Chapter II: The Invasion of France
After the capture of Ireland William the Conqueror returned to London where he would die in 1086 AD.
The Crusade, under lead of the new King Robert of Normandy sailed per ship and Captured malta...
With the 1st Crusade ending in the capture and loss of jerusalem (forcing the Templar Knights and the remnants of the crusading army to return to their base on Malta)and with the king at that Crusade, The Crown Heir decides to launch an attack on France.
The French have been playing a "i-am-master-you-are-slave" game on England for years, now's the time to get revenge.
a fresh new army is brought from over the whole of England and Wales, designed for a specific type of warfare: the Bull3tpr00f-Defense. (
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This type of warfare was used against the Scots and Irish with succes, and the whole Kingdom is now build on this warfare.
The Holy Roman Empire, at this time, declared war on England and Blockaded all of its ports.
A big depression occured; the treachurechests were completely empty.
The invasion of France had to start NOW, before the whole Kingdom would come crashing down.
And so it was that the army crossed the channel in 1110 AD, and it marched directly to Reims, the City of Kings (not the capital though)
the garrison at Rouen was commanded to siege Paris, wich was poorly defended.
In 6 months, both cities fell and were plundered.
Now the economy of England was up and running again.
When the army that had besieged Reims had been retrained, they marched against Poitiers.
But suddenly a large bandit army ame from the forests. Luckily our scouts had reported this army so we were not taken be surprise.
The Fresh Army from England, Deployed in the Famed Bull3tpr00f-Defense
The English took up their normal Bull3tpr00f-Defense positions; Cavalry on the flanks, archers in front, Norman men-at-arms in the melee line, and fyrdmen and huscarls behind those to storm the enemy front once it hits melee.
The fight progressed as normal, only this time the enemy was more disciplined, for it had no weak infantry like kernnabal...but Feudal Sergeants and even some Knights and Crossbowmen.
The bowmen caused casualties at the enemy, the melee line hit, the cavalry flanked and the fyrdmen-huscarl line charged into the fight.
The melee is well on its way.
once the bandit melee line had started to rout, the norman soldiers pursuid them, but the enemy hadn't fully routed yet, and some enemy spearmen even accomplished surrounding a fyrdmen warband.
bt luckily the other soldiers, who had swarmed all over the field pusouing enemies, were close and quickly came to help.
Normans come to help the fyrdmen
After this, the enemy was fully routed and the army, wich did now think of the old army of William (wich had been almost completely destroyed in the crusade), marhced on.
Meanwhile, near Paris...the Dauphin (French crown Heir) was spotted.
3 Vassals of the king immideatly pursuid him.
They finally got into him and surrounded him and his whole bodyguard.
the bodyguard was massacared and the Dauphin was struck by then knights at the same time!
The Dauphin is Slain...
And so ends the life of the Dauphin....France has been weakened and within 2 years, its remaining 2 cities fell, and England claimed every land between England and The Mediterranean coast between italy and Spain theirs.
NOW, England can turn it's attention to the Holy Land