However, this kind of war is more dependent on human and financial resources, after all, the degree of individual bravery has been minimized, and even the mobility of cavalry is also limited, so if European countries want to play like this, they must form larger armies, force more migrant workers to serve themselves, and naturally have to exploit their own domestic civilians more heavily.As a matter of fact, the armies of European countries now have quite a few sappers who are responsible for digging trenches and building bridges.Because they do not have sufficient national strength like the Ming Dynasty, they can use a large amount of idle land or money to recruit a large number of young and strong people into the army, so they can only be forcibly recruited.In a word, European countries were forced by the military threat of the Ming Dynasty to use their limited talents and resources first to forcibly light the military science and technology tree, and did not let civilian science and technology keep up.In other words, the productivity of the European countries does not match the level of equipment of the armies they now have.For example, in an agricultural country that has not yet fully industrialized, it plays with artillery and tanks, and the result is naturally the collapse of the domestic economy and the displacement of a large number of people.The Ming army is different, its productivity has begun to enter the oil age, but the military is still dominated by steam power.In other words, the current progress in military science and technology in the Ming Dynasty is half a beat slower than the progress in the theory and application of science and technology in other industries in China.Today, the main focus of the Daming Science and Technology Tree is in communications and aerospace.Therefore, Zhu Cizhuo mentioned at the previous military meeting that there are now radio and flying machines in the Ming Dynasty.The reason why the Ming Dynasty mainly focused on these two aspects of the science and technology tree was naturally based on the actual needs of the Ming Dynasty and the adjustments made by the imperial court.The reason is that the Ming Dynasty now occupies a very vast land, the land area has exceeded any period in history, and there are colonies in the world, and in order to better manage these places and coordinate the resources of these places, what is most needed is not military progress, but communication progress, after all, militarily, the Ming Dynasty has a great advantage.Once a great development has been made in communications, it will naturally be more conducive to the Ming Dynasty to hold these territories after opening up their territories.Therefore, although the armaments of European countries have developed by leaps and bounds because of the stimulation of the Ming Dynasty, and are much more advanced than those of Europe in this period of history, there is still a distance from the evolution of science and technology into productive forces, so many officers and soldiers of the armies of European countries are discouraged, especially the soldiers at the lowest level.Zhu Cizhuo grasped this point and asked Li Dingguo to take advantage of the fact that the armies of the European countries had just arrived near Buden and were exhausted, and launched an active attack, instead of the normal state of only waiting for the enemy to attack and then destroying them with mines and artillery.As a result, a large number of Ming troops took the initiative to rush towards the armies of European countries, and the armies of European countries were taken by surprise.The armies of the European countries did not expect that the Ming army would take the initiative to charge, and did not take advantage of their artillery and mine superiority to wait for them to take the initiative to attack.And as a result, the already disheartened European armies suffered a direct rout.As soon as the Ming army broke through the first wave of European elite troops, the ordinary infantry, engineers, and artillery behind directly ran away, and even many of them raised their hands directly.Many European soldiers who have been captured several times have become old ruffian soldiers, and they have long had rich experience in battlefield exchanges with the Ming army, and they also know that the Ming army does not kill prisoners, but will let them work, and the work is not in vain, they are paid, and they can also apply for money to go home.Therefore, when the Ming army rushed over, many Xiyi soldiers directly raised their hands and surrendered, without even firing guns, and there was even no shortage of officers.Karl XI was very depressed when he saw this scene: "These bastards!
Why can't they fight for their country!
”William also twisted his eyebrows and said: "Now that the defense line has been broken, the officers and soldiers have no intention of dying, so they can only retreat, otherwise they will lose even worse!"
We didn't expect that the Ming army would take the initiative to attack!
”"There's no way to think of it, they want to take the initiative to attack us, can we immediately conjure a stronger defense out of thin air?
Withdraw Wendeln!
”Karl XI said.William continued: "You are right, there is no need for an army like ours to take the initiative to attack, and we still have to withdraw immediately, I am worried that the Ming army will suddenly appear behind us again!"
”After hearing William say this, Karl XI's expression became solemn: "Are you saying that the army will suddenly appear in the south like last time?!"
”William nodded.Karl XI laughed, and said with some confidence: "How is this possible!
Didn't he have wings on his body, and now that he has suddenly appeared to the north of me, can it be that he can suddenly appear to the south of me?
So what are these Ming troops attacking us in front of us?
”"They don't have to transfer all the Ming troops!
Did they suddenly stop at Buden and start building roads and additional military stations along the way, just to facilitate the transportation of food to the north, and not to facilitate the transportation of troops from the north back to the south?
”William asked.Karl XI, after hearing William say this, had to ponder, and after a while said: "You are right!
This matter has to be guarded against, simply withdraw directly to Stockholm!
”"I think I'll have to go straight back to Berlin!"
William replied worriedly."
I'll let the fleet transport you back!"
Karl XI said very generously.…… Rumble!
Rumble!
Rumble!
Heavy artillery fire rang out in the city of Berlin.It didn't take long for the entire city of Berlin to fill the air with gunsmoke.And the city of Berlin, which was already empty of troops, suddenly seemed to have no troops to defend."
Siege!"
Liu Zhaoji therefore gave the order to attack the city at this time.A large number of Ming troops then rushed towards the city of Berlin.It didn't take long for the city of Berlin to fall into the hands of Da Ming in a boiling sound.The boiling sound came from the ordinary people of the city of Berlin.Because the nobles of the Electorate of Brandenburg had already collapsed their own economy in order to expand their army and strengthen their equipment, so that the inflation in Berlin was very serious, and the common people were already starving.And they had long heard that the places occupied by the Ming army had jobs and bread.Naturally, these civilians of Berlin welcomed the arrival of the Ming army.Even though they knew that the arrival of the Ming army would destroy their culture.But it's naturally more important to have a full stomach than culture."
What?
The city of Berlin is broken?
”William, Elector of Brandenburg, was a step too late, and when he arrived in Copenhagen, he received news of the destruction of the city of Berlin.William couldn't help but scold again: "Cunning Ming army!
Their commanders are just like foxes!
”"Why can't we find a way to get rid of this fifth prince named Zhu Cizhuo!
From the time when he defeated the Triple Alliance of Sweden and Poland and the Rakshasa Kingdom in the past, he was destined to be a devil from the East, just like his father!
”William's close general, Count Matticek, said a word at this time."
Then pass on my words, whoever can offer this person's head, I am willing to give him 100,000 gold!"
William said.......
"Berlin has been taken!"
Liu Zhaoji's troops had already approached Hamburg along the Elbe, and according to the sailors, the Swedish fleet had just arrived in Copenhagen, and it was too late for them to send troops back to Hamburg. ”Dong Hanchen had just handed over a telegram from Liu Zhaoji's ministry to Zhu Cizhuo.Zhu Cizhuo nodded because of this and said, "Is the water division in place to blockade Copenhagen?"
Can't let the armies of the vassal states of the Holy Roman Empire come back!
”"It's already in place!"
After Dong Hanchen replied, he took the initiative to say: "Poland sent a group of Xiyi women, all of them are stunning, and they are all willing to serve in front of His Highness, and ask the officials to ask, are you willing?"
”"Xiyi girl?""
That's right, I say I admire you very much."
After Zhu Cizhuo heard Dong Hanchen say this, he said: "Others don't know, you should know me, I like to hunt for beauty, but it doesn't mean that I don't know the severity!"
”Dong Hanchen also nodded and said: "Actually, I also mean this, the more cautious you must be at this time, don't be careless, but in the end, it is also their meaning, so ask." ”"Call all the Xiyi girls who want to serve me to the camp, and then you find a way to kill them all!
I'd rather kill by mistake, and I can't take it lightly at this time!
”Zhu Cizhuo suddenly said very coldly."
Understood!"......
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"Since they all went to the Ming army camp, why is there no news, could it be that he has already taken precautions against this step?"
”After Coleman came to France to inquire about the murder of Zhu Cizhuo, he was puzzled because he found that the murder plan had not worked for a long time."
Maybe yes, it's a very difficult thing to do."
Claes, the businessman who was mainly responsible for the conspiracy, said."
But you can't give up, there is always an opportunity to make this Ming army commander disappear."
Coleman continued."
Since the King's sudden overboard, there has been no place for me in Great Britain, so I have had to flee to France, but this does not mean that I will no longer carry out the orders of His Majesty the King."
Coleman added.After King James II of England fell overboard, the whole of England had a new king.The new king wasn't Monmouth who orchestrated it all.but William III, the son-in-law of James II.William III had long been in control of the Royal Army Guard, and had the support of many of England's magnates, so he was elected the new king in Parliament.Monmouth is naturally a bamboo basket for water.Xu Qianxue was also quite disappointed by this.But Xu Qianxue was still reused by the new king, and was retained as a member of parliament, because he was from the Ming Kingdom after all.People always look up to everything that has to do with the strong.The elites of England are no exception.However, William III was a man who was willing to share power with the powerful, so he accepted the Bill of Rights in the new parliament, making England a constitutional monarchy.Parliament thus became the most powerful body in England, rather than the Privy Council that made decisions for the king.But there was a contradiction between the interests of the English aristocracy and the interests of the Ming in England.Therefore, the parliament then passed a series of bills to protect the interests of the nobility of the country, and began to restrict the circulation of some Ming goods in England, such as except for the five cities where trade is allowed, Ming goods are not allowed to appear in other places, Ming merchants are not allowed to go to these places to operate, and domestic merchants are not allowed to sell Ming goods in these places.Even because of this, Frank, an English merchant and comprador of the Ming World Development Company who sold Ming goods in Oxford, was arrested by the English authorities.And the nobles of England didn't care much about this, after all, they were just arresting the merchants of their own country.However, Frank let the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao, know about it through Kang Qingchun."
Let's discuss, what does this English mean!"
Zhu Youxiao threw Kang Qingchun's recital in front of several auxiliary ministers, and said it angrily.Wen Tiren picked it up and looked at it first, but found that it was just a trivial matter of an English merchant who was arrested by the English authorities for selling Ming goods in a city where there was no trade.Of course, Wen Tiren also knows that although this is a small matter, but in connection with the recent fall of the King of England and the acceptance of the "Bill of Rights" by the new king, it naturally means that behind this small matter there is a big thing that cannot be underestimated.Wen Tiren passed the recital to Lu Xiangsheng, and then looked at Zhu Youxiao and said: "How can others sleep soundly on the side of the couch, although this England is not on the side of the couch, it is also the country of the earth, how can it tolerate people from other countries doing things that are not conducive to the interests of my Ming Dynasty at will!"
In the courtier's opinion, this little island nation of England must teach him a lesson, lest he do even more uninteresting things in the future. ”"That's right!
It is a lesson to be learned, this William III is obviously not suitable to be the king of England, and the "Bill of Rights" of England also obviously needs to be changed, at least to change to the king of England by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. ”Lu Xiangsheng said."
It's better to just kill it!
This England is no better than other countries, even if they control their king, they can't control their entire country, and what needs to be eliminated is the nobles in his country!
These are the people who are the forces that hinder my Ming in England. ”Zhang Tongchang followed and said."
But the European continent is still using troops, only sailors are available, in fact, not only England, most European countries have little power in their monarchs, and it is not meaningful to control their kings, so now the imperial court in Europe is launching serfs to eliminate all the Xiyi nobles of the unified strategy, in the opinion of the ministers, they can still only force the kings and nobles of England to give in first, so that they know that the interests of the Ming Dynasty are the most important things they need to consider first, and then they themselves!"
Du Yinxi, who was newly added to the position of auxiliary minister, expressed his opinion at this time.Zhang Huangyan, who is also newly added to the position of auxiliary minister, also said: "The minister also thinks that it is better to teach England a lesson at present, and if England is directly dispatched at present, it will indeed affect the overall situation of the imperial court in Europe, not to mention, it is easy to force England to compromise, and it does not require many troops, just cut off its grain, the nobles of England are greedy for the benefit of textiles, many circles of farmland are pastures, and their grain depends on foreign trade, and the merchant ships responsible for transporting grain are mostly the Netherlands to which my Ming belongs, so only a paper edict from Your Majesty is needed, He could be in danger of running out of food!
Or at most, send sailors to occupy London, punish them, and promote the prestige of the country. ”"I also think that it is better to send two or three troops to intimidate England first, and force it to further open its own market, and not to think about keeping the goods of the Ming Dynasty out of the country, but the threat must also have some substantial damage to have an effect, since it is now the parliament of England that does not take this dynasty into account, then order the sailors who are conscripting England to burn down the Palace of Westminster, which is their parliament building!
In addition, it has to sign another clause, a clause that further opens up its domestic market!
Also, its king William III also had to be arrested, although their king had little impact on the whole of England, but the king of arrest could let these English nobles know, and the Ming Dynasty could decide who their king was or who they were not, and then Xu Qianxue, who went to England, did not have to stay, and was escorted back to Beijing to deal with it strictly, it was useless to keep him, and he couldn't control the situation in England until now, it was really useless!
That's it!
”Zhu Youxiao was determined to expose England to a second war involving commercial interests.With the following, Zhu Youxiao's will, the Ming Empire continued to expand its territory on the European continent, and really transferred 30,000 sailors to England, and the reason for sending troops was to protect the right to free trade within the rules stipulated by the Emperor of the Apocalypse for merchants like Frank who were willing to be friends of the Ming Dynasty.…… The English aristocracy is still basking in the atmosphere of freedom after James II fell overboard.Since the fall of James II and the accession of William III, they no longer have to give their fields to serfs and have no longer have to actively pay taxes.However, the factories opened by the Ming in five important cities such as London and Liverpool still affected their business interests in these cities.However, they also knew that the Ming State could not be offended directly, so they could only use national ideas to encourage civilians to boycott Ming goods.The most excesses were none other than the aforementioned council's restriction of Ming goods from appearing in towns other than these five major cities.But what the nobles of England would not have thought of was that even if they used such a not too drastic means to deprive the Ming of their commercial interests in England, the Ming still did not choose to tolerate it.So much so that when they learned that a large number of the Great Ming Navy's fleet had crossed the Strait of Dover again, all the English nobles were horrified."
How can the people of the Ming Kingdom be like this!
Our own affairs of the British Empire, why should he send troops to intervene?!
”Councillor Cavendish angrily inquired in Parliament because of this."
No way, we don't have enough national power, maybe James II was right in the first place, we really need to increase the revenue of the treasury, and then maintain a stronger national defense force, and avoid the fate of being arbitrarily slaughtered by him now."
Another MP, John Fu, said again."
Abominable Mingguo, they have destroyed our free world!"
Xu Qianxue suddenly said such a sentence at this time.The deputies all looked at him.Xu Qianxue continued: "If there was no Ming Kingdom, my British Empire would now be the most clear era in history!"
There is a clear charter that restricts the power of the monarchy, and the rights of the people are greatly guaranteed, and it is the freest country in the world, but unfortunately, the Ming Kingdom is unwilling to let us have freedom!
Only by fighting to the death, desperately protecting our British Empire, can we protect our free world!
”"The Count is right!
The Ming Kingdom only wants to see the existence of our king like James II who is willing to be only the lackey of his Ming Kingdom, as long as this kind of King who is willing to dedicate all the wealth of my British Empire to his Ming Kingdom exists, they will not raise troops, and the Ming Kingdom is our biggest enemy at present!
We need to unite and fight against the Ming Kingdom!
”Monmouth chimed in.He now has to let go of the regret in his heart because he failed to become the king of England, and actively advocate that all English people fight against the invasion of the Ming Kingdom.As a result, the members of the entire parliament were aroused and expressed their desire to protect their homeland."
That being the case, the king proposed to donate, and now the treasury has not much surplus because of the huge cost of building ships and the fact that the taxes are no longer in the past, and more funds are needed to recruit the landless peasants as soldiers, and then resist the invasion of the Ming army."
William III said at this time.And as soon as he said this, all the English nobles in the parliament fell silent, and began to think about the stakes.It is not true to say that they do not have the heart to save the country, but when it is really their turn to save the country out of their own pockets, they still have to weigh the benefits and disadvantages based on habit.After thinking for a while, Cavendish stood up first, he was afraid of being impeached for corruption as a financial officer, so he first cried poorly, and then said: "I can only take five hundred pounds, and now I am willing to give it all for the sake of the country!"
”"I have three hundred pounds in my deposit, and I am willing to give it all!"
John replied.Xu Qianxue also stood up at this time and said: "His Majesty also knows that he belongs to the people who have newly moved to the British, so he doesn't have much property, and now even if he does everything, he can only donate a hundred pounds!"
”"I'll give you a hundred pounds, I'm poor!""
Who isn't, the wealth of my British Empire has long been taken away by the Ming Kingdom, whose life is better?
I could only take out a hundred pounds. ”"I'll only have fifty pounds to come up with!
As you all know, I originally ran a textile factory, but since the Ming invaded my Britain, my textile factories in London, Liverpool and other places have closed down in large numbers, and now I don't have much business. ”…… These English aristocrats all cried poverty, perhaps because they were stingy or because they were unwilling to show their wealth too high-profile, and they did not pledge much money one by one.William III was on the verge of crying: "Where is this enough!"
It's not enough to even buy a few more guns. ”William III was completely disappointed in these English nobles, and then had to say: "In this case, don't donate, Earl Jian'an (Xu Qianxue), you pay the Duke of Mengmouth to meet the consul of the Ming Kingdom and ask them how to stop the war!"
”Xu Qianxue was about to answer his order, but suddenly heard someone running from outside the hall shouting: "Urgent report!"
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The Ming army has broken through our naval defense line in London, and is approaching the city of London!
”"So fast?!"
William III stood up in astonishment, and then immediately ordered: "Duke of Monmouth, you and the Earl of Jian'an remain in London to make contact with the Ming army, and I will let Lieutenant General John lead the army to protect you, and let him and his guards and infantry under his command be under your command, and this king must now go to visit Nottingham!"
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