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Volume 3: Stormy France Chapter 137

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    Chapter 137

    The Burgundians wanted to cross the Belfort Mountains in one day, but this plan was ultimately aborted due to the obstruction of the Meng brothers.

    In fact, the whole process is not complicated at all.

    First, Meng Zhi went back in person and informed Bai Zhou of his plan. Of course, he would not accept his fate. The main reason why Meng Zhi returned to Basel was not to inform Bai Zhou, but to ask for more from Bai Zhou.  As for gunpowder, after all, the thunderbolts they had on hand were enough to injure the enemy, but if they were used to blow up roads, they would be a little powerless.

    The follow-up plan prepared by Baizhou and the coalition forces in Basel will still take some time to arrange. If the Burgundian army arrives at the city of Basel the next day, the coalition soldiers will have to work harder.  There was barely enough time.  However, now that Mengzhi plans to let the Burgundians "rest" for a while in the Belfort Mountains, it is also a good thing for Basel. At the very least, it will give the soldiers more time to make arrangements.  Therefore, Bai Zhou agreed to Mengzhi's request. Except for leaving three hundred kilograms of gunpowder, the rest was given to Mengzhi, telling him to delay the Burgundian army for at least one day.

    It sounds like a lot, but after removing the gunpowder that has been sealed into thunder, there isn't much left.  Mengzhi originally wanted to bring over the three hundred kilograms of gunpowder that the young master left behind, but Bai Zhou refused to agree to anything, and no matter how much Mengzhi behaved and wallowed, he would not let go.

    Speaking of which, these three hundred kilograms of gunpowder and cypress boats are of great use. They cannot be used up all at once just to slow down the enemy's march.  Losing a lot for a small amount always refers to a loss-making business, and Bai Zhou doesn't like a loss-making business. These black powders are almost half an era ahead of their time, although due to production reasons, they may not play a decisive role.  , but as long as it has a deterrent effect, it is enough for the Western Qin people to scare their opponents.

    Just like the late World War II, the United States only had two atomic bombs at that time, but these two were enough to make the Japanese unable to resist.

    Bai Zhou did not expect black powder to be as deterrent as the atomic bomb, but after all, it is a hot weapon that is half a generation ahead of now. It can always shock the opponent or catch the opponent off guard. Therefore, Bai Zhou decided to keep some of it.  Gunpowder, because in his follow-up plan, these gunpowder will play a big role.

    At this point, Mengzhi took a large amount of gunpowder and "transformed" the Belfort Mountains at night.  Since there was not much gunpowder on hand and its power was limited, Mengzhi had to carefully select a few key nodes - the kind of road sections that made the Burgundians feel that walking around would be unsafe or a waste of time.  , in the end, there were only three or four areas that really came in handy, causing headaches for the Burgundians. Although it was a little less, it was enough, especially since there would be people throwing "booms" to prevent road construction.  The soldiers are worried about their own safety all the time. This work efficiency is naturally not even a little bit slow.

    The result was just as Mengzhi expected. Since the Grand Duke of Burgundy was not very optimistic about the safety of other mountain roads, he was afraid of falling into another trick of the Western Qin people, so he had to wait until his men filled every "hole".  .

    And Duke John really didn't expect that Western Qin would engage in such a big battle, and even use a weapon they had never seen before, just to delay their march. He always thought that this was the Western Qin people forcing them to change.  Roads - after all, there might be one or two places suitable for ambush on other mountain roads.  Therefore, the Burgundians would rather delay their march for a while than change their itinerary.

    The Burgundians have been tricked.

    From a strategic point of view, the troops are very fast. Originally, they could be said to have suddenly appeared on the outside of Belfort, and almost defeated the coalition forces by a time lag. If the coalition generals had not cooperated tacitly and did not deliberately conserve their strength, maybe those five  Not only did the thousand cavalry fail to eat, but they were chased and beaten by the Burgundian army.  Even if the coalition forces later knocked out the five thousand cavalry before the arrival of the Burgundian army, if Duke John had been more decisive at that time and entered Belfort directly, it was entirely possible to achieve great results. After all, at that time, all coalition forces  None of the generals expected that the Burgundians would appear here so soon.  Lack of preparation, coupled with another day of fighting, and the original strength was not as good as the Burgundian army. No matter how you calculate it, if only Archduke John had been more decisive at that time, the situation would have been completely different.

    And John gave up such an opportunity. Not only that, in order not to be attacked in Belfort, he refused to change the route and was delayed for another day.  By doing this, it would be safer, but the best opportunity to attack the coalition forces would be gone.

    In the past two days, it was enough for Bai Zhou and other generals to deploy troops and prepare for their work.

    Besides, Meng Zhi and Meng Ge also have their own tactical arrangements¡ª- Merely delaying the marching speed of the Burgundians was not their intention. What they wanted was that the Burgundians had to choose to camp in the Belfort Mountains.

    Because of the limited environment, it is impossible for the Burgundians to cover everything in a camp of 70,000 people. It is not too troublesome for Western Qin to find one or two omissions.  In particular, the people of Western Qin did not plan to storm the opponent's camp, but just planned to throw some thunder.

    Night is always reserved for those who are prepared.

    Although the Belfort Mountains still belonged to the Western Qin people before, now, the arrival of the Burgundian army has caused another undisputed change in the ownership of this land.

    Of course, the war between the two sides can be said to have just entered the stage of drama, and it is meaningless to discuss territorial ownership now, but it is undeniable that on this night, in the Belfort Mountains, the Burgundians are in the light and the Western Qin people are in the dark.  Moreover, due to the uniform equipment of black night uniforms, the Western Qin army was extremely dark, while those Burgundian sentries who still held up their torches in the hope of illuminating all directions were extremely bright.

    At this time, John was still discussing with the Burgundian nobles and generals what happened during the day, and the theme was the new weapon.

    After the first fright, these noble gentlemen discovered that despite the loud noise of this "rumbling", in fact, its lethality is far less scary than its loudness, and as long as you stay away from those small black spots, there is no problem.  , it can be said that this kind of thing is more useful for scaring people than for killing people.

    Fortunately, everyone in Burgundy knew this. Otherwise, if they mistakenly thought that this "rumbling" was some kind of heaven-defying artifact, they would not dare to fight this battle, and would immediately choose to retreat.

    However, tonight, the people of Western Qin will teach them a lesson. It is not that the thunderbolts are not very lethal, but that the Meng family brothers are in such a terrain during the day and there is really no way to throw thunderbolts in groups.  But it's different now. Night is the greatest cover for the people of Western Qin.

    At dawn, which was the darkest moment of the day, Mengge finally touched a small mountain peak. Thirty meters below, there was a Burgundian military camp in a small mountain nest.  The wind protection is quite good, but it is also more conducive to the performance of Zhentian Lei.  .  

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