Chapter 454 7.108 English Plunderers (6)

Chapter 454 108 English Raiders (6)

In the past month, Vangelis has quickly completed the transformation from a smuggler, to a militia, to a bandit, and then to a general.

There is only one reason why he can grow so fast

He has too many troops!

At the beginning of the war, he led 100,000 people to land at the Port of Calais. What appeared in front of him was indeed a city with almost no defenders. Except for a few Donglu swordsmen guarding the warehouse, causing thousands of casualties, when he used the numerical advantage forcefully After consuming the opponent to death.

He managed to gain a lot of wealth.

After he moved the Port of Calais empty, leaving corpses and city ruins everywhere, he set his next attack target on the administrative center of the "Lorraine Region", the city of Lille.

Unlike Calais, this city has not been attacked by frost giants, and the reason why Vangelis chose to attack here is very simple.

At this point they were a band of marauders.

They need to solve their food problem locally.

The city walls of Lille are strong and the defense facilities are complete. Although there are no defenders in the city, the French citizens defending the city know that if the city is broken, there will only be one idea to greet them.

The army under Vangelis fought hard outside Lille for two days. The militia's combat capabilities were quite average and their combat efficiency was quite low.

But this is a blood-hungry force.

For hundreds of years, French businessmen have been like a group of vampires, mercilessly squeezing the wealth of each of them. Now they finally see an opportunity to harm this group of silverfish, and everyone is fighting to the death.

When he finally captured the city, Vangelis lost 40,000 of his men.

But the remaining 60,000 people have completely completed the transformation from farmers to beasts.

The looting of the city of Lille had just begun, and the first batch of reinforcements from the Kingdom of Mercia, numbering nearly 80,000, had already crossed the sea.

Instead of protecting the food, Vangelis generously invited them to join his raiding team, and 140,000 raiders poured into the city.

Three days later, the city of Lille had been artificially demolished into ruins.

When Vangelis set his sights on the next city, his men were once again flooded with civilian raiders from England and the Visigoths.

The number of people also came to 300,000.

The policy of massacre made it not easy to capture every city. However, Vangelis was surprised to find that as the looting continued, although he would leave a large number of corpses in each city captured, his troops were getting smaller and smaller. more!

By the time he captured Havre, the last city in the "Lorraine Region", he had already gathered 500,000 people under his command!

And this is not the end.

There are still a large number of militiamen coming over the vast sea covered with stars and moon.

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"Brothers, we must organize our respective militia marauders!"

"Because our army has too many people!"

In the confessional of a church, Vangelis kicked down a thick nanmu cross. The collapsed cross formed a simple table in front of everyone. He reached back and snapped his fingers, and the servants immediately handed over a roll of maps and two kerosene lamps.

The fire lit up and dispersed the darkness of the church, and a large number of militiamen of various shapes began to gather around Fangelis.

All of them were militia chiefs from the English Islands and the Free City-State of Visigoth. In peacetime, they are the village chiefs who lead the villagers to cultivate the fields, but once wartime comes, they will immediately become the leaders of each village.

"Look, I never thought we'd have an army like this!"

"In less than a month, we now have at least 500,000 troops under our command!"

Hearing this number, everyone around him gasped in unison. In "Homer's Epic", which is familiar to residents of the Western Continent, King Xerxes's army in the eastern expedition to Greece covered the sky and covered the sun, but the total number was only 50,000.

And now, the number of militiamen from various countries who have gathered in France for various reasons has exceeded the number of Persian cavalry by ten times. Seeing that everyone's attention had been drawn to him, Vangelis ordered his men to light a brazier to make the house brighter.

In a mixed army, the party with the numerical advantage will get the right to speak. At this time, the largest number of militiamen in the army under his command came from the English Islands. Although they usually have grievances, when facing foreigners, they spontaneously unite together without hesitation.

"This is a map of France drawn by a swordsman from the Tang Dynasty. From this map, we can see that the Port of Calais, together with the four nearby cities - Lille, Amiens, Rouen and Havre, has They were all looted by us!”

"The entire 'Lorraine Region' has been completely occupied!"

"I guess your pockets will be a lot richer too!"

Hey, all the militia chiefs around him nodded while making silly laughs.

The plundering of France, a scene that usually only appeared in dreams, was now happening in front of everyone's eyes.

"It can be judged that more and more people will join this robbery. We can no longer allow this group of outsiders to destroy our precious troops at will! Because everyone, please don't forget that the centipede insect will die without stiffness!"

"While this giant beast is weak, we must kill him with one punch! Only in this way can we be freed from the slavery of the Plantagenet family forever."

Fan Zhelisi is a very talkative person, but when these decent words were passed to the ears of his subordinates, they still understood the chill hidden behind them.

(Our behavior has completely angered France. If we let him turn over this time, everyone will have a hard time in the future.)

"Stupid suicides like last night will never happen again!"

What Fan Zhelisi said was a suicide that happened last night. When the five cities in the province of "Lorraine" where the landing point was located were all looted, the looters who were red-eyed naturally turned their attention to the neighboring province.

The first one was the "Brittany Region", which is rich in cheese, butter, and various delicacies and is known as the "granary of France".

The looters would not carry any food when they went out to fight. They killed and made money on the spot, and they also needed to solve the food problem on the spot. When a large number of militias crowded into the province of Lorraine, they quickly ate up all the food they could find.

The first task now is still to solve the food problem.

Last night, 80,000 militiamen from the Kingdom of Northumbria decided to attack the "Port of Caen" in the "Brittany Region" without authorization, and all died under the city wall.

However, even without any siege weapons, the 80,000 militiamen who were bloodthirsty cut a big gap in the city wall before they died, simply relying on axes and sticks to smash the marble city wall.

The meeting of Fanzhelis tonight is to gather people and discuss how to attack the city.

"Hey, buddy," he said before he finished speaking, a dark-skinned black man from the North Continent with grease on his face spoke first.

"Why are you in such a hurry?! We have 500,000 troops, and it can be predicted that there are still a large number of lords from the Visigoths to England, and even Lombardy and Bavaria in the east who are ready to move."

"The dragon of France has finally come to the day of its death, who doesn't want to have a share!"

Feeling that his momentum overwhelmed Fanzhelis, the black man turned his head and stretched out his arms towards the fire.

"I am the pirate king from Visigoth, 'Batinsi Blackhand'!"

"When you were still in your mother's arms, I was already driving a ship and fighting a bloody battle with the tree monkeys in the New World!

My combat experience far exceeds all of you!"

"In fact, we don't have to think so much! Last night, 80,000 brothers had cut a gap in the city wall. As long as we continue to attack, we can break the city in no time!"

Fan Zhelis did not answer.

He said nothing and looked coldly at the black-skinned pirates around him.

As a person who was also walking on the edge of the law, he certainly knew what these lawless pirates were thinking. The most dangerous moment for pirates is not when they are looting with knives, but before dividing the spoils. Because the red goods are already in hand, killing one more companion means one less person to share the money.

Everyone can see that the Duchy of France is now in chaos. Hundreds of thousands of militiamen have been plundering for a month, but the dragon is still nowhere to be seen. In this situation, when the pressure of survival disappears, the original unity is quickly transformed into consuming the comrades around them.

Once the number of unorganized and undisciplined militiamen increases, this kind of consequence will inevitably occur.

Fan Zhelis certainly understands the hidden risks behind this. He secretly nodded to a subordinate beside him, and the silver-armored warrior standing in the corner strode over, drew out the bright broadsword and cut off the black head of the old pirate.

Blood splashed on the map, and everyone was shocked.

"I said that my mission is to lead you to prosperity together and to get rid of the tyranny of France forever!"

"These Visigoth pirates do not value your lives, but that does not mean I want all of you to die. Therefore, I reiterate again that anyone who disobeys orders will be killed without mercy!"

"Now, let's discuss the plan to attack the port of Caen. I believe you all know that I was a smuggler before I joined the army. In fact, there are 7 hidden routes in this city that serve smugglers."

"We can use these routes to send the Chosen Ones with combat experience into the city first."

In the flickering fire, everyone looked solemn.

Under unprecedented interests and the common desire to overthrow commercial hegemony, this large group of militias is moving closer to a well-trained army.

That is, after the "Viking raiders", the "English raiders" who conquered the sea in later generations officially appeared in the eyes of the world on this night.