He decided to take the members of the royal family to the northwest, which was mountainous and had rough roads, which could be used for guerrilla warfare, and at least it was difficult for the Tang army to exert the might of the army and cavalry.

Even if he couldn't hold out there, he could cross the sea to Britain, at least for a few years of happy time.

If the abacus plays well, it does not mean that he can succeed, he underestimates Tang Qi too much.

The cavalry of the Tang Army is far more powerful than the infantry in the middle of three and four, and they have long known that the infantry brothers have won the battle, so there can be abnormal movements in the city of Paris, so watch closely.

Sure enough, the Franks ran away overnight, but the Tang army ignored them first.

After dawn, Tang cavalry immediately pursued, 3,000 archers and one man and three horses hurriedly pursued, constantly changing horses halfway, and caught up with 5,000 Franks on the road.

The Don army came after a succession, full of spirit, while the Franks ran all night, not only tired, but also unable to run far!

At first, the Frankish warriors were proud of their bravery, and their numbers were so large that they despised the Tang cavalry, and soon they suffered!

Tang cavalry together exerted their might, they did not engage the Franks at all, but used long-range arrows, like electricity, like magic, strings into phantoms, arrows like beads, often with the power of one person to shoot ten Franks of furious arrows.

In an instant, a torrential rain of arrows fell among the Franks, and the blood mist sprayed, and the figures rushed forward, screaming and screaming.

The Tang cavalry each carried a hundred arrows (a single horse), and they were able to shoot thirty arrows in a row, and by the time they stopped, the three thousand men had shot a total of ninety thousand arrows for the five thousand people to bear!

More than half of the five thousand Franks died!

As the key object of care, Pepin II, although hundreds of soldiers raised iron shields as meat shields to protect him, but received the most arrows, hundreds of soldiers were all shot to the ground, he was also hit by an arrow in the left flank, shot through the armor, bleeding like a note!

For a year, the pain was unbearable, and it was a barb!

had to break the arrow (the body of the arrow was broken, and the arrow remained in the body), and hurriedly escaped under the wings of the rest of his subordinates, and in the next few days, they were pursued by the Tang army, and there was no way to go up to the sky and no way to go to the ground. Climbing mountains, drilling forests, flooding water, and hiding in the wilderness, staged a dramatic life of chasing and fleeing, life and death, and finally escaped.

However, the Tang Army's "poisonous arrow" is worthy of its name, and Piping II was unfortunately hit, and after the escape was settled, he started to heal his wounds, but unfortunately it was too late.

After that, he continued to have a fever, lingered in the bed, and finally died half a year later!

……

"We've caught a big fish!" One reason why Pepin II was able to escape was that the Tang army captured a big man, which allowed the Tang army to divide most of its men to send him back to the barracks in case of a mistake.

Ten birds in the forest are not as good as one bird in hand,

His Majesty King Hildebelt III, the true master of the Frankish kingdom!

The Merovingian dynasty was the first dynasty of the Frankish kingdom and is now under siege and the last dynasty.

The territory of this dynasty, which corresponds to most of France and western Germany, was established by King Clovis (reigned 481-511 AD), after which the rule of the country was very inappropriate, with frequent civil wars and foreign wars, which led to the gradual weakening of royal power, and the real power fell into the hands of the court ministers in charge of court affairs and royal estates, and the king became a "lazy king" without power.

Before the Tang army came, the power of the Frankish kingdom was in the hands of Pepin II, and His Majesty King Hildebelt III was an ornament, in essence, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty (sure enough, the power of the ministers together, the emperor/king was miserable)

He was tall, his eyes were puffy, and he looked like he was overly drunk.

Jiang Shi, chief of the General Staff of the Tang Army, personally recruited him and said frankly: "...... Your Majesty, we know very well what happened to you, Pepin II is in the court, you have no power, and now it falls into my hands, let alone any authority, but you can still do that, and be a rich idler in the future! ”

Told the words to Hildebelt III through an interpreter, and after thinking for a while, he agreed to cooperate with the Don Army!

He is unkind, so don't blame me for being unjust!

The country doesn't do itself any good, so sell it for a big price!

……

Needless to say, when Hildebert III appeared under the city of Paris, the guard general Reinhardt was full of bitterness!

As a loyal general of Pepin II, he naturally knew His Majesty the King with Wen Secret.

The rest of the people talked a lot, and the sky was pitiful, as a Frank, he didn't know the king!

"My subjects, we are your king, Hildebelt III, and most of you have not seen me, which is normal, these are the good things that the palace minister Pepin II did! He has forsaken you, and he has forsaken the kingdom of the Franks! Escape from Paris! ”

In front of everyone, Hildebelt III scolded Pepin II for being a chaotic minister and thief, controlling the government and disrespecting the king, but he had no way to govern the country, which led to the invasion of the Tang people and the inability to resist it, causing the Tang army to come to the city, and he was greedy for life and afraid of death, abandoned the army and the people to escape alone, and when he was on the run, he took the king with him, causing the king to fall into the hands of the Tang people......"

Today may be the most comfortable day in the life of Hildebelt III, he happily expressed his dissatisfaction with the palace minister Pepin II, shook out a lot of stinking history and fierce news, so that most of the Franks were dumbfounded!

The city shot its bow and arrows at him, but it was not strong enough and fell several meters in front of him, and there were already a large group of Tang army shields in front of him.

Reinhardt warned: "Don't listen to him! ”

However, his heart sank, because he saw that everyone's eyes were "alert and distrustful", Pepin II was not there, Reinhardt said nothing was useless, he did not have the prestige of Pepin II after all.

"We, our subjects! You have been besieged, with infantry inside, cavalry outside, and no foreign aid, and the city is doomed! ”

"If I were in the city, or even Pepin II was still in the city, you could say that you would fight for me and for him, and now, for whom?!" Hildebelt III roared: "Tell me, for whom you are fighting!" ”

The Franks in the city exchanged words in private.

Yes, the king is not there, the palace minister is not there, who are you fighting for?

"You die in vain, surrender, you can save yourself and your family, think about what kind of tragic fate your family will fall into after you die!"

"The great leader of the Tang people told me that in the past, each was his own master, but now it is the past! As long as you surrender, those who are willing to join the Tang Army are warmly welcomed, and those who are unwilling to join the Tang Army will be disarmed and returned to the field without any embarrassment. As for those who resist to the end, they will all be annihilated, and their families will be enslaved, and those who kill them will be rewarded heavily! Hildebelt III advised.

Jiang Zhi also stood up and said: "I am Jiang Shi, the leader of the Tang Army, I swear to heaven that what His Majesty the King said we all recognize!" ……”

Through the translation of words, like the wind blowing a pool of water, the hearts of the Franks are completely shaken!