C3009 The Mace besieged the city (2/2)
The vanguard troops were defeated all the way. The Mace City only had less than ten thousand people left, and there were still over thirty thousand inhabitants!
But these forty thousand people managed to defend the Mace City. They relied on the complicated castle system to fight against the Prussian army and refused to surrender or open the city gates!
Lao Maoqi would not have competed with this lonely city. At that time, his important mission was the French Emperor, he did not have the time to fight and waste time on each city!
In the end, the Prussian army only captured two Prism Castle s that were outside the city. It intimidated the defending army of the Mace City to the point that they did not dare to leave the city.
From that moment on, Mace City's position became awkward. There were a lot of guns and ammunition in the city, but there were not many food and medicine.
Ten thousand regular soldiers and thirty thousand civilians. Even with such a pitiful force, they could only defend this isolated city. They didn't dare to leave the city to fight!
During the entire Franco-Prussian War, Mace City watched helplessly as countless goods and Prussian army passed by under the walls of the city, rushing towards the hinterland of France like a torrent.
This situation did not last long. Soon enough, General Ba Zan's defeated troops continued to retreat all the way to the Mace City.
The entry of the army of one hundred and seventy thousand into the Mace City gave hope to the people and soldiers of the northeastern part of France, but also brought great logistical pressure.
How was one hundred and seventy thousand mouths supposed to fill? This was a problem for Marshal Ba Zan!
At the start, there weren't many Prussian army outside the city, and the surrounding citizens could still take the risk to replenish their resources at night. However, as Lao Maoqi mobilized more and more troops, it became harder and harder to communicate with the people inside and outside the Mace City!
To be honest, Bismark, Lao Maoqi and the others did not have a lot of troops that they could move around with. Although there were soldiers everywhere in Prussia, there were only a few hundred thousand that could fight.
These elites were all in the heart of France, while the Mace City was in the rear. At that moment, the majority of the people surrounding the Mace were Hesse, Bavaria, Baden and Weighten Castle. The troops of the States!
Although their fighting strength was not low, but facing a French stronghold that was built throughout the entire Middle Ages, they were unable to bite through it!
The battle ended in a stalemate, and after the victory of Sai Dang, Lao Maoqi used a new defense mode to gather a group of true Prussian elites, allowing the Mace City to feel the immense pressure of the war.
The Mace City was too close to the border, and the logistics supplies were very beneficial to the Prussian. The train could travel here without any disturbance, and transport Krupp cannons and new army units one after another!
The number of troops besieging the Mace rapidly increased from one hundred thousand to two hundred and fifty thousand, and it was even increasing nonstop!
When Paris was completely surrounded, Bismark and Lao Maoqi both ordered the Mace to fight a decisive battle, demanding that the troops behind them eat this border fortress!
But this order was obviously unrealistic. In the battle that spanned half a month, the Prussian army suffered heavy casualties while Ba Zan's troops defeated the strong enemy time and time again!
No matter how powerful the Krupp cannons were, they were still field cannons. There was not a single cannon in Prussian army that could attack and destroy the city walls!
It was like a dream to bite open the defenses of Mace City with this kind of firepower. At that moment, Prussian army could only use his life to fill the gap, the only thing left was for the resources in the city to quickly run out!