[Congratulations to the host for drawing 10,000 French chasers, with a high morale value, and will not feel repulsed by the Han nationality of the host and the personnel under his command.]

French Chasseurs: Replicating the historical Napoleonic chasseur troops, equipped with cavalry muskets, sabers, French Empire blue chasseur uniforms, excellent Norman horses, and the combat category belongs to musket light cavalry, with skilled combat ability to aim and shoot on horses. 】

"Yes, now the flintlock pistol has spread in Europe, the cuirassier is more of a superficial heavy cavalry, that layer of cuirassier can not prevent the lead bullet of the smoothbore gun at close range, if the kind of bulletproof black cavalry, the charge speed is slow, the load is high, the cavalry can't even walk the road when the horse gets off the horse, and the maintenance cost is high, which is pure chicken ribs.

Since it can't be bulletproof, it is better to make the cavalry more aggressive, this chaser skill shoots immediately, and can charge with a saber to chase down the remnants of the enemy, which is a more practical class of troops in this era. ”

Hong Tiancheng looked at the lottery results with satisfaction and analyzed.

After the annihilation of the elite Guanning Iron Cavalry, Hong Tiancheng realized that in front of the smoothbore gun, the heavy armor of the cavalry had far more symbolic meaning than practical significance.

At the beginning, the elite Guanning Iron Cavalry drawn by Hong Tiancheng was the heavy armored cavalry in the traditional sense, but after being surrounded by enemy musketeers with superior strength, they were killed by a salvo!

Naturally, Hong Tiancheng's expectations for the cuirassiers also faded, if you really study carefully, the armor on the cuirassiers is not as heavy as the elite Guanning iron cavalry, and the cuirassiers of the 18th to 19th centuries actually placed two steel plates on the chest and behind the chest.

Because of these two steel plates, the cuirassiers were much inferior to the light cavalry, and in the era when muskets dominated the battlefield, the cuirassiers could only be reduced to auxiliary troops, and could not charge alone.

The reason why Napoleon admired cuirassiers was actually to increase the combat confidence of the elite cavalry units under his command......

At the very least, it can protect against swords......

However, Hong Tiancheng's soldiers from the Total War system naturally have high morale, so naturally they don't need additional morale bonuses, so Hong Tiancheng prefers the practical French Chasseurs.

"Four divisions of the Heavenly King's Guards, two elite grenadier divisions of the Taiping Army, my field troops have once again recovered to the strength of six divisions, and this time there are 10 12-pounder mountain howitzers that can be called the weapons of the dense infantry phalanx, and 10,000 French chasseurs, oh yes, and 10,000 Swedish veteran smoothbore gunners for later use.

These forces are enough for me to launch another round of large-scale offensive!

Should he deal with the free-flowing Steve Jobs of the Kingdom of Sweden first, or should he first annex the fertile German states? ”

Hong Tiancheng stood in front of the map, lost in thought.

"The war between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire was in a weak position, and Jobs was completely supported by the support of the United Kingdom of Denmark and Norway, and the Kingdom of Sweden was too far away from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom proper, even with the assistance of the Russian Empire, the logistical supply was not smooth.

It's still cold there, and you can't fight at all in winter, and it's difficult to even march, so let the Russians slowly wear down Jobs. ”

After thinking for a moment, Hong Tiancheng made up his mind and muttered to himself.

"The Ottoman Turks were too busy with internal reforms and suppressing rebellions to look north for the time being, and the Crimean Khanate was in a scuffle with the United Cossack Emirates and was incapable of posing a threat to me, so I could concentrate on attacking the German states of Central Europe.

The Holy Roman Empire as a whole has disappeared, and although Leopold I's abdication was unilateral, and many German nobles did not recognize the legitimacy of Leopold I's abdication, a gap had arisen between the German states, and it was time for me to set an example for the half-hearted German aristocracy.

Those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me die!

Leopold I, the example of voluntary and unconditional surrender, I can 'help' well. ”

In order to overthrow the Habsburg Dynasty, Hong Tiancheng originally borrowed the independence uprising of the Czech nation to support the independence uprising of the Hungarian and Slovak nations, but now that the Habsburgs have surrendered, those national rebel armies that have lost their use value have naturally become an eyesore.

As we all know, national revolution is contagious, especially for monarchies, and any national revolution is a beacon of hope for the oppressed peoples of their country.

As the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a typical absolute dictatorship monarchy in which a minority rules the majority, Hong Tiancheng, who came from later generations, of course guarded against such things as national revolution!

Therefore, Hong Tiancheng preferred to cooperate with Leopold I, who was also the monarch, than to compromise with the Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian national rebels!

When accepting the surrender of Leopold I, Hong Tiancheng had a whole set of private agreements with him.

Hong Tiancheng helped Leopold I suppress the national rebellion and helped the Habsburgs establish the Kingdom of Austria in their original direct territories, which was one of the reasons why Leopold I was willing to give up the throne of the Holy Roman Empire.

Of course, the most important reason why Hong Tiancheng promised Leopold I to help was that Leopold I was willing to mobilize the German states loyal to the Habsburg to eliminate the resolute resistance led by Frederick Brandenburg.

At that time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Kingdom of Austria had just divided German Central Europe into two, mutually beneficial, and preserved the continuation of the Habsburg Empire.

For Hong Tiancheng, getting an ally thug for free and attacking half of Central Europe is naturally a big profit.

For Leopold I, the Holy Roman Empire, after the defeat in that decisive battle and the subsequent series of military defeats, had already existed in name only, and the Habsburgs could not even suppress the national uprisings in their direct territories, let alone the alienation of the other German states?

Cooperation with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could not only suppress the civil strife, but also expand the area of the Habsburg Empire's direct territory, and seize half of Central Europe, which was naturally absolutely beneficial to Leopold I, who almost destroyed the country.

As for the hatred with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it was selectively forgotten by Leopold I, and it is better to dance with wolves than to be devoured by wolves......

Political interests are like this, one moment they are enemies, the next they may be allies!

After deciding on the strategic direction, Hong Tiancheng sent someone to discuss the specific details with Leopold I, and the war that affected the entire European continent was about to begin!

Thanks to the Nine Turns Holy Spirit for rewarding 100 starting coins