At this time, the Louvre was already very popular. Without the assistance of Le Leusset, Louis XIII, who had a lot of experience in military and government affairs before, and even before that, the army of at least 50,000 or 60,000 reserve forces that had gradually gathered in the vicinity of Paris got the news the day before Xiao Xuan led the army to the city. At the end of the day, while the distance from Paris to Chalons isn't too close, it's not too far either, and it's relatively densely populated. With adequate military preparations, a few of the fleeing forces were still able to send the news as quickly as possible by far exceeding the speed of the march of the large army and by relaying and changing horses.

At the emergency military meeting held the day before the enemy soldiers arrived in the city, Louis XIII learned of the terrifying fighting power and combat methods of the powerful enemy in the east, and even the fact that hundreds of thousands of enemy troops had been besieged but were defeated in one night. At this time, tens of thousands of French troops no longer dared to gather on the outskirts of Paris to organize fortifications, but all of them excavated tunnels in the city to hide soldiers. Louis XIII and many of the nobles in Europe who were still quite martial even had the idea of how to escape, ascend to heaven, or hide at this time.

After all, the time of the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France has gradually passed, and although the style of dueling is still popular, it cannot be compared with the bravery of the past. At this time, Europe seemed to be in a period of transition and a turning point, with the bravery of the feudal era fading and the emerging nationalist consciousness not yet emerging.

When Xiao Xuan's men and horses of about 13,000 or so approached the outside of Paris, it was close to dusk on the third day after setting out from Chalon, and it was also the result of being in a hurry at some time. After the decisive battle in the Shalong era, Xiao Xuan had already given up his intention to completely annihilate the war to some extent, and there was no doubt that it was to inflict heavy losses on the enemy as quickly as possible.

Although there is an ancient saying that "the defeated army first seeks battle and then wins", Xiao Xuan could only do his best to launch a surprise attack on Paris, which had only gone through a day of war preparations, after the team had assembled and rested for only about an hour. At this time, Xiao Xuan certainly understood: he had to do his best to fight quickly to avoid possible dangers.

Originally, Louis XIII also planned to send an envoy to contact and negotiate with the other party, but he did not expect that the vanguard led by Xiao Xuan would not stay much outside Paris for almost no time, and only launched a surprise attack in search of dreams just after nightfall.

All of a sudden, the sound of black powder grenades, the guns of the defenders returning fire, and even the sound of elite archers fighting back in the air came and went.

It should be said that the armament and handicraft industry base of Europe in this era was still stronger than that of the East to a large extent, and in this era, although the real flintlock pistol was not yet fully popularized, the proportion of flintlock pistols in the European armies was not small. The defenders in the defense also began to be generally equipped with plate armor that was not usually used much in this era.

However, in terms of actual combat training and even actual combat experience and awareness, at least in terms of night battles, the gap between the defenders and the main force of the volunteer troops was very clearly exposed at this time. There are quite a few French heaters who ignore the consequences of fighting in the dark of night with spotless plate armor, and in the middle of the night battle, they are very obvious targets, they are met with firecrackers or cold arrows, and some people expose their targets in the dark of night in order to brazenly open fire.

Therefore, although the attacking team at this time was very unfamiliar with the geographical terrain of the city of Paris, and the troops were obviously at a disadvantage when attacking, they still gradually swept away the defenders in the city and forced them into several important points such as the Louvre in the night battle.

The battle was also temporarily chaotic in the early hours of the morning after the night battle began, and the teams that seemed to be somewhat chaotic in the night were gradually assembled as much as possible by using the fireworks signal under the skillful organization and command. The fierce confrontation in the city seems to have come to a halt in the street fighting at night in the city.

After completing the encirclement of some important places, the preparations for the night battle were also carried out at the fastest speed. Under the fierce burning of the special star iron pot and fierce fire oil, the lead bullets weighing thousands of pounds began to take shape at the fastest speed under the melting and casting, and cooled at the fastest speed, and the officers and soldiers of the artillery unit responsible for blasting and the elite gunners who followed over also used the sharpshooters equipped in the artillery unit to quickly complete the range measurement in a general sense with gunpowder bows and crossbows, and quickly re-perfected the standard of filling gunpowder. When the pre-dawn dawn came, the teams preparing for the attack carried out several test firings. Then a violent explosion sounded in the city of Paris at night, accompanied by the spitting fire.

Under the force of gunpowder, thousands of pounds of lead bullets were projectile to a distance of 200 paces, and the energy of one million joules and the momentum greater than that of ordinary heavy artillery shells may not have much effect and effect on the eastern city wall in the real sense. However, this type of attack really shows its effect on some sturdy buildings. In fact, at this time, the defenders still did not have a clear understanding of what kind of force the attacking eastern enemy was. However, the overwhelming combat effectiveness of these powerful enemies from the eastern expedition made many people despair

When the illusion that these sturdy buildings could be relied on was shattered, Louis XIII still did not have the consciousness and confidence that some stubborn enemies in the East brought many people to resist to the end, but unexpectedly chose to compromise and surrender under this fierce offensive, which greatly surprised Xiao Xuan.

In Xiao Xuanyuan's opinion, as long as a qualified civilization and regime are faced with the attack of foreign races, they should be able to show the determination to resist like Yashan. But he did not expect that the other side chose to compromise and surrender when he felt that there seemed to be no hope for the war.

When the sky gradually brightened, the resistance of the entire city gradually subsided at this time, although Xiao Xuan realized that the war of this all-out raid was not really over, but he still decided that in the end, Louis XIII, who had the same name as the famous foreign wine in later generations, was at least a figure in this plane. In addition, Xiao Xuan also hoped to be able to use the remnants of the French army, and if he couldn't use it in the end, it didn't seem to be too much of a problem.

(End of chapter)