Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 1048 Postscript 4
The rise in strength of the One God countries has not changed their own situation at all.Because while their strength is growing, their enemies, the seven Western Border Kingdoms, are also growing in national and military strength, and they are growing rapidly.

Because in contrast to the monotheistic world faintly surrounded by wreaths, the Seven Kingdoms of the West Border can be seamlessly connected with Middle Earth.It is completely free to communicate with each other, which has brought a huge impetus to the seven countries in the west, and promoted the rapid development of all countries!
Even though they are thousands of miles away, some special products from the Seven Kingdoms in the Western Region become uncompetitive when they go to the Central Plains.For example, refined copper, in the face of competition from Japan and Xinfu copper materials, the ultra-high transportation costs make them vulnerable.

Not to mention food, livestock, leather and the like.The descendants of the Seven Feudal Kingdoms who were sealed to the west have a headache when thinking about this problem.Facing the Central Plains, they found that in their huge country, they were unable to find a good item?

Even the Central Plains opened the door to them, sending a group of craftsmen for firing porcelain, as well as planting tea and silkworms, but none of them succeeded.Whether it is tea or silkworms, it is difficult to grow them in the northern regions. Even Anguo, the southernmost capital, can raise silkworms and grow mulberries and teas, but the quality and output are not so satisfactory.

As for the Nordic countries like Wu and Mu, they couldn't even grow them.

The same is true of porcelain, ordinary porcelain can be fired, but kaolin can not be found in various countries, and high-grade white porcelain is still not available.It is equivalent to missing the most dazzling pearl.Since the establishment of the Seven Kingdoms, they still have to import high-grade porcelain from China every year.

The fault is not that they can still export to the world of Yishen to earn the price difference, and even build ships to pass through the east and west coasts of Africa, and exchange a large amount of wealth from Hei Shuli to make profits. It must also be a headache because of the poor trade between the East and the West.

Therefore, the Seven Kingdoms of the West Frontier do not need to join hands with their allies Tianfang World to suppress the One-God Countries. They can suppress the One-God Countries only with the strength of the Seven Kingdoms themselves.

That bastion doesn't mean that only one god country will build it.Even if the seven countries in the western region built their own bastions, no matter how they look at it, they are not defending against the world of one god.

Besides, there is no natural saltpeter mine in Europe, especially in Western Europe.In countries such as Britain, France, Shinra, and Italy, if they want to get nitrate, they can only go to toilets, pigpens and other filthy places to collect soil and cook nitrate.The latter is used as military supplies, and Lu Qi has always strictly controlled the one-god countries.However, the seven countries in the western frontier can obtain high-quality saltpeter mines from Tianzhu without restriction.Not to mention the national power and the backing behind him, but the duration of the war alone is better than one god and one country.

As far as the Seven Kingdoms of the Western Border are concerned, they have perfectly achieved the original purpose of Lu Qian's establishment of them - to suppress a god!
A hundred years passed in a hurry. In the original time and space, this time point was the time when the Black Death took hold in Europe. The scythe of death covered the whole of Europe. One third of the Europeans died because of it.But at this moment, where is the shadow of the Black Death in Europe?
Whether it's personal cleanliness or the cleanliness of the streets and cities, today's Yishen world is really better than the same period in history.

The breaking of the belief in divine light and the communication between the East and the West made Europeans completely abandon their old living habits.Not to mention personal and urban hygiene, even clothing and food have been orientalized.Then, how can the people in the whole monotheistic world not take a shower several times in their life, and let the sewage and excrement flow freely in the city, and the garbage piles up?
Without this external environment, the Black Death inherently lacked a breeding ground.

Coupled with the stable social environment, there have been no wars for many years.It is determined by the internal and external environment!
The rapid development of agriculture has allowed the population of Western European countries to multiply rapidly. The potential point of this is that there is no shortage of food, otherwise how can people give birth?If there is no shortage of food in all countries, then all cats and dogs will not be caught and eaten, and because of the exchanges between the East and the West, the status of cats has changed a lot compared with the same period in history. When there are more cats and dogs, there will be fewer rats, and there will be fewer rats. The Black Death lacked a means of transmission...

In short, the Black Death that was at the same time in the original time and space has been completely wiped out by the butterfly in the current time and space.

However, the monotheistic world that escaped the catastrophe also had gains and losses. It was a great fortune to gain. The Black Death was a disease that killed one-third of the population of Europe, but it was the Europeans who lost Peace of mind.

The increase in strength has caused the public opinion of the whole world to boil, and the dignitaries of various countries have also expanded somewhat.

Just like in the original time and space, the invasion of foreign colonists has increased the nationalism of the victim countries, and the same is true for Europe.

The humiliation suffered by Lu Qian's subordinates, and the invasion of the yellow race, which is very different from the white race, all made the natives of the One God World feel a surge of anger from the bottom of their hearts!
Just like the Western colonists in history acted recklessly in China, forcing the decadent Manchu Qing to sign one after another of the unequal treaties, Lu Qian followed suit and returned them.

What extraterritorial rights, what consulates, and suzerainty and three-year tribute, the right to spread beliefs, and unilateral most-favored-nation treatment, Lu Qi warships can sail and stop in the seas of various countries at will, and even have the right to formulate relevant customs tariffs.

All of this made the countries of Yishen feel hostility and anger from the bottom of their hearts towards the Central Plains.Just like the Chinese people in history were afraid of foreign devils, it sounds like they are very afraid, but isn't that fear a kind of hatred that goes deep into their bones?

The only difference is that historical China was far more miserable than the one-god world of this era.

Technology in the 19th century has greatly shortened the 'distance' between East and West, but not in this era.

By the time the 19th century reached the second half of the page, the telegrams spread throughout the world were enough for a regime to control the entire world, which naturally greatly restrained China.Even if you want to resist, you will face the backlash of the colonists all the time!But in this era, Lu Qi once conquered the whole world, but he had to let it go again.

The existence of imperial barriers made the Central Plains have no control over the situation thousands of miles away.Enfeoffment of vassal states is necessary, and the suppression of the world of one god is far from being as sharp as Britain and France when China was humiliated for a hundred years.

In general, because the distance between the two sides is too far away—regardless of whether the Suez Canal has been opened or not, very few Chinese businessmen have really braved the waves and crossed thousands of miles of oceans to come to the world of one god.

At least that number is much less than the number of Europeans in the original time and space.

Don't forget that China in this time and space also has Nanyang, Tianzhu and the very beautiful America. The businessmen from the West were largely cut off by Anguo, Tianfang World and Ethiopians.Don't look at how ruthless Lu Qian's strikes were, but in fact, the damage to the world of one god is not that great.

On the contrary, it made them feel the 'shame' at close range!
If so, after 200 years of Lu Qi Dynasty inheritance, no one can extinguish the flames of war in Europe.

On one side are the powerful Seven Kingdoms of the West Frontier, backed by mountains higher than the Himalayas, and on the other side is the world of one god with a population of hundreds of millions.

At the moment when guns and artillery are weapons, population means war potential.The bastions are even more troublesome.With the fight on both sides, it really won't be over in a while.

And the war also spread from land to sea, and finally even from the Mediterranean to the long west coast of Africa.

As an important part of the war, the bastion became famous all over the world for the first time with real "records".

It is no longer a bug in military deductions, but a real bug!

In the second month of the war, the Allied Forces of the Seven Kingdoms on the side of Daiguo [Poland] had defeated the key attack launched by the Yishen Army against Daiguo.

The super defense of the bastion has been tested in actual combat.

And the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations also experienced a huge turning point from defense to offense. The government and the opposition are full of confidence, as if there are no bastions in the enemy's territory. Many people think that the rebellion in One God World will be put down soon. '.Then, the First Army Corps on the Northern Front, composed of the [-] Dai Army and the [-] Wu Army, suffered a tragic defeat under the city of Berlin.

Entering the territory of Shenluo, facing the bastion they could only besiege but not attack, and then quickly pushed the battle to the city of Berlin.

From September to late November, the siege lasted for more than two months. At the most tense time, the First Army Corps on the Northern Front fired more than 3 artillery shells in a single day, knocking down more than 50 meters of the city wall, but the bastion defense line behind it Still intact.

For more than two months, the coalition forces carried out several storms and night attacks with heavy casualties, all of which failed.

The weather is also getting colder and snowing, and the reinforcements of the Shinra army are waiting not far away, and the siege can only end.

After the battle, take stock of the losses of both the enemy and the enemy. The casualties of the attackers are far more than those of the defenders.Give the coalition forces that were in full swing at that time a heavy blow.

Half a year into the war, a large-scale naval battle began.Whether it is the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, or even the waters west of the Iberian Peninsula.

The war that broke out in the Western Continent made up for the gap that had been opened between the seven Western Border Kingdoms and the Central Plains in time!

The strong defensive effect of the bastion makes the war a boring situation, the strategic thinking is exhausted, and no matter how good the military strategy is, it cannot offset the force of the bastion, so the war is constantly repeating itself.

And the best way to 'crack' the bastion is not to conquer the fort in front of you, but to completely block it.This requires a considerable number of soldiers.

The size of the armies of both sides continued to grow.

As I said earlier, the development and use of firearms has made the knight class gradually withdraw from the dominance of the army.

The role of nobles in the military field began to change, from providing knights for the country to commanders in the national army who commanded operations.If a young aristocrat in the new era wants to develop in the military, he will no longer prepare armor, weapons and horses to fight as a knight, but start from an official position in the army carrying a military flag, and he will be promoted and promoted according to his qualifications and performance .

The decline of the knight class and the rise of the infantry also caused more civilians to be involved in the war.Not to mention cannons, the manufacture and cost of muskets are much simpler than the heavy armor of knights in the past, and they are very cheap.With the same financial resources, a country can recruit, equip and train more soldiers.

Coupled with the fact that the centralization of power has greatly increased the power in the hands of the king, the armed forces of the entire country have expanded many times compared to that of the past.

However, although the power of all countries in One God has greatly increased, and the surge in population has also greatly increased their war potential, these have nothing to do with money, or they cannot form a qualitative change in finance.

To fight is to fight for money.

When wars continue, when the size of the armies of various countries is increasing, but it is not a one-god world of the global hegemonic colonial power, then it is in trouble.

It doesn't take many people to guard a bastion, but it takes a lot of soldiers to trap a bastion, at least far more than the defenders, which forces the size of the troops on both sides to increase.

However, there are backers behind the seven countries in the western frontier, but there is no financial backer for all the countries of the gods.

They can control and mobilize a larger army, but they cannot pay and provide supplies for the soldiers. After years of wars have drained the last penny of the national treasury of the One God, the failure of the One God World is inevitable up.

To cross the threshold, it is necessary to make important changes in the financial and administrative resources of all countries.

(End of this chapter)