Duke Otto's defensive action alone instantly put the northern defense line in a situation where the door was wide open, and the strength of the three legions of the imperial army, in the face of hundreds of thousands of barbarian cavalry, did not have enough ability to block it at all, and the entire hinterland of the French Empire fell into a full-scale war.

Faced with so many barbarian cavalry attacks, the French Empire fell into a very critical situation, and Henry VII issued a call for national mobilization, calling up the army of lords below to fight. This situation is quite similar to the scene when the Qing army invaded at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but it has not yet reached the stage of destruction, because there are still many lords who are loyal to Henry VII, and more than 90% of the lords of the French Empire chose to respond, but less than 50% of the troops were dispatched.

However, in the case of this 50% response, in the case of emergency mobilization, the 100,000 troops were still gathered to support, plus the Royal Knights and the Forbidden Army, as well as the Guards of the French City and the Imperial Army previously deployed in other territories, Henry VII finally gathered 200,000 troops to meet the battle, which can be said to be the strength of the whole country.

However, this barbarian invasion also exposed the sharp decline in the dominance of the French royal family, and what made Henry VII feel most angry and frightened was that in this crisis situation, his two sons, Prince Edward and Prince Andorra, both chose to stand still and found an excuse to refuse to return to the imperial capital to fight.

Prince Edward has some reason, because with the arrival of the winter ice period, the Rhine River has now begun to form a thick layer of ice shell, as long as the thickness can reach the stage of large-scale cavalry passage, then it may encounter the attack of the Milan Empire at any time, and the Milan Empire has also begun to gather its own forces, and the intention to take the opportunity to invade the French Empire is very obvious.

But the Prince of Andorra is equivalent to shamelessness, he directly threw the reason for the inability to send troops to Duke, his reason is that Duke has captured Alpine City, and has gathered troops to attack Andorra City, in the face of Duke's attack, the Andorran army really has no way to separate, can only ensure that there is no war in the south of the empire.

Henry VII felt a chill at the reply of his two sons, thinking that they did not even have the most basic expressions and pretenses. You must know that this time the imperial capital is in danger of being captured, once the empire is gone, then what is the point of them holding on? If they are really afraid of being attacked by others, they can also send a little bit to support the imperial capital.

Because these two sons have vigorously expanded their strength in recent years, Henry VII is not unaware of it, and he also knows that these two people have the strength of almost 50,000 troops, and the two of them together are almost close to the size of the Central Army.

But Henry VII did not reprimand, or even pretended to be ignorant, for the simple reason that the French Empire could no longer withstand civil strife, and the central government did not have the strength to conquer the two princes' territories. And taking a step back, Prince Edward is his future heir, and the entire empire will be handed over to him, and it is only natural for the prince to enrich his strength and ensure that he will not be overturned by other heirs.

It's just that Edward performed too well before, and this time he exposed his ambitions, which made Henry VII a little unacceptable. Another point is that the Prince of Andorra, a son who does not pay much attention to himself, has such huge ambitions, which is also unexpected by Henry VII.

Henry VII, who personally led an army of 200,000, launched the final decisive battle with the barbarians, at the critical moment when the French Empire was about to fall, Duke Otto finally couldn't bear to watch the French Empire have no net, and tens of thousands of lion troops attacked the grain route of the barbarian cavalry, and also attacked the barbarian army from behind.

And the Holy See army did not choose to watch the French Empire fall this time, maybe they felt that the French Empire was appropriately weakened, so that they understood that it was a good thing for the Holy See to be powerful, but it really made the French Empire die, and it was also lost in the hands of the barbarians, this matter is a bit beyond the control of the Holy See, no matter how far the French Empire is also a country of the Cult of Light, and the barbarians are indeed real infidels.

Therefore, the Holy See army stationed in the French Empire was also quickly assembled, and the 10,000 Templar Knights of the Holy Capital were dispatched, gathering a total of more than 50,000 Holy See troops, and followed the Imperial Army to fight back against the barbarian attack.

That is, the addition of these 50,000 Holy See troops completely reversed the situation of the war, and hundreds of thousands of cavalry of the barbarians lost at least 100,000 lives in the territory of the French Empire in addition to being flanked in all aspects. If it weren't for the fact that they were all cavalry, it would probably be much more than that.

However, the early attack and sweep caused almost this number of casualties between the Imperial Army and the conscripted lord army. It can be said that this attack of the barbarian cavalry was a complete blow to the foundation of the reign of Emperor Henry VII of France. Another point is that Duke Otto's actions have also made many imperial lords see the precursors of falling apart, and even the imperial military gods have begun to have different intentions, and other lords are even more unable to guarantee their loyalty.

It was this war that made Henry VII begin to realize his previous mistakes, but the nature of the country is easy to change, and the mistake he realized was not that he suspected Duke Otto, but that he felt that he was too indecisive to start, and he should have taken Duke Otto directly at the beginning, and directly gave the Duchy of Berry directly, so that there would be no laissez-faire barbarian cavalry entry later.

And this time the performance of Prince Edward and Prince Andorra also made Henry VII feel very disappointed, he already understood that these two sons were born against each other, they no longer regard the French Empire as their own goal, but wait for the fall of the French Empire, and then they themselves become the new French Emperor.

After all, as long as the strength is sufficient, it is also very difficult for the barbarians to truly occupy the Fran Empire. This is just like what many people thought at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Jurchens only survived a million people, how could they occupy the entire Ming Dynasty? And there is a more powerful Holy See in this world, whether it is Edward or Andorra, as long as they make enough concessions, and even ensure that they will completely obey the Pope's orders in the future, then even if the barbarians occupy it, they can also restore the country casually, you must know that the Holy See is the most powerful military force in the world, and if the four great khanates of the barbarians are willing to attack the past at any cost, they may not be able to protect themselves!