"I knew, I knew it was going to be like this, Nana, the mustache, the lion cub were all like this, this is a spell!"

Emperor Yang chattered like a resentful woman. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Apparently the unfortunate news was a big irritation to him, and while the raging fire in Moscow was a little comforting, it was no more pleasing to him than Charlie continuing to beat Peter.

Wang Song and those generals carefully looked at the emperor's nerves one by one, but they were used to Emperor Yang saying some inexplicable words from time to time, immortals, it is normal to say something inexplicable, they don't understand just because they are mortals, thinking that Xiao Nana, mustache and the like are probably the emperor's friends in the fairy world, in fact, His Majesty the Emperor often has some strange names in his mouth, these two names are not just one appearance, especially the beard appears very frequently, as for other things that do not understand, don't peep at the holy will.

Charles XII spent more than a month in the ruined city of Moscow, in the rubble of the Kremlin, and when the bitter winter of Russia arrived, when the snow covered the frozen fields, he could not hold on.

Although as a Swede, he must be more frost-resistant than Nathana, in fact, he is more frost-resistant than the Russians, but he is as blind as he is when the ammunition cannot be transported, and there is no railway in Russia in this era, and the inland rivers are frozen and water transportation is cut off, so it is nothing more than relying on horse-drawn carriages to transport the bullets and artillery shells and rockets he bought from the Ming Dynasty to Moscow. He and his Cossack allies were currently able to control Ukraine, or north-central Ukraine, and the south was still part of the Ottoman Empire, but his arms had to be disembarked in Gdansk and then transported through Poland to the territory of the Cossacks, which was barely enough. And from Poltava to Moscow, those wagon convoys, have to pass through thousands of kilometers of Russian settlements, usually this transport line is very fragile and intermittent, after the heavy snow closed the road, this is simply not possible for concubines, even those Cossacks, not to mention the attacks of Russian partisans.

How can he solve the problem that the mustache can't solve by railroad?

And Peter, despite the withdrawal from Moscow, his army was still operating nearby, constantly attacking the Swedes who had reached the limit of their attack, and the Swedish expeditionary force, which was seriously short of ammunition, even had to fight with bayonets and the Russians who harassed them as much as possible. This is a completely hopeless thing, you must know that they are deep into the hinterland of a large country with a population of tens of millions, and without the superiority in weapons, they will still be drowned in the sea of Russians even if they are ten or ten, and finally even with the pride of Charles XII, he has to bow to reality, and after a month and a half of occupying Moscow, he has no choice but to order a retreat.

But Peter wouldn't let him retreat.

Peter, who already knew that victory was about to be his own, did his best to arm all the young Russians who could be armed, and on the long retreat of the Swedes, in the seemingly boundless snow, in the bitter cold of minus 30 degrees, Peter's small force kept attacking the Swedes.

Although there was no problem of adapting to the environment, the Swedish expeditionary force, which lacked ammunition, could no longer maintain an advantage, because without shells they even had to push their cannons into the frozen river, because there were not enough bullets, they even had to fight the enemy with bayonets as much as possible, they did not even have enough food for their stomachs, the Russians burned all the villages, they could not find camps to protect themselves from the cold, and even the Russian partisans forced them to disperse in search of supplies.

In this case, the lion also became a sick cat.

Just like the tragic retreat of Little Nana in the original history, the invincible Swedish soldiers on the battlefield continued to fall in the snow and ice, and their corpses continued to stretch along the long retreat road, frozen into solid ice mounds by the cold, like signs erected on the side of the road.

However, relying on the reinforcements of the Cossacks and the strong constitution of the Norsemen, Charles XII finally retreated to Kursk.

But the price to pay is extremely heavy.

Of the 30,000 Swedish troops and 20,000 Cossacks who followed him on the expedition to Moscow, less than 5,000 of them eventually retreated to Kursk.

Almost all of his most elite officers and soldiers were left in the frozen wasteland of Russia.

"Send him another 50,000 mention."

Emperor Yang sighed and said.

"Seven folds!"

Then he added.

The attendant beside him hurriedly noted that Daming's rifled weapons were controlled materials, which could only be produced by the arsenal controlled by the royal family, and the sales were also controlled by the merchants owned by the royal family, and such weapons exported to the outside world over the years were all exported through this system.

As for smoothbore guns, it doesn't matter, anyone can produce them, anyone can sell them, and anyone can also hold them, and this is also the fist product of Daming's arms exports, whether it is a surrounding subject country or a foreign country, you can also purchase smoothbore guns in Daming at will, no matter how much you can buy. Even countries with tense relations with the Ming Dynasty can still buy such weapons from Ming arms dealers, such as the Ottoman Empire, which purchased more than 100,000 smoothbore flintlock pistols last year.

But rifled weapons are not good, which arms dealer dares to smuggle, caught and hanged.

Charles XII, despite an unprecedented defeat, still had the ability to make a comeback.

In fact, even if he was forced to take refuge in the Ottoman Empire, he was still able to regain his strength ten years later, but by this time it was no longer glorious, and even the Swedes themselves were tired of his belligerent nature, and in fact the bullet he was hit in Oslo when he died in battle is still a mystery whether it came from the front or from behind.

In that case, then give him the capital to regroup!

Anyway, it's not your own people who died.

After all, this time Charlie was not wiped out as in the original history, and then fled with dozens of cronies, because he had the support of the Cossacks in Ukraine, especially his most staunch ally, the Cossack leader Mapadze still did not abandon him, plus the Russians were beaten too badly by him before, although Peter recovered most of the country, but it was a scorched earth, and the Russians who were busy cleaning up the ruins did not care about continuing the war, so the two sides should be considered in a strategic stalemate stage at present, Charlie's strength is recovering as Sweden's young population continues to be armed, especially as ammunition is available as supply lines are shortened.

He is just short of arms now.

It would be good if he could keep his current territory after regaining his strength, at this time the Swedish territory included Finland, Estonia, Livonia, that is, Latvia, and the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania had been subordinated to him, the current king was Stanisław I, who he supported, the original king, and Auguste I, who was also the Elector of Saxony, was forced to surrender the Polish throne after the defeat, and Denmark was actually Denmark plus Norway had also been surrendered by him, so that Charlie's territory actually still almost included the Baltic Sea.

Such a behemoth was enough to support him to continue the duel with Peter.

"How's Louie doing?"

Emperor Yang quickly adjusted his mood and asked.

"The French have just taken Madrid, and Savoy has once again defected and rejoined the French camp."

Yang Zhong said cautiously.

"Well, how many times has Savoy defected?"

Yang Feng said in amazement.

"Three times, they were originally with the French, it is said that the Duke of Savoy was still Louis XIV's own family, but after the war, he saw that Louis was not in a good situation, so he immediately switched to the anti-French alliance, and now he sees that the anti-French alliance is no longer working and rejoins Louis XIV."

Yang Zhong said.

"This is the ultimate wall grass."

Emperor Yang couldn't help but sigh.

"Cologne and Bavaria also defected to the side of Louis XIV, and there was another thing, the Emperor Joseph I of Austria died of illness, and there was no heir left, according to their succession law, Archduke Charles would inherit the throne of the HRE and the thrones of Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia."

Yang Zhong continued.

"It looks like it's time for a truce in Europe."

Yang Feng said.

It is indeed time for a truce in Europe.

The basis of this war no longer exists, and the protagonists of this war are not the Habsburgs who can obtain the Spanish throne, in fact, it should mainly be Britain and the Netherlands, these two guys are the main promoters of this war, and their goal is the same, which is to maintain the balance of power in Europe and prevent Louis XIV from dominating. These two guys could only have a better time if there was no overlord on the continent, and if Philip succeeded to the throne of Spain, then Louis would gain control of Spain, which was not just a little part of the peninsula, but actually included parts of Belgium and Italy.

Coupled with France, which was originally the boss of the European continent, then basically there is nothing else to do in Western Europe.

But now the situation is that after the death of Joseph I, Charles will inherit the throne of the HRE, and if he takes the Spanish throne again, then the Habsburgs will rule Austria, Hungary, Bohemia, plus Spain, Belgium and most of Italy, which will also leave no one else in Western Europe to do anything. It can be said that the result of the continued fight between Britain and the Netherlands is still to gain a giant on the European continent, and one of them is excluded from the European stage on both sides, and the other is always worried about being swallowed up by powerful neighbors.

Lost and annexed by France.

Won and was annexed by Austria.

And no matter which one of them will not be polite, and no matter which one of them will not let go of the British Hanover, especially the one that Charlie wears, as well as the crown of the Holy Lorea, who knows if he will attack Hanover under the banner of unifying the Shinra?

Since this is the case, it's good to keep your strength to defend yourself.

"Give Louie a batch of heavy rockets."

Yang Feng said.

"Free gift!"

Then he added.

Well, he was encouraging Louis to continue fighting, preferably by annexing the Netherlands outright, and then relying on the Dutch sea power to attack the British.

Daming heavy rockets are the artifact of blasting open European-style fortresses, and there is no non-reinforced concrete fortress that can block the power of the eighty pounds of black powder bombardment, the Netherlands withstood Spain is relying on a fortress, and now the slow pace of war between European countries is largely because everyone builds fortresses, and the old-fashioned smoothbore cannon and cast iron balls can't open this kind of fortress, but if Louis has a large number of heavy rockets available, if he can resist the temptation of the Dutch piece of fat, it would be strange!

"Come on, Louie! Come on, Charlie! Come on, good boys! ”

Yang Feng silently blessed Louis and Charlie.

Of course, even if the war in Europe stops now, it's not a big deal, anyway, what he wants has been obtained, although Charles was driven out of Moscow, but his invasion caused heavy losses to Russia, Peter destroyed all the towns and villages that could be destroyed when he was strong, and when Charles retreated, he also destroyed everything that Peter didn't destroy in order to collect enough supplies, these two guys sawed the entire western part of Russia into a blank field, and even the Swedes died in the war to vent their anger and kill Cossacks, loot and kill, and even freeze to death and starve, Millions of Russians died in the war, and half the country was scorched.

Of course, it's not just the Russians.

In fact, no one died, the Poles, the Cossacks, and even the Swedes, the same countless lives were devoured by the behemoth of war.

Spain, France, the HRE countries, and the Netherlands have all been bled in the tug-of-war that has lasted for many years, and up to now, France alone has lost more than 1.5 million people in these years due to various reasons such as war, hunger, and epidemics, and Spain and the Spanish Netherlands, which are the main battlefields, can be said to be in the wild......

Uh, forget it if there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, that fart is too exaggerated to describe it.

Even the British outside the battlefield had a hard time, although these guys hid on the other side of the Channel The French did not have anything to do with them, but in order to support the war, especially the war with the Ming Dynasty in Asia for colonies, of course, there were also war indemnities and the cost of buying warships that were pitted by Yang Feng, the British can be said to be completely hollowed out, it is said that now on the streets of London, a large number of beggars who starve to death and freeze to death have to be cleaned out every day, and the number of women continues to skyrocket.

This was said by the Daming sailors who returned from Europe.

"Well, what a bother!"

Emperor Yang said compassionately.

But then he put aside the suffering of the Europeans.

"Go and give Bahadur an ultimatum, telling him that he should give way within forty-eight hours, then cut the chain of barricades on the Ganges and withdraw all the troops back a hundred miles, blow up the forts on the banks and enlarge the passage of the army, and not allow any Mughal troops for a hundred miles on both sides of the Ganges until the great army has triumphed against the remnants of the rebels, and open all the ports along the river, and bind the inhabitants on both sides of the river not to obstruct any movement of the army.

If not......"

Yang Feng sneered and said, "Then don't blame me for being polite." (To be continued.) )