Continental Warriors Yoo Ma

In this way, the time came to July of 1431.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, but the English soldiers patrolling the city of Paris every day, I am afraid that their hearts are getting colder and colder.

Every day, troops from all over France arrived outside Paris.Every day, the area of ​​the French camp becomes wider.Every day, there are more than a dozen noble flags flying across the street.

Although the Duke of Bedford also organized several counterattacks and wanted to rely on partial victories to boost morale, they were all easily resolved by Ma Youfu, who had learned how to shave his head and fight hard.

The front of the French army even slowly advanced from the left bank of the Seine to the right bank, completely bringing the waterway under control.

And just as the battle clouds were overwhelming the city, another French commander entrusted by Charles VII, the Duke of Orleans, finally arrived in Paris.

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Charles I, Duke of Orleans, wore a set of gorgeous Milanese plate armor with gilt trim, riding on a handsome and tall pure white Gascogne horse, and his attendants held his banner-a quartered style, except for the pattern representing In addition to the golden irises on a blue background of French royal blood, there are also sea dragons that are choosing to eat people.

This also seems to imply the character of the Duke of Orleans-has a strong aggressiveness and greed.

Among the Duke's magnificent and huge team, the second person besides him wears the Breton coat of arms with a white background and black ermine pattern as the decoration.He has a large ugly scar on his face, which is a stark contrast to the imposing and personable Duke of Orleans.

This is the Knight Marshal of Richmond who was injured and disfigured in the Battle of Agincourt.

The Duke of Orleans also participated in the Battle of Agincourt and was captured by the English.So the two can be regarded as brothers and sisters who have carried guns together, and their relationship is not bad on the surface.

The Duke of Orleans came proudly to the outside of Eveli Village where Ma Youfu was stationed, looked around, and laughed out loud: "A nouveau riche is a nouveau riche, a majestic marquis, who actually lives in such a ghostly place. The so-called civilized Siris , it seems to be a joke!"

The duke lived in a luxurious tent specially customized for a noble like him, and he brought ten large carriages just for furniture and daily necessities.Now seeing the dusty environment of Evli Village like a large construction site, it is natural to ridicule it.

In fact, although Ma Youfu is not as particular about extravagance and desire as other nobles, he is still very particular about the comfort of life.In the midsummer season, the cost of buying a ring of ice-making scrolls every day to cool down the temperature of the residence is enough for many people to be speechless.

Moreover, although everything was kept simple during the war and Ma Youfu did not bring any servants with him, his Chinese genes, which never compromise on food, allowed him to bring the halfling chef Didi to Paris.

"Your Excellency, please pay attention to your words. Unnecessarily irritating our colleagues will not allow us to win this victory." Richmond quickly reminded when he saw the angry eyes of the soldiers around him.

The Duke of Orleans hates Mayouf very much, which is something that many French nobles know.

The reason is not complicated.

The father of the Duke of Orleans, Louis I, was murdered by the former Duke of Burgundy.Later, with the support of his father-in-law, Count Bernard VII of Armagnac, he organized the Armagnac faction, which was bound to avenge the killing of his father.

Although the former Duke of Burgundy was later assassinated, and Louis I took revenge, the decades-long hatred between the two sides is not so easy to resolve.

Even though Charles VII had already issued an order to prohibit the aristocratic circle from mentioning the names of "Armagnac" and "Burgundy", and those who violated the rules would burn their tongues with a branding iron, but the Duke of Orleans is very concerned about today's Burgundy. Duke Philip III, still very much hated.

It is easy to understand why he hates the house and black, and he regards Ma Youfu, an ally of Philip III, as an enemy.

"I don't know what His Majesty the King is thinking, appointing these two people as commander-in-chief to command the Battle of Paris..." Richmond felt more and more headaches as he thought about it.

Now, the southern army of the Duke of Orleans and the northern army of the Marquis of Lamanche have assembled under the city of Paris.The army with a total of more than 3 people is about to launch a battle to recapture the capital.

In view of the fact that the two sides are not subordinate to each other, it is necessary to negotiate the combat areas under their respective responsibilities before the battle.Even if they cannot support each other, they should try their best not to hold each other back and repeat the old incident of Agincourt-this is the default bottom line of both parties.

The Duke of Orleans took the initiative to visit Ma Youfu today to discuss this matter.

Bounded by the Seine, the city of Paris is divided into two parts, the Left Bank and the Right Bank.The Duke of Orleans hopes that today's meeting can determine the direction of their respective attacks.

The Duke of Orleans and many aristocrats with a little military knowledge believed that attacking the right bank of Paris was a relatively easy job.But the left bank is a tough nut to crack.

The reason is not complicated.

The city wall on the left bank of Paris was presided over by Philip II, the only king of France who was dubbed "Augustus".

This king, who lived in the same era as Frederick the Redbeard, the Emperor of the Shinra, Charles the Lionheart, the King of England, and Saladin, the Egyptian Sultan, is one of the few rulers of France. His various achievements are temporarily skipped. , so as not to be suspected of deceiving the word count.

Simply speaking, he was in the period of the Third Crusade, which was the period when the celestial and terrestrial confluences occurred frequently, and the free magic power on the earth was extremely active.

So during that time, the number of professionals who have awakened extraordinary powers in various countries also increased sharply.

Relying on the rich human resources of spellcasters under his command, Philip II wanted to imitate the Theodosian walls of Constantinople and build new fortifications for Paris, making the city an unfallen fortress.

When he was building the city wall of Paris, he set up powerful circles with the functions of "permanent curing" and "automatic repair" in many places inside the wall.

The Duke of Orleans estimated that even if the artillery was as powerful as Mayouf's army, using all the artillery including the two Burgundy monster guns, it would be difficult to defeat the city walls on the left bank of Paris.

Fortunately, the city wall on the left bank of Paris had just been completed, and Philip II passed away before the construction of the city wall on the right bank began.

The successors thought the project was too expensive, so they put it on hold forever.

It was not until the Hundred Years' War, when Edward the Black Prince came to Paris, that Charles V, King of France at the time, began to build the city wall on the right bank of Paris, stimulated by a sense of crisis.

However, although the right bank wall built by Charles V is fully functional and magnificent, and has been reinforced by the Duke of Bedford, it is claimed to be impeccable, but it is still far inferior to the left bank wall built by Philip II.

The persimmons wanted to pick the soft ones. Although most of the areas on the outskirts of the right bank of Paris were controlled by Mayouf, the Duke of Orleans still wanted to be in charge of the siege on this side, and then put the iron wall built by Philip II, Throw it to that Serisian to solve it.

The opponent's mouth was full of teeth collapsed by the powerful city defense, and he returned without success.And he led the army into the city smoothly and became the hero who regained Paris. This was the script designed by the Duke of Orleans.

After entering the village, attendants soon came to welcome this huge team.

The Duke of Orleans went all the way and came to Ma Youfu's residence - the village chief's mansion.

Walking into the house, he was just about to open his mouth to laugh at the decoration of the numbered notation inside, when he suddenly felt a chill blowing towards his face.

In order to show his identity and taste, the Duke of Orleans also wore full-body plate armor on a hot day, which was already too hot.At this time, walking into the room that was nearly ten degrees cooler, I felt refreshed all over, and the sarcasm on my lips suddenly turned into praise.

Although not reconciled, but the body is honest!

"Welcome, Your Excellency the Duke." Ma Youfu appeared in front of the Duke of Orleans with a wine jug, "Would you like to try the iced fermented grape juice that the Ottoman Sultan loves?"

Chapter 210 The Duke Breaks the Defense

"Hmph, those self-deceiving heretics, don't you think that changing your name won't break the precept?" The Duke of Orleans taunted the Ottomans.

Of course, iced fermented grape juice is still to drink.

It's early evening, just in time for dinner while talking things over.

The first dish served by the halfling Didi was a cold drink dessert - sorbet.

After the sweet mountain spring water is frozen into ice cubes by magic, it is grinded several times to become a smoothie with a delicate taste. Add milk, fruit juice, and sugar to taste, and finally put a sweet and juicy cherry on the top to make it An excellent dessert to cool off the greasy and appetizing in summer.

However, this dessert was not invented by Ma Youfu, but Didi reproduced it himself after buying a copy of "Deciphered - Ottoman Sultan's Court Recipe".

Ma Youfu had eaten a lot of dishes from the Anatolian region these days, and the mushy taste of eggplant lingered in his mouth.

Fortunately, Didi didn't make any kebap tonight, otherwise the smell of green Luo would be too strong.

The main course of this dinner is seafood spaghetti with bay leaf, fennel, saffron, parsley, cinnamon and other spices.Didi heard Ma Youfu say that there is a magical powder made of thirteen kinds of spices in the East, so he thought of reproducing this magical taste in Europe.

It's a pity that due to objective conditions, he can only create a "five-spice" flavor at best.

Of course, even so, it is enough to make visiting guests almost bite off their tongues.

In addition, there are fried meatballs topped with rich and delicious matsutake sauce, creamy stew full of almonds, and a variety of bacon and sausages of the fixed order - but these fruit wood-smoked meat products are all delicious. It is made by a halfling chef himself, and there is no such delicious food with unique flavor on the market.

The Duke of Orleans looked at the exquisite food on the table, his eyes almost popped out.

He thought that with the material conditions of being on the front line, he could eat the best steak and white bread seasoned with pepper every day, and a bunch of juicy grapes after the meal, which was already the most luxurious enjoyment. Unexpectedly, people from Seris knew better about food than him.

After drinking and eating, the Duke of Orleans burped in satisfaction before remembering the business to talk about.

However, he was not grateful for Ma Youfu's warm hospitality in the tradition of Seris. On the contrary, he felt that the other party must be using food to please himself because of a guilty conscience.

With such a misunderstanding, the Duke of Orléans got straight to the point and said very bluntly: "Marquis of La Manche, today's dinner is very good. In return, after I capture Paris, I will hold a grand dinner party at the Saint-Pol Palace , please be sure to participate when the time comes. By the way, in order to achieve this goal as soon as possible, you'd better leave the camp tomorrow and exchange camps with me."

Ma Youfu had heard the wind a long time ago and knew the purpose of the Duke of Orleans' trip.So when he heard the other party's request to him as a matter of course, he was prepared, and he pushed back in a neither soft nor hard way: "I think the areas where they are stationed now are very reasonable, and there is no need to exchange."

"It's not reasonable at all!" the Duke of Orleans raised his voice. "My army exceeds 2 people, and it is undoubtedly the main force of this battle. Attacking from the right bank of Paris is the only feasible solution to regain the city. Marquis, I hope you will stick to your loyalty to His Royal Highness and put the overall situation first!"

"The overall situation?" Ma Youfu chuckled.Since the other party didn't pay much attention to it, I had no choice but to stink.

"If you really care about the overall situation, my lord, you shouldn't have returned to France at all. Staying as a poet at the Savoy Palace in London is your greatest contribution to this war!"

When Ma Youfu brought up the old story of being captured, the Duke of Orleans was furious and said, "Are you tarnishing my honor? Sirisian! I will fight you!"

"I'm just telling the truth." Ma Youfu spread his hands.

The life of the Duke of Orleans as a prisoner in England was actually quite good. He chatted and laughed happily with the nobles all day long, and he also wrote poems in leisure. Over the past ten years, he has given him the title of "famous poet" and his reputation has spread across the Straits. both sides.

The duke was a cousin of Charles VII, a real relative of the royal family.If Charles VII dies of illness, the Duke will serve as Regent of France.If Crown Prince Louis had another hunting accident, the Duke of Orleans would have a high probability of becoming the French throne.

He has a noble status, is extremely talented (referring to poetry), and has a huge influence in the country.

With these multiple BUFFs, the English believed that once the Duke of Orleans was released, it would be equivalent to letting the tiger go back to the mountain and creating a big enemy for himself.

Therefore, while instilling the idea of ​​"Anglo-French amity" in the Duke of Orleans, they tried their best to delay the time and ignored the Duchess of Orleans' request for redemption.

But things changed suddenly.

After the Battle of Chalons, the security situation in Paris deteriorated sharply, facing the attacks of Mayouph and Joan of Arc at any time.In order to strengthen the army, the Duke of Bedford tried every means to raise money.Although he received a large amount of financial aid from Portugal, he still felt that it was not enough, so he turned his idea on the Duke of Orleans, a big prisoner.

Last winter, when Ma Youfu was still in Ghent accompanying Philip III to quell the textile workers' uprising, the two English regents discussed and released the rumor: as long as the French can pay a ransom of [-] pounds, the Duke of Orleans will be released immediately.

Charles VII was not keen on redeeming his cousin, but the Orleans family had a great influence in France, and the Duchess was also running around, doing her best to rescue her husband.

In the end, relying on donations and loans from many French nobles, the Duchess finally got enough ransom money to welcome her husband back to France in April.

The Duke of Orleans and his supporters were naturally happy.But many French aristocrats of the main combat faction were very unhappy about this.

This huge ransom of [-] pounds, I don't know how much military funds and soldiers the Duke of Bedford can buy!

The Duke of Orleans himself was well aware of this.

So when Ma Youfu said the following sentence, he completely broke his defense.

"Duke, every penny you pay to the English will be turned into an arrow shot at the French soldiers! You, who have made great contributions to the British army, want me to win the battle of Chalon Those who want to back down and dominate the battle of Paris?"

"You...you..." The face of the Duke of Orleans, which was slicked with oil, flushed red.

He scratched the back of his hand, and found that he had already taken off his gloves when eating, and suddenly remembered that the other party was a powerful spellcaster, and relying on the knight's martial prowess could not solve the problem. In the duel field, he might be hanged Get up and fight.So he could only hold back the words until he was halfway up, feeling so uncomfortable that he was dying.

The inconspicuous Richmond, who was at the corner of the dining table, finally couldn't sit still at this moment.

Chapter 210 Siege Contest

The situation at the dinner table is very similar to the overall situation of the Hundred Years' War today-the two powers are fighting, and the small country of Brittany hides aside and has a headache.

The Brittany Arthur de Richmond, who has a close heart, can only jump left and right and muddle like his brother, Duke John V of Brittany.

He rolled his eyes and thought of a way to resolve the conflict.

"Your Excellency, Duke of Orleans, Your Excellency the Marquis of La Manche, please calm down." Richmond said, "The most important thing is to defeat the English and regain Paris. This difference between the two can be resolved in a more civilized way." , a more equitable solution."

When the Duke of Orleans saw someone handing the steps, he hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, Marshal, I will listen to your suggestion carefully."

He finally knew that his royal lineage and noble status were worthless in the eyes of the Serisians on the opposite side—or, in the eyes of the nobles headed by him and the saint.

So what if you're the king's cousin?So what if you are a duke?You have connections with more than half of the nobles in France, so what?

This is the age of war, you can't fight!