Chapter 2773: dedicate verdun

The defenders of Verdun fought with one mind, worked extremely hard, and fought desperately. Although they were killed and injured, even if the Shenluo army tried their best, it was still difficult to take the city.

The officers and soldiers of the Shinra Army looked at the dilapidated fortress in front of them, and they couldn't help but be full of admiration.

They knew how much pressure they had put on the fortress, however, the other side carried it down and still held the fortress.

French soldiers are respectable, their king is abominable.

Therefore, before preparing for the next round of attack, the commander of the Shinra Army, Raimondo Montecuccoli, decided to give the defenders of Verdun a chance.

On the city wall, someone shouted: "Master Lieutenant General!"

Lieutenant General Villeroy, who was inspecting the city wall and urging the soldiers to strengthen the defense, heard the reputation. He saw four well-dressed noble servants holding a four-person canopy. Under the canopy, a nobleman dressed in gold and purple satin came up. Before him, he stopped in an open space, behind him there were several attendants carrying two large boxes, and farther away, the army of the Shinra Army was assembled.

"Is this going to be negotiated?" Lieutenant General Villeroy snorted coldly.

He didn't want to negotiate, but he saw the eager, fearful, cowering, and pleading eyes of the officers and soldiers around him. He bit his lip and strode down the city along the earth mountain near the wall piled up by the Shenluo army!

The opponent did not bring a guard with a sword, and Lieutenant General Villeroy went to the meeting alone!

Then he stood still in front of the nobleman, and everyone on the battlefield looked at the two of them.

The nobleman took off his hat, bowed slightly, and introduced himself gracefully: "I am Count Christoph Waltz, the commander of the Second Army of the Grand Duchy of Austria in the Holy Roman Empire. Greetings to Your Excellency."

Lieutenant General Villeroy said simply: "I am Lieutenant General Villeroy, the guard of Verdun Fortress in the Kingdom of France!"

Seeing his indifferent attitude, the earl said to himself: "I serve in the Austrian army. When Shengjia (Yan Changwu) came from the east, I couldn't beat his army, so I abandoned my army and fled shamefully! "

Lieutenant General Villeroy was interested in him as soon as he came up. He looked at him seriously and continued: "Later, thanks to the Holy Driver, I continued to serve in the military. I thought to myself, it is impossible for a person to be the first I fell into the river for the second time, so no matter what, I will not run away from any enemy.”

"So this time, your reinforcements, the reinforcements that came to rescue you are the Eighth Army of the French Army. A total of 30,000 people came to attack and were defeated by the army under my command. You lost more than 8,000 cavalry and 7,000 infantry. Many people, the rest of the army lost more than 5,000 people, a total of 15,000 people died in battle, and 5,000 people were captured! My army is very young, and our army has 40,000 people. More than 3,000 people died in battle and more than 6,000 people were injured. People, we blocked your attack. Now, your Duke of Luxembourg is retreating with the remnants." The count said softly.

He knows how to be polite, speaks plainly, without showing off.

Then with a wave of his hand, several attendants hurriedly carried two large boxes up, and opened the boxes.

In the first box, more than a dozen flags marking the Eighth Army of the French Army were taken out, as well as documents, seals, bronze horns, command knives, etc., all bearing the logo of the Eighth Army.

The attendants showed expressionless faces to the two adults one by one. For example, one was the seal of the Eighth Army's supply battalion, the other was the command knife of a cavalry officer of the Eighth Army, and so on.

With so many things, it should not be fake, and some things are still difficult to forge.

So obviously, the reinforcements were really defeated.

Another key point is that the dense gunfire in the west has subsided, even if there is gunfire, it is far away!

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A second box was opened and a French officer was emptied out, bound and blindfolded.

The attendants helped him stand up, and then took off his blindfold. The earl sneered, and the attendants asked the officer, "Your identity? What happened to you?"

The officer replied: "I am Griezmann, Major of the 5th Cavalry Regiment of the Eighth Army of the French Army. The Duke of Luxembourg of my department was ordered to come to Verdun to relieve the siege. When we were intercepted by the army of the Shinra Empire, our army was defeated. , I was also captured!"

His demeanor is natural, not fake.

With a wave of the Count's hand, the attendants re-blindfolded and gagged the officer and set them aside.

Then the earl said to Lieutenant General Villeroy: "After the Eighth Army was defeated, there were no reinforcements for the time being, and we are preparing to launch a general attack, and we will definitely take Verdun!"

Lieutenant General Villeroy sneered and said, "That's good, we will die together!"

"You fought bravely. You are worthy of God's people. We are deeply moved. Such warriors deserve a good end!" The count said to him: "Our supreme commander, Raimondo Montecuco Marshal Li decided to give you a chance!"

Seeing that Lieutenant General Villeroy was silent, the earl said: "As long as you are willing to dedicate the city, we can maintain your honor, allow you to take away your personal belongings, and treat the wounded for you. When this war is over, we will Let you go back to your hometown."

He added: "I swear in the name of God, I will do what I say!"

"If you refuse to dedicate the city, we will launch an attack. After the city is broken, all the officers will be hanged, and the rest of the captives will be sold to North Africa! Or, all the people will be sold to North Africa!" The earl did not raise his voice He spoke, but the tone of the words made Lieutenant General Villeroy feel chills.

"The benevolent Queen of the Empire said that the people of Christ cannot be sold to heretics. We must abide by her will, but the Marshal has the right to deal with the situation. It is still allowed to sell the enemy who caused heavy losses to the army of the Empire. !” threatened the Count.

It was a terrible thing that captives were sold to the heathen in North Africa!

Into Hell: European White Slaves in North Africa!

On the coast of North Africa near the Mediterranean Sea, there are large and small tribes scattered. They buy the European white slaves plundered by pirates, and drive the white slaves to work day and night for a long time, living in stinking dungeons and half-buried earth houses. Here, there is only enough barley flour bread to survive every day (generally wheat flour bread is eaten by humans, UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com barley flour is eaten by livestock) and smelly water.

Regardless of whether the white slaves were obedient or disobedient, the overseer would beat them.

In order to torture the white slaves, the overseer would tell them some news about the victory of the Christian world, and then make the white slaves happy, and then beat them mercilessly, making them understand that they are in hell.

What is even more miserable are those white slaves who were sent to be oarsmen on the rowing boats owned by the slave owners. They were fixed by iron chains on the rowing positions, where they ate, drank and salvaged, and died!

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Lieutenant General Villeroy took a deep breath, only feeling a kind of tragedy in his heart.

He is fearless of personal life and death, but he has to think about his subordinates.

As the earl said: The subordinates fought bravely, and they are worthy of God's people. Such warriors deserve a good end!

"Well, under such conditions, I will dedicate the Fortress of Verdun!" Lieutenant General Villeroy said helplessly. 2084/10347581