That day, he led his army to the outskirts of Kassel and saw that the Franconian army was attacking the city of Kassel and had not yet fully taken control.
In order to show his bravery, Bach led the Saxon army and went forward decisively.
The effect is naturally immediate.
Although the Duke of Franconia personally led his troops to resist, he failed to stop Bach, who led his army to rush into Kassel and successfully recaptured Kassel, which was besieged by the Franconian army.
At the same time, Bach also rescued the few survivors of Kassel, the Count of Kassel and his guards, from the Franconian army.
This situation was beyond the expectations of the Saxons and even Bach himself.
The victory came a bit suddenly, Kassel City was lost and regained, which made Bach feel a little elated.
Therefore, Bach and the Saxons naturally chose to continue to hold on to the city of Kassel.
However, this is a trap.
Yes, it was indeed an accident that Bach was able to break into the Franconian army formation at first. It was caused by Bach's strong personal combat power.
But later, all the Saxon armies were able to pass through the blockade of the Franconian army so smoothly, enter the city of Kassel, and regain control of the city. But it was not Bach's ability that could do it, but someone was helping.
The kind-hearted Saxon's helper was none other than the Duke of Franconia.
When he saw Bach and the Saxons overwhelmingly on the battlefield, the Duke of Franconia's first reaction was to become angry and almost rushed to stop him with his own bodyguards.
But soon, he thought of a brave way to deal with Bach, a way to quickly solve this rebellion.
Since the Saxon army must rely on Bach's personal prestige to mobilize and mobilize, then as long as Bach is eliminated, won't this rebellion be solved?
So how to deal with Bach? Just make him less brave.
This may seem like nonsense, but it is not difficult to implement.
As long as the newly captured city of Kassel is given to Bach, the strategic intention of the Duke of Franconia can be easily realized.
After being breached by the Franconian army, the city defenses of Kassel were almost in disrepair, and there was no geographical advantage left.
At the same time, due to the city defense battle, no matter how strong Bach's personal ability was, he could only defend a city wall and could not cause major morale damage to the Franconian army.
As long as Bach leads the Saxons to defend the city, it means that he can exhaust the main force of the Saxons indefinitely here.
Therefore, under the command of the Duke of Franconia, the Franconian army released water all the way, allowing Bach to successfully enter the city of Kassel.
After that, the Duke of Franconia quickly gathered his troops and surrounded the city of Kassel three levels inside and three outside. He also sent people back to the principality to mobilize the army, hoping to trap Bach and die in Kassel.
Bach was not aware of the Duke of Franconia's intentions at first.
The captured city of Kassel was recovered, and the Saxons were extremely excited, and their admiration for Bach was even more palpable.
However, soon, as the Franconian army launched an attack in the next few days, and Bach was responsible for guarding the city of Kassel, he realized that something was wrong.
Since the Franconian army had almost destroyed Kassel's city defenses before, even if Bach brought Saxon reinforcements to make emergency repairs, there was no time to completely repair it.
Following the broken city walls and gates, Franconian soldiers could easily enter the city of Kassel and engage in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the Saxon army.
The Saxon soldiers were completely unable to use the dilapidated defenses to cause any damage to the Franconian soldiers.
Once the brutal hand-to-hand combat begins, it becomes a simple war of attrition.
Consumption? The Franconians have nearly 40,000 people, while the Saxon side only has over 10,000 people. If this consumption continues, it is obvious which side will win in the end.
In terms of the eliteness of the soldiers on both sides, there is not much difference. They are all private soldiers carefully maintained by the nobles. They receive daily training and have no shortage of combat weapons and armor.
Although the Saxon side has several strong generals such as Bach, the Franconian side also has a large number of regular knights. Even because Franconia can engage in wheel battles, the casualty ratio is lower than that of the defending Saxony.
Such a scene was something that Bach, who was so excited at the time, did not expect.
After the Saxon soldiers had been locked in such a war of attrition for two or three days, half of them were wounded. Bach, who wanted to lead his soldiers to break out, was completely unable to do so.
More Franconian levies came in a steady stream and surrounded the city of Kassel like an iron barrel.
Although these levies did not have strong combat effectiveness, they were still able to use bows and crossbows to suppress the enemy on the periphery, dig various trenches and trap horses to prevent Bach from breaking through.
After leading the army several times and failing to break through, Bach could only feel regret.
If I had known that I would be in such an embarrassing situation now, I would never have entered Kassel City.
It's a pity that there are all kinds of medicines in this world, even the little blue pills, but there is no regret about selling medicines.
At this moment, Bach was facing the most important choice.
Should he break out with his elite troops, or should he continue to besiege Kassel with the remaining defeated troops, waiting for reinforcements that he didn't know would appear.
If he only led the elite knights and bodyguards to break through, Bach would still be very confident in breaking out of the encirclement.
However, this will undoubtedly greatly affect Bach's reputation. It will not be so easy to win the support of the Saxon nobility and people in the future.
But if we want to hold on in the city of Kassel, how many more days can the remnant Saxon soldiers, who have already suffered half of their casualties, hold on? Will there really be any so-called reinforcements?
"Sir, withdraw, let's break out, and ignore them."
"My lord, we cannot withdraw. If we withdraw, you will no longer be the invincible Duke in everyone's eyes."
"..."
The discussions among the guards made Bach feel extremely irritable.
"Enough!" Bach shouted.
Facing the gazes of everyone, Bach sighed quietly and said softly.
"Let me think first."
"My lord..." A knight hurried in and presented a letter.
"My lord, this is a letter from the Duke of Franconia."
Looking at the letter in front of him, Bach became even more hesitant to accept it.
Could it be that there is a third way for him right now?
While Bach was hesitating, a group of Saxon nobles were crying and trying to make friends with Otto outside the city of Bremen, wishing they could give Otto a kiss on the spot.
"Count Otto, Count Otto, you can't kill me, we are still relatives.
For the sake of the Sighard family, please let me live."
"Your Majesty the Earl, my ancestors also married into the Sighard family, and we are also relatives."
"Count Otto, your father-in-law and I have been friends since childhood."
"Count Otto, you can make whatever money you want. We are all nobles. There is no need to be so cruel. We have to be merciful and merciful!"