Of course, the French soldiers also used their guns to fight at close quarters with bayonets after emptying bullets in the Dutch and Flanders' wars, but this close-quarters combat akin to cleaning the battlefield could not be compared to the battle against the Ottoman Turks.

The Ottoman Turks had a simple but effective way of fighting, they did not have a military rank system similar to that of France, they did not have a general-officer-non-commissioned officer-sergeant-soldier chain of command, and they did not pay attention to any strategy or mobility.

An officer may have thousands of soldiers, and they never issue complicated orders (which the soldiers may not understand), usually just take a castle, or take a village, etc., whatever they do, just do it - for the Sultan or the Grand Vizier, they are just consumables that can be replenished at any time - the hegemony of the Ottoman Empire was bought in exchange for mountains of bones and blood like rivers and lakes.

It has to be said that when the rats or ant colonies of Azap (ordinary infantry of the Ottoman Turks) rush at you all over the world - anyone will be afraid. Louis XIV was worried about this, so he had to take the campaign himself, otherwise he could not guarantee that Leopold I or others would not put the French army against the most ferocious first wave of the attack.

"I don't mind transferring some Tatars to you," said Ludwig I, after all, Louis XIV's assistance had been invaluable to them when they had subdued them, but: "They are afraid that it will be difficult to play a decisive role in this war," and "it is certainly easy to deal with wild beasts with wild beasts, the problem is that the number of Tatars is simply not comparable to those of those Azap."

"Not in this war," said Louis XIV, planning the preparations for the special army, "and it takes human ingenuity to fight the beasts." He lowered his binoculars, "But first we must determine the position of the French in this war, and you, my dear friend, if you wear too much in this war, your rule in Poland will also be affected." The King of France advised, not very reverently: "Don't care about the false names of the Messiahs, even if the Church is willing to give you the title of a saint, don't you see that the saints are all dead, let us care about the afterlife, and if you are still a little worried, then when this battle is over, if Vienna is still there, we will try to get you a church or a monastery from Leopold I." ”

This call made Ludwig I both heartwarming and ironic, and if nothing else, could the monastery or church "obtained" from Leopold I be credited to him......? But after spending more time with Louis XIV, he would become a little tired, especially to God, and Ludwig I drew a cross on his chest and said, "You know tomorrow's meeting." ”

"Yes, I know. Louis XIV said.

"Are you ready, then?" said Ludwig I, who was supposed to be Leopold I as the commander in chief, but he would certainly be on Louis XIV's side - he didn't know how many people Louis XIV had bought, but he knew that Louis XIV was a stubborn man, and there were few things he wanted to do.

"If anything happens," said Louis XIV, "then let Vienna and Ludwig I die." ”

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The next day's meeting was also called the "King's Talk" rather than the Camnico Meeting, which is usually named after the location. For in this meeting there was an emperor and three kings, Leopold I, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the three kings: Louis XIV of France, Pedro II of Portugal, and Ludwig I of Poland.

Given that Pedro II's eldest daughter was already the Dauphin of France, Ludwig I was originally Prince Condé of France, and Louis XIV was also sparing no effort on his way to becoming king of Poland, they certainly could not have been at this time

He was an opponent of Louis XIV, but Leopold I also had the full support of the three electors of Brandenburg-Prussia, Saxony and Bavaria, and Spain.

The place of the king's meeting was arranged in the town hall of Camnico, and at the first meeting between Louis XIV and Leopold I, their courtiers did their best to make an equal arrangement, and later the two monarchs sat side by side in two chairs, Leopold I sat on the chair on the right, which was a small concession by the French, because in the tent Leopold I was the master and Louis XIV was the guest, but in this meeting Louis XIV could not back down again- After the door of the council was opened, Leopold I hesitated for a moment, and Louis XIV strotted in first, and sat down in the sole chair.

For a moment, it was expected that Leopold I would leave immediately, but he did not have the courage, or rather, he had at least a little sense of responsibility to Austria, so he came to the head of Louis XIV's right hand and sat down, then King Pedro II of Portugal, opposite Leopold I, and he was next to Ludwig I, but then the three electors led by Brandenburg also sat on Leopold I's side.

In fact, the "king's talks" Louis XIV swore to God and the Holy Cross that although he was the commander of the coalition, he would never interfere with the command of any general, he was only an overseer and a judge, whether it was a Frenchman, an Austrian, or a Pole, or a Catholic or a Protestant, who could complain to him if they felt wronged or had encountered something difficult in this war, and he assured that he would treat everyone fairly。

Regardless of what Leopold I, and the other two kings, and the three electors, thought, but for the generals, and even the Austrians, of course, they would have liked to have such an honorary commander, but then, Louis XIV also swore to them that if in this battle, for cowardice or all sorts of vile reasons, fled in the face of a fierce enemy, and caused the brave and pious warriors to die needlessly, in the name of the Virgin, even if no one else was held accountable, he would be held accountable to the end, whether it was a man or a nation。

He even casually said that there were 30,000 French soldiers here, but there were ten times as many troops in France - and the Sun King could certainly live up to his oath to the end.

This is also the decision that Louis XIV made after learning about mercenaries, especially Italian mercenaries, after all, for mercenaries, no matter how much money they can't enjoy, it is a waste, so when the situation is unfavorable, their first reaction is to flee, and now the king of France threatens them that if they dare to do this on the battlefield, they will be hanged and hanged if they are caught - some mercenaries actually fled after hearing such an edict...... None of the generals outside the French army knew what to say about this.

Only Marshal Schaumberg could understand Louis XIV's concerns, because he was an Austrian, had been the leader of the mercenaries, and had fought against the Ottoman Turks, and he knew the way the Ottoman Turks used their troops, and when they saw the enemy rushing in on the ground, as long as it was not Samson or David (both of whom were strong men depicted in the Bible), they would inevitably have the idea of fleeing, and then it was time to speak of loyalty and honor, but mercenaries did not have this, and once they decided to give up their money and save their lives, they would immediately turn around and flee, as you know, once someone took the lead in fleeing, the most stubborn army will collapse like a fortress made of sea sand.

Louis XIV could not pick a mixture of mercenaries from the Austrian and Spanish armies, and not every king was qualified to establish a standing army of his own, so he could only rely on this intimidation to expel some of the ill-intentioned cowards in advance, and to prepare those who remained, at least they would not escape so freely.

However, when Henry, Vauban, and Schaumberg were about to leave for a meeting between the generals, the king also made two suggestions, the first was to strengthen the Warlords, including but not limited to providing better horses, weapons, and more soldiers, and the second was to build more fortifications at the front.

Cement was used by Louis XIV in Versailles twenty years ago, and after continuous development and innovation, the cement factories in France not only produced an astonishing amount of cement, but also provided a variety of different types of cement, from strength to setting time, and the Marquis de loiss's armament warehouse also stocked a lot of quick-drying cement, which was being sent to Camnico along with wheat and jerky.

So the idea of Vauban was to build fortifications in the Sava valley, with low fortresses, zigzag walls and hidden moats, and as soon as the words fell, there was a lot of discussion at the meeting. Although the generals present had heard of Vauban and knew that he had a talent for defending and attacking fortresses - he was also too whimsical, and the Ottoman Turks had an army of 250,000 men, and no one knew how long their battle line would be, and who knew where they would attack?

"Do you mean, then, that you want to emulate the Hungarians of the past?" asked Vauban.

Here he is referring to the Battle of Mohachi, that is, the battle between the Hungarian king Lajos II and the famous Ottoman Turkish Sultan Suleiman I, in this battle, the Hungarians also held the intention of introducing the Ottomans into the hinterland, and then combined with the two support armies, giving full play to the advantages of the Hungarian cavalry on the plain, and annihilating the enemy in one fell swoop, but Rajos II probably did not expect that the gradual retreat and luring the enemy into depth has always been the most disciplined and courageous technique in all tactics, and the retreat of the Hungarians turned into a rout after encountering the massive attack of the Azap infantryWhen they finally fled to the intended battlefield, a plain dotted with scattered swamps, everyone thought of fleeing, and the Ottoman Hipache cavalry and the Janissaries slaughtered 25,000 men, that is, the entire Hungarian army, on the Hungarian stage.

As soon as the other two support forces heard about it, they withdrew without looking back.

King Lajos II of Hungary died in this battle, not very honorably, because he was caught in a swamp while fleeing, and was drowned alive because of the heavy armor on his body...... Nowadays, people in Hungary will say, "It's like Mohachi." ”

All the thoughts of some of these generals, Vauban, also knew, that they were not unbrave, but were accustomed to using castles to defend against the Ottoman Turks, but it was not enough to have castles, to consume more of the Ottoman Turks' strength, they could only attack rather than wait.

Vauban proposes that they should defend not only north of the Sava River, but also south of the Sava River, which does not mean that they should take the initiative to attack the Ottoman Turks - they should destroy the fields of the Ottoman Turks, burn their houses, and destroy their roads, as the knights did hundreds of years ago, even if this will kill them by one Azap, and they may be able to lose one soldier.

Leopold I's general, the equally famous Raimundo Montecucoli, a veteran who had fought thirty years of war and had a deep knowledge of the Ottoman Turks, had to admit that this way of clearing the wilderness did annoy the Ottoman Turks, that 250,000 men would put pressure on the enemy, but also on the commander-in-chief, and that the amount of fodder needed for their cavalry mounts was a staggering amount per day, which was not enough to be transported from the rear.

"But the Slovenes have always been grateful for the forgiveness shown to them by His Majesty the Emperor. "The Habsburgs had been in control of Slovenia since 1500 and were intent on annexing it to Austria, and if the forcible eviction of the inhabitants, the burning of houses and the early harvesting of wheat, and the polluting of wells weeds, as Vaubant claimed, would undoubtedly arouse the hatred of the Slovenians towards Leopold I.

Vauban was about to laugh angrily, when there was a better way to guarantee victory and reduce casualties, but it was rejected because of the greed of Leopold I, were the French saints?

"But if the Ottoman Turks come, they will not be able to save their homeland, and they will even lose their lives. Schaumberg said, in exchange for Raimundo Montecucoli's glare, but Schaumberg, who had been an Austrian, was now French, and it was not uncommon for knights of different nationalities to play for a king.