Aker-Senan Fortress is the name of the large fortress in front of you. It originated from the nearby underground salt mine that has been mined since ancient Roman times. The Romans set up a fortress to supervise the franchise, and then after several dynasties of the Kingdom of Zealand, it became
(Burgundy) Portal of the Great Crown Collar.
Because the strategic point of the tunnel built between the hills is surrounded by a moat drawn by the nearby river, it naturally creates multiple artificial obstacles. However, when the soldiers of the Free Army began to form formations and launched the artillery of the strike company,
, prepare for fire testing and reconnaissance.
Suddenly, the colorful flags on the cylindrical gatehouse of the city fell over without warning, and then a very conspicuous white flag was raised. Immediately afterwards, the gates and barriers connecting the bridges on the moat were also raised one after another.
rise; revealing the deep, open doorway.
Afterwards, a whole special attack company composed of all inheritance knights and their retinues served as the vanguard; after galloping into the city on horseback, it didn't take long for them to be erected one after another on top of the city, representing the smiling face of the Free Army.
Banner of Jinyang. Since then, the fort has easily changed hands.
A while later, when Jiang Tian also rode into this large fortress and inspected the surrendered defenders, he found that all of them were sallow and thin, and their clothes were in rags; only a few officers had slightly decent armor; and most of them were gobbling up food.
Rusk distributed by the Free Army.
As the leader of more than a thousand defenders, he is also the only remaining member of the city with the highest military rank, the scar-faced captain; while he was burping contentedly, he was sipping the light beer produced in Clermont;
General Jiang Tian confessed the causes and consequences of all this:
"God bless, thank you for your generosity, my soldiers and I have not been so full for a long time." "To be honest with you, my company and I have not seen a supply convoy for several months.
"In order to feed ourselves, we have sold many things."
"Military pay? We haven't seen this thing since the change of the celestial sphere." "Almost all the soldiers born in the local area have fled; the remaining people are all the soldiers who followed Marshal Motiler.
Landers Corps, soldiers from the frontier heading south together."
"Later, Generalissimo Motiler died, and the Allied National Salvation Army was gone; we followed General Rambler to the Capital Region to accept reorganization;" "General Rambler became Thorne's senior official, and we followed him.
He took office; then, he was assigned as a subordinate of Prince Conté."
"Originally, there were three garrison regiments, eleven companies, and 3,500 soldiers in the city fortress." "But since we took office, orders from the Grand Crown Leader have been constantly transferring soldiers away.
Equipment and supplies; literally only one regiment of men left.”
"Then the Earth Change occurred, and we basically cut off contact with the provincial capital and the royal family." "Soon after, business travelers and pedestrians who could trade disappeared." "The nearby salt mines and several
This village was abandoned for no apparent reason."
"Some people tried to escape with weapons, but the soldiers who chased them soon found their mutilated remains on the road." "The remaining people did not dare to leave the fort easily, so they could only rely on the supplies stored in it.
I had a hard time getting through the previous winter."
"After some people died due to hunger and illness, we finally waited until spring." "In this way, the remaining people persisted until now by relying on hunting and gathering food in the nearby mountains and forests." "Then, your army will come.
No, we don’t want to continue fighting.”
"Sir, I have a humble suggestion." At this point, the captain with scars on his face hesitated for a moment before saying: "If you can still provide enough food, in the cities and strongholds along the way to the capital, in fact,
There are also many old units of the Army of Flanders."
"..." Jiang Tian smiled and said nothing when he heard this, and then waved his hand to the sky; in an instant, huge bread sticks and large pots of dry cheese appeared out of thin air, falling like raindrops; and surrendered around him.
With the stunned expressions of the defenders, they piled up into a small mountain.
"A miracle!" "This is a miracle!" The next moment, all the defenders, including the captain, fell to the ground in awe and extreme piety; and the scar-faced captain even climbed up in front of him and tried to kiss Jiang Wei.
Toes: "Saint, I will not disappoint you."
With the change of hands in the blink of an eye, the fortress of Acre-Senan, whether as the great crown prince of Burgundy or the neighboring counties of Saône, Loire, France, Nièvre, and Côte d'Or,
The doors have all been opened, leaving only a smooth road along the Braise Plains Valley.
Therefore, with the advancement of the Free Army and the persuasion from former members of the Flanders Army to surrender, one after another the depressed cities and the sergeant strongholds along the way raised the white flag or declared them as undefended places.
; But the Free Army did not stay too long.
Because the caravans from the southern provinces that followed later were loaded with various supplies needed for people's livelihood; like sweet springs encountered in the desert, they quickly nourished these places that were plagued by turmoil and disasters, and the shortage of living resources became day by day.
The long-term market has made it become active again.
As for those soldiers who surrendered and disarmed along the way, except for a small number, they were selected and recruited; the others, under the supervision of the follow-up supplementary companies, began to repair bridges and widen roads; cut down and clean up the roads within twenty miles.
forests to reduce the threat to trade routes.
In the end, the first battle that broke out during the armed march of the Free Army was outside Dijon, the capital of the Grand Crown Territory (of Burgundy). Because this can be said to be the origin of Burgundy.
The area where the No. 1 family has the deepest influence and where the old aristocracy is the richest.
Therefore, in addition to the local aristocratic coalition, there are also many militia groups from the neighboring provinces of Champagne and Ardennes gathered here, as well as reinforcements from another French-Prince of Conté/Grand Crown territory; forming the Champagne, Ardennes
, the four legions of Comté and Burgundy, said to be fifty thousand strong.
Then, surrounding the ancient city of Dijon, the armies of these northern dynasty camps relied on the terrain and exhausted the local people to build many fortresses to echo and protect the city defense; and let the three major cities of Champagne, Ardennes, and Conté
The foreign aid corps is stationed on three sides: east, west, and south.
To the north of the city is the Kodor Plateau, which has difficult terrain and is difficult to cross. In this way, as long as one of the parties is attacked, it can receive support and support from other directions at the same time. Once entangled and stalemate in the battle, it will be attacked.
The Burgundian legions raided the city.
And this is what the Free Army had just arrived near the city of Dijon. After defeating hundreds of militia groups in an outpost battle and trying to ambush a surprise attack halfway through the mountains and forests, they easily learned what they learned from the mouths of several captives from local noble families.
The current basic urban defense layout situation.
On the other hand, because this is the headquarters and nest of the Burgundy family, it is also the area where the conservatives and the old aristocracy have the strongest influence. Therefore, after the May storm, during the changes in the successive kingdom governments, although there were some local disturbances,
But they were quickly extinguished.
Therefore, whether they were liberals, republicans, constitutionalists, swornists, or simply small political factions with miscellaneous demands that had arisen in those places, they were all brutally suppressed by the Burgundian family who took the opportunity to annex and control the local crown.
And kill and liquidate them all.
When the actions were at their most violent, the Burgundy family used the excuse of revenge for the royal family in the Blood Moon Massacre, and hundreds of political prisoners and suspects were sent to the gallows or beheading almost every day; even some historical figures
Long-established aristocratic families and famous people are not immune.
Therefore, in the city of Dijon today, apart from the few words of some businessmen, the Free Army also seriously lacks qualified intelligence sources and news channels. The only person who is known to be the commander-in-chief of the four major legions is the leader of the Burgundian dynasty, Charles I.
His younger brother, Louis-Joseph, Prince of Conté.
Of course, although there is very little news in the city of Dijon, there are numerous anecdotes and rumors about the illegitimate Prince Louis Joseph of Conté in his early years. For example, the previous generation of the Grand Duke of Burgundy had many illegitimate children.
, Louis Joseph is just one of them.
However, compared to those illegitimate children who were arranged to enter a monastery, or became local church bishops, or were adopted to lower-level nobles, or even became family vassals or vassal lords, the experience of this illegitimate son Louis Joseph was even richer.
and much more complicated.
He left the Wang Lirongxun Military Academy established for the children of nobles very early; then he entangled a group of companions and acted as mercenaries abroad; he moved to fight and was active on the battlefields of the Western Empire and the Eastern Nomadic Khanate for a long time; therefore,
When he was recalled to his family, he brought a mercenary group with him.
It was also because of the mercenary group he brought that it greatly alleviated the pressure on the family; therefore, under the witness of the former Duke's death, he was posthumously recognized as a member of the family branch and was given the surname "Robert". Later, the royal family became extinct.
After the Blood Moon Incident, the five Dukes entered the capital.
However, the short-lived joint power of the five princes eventually led to tragic political murders and invasions, and finally evolved into a continuous civil war in the capital region. Charles, who had just succeeded the Grand Duke of Burgundy, was also involved in the chaotic fighting in the capital.
, lost contact due to defeat.
After the news returned to the city of Dijon, there was turmoil and chaos within the Burgundy family; but it was Louis Joseph, who controlled part of the family's armed forces, who took the initiative to stand up and firmly support the clan; and ruthlessly suppressed those who came from the family.
Other side branches of ambition and restlessness.
Then, he led the private soldiers and vassal knights left by the family to continuously conquer the territory of the Great Crown, and successively defeated several noble forces and old enemies who took advantage of the chaos and wanted to challenge the status of the Burgundy family;
Under the combined siege of the old and new royal parties, Dijon was saved.
Therefore, when Charles I, who had been dormant for a long time, reappeared, successfully fought back from the chaos of the five princes in the capital, and defeated the final victor, he was nicknamed "Bold" and retreated from the capital; in fact, he took control of the family.
Louis Joseph took the initiative to give in.
Therefore, when the bold Charles once again raised troops and entered the capital to establish a dynasty based on the two crowns, he did not hesitate to appoint him as Franche-Prince of Conté, and was responsible for overseeing the rise of Burgundy, the birthplace of the family.
In addition, there is another full responsibility of the crown leader.
And Prince Louis Joseph of Conté, who was responsible for staying in the family territory, seemed to have never failed his new appointment; and in the process of suppressing many political factions in the surrounding provinces and pacifying the rebellion of the local self-reliance forces, he obtained names such as "Defender" and "Defender".
The nickname "The Scarlet Prince".
Therefore, this is a potential opponent with considerable military literacy and political struggle experience. However, while Jiang Tian was listening to the report of his subordinates, he suddenly received a warning from the outpost; the Kongtai Corps in the fortress front of the front battlefield in the south of the city suddenly