Continental Warriors Yoo Ma

Although the French army lost a lot of troops due to the fiasco of the Duke of Orleans, at the strategic level, it has more advantages than at the beginning of the war.

Locked up in Paris by several fortresses, the Duke of Bedford was still under siege.Moreover, after losing Normandy, he completely lost foreign aid.

The next step is to wait for Ma Youfu to completely stabilize the situation in Normandy, and then send his troops south to end the war.

The situation is not a little good, but a great one!

"At the beginning, many nobles complained about a nobleman like the Duke of Orleans taking the post of marshal of the royal family. But now? I can not only win the war, but also easily solve the biggest threat to the throne!" Charles VII thought proud.

Others thought he was on the first floor, but in fact, he was in the stratosphere.

Chapter 250 Five Late Fastov

"Henry VI, that little kid, can't be compared with His Royal Highness. You are the great man who turned the tide and made France, which was once disintegrated, rise again!" Agnès took the opportunity to offer another flattery.

Although she was already the favorite mistress of the King of France, she still had to seize every opportunity to consolidate her position.Agnès now only has one daughter with Charles VII, so she must continue to work hard to give birth to a son.What if, in the future, this illegitimate child can become a regular?

Under the praise of the beauty, Charles VII couldn't help feeling a little elated.Fortunately, he didn't get carried away completely, and said: "Although Henry VI is not to be feared, there are still some capable people in England. For example, the Duke of Bedford, John Lancaster. As long as he is there for a day, then we We cannot relax. Starting tomorrow, the supply line that was deliberately delayed before will be restored immediately!"

"Your Highness, your wisdom and prudence can rival Augustus!"

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Charles VII, who was enjoying fine wine and fresh fruit, accompanied by beauties, and the Duke of Bedford, who was thinking about him in his heart, was now fully armed, enduring the sweltering heat of summer nights, and commanding operations under the city of Pontoise.

He chased the flag of the Duke of Orleans all the way to Meaux, only to realize that he had misjudged the direction in which the main force of the French army was retreating.

It doesn't matter that the idiot Duke of Orleans ran away. The really important thing is to wipe out the vital forces of the French army as much as possible and regain the strategic initiative.

However, both Charles VII and Richmond also understood this truth and had a preventive plan long ago.Relying on the Duke of Orleans as a bait, most of the French troops who were still able to fight successfully retreated to Pontoise.

The Duke of Bedford had to turn back immediately and surrounded Pontoise overnight.

He planned to launch a strong attack and seize the city in one fell swoop when Pontoise had just received the defeated army, when the army's morale was unstable and the organization was chaotic.Who knows that the enemy commander has been prepared.

What's more troublesome is that Ma Youfu didn't know whether he had foreseen a certain possibility, or simply valued Pontoise's strategic position, and deliberately strengthened the defense of this fortress.He actually placed a large number of artillery that could not be brought to Normandy in this fortress.

Especially those 24-pound mortars.Although the stone bullets it fired were not very lethal, but with the advantages of curved trajectory and range, they could even threaten the rear camp of the British army, which was a great threat.

The Duke of Bedford launched an offensive overnight, exhausting almost all methods.

For example, more than a dozen druids who participated in the battle as special advisers to the royal family were gathered, and they were transformed into giant eagles to launch a surprise attack on the city.

For example, let mages use digging to create underground passages, and then transport barrels of gunpowder to blast the city walls.

But whether it was a strong attack or a trick, all methods were resolved by the French army one by one.

By the next morning, the Duke of Bedford, who had been on the front line to command the battle, was exhausted.And his army is in worse condition than him.

The Duke of Bedford could only order a truce.

"The commanders of the French army are the illegitimate son Dunois and Richmond of Brittany, both of whom are not mediocre. Moreover, the original defenders of Pontoise and the army brought by Richmond are already close to [-]. , is only a little less than the army in my hands. After the surprise attack failed last night, it is impossible to forcefully attack it."

In the tent, the Duke of Bedford took off his armor, and while washing off the stains on his body, he thought about the situation of the battle.

"Now Paris is blocked by Pontoise to the north, and Meaux to the east. There is Jean Brou stationed there, and he can get reinforcements from Lance at any time. To the south..." The Duke of Bedford because of his absurdity With a wry smile at the thought.

To the south was Orléans and the French Loire Line.He didn't want to touch the sad place of the British soldier again.

The only place to go is the west.

"Deleux should still be in our hands. We can go north from there, cross the Avre River, and enter Normandy. However, if we take a long detour, we may miss the opportunity to meet Fastov..."

Ma Youfu had 5000 soldiers on hand, while the Duke of Bedford had [-] soldiers capable of fighting.But it is impossible to take all these people away, at least [-] people must be left, one is to confuse the Pontoise defenders, and the other is to defend Paris.

The king is still in Paris, but he is not as courageous as Prime Minister Zhuge, who dares to play empty city tricks.

"If everything goes well, after I join Fastov, there will be an army of [-] people, and then Rouen will be successfully recaptured by Baron Thomas. At that time, it is estimated that a decisive battle in the Normandy Plain will be used to divide the battle. to the final victory."

The decisive battle envisioned in his heart made the Duke of Bedford, who had been a soldier all his life, couldn't help feeling overwhelmed, but he then shook his head helplessly.

Once upon a time, the English army was so glorious that even in the face of the French who had an absolute superiority in numbers, they were fearless and repeatedly created miraculous victories.

But now, the Duke of Bedford discovered that he could only be sure of defeating the French army in a field battle when he had a superior force...

"Has the times really changed?" The French regent suddenly felt exhausted by the tide of the times.

At this time, an attendant came to deliver a letter: "My lord regent, this is news from Rouen."

The Duke of Bedford opened the letter and read it carefully.

"Good news, Baron Thomas has assembled enough resistance forces to take back Rouen at any time." After much difficulty, the Duke finally showed a smile.

He immediately went to his desk, and wrote a reply, telling Baron Thomas to wait another five days, until he had crossed the Avre, before taking any action.

After putting down the pen and stamping the seal with the ring, he handed it to the attendant: "Send it as soon as possible with the message technique."

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Soon, Baron Thomas, who was far away in Rouen, received the news.

After putting on makeup, he came to the Rabat family mansion in the name of condolences and found Firman who had just woken up.

"News from Paris. The Regent has breached Pontoise, let's start tonight!"

Firman, who had been busy all night, showed a surprised expression when he heard this: "So fast? As expected of the Duke of Bedford. But Fastov hasn't arrived yet."

After Fastolph's army left Calais and entered the Picardy region, it was sniped tenaciously by the Burgundian defenders in Amiens.Therefore, Fastov played the traditional art skills of the British army and rode all the way east to plunder.The Burgundian army had no choice but to go out of the city to pursue it, and was ambushed by Fastov and defeated.

Although the victory was achieved, time was delayed after all, which prevented Fastov from arriving in Rouen on time as expected.

Chapter 250 Six Ring of the Duke

Although he still has doubts in his heart, the regent has already made a decision, and Firman can only accept the order and start intensive preparations.

At ten o'clock in the evening, dozens of men in black rode out of the mansion of the Rabat family and rushed to various places in the city.Soon after, fires broke out in the market area, the church area, and the warehouses in the port area.

Especially the port warehouse.There has just been a large import of high-quality Scandinavian timber, as well as grain from Eastern Europe.These commodities became the best fuel, and the fire spread rapidly, turning the sky red.

In the chaos, thousands of thugs poured out from everywhere, occupied the streets, began to vandalize, rob, rape, and commit all the worst crimes imaginable.

The English nobles and wealthy businessmen who were imprisoned in various churches got weapons and armor from unknown sources, and quickly defeated the small number of guards.

According to the agreement, they came to the market square and gathered around Firman and Baron Thomas.

"Besides me, there are four councilors from the textile guild and one from the fishery guild who are willing to pledge their allegiance to England and resist the tyranny of Ma Youfu." Firman looked at the gathering of people around him, and said to Baron Thomas Said.

Under the light of the fire, Baron Thomas's pale face looked particularly sick.He coughed twice, braced his body and looked around, nodded: "Very good. Leaving aside those thugs, we now have at least a thousand organized armed forces, which is enough to capture Rouen."

He dispatched his eyes and ears to monitor the entry and exit of the city gates every day. Firman had known for a long time that Ma Youfu brought almost all the troops with him when he set off, leaving only 300 people to guard the two key military buildings in the city, the Duke's Palace and Rouen Castle.The rest of the security work was handed over to the militiamen temporarily recruited by Manasse and Ambrois.

In normal times, this arrangement is sufficient for most situations.But who would have thought that Firman and Manase could organize so many people?

Although this army was improvised, there were many veterans of England and nobles who had received military education for more than ten years, and their combat effectiveness had reached the average level of the medieval army.

"The two idiots, Manase and Ambrois, are still dispatching people to try to put out the fire and control the riot. If they are smarter and know how to concentrate their forces and shrink them into the castle, they may have Hope. But now, there is only one dead end!" Firman commented triumphantly.

Baron Thomas didn't want to talk nonsense, and urged: "We need to capture the Duke's Palace and Rouen Castle as soon as possible. Only in this way can we completely control the city. Then we need to rearrange the city defenses so that after the French army returns, we can completely control the city." Resist."

"Your Excellency the Baron, I will leave the command to you. I'm going to the port area." Firman shook his head and said something that almost caused Baron Thomas to fall from his horse.

"Could it be that the warehouse of the Rabat family was also affected by the fire, and you rushed to fight the fire?"

"No, my destination is Ladies Street by the Seine. I'm going to the Moon Mask to find Mrs. Ley."

Baron Thomas almost blurted out the obscenity.

At such a critical moment, you actually want to run to find a bustard?

If it weren't for the fact that after knowing that he was lingering in bed, his appeal to the middle and lower classes had declined rapidly, and what he said was far less effective than Firman, a local snake, Baron Thomas might have turned his face on the spot.

He looked Firman up and down incomprehensibly, and finally just asked, "How many people do you need?"

"Fifty people are enough. Don't worry, capturing Rouen Castle and the Duke's Palace is the top priority. I won't be so stupid as to give up the dragon's treasure for the goblin's scalp."

Seeing Firman's reluctance to explain his motives, Baron Thomas didn't bother to ask any more, but just waved his hand, signaling for the other party to go and come back quickly.

Firman, of course, would not tell the truth.If the other party asked, he would only say that he had coveted Mrs. Ley's beauty for a long time, and wanted to take this opportunity to take her into his home.

But in reality, he has bigger ambitions.

These days, when Firman sent his eyeliners to monitor around the city of Rouen, he accidentally got a piece of information.

On the morning after Mayouf occupied Rouen, he called all the city councilors to hold a meeting.After the meeting, Mrs. Ley asked to be alone with Ma Youfu for a private exchange.

Many people are speculating that Mrs. Ley may also completely surrender to the Siris, in exchange for more free brothel management rights.Even, she might want to take advantage of the other party's relationship in the royal court to bring the business to Paris.

Some people even added a lot of peachy leftovers to this private meeting. It is rumored that the Marquis of Lamanche took off Madame Ley's mask with his own hands, saw her as beautiful as the ancient Greek moon god, and then enjoyed the rich and mature beauty. carcass.

However, the news that Firman heard was not the case.

Mrs. Ley did pledge her allegiance to Mayouf.But the real cooperation between the two parties is that Mrs. Ley provided him with real and reliable information, while Ma Youfu provided manpower and financial support, and the two sides worked together to find the ring of the Duke of Normandy!

The Ring of the Duke of Normandy, also known as the Ring of William, or the Ring of Norse God.

The origin of the Normans is the Vikings who migrated to the Normandy area from the 7th century.Lauren, the Viking leader at the time, possessed a ring that inherited the power of the old Norse gods.It was precisely because of the fear of the powerful power of this ring that the then French King Charles III had to cede Normandy to the Vikings.

Later, the ring disappeared without a trace in the flames of war. It was not until more than 100 years later that the Duke of Normandy, William the Conqueror, found the ring.

With this ring, William has become a powerful knight comparable to the legendary rank.Relying on this overwhelming advantage in force, he crossed the sea and defeated King Harold, swept across England, and was finally crowned as the new King of England, opening the Norman dynasty.

Legend has it that the ring has the ability to rule over all people. Even if the wearer is just a commoner, he can demand the loyalty of others like a king.Moreover, a Roman road leading to the legendary rank will be provided for professionals.

Such a treasure, as a native of Normandy and ambitious Firman, naturally had a strong desire to keep it as his own.

He had spent nearly ten years in private searching for the whereabouts of the ring, but found nothing.Now that I have got news related to it, how could I miss it?

As long as you get that powerful ring, title, wealth, and fame are all within your reach.

Even Firman has an even more arrogant ambition in his heart.

He wants to wear this ring, become the Duke of Normandy, and then imitate William the Conqueror, create a great cause unparalleled in the world, and become the lord of a country!

Chapter 250 Seven Three Casters

Ladies Street, where the moon mask is located, is a famous red-light district in Rouen. It is located at the east and west ends of the entire port area with the warehouse area. It is far away and has not been affected by the fire.

The street full of brothels was closed immediately after tonight's chaos.The brothel owners organized their staff in time and built barricades to guard against possible mobs.

So so far, it is still very calm here, and has not been affected by the riots that have spread to most of the city.

But Firman's arrival immediately broke this calm.

Kicking open the door of the moon mask, Firman walked in swaggeringly.

Looking around at the luxurious decoration like a royal palace, he thought of his previous experience of visiting here as a guest, and couldn't help but feel emotional.

"When I was 11 years old, I bid farewell to being a virgin here... The warm body of the big sister and the painful screams are so intoxicating..."