This Qing is wrong

Chapter 230 France surrendered

"Your Majesty, something is wrong, the head of the Knights Templar is dead!"

Louis XIV, who was waiting for news in the palace, heard the gunfire that had never stopped outside, and suddenly saw a court nobleman rushing in and shouted loudly.

Even the basic palace etiquette was left behind, one can imagine how desperate and flustered this court nobleman was.

After Louis XIV heard this, he froze on the seat.

As the "old rival" of the Kingdom of France, Louis XIV was well aware of the combat traditions of the Knights Templar.

Although everyone in the Knights Templar is a fanatic (those who are not fanatics will be eliminated, and elimination means death), but the Knights Templar is a military organization with a history of thousands of years. It was established after Christianity came to power in this world !
In this world with extraordinary power, Christianity can defeat Nordic polytheism, Greek polytheism, Judaism and even all kinds of tribal totem beliefs, so naturally it cannot be fooled by lip service.

The Knights Templar was one of the few military organizations established in the early days of Christianity.

Perhaps, the Knights Templar was first established as a group of believers armed with nothing but faith, but after thousands of years of development and precipitation, they have long since become the number one elite military organization in Europe.

Naturally, the current Knights Templar would not adopt the tactic of taking the lead and leading the charge and then dying on the battlefield, leading to the defeat of the entire army...

Therefore, the Knights Templar has always had a tradition that only when the battle situation is irreversible and the official knights lose up to two-thirds, the supreme commander will personally end the battle.

Because of the battle situation at this time, the Templar Knights are ready to sacrifice all members.

Of course, even for a military organization composed of fanatics with extraordinary power, it is too exaggerated to really fight to the last person.

In other words, the death of the head of the Knights Templar in Paris means that the Knights Templar in Paris has been wiped out, and even if there are a few survivors, they are unable to continue fighting.

Without the Knights Templar, Louis XIV left only the defeated Parisian defenders and a few hundred palace guards, who were either civilians or mercenaries.

At most, there are a small number of royal knights who are directly loyal to Louis XIV.

This power is simply not enough to fight against the foreign enemies who invaded Paris.

"How many members of the Knights Templar?"

Louis XIV asked in a deep voice.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, after the death of the head of the Knights Templar, I have never seen a member of the Knights Templar return here, and the defense line established by the Knights Templar has also completely collapsed.

Now the enemies outside are attacking here. They seem to be tireless, charging and firing continuously.

Our people can't last long..."

"Hey, invite all the ministers to discuss the matter."

Louis XIV ordered with a dejected face.

The front-line Allied Legion squad, which had already occupied nearly half of the city of Paris, suddenly saw a white flag raised behind the dilapidated barricade defense line they had beaten.

After waving a few times, he yelled "don't fire" loudly, and after yelling several times, he walked out of the bunker tremblingly after finding that the Allied soldiers were not shooting.

The person holding the white flag was a middle-aged man with a white wig. If the Allied soldiers understood the social customs of the French kingdom in this era, they could recognize that the person holding the white flag was a French nobleman.

Worst also a gentleman.

The gentleman of this era is not the name of the LSPs in the 21st century, but quasi-nobility or well-known scholars, let alone ordinary civilians, even if you have money and want to become a gentleman, there is a threshold.

Fortunately, the soldiers at the grassroots level of the enemy army in the current system have brains. They may not have the cunning thinking mode of normal living people, but they still have basic common sense and are willing to accept necessary communication.

Therefore, no one opened fire on the French nobleman flying the white flag.

After the French nobleman walked into a group of strangely dressed Allied soldiers in fear, he was surprised to find that these people not only had white faces, but also spoke fluent French official language, and could not hear the accent of the local dialect.

Even many French nobles in other provinces can't do this!
Because the Kingdom of France in this world has just completed the centralization of power, and the Principality of Brittany was annexed by France for a few years, the language differences in various places are still obvious.

After learning that this was a peace negotiating representative sent by the King of France in Paris, the Allied soldiers immediately took him to General Patton's side.

Of the Allied armies, only General Patton could decide whether to fight or not to fight.

General Patton was in a very bad mood before meeting the French noble envoy, because in the firefight with the Knights Templar, two of his five regiment leaders were killed!
Nearly two regiments were beaten!
You know, there are only five regiments under General Patton with a total of 1 people, and nearly half of them were killed in battle!
The medical system in this world is extremely backward, and the city is full of excrement and urine. The Allied Legion doesn't even carry basic food supplies, let alone a medical kit?

Therefore, none of the Allied wounded soldiers who fell to the ground and couldn't get up could survive. Even if the vitals of their bodies were not fatally injured, the wound infection afterwards was enough to kill them.

The high fatality rate of the wounded of the Allied Legion has a lot to do with the stinky environment in Paris.

Barton questioned more than once, how do the French natives in this world live in a city full of shit and urine with peace of mind?
This is the capital of a country!
Moreover, it is also the capital of a big country in this area!

Such information can be obtained by simply asking the captives.

There will be no prisoners among the Allied soldiers, but many French soldiers on the opposite side kneel down and surrender.

Patton still held the idea of ​​using the natives to govern the country and expand his sphere of influence, so naturally he would not exterminate the prisoners of war.

And the prisoners of war were also organized to serve as labor force, such as moving the corpses, and the most important cleaning!
Thanks to the unremitting efforts of the French prisoners of war, General Patton was finally able to sit in a cleaner room, and the smell of feces and urine in his breath became much lighter.

After Barton saw the envoy from the Kingdom of France, he made his request without waiting for the other party to speak:
"Go back and tell your king, and immediately order all armed men to lay down their weapons and surrender, and hand over the city of Paris to my army.

I can guarantee the safety of all who surrender, and I promise that your king will continue to be his king of France if he cooperates.

Of course, under my supervision. "

The envoy of the French aristocrats was shocked when he heard this condition, but he didn't dare to refute at all. He only said that he was here to deliver a message, and hoped that the two sides could temporarily cease fire.

However, Barton gave a very strong answer.

They only have half an hour!
The envoy of the French aristocrats found out from Barton how long it was half an hour, and hurried back to the palace to meet Louis XIV.

And Louis XIV and even all the noble ministers in the court did not leave the hall from the beginning to the end, anxiously waiting for the result of the negotiations.

Unsurprisingly, the conditions brought back by the emissary triggered a round of fierce quarrels, but in the short time given by Button, Louis XIV quickly stopped the meaningless quarrel.

As long as he ensured that his throne was still there, and the other party didn't want to kill him, he agreed to the terms of surrender.

Louis XIV's compromise was naturally not because of the 'milk law'...

The Kingdom of France in this era was a veritable European power. After the Thirty Years War, the Kingdom of Spain was pulled down from the throne of the European overlord, and Louis XIV appeared on the European political stage as the new European overlord.

All this was established by the Kingdom of France through war!
As one of the few most populous countries in continental Europe and the first country to complete the centralization of power, the Kingdom of France has become a behemoth in continental Europe.

Centralization means that the King of France can mobilize the power of the entire country for war, instead of spending energy on mediating internal conflicts among nobles and mobilizing nobles to join the war.

A country with a large population means that the King of France has more cannon fodder to bring to the battlefield.

Although guns did not end the age of chivalry, they were enough to make ordinary farmers without enough to eat become the backbone of the battlefield.

Even formal knights are equal under the musket.

Even great knights have to temporarily avoid the edge in the face of a volley of guns.

Even the top knight commanders dare not face the power of the cannon!

Therefore, population has become a crucial factor in determining a country's military strength.

For a country with a small population like the United Provinces of the Netherlands, no matter how rich it is and how well-developed its handicraft industry is, its population is doomed to prevent them from becoming a land power, and they face the risk of being wiped out from the land by their neighbors at any time.

However, such a powerful country, one of the most powerful in the world today, surrendered to an enemy of unknown origin at this time!

In the face of life and death and power, Louis XIV soberly chose to compromise.

General Patton needs to use the power of the native king of the Kingdom of France in this world to integrate forces that obey his orders.

General Patton had no interest in the false crowns of the natives of this world, and he didn't mind letting the Kingdom of France maintain its original administrative system, let alone being king himself.

General Patton was interested in being the 'overlord'.

The next day, the armed forces of the whole city of Paris put down their weapons under the order of the King of France, and the corpses of the Knights Templar who had shed blood in the Paris defense battle were thrown into the fire by the citizens of Paris like garbage.

Surrounded by Allied soldiers armed with general-purpose machine guns.

In the entire city of Paris, all the commanding heights were occupied by Allied soldiers, and there were guard posts of Allied soldiers in the palace.

As a victor, General Patton met the highest authority of the Kingdom of France in the hall where Louis XIV usually discussed politics.

General Patton looked at Louis XIV who was wearing a crown, dressed as a king, and holding a scepter that symbolized power, with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth.

He laughed at these backward and barbaric natives in his heart. Under such circumstances, he still emphasized his status in irrelevant places.

In the main hall is not only Louis XIV's full set of 'dress', those noble ministers also put on robes representing their own power and status, stubbornly proving their noble status.

It's a pity that the sword nobles among these nobles, the swords that symbolized the honor of the nobles, were all taken away by the soldiers of the Allied forces...

The Allied soldiers didn't care how gorgeous the costumes of these native princes were, but they wanted to carry weapons, even a dagger was not allowed.

After all, there is no supernatural power in the Allied Legion. General Patton is a middle-aged bald man, whose physical fitness is not as good as a strong young man.

Because of this, General Patton was surrounded by many guards from the beginning to the end, staying away from these natives who were likely to possess extraordinary power.

The extraordinary combat power of the Knights Templar left a deep impression on General Patton. If the Knights Templar hadn't been born out of nowhere, General Patton estimated that the casualties of his own legion should be controlled in single digits!
"Louis XIV of France, I asked about the rules of your country.

Please rest assured that I will not ask any of you to be loyal to me, and you can continue to retain your dignity.

But correspondingly, you need to pay the due price.

The Kingdom of France can remain as it is, but the army must obey me.

I will lead the Kingdom of France to the pinnacle of this world. "

As soon as General Patton opened his mouth, he defined the basic principles for his future work in the Kingdom of France.

He has no interest in controlling the natives of the Kingdom of France. In his eyes, the Kingdom of France is just the source of an army of servants.

There is no way, the number of allied army legions under his hands is small after all, and there is no way to replenish them, and the weapons and ammunition in his hands are even less and less, just like water without roots.

In order to accomplish the goal in my mind, I must rely on the indigenous power of this world.

The French nobles behind Louis XIV breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. The new conqueror seemed to be quite talkative and did not touch their fundamental interests.

However, several long-sighted people, including Louis XIV, already understood the purpose of the conqueror named Patton.

Under his hands, the Kingdom of France has no future at all.

History has proved that the final outcome of any militaristic country is not good.

Wasn't the Roman Empire, which dominated Europe back then, brought down by the war?

However, the advanced weapons under General Patton gave the French princes a glimmer of hope.

Maybe this kind of weapon, which is powerful enough to crush an era, can really create miracles?

After a day and night of deliberations, the Kingdom of France established the Allied Council.

Obviously, the name of this council was obtained by Barton...

General Patton served as the speaker and possessed supreme power. Although he did not deprive France of the throne, he passed the Allied Parliament and was enough to become an uncrowned king.

Of course, General Patton did not make any concessions at all. He gave up the administrative and judicial power of the Kingdom of France and took the financial and military power into his own hands.

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