408 The Last Warrior of France
Outside the city of Versailles, groups of French civilians driven by the Taiping army carried sandbags to fill the trenches, cleared the wood-blocking obstacles outside the city wall, and the Taiping soldiers who stood in a loose line of guns were hundreds of meters away, holding Hanyang-made rifles, aiming at the head of the city and firing continuously, beating the French guards guarding the walls of Versailles with their heads up.
King Louis XIV of France, who was sitting in the main hall of the palace of Versailles, looked at the direction of the fierce battle on the city wall, and his thoughts drifted to no avail.
The chief chamberlain of the palace ran into the main hall in embarrassed clothes and pleaded with King Louis XIV of France: "Your Majesty, the trench outside has been filled by the civilians driven by the Taiping army, and the Taiping army will soon blow up the city wall with gunpowder, and Versailles will soon be unable to defend it!"
Your Majesty, run away, and we will escort you out of Versailles to the death!" β
"Run? Hehe, hehehe......"
King Louis XIV of France burst out laughing nervously, as if he had heard a very funny farce.
"Where else can I escape? The First Army, which I had worked so hard to build, was gone, all of them, three months, just three months, more than 100,000 people were gone!
Now that even the Praetorian Guards are almost gone, where am I going to escape!
The elite of the entire France was concentrated in Paris, but Paris was planted with the flag of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!
Even if I leave Versailles, you tell me, where can I stop the Taiping army? β
"Your Majesty, we can go to the Kingdom of England (after the Kingdom of Great Britain was integrated, it was renamed the Kingdom of England.) The British Parliament has long expressed its willingness to admit His Majesty. β
"Don't mention Britain to me! If it weren't for the British, who had co-opted the merchants and capitalists who had betrayed me, would I have been where I am now?
The factories have collapsed, the banks have closed, the Kingdom of France has now lost even the ability to defend its homeland, and it is all the fault of the damned merchants and capitalists who have turned their backs on their faith in God, and they will go to hell to suffer in life or death! β
Louis XIV, the mad King of France, waved his sleeves in the main hall and shouted wildly.
The surrounding Praetorian Guards couldn't help but show a touch of humiliation and sorrow in their eyes when they saw their own king become like this.
The chief chamberlain rushed forward and hugged King Louis XIV, who seemed to be mad: "Your Majesty, I beg you, run away!" We still have half of France in hand, and the people there are still willing to serve you as the Lord! β
Louis XIV, who was firmly embraced, stopped his frantic actions, calmed down slightly, and said in a sad tone: "Have my children been safely transferred?" β
The chief chamberlain of the court let go of King Louis XIV and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, they left a week ago, and they are very safe. β
"Well, then I have no regrets, France is gone, but the overseas open colonies can still accommodate them, at least, without worrying about food and clothing.
The Taiping army is the demon summoned by Hong Tiancheng, I have been defeated, the French nation has been defeated, how can humans defeat the demon? Haha, I was naΓ―ve enough to think that I could stop the Taiping army's offensive in Paris, but it turned out that the Taiping soldiers were even more desperate than the most loyal French soldiers, such an enemy can't stop it......"
"Your Majesty, we are not defeated yet, we still have half a ......"
"Okay, don't talk about it, I know more about the situation of the Kingdom of France than you, it is true that the Taiping army still has half of France that has not been occupied, but this half of the regular army of France has been drained, and only a group of militiamen who lack guns and food are left, can they stop the peak of the Taiping army?
No kidding, even the most capable elite troops were vulnerable in front of the Taiping army, let alone a group of citizens who had just picked up their guns. β
However, the Taiping army also suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Paris, from the four divisions they initially attacked, to the present, only one division is left and still has combat effectiveness, relying on this division alone, the Taiping army is not to mention attacking the remaining French territory, and it may not be possible to keep the results for how long, not to mention, the Ottoman Turkish Empire has long sent a signal that it is about to attack.
The Turkish infidels were not going to sit idly by and watch the continent unite with one man and one country. β
King Louis XIV of France looked at the chief chamberlain of the court who was pleading, and suddenly asked: "Do you know where the most terrible place about Hong Tiancheng is?" β
"Isn't it the Taiping Army under his command?"
"No, no, no, the most terrifying thing about Hong Tiancheng is that he can always pull out an army with stronger combat effectiveness and more advanced weapons at the moment when we think he is about to run out of troops, and then overturn all the efforts and achievements we have made before!
Just like now, it seems that the Taiping army will lose the ability to continue the offensive after capturing Versailles, but can you guarantee that Hong Tiancheng will not conjure up a new force?
It doesn't take much, as long as Hong Tiancheng becomes two or three more main forces of this level, the remaining half of France will be gone......
It's gone, hehe, it's all gone......"
In the madness of King Louis XIV of France, there was a sudden earth-shattering boom outside, followed by a tsunami of Chinese shouts of killing, a team of Praetorian Guards rushed into the hall covered in gunpowder smoke and reported to King Louis XIV of France: "Your Majesty, the city is broken, the brothers have suffered heavy casualties, and we can't stop the Taiping army, we escort you out of Versailles!" β
"Run? Why do we run? I'm going to stand here today and tell Hong Tiancheng and his lackeys that the French will only die standing and will not fall on their knees!
If you're willing to go out with me to kill the enemy, polish your rifles, and this may be the last time you'll fight alongside your old buddies. β
"Die for the king! Long live France!! β
King Louis XIV of France wore a royal robe, carrying a mini rifle inlaid with gold and ivory, and carried the last guard of the Palace of Versailles, and a group of court attendants armed with various weapons.
It wasn't just the soldiers who were willing to follow King Louis XIV of France!
As for the women and children of King Louis XIV of France, none of them were at court, and they had already left for the harbor to sail to the colonies to continue the Louis dynasty.
As King Louis XIV of France marched, he was joined by a steady stream of well-armed Praetorian Guard soldiers and ordinary civilians armed with only a wooden club, while they were confronted by the Taiping army, armed to the teeth.
Under the blue Kabuqi uniform, a Hanyang-made rifle shimmered with an icy sheen, and a company of Taiping soldiers saw the group, they knelt down to aim according to the standard tactical movements, and lined up in two rows of firing gun formations, a Taiping army officer armed with a revolver shouted in a hoarse voice.
"Ready~Fire!"