Chapter 472 Sudden Assassination
The sun in the sky is very face-saving, trying its best to shine light and heat on the earth, but the two sides above and below the city of Orleans are ungrateful.
The hot weather added a lot of difficulties to this war.
Even if the soldiers of Orleans City have invested a lot of energy, they still can't stop the process of Orleans City's gradual fall.
Especially the firing of a large number of artillery pieces and the desperate attack of the Catholic soldiers almost killed them.
The city wall, which was originally restored and relatively smooth, is now full of potholes, and the sackcloth on the faces of ordinary people looks very ugly from a distance.
The most important thing is that the city gate, which had been safe before, suffered a huge loss at this time.
The huge crash took more than three hours, and after killing and injuring hundreds of people, it finally arrived at the gate of the city.
The city gate of Orleans is made of thick wood, covered with a layer of iron sheet, black and shiny, and looks very strong.
It is not tall and wide like China, but it looks very narrow and thick.
Although Orleans has a good geographical location, its original intention of building the city was not for business, but as a fortress.
Although the citizens later won the autonomy, the city gates and the city pool have not changed. The merchants still endure the queue and the slow pace.
But at this time, the narrow city gate was very useful during the war, and the heavy city gate became a difficulty.
However, in the face of such difficulties, the soldiers beside him, and even the Duke of Guise, who was in command behind him, still did not give up and came to break through at all costs.
So, after paying the price of almost every second of casualties, after half an hour of impact, the gate of Orleans finally came to an end and completed its own mission.
Under the continuous impact of the collision, the heavy and narrow city gate revealed a gap on the door panel, which was as wide as a human head.
In this way, the morale of the soldiers who pushed the crashed car increased greatly, and they exhausted their strength to expand the results of the battle.
At the same time, on the top of the city of Orleans, it kept falling, like hailstones, in an endless stream.
Boom! Boom—
The sound of the human body falling down was much louder than hailstones, and much more terrifying.
The corpses fell from the bottom of the city, and some of them burst open directly. The blood seemed to be free of money, and it was scattered layer after layer, and the land that was originally dyed black and brown was recolored.
Human heads, arms, thighs, and even spears, shields, and arrows were all moistened with fire oil, and burned piece by piece under the city, which was difficult to extinguish.
It was a hot moon day, the sun was not scorching enough, coupled with the intensification of some fires, the soldiers on both sides were sweating profusely, and a large area was wet on their bodies, and they didn't know whether it was sweat or blood.
In the rear position, the Duke of Guise stared intently at the front, he didn't even care about the messy beard, and the rest of his body was on the city of Orleans.
"Hurry up and inform. After the victory of the siege, we will plunder for three days. If the first climber survives, he will be a knight!"
"Whoever takes down any nobleman or even an officer will be rewarded with ten gold coins!"
"No one is allowed to retreat, and anyone who retreats without authorization will be killed by the gendarmerie!"
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A series of reward or punishment orders popped out of the Duke of Guise's mouth one by one, and the orderly was so busy that he was sweating that he didn't even bother to drink his saliva.
"How about the English?" The Duke of Guise frowned, as if remembering something, and asked.
Hearing this, the Duke of Vendôme couldn't help laughing, the flesh on his face twitched, it seemed that he couldn't help it.
"Thanks to Mr. Morris from Paris for giving us advice, otherwise we would not have thought of such a good method, and more importantly, he also sent us a lot of food, which solved our food shortage problem!"
After more than a month of siege, the city of Orleans still had enough food and grass, but the more than 10,000 Catholic allied forces were eating horses and chewing horses, and their food had bottomed out.
As he spoke, the Duke of Guise pointed to the side, a fidgeting middle-aged man dressed as a businessman, timidly staying in the corner, but at first glance, he was a shrewd and smooth businessman.
"This is what I should do!" The businessman touched the smooth scalp on the top of his head, said with a smile but a little nervous.
“As devout Catholics, it is what we should do to deal with these heresies and do what we can!”
The Duke of Guise squinted at his sly smile, smiled slightly, and said kindly:
"Mr. Morris, for your service to the royal family and our lord, after the city of Orleans is captured, I recommend you to His Majesty the King. The Baron cannot escape!"
Responding to this, Morris immediately showed a surprised expression, and quickly bent down at 90 degrees, his forehead almost touched the ground, and quickly thanked him.
Then consciously walked to the corner without looking.
The Duke of Vendôme on the side watched coldly. He was not happy for a businessman to become a nobleman, but using a court baron to alleviate the food shortage was also a last resort.
At this time, news suddenly came from the front that the city gate was broken.
In this way, a smile appeared on the Duke of Guise's face, and the victory is within his grasp.
After the city gate was breached, although the door opening was blocked, it was much more convenient when it came to reason.
Moreover, this was a real blow to the morale of Orleans City.
It can be said that victory is in sight.
Sure enough, not long after the city gate was breached, many Catholic troops climbed up on the top of the city.
Then, like ants, the Catholic Army quickly ate away at the city of Orleans, and gradually suppressed the Huguenots.
The soldiers behind also climbed up quickly, and then the number accumulated to a certain number. Before the city gate was cleared, the head of the city of Orleans was already occupied by the Catholic army.
In this way, the Duke of Guise and the Duke of Vendome in the headquarters immediately went out, and under the support of the guards, they led the remaining 2,000 soldiers to give the city of Orleans a final blow.
At this time, when the businessman from Paris watched His Excellency the Duke move forward, he quietly changed into a cavalry armor and followed the Duke of Guise silently.
Half an hour later, the Catholic soldiers at the head of the city went down to the city, and the Huguenot soldiers who were still guarding the gate, cooperated with the Catholic soldiers in front of the gate, and the gate was opened.
At this time, the Duke of Guise and the Duke of Vendome rode ahead on horseback and entered the city of Orleans proudly.
Looking at the Duke of Guise about ten meters in front of him, the Parisian businessman Maurice took out a cylinder from his pocket and pointed it at the Duke of Guise in front of him.
When the city gate was dark, he narrowed his eyes, calmed down, puffed up his mouth, aimed at the Duke of Guise's neck, and blew hard.
"嗖—"
The sound of piercing the air was covered up in the shouting, and a short finger-long arrow directly hit the Duke of Guise.
His Excellency the Duke was opening his mouth, happily chatting with the Duke of Vendome beside him, when he suddenly felt a chill in his neck.
Then he rolled his eyes, revealing the whites of his eyes, and fell straight off the horse.
(end of this chapter)