On the third day of February, the sky north of Bordeaux was cloudy, and Marshal Billund's army could finally be seen encamping not far from the city.

The soldiers of the Baishan Battalion of 500 households exercised control over the city, blocking the streets and forbidding the people to go out, and groups of soldiers in helmets and armor pushed gun wagons from the river in the city through the town and placed them on the eastern wall on the right bank.

Chen Jiujing, who was standing at the head of the city with binoculars, watched three horsemen rushing out of the French royal army, carrying the banner and slowly marching to the front of the formation, looking like he wanted to negotiate, but he hadn't sent Marguerite's maid out here, and a row of African troops carrying Spanish heavy guns had crawled out of the trenches and met them with firm steps.

In the midst of the rider's frightened reining of the horse, a row of wooden forks was placed on the ground, and a merciless smoke of gunpowder rose from the front of the battle.

Seeing that Chen Jiujing was scratching his head in the city, stretching out his palm and not knowing what to say, he finally met Margaret's equally helpless eyes, and said, "I should give Billun a pair of iron-eating beast flags before the war, Spain." ”

The young general sighed slowly: "The Spaniards know this rule. ”

But that's not bad, at least the gunshots speak more clearly than words about not surrendering.

Immediately after that, a field of artillery roared out in front of the king's army, and rows of Fran cannons sent a terrifying rain of steel, blasting at the wooden fences that held back the cavalry, the half-man-high wooden firearms walls, and the unruly African armies.

Despite being nearly three miles away, a cannonball hit the squad that was lining up to walk back to the trenches, destroying some of the wooden fortifications and killing an entire column of soldiers.

In the sound of artillery, an infantry phalanx appeared from the forest, crossed the artillery position and slowly attacked, and several groups of knights with different armor also lined up in a scattered formation and slowly advanced.

Margaret, who was looking at the enemy formation with a telescope on the city wall, pointed to Chen Jiujing and introduced their enemies while looking at it: "Infantry Corps, look at their shirts!" ”

"On the right flank are the Swiss regiments in red shirts, and the regiments in brown and blue shirts standing with them are Germanic and Italian, and this is a good thing, I can even see the color of the officer's hat band!" Margaret suddenly patted Chen Jiujing and said: "The officers of the infantry regiment have white or gold bands on their helmets and hats, and they are tied with feathers to distinguish their identities. ”

Chen Jiujing did not hesitate to relay it to the herald, but what he relayed was not to arrest him: "Tell General Yang that it is the officer who has bird feathers tied on his helmet." ”

"Yes!"

Although he said it vaguely, he knew what Yang Ce would do.

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"The Swiss regiment with spears and halberds is very brave, and the German mercenaries with knights standing in the phalanx are also very powerful, they are all strong troops, left flank!" Margaret, who had never seen someone so far away clearly, clenched her fists and iron hands together and said, "Marshal Billon's left flank is weaker, and the infantry of those two legions is new...... Is the king crazy or is Billund crazy? ”

Marguerite, who was halfway through her words, suddenly screamed in panic from her armor, and said to Chen Jiujing with trembling: "Twenty, twenty-four siege artillery, Bordeaux can't hold it, can't hold it." ”

There's a reason why the presence of siege artillery on the battlefield terrified Marguerite, and the watershed moment in European military was the Italian War, in which France demonstrated to Europe the terrifying siege capabilities of well-trained cavalry, professional infantry legions, and artillery.

To this day, the reason why Spain is struggling in the Netherlands is that the Netherlands has built extensive fortresses, making it difficult for tens of thousands of Spanish troops to move an inch.

The reason why there are so many fortresses in the Low Countries including France, Germany, and the Netherlands is because of the French artillery units in the Italian War, which is also the reason why Philip, who dreamed of unifying Europa, did not take action against France, because he knew that even if his legions could capture the cities of France, they would not be able to defend them.

But artillery is not used casually, there are no good saltpeter mines in Europe, so they can only take loess to boil nitrate, and twenty-four huge guns can be fired in a battle salvo to consume two years of saltpeter production in France.

Now that these heavy siege guns are here, there is no doubt that Margaret will be terrified in her heart.

In a panic, she heard a voice.

Chen Jiujing said: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Margo. ”

He could have told Margaret more accurate figures, such as that the Spanish stone cannons could only hit a ship within a hundred paces, and that although the city was much larger than the ship, it was also much farther away, and the cannon that bombarded the huge boulders could only hit less than two miles.

At least the cumbersome stuff won't do anything until Yang Ce's Afrika Army is defeated, and the ravine-like trenches will make it impossible for them to go anywhere.

Artillery that required multiple oxen or horses to pull could not cross the trench at all, not even with planks.

But he didn't, just methodically waved the flag and calmly told Margaret: "Don't be afraid. ”

In the process of dropping a large number of small-caliber Fran machine guns and mortar guns into Yang Ce's position, the entire army of several corps and countless infantry companies slowly unfolded, and with a huge battlefield width, they advanced to the first line of defense with the momentum of a large army.

Behind their army, several groups of cavalry alternately moved to the left flank, and they had knights in brilliant plate armor and riders with Fran cannons - this was their effective tactic for dealing with the European phalanx duel, taking advantage of the shortcomings of the phalanx soldiers to quickly turn around, and quickly bombarded the flanks with cavalry artillery, hoping to achieve a complete victory in the field.

However, the assault to the beat of the cheerful drum stopped before it could reach its intended position...... Their enemies had gone underground, there was no phalanx at all, and it seemed that the artillery attacks had not worked, but the enemy forces occupying Bordeaux continued to send a Spanish corps to move towards their flanks.

In fact, the artillery worked.

One-third of the horses built by Yang Ce before the war were destroyed, and several hundred households also suffered different casualties, but the casualties were not large.

When the shelling stopped, the Afrika armies lined up in a neat formation to swing their Franc cannons behind the first trench, and the Tiger squat guns were placed in front of the formation, placed together with the stacks of downed spears, and nailed at an angle close to that of flat fire.

Yang Ce stayed with the artillery behind the defensive line, which seemed to be the habit of every martial arts cadet, and the artillery position was their command center.

No matter what kind of cannon it is, even if it's a ballista, it can give them an extraordinary sense of security and determination to win.

"We're not in a hurry to put it down." Yang Ce counted the number of trenches on his defensive line behind the earthen ramparts, and ordered to the left and right: "If they go to the Spaniards, I can't help it, but if they want to come to me, let them get closer, and then bombard these people called Huazi." ”