The Rise of the European Emperor

Of course, some established rules still have to be said. At the same time as sending troops, the Duke of Geddes also sent an envoy to Ghent to deliver to the handsome king Philip, who lived in Ghent for a long time (he is the real master of the Austrian Netherlands and the official heir of the Duchy of Burgundy). the gauntlet.

In this gauntlet, Charles II, Duke of Geddes, "righteously" condemned the Habsburg family for abducting the Swiss mercenary prisoners of war who had been released, and pointed out that it was extremely despicable to attack the unarmed Swiss prisoners of war. Behavior. Charles II, Duke of Geddes, "out of righteous indignation", decided to send troops to "rescue" those "good Swiss" who were innocently arrested...

After finishing the gauntlet, the envoy of the Principality of Gedes, according to the order of Charles II, observed the reaction of the handsome king Philip...

Sure enough, Philip expressed great indignation, accusing the Principality of Gede Company of being despicable and shameless. It was only at this time that he issued the gauntlet, so that he did not have time to gather troops to fight...

The messenger curled his lips and said in his heart - we will make a P when you are ready?

Of course, he was just a messenger, but he didn't dare to despise the handsome king Philip in person. So, with a smirk on his face, he said that he would definitely bring Philip's accusations to Charles II...

In fact, the handsome king Philip knew the whole story for a long time. After all, this is what happened in the Duchy of Brabant under his name, and as a party, he must know. After all, if Maximilian I wanted to influence the Netherlands, he had to pass him. So Philip had long known that the Gerd company would attack Parsons. Because the Parsons concentration camp was originally a bait to lure the company of Gerd. Otherwise, it wouldn't be located so close to the border of Ged Corporation.

However, acting is a full set. As a qualified "actor", Philip's acting skills are still good. After all, a qualified politician is an excellent actor. Although Philip is still young, he is not a novice anymore. Stimulated by his peers, Marin, he has also grown. Moreover, because Prince Juan of Spain did not die, this also led to the fact that the handsome king Philip was not involved in the battle for the throne of the Kingdom of Castile - Prince Juan (oh no, it should be His Majesty Juan now, after all After the death of Isabella I, Prince Juan officially became the king of Castile, although he continued to be "instructed" by Ferdinand II) After all, he did not die, so he naturally did not have to participate in his wife "Mad Girl" Juana In the battle for the crown of Castile with his father, Ferdinand II...

Because he did not travel to Spain, he did not die of typhus in Burgos, Spain, as historically did in 1506. So, now in 1507, Philip is still alive and well. Philip is not dead, and the so-called "mad woman" Juana is not completely crazy. Of course, Juana is not the Queen of Castile now, so naturally she doesn't need to separate from Philip (in history, Juana was the queen of Castile, but her husband picked girls every day in Ghent, Flanders, which almost made Juana mad) , so stay by Philip's side all day to prevent the invasion of the mistress...

In order not to make the messenger of the company of Gede company suspect,

Philip pretended to be furious, and threatened to gather 50,000 troops to attack the territory of Geddes Corporation, capture Gelden, the capital of Geddes Corporation, and then set Gelden on fire...

The messenger of the Principality of Gedes laughed along with him, but on the other side he thought - who are you bluffing? Who doesn't know that now the Habsburgs have assembled heavy troops to fight in Switzerland. Want to send troops to fight the Principality of Gede? Dreaming... Moreover, even if the entire Habsburg territory is mobilized, there will be no 50,000 troops... Who doesn't know that the Habsburg family is not financially good? I can't afford 50,000 troops at all...

Seeing Philip's "bewildering and violent" appearance, the messenger of the Principality of Gedes also calmed down. After returning, he told Charles II what he had seen in Ghent...

"Haha, no matter how angry that kid Philip is, it's useless. We can definitely take down this Parsons concentration camp! As long as we get those Swiss mercenaries, we will no longer be afraid of the Habsburg family!"

At the same time, the 14,000-strong army of the Principality of Gedes also crossed the border, quickly surrounded Parsons concentration camp, and launched a siege...

However, what surprised Bonitz, the commander of the Geddes army, was that there were many musketeers in the defenders of Parsons concentration camp...

The attack of the army of the Principality of Gerdes was met with fierce resistance. The soldiers of Geddes had just set up the ladder, and they had climbed more than halfway. Seeing that the city wall was in front of them, suddenly a gun barrel protruded from the front of the city. Then, the Gerdes warrior who couldn't advance or retreat on the ladder was blasted away by bullets...

Although the accuracy of the musket is very low, it is still very accurate at close range. Moreover, the musketeers guarding the city are old musketeers drawn from the First and Second Corps of the North Sea Kingdom, and they will never commit the problem of shooting indiscriminately at long distances. At close range, the musket can also hit every shot. What's more, the soldiers of Geddes climbed on the narrow ladder and couldn't move from side to side at all. On the ladder near the city head, the soldiers of the Principality of Gedes had only two choices—either they were hit by a musket, or they jumped off the ladder and fell half paralyzed... No matter which option they chose, the army of the Principality of Gedes could not accept it. of……

Geddes army commander Bonitz was furious:

"How come these bastards have so many musketeers?"

After thinking for a while, Bonitz decided to let the two thousand musketeers under his command and the enemy musketeers at the front of the city shoot at each other...

However, the fact soon gave him a slap in the face - the Mushkert muskets equipped by the musketeers of the Ged Company, although more powerful, were of little use. This duel between musketeers ended with a victory of 1,000 musketeers at the head of the city...

why? The musketeers on the city head have tall and solid walls and battlements as cover, and the security is very high. They shot against the Guedes musketeers below the city, all they needed to do was show their heads and arms, and the targets were small. Moreover, most of them wear iron helmets on their heads...

And what about the musketeers of Geddes in the city? They were all exposed within the firing range of the Beihai Kingdom musketeers at the head of the city, without any obstruction.

The musketeers at the top of the city and the bottom of the city are about forty or fifty meters away from each other. Although this distance can be aimed, it is not so accurate. But the problem is - the Beihai musketeer at the city head can aim at the entire body of the Guedes musketeer under the city, especially the largest front chest... and the Guedes musketeer at the bottom of the city can only aim at the city head. The North Sea musketeer's head, arms, and a very short section under the neck...

Not only that, the shrewd and old Beihai country veteran musketeers, when shooting, aim and shoot quickly as soon as they probe, and then retract immediately after shooting...

Although the bullets of the Mushkert musket used by the Guedes musketeers weighed 50 grams and hit people very hard, they couldn't hit the city wall. Even the battlements could not be penetrated. As long as the Beihai Kingdom musketeers shrink their heads, they have nothing to do... In turn, they stand under the city wall without any obstruction. It is easy to get one after the bullets at the city head are shot down... Moreover, the Beihai country musketeers on the city head are all veteran marksmen (the ones with poor shooting were eliminated). But it's more accurate than the Guedes musketeers who aim hard under the city walls...

Therefore, after shooting for an hour, the musketeers of Geddes under the city lost more than 300 people, while only one unlucky musketeer from Beihai Kingdom was shot in the head, and the others were fine...

In desperation, in the face of the sharp musket net at the head of the city, Marshal Bonitz had no choice but to admit his cowardice and withdraw his troops first. Then, Bonitz dispatched a messenger and rushed back to Gelden to report the situation to Charles II, Duke of Geddes, and ask for guidance...

After thinking about it, Charles II ordered - let Bonitz wait for the rain to attack...

Since Charles II introduced the musketeer as a new branch, he naturally studied the musketeer. He thought that - the musketeers would be incapacitated on rainy days. Although the 2000 Musketeers of the army of the Duchy of Geddes will be incapacitated, the effect on the army will be limited. After all, in addition to 2000 musketeers, they had 12,000 infantrymen. And if the defenders on the top of the city lost their combat effectiveness, the loss would be too great. Because it seems that there are only three or four thousand defenders in the city, which is equivalent to abolishing a quarter of the troops... Therefore, it is more cost-effective to calculate the army of the Principality of Gede...

Once the musketeers on both sides are misfired, they can only rely on the infantry to fight hand-to-hand. The 12,000 infantry of Gedes are stronger than the 3,000 infantry guarding the city, even if the opponent has the protection of the city wall...

It's just that Charles II, Duke of Geddes didn't know that the musketeers of the two main armies, the First Army and the Second Army of the North Sea Kingdom, no longer used the arquebuses that were afraid of rain, but changed to receive rain-resistant muskets. A less impactful clockwork pistol…