal party/royalist/old aristocracy; the protector of the peasants and industrial and commercial people. Suddenly