=0) top..=h.replace(".","."); With the end of the Battle of Val, the Battle of Dijon began on the western front of Burgundy. The battle against more than 20,000 Burgundy troops led by General Farr was not as simple as the Battle of Val. As the capital of Burgundy, Dijon's business for hundreds of years is not comparable to that of small cities like Bordeaux. It's at the top that the city is high and deep. The walls are as high as seven meters, and the thickness is four meters. The moat is eight meters wide. Even compared to Paris, the capital of France, it's not much worse. Dijon is not near the river, so General Farr naturally cannot get support from warships like General Walter. It's really delusional to collapse such a strong city with five cannons. It's not realistic to fill the moat with manpower like he did when he attacked Bordeaux before. As October is approaching, the weather is getting colder. If the battle is in winter, it will be very unfavorable for the attacking side. What's more, the Norman army has not moved for several years. After the Black Death, Emperor Norman had the ambition to annex the continental continent. An announcement made the continental countries shocked. What they wanted was to sweep Europe with the power of thunder. If too much time was spent under the city of Dijon, how could it be swept? Even if you could win in the end, it would be just a joke. As a loyal figure, General Fal naturally knew everything. So he was also very anxious. Such hard skills as siege are no more than field battles. "For a period of time, he took a lot of time to attack Bordeaux. He reduced the enemy's aura and created siege machinery to attack. And this time, if Dijon was still in accordance with the general method, the time spent would not be less than that of attacking Bordeaux..." />
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Chapter XVIII The Battle of Dijon

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With the end of the Battle of Val, the Battle of Dijon began on the western front of Burgundy. The battle against more than 20,000 Burgundy troops led by General Farr was not as simple as the Battle of Val.

As the capital of Burgundy, Dijon's business for hundreds of years is not comparable to that of small cities like Bordeaux. It's at the top that the city is high and deep. The walls are as high as seven meters, and the thickness is four meters. The moat is eight meters wide. Even compared to Paris, the capital of France, it's not much worse. Dijon is not near the river, so General Farr naturally cannot get support from warships like General Walter. It's really delusional to collapse such a strong city with five cannons. It's not realistic to fill the moat with manpower like he did when he attacked Bordeaux before.

As October is approaching, the weather is getting colder. If the battle is in winter, it will be very unfavorable for the attacking side. What's more, the Norman army has not moved for several years. After the Black Death, Emperor Norman had the ambition to annex the continental continent. An announcement made the continental countries shocked. What they wanted was to sweep Europe with the power of thunder. If too much time was spent under the city of Dijon, how could it be swept? Even if you could win in the end, it would be just a joke.

As a loyal figure, General Fal naturally knew everything. So he was also very anxious. Such hard skills as siege are no more than field battles. "For a period of time, he took a lot of time to attack Bordeaux. He reduced the enemy's aura and created siege machinery to attack. And this time, if Dijon was still in accordance with the general method, the time spent would not be less than that of attacking Bordeaux...

So, while desperately supervising the construction of siege machinery, General Fall tried every means to lure the Burgundian army out of the city. He lured the enemy's main force out and annihilated it in one fell swoop. At that time, Dijon would defeat himself without attacking.

In this way, on September 25th, the city of Dijon was surprised to find that at the gate of their north side, there were many Norman war horses grazing there.

This type of war horse is the latest Norman 5 war horse cultivated in the past two years, combining the strength of the war horse No. 3 and the agility of the war horse No. 4. It is a super excellent war horse that combines speed, impact and endurance. After introducing the Mongolian horse breed, it was re-cultivated and trained.

At the top of Dijon City, a group of soldiers, mercenaries and knights looked at the tall horses, all of whom were jealous of them. The soldiers and mercenaries were thinking about how much a horse could be worth and whether it was enough to marry a wife. The knights compared these horses to their mounts, and felt that they were simply riding donkeys for the first half of their lives. The Burgundian army looked at the horses, and there were only dozens of Norman soldiers in dishevelled armor around the horses. There was leisurely horse shepherd there. There was no other army. I suddenly felt energetic.

"Let's go! He's a hero, go out to the city to fight with me!" The knights with developed limbs and simple minds couldn't help it anymore. Someone immediately stood up and shouted. A large number of soldiers responded. Queen Mary was patrolling the city wall on the west side. The main forces of Burgundy and the high nobles were all following her. For a while, there were only a group of young men at the gate of the north side. So it was very easy to be fooled.

So they opened the city gate, put down the suspension bridge, rushed towards the war horses. As they imagined, the dozens of soldiers from the Norman army did not even have the courage to pick up battle axes and fight with them. They soon fled.

The Burgundian soldiers laughed, scrambling for horses and showing off their "meritorship". There were thousands of war horses outside the city, and there were only a few hundred Burgundians who rushed out of the city. The noise just now shocked the war horses, making the already loose herd of horses more difficult to control.

So, there were many Burgundian soldiers who had not dared to leave the city before and were now greedy, and the number was gradually increasing. In this way, when Queen Mary knew about this, it was too late. The situation lost control - from the north side, the Norman army launched an attack and attacked a total of 1,000-man Hussars as the leader, and thousands of Norman army behind it.

General Nafal deliberately put up more flags on the west side of the city and built camps. He wanted the other party to mistakenly think that the Norman army was going to attack from the west side, but he placed the direction of the attack on the north side.

"Attack! Occupy Dijon City, today!" General Fal held a command knife and rode on the front line to command the war horse. The Burgundian army roared. Only then did the Burgundian army that had left the city realize that it was not good.

Some people made a quick decision and ran into the city. Some people were smarter and turned on horses. Although there were no saddles and stirrups on the horse, it was difficult to ride. But it was faster than walking. Some people were just a mess. Several war horses were delayed greatly. However, they also verified the saying: People died for money and birds died for food.

This greatly restricted the Burgundian Army's operations. A large number of troops were blocked on the suspension bridge. The city gate blocked the road. It was impossible to get close to the city for a while. Watching the Norman Cavalry roared, some Burgundians gritted their teeth, turned around and fought with the Norman Cavalry. The Norman Cavalry naturally won easily. Then they continued to fight and squeezed towards the suspension bridge, chopped and killed, and squeezed the other party and the people and horses down the moat. On both sides of the suspension bridge, there were dead bodies on the river water, and blood was spreading like a river of blood.

Queen Mary, who arrived at the scene at this moment, almost fainted after seeing this scene. She immediately shouted with the high decibels unique to women: "Hurry up, close the city gate!! Don't care about the people outside the city!!"

After listening to the Queen's order, the Burgundian army in the city immediately took action and wanted to force the gate to close the city gate. The Burgundian army outside the city was about to enter the city, but naturally they did not do it. A group of people pushed out and another group pushed in. The gate was completely in chaos. Among the chaotic army, who had used swords and guns first, then two Burgundian army fought on their own. And the Burgundian army behind saw that its army had given up, without hesitation, immediately put down its weapons and surrendered.

But the Norman army wanted to take the opportunity to grab the city gate. They didn't want to pay attention to them - these Burgundian troops were really a burden to stand in front. So even if these people surrendered, they could not escape the fate of being massacred↓On the contrary, because they gave up resistance, the Norman army massacred faster.

"Add another force! Attack in!" General Fal roared, and at the same time used the Nordic wolf skill. "The ability of the Norman Cavalry has increased a little, and the speed of advancement is faster!

Seeing that the Norman army was about to enter the city, the city gate could not be closed in a short time. Queen Mary made a quick decision and ordered the Swiss mercenaries under her command to form a super spear array to block the enemy at the city gate. She also dispatched crossbowmen to the city and aimed at the dense army on the suspension bridge. She would be arrows regardless of the enemy. She also asked people to carry irrigation oil, wood, stones and other objects, and she would fight to the death with the Norman army here!

The Burgundian army was condescending, and the Norman cavalry were all light-armed cavalry, and a rain of arrows was quite casualties. General Farr looked at the opponent's posture and did not dare to be careless. He immediately called the long-range projection troops to come over, and shot fiercely at the head of Dijon to cover the army's attack.

However, the Norman vanguard was all cavalry, but Burgundy was lined up with Swiss spears and halberds. The city gate was so narrow that the cavalry could not play the advantage of charge, but the continuous attacks were heavy casualties. The old man piled up the city gate, and the city gate tower was full of bows, arrows, crossbows, arrows, and arrows. In the front of the city, there were dense spears like broken limbs scattered in front of the forest formation everywhere, and countless unjust souls circled. This city gate on the north side became a hell on earth.

Seeing his frontman suffer heavy casualties, General Fal gritted his teeth and thought: No matter what, no matter how much casualties are paid or how much the price, he will rush into the city! So he ordered "The vanguard dismounts and fights on foot! Assault infantry prepares!!"

After hearing the order, the Norman vanguard dismounted and walked, struggling to push the bodies of the people and horses blocking the front into the water. Instead of using a sabre, they also formed a gun array to fight against the Swiss mercenaries. However, these hussars fought on horseback, and even charged very much. The pedestrian array was not the mainstay. They could not see the victory at all when fighting against the Swiss mercenaries. Although they were a little better than before, they still could not change the heavy casualties.

The battle was from early morning to noon, and the thousands of Burgundy troops who left the city had already been wiped out, and the thousand cavalry of the Norman van also lost more than 80%. There were countless corpses floating on the moat, and the water level of the river did not flow! Swiss mercenaries are worthy of being a powerful European soldier. Mann fought several times, but in the end they all returned in vain.

Seeing the casualties, the Norman army's offensive suddenly became even more intense! This time, the Norman assault infantry, holding a heavy axe and wearing all the armor, attacked! The steel armor was invulnerable to the sword and gun, and the long axe in his hand swept across the Swiss mercenary's super long spear, either broken or swept aside.

Even if the assault infantry was stabbed, it would not cause much damage at all. The Swiss halberds held by the Swiss halberds were sufficient. However, the number was not as good as the Normans, the equipment, training and morale. It was useless! In this way, after replacing the Norman assault infantry, the pressure of the Burgundian army suddenly increased a lot, and they were forced to retreat step by step! The Burgundian army had no choice but to increase troops to the city gate, but still could not stop the Normans' offensive like fire!

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