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The third stop of the Great Qin Mission's visit to Europe was Paris, France, which at this time was also called the Bourbon Dynasty, and the reigning king was named Louis. Dieudonnay. Bourbon. That is, Louis XIV.

Louis XIV was perhaps the longest-reigning king in the world, reigning for 72 years.

In 1643, Louis XIII, who was only 42 years old, took his last breath. Dieudonnay. Bourbon was proclaimed King of France and Var in the arms of his mother Anna.

When Louis XIV was young, he was regent by his mother, Anna, at a time when all of Europe was in chaos and ruins.

These dozens, because of the disagreement between the Protestant and Catholic countries, led to a full-scale European war - the Thirty Years' War.

In 1636-1637, Spain attacked France, and the French army won. By 1648, the Habsburgs had signed the Peace of Westphalia with France, Sweden, and the princely states of Brandenburg, Saxony, and Bavaria in the Holy Roman Empire. The Thirty Years' War subsided,

But no sooner had the war between the European countries ended, and there was a massive Fronde riot in France, which could not be further aggravated by France.

At this time, France was still at war with Spain (1635-1659), so it was caught in a serious internal and external troubles. France's national power was weakened by Yanzhòng, and its original hegemony was abruptly interrupted; The decline of its position in Europe to a second-rate country cannot but be said to be a sad thing for France.

The rebellion not only caused great social chaos, but the government's military strength declined from 150,000 to more than 50,000 due to a significant reduction in tax revenue. The young Louis XLIS was twice forced to flee Paris during the riots.

When the Great Qin mission entered France, the rebellion of the Frondes had not yet subsided, but had only been driven out of Paris. Zhang Haoran brought about 200 marines to escort him, as well as 500 French troops sent by French Prime Minister Mazarin to escort him to Paris.

The French Fronde rebellion took place precisely because of dissatisfaction with the policies of Prime Minister Mazarin, the mistress of the mother of the Queen Mother, Anna. As Prime Minister and Cardinal Archbishop, he actually holds the power of France.

Mazarin's premiership came at a time when the 30-year war in Europe was coming to an end. In order to meet the demands of the war, Mazarin made advances to the financiers in exchange for allowing them to collect taxes and state revenues. These tax contractors make huge profits from this.

When the provinces had been plundered and the people were exhausted, the government intended to extort from the middle class and the judges of the High Court in Paris, and in April 1648 the court issued an edict to suspend the payment of the judges of the High Courts in various places for four years, thus exacerbating the conflict.

In May 1648, the High Court of Paris united the local courts. In the name of purging the malpractices of the government, he proposed 27 articles to declare the unconstitutionality of the inspectors sent by the king to various places, and demanded that financial reforms be carried out to protect personal freedom.

In August 1648, encouraged by the victory of Prince Condé Lens, the Empress Dowager and Mazarin ordered the arrest of P. Brussels, the leader of the movement, and this atrocity immediately aroused the anger of the people. A popular armed uprising broke out in Paris.

The insurgents erected 1,200 barricades overnight, and they shot the homes of Mazarin's supporters with 'Fronde'. Uprisings against the government also broke out in the provinces.

October 1648. King Louis XIV fled. Soon after, France signed the Peace of Westphalia, and French troops withdrew from the front. In January 1649, the Prince of Condé led a large army to besiege Paris.

The aristocracy and the bourgeoisie were horrified by the fear of the spread of popular revolt, and by the news that King Charles I of England had just been executed. He compromised with the king.

On 11 March 1649, the Peace of Ruel was signed. The rebellious Parisian people fought for more than three months with the royal army, and finally failed.

But the sporadic and scattered struggle did not stop and has continued. Now it is getting worse and worse.

Zhang Haoran and his team traveled south along the English Channel from London this time, and after reaching the Bay of Seine, they landed at Le Havre. Then follow the Seyer all the way east to Paris.

When they marched to the small town of Vernon, west of Paris, an unfortunate thing happened that night, in order to create chaos, the Slingers attacked the town of Vernon at night, and the 500 French troops responsible for providing escorts for the Great Qin Mission were routed in one fell swoop.

Fang Ge, the deputy commander of the Royal Marines of Great Qin, with two hundred marines, could only face the Slinger rebels who swarmed in the night, and after the Fronde rebels rushed into the town of Vernon, they set fire to it everywhere, and soon the whole town was surrounded by raging fire.

The Slinger rebels, some armed with swords, some with bows and arrows, and some with muskets, rushed in by the light of the fire, and everywhere there were shadows, shouts and gunfire.

In order to prevent the fire from spreading, he ordered the soldiers to tear down the nearby houses and clear the fire belt.

Prime Minister Mazarin, the minister sent to greet the Qin State Mission, also ran away, his face was as pale as a ghost, and he shouted to Zhang Haoran urgently: "Your Excellency, Ambassador, retreat, retreat to Paris"

Zhang Haoran didn't hear it, and while asking the deputy envoy Zheng Jie to place the nearly 100 people of the mission in two big rooms, he asked the deputy commander Fang Gedao: "Commander Fang, how is the situation?" Can it be held? ”

Fang Ge held a six-nine flintlock rifle in his hand, and after spitting out the mud and dust in his mouth, he replied: "The enemy is suddenly attacking, and the night is vast, and it is difficult to know how many men and horses there are for a while, but Lord Zhang can rest assured, unless the enemy brings cannons, otherwise, they will not want to capture this ancient castle." ”

Fang Ge said it easily, but in fact, he didn't know the bottom in his heart, the five hundred French troops guarding the outskirts of the town collapsed too quickly, they didn't have time to go out to reconnoiter the enemy, the enemy had already rushed into the town and set fire everywhere, I don't know how many enemies came, how well was the equipment, was there any artillery?

Obviously, these slinger rebels were premeditated, if they had thousands of troops and horses, rushing up to the castle, Fang Ge only had two hundred men, and the walls of the castle were only one foot wide and eight feet high, not the kind of thick walls with military defense; Not to mention the explosion, a little more people push hard, it is possible to knock down the courtyard wall, and no one dares to guarantee whether it can be defended at that time.

Moreover, since the enemy army came prepared, it would not be strange even if they brought artillery, and in that case, the situation would be even more dangerous.

Wei Xiaonong's small town was not big, and the enemy rushed in and out from all directions, shouting like a wave, and the figures were like ants in the firelight, and the momentum was amazing.

Bang!

A bullet suddenly came from the street in front of him, hitting the stone wall next to Fang Ge, and a spark was sparked, and Shi Changnong Xiaowu next to him asked urgently: "Commander Fang, the enemy is rushing up, give the order to shoot, shoot!" ”

"Hit!" Fang Ge was splashed on his face by the rubble, and he was in pain, and his hair exploded.

Woohoo!

Woohoo!

Qin Jun's rifle suddenly rang out like a violent bean, and tongues of fire erupted in the night, which was particularly dazzling. The enemy, who rushed down the street, immediately fell one after another, and let out a terrible scream;

At the same time, behind a house a few dozen steps west of the castle, hundreds of rockets suddenly took off, like meteors in the sky, shooting down between the castles

Seeing that the situation was so critical, Fang Gobi pushed Zhang Haoran back into the house and yelled: "Rockets, hurry!" ”

The three Qin soldiers at the head of the wall immediately carried rockets and aimed at Xize's house, pulled the trigger, and tweeted! Chirp! Three dazzling fires flew away, and in an instant, three deafening loud noises came, and Xize's houses were bombarded to dust, and the flames were everywhere, and the enemies hiding behind the houses were either crushed to death or blown away, and they were miserable to see.

Fang Ge made a bloody investment this time, and with an order, several rockets bombarded the street, boom! Rumble! Boom a ball of fire rose, and in the night, there were like the big mouths of the devil's open blood plates, blasting the swarming enemies into pieces of flesh and flying wildly, and the blood light was sprinkled wildly, and the street entrance of the black shadow pupil was suddenly empty!

"Great, the enemy is back!" Just now, the soldiers of the Qin army cheered, and suddenly someone exclaimed: "Commander Fang, it's not good, behind, at the end of the street behind, the enemy is pushing artillery over?" ”

Fang Ge lost his voice and yelled, "What? Artillery, there are really artillery"

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PS: The third one is sent, and I am anxious to ask for a monthly pass, a first-aid monthly pass! I'm going to go to the code word, brothers and sisters, please smash some more monthly passes to encourage! (To be continued......)