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The Assault of Rheims 1216

Duke Scherer stood outside of the city of Rheims laughing at what he has hearing from his advisors. Preliminary reports said that the city was only held by a few hundred militiamen along with some ballistas. The French sent a quick reinforcement group which is camped nearby but it only consisted of some poorly trained peasantry and some cheaply bought mercenary.

He wanted the battle to go perfectly well; Rheims was going to be the first French city captured by him and did not want much blood of his men on his hands. The battle was all but won the night before given his numerical superiority, but the Duke and his advisors planned a little bit extra for the French.

As noon broke, final preperations were set for the assault. The assault was to occur simultaneously on two sides of the city wall. The cavalry of the army was to destroy and reinforcements while the infantry takes the city.

As soon as the battle started, something surprising occurred. There was no derfenders at the southern wall of the city leaving no opposition to the troops bearing ladders and battering rams. French reinforcements came quickly, but they were too little and too late and was overran quickly by cavalry. Once the walls were taken and the gates down, the elite infantry was sent through the city taking out any opposition while the cavalry rode down and took the lightly defended city square.

Later in the evening, Duke Scherer allowed his men to have a night's rest and loot the city as they saw fit.

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