Chapter 225 [Europe Without Conspiracy]

Aobai's kindness was quickly rewarded. The interpreter told Ao Bai that the girl's name was Isabel Adjani and that she wanted to repay them, especially Li Yan. Because Li Yan saved her, she had never seen such a powerful man. After shirking for a long time, she insisted on taking money to treat her brother and came to them.

Not only did Isabel never see such a powerful person, but Deschamps, the captain of Richelieu's guard, was also surprised.

Richelieu asked him to follow him as a tour guide to observe Aobai, and Aobai also guessed this, deliberately preventing them from stopping the conflict between Li Yan and the French, wanting to give them a dismount. If Richelieu thinks that Daming has a lot of such people, then he will definitely cooperate honestly, unless he doesn't want to live anymore.

Originally, looking at the size of Ao Bai and Li Yan, I felt that it would be very powerful, but I didn't expect it to be so strong that they were not afraid of muskets. Back at the mansion, Deschamps and the interpreter met Richelieu and said lightly: "Great bishop, we are here. ”

Richelieu had already heard about the clashes, there were a lot of injuries, and he asked for details.

Deschamps said: "That Master Li was wearing ordinary clothes, Baron Kinola shot him, he didn't dodge, he was shot in the chest, but he opened his clothes, but his skin was a little red. Those who were injured had a piece of their ribs broken by his hand, and I thought that if he wanted to, he could just get the heart out. His movements...... It's simply not human. ”

The interpreter said: "I have never seen such a powerful person, more than a dozen people besieging him can't touch the corners of his clothes." And he can break a long sword with his bare hands. ”

Richelieu said: "The Ming people have nothing to fear, and they have something to rely on. I heard that Huang Taifu is the most powerful in the Ming Dynasty, and one person can withstand thousands of troops, it seems that it is not only his wisdom. I don't know how many such people there are in Daming? ”

Deschamps said: "This is the most terrifying. Huang Taifu said that his apprentices were all of this level, and thirteen of them came to France. Their code name is the Thirteen Eagles in Cold Blood, the main assassination. None of their targets have survived so far. So he believed that the war would end soon. ”

Richelieu swallowed and foamed, "Captain, if it's such a killer, can you resist it?" ”

Deschamps said: "If it's one person, we might be able to block it, but if it's thirteen, who do they want to kill, I think even the king can only flee for his life." They are invulnerable...... Maybe the devil incarnate. ”

After listening to these words, France really decided to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty, and there was no second heart.

However, Ao Bai and the others still moved out of the bishop's mansion at night, and they really couldn't stand so many cat meows. Isabel also arrived at the place where they were staying, saying that she wanted to be a servant, but Li Yan finally reluctantly let her stay.

Richelieu was very capable, and quickly got people to get the queen's necklace to work, and then sent people out to spread rumors about the queen and a Duke of Spain. Alexandre Dumas was talking about the Duke of Buckingham in England, which is impossible. Both France and England now support Protestantism and will not go to war at all, unless the leaders of both sides have their brains in water.

Moreover, the king did not have time for the queen to send someone to retrieve the necklace, so the banquet was prepared in three days. The valiant musketeers were all around Richelieu, and there was no one to help the queen. Because of the presence of Ming visitors, Louis XIII felt even more embarrassed, and immediately announced the expulsion of Queen Anne. The impact of this event was significant, and without Anne, there would have been no Louis XIV, the famous king, and God knows what would have become of France.

At the same time, the Portuguese aristocracy had begun to gather power at home. The Spanish conquest plunged the Portuguese people into extreme poverty, the Portuguese fleet and coastal defense were severely damaged, and some of its major colonies in the East gradually fell into the hands of the British and Dutch, and since then Portugal has been in rapid decline, which has made them resentful for a long time. They were preparing to stage a coup d'état and restore their independence at a time when Spain was in a war with foreign countries and had no time to care about the country.

Ao Bai and the others stayed in Paris for two months, and with the help of a translator, they learned a little about the history of European development.

In the 16th century, the major European countries began to make the transition from feudal to capitalist societies. The Enlightenment and the bourgeoisie** broke the feudal system and the shackles of religious theology. The development of industry and science and technology has directly promoted the progress of military technology. Armament is constantly improving.

The development of Europe was generally developed after the Renaissance, and in ancient times, only some regions, such as Greece and Rome, were relatively civilized, and other regions were very backward. Ancient Europe is a combination of agriculture and animal husbandry mode of production, not as stable as agricultural civilization, so the popularization of culture is slow, the ancient Han people used bamboo slips to make books, they used sheepskin to record culture, even if the invention of paper, Europe was only obtained in the Middle Ages. Many ideas cannot be well documented and disseminated, so there is no empirical summary. Today's European civilization cannot be compared with the Ming Dynasty, especially in terms of tactics.

The methods of the Europeans to fight the war were very simple. There is no theory of the art of war. Of course, there are many ways to war, and when Crassus of Rome surrounded and suppressed Spartacus, he used a counter-strategy, which is a very methodical method.

Joan of Arc fought at night when attacking the British army. But in general, they have very little strategy and tactics.

Since the emergence of civilization in Europe, the ancient Greek civilization and the ancient Egyptian civilization all worship the gods, and they often deify the famous monarchs or generals or celebrities in ancient times, and in their opinion, fighting a war must be above board, those who carry out night raids, cut off grain and grass, send assassins, poison, etc., in their opinion, this is quite shameful, even to the point that they would rather die than do it. The so-called "chivalry" was born from this. Moreover, the population of the West is relatively small and pitiful, and the battlefields on both sides of the general battle can gather 10,000 troops, which is already quite rare, so their food is not like the Ming army fighting, transported with baggage, but like Genghis Khan's troops, eating dry food, and the soldiers carry it with them, so it is meaningless to "cut off grain and grass", and they fight, the real battle time is relatively short, and the victory and defeat will soon be divided, and it is difficult to come up with any tricks in such a short period of time, and there is another point, since ancient Rome, The European methods of warfare are all based on phalanxes, and they believe that the formation of infantry is enough to defend and can also strike at the opponent very powerfully, so there is no need for such complicated strategies, and some are only political strategies.

There are no special military monographs in Europe, only military history works, such as Herodotus's History of the Greco-Persian Wars and Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, which focus on historical facts and simply deal with the organization, training, strategy, and tactics of the army. The advantage of the traditional European style of play is that the physical fitness of the people is good, and the formation of regular formations has the advantage, and the strength ensures that they can maintain the initiative even if they do not use too much military skills.

Therefore, the war in Europe is basically a head-to-head confrontation between the two armies.

"The second watch makes food, the third watch sets off, the people rank and medal, the horse picks the bell, burns the enemy's grain and grass, the thief cannot eat, and the army will be in chaos", this method of cutting off the enemy's grain and grass to make it chaotic without a fight. When Ao Bai talked about this method with the French general Givash, Givash's opinion was, is this too much of a loss?

In Aobai's view, this is not at all. He found that these people did not use natural conditions flexibly to achieve twice the result with half the effort. If these people are allowed to form a large phalanx to fight hard, the war will definitely be very difficult. "I don't think gentlemanliness and morality have anything to do with war," he said. Fighting a war is about killing people, and this is not a child's game. In the most appropriate way, grasp the weaknesses of the other party and put them to death is the king. ”

After the translator finished speaking, Richelieu smiled and said, "Taifu, I support your statement. It's no wonder that Da Ming, who was overwhelmed by the border Jin State before, can become so powerful. You're the toughest, cold-blooded guy I've ever seen. ”

Ao Bai smiled: "I'll just take this as a compliment." My lord, I can send my men as advisers to participate in this war, and the French will send troops, and I will be confident that you will defeat an enemy who is several times outnumbered. The premise is that your generals must let go of those chivalry. To fight a war is to be mean, to be cunning. Take advantage of everything you can to get your hands on. Attacking the city at night, assassinating the head of the other party, these things have to be done. ”

Then, he said his plan. Let the French army make a sand table model of the main battlefield at the beginning of the war, and mark the main terrain of the location, mountains, rivers, dams, and towns, and conduct war deduction. Calculate everything the other side can do before starting a war.

I can fight, but I pretend that I can't fight. To fight, pretending not to fight. The theory of Ao Bai made the French very shocked.

Richelieu said, "But now that we have expelled Queen Anne, don't they know that we are ready to go to war?" ”

Li Yan said with a smile: "It's very simple, let them know, let them be prepared, and then when the French army goes out, the strength is insufficient, so they can be lured out." Let them know about our first step plan. Then let them know our next few steps. When France sent troops, what it wanted was not to win the war, but to defeat it at the beginning. The faster you lose, the more confident your opponent will be. At that time, as long as Daming expresses his position, he will definitely not join the war. Even sending a little agreement with the side of the Catholic League can lure them into the bait. If you want to win more with less, you have to use ingenuity. Otherwise, how do you think we can defeat 100,000 enemy troops with 20,000 troops? ”

After hearing this, the French were a little more confident, after all, the Spaniards were the hegemon of Europe, and it was difficult to take them without the Ming army sending troops. But Ao Bai now tells them that the important thing is not the superiority of numbers, but the style of play.

When they knew that Li Yan was one of the main generals who killed the 100,000 Eight Banner Army, they were all in awe...

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