What tactic is this? In fact, this is the article "Burning Xinye" learned by Ma Lin from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". At the beginning, Cao's army was powerful. After Zhuge Liang "Burning Bowangpo", he saw Cao Cao's army attacking and knew that he was not capable of the enemy. So he took the initiative to withdraw from Xinye City and gave Xinye City to Cao's army.
That night, Cao's army rested in the city. But Zhuge Liang had already left secrets in the city and prepared enough materials for setting fire. Then, while Cao's army was sleeping, Zhuge Liang's secrets were guarding fire everywhere in Xinye City, causing chaos in the Cao army. Seeing the fire in the city, Cao's army fled from the east gate, and was chased by Zhao Yun for a while, with huge losses. Cao's army fled to the Baihe River, and was opened by Guan Yu to release water, drowned a large number of soldiers...
Of course, this is a novel, and it is not true. Moreover, it is not feasible to play the "fire burning Xinye" strategy in Naples. Why? This is caused by the differences in building materials between the East and the West. In Naples, it is mainly based on brick and stone house structures, which is difficult to ignite. In the ancient Chinese New Ye City, it was mainly based on wooden houses, which was convenient for setting fires.
Moreover, to avoid being injured by the Spanish muskets, the French army specially chose to leave the city on rainy days. Even if there are many wooden houses in Naples, it is not easy to set fire. Therefore, it is impossible to copy "burn Xinye".
After thinking about it, Marin had to adopt a weakened version of "Fire Burning Xinye". That is, there is no "Fire Burning", but the back door is left to facilitate the French army to fight back.
The Spanish had never seen any strategy. After entering the sturdy city of Naples, they would definitely not have expected that the French army would kill and retaliate. This is the opportunity for the French army...
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Sure enough, when the French army arrived outside the city, the Spanish were not moving on the top of the city. At this time, the French horses stopped 5 kilometers away, and their mouths were sealed with cloth strips and their horses were wrapped in thick cloth to avoid too much noise. Then, all the French soldiers dismounted and walked, leaving only some of the people and horses to protect Louis XII and his party.
The rest of the men, including the French knights, all replaced them with swords and dismounted and walked...
On rainy nights, it was pitch black and there was no light. But the French were familiar with the terrain. They held hands and moved forward carefully, and came to a place not far from the city wall.
Then, hundreds of knights came forward first, came to the front of an old tree, opened the tree hole, and exposed the dark hole...
"Go down quickly and enter the city!" the French commander ordered.
But the French Knight who was leading the way said a little depressed:
"There is no light in the tunnel, nothing can be seen!"
The commander handed him a canvas bag and said:
"This is a candle, and a fire fold (the fuse wrapped in a tube will not be discovered by Mars) and gunpowder. After entering, light the candle and insert it on the wall. Remember, it is never allowed to appear at the entrance. Otherwise, military law will be used!"
The leading knight nodded, first got into the tunnel, then lit a candle inside and inserted it on the walls on both sides. In this way, there is no need to smear the tunnel.
Then, 100 powerful French knights in the field of battle entered the bright tunnel and quietly moved forward...
When they arrived at the exit of the cemetery behind the small church near the north wall in the city, the French knight who was leading the way carefully moved away the hollow tombstone, climbed up, and then turned around and returned to the tunnel.
"How is it? Are there anyone guards nearby?"
"The church door is closed, there is a wheelbarrow at the door, and there are probably a few Spanish people living inside. However, this is not important. We can go around from behind and not disturb them. As for the door, I dare not approach. There are probably people there. It doesn't matter. We can just kill in later. Anyway, the Spanish in the north gate did not block the city gate with debris!" The leading French Knights report.
The commander nodded and whispered to the French knights who came up:
"I won't say much more. French warriors, get ready to fight!"
Everyone nodded silently, pulled down the mask of the plate armor helmet, and then, under the leadership of the commander, climbed out of the hollow tombstone with slight hands. Then, they left the cemetery, leaned against the city wall, and quietly leaned towards the north gate two hundred meters away...
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At this time, it was almost dawn at 4 o'clock in the morning. But even this period of time is also the most sleepy time. At this time, the Spanish soldiers were basically asleep, and the teams patrolling the night in the middle of the night would also go to rest.
100 French knights walked to the inside of the north gate and were not found. Then, the commander ordered several torches to be lit with fire folds to illuminate the city gate hole...
"Who?" At this time, a Spanish goalkeeper who was sleeping in a daze in the city gate saw the fire, yawned and asked casually in Spanish.
However, he had no chance to know the answer. Seeing that the defenders were alarmed, the French commander immediately ordered a strong attack. Before the Spanish goalkeeper who was in a daze, he was chopped into several pieces by the French knight who rushed forward with his hands and big sword...
Then, more than 30 Spanish troops in the city gate were wiped out in a very short time. After all, they were facing French knights with high martial arts skills. Moreover, French knights wearing plate armor were so bad that they bullied people...
But the battle in the city gate still alarmed the Spaniards in the city. The Spanish defenders in a yard near the city gate were immediately awakened when they heard the howl from the city gate gate. Then, their commander blew a trumpet, alarming the whole city.
Hearing the sound of the horn, the French vanguard commander became anxious. After ordering several French knights to open the city gate, he led the others to gather at the inside exit of the city gate tunnel to prevent the Spanish from attacking.
And after the French knights behind opened the city gate, they shouted in French:
"Boom, brothers!"
Then, a large number of French troops rushed towards the city gate...
After repelling the first batch of Spanish soldiers who counterattacked, the main force of the French army was approaching the gate. The French vanguard commander immediately ordered:
"Warriors, follow me!" Then, he took the lead in waving his great sword and advanced forward. 100 French knights behind him followed, making way for the French soldiers behind him...
Then, a large number of French soldiers rushed into the city and rushed forward along the streets under the leadership of the walking French knights.
At this time, all kinds of horns resounded throughout the city of Naples, and the Spanish soldiers hurriedly stood up...
Bunches of Spanish soldiers, holding weapons, rushed to the streets under the drive of the officers, and lined up to resist the French's charge.
But the French knights who rushed in the front were too fierce, and ordinary Spanish infantry had no resistance in front of them. After all, these cheating French knights were wearing invulnerable plate armor, and the big swords that they waved in their hands were extremely lethal...
Chapter completed!