"To win the love of the people and the greats-1-"

"A prince must be humane and tolerant."

"Be a source of integrity and virtue."

"Inspire faith with wisdom."

Yue Jingzhong recited Frederick's aphorism in the time of the prince, and then said: "His Majesty the Emperor once said to me that he greatly admired His Majesty's achievements on the royal road, and he took you as a confidant rather than an apprentice. ”

Frederick said with a little excitement: "His Majesty the Emperor is too modest, when Voltaire came back from Seris and gave me his translation of the book "On the King", at that moment, I felt that my soul had flown to Seris, prostrate at the feet of His Majesty the Emperor, and kiss his feet. I myself only found a few starlight in the desperate night, but His Majesty the Emperor showed me the brilliant galaxy......"

Frederick's words were entirely sincere, he had been friends with the Emperor of the Holy Way for more than ten years, and the bridge between them, Voltaire of France, was his spiritual mentor. In the time of the prince, he was impregnated with humanism, abandoning the Machiavellian doctrine that prevailed in Europa, and returning to the philosopher-king thought of Plato's time, believing that the purpose of the existence of royal power was to safeguard the interests of the country and seek the well-being of the people. He wanted to awaken Prussia with zeal, morality, wisdom and ideals. What Yue Jing loyally reads is the poem in his book "Anti-Machiavellianism".

He treated the people equally, he promoted national education, and he promoted women's participation in the workforce, and although most of the benefits of these measures fell on the compulsory military service system that served him in leading Prussia to the rise of Europa, the ultimate goal of this path was the ideal of a strong country and a happy people.

Therefore, when he came into contact with the road of national rejuvenation of Seris, his soul trembled, it was not only a successful path, but also the ideas contained in it were very perfect, and his own ideas were only fragments.

The Emperor of the Holy Path who opened this path. He was a living philosopher-king who not only discovered this path, but also led the people of Seris on it, and Seris was already proud of Europa in terms of material wealth. And now, in the spiritual wealth is also far behind Europa.

It is not difficult to explain why Frederick regarded himself as the apprentice of the Holy Emperor on various occasions, and his guide, Voltaire, was a fanatical believer in Seris. He sailed to Seris twice in twenty years, which not only brought a lot of Seris's Heavenly Dao philosophy to Europa, but also combined the Heavenly Way of the Seris with Europa's humanism. It shows the whole of Europe the prospect that when the gods are returned to God and the people are returned, the emancipated human beings have built the Heavenly Mountain in the East.

Yue Jingzhong smiled faintly, the Taoist is always happy to see the strengths of others, and what he said next is a commentary on this idea: "His Majesty the Emperor admires Your Majesty's achievements in the way of war, and he likes to read your book "Principles of War", the truth of war you have discovered has opened a new era. Seris has benefited you a lot from it as well. ”

Since the War of the Austrian Succession, Cyris has been closely following the evolution of war theory on the European continent and after forming an alliance with Prussia. A large number of staff officers were sent to Prussia to sum up the experience of the European War. Many officers even served in Frederick's headquarters for many years, and had a very thorough grasp of Frederick's ideas on war.

Like a child, Frederick wanted to gain the approval of his idols, and not only generously distributed his book "Principles of War" to all the officers of Seris, but also sent a special edition to the Emperor of the Holy Dao, containing some of the things he did not want to make public, mainly about how to control his subordinates.

Frederick was conceited in the way of war, and he modestly said: "The weak triumph over the strong." I had to rack my brains and fight for everything that would lay the foundation for victory. I had the guts to face the Holy Roman Empire, to face Russia, to face France, or even to face the hundreds of thousands of armies they had combined, but I did not have the guts to face the army of Seris. Your achievements in the technology of war are sufficient to crush any conspiracy. ”…,

It was Yue Jingzhong's turn to bow slightly, indicating that he did not dare to accept such praise.

Frederick's words were not entirely sycophant, as Seris's scientific attainments were still inferior to Europa's, and he had been recruiting scientists for basic research in Europa for many years, and the Seriscal Institute had spent a lot of money two years ago to recruit scientists who had studied thunder and lightning, and the treatment he threw was so much that Europeans were surprised.

However, Seris is far ahead of Europe in terms of practical technology, and Seris's engineers are even the target of great recruitment by European countries, of course, their efforts have basically had little effect.

Steel smelting, cement, steam engines, these are the things that Europa countries dream of, but except for Britain, which has the foundation to catch up, the other countries are left behind.

This is even more evident in the military field, as early as the Battle of Ceylon, the sharp artillery of the Seris Navy made many far-sighted Europa military strategists exclaim that a new era of war is coming. However, there is still a long way to go from the theoretical frontier to the actual military reform.

The war between Cyris and Britain in India was not enough to promote this wave of change in Europa, and after the unification of Seris, his attention was also focused on domestic affairs, using more diplomatic and economic means to deal with the West, and military means were only used in Central Asia and India, and the military contacts between the East and the West tended to be calm, and the overall situation in Europe was peaceful after the War of the Austrian Succession, so this wave also disappeared temporarily.

After the outbreak of this war, the tide of military technological change surged. Last year, Seris appeared on the continent with rifled cap firing pistols, and the lightweight mortar was effective in supporting the infantry. The combat mode has also changed from a rigid horizontal line to a column line, and even the assault group tactics used in many cases have begun to deviate from the line infantry tactics, and at the same time, regardless of offense and defense, there is a great emphasis on civil engineering operations.

This series of differences makes European countries very uncomfortable.

At the outbreak of the war, Prussia was besieged on all sides by Austria, France, and Russia. Of these, 100,000 Russian troops pounced on East Prussia, and 10,000 of Seris's red coats fought alongside Field Marshal Wald under Frederick's command. Defeat of the Russian army in the Battle of Veliky Jagersdorf.

In this battle, the Seris infantry could accurately and quickly deploy their firepower from a distance of 200 meters, and the mortar's shrapnel caused amazing damage to the dense infantry formation, and the Russian army was powerless. If it weren't for Rumyantsev, who had experience in fighting with the Red Clothes of Seris in his early years, insisted on setting up a retreat channel before the battle, covering it with heavy artillery and strong positions, the Russian army would have been almost completely annihilated.

Veliky Jägersdorf was accompanied by one of the most brilliant victories of his military career, the Battle of Rossbach. Although the main reason for the victory was his use of the diagonal formation, the mortars (flying cannons) that supported him also played a key role.

After the two wars, the whole of Europe was crying out about the ferocity of the red tide in the East, and Field Marshal Daun of Austria insisted that Queen Theresia hurry up and negotiate peace with Seris. At least make sure that the Seris redcoat does not appear in front of the Austrians. And the Duke of Richelieu of France exclaimed pessimistically that if the Seris came not ten thousand, but one hundred thousand, the whole of Europe would be prostrate at the feet of the Seris. At the same time, he was extremely glad that the excuse for Seris's aid to Prussia was that he was at war with Russia, and that he would not be an enemy of France for the time being.

Countries are looking at their arsenals, and they are disappointed to find out. The flintlock musket that he still used, the shrapnel fired from the old artillery, was like a small stick to a bayonet in front of these new weapons. The king and the marshals were in heated discussions about giving more rewards to the gunsmiths to complete the armament upgrade as soon as possible.

Yue Jingzhong said again: "Our Seris army, as well as our guns, cannot control the situation of the battle, and to win the final victory, we can only rely on Your Majesty's war wisdom. ”…,

Advanced guns do not dominate the course of the war. There are too few Seris reds, and for diplomatic reasons, they can only fight against Russia. War on the Austrians could only be waged when the armies of Austria and Russia appeared on the battlefield at the same time.

The anti-Prussian alliance hurried to upgrade its armaments and persevered in sending troops to besiege Prussia, while Frederick underestimated the opponent's will to fight and mobilized a large army to march eastward to recover the previously occupied Prague, but suffered a serious defeat in Prague, and the whole of Silesia fell into the hands of the Austro-Russian coalition again. At the same time, the French army took advantage of the eastward advance of the main Prussian army to force Hanover, and the situation of the battle changed again.

This was the background of Frederick's sad speech under the birch tree, and Yue Jingzhong was well aware of the position of his army. This small army of 10,000 people. In a sense, it was actually a British mercenary. Britain was unwilling to join the meat grinder on European soil, but did not want to sit idly by and watch Prussia fail, so they reached an agreement with Cyris, allowing Cyris, to send troops into Europe, and even sent a fleet to escort them. But there are strict requirements for the size of the army.

The Britons knew very well that the Seris army, with its advanced guns, was very terrible, and if too many red clothes were put into Europe, not only Prussia would rise, but the situation in Europe would also change greatly. In this way, the situation in Europe was no longer under the control of Britain.

Yue Jingzhong knew that it was precisely with the permission of Britain that Yinghua had the opportunity to send the army to participate in this war. Otherwise, with the strength of the Anglo-Chinese navy, it would not be enough to knock on the door of Europa and escort the army deep into Prussia.

Even if he only faced the French Navy alone, Yinghua was not sure of victory, after all, it was a war at someone else's doorstep, when Britain ran to India, but was beaten by Yinghua, distance is the biggest enemy of both sides.

Frederick said passionately: "With our Prussian war wisdom and your Seris's war technology, this battle, the victory must be ours!" Yue, follow me to the battlefield! ”

The cannon in front of him rumbled, Yue Jingzhong heard that it was his own twenty-pound cannon, and he also smiled heartily: "I am willing to serve Your Majesty!" ”

Attacking Russia is one side, and participating in the entire course of European history is another, and for a soldier like Yue Jingzhong, only on the battlefield can he grasp the context of military change. Yinghua completed the unification of China eighteen years ago, but did not stop fighting and let Nanshan go. In Central Asia, in India, both land and sea armies are constantly fighting.

The idea of advocating the royal way of the Mandate of Heaven in China requires war to ensure that Yinghua has a global vision and indirectly or directly lays out the situation of world domination. A thriving industry needed war to plunder raw materials and expand markets. The rapid development of financial capital needs war as a way to borrow money and make profits, the people who have the courage and pursuit need war to seek wealth and prosperity, and even the central and peaceful government needs war to expand public interests and alleviate domestic contradictions. Military power was firmly in the hands of the emperor, which also made foreign wars not interfere too much with domestic political factors.

In this era, regardless of whether the country or the people, everyone is willing to fight, at least when the technology and the idea of war are still in the lead, and they do not fully realize how much the overall war between countries will cost after fully entering the present world. Still think so.

Stepping on the war horse, Yue Jingzhong raised his saber and shouted in Chinese: "Chinese boys, let our glory shine on Europa!" ”

Yellow-skinned soldiers from Japan, Korea, Siam, Vietnam, Burma, Cambodia and other countries. Brown-skinned soldiers from Tianzhu, and even black-skinned soldiers from Monk (Mogadishu) and Abinesia (Ethiopia), led by Anglo-Chinese officers, raised their rifles and shouted at the same time in various foreign accents: "Huaxia - Wan Sheng!" ”…,

The Anglo-Chinese European Dispatch Army is a foreign legion, and although the Anglo-Chinese are willing to fight, it does not mean that they are willing to gain practical experience in European military practice. Sacrifice for Prussia.

It was not a temporary measure to organize a Foreign Legion with Anglo-Chinese residency and a high salary relative to home, and to fight in Europe. The Anglo-Chinese wars in Tianzhu, in Central Asia, and even in Abynesia and Misr (Egypt) were dominated by the Foreign Legion. Yue Jingzhong's army was able to reach Prussia within half a year, and the reason was that the place where this army was stationed was in the monks, which was called Mugudushu in the Zheng He era.

Anglo-Chinese trade with Europa flourished. At the same time, Britain's dominance in the Atlantic Ocean is becoming more and more obvious, and in order to avoid the control of the European trade route by Britain, Anglo-Chinese is working to open up another trade route. The Red Sea is the only option.

In order to control the Red Sea, it was necessary to obtain the monks, which inevitably clashed with Abinissia and even Mishr, who was nominally controlled by the Ottoman Turks and had considerable autonomy in substance. Over the years, there have been small and medium-sized battles here, and Yue Jingzhong's previous position was the protector of the Red Sea.

Yue Jingzhong's shouts gradually spread, and groups of red-clothed troops lined up, carrying guns on their shoulders, and walked towards the battlefield ahead, mixed with the dark blue tide of the Prussian army, red and blue. Eye-catching. On the other side of the battlefield, the gray of the Russian army and the white of the Austrian army looked so pale and weak, like cloth waiting to be infected in the cloth workshop.

The smoke of the battlefield of Leuteng was about to rise in the Bay of Lagos near Gibraltar. The sound of artillery has subsided, and a large-scale naval battle is nearing its end.

"General Boscoen sent a banner: Praise Seris, praise His Royal Highness......"

Tari, the commander of the "Lin Liang" fast battleship, and his subordinates reported this, and Admiral Li Keming, the governor of the task force of the Western Fleet, frowned: "Make it clear to that Britan, if he dares to call me Prince again, beware of me blowing off the mast of his ship!" ”

Stepping out of the command tower wrapped in iron plates, Li Keming held the railing, scanned the sea, not far away, in the billowing smoke, he could vaguely see the figures of several sinking warships, this is the Toulon fleet of France, eighteen warships, except for the eight captured and the two that escaped, the rest are all in front. The sound of cannon was still faintly ringing, and it was the cruiser under his command who was fighting the French warship to the death with the British warship.

"The Door of War Opens ......"

The sea breeze was mixed with the strong smell of gunsmoke, Li Keming muttered in a low voice. The peace between Anglo-Chinese and France, which had barely been maintained, collapsed because of this war, and the entry of France into the war meant a world war that encompassed almost all the great powers in the world. But this is not a war between the East and the West, but the two great powers that are committed to dominating the world, and Prussia, an emerging power that is about to rise from the European continent, will form a party to overthrow France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, and Russia, which are old powerhouses that control the old world pattern.

After the slender "Lin Liang", with a chimney under the sails, there were three identical battleships quietly moored, and nearly ten smaller cruisers around it, all of which were sails and chimneys, but there were no huge wheels on the left and right sides of the hull, and the whole body was covered with steel, and the hull was only one gun deck, and the huge turret on the main deck was eye-catching.

Around these battleships flying the fiery red twin dragon flag and the blue flying dragon rain map naval flag, the wood-colored British battleship and the dense gun doors of the hull are no longer as hideous as before. Compared with the Yinghua battleship, there is a sense of vicissitudes of aging dragon bells. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )