Chapter 525: Viewing
Therefore, in addition to the local city defense force, as well as the city's 200,000 permanent residents, the citizen volunteers were recruited and mobilized. The Burgundian army now assembled in the city of Orleans has reached the claimed fifty thousand troops.
In contrast, after fighting and marching all the way in the south, the overseas legionnaires under Polina's command have accumulated a considerable degree of damage; even if they are supplemented by city garrison companies and township self-defense groups along the way, they are no more than Thirty-four thousand people.
However, in the face of the overseas legions approaching the city, the numerically superior dynasty army basically lost the courage to take the initiative to attack and seek a decisive battle; they simply destroyed the countryside and fortified the city, and hid in all the villages and settlements on the outskirts of the city that could be exploited. Behind the city wall.
On the one hand, the annihilation of Generalissimo Prince Conté’s army in the northwestern provinces made Prince Mechelen of Orleans less confident; on the other hand, the overseas legions led by Paulina had fought countless battles in the south and central part of the kingdom. , the illustrious reputation created;
Whether it is the old or new royal party or the old aristocracy, there are local separatist armed forces with no political stance; bandits and bandits gather together. Even the aliens who emerged in groups were without exception completely crushed and crushed by the military formation composed of muskets, cannons and spears.
As the Prince of Orleans, Mechelen was able to serve as the Grand Governor of the Central Region, but he was not known for his military strategy and rich war experience; it was because of his status as a royal member of the Burgundian dynasty. But what gathered under his command was the patchwork army of the dynasty.
Some followed the former Kingdom Generalissimo Motiler and established the National Salvation Alliance government, and surrendered the remnants of the Flanders Army (Normandy Army) amid civil strife and division; there were also Dutch principalities from the vassal princes of the Netherlands Highlands, etc. Servant Army (Legion of Calais).
As an important reinforcement, the Picardy Legion was composed of more than twenty militia groups voluntarily recruited by the local nobles, large and small, in the province; it could be said that there was a serious mix of good and bad. And the local recruitment of citizen volunteers who have never been on a battlefield is even more of a joke.
Therefore, the only five regiments of the Wang Li Ninth Corps, about 4,300 regular troops, and more than 20 companies of city guards (5,000 people) can truly serve as the backbone of Mechelen, Prince of Orleans. There were also a thousand Avar mercenary cavalry who arrived first.
Therefore, he resolutely suppressed all active voices seeking war; and tried his best to mobilize the residents of the city and let every family participate in the labor of strengthening the city's defenses. In addition, he also tried his best to collect all the metals he could find in the city and rushed to cast cannons and cannonballs.
They placed them around all the city gates and kept them on standby day and night. At the suggestion of his staff, he also asked the prince's guards and the family's newly formed knights to act as disguised war supervisors and reserve forces at these key positions to prevent possible attacks from the enemy. A surprise attack by the enemy's extraordinary strength.
Therefore, when Pauline, who was dressed in a straight military uniform and a ribbon, surrounded by many subordinates, arrived at the bank of the Loiret River in the west of the city, what she saw was such a city. The city walls were covered with towers, sentry posts, and towers as if they were built illegally. wooden sheds and other various defensive measures in the city.
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When the defenders on the city saw this, they couldn't wait to fire and fire the cannons hidden in the battlements; they used bursts of roaring fireworks and turbid water columns splashing down not far from the river bank from time to time to express a certain meaning. Strong "welcome" and deterrence.
However, even a flying cannonball, splashing water and mud nearby, had already wet the trousers of the flag-carrying guards around her; but Paulina remained calm, looking at the hurried movements on the city wall; calmly Feel free to evaluate each other's performance in front of your subordinates.
After all, she has become accustomed to this kind of thing since she fought in many overseas provinces in Africa. The most dangerous one was the negotiation before the battle. A group of tribal ambush soldiers hidden under the sand took advantage of the chaos and launched an attack from the inner circle of her guard.
Then, she personally used her rapier to knock over several attackers who rushed to her side. There was also a time when I was chasing deep into the Sahara Desert and encountered a sudden small incident.
A dust storm; temporarily scattering her troops. Then he was surrounded by a column of Bedouin cavalry crossing the dunes.
However, when other subordinates quickly gathered and returned, they found that the remaining guards were almost dead and wounded; and next to Paulina, who was covered in blood, a circle of camel cavalry lay down; some surviving enemies shouted that they could not listen. They didn't understand the language, and they turned around and ran away in horror.
Another time when she was being entertained by the great chief of the Naubatia Kingdom from the Nubian region who believed in classical Christianity; she easily crushed a sword that was said to be Damascus steel, and the shock came from the Mukula Kingdom and Al The envoy from Vanuatu quickly reached an agreement.
Not to mention, when they marched into the Haflin Dynasty in eastern Tripolinia on the pretext of escorting the little princess Sulem back to the country; at a banquet outside the capital Tripolitania, they were attacked by someone disguised as a belly The dancer's Sika assassin attacked; he beat her to death with bare hands.
Almost from the Heina city-state alliance in West Africa to the Nubian kingdoms in the east, the entire African region sub-Saharan Africa is preaching that she is actually a "saint" who was affected by miracles, and people living south of the Sahara The legend of the "Witch of Water and Sand" is passed down.
Of course, she knew the source of these changes. The miracle that happened to her that time seemed to have changed some aspects of her forever. Such as greater strength and faster reactions, further enhanced vision and hearing, and even more energy and endurance.
It's even easier to stay awake and calm. In other words, it was that holy master who left her some kind of precious legacy and continued to play a long-lasting role in her; and he saved her from crisis or played an important role at critical moments time and time again. .
Therefore, with such polarized reputations and rumors, Paulina was not surprised to find that many Christian families and tribal children from major overseas provinces rushed to defect with their own weapons and mounts. . It also made her overseas expeditions more efficient.
Not only did the Haflin dynasty, which had put down the civil strife and divisions, recognize the accomplished fact of little Princess Suleim without hesitation and follow her, they even received a generous dowry. And the old prince Mahdi, who was captured and surrendered, did not successfully convert to Christianity in the end.
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However, they used this to persuade and persuade the vast majority of the captured city-state federal soldiers; after personally executing their generals and tribal leaders; these released troops who changed their stance became the basis for the Mahdi to return to the Haina city-state and retake the city-state. The greatest basis for authority.
In the end, after reaching peace terms with the surrounding forces, jointly safeguarding trade routes, clearing out horse thieves and pirates, and maintaining long-term preferential trade agreements, the number of soldiers of all ethnic groups gathered around her reached eight regiments, and enough Provide sufficient military expenditure for several years.
In fact, Paulina already has the qualifications and foundation to be independent in overseas provinces. However, while she announced that these naturalized soldiers would be granted citizenship/subject status in the kingdom and a small piece of resettlement land, she did not hesitate to lead the troops back to the kingdom.
Then, during the more than half a year after returning home, many things happened. Including the persuasion and lobbying of people with ulterior motives, hoping that she can gain more rights and status; and even the worries and hidden fears from Lyon and the southern salvation government.
However, nothing could change her mind as always, or rather she followed the oath of the Lord and fought all over the south in order to protect the citizens of the kingdom. The only requirement for the national salvation government is the most basic logistical guarantee.
For this reason, some people couldn't understand and complained repeatedly in front of her, and some people abandoned her because of this; some even connected in private to create some kind of fait accompli, forcing her to admit and accept it; but she was assigned to Her gendarmerie brigade detected and uncovered it.
In the end, she had to be ruthless and personally deal with a group of young lieutenants she had once been optimistic about; and then she was assassinated by young men and radicals who did not know the truth. This also set off a wave of war on overseas legions. A whole wave of purges and purges.
But what makes her most sad and sad is undoubtedly the internal disagreements and betrayals. Therefore, she understood the biggest threat mentioned by the adult. It does not come from those visible enemies and predictable enemies on the frontal battlefield.
The loss is not calculated, but internal disagreements and dissent.
And an army with scattered thoughts, different thoughts, no common ideals and long-term pursuits, and can only rely on immediate interests to gather together; even if it can achieve victory and victory again and again, it cannot afford to suffer any defeat. Failure and setbacks disintegrate.
But she still persisted through this difficult period, and thus gathered and united a large number of subordinates who still adhered to their beliefs and original intentions; and after a series of drastic changes brought about by the changes in the celestial sphere, the Free Army maintained stability and confidence in the south. A flag and symbol of.
Even after hearing the rumors of the change from Lyon City, he still made a painful decision to suppress the voices in the army and continue to stick to the established goal and direction of the march. Instead of seizing what some people consider to be the best opportunity, march into Lyon and obtain the dominance of the Free Army in disguise.
In fact, when Paulina heard from the news from Lyon that the master finally walked out of the meditation tower and quelled the riots in the city, her first reaction was to put down everything in front of her and rush to Find comfort and caress in the other person's arms.
At least when she was an adjutant, even though she didn't get enough sleep all day long because of the heavy responsibilities, as long as she relied on this officer, it seemed that there was no problem in the world that could defeat him. Only when she had to take the lead alone did she realize how hard it was to make decisions.
The next moment, the roar that echoed across the field once again awakened Polina's reverie on the battlefield; it was the artillery of the Free Army that had been deployed, using hundreds of thick-barreled mortars, short-barreled mountain cannons, and long-barreled field cannons arrayed in sequence. Cannon; launch a test bombardment at the enemy on top of the city.
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