The Rise of the European Emperor

General Moreno knew that the chances of defeating his opponent in a street duel were slim. So he ordered aloud:

"Plate armor infantry retreat, let the sword and shield soldiers go up!"

The plate armor infantry is his trump card, and he cannot be easily killed by the enemy. And there are six or seven hundred soldiers in the French army with swords and shields.

However, unlike the elite sword and shield soldiers of the Fourth Army, the sword and shield soldiers of the French army are just ordinary arms. The wooden shields they used had no iron covering, just ordinary wooden shields. They didn't wear plate armor either, only ordinary leather armor.

In terms of combat effectiveness, they are certainly no match for Molson's elite sword and shield soldiers. But his purpose is only to reduce the casualties of the plate armor infantry, and in addition, to slow down the enemy's progress.

Slowly, more than 600 French shield soldiers stepped forward and replaced the plate armor infantry who had less than 400 people. Subsequently, Farnborough's musketeers also stopped firing. Because, although their wind-up guns are not afraid of rain, it is difficult to load them. There is no problem when shooting a wind-up flintlock on a rainy day, but if the gunpowder is rained during reloading, it will be the same. Therefore, they also try not to waste bullets on ordinary French soldiers.

At this moment, the elite sword and shield soldiers who had been beaten hard by the French plate armor infantry regained their vitality and began to use their equipment advantages to bully the ordinary French sword and shield soldiers in front of them.

And Farnborough's musketeers hid in the residential houses on the side of the road to reload the clockwork muskets after shooting. They all brought gunpowder in oiled paper bags with them, and as long as they entered the rainproof house, they could load ammunition normally...

But the two sides who were fighting did not see it—French commander Moreno was already quietly leading the remaining 400 French plate armored infantry back.

Moreover, after retreating, Moreno quietly called a large number of ordinary French infantry, went to the house to move out the sundries, and began to block the streets...

In other words, more than 600 ordinary French sword and shield soldiers who ran to the front to fight desperately with the handsome elite sword and shield soldiers were regarded as abandoned by Moreno...

...

"General, what should we do now? The enemy's army has already entered the city!" asked the French plate armor infantry captain Monchi.

After hesitating for a while, General Moreno said:

"How about this, Monkey, you divide the 400 plate armor infantry into two parts, from the small alley next to it, go around to the path under the city wall on the north and south sides of the west gate, and then suddenly attack the west gate from the north and south sides."

"but,

You have to be optimistic about the timing, it is best to wait until all the enemy swords and shields have left the gate of the west gate before launching an assault. In this way, you don't have to entangle with those damn sword and shield soldiers. After entering the city gate, don't care about anything else, just close the city gate first. Then, stick to the city gate. At that time, I will mobilize other troops to encircle and suppress the enemy's sword and shield soldiers! "

"How to encircle and suppress those sword and shield soldiers? Ordinary weapons are not effective against them!" Monkey said depressedly.

Moreno said confidently:

"Don't be afraid, I have sent people to block the main road of Ximen Avenue. At the same time, I have sent people to gather all the warhammer soldiers in the city. These warhammer soldiers are originally designed to deal with plate armor. Sword and shield soldiers are as difficult as plate armor soldiers. Break the defense, but the war hammer can still make merit. At the same time, I will send people to the blacksmith shop and other places in the city to collect all the sledgehammers and distribute them to strong soldiers to smash the enemy's shields and plate armor! As long as those sword and shield soldiers Being fed to pigs by Warhammer soldiers, plus your cooperation, there is nothing to worry about!"

"Then... those musketeers?"

Moreno sighed and said:

"I have no choice but to fight hard. Besides, I went to find some archers. It seems that those musketeers didn't wear plate armor..."

"But there are no archers in our army..." Monchi said a little depressed. Since being equipped with matchlock gunners, the French army has gradually begun to eliminate crossbowmen. Now that it's raining, it's so depressing.

Moreno shook his head and said:

"There are no bows and crossbows in the army, but there are still people in the city. I remember that there was a shop opened by an Englishman who sold English longbows near the Governor's Mansion. I sent someone to confiscate the longbows in that shop... "

"That's the only way..." Monchi nodded, and then divided the remaining 400 armored infantry into two teams. Relying on their familiarity with the terrain of the city, they walked around the north and south sides of the west gate from the alley...

...

At this time, the main force of the British army, led by General Subrakin, one of Edward's confidantes, circled from the north to the west gate and prepared to enter the city.

However, at this time, the sword and shield soldiers of both sides were still fighting on the west gate street of Calais. The city gate was so blocked that it was difficult for the main force to enter the city.

Subrakin thought for a while, and ordered:

"Since it is difficult to push forward, you should make room for my soldiers to climb up the gate tower from the side stairs first, and then attack the north gate gate tower from the city wall. Then, from the Go up and down the north gate, open the north gate..."

This idea is very good, it can bypass the blockade of the enemy. But Molson prevents:

"General, I heard that there are a lot of sundries stuffed in the gate hole of the north gate. Even if the gate tower of the north gate is captured, it will take a long time to clear the sundries and face the counterattack of the French army!"

After a pause, Molson suggested again:

"I think, why don't we attack the south gate from the city wall? The south gate is the entry channel for the French reinforcements, and we will definitely not put debris in the city gate hole!"

Subrakin nodded immediately, and ordered:

"Okay, let's do this! Molson, lend me 100 of your sword and shield soldiers, as the vanguard to attack the gate tower of the male city. My army, all go up the wall and advance to the gate tower of the south city. Of course, the number of people on the wall is limited .Most of the rest of the people walked around the south gate from outside the city, waiting for the gate to open!"

"Yes, following your orders!"

Afterwards, the commando soldiers surrounding the inner side of the Ximen city gate opened a passage sideways one after another, allowing a group of people from the main force outside the city gate to enter and climb up the Ximen gate tower through the stairs. Then, 100 soldiers in the back row of sword and shield soldiers also followed up the city wall, and as a vanguard, rushed along the city wall to the gate tower of the south gate of Calais...

40 minutes later, two teams of French plate armor infantry led by Monchi had quietly clung to the base of the city wall and came near the west gate.

At this time, the British elite sword and shield soldiers had successfully defeated the ordinary French sword and shield soldiers, and reached the front of the roadblock area set up by the French, and began to remove the roadblock. And near the city gate, there are no swords and shields with super high protection.

Meng Qi saw the timing and shouted loudly. The French armored infantry at the base of the city walls on the north and south sides of the west gate immediately rushed out bravely and charged towards the city gate, killing hundreds of Beihai musketeers and dozens of ordinary assaulters on the spot. team fighters. Then, rushed into the city gate.

But what Monchi didn't expect was that because the commander-in-chief of the British army, General Subrakin, was just outside the west gate, hundreds of English knights gathered at the west gate...

Although there are not as many and powerful English knights as there are French knights, there are still such a group. It just so happened that General Subrakin had 500 rare English knights around him...

Seeing the French plate armored infantry coming from the city gate, General Subrakin was astonished for a moment, and immediately ordered the English knights around him to dismount, and charged forward brandishing his two-handed swords, and fought against the plate armored infantry led by Monchi. together...

You know, these English knights are authentic knights, and they are better than the French plate infantry. Although the members of the French plate armor infantry basically come from knight families, they are generally eliminated members who failed the knight assessment. Although martial arts are stronger than ordinary people, they are still inferior to regular knights. Moreover, this group of French plate armor infantry suffered a big loss in weapons...

Although the two-handed swords are also used, the two-handed swords used by the French plate infantry are processed by the French from pig iron ingots, and the quality is the same.

The two-handed swords used by the English knights were all purchased from the North Sea. Its material is all steel!

The two-handed sword of the English knight is made of medium carbon steel with good toughness, and it is carbon spring steel with silicon and manganese added. However, the appearance of the sword body, especially the cutting edge, has been carburized, making it extremely hard.

After repeated collisions, the pig iron two-handed swords of the French plate armor infantry were no match for the steel swords of the English knights, and many of them were cut off. Then, naturally, they were abused by the English knights and wiped out...

When the most elite force of the French Calais defenders was wiped out, the French army in the city could no longer resist the British attack...

Soon, the south gate of Calais fell, and a large number of British troops poured in from the south gate, copying the rear route of the French army. After half a day of fierce fighting, the Calais fort officially changed hands...