Chapter 18: The Unlucky Butterfly Effect
"Prince, princess?"
Li Xiangjun naturally knows that there are countless princes in the Ming Dynasty, but there are only a few princesses, and Li Xiangqian's attitude towards the former Ming clan is close to laissez-faire, claiming that as long as they are willing, it is no problem to come out to take the imperial examination and become an official, as a woman, she naturally does not understand the mysteries of politics, but she still knows deeply about the past of the new dynasty in history that slaughtered the royal family of the previous dynasty, so it can be regarded as a little plus for the elders.
Li Xiangqian sighed and said: "The Westerners have clouds, missing an iron nail, losing a horseshoe, losing a horseshoe, losing a war horse, losing a war horse, losing a king, losing a king, losing a battle, losing a battle, ruining a dynasty, a millimeter, a thousand miles, I didn't expect that the king would die like this, and the butterfly effect was too powerful." ”
"The butterfly effect?"
Li Xiangjun questioned for a moment and said, "Is it the butterfly we usually see?" ”
"Well, almost, I mean, sometimes, a small change can make a big difference, well, we indirectly killed a king, the king of the West."
Li Xiangjun asked: "Do you want to cut him off and take the opportunity to occupy his country?" Li Xiangjun can intelligently deduce the origin of the elders, and he still has some understanding of their ambitions, but all along, the elders have done a good job, not a small good, but a big good, so he let it go.
Li Xiangqian said: "How can we have the strength to occupy the British Empire, before there are 100,000 regular troops to defend the homeland, we will not reach out to Europe, this time is purely an accident, this person seems to die so quickly, no one can save it." ”
The death of Charles I was really killed by the elders.
It was very cold in the British Isles this winter, and Charles I, who had some military ability, judged the situation and distributed the 2,000 Mauser rifles he received to various loyal nobles throughout the north, boosting morale, and letting them practice at home, and at the same time through some still loyal subjects, find a way to conduct a secret war in London, and find a way to drag down the footsteps of these traitors, as long as these advanced weapons from the East armed with an army are formed, according to the tactics taught by Xu Hao, flying kites, you can slowly defeat the enemy.
The Mauser rifle has a range advantage of about 100 meters compared to the European musket of this era, and even better than the range of the standard cannon, if you talk about the quality of the soldiers, the noble children of Charles I who have been soldiers for generations must be better than the apprentices in the city of London, but unfortunately they just want you to see the numerical advantage.
The civil war in the British Empire had been going on for several years, and it was time to go back to London and liberate all of Britain.
Charles I closed the booklet, which was written by Xu Hao, along with the tactics of digging trenches and blocking the enemy's superior cavalry from outflanking, Charles I, who had been full of force and dominance since he was a child, thought about these tactics from afar, and was relaxed, if someone else said anything about military tactics, he might still scoff at them, but after all, they were sent from a powerful and civilized China, and the tactics with their weapons must be reasonable.
Unfortunately, it was winter, and the damned farmers couldn't dig up the dirt at all, so they had to wait until the beginning of spring to verify the truth.
When Charles I thought of this, his heart suddenly moved, and he wanted to go and see the munitions.
Now, the remaining thousand rifles were his best hope for a comeback, and the hundred boxes of bullets, although they were given rifles to the nobles, but the bullets were still kept in his own hands, and he knew that the British did not have the technology to make such bullets, but they were only asked to find suitable and loyal people to train, and they would be assembled in the spring.
For this last means of saving his life, Charles I naturally watched it very closely, and it was within the small manor where he was, and he even went to see it often, and he couldn't put it down for inspection.
It's like when he was a child, Charles I liked to hide his favorite cake and wait for it to be eaten at night, but he was afraid of losing it, so he had the feeling of having to look at it after a while.
Simon straightened his bow tie and wrapped his coat around him, looking a little apprehensive.
Simon remembered the letter he had read in that tavern before, his father was not dead, but was taken prisoner, although the letter was never written by his father, but the seal could not be wrong, and the person who sent the letter was also a person he knew, how to coerce and seduc, it was simply into his mind.
As a little Welsh aristocrat, fighting with the king is almost the only way to make a living, although the original land value has also begun to increase with the previous enclosure movement, but the little money that has increased in value, the little money earned by hard work to raise sheep and make cashmere, has also begun to catch up with the growth of prices, and those guys who broke out overseas one by one, after returning to London, began to no longer be willing to prostrate under the king.
These nobles, in the future, gradually fell into power, but the tiger will not fall, they are also the biggest help for the restoration of Charles II in the future, but the world is like this, people will realize the reality after reaching a certain level.
Simon did not understand the so-called so-called advanced level of the new weapons of the East, and the musket was the musket, but since the man from London was very interested in this weapon, and was willing to exchange his father's freedom and many advantages, he felt that it was nothing.
"Open the door, the king wants to see his rifle, let me bring him one."
"Yes, Sir Simon."
This kind of thing has been a lot in the past, and Charles I also knew that under successive failures, many nobles who had lost their families had lost faith in him, and were still licking their wounds in their respective estates, so they made official wishes not to mention the people who came to visit the king who lived temporarily in this small cottage in the suburbs, and often used this new rifle as a primer, boasting that he could get the support of the envoy from the East, and return to London in the future, and after taking power, there were still a lot of benefits waiting for everyone to share, as for the war, you didn't see it, Do we have such an advanced rifle.
It is still people who determine the outcome of the war.
Simon held the two rifles in his hands, this small warehouse was a little cold, he chose one that was often used by the king, opened the bolt, there were bullets in it, he already knew the use of this rifle, everything went well, and when he was about to go out, he saw a man who was not angry and arrogant, carrying a lamp, wearing pajamas, looking at Simon.
"Simon, what's the situation, why are you holding these guns!"
Charles I was only going to see the hope of his comeback one last time, so he went to sleep, so he did not bring his retinue, and came here directly, and the guards were naturally loyal to the king, and they did not care about the king coming alone, thinking that he would not wait until Simon took his own gun, and had to be sent by someone himself.
Charles I was uncomfortable because he didn't come to see these crystallized products of oriental wisdom every day, so he didn't ask a word of guards, whether anyone came to this warehouse, he walked in directly, but saw someone and asked directly.
Simon was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly: "I, I'm here to see these guns, thinking about how to avenge my father!" ”
As a person whose father died in battle and was bound to fight the traitors to the end, Charles I originally took a fancy to Simon, but at this time he was too suspicious.
If Charles I's political power passes, he may be soothed with good words, saying some words that the official has made a wish, after returning to London in the future, any high-ranking officials will not be a problem, and high-ranking officials will have to ride horses, well, what oceanic horses can also be ridden if they want to, and when the time comes, as a hero of the restoration of the country, what kind of famous and noble girl can't marry?
This is also what people who know how to do it, what do you want to do if they have guns in their hands?
"It's so late, didn't you rest?"
Charles I was suspicious, although he failed in politics, but in the end the military training has been profound since he was a child, and he immediately found that Simon was full of vigilance, with a hint of defense, as if he was afraid of himself?
He took a step further and said, "Where are you going with this gun?" ”
Simon, however, took a step back and said, "I'll give it to you." ”
Charles I said, "When did I give the order?" You ......"
He is also a sharp-eyed person, and when he gets closer at this time, the light in his hand is also closer, and he can see it completely clearly.
This Simon is fully dressed, obviously ready to go out, very thick, and the appearance of a Mauser wrapped in a velvet blanket is also very suspicious.
"Where are you going to take the Lone King's weapon, and to whom?"
"I didn't give it to anyone, I didn't."
Looking at Simon's panicked look, he said: "You traitor, I know that the kingdom has today, it is all because of those traitors, you traitors, wait until I destroy you all!" ”
He stretched out his hand to grab the rifle in his hand, and at the same time shouted, "Someone, there's a traitor here!" ”
Simon panicked and said, "Your Majesty, I didn't, they said they wanted me to exchange this gun for my father's life, I can't help it." ”
"The rebellion of the family!"
Charles I was even more annoyed.
All traitors!
The long council that has been convened is a traitor, countless Protestant fellows are traitors, the Scottish Presbyterian Church is a traitor, the Covenantists are traitors, the House of Commons is a traitor, and there are countless traitors among the nobility!
"Come on, catch this traitor!"
Charles I was even more agitated and grabbed the rifle, Simon himself was young, and he was not as strong as the king who had been in the military for many years, so he grabbed the rifle in his hand and almost took it.
This is also a problem with Charles I's life, not waking up Hu to follow is not prudent, and after discovering the traitor, he actually has to do it himself, and it is even more cheap, in any case, there is another thing, that is, he did not understand what Xu Hao said, the gun and bullet separation policy is not clear, and too many demonstration rifles, resulting in Simon holding a rifle, there is still a bullet left.
A deadly bullet!
History does not know whether Simon, in a panic, grabbed his hand on the trigger, or whether the angry king grabbed the trigger and aimed the gun right at himself.
"Bang!"
At the same time as a gunshot rang out, the guards who heard the quarrel and the king's call finally rushed in, they were all loyal soldiers of the king, and they were watching the king grasp the muzzle of a rifle, lowered his head, looked at the blood on his chest, and slowly fell to the ground, and at the same time spat out the last words, "traitor!" ”
Simon was stunned, and stood there, letting the guards catch him, and no one was beating him, at this time, saving the king was the most important thing.
The British did not know much about gunshot wounds, especially the round-nosed bullets of this new rifle, and they could only stop the bleeding and scream at the same time, at which point the whole manor was awakened, after all, the gunshot could not be covered by any house.
The shot hit the chest and at the same time penetrated the lung tube, and blood poured in, and Charles I felt unable to breathe, struggled in pain a few times, and just stared at his eyes and died.
"The king is dead!"
Countless people were awakened, and they could not believe the words of the shout, but they all thought that it was the rebels of London who had taken advantage of the snowy night to attack, and when these untrained people were disturbed, they saw that the king was dead.
"What's going on!"
The eldest baron, like everyone else, asked this question, but the difference was that his question was naturally answered at the first time.
"It was he who fired the gun, and we heard the king call this fellow a traitor."
"Not me." Simon was caught, crying, and in just a few minutes, the scene took a sharp turn, the flow of people from the gun warehouse poured in, and after many lights were turned on, he was completely watched by everyone, and after that, what should be explained, he explained.
In the original history, Charles I, who was defeated and captured at the beginning of 1646, was actually very safe, neither the parliament nor anyone had the courage to revolutionize, completely smashed the English state apparatus, and there was still a compromise mentality, hoping that the king would hand over power, and waited until Charles I's first escape, and was defeated again, before the Roundsmen announced his death sentence and guillotined, which had been delayed until 1649.
By the way, the dress of the round-headed party is considered to be the closest to the short-haired people of the elders in the world, after all, it is very troublesome to fight with long hair.
No one wants to bear the charge of killing the king, but now, it seems that Simon, a little spy on the periphery, can't afford it.
"Those traitors in London have committed such a heinous crime as killing the king, and we ...... We're going to crusade against them! ”
"yes, what do we do next?"
"We want to champion our prince as the new king, yes, the new king, will lead us to victory!"
"Where's Prince Charlie?"
Later Chinese historians simply recorded this event here.
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