France H-H, 1 = 1 year
Summer, 1080 AD. The territory of the French is divided into 5 regions: Paris, Rheims, Angers, Toulouse and Marseille. King Phillip the Chivalrous decides that France’s prime targets should be the rebel settlements Dijon and Bordeaux. The French army under the command of Captain Gaston is to besiege Bordeaux and Captain Pierre is to besiege Dijon. The daughter of the King is to marry the English King.
After 1 year the an English diplomat arrives, King Phillip, who does not want war with England, quickly turns the trade agreement into an alliance. The Council of Nobles has requested that King Phillip takes the nearby settlement of Rennes. King Phillip orders General Guillemot de Lyon to take Rennes! King Phillip orders Captain Gaston that he should assault Bordeaux at once, so some of his troops can help General Guillemot de Lyon to take Rennes. So the siege begins…
-The Battle for Bordeaux-
Captain Gaston orders his peasant archers to assault the gate with a battering ram, while the spearmen attack the walls with ladders.
1 Unit of spearmen is still fighting when the gate is breached. Captain Gaston rushes through the gate with his mailed knights.
As soon as the Gaston hits the spearmen their commander dies. When Gaston looks to the wall he sees that his spearmen are routing! He rushes out of the castle. At that point Gaston knows the battle is lost. Gaston being truly loyal to his King, he won’t retreat, he will fight till the last man. So Gaston orders the remaining men to rush though the gate.
He falls right when he hits the enemy spearmen. The rest of his men manage to rout 1 enemy spear militia. They are being showered with bolts and then they break. The battle is lost and the remaining men retreat to the castle of Marseille to have their men replenished.
To be continued….
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