Chapter 140: Burning Basel (Part 2)
The night was so fast that it finally made the coalition generals and soldiers lying ambushed outside Basel collectively relieved. Please remember our website)
There were only three thousand ambushes in total to carry out the mission. If they were discovered by the scouts of Burgundy, the result would be known without asking.
The moon is dark and the night is dark and the wind is setting fire
The entire Basel has been arranged into a fire scene by the coalition forces. All they need is Mars, and these three thousand ambush soldiers are here to put down that Mars.
It seems that today God is taking special care of the coalition forces, and the strong wind is coming and whistling away.
Most of the three thousand coalition soldiers were from Western Qin, and the rest were smart and cautious soldiers selected from other forces.
The scouts and sentries on the first side of Burgundy were obviously much more slack than when they were in the Belfort Mountains. After all, they thought they had come to a safer place, Basel, the castle, their natural camp, and it was not so easy for the Western Qin people to do any small moves.
Xiaobao took the lead and led the Iron Eagle Reis quickly down the hillside that had been ambushed all day. He was the outpost, responsible for clearing all the Burgundian scouts and sentries on the road.
The Burgundians sent a wave of scouts about every half hour, which means that as long as they intercepted a group of scouts, they would have half an hour of absolute safety.
The place where they were ambushing was only a quarter of an hour away from Basel, and the remaining quarter of an hour was enough for them to complete all their plans.
At the east gate of Basel, the Western Qin people deliberately demolished the city gate before leaving, so the place is still empty, with only three or four Burgundy sentries holding torches guarding here.
The Burgundian nobles seemed to think that the Western Qin, whose combat power was weak, did not dare to attack Basel at all, so there were very few soldiers stationed at various city gates. Even the only soldiers were infected by their superiors, each of whom was listless and drowsy, without any warning.
A few "swoosh" 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 of them from making a sound before death, each sentry would be aimed at at least two sharpshooters.
"Entering the city." This action was much smoother than I thought, so Xiaobao would naturally seize the time more quickly, because the time is the most important task they completed this time, unless anyone wants to go away forever.
The places close to the city walls are the most dilapidated, almost without even a tent. Of course, this was deliberately created when the coalition forces retreated, in order to prevent soldiers from being placed here, so that the coalition soldiers who sneaked into Basel at night would not be discovered at the first time, and at the same time, they would also create several more fire points for them.
Xiaobao sent a few soldiers to wait around, and then brought a large number of soldiers, holding fire breaks, lit the torches they carried with them, and threw them out.
The patrol post in the distance immediately discovered the abnormality here. Even after rushing over, Xiaobao and the others did not drag their heads and ran away directly - the mission has been completed, and there is no need for their small army to fight to the death.
Now the Duke of Burgundy understands why the entire Basel is so broken, and wood can be seen everywhere. It turns out that these were all used as flammable materials by the Western Qin people, and they were placed here for burning.
The fire gradually became less than one or two patrolmen could control. John was about to come out with other Burgundian nobles who were resting in the lord's mansion and commanded their troops to start putting out the fire. Before the fire could reach the center of the city, the loss was not great, and the fire could be saved. But at this moment, he seemed to hear something as if it was hit from far and near.
"Bang"
Before the duke could look up, he was smashed over by a huge crowd.
At the same time, on a hillside not far from Basel, Mengshan looked at the castle, and beside him was the tall and mighty Hui Cannon.
That night, the entire Basel became a sea of fire. When the fire was not strong at the beginning, low-level officers organized soldiers to prepare to carry water to put out the fire. However, with the wind, the fire became stronger and stronger. In addition, there was no great noble in the entire Basel city to command and dispatch troops to organize the fire extinguishing in an orderly manner, which led to the fire gradually developing into an uncontrollable state. All Burgundian soldiers and officers had to choose to retreat, which of course, was also called escape.
"Beautiful job" Mengshan couldn't help but shout when he saw a spark rising in the center of the city.
With the correct head of the Huihui cannon, if you don’t fire a few times in advance and adjust some correct heads, you will definitely be able to avoid it. In fact, even if you adjust the shooting elements in advance, with the current gunner’s skills and wind speed, it will take a lot of luck to be able to shoot a 100-pound gunpowder pack at a time to 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 produced when a hundred kilograms of black gunpowder explodes are far from comparable to the thunder that contains half a kilogram of gunpowder.
John finally stood up and found that he could not hear any sound. Looking around, there was no one standing. His two personal guards fell to the ground and there was no movement. The city lord's mansion behind him collapsed. Before leaving, the people of Xiqin loosened the entire city lord's mansion. A little more violent shaking was enough to make it collapse.
Another "bang" sounded loudly, but this time the Huihui cannon was much less accurate and hit the south gate of Basel. Although it did not provide a fixed-point strike, it collapsed halfway through the entire south gate, which was temporarily unavailable.
The Duke of Burgundy was stunned, with wailing soldiers everywhere, and nobles who were holding their heads and not knowing where to escape. At this moment, there was finally no difference between civilians and nobles. Everyone was dressed in dishevel.
"Father, retreat." Philip ran out of nowhere, except for his teeth, and his whole body was covered in darkness. When he saw John, he immediately helped him and took him away.
"My boys, go out with me." Mengshan commanded the Huihui cannon and fired the three gunpowder bags, and then let it play freely. After all, in addition to the precious gunpowder bags, ammunition such as stones are not only cheap, but also has no lethality compared to gunpowder.
Instead of waiting next to this big guy, it would be better to draw out your sword and kill these defeated soldiers. Although Mengshan also felt that bullying these soldiers who had been burned to the fire and had no combat power, he was the number one general of the Western Qin Dynasty. Naturally, he knew that if he missed this opportunity now, there would be no regrets in the future.
The whole Basel is now like a huge torch, illuminating the world and leaving all Burgundy soldiers without any escape. Mengshan only brought five hundred soldiers, just enough to block a door hole; after setting the fire, Wang Xiaobao, who was "fleeing in a panic", and his troops found that the fire was spreading much faster than they expected, which meant that the Burgundians had no time to pursue them.
Since no one pursues him, he should beat the opponent in reverse. Xiaobao led his troops to completely block the east gate. The desperate Burgundian soldiers also showed their combat power far beyond their usual conditions. However, if they were determined to fight, they were well equipped, and some soldiers on the other side were destined to be the Burgundians before they even had time to put on their pants.
In this gap, Philip gathered two thousand soldiers and rushed out of the north gate with John who was shocked. Along the way, they killed at least 300 Burgundy soldiers who were blocking the road. At this time, no one cared about anyone. The sky is so big that he escaped the most. No one could care about it anymore. God is watching you, you should do more good deeds.
After escaping for nearly two hours, Philip breathed a sigh of relief not far from the entrance 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 they enter here, it means safety. The darkness, the mountains, and the response of some Burgundian soldiers will surely allow them to return to Dijon, the capital of Burgundy.
As for conquering Switzerland? Ha, Philip only has these two thousand soldiers with incomplete weapons left. The first thing he thinks about is to save his life. Switzerland? Now the Burgundians, from soldiers to dukes, don’t care about these two words.
As soon as Philip was about to command the remaining soldiers into Belfort, he saw a team of soldiers coming out of the shadow in the direction of Belfort. The number was not large, and there were about a thousand people. However, Philip also understood that in this situation, not to mention that there were still thousands of people on the other side, even if there were only one hundred people on the other side, it was still unknown whether the two thousand soldiers under him had the courage to fight.
"Long time no see, Grand Duke John, I didn't expect that you really escaped." Bai Zhou was talking to him. Of course, there were many other troops of the coalition forces around him, but he had better "luck". He waited at this pass and met Duke John.
In this battle, Bai Zhou had two unexpected thoughts. First of all, he had never thought that he could completely block the Burgundian attack in Basel. He fired his troops of 70,000. Bai Zhou had imagined that burning Basel was just an unplanned plan. If it was not successful, he retreated into Switzerland, fought guerrillas with the Burgundians, and waited for an opportunity to cut off their food and supplies. This was the right way.
Secondly, Bai Zhou did not expect that John's tone was really good. He hit Basel's mansion with several hundred pounds of gunpowder bags, and one shot hit Basel's mansion. In this way, he had not yet taken his life.
In fact, if it weren't for the first shot to hit the gunpowder pack of the City Lord's Mansion, the coalition would not have achieved the current results. Because, with the qualities of the Burgundian soldiers, as long as someone could command the unified command, the fire could be controlled no matter how powerful it was. Even if it could not, as long as the commander was not in chaos, the entire Burgundian army would not be in chaos, and the coalition would have no chance to eat the 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 Mansion. The last Philip, who was qualified to command all the troops, only wanted to rescue his father. After rushing to gather two thousand people, he fled.
In short, Burgundy lost, dramatically, in a way that no one expected.
And Xi Qin won, even Bai Zhou, the planner of the "Basel" operation, felt that the victory was so sudden...
Chapter completed!