Watching a famous soldier successfully climb the Kassel city wall along the ladder, the Duke of Franconia finally showed a smile on his face.
During this period, due to the unsatisfactory attack on Kassel City, he became a little angry and had a few blisters on his lips.
Fortunately, the siege of Kassel finally ended today.
Facing the attack of the main Franconian army, even the city of Kassel, which had been reinforced once, was still unable to resist.
The gap in strength and numbers made the Saxons' geographical advantage less obvious.
Although Kassel was captured, the casualties were quite high. The Duke of Franconia was only slightly happy, and then became troubled.
In order to capture Kassel, he paid a heavy price of 5,000 casualties.
But it's all worth it. After taking Kassel, there will be no strategically important town in the southern part of the Principality of Saxony.
The Duke of Franconia's army can penetrate directly into the real core area of the Principality of Saxony, threatening central Saxony areas such as Walpur, Hanover, and Brunswick.
This area, due to its relatively flat land and relatively large population, is the most developed area in the entire Principality of Saxony and is also the essence of the Principality of Saxony.
The original attack on the Kassel area was not so smooth. The Duke of Bach had brought the main force of the Saxons and had a long-term confrontation with the main forces of Franconia in Kassel. There were wins and losses between the two sides, but most of them were Saxons.
Gained the upper hand.
However, because Otto marched from the west of the Principality of Saxony and began to clear out holes, Duke Bach was forced to personally stop him. The main force of the Saxons gathered in the Kassel area also withdrew much of the central Saxony.
Central Saxony is the richest region, so the local nobles are naturally strong. They were also the ones who caused the most violence and contributed the most in this rebellion.
When their own territory is threatened and there is no powerful person in charge, everyone will naturally run away with the army, and no one cares whether Kassel can hold it or not.
Anyway, this is not the first time that everyone has caused trouble. At worst, if the duke's army comes and they can't defeat it, just bow down and show allegiance. There is a high probability that they will be forgiven. After that, everyone can still live a good life as before.
But once the territory is destroyed, they will not have the strength to negotiate with the Duke, and they will not have a good life in the future.
Which one is lighter or which one is heavier? Everyone can still carry it clearly.
Everyone comes together to rebel and make troubles in order to gain more power and benefits, not for beliefs and feelings about family and country. Everyone only has interests in their eyes.
Seeing that the gate of Kassel City had been opened, and more soldiers entered the city along the gate, the Duke of Franconia nodded, put his hands on his back, and prepared to go back and have a good sleep, and then write a letter to praise Otto and Werner.
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Without the two of them, who had restrained many Saxon troops, we really don't know how long it would have taken to capture the city of Kassel.
"Your Majesty, the Saxon reinforcements...the reinforcements are coming."
"Huh?" The Duke of Franconia glanced at the panicked Baron and raised his eyebrows. "The city of Kassel is in ruins. We are here now. It's too late. What's there to be afraid of?"
"Your Majesty the Duke, that, that Bach... Duke... the flag of Lord Bach has appeared again." This baron was obviously someone who had seen Bach's ferocious achievements.
"He's here? Could it be that Otto and Werner were defeated?" For a moment, this thought came to the Duke of Franconia's mind.
It is certain that Bach disappeared from the front line in Kassel because of the pressure from Otto and Werner. Now that the opponent has left and returned, the possibility of Otto and Werner being defeated is indeed very high.
When they first divided their forces, the number of troops left for them was not large. It was normal for them to be unable to defeat a powerful general like Bach.
It's just a pity.
If Bach can be delayed for a while longer, the situation will be more favorable when the army approaches central Saxony.
But they can do this to help them win Kassel City, which is pretty good.
"Isn't he just a Saxon barbarian? Why is he so scared?
Come, help me gather my personal guards, I want to meet with him personally."
At the same time, Bach led nearly 10,000 Saxon troops and hurriedly and slowly arrived near the city of Kassel.
When Bach saw from a distance that the flag on the city of Kassel had been replaced by the black lion of the Principality of Franconia, his heart was filled with regret.
What a pity, it's still a step too late.
The reason why Bach appears here is that after nearly a week of "cat and mouse" game with Werner, he realized that continuing to entangle with Werner would not be effective.
Except for a few strong cities and castles, almost all the areas that Otto led his troops into were devastated, and it was impossible to recover in a short time.
There is no point in chasing after Otto like this, unless he can catch up with Otto.
However, due to the high proportion of cavalry in Otto's army, and Werner helping Otto buy time,
It is almost an impossible task to really catch up with Otto.
Bach also came to his senses when he heard that Otto chose to attack northern Saxony such as Bremen instead of central Saxony.
Otto seemed to have done a lot of damage, but in fact he only had so many troops and average combat effectiveness. It was impossible to attack the defended central Saxony.
Coupled with Otto's brutal offensive methods, it is not impossible to deal with it. As long as other areas are on defense and take the initiative to strengthen the walls and clear the field, Otto's future results will only become less and less.
To end this war, we can only deal with the main force led by the Duke of Franconia. As for Otto's partial army, it will not be difficult to deal with it when the time comes.
After figuring out the key, Bach let others continue to struggle with Werner, while he returned to Hannover with his personal guards, recruited a new main force, and headed south again to rescue the city of Kassel.
Unfortunately, he woke up too late. Even if he marched quickly, he could only watch the city of Kassel fall.
"Your Excellency, the city of Kassel has been lost. The enemy's morale is at a high level. Should we retreat first?"
"Get out of here!" Bach glared at his bodyguard and said angrily.
"The city of Kassel was lost, and now that we have all come here, we are going back without even fighting. Do you think those guys who elected me to be the Duke will continue to send troops to support me like they are now?"
"Um..." The guard scratched his head. With his single-core CPU, he couldn't handle this kind of problem for the time being. He didn't know what to say.
Bach glanced at the bodyguard and shook his head.
"Moreover, the Duke of Franconia's army obviously does not control the city of Kassel. If we launch an attack now, it is possible to recapture the city of Kassel."
"Attack the whole army and take back the city of Kassel!" Bach shouted loudly.
"Take back Kassel!"
"For the God of War!" Bach suddenly thought of the rumor that had been circulating recently and shouted again.