Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 570 The Fall of France

After all, countries such as France and Franz are regarded as powerful countries in Europe. Although they have not yet entered the era of capitalist empires, due to the development of the Renaissance and the effective rule of Louis XIV, the army equipment of the Western European Union is not very bad, and it can be regarded as infantry. There are hot weapons troops.

What's more, in recent years, the armies of the Ming Empire across the entire Eurasian continent have also attracted the attention of these aggressive European powers, especially after the failure of the previous naval battle in Nanyang, Western Europe and other countries have also focused on improving themselves. The country's weapons, or buy weapons from Daming.

Therefore, although the main army equipment of France and France is a generation behind the main army equipment of Ming Dynasty (after all, all of them are obsolete weapons of Ming Dynasty), they can be regarded as excellent weapons in the world, so the Western European Union can also believe that I was able to use the terrain advantage and concentrated firepower to prevent the Ming Army from breaking through the southern Swiss defense line.

However, Louis XIV and others would never have imagined that the Ming Empire would use cavalry, a highly mobile classical army, to deal with the powerful army combined by him and Franz.

Of course, the cavalry under Jiao Lian is different from the traditional cavalry after all. In addition to being equipped with scimitars, there are already special muskets for fast-fired cavalry, and there are even portable artillery and grenades suitable for throwing longer distances.

Therefore, when the fast-moving Seventh Army of the Ming Cavalry and the No.20 Army crossed the Lorraine Plateau and directly entered Switzerland, the main force of the Western European Union Army in Switzerland had nothing to do with this army, and was treated like a living target by the Ming Cavalry Annihilation batch by batch.

The cavalry regiments of the Ming Dynasty galloped freely across the territory of Switzerland. The castles in Switzerland were completely undefendable, and the gates of various cities were breached in less than a moment. The main force of the Western European army collapsed within three days.

The defenders of the entire southern Swiss defense line also fell into a predicament of being surrounded due to the north-south attack, and their morale was suddenly slackened. The third army of the Ming Dynasty took advantage of the situation to forcibly break through the southern Swiss defense line, crossed the Alps at the fastest speed, and joined Jiao Lian's troops in Bern. join forces.

After occupying Lyon and Dijon, the Eastern Front group spread out from these two important cities as if the autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves, presenting a fan-shaped offensive and encircling the city of Paris, the center of Western Europe.

At this time, Louis XIV had also learned the news of the fall of the Port of Marseilles, and he was already furious at this time. He did not expect that his mighty France would be so fragile in front of this Eastern Empire.

Before this, although the countries of West Asia, Vanakia and Italy were all destroyed by the Eastern Empire, he did not think that this empire was so terrifying. After all, in his opinion, these countries were all caused by division or It is normal for a weak and incompetent empire to resist a powerful empire.

And in his opinion, the expansion of such a powerful Eastern Empire is not invincible. This Eastern Empire must also be afraid, otherwise it would not let the Ottoman Empire and the Rakshasa Kingdom ignore them and bypass these two countries directly. To deal with Italy, Asia and other regions, it is obvious to pick persimmons and pick the soft ones.

And under his own governance, France has already been regarded as one of the most powerful empires in Europe, especially the army, not to mention that he is now united with the powerful navy of France.

In his opinion, the port of Marseilles, which is heavily defended by him in the sea, is like a lock that firmly locks the southern gate of the whole of France. Ming attacked France from the coast.

On the land side, there is the Swiss defense line, and the main force of its own army is also mainly defending here, so it is not worrying that it will not be able to block the Ming Empire.

But he didn't expect to get the news of the fall of Marseille port when he sighed secretly about the fierce battle of the Swiss defense line.

Louis XIV himself knew what would happen if the port of Marseilles fell, which meant that the southern gate of France would be opened by Ming, and the impregnable defense line in southern Switzerland would be worthless. Immediately return to Paris, because once Marseille falls, Paris will not be saved.

Frangji also has no time to take into account the fall of Marseille in France. The Ming Navy has forced through the Strait of Gibraltar at this time, forcing Frangji to call back more navies to protect his backyard, and even the army has to be transferred. back.

Therefore, both France and Francois eagerly wanted to transfer back the main force of the army in Switzerland, but by then it was too late.

Even because of the hasty retreat, the morale of the main army of the Western European Union was further slackened, and it collapsed completely, and was gathered and annihilated by the Jiaolian Department of the Ming Dynasty in Switzerland.

Louis XIV didn't know what to do, but what he didn't know was that now he had to face not only the Ming army from the south but also the Ming army from the north.

The troops of Louis XIV of France were mainly concentrated in the south and east. He paid full attention to the fact that there was a Ming colony in the north, and he did not think that England would attack him. Li Dingguo, a famous general who led thousands of people into the British Empire as if no one was there, is a war expert who can play Cromwell in an away game.

Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu easily raided the city of Lille in northern France, and quickly attacked Paris, with the potential to approach Paris first.

Louis XIV was so angry that he vomited blood when he learned that the city of Lille in the north of Paris had fallen and that the army of the Eastern Ming Empire had appeared not far from the north of Paris.

At the same time, the news that the main force of his army was wiped out in Switzerland also came back, which further made him faint directly.

After waking up, Louis XIV realized that it was a matter of time before Paris fell.

After all, the gates to the south and north of Paris have been cut off, and now because of his own elite, the Ming army has made dumplings in Switzerland, and the Lorraine Plateau and the Central Plateau have also lost to the enemy. It can be said that the city of Paris in the plains is no longer in danger. can be kept.

As a relatively ambitious king, Louis XIV was unwilling to fail, and fled to the Caen area in a hurry.

This country, which claims to be the most powerful Europa Army every time, has to face the most embarrassing land battle defeat in advance. After all, as a country with a powerful army and a country with a large land area, it is indeed a disaster to perish in a short period of time. It's a shame.

The Great Ming Eastern Front Group and the Southern Expedition Corps successfully joined forces outside Paris a month later, and the city of Paris was therefore occupied by the Ming Dynasty.

At this point, France perished, and only its king, Louis XIV, was still on the run.

(End of this chapter)