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Volume 3: Stormy France Chapter 140: The Burning of Basel (Part 2)

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    Chapter 140 The Burning of Basel (Part 2)

    Night fell so quickly, and finally the coalition generals and soldiers who were ambushing outside Basel breathed a collective sigh of relief.

    There are only 3,000 ambush troops in total to carry out the mission. If they are discovered by Burgundian scouts, the result is uncertain.

    The dark moon kills people on a murderous night, and the wind blows high and sets people on fire

    The entire Basel has been turned into a fire field by the coalition forces. What is needed is a spark, and these three thousand ambush troops are here to put down that spark.

    It seems that God is taking special care of the coalition forces today. The strong wind roars in and then roars away.

    Most of the three thousand coalition soldiers were from the Western Qin Dynasty, and the rest were shrewd and cautious soldiers selected from other forces.

    The scouts and sentries on the Burgundy side were obviously much slacker than when they were in the Belfort Mountains. After all, they thought they had come to a safer place. Basel, this castle, was their natural camp. The Western Qin people  No matter how little you want to do, it's not that easy.

    Xiaobao took the lead and led the Iron Eagle Rui soldiers down the hillside where they had been lying in wait all day.  He was the outpost, responsible for clearing the road of all Burgundian scouts and sentinels.

    The Burgundians send out a wave of scouts approximately every half hour, which means that as long as they intercept a batch of scouts, they will have half an hour of absolute safety.

    And the place where they ambush is only a quarter of an hour away from Basel. The remaining quarter of an hour is always enough for them to complete all their plans.

    The east gate of Basel is still empty because the Western Qin people deliberately demolished the city gate before leaving. There are only three or four Burgundian sentries holding torches guarding here.

    The Burgundian nobles seemed to think that the weak Western Qin did not dare to attack Basel, so there were pitifully few soldiers stationed at various city gates.  Even these few soldiers seemed to have been infected by their superiors. They were all listless, drowsy, and not alert at all.

    There were a few soft "swish" sounds, and several sentries at the east gate fell to the ground almost at the same time. Each of them was hit by at least three arrows - in order to prevent any one from making a sound before dying, so  , each sentry will be targeted by at least two marksmen.

    "Enter the city." This operation went much smoother than expected. Xiaobao will naturally seize the time even more, because time is the most important thing for the task they have completed this time, unless no one wants to leave and never come back.

    The area close to the city wall is the most dilapidated, with almost no place to set up tents. Naturally, this was deliberately created when the coalition forces retreated, in order to make it impossible for soldiers to be placed here and to prevent the coalition soldiers who sneaked into Basel at night.  It will be discovered as soon as possible, and at the same time, it will also create a few more fire points for them.

    Xiaobao sent a few soldiers to wait around, then led a large number of soldiers, holding torches, lit the torches he carried, and threw them out.

    The patrol post in the distance immediately noticed the anomaly here. Even if they rushed over, Xiaobao and the others did not delay, but turned around and ran away - the mission was completed, and there was no need for their small force to fight to the death.

    Now the Duke of Burgundy understands why the entire Basel looks so dilapidated. Wood and other materials can be seen everywhere. It turns out that these are regarded as flammable materials by the Western Qin people and are specially placed here just waiting to be burned.

    The fire gradually became beyond the control of one or two patrols. John was just about to come out with the other Burgundian nobles who were resting in the city lord's palace. They each commanded their troops and began to put out the fire before the fire reached the center of the city.  , the damage was not big, and the fire could still be saved, but at this moment, he seemed to hear something coming from far and near.

    "boom"

    Before the Duke could even raise his head, he was knocked over by a burst of giant gunfire.

    At the same time, on a hillside not far from Basel, Meng Shan looked at the castle, with the tall and mighty return gun next to him.

    It was night, and the whole of Basel became a sea of ??fire. When the fire was not strong at first, there were still low-level officers organizing soldiers to carry water to put out the fire. However, with the wind, the fire became bigger and bigger. In addition, there was not a big fire in the entire city of Basel.  The nobles came out to command and dispatch the troops to organize and extinguish the fire in an orderly manner. As a result, the fire gradually grew out of control. All Burgundian soldiers and officers had no choice but to retreat, which was, of course, also called escape.

    "Nice job!" Meng Shan couldn't help but shout when he saw a ball of sparks bursting out in the center of the city.

    With regard to the accuracy of the return gun, if you don¡¯t fire a few times in advance and adjust some of the accuracy, it will definitely be useless.  In fact, even if the shooting elements are adjusted in advance, with the current gunner's skills and irreversible factors such as wind speed, it can be done in one goIt also takes a lot of luck to throw a hundred kilograms of gunpowder bag into the center of the city.

    Of course, the good luck of the Western Qin people means the misfortune of the Burgundians, especially the Duke of Burgundy.  The power and air waves that can be generated when a hundred kilograms of black gunpowder explodes are far beyond the capabilities of a thunder that contains only half a kilogram of gunpowder.

    John finally stood up and found that he couldn't hear any sound. When he looked around, there was no one standing. His two personal guards fell to the ground without any movement, and the ones behind him  The City Lord's Mansion suddenly collapsed - before the Western Qin people left, they dug up the entire City Lord's Mansion. A slight violent shaking was enough to make it collapse.

    "Bang" was another loud noise, but this time the accuracy of the return artillery was much worse. It hit the south gate of Basel directly. Although it did not achieve a targeted strike, it caused the entire south gate to collapse in half. For the time being, it was  No one can pass.

    The Duke of Burgundy was completely stunned. There were wailing soldiers everywhere and nobles running away with their heads in their hands not knowing where to go.  At this moment, there was finally no distinction between civilians and nobles. Everyone was disheveled.

    "Father, evacuate." Phillip ran out of nowhere. Except for his teeth, his whole body was completely black. When he saw John, he immediately helped him and took him to evacuate.

    "My sons, come with me and fight out." Mengshan commanded the artillery to shoot off the three gunpowder packets, and then let it go freely. After all, in addition to the preciousness of gunpowder packets, ammunition such as rocks  , not only is it cheap, but its lethality is completely inferior compared to gunpowder.

    Instead of waiting next to this big man, he might as well draw out his sword and kill these defeated soldiers. Although Mengshan also felt that bullying these soldiers who had been burned by the fire and had no fighting power was no fun at all, but he was the first general of the Western Qin Dynasty.  Naturally, I know that if I miss this opportunity now, I will have no regrets in the future.

    The whole of Basel is now like a huge torch, lighting up the heaven and earth, leaving all the Burgundian troops unable to hide.  Mengshan only brought 500 soldiers, which was just enough to block a doorway; after setting the fire, Wang Xiaobao, who "fleeed in embarrassment", and his troops found that the fire spread much faster than they expected.  This meant that the Burgundians had no time to pursue them.

    Since no one is chasing you, you should hit your opponent with a stick.  Xiaobao led his troops and completely blocked the east gate. The desperate Burgundian soldiers also showed a fighting power far beyond their usual strength. However, they were intentional and unintentional. On one side, they were fully equipped, while on the other side, some soldiers did not even have time to put on their pants.  It was doomed that the Burgundians were just struggling to their death.

    During this gap, Philip gathered two thousand soldiers, led the stunned John, and rushed out from the north gate. Along the way, they killed at least three hundred Burgundian soldiers blocking the way. At this time, no one could  There is no one to care about. The sky is so big and the earth is so big that one can escape with one¡¯s life. No one can care anymore about saying, God is watching you and you should do more good deeds.

    After escaping for nearly two hours, Philip breathed a sigh of relief not far from the mouth of the Belfort Mountains.  It is true that just yesterday, they regarded Belfort as a cursed place, but now, there is no doubt that once entering here, it means safety. The night, mountains, and the support of some Burgundian soldiers will definitely  It would allow them to return safely to Dijon, the capital of Burgundy.

    As for the conquest of Switzerland?  Ha, now Philip only has two thousand soldiers with incomplete weapons. His first thought is to save his life, Switzerland?  Now the Burgundians, from soldiers to dukes, no longer care about these two words.

    Philip was just about to command the remaining soldiers to enter Belfort when he saw a group of soldiers coming out of the shadows in the direction of Belfort. They were not many in number, about a thousand people. However, Philip also understood that in this situation, let alone  There are still a thousand people on the other side. Even if there are only a hundred people on the opposite side, it is not yet known whether the two thousand soldiers under him have the courage to fight.

    "Long time no see, Archduke John, I didn't expect that you really escaped." It was Bai Zhou who spoke to him. Of course, there were many other coalition forces around him, but his "luck" was relatively poor.  Well, I was waiting at this mountain pass and met Duke John.

    In this battle, Bai Zhou did not expect two things. First, he had never thought that he could completely block the Burgundian attack in Basel, and with a fire, he drove back 70,000 of their troops.  force.  Bai Zhou's plan at the time to burn Basel was just an unplanned plan. If it failed, he would retreat into Switzerland, fight guerrillas with the Burgundians, and wait for opportunities to cut off their food supplies. This was the right way.

    Secondly, Bai Zhou didn't expect that John's tone was really good. One of the several hundred-jin gunpowder packets hit the city lord's palace in Basel. Just like that, it didn't kill him.

      In fact, had it not been for the first gunpowder packet that directly hit the city lord's palace, the coalition forces would not have achieved the results they achieved now.  Because, based on the quality of the Burgundian soldiers, as long as someone can give unified command, the fire can be controlled no matter how powerful it is. Even if it cannot, as long as the person in command is not in chaos, the entire Burgundian army will not be in chaos.  The coalition forces had no chance of eating these 70,000 troops.  But the reality is that even Duke John was stunned by the bombing, and the other nobles who could speak were buried under the city lord's palace. Philip, the last one qualified to command all the troops, only wanted to rescue his father.  After hastily gathering two thousand people, they fled.

    In short, Burgundy was defeated, very dramatically, in a way that no one expected.

    And Western Qin won. Even the planner of the "Burn Basel" operation, Bai Zhou, felt that the victory came so suddenly.  .  

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