Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The year 1870 was about to pass, and October was about to arrive. This year, autumn in Europe arrived much earlier than usual. As soon as October arrived, the autumn wind was chilling as if it were November.

Just as the Orleans was in a constant state of intense battle, the military and heavy northern Mace City was also enveloped in a blood colored terror. The ongoing war had completely turned this border city into a dead zone!

At half past six in the morning, as the morning sun spread across the land, a few moving heads gradually appeared in the ruins to the east of the city. They carefully watched the receding Prussian army in the distance, each of their faces showing that they had survived a great disaster.

"Damn it, these Prussian are getting crafty. They sneak attacked from 10 PM until 4 AM. When everyone thought that everything was fine, they actually launched another night attack …"

"Stop complaining, hurry up and clean up the battlefield …" Louis and Mark... Today, it's your turn to clean up the battlefield. God bless your luck! "

"Everyone else, be on your guard. Be careful of the enemy's Sharpshooters. If there's any danger, immediately retaliate …"

Two cautious figures crawled out from the rubble. Two young soldiers were crawling among the bricks and wood, and many pieces of wood were still burning with pungent smoke. It was evident how fierce the bombardment from last night was.

The Mace City was a famous city on the border of France with a very long history. Its history could be traced back to the time of the Ancient Rome, and it was located at the major traffic passes.

From the Middle Ages until now, Mace City's main task was military defense. After many years of hard work, Mace City had already become a huge fortress that could accommodate 100,000 people.

The strong city walls, the complex Prism Castle, the water and land transportation system built by the Moselle River and the Saer River had made the city easier to defend and harder to attack, becoming France's important safeguard for the security of the Northeast region!

In this war between France and China, Napoleon III had made a plan of war. The Mace City was an important forward position for the French army to attack the Germany, and was also the first line of command for the base camp.

Napoleon had once imagined that after his army of a hundred battles broke through the borders and invaded the land of the Germany, he would completely guard the Mace Fortress!

The French army had been attacking Prussia like a hot knife through butter, while the other States s in the south of the Germany had also heard of this news.

When the time comes, we will use the resources of the Bavaria s and Hesse s to sustain this war. That way, we will have very little use of our domestic resources.

This was the only way to restore Bonaparte Family's prestige!

When that happens, the citizens of the France can look at the emperor! There wasn't much tax increase, nor were there many deaths. The lives of the people in the country weren't destroyed either … The news of the final victory followed one after another!

Victory and war could always alleviate social conflicts, this was the secret to governance that the French Emperor had believed in for many years!

However, reality slapped him in his face. He never thought that the Prussian's fighting strength was so high, his own army had just passed the border, yet they were already sent back fighting!

Mace City became a besieged island all of a sudden!

The Mace City had never been captured. Previously, when the Prussian declared to the outside world that they were only doing this to incite the hearts of the people!

The Mace City had a very complicated defense system. There were nine Prism Castle s at the periphery, and the walls were as complicated as a maze.

When the Prussian army attacked the Mace City, they completely caught the French army by surprise. At that time, the main forces of the French Emperor did not even reach the Mace or even the Salon city!

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!