Chapter 376

The war was about to break out, and the naval fleet of the Tang Dynasty and the naval army of the Neon Country encountered, this time under the leadership of Xingzhe, the Tang Dynasty was no longer a state of etiquette, but a fierce tiger.

didn't say a word of greeting, and after entering the setting, Xingzhe directly ordered the bombardment. Before the Neon Nation's sailors could react, the ship had already sunk.

Next, Datang's army quickly went ashore and directly occupied the city closest to the sea, allowing Datang's army to gain a firm foothold in the neon country.

Xingzhe's quick battle tactics did have a very good effect, and in just three days, Datang's army had already captured two cities, and the losses were not large.

Because Xingzhe adopted Joan of Arc's method, he was able to bombard the absolute charge.

This time, Xingzhe didn't care about the new emperor Qin Yu asking for shells, and basically brought all the shells of the artillery battalion, leaving only a small part for the artillery battalion to deal with emergencies.

Of course, the main thing is that the United States has not yet attacked Datang, and during this period of time, as long as Datang Hurry up, even if the United States acts, Datang's shells should be almost ready.

Xingzhe likes FATE very much, in order to understand FATE, he did a lot of homework, and there are all kinds of history books, so Xingzhe still knows a lot about Joan of Arc.

Joan of Arc was born in a rural village called Donrémi, on the border of the Champagne-Ardennes and Lorraine regions in France, to Jacques Dac and Isabella Dacques to his mother.

Her parents owned about 50 acres of land and ran a farm, while her father held a less important official position in the village, collecting taxes and leading the caretaker of the village.

The village is one of the small isolated areas of northeastern France that is still loyal to the French crown, surrounded by Burgundian territory. During Joan of Arc's childhood, the village suffered several attacks, one of which even caused the village to catch fire.

In the later rehabilitation of Joan of Arc for heresy, the villagers' testimonies say that Joan of Arc was a good, simple, and pious girl. Another villager recalled that Joan of Arc was so generous to the poor that he even gave them his own bed to sleep on while he slept on straw. Sometimes, Joan of Arc would give dinner to the poor.

Joan of Arc later confirmed that she had experienced her first miracle in 1424. She allegedly met the Archangels St. Michael, St. Margaret, and St. Galina, told her to drive out the English, and led the crown prince to Reims for the coronation.

When she was 16 years old, she asked her relative, Durand Rasuwa, to take her to nearby Wacoulal, where she explained her intention to the commander of the local garrison, Botrecourt, in the hope of taking her to the seat of the crown prince, Hinon.

Botricourt only laughed at her, but that didn't deter Joan of Arc.

Joan of Arc returned in January of the following year, accompanied by two soldiers who supported her: Jean de Mes and Bertrand de Prangue.

With their support, she was met a second time, during which she gave some miraculous predictions, predicting the defeat of the French near Orleans at the Battle of Herring.

After news from the front confirmed Joan of Arc's prophecy, Botrekul finally agreed to escort her to Shinon. Disguised as a male, she traversed the vast territory of enemy Burgundy and finally reached the castle of Crown Prince Charles in Chinon.

Charlie was so impressed by the meeting that Charlie then instructed Joan of Arc to undergo a background check and a theological test in Poitiers to confirm her morals. At this time, Charlie's mother-in-law, Yoland, raised funds to launch an expedition to free Orleans. Joan of Arc asked to participate in the expedition and donned the knight's equipment, and since she had no funds of her own, her armor, horses, sword, flag, and retinue were all donated by others.

Historian Stephen . Richey explains Joan of Arc's appointment: "After year of shameful defeat on the battlefield, the French government has become demoralized and discredited by the leadership of the army and the people. When Prince Charles agreed to have Joan of Arc lead his army and prepare for war, he would probably have tried all the formal, rational strategic options that had failed, and that only a regime that had reached the last moment of its existence and had nothing to do would despair in believing an illiterate rural girl who claimed to be instructed by God to take command of the nation's army. ”

Joan of Arc's army arrived on 29 April 1429, but the French commander at the time, the Duke of Dinnoy, and other generals drew up their own plans of battle and fought without telling Joan of Arc. Furious at this, Joan of Arc ignored the judgment of other experienced commanders who planned to resupply Orleans first, and advocated a direct attack on the British, and she was at the forefront of every skirmish, carrying her obvious banner with her.

Joan of Arc's actual leadership on the battlefield has been one of the debates in history, with eyewitnesses claiming that she often made quite wise decisions on the battlefield, but soldiers and generals often viewed her victories as the result of a mysterious force of God. Traditional historians such as Edouard Perroy have theorized that Joan of Arc's leadership on the battlefield was primarily a matter of morale.

These analyses are often based on later Joan of Arc's testimony at trial, in which Joan of Arc claimed that she was more focused on her banner than her sword. More recently, scholars have interpreted her trial testimony more often by pointing out that the officers who followed her regarded her as a resourceful tactician and a successful strategist.

Stephen . "She continued to lead the army to a series of incredible victories that turned the tide of the war," Richey argued. In either case, historians agree that the French army was able to create quite extraordinary victories under her leadership.

Joan of Arc despised the cautious strategy of the French generals, and on the battlefield she attacked the English forts with a frontal assault. After capturing several forts, the British began to abandon other wooden fortifications and concentrate their remaining forces to defend a stone fortress that controlled the bridges outside Orleans, the Fort of Tulliers.

On 7 May, the French began their assault on Toullier, and Joan of Arc was carried off the front line by the soldiers after being shot in the shoulder by an arrow during the engagement, but she quickly pulled the arrow out and returned wounded to lead the final offensive.

The rapid victory at Orleans allowed the French to begin planning further offensives. The English expected the French to be next targeted, either Paris or Normandy, which the Duke of Denoy later confirmed was indeed the planned target, but Joan of Arc insisted that they should attack Reims.

After a series of sudden victories, Joan of Arc persuaded Charles to give her and the Duke of Alençon full command of the army, and to obtain permission to attack the bridges near the River Rohr as a prelude to a later attack on Reims. This was a rather bold proposal, since Reims was twice as far as Paris and had penetrated deep into enemy territory.

The French captured Jardro on 12 June, Murne-sur-Loire on 15 June, and Beaujenzy on 17 June, with the Duke of Alençon fully supporting Joan of Arc's decision.

Other generals, including the Duke of Denoir, were also impressed by Joan of Arc's victory at Orleans and turned into loyal supporters of Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc also saved his life by warning Alençon to dodge the incoming artillery during the battle of Zaro. In the same battle, she was also hit in her helmet by a stone while climbing a siege ladder, but she continued to fight.

On 18 June, the expected arrival of English reinforcements, commanded by John Fastov, can be seen as a reversal of the Battle of Agincourt: the French vanguard launched a surprise attack before the British longbowmen were ready to complete their formation, annihilating or capturing large numbers of British troops and capturing the British commander in the ensuing battle, and Fastov, who escaped with a small group of soldiers, became the scapegoat for England's shameful defeat. The French suffered only minimal casualties in the battle.