As we have said before, Leopold I chose Camni for a reason, and an army of 150,000 had already been gathered on the heights of Velicaprani, of which 50,000 were from Austria, 30,000 from Spain and 30,000 from France, and the rest was divided among other Catholic countries—but it would be impossible to say that Camni was the only one who had gathered several kings, except for the ministers, The generals and servants, as well as the king's guard, were the king's most trusted soldiers, and the most elite troops in a kingdom—ranging from five hundred to three thousand.

Louis XIV was the only king with an army of 3,000 men, so Leopold I, though reluctant, had to give up one of the largest castles in Camnico - if he dared to pass the buck, Louis XIV promised that he would turn around and leave, and that he would not have to bear any moral or religious blame, since it was the responsibility of the Holy Roman Emperor and the Archduke of Austria to provide supplies and camp for reinforcements.

Leopold I also thought about letting the Spaniards occupy the castle, after all, the Spaniards and the French had the same number of reinforcements, but even if Carlos II had regained his health and sanity, it was impossible for him to immediately assume the duties of the king, so the Spaniards were commanded by their naval administrator Juan Patinho, Patiño and the Archbishop of Toledo were out-and-out royalists, and they also valued the performance of the Spaniards in this battle, so they would not let Carlos II come here in any case.

The problem is that even if Carlos II were here, he would not be able to stand alongside the King of France, let alone compete with him for the throne......

So the great castle rightfully belonged to Louis XIV, even if he was not the first to arrive in Camnico.

The view from the towers of the castle from a high point overlooking most of Camnico was a common choice given that the castle had been used for military purposes from the beginning, and Louis was the first to see his guards.

In fact, from the accession of Louis XIV to the first Fronde riots, the Guards left by Louis XIII had already become a rabble because of lax discipline and demoralization, and the Bishop Mazaran left the Louvre to protect His Majesty the King was all the King and his musketeers, and when the King left Saint-Germain-en-Laye, he used Schaumberg from Austria and his mercenaries, and later after the defeat of Viscount Tyrrenne at Schaumberg, he was persuaded by him that the King had the first army, so as soon as he returned to Paris, he could not wait to settle the exiles who followed him to Versailles- He preferred to choose his soldiers from among the people of Versailles, who had escaped hunger and hardship, rather than the greedy and short-sighted Parisians.

These soldiers were originally the King's new army, and when these new armies had been tested by gunsmoke, death, and blood in the battles of Lorraine, Flanders, and Holland, the King promoted some of their bravest and brightest men to his guard, and because of the large base, the Sun King's army was forced to triple in size, even if carefully selected. The soldiers who were able to come with the king were examined like grates, they were all Catholics, tall and handsome, and each of them had at least a silver sun medal on his chest, indicating that he had killed at least two enemies or conquered a fortress with others.

It is not surprising that there are two such people, and a hundred is not impossible, but three thousand are enough to make everyone look sideways, but when you look down from the towers of the castle, the sight is very pleasing to the eye—the squares and corridors are full of young and beautiful, vigorous young men, dressed in uniform of uniform - Royal blue satin jackets, white leggings, black leather boots up to above the knees, silver buttons and trims, sword markings on epaulettes glittering in the sun, the weather in June was already a bit hot in Slovenia, some did not wear hats, others did, but rolled up the sides of the wide-brimmed hat and fastened it with pins so that the hat had four more corners.

This behavior was also stopped by the officers, because whether it was a uniform, a hat, or a boot, the king had allocated it to the soldiers of the Guard, which was undoubtedly damaging the king's reward, but when Louis XIV knew about it, he also began to roll up his hat, and then not only did the officers not blame the soldiers, but even they themselves began to imitate the roll of their hats in order to keep up with the king, and within a few days this kind of brimmed hat became the new fashion in Paris and Versailles.

Ludwig I had already prepared the appropriate words in his mind, but when he saw these young men, it occurred to him that Louis XIV had not only shown his consideration for his soldiers in such a small place, but also announced soon afterwards that the uniforms, hats, boots, belts and other accessories given to them by the king, including personal items such as blankets, could be taken home after their leave or retirement - Not to mention the ordinary soldiers, even a few of his cronies looked happy, knowing that they were not short of clothes and accessories—these would be precious souvenirs to be passed down like porcelain, jewelry, and furniture.

Even himself, as well as his eldest son, kept their marshal's and general's gowns in their suitcases.

Ludwig I was silenced by the sudden exclamation, but Louis XIV understood what he meant, and when he crossed the castle and looked beyond the walls, they saw a colorful crowd of people—unlike the French army that Louis XIV and Ludwig I were familiar with, other countries, even Austria and Spain, even the Guards, could hardly achieve complete unity.

Not to mention that uniforms have little to do with combat effectiveness, an army with chaotic dress and indistinct representation is not only unable to distinguish itself from ordinary people, but even they themselves define themselves very well -- how can soldiers and officers who cannot even define themselves have a sense of honor and belonging to the army? and then be willing to make sacrifices? The sacrifice here is not just about giving them their lives. Discipline and serious training are also a kind of sacrifice, sometimes people are fearless because of impulse, but not everyone can endure a long period of boredom and toil.

When the soldiers realized that I was the king's soldier and that I should be a noble and pious man, Louis XIV's purpose was achieved.

But outside the castle, the soldiers and officers wore their favorite clothes as they pleased, and their costumes looked no different from those of the average Europa, shirts, jackets, and leggings, ordinary soldiers wore soft-soled shoes, officers wore boots, some officers also had a brightly colored feather in their hats, and they also wore epaulettes on their shoulders, but these epaulettes were not used to show rank, but to prevent halberds and muskets from wearing down the shoulders of clothes...... In addition to the feathers on their hats, some of the officers wore metal strips on the cuffs - but some musketeers did the same to prevent the cuffs from being contaminated and damaged by gunpowder smoke, and some officers wore wide belts to show their status, and they were mostly Tatars or Cossacks, but as long as they were not soldiers in their ranks and had capital, the soldiers could do the same......

As for weapons, of course, the French army also allowed them to purchase their own weapons, but the weapons issued by the army were uniform and the main force, and their personal weapons could be used as reserves, but among these people they had a wide variety of weapons, from bows and arrows, spears, to halberds, Crossbows, the most common daggers and bayonets, to the latest muskets and grenades, can be found on and around their belts, and sometimes you can even see stone hammers and sheep's jaws tied to a stick.

When Louis XIV first saw this weapon, he didn't even think it was a weapon, he thought it was some kind of curse or ritual necessity, but Henry, the eldest son of Ludwig I, told His Majesty that it was a weapon, and that it was very common among the Tatars—and that it was best used for a deer or a horse, for the jaws of a sheep were not as sharp as those of a deer...... However, because there were few deer and many sheep in the Tatars' range, they often used leftover sheep jaws as spearheads or daggers.

...... Louis thought in his heart that it was a group of Tatars holding the sheep's jaws, of course they could not become part of the Guards Legion, and it was very likely that they were here to ask for supplies and commissions, but what made Louis XIV concerned was that in the chaos, these Tatars were even more disciplined than those soldiers and officers.

But the people around them did not think so, and they all showed disgust and contempt, until one of the mercenaries, who was about to push the Tatar leader away, suddenly screamed, and Louis XIV, although he had been watching the Tatars, he did not know what was going on there because of the distance and the crowd - but when the crowd quickly pushed away, he saw that the mercenary was kneeling on the ground, raising his bare and bloody wrists, and a Tatar calmly stepped forward and stabbed him in the throat.

The episode came unexpectedly, and was visibly about to turn into a terrible mass fight, as someone was hurrying in and letting out a terrible wail at the sight of the corpse - these were probably mercenaries from Italy, which was almost the most prosperous and busy place for mercenaries, after all, the lords there were keen on war but did not like to fight, whether it was a large family in the same city or against an external enemy, such as the French, who would hire outsiders rather than fight themselves.

Such an act would have many bad consequences, but it was indeed very beneficial to the development of mercenaries, the Italian mercenaries were so well equipped that they were said to have bought their latest firearms from the French even at great expense, and Louis XIV, who was engaged in the arms trade, of course, knew it, and it was for this reason that these Italians thought that they could continue to be superior to others even in Camnico - but it was clear that the Tatars were not the ones they were familiar with.

Perhaps the leader of the Italian mercenaries wanted to say something, and Louis XIV picked up his binoculars and continued to keep an eye on them, and when he noticed that the leader of the mercenaries had a "krim" draped over his shoulders, he turned to Ludwig I and asked: "Does anyone with you hire Italians?" "No, Your Majesty." Ludwig I said, holding up the telescope as well: "No, he must have bought it from some Polish or Hungarian." "The krim is a short cloak often seen in the Hungarian hussars and Polish hussars, used in the summer to replace the fur of the beasts that were originally draped on the body, usually lifted half over the shoulders, and usually with a heavy lining and embroidery of gold and silver thread, so it looks very magnificent, and it is not surprising that the Italians who love luxury would buy one for themselves.

Ludwig I denied it, but was glad that there was no such fool around him, and that the Italian, who perhaps thought that he was employed by dukes and counts, and that he was equal to half a nobleman, thought that he could reason with the beasts—his mouth was still wriggling when the Tatar chief's axe split his forehead, and the splendid Krim could not help him at all, but his companion drew a short-handled musket— I didn't expect those Tatars to have the same musket under their dirty knotted woolen coats, which could be fired without striking the fire sickle.

The Italians fell first two, and the Tatars, with a savage cry, drew their weapons and rushed forward, and the people around them either ran away or climbed the low wall—it took only a few minutes for the Tatars to end the battle, and then they ran as fast as they could, like a whirlwind of blood, and when Leopold I's guards arrived, only the dead could answer their questions.

"These Tatars!" said Louis XIV. If he had any strength left to go east, he would have to find a way to capture these Tatars, who were so capable of fighting that his new army was brave and loyal, but there was a problem that they lacked the wildness necessary on the battlefield - but this was a common problem in the army after the replacement of cold weapons with hot weapons. Like those Italian mercenaries, they may not be so useless on the battlefield, but they are used to shooting from a distance, and when they come face to face, the winner is decided, and there are not many opportunities for close combat.