Chapter 294: Puppet War (11)
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Our army’s main body caught up with the rest of our army southwest of Parisiorum. With this, we had seized victory.
The fortress with Brittany’s precious provision warehouse was taken by us. The fortress had an incredibly long name. It was called Sage-Germain-en-Laye Fortress. It was annoying to remember or even talk about. The members of our army arbitrarily decided to call it <Storage>.
There were 700 foot soldiers and 200 cavalrymen protecting the fortress. Their fortifications were quite steadfast, but once our republican army of 10,000 swarmed them, the fortress didn’t last for even two hours. They probably never imagined that a massive army would come to raid them. It was a perfect surprise assault.
Their only hope laid in whether Henrietta sent them reinforcements or not……but how unfortunate. Our departure times were vastly different.
We made Batavia’s republican army cross the river first and had them depart immediately once they were over. While this was happening, Brittany was tied down due to their battle with us. This made them waste about two hours. Henrietta made a mistake the moment she engaged in battle with us.
Of course, this was in conclusion. If she had won the battle, then Henrietta’s name would have gone down in history as a renowned commander, while we would’ve been referred to as the fools who were split up and conquered because we were caught while trying to cross a river. That’s war. Everything is determined by the result…….
I had requested Baronet Bercy to start the fire in Parisiorum.
I was shocked when I heard that a mass purge had been carried out. Fortunately, Baronet Bercy managed to avoid that wave of blood. The Baronet was our only connection with the patriots of Frankia. It was incredibly lucky that he survived. The Baronet did a splendid job in carrying out his task.