The witch thought I am a Demon God

Three days later, the army of Oyo III and the army of Louis XI had another decisive battle. This battle took place on the Fairy Forest Bridge in the Count of Frankistan.

Legend has it that the Fairy Forest Bridge in Frankistan’s territory is called the Fairy Forest Bridge because fairies may be encountered every July.

Oyo III's 30,000 vanguard right-wing infantry regiment wanted to pass through the Xianlin Bridge, but was blocked by the army of King Louis XI of France. A war broke out around the bridge.

At first, the French King's army had the advantage, but it was soon overrun by the Emperor's army and began to collapse. Several military flags of the French King's army fell into the hands of the Emperor. At this time, the Duke of Bavaria, who was in charge of the vanguard right wing, thought they had won. , ready to celebrate and send victory news to the emperor's troops 10 kilometers away.

What is unexpected is that the Grand Judge of the Frankish Kingdom, Mason Inen, was a very powerful Duke of Knights. With the help of the One Hundred Holy Nails of the Law, he broke through the shield wall of the emperor's army and defeated the emperor's vanguard. Right wing.

This left a huge hidden danger for the subsequent defeat of the emperor's army.

Because there were problems on the right wing and the generals of the various vassal states were unable to effectively coordinate, problems occurred in the middle.

Like a knife, Frank's 70,000 troops passed through the Xianlin Bridge and entered the emperor's 300,000 troops, cutting the empire's army into several parts.

The battle lasted all day.

The Franks' frenzied attacks and powerful command brought them a huge victory. As a result, the nominal commander Louis XI and the de facto commander the Grand Chancellor of the Imperial City defeated the Empire's 30 soldiers with 70,000 remaining soldiers. Thousands of mixed troops.

As soon as this war broke out, it shocked many small countries who were waiting and watching.

On the second day of the Battle of Xianlin Bridge, King Oyo III and Duke Gugel were both livid in the military tent, and each of them fell into anger.

Oyo III said: "Did the Frankish army pursue us? I guess not. More than ten Holy Nail Knights died in my hands yesterday. They were the third-ranked knights in their kingdom."

"Humph, you traitor. The Holy Nail is the incarnation of the God of All Things. He suffered for the world. One of the three nails was nailed on his hands and feet. One of the nails has been used to fill the sea, and the other nail is used to suppress the volcano in the center of the earth. .”

"The last nail is located in the Frankish Kingdom. It is a sacred object enshrined by the Frankish royal family for generations. But the Frankish Kingdom is now using this knighthood to attack the empire and the Holy See."

Duke Gugel said: "Brother, their numbers are too small. Even if they defeated us, they would not dare to pursue us. In the situation yesterday, they actually narrowly defeated us, and they could not expand the fruits of victory by pursuing us."

"We're just tied."

Oyo III looked ugly.

The empire's army is like this. If you fight a defensive battle with others, it may be okay. There are many people, so you can rush forward in a rush, or you can hold your position.

The command and dispatch required is smaller.

But once an encounter occurs in the wild, the biggest disadvantage of this mixed force will become apparent.

Obviously Louis XI took advantage of this characteristic and caused the emperor to suffer a big loss.

"We lost." Oyo III said: "I heard that people from the church have gone to suppress the Black Death. Now we can deal with the culprits more unscrupulously."

"There are still follow-up reinforcements from the empire. Maybe we will have to hold another imperial meeting."

Duke Gugel said: "We have held two meetings in a short period of time. The third meeting will be held. The princes already have grievances and will definitely use the topic to show off."

"Brother, instead of convening a parliament, you might as well borrow troops from other countries. Alsace is a good choice."

"This is their doorstep. We have helped them to this point, which is already good for them."

Oyo III said: "Don't worry, the troops of the United Kingdom will also come to help us. I don't care if we lose this time, we still have a chance."

Suddenly, a messenger entered the tent and brought very bad news.

It turned out that the French King's army actually entered the Holy Empire through the Duchy of Lower Burgundy, and began to move towards the territories directly under the jurisdiction of the electors and emperors of the Holy Empire.

Once all the electorate states and the emperor's direct territories are controlled by the other party, the universal law: holiness will become invalid.

After hearing the news, King Oyo III did not wait for the support troops from the United Kingdom, but immediately ordered to return to the empire immediately.

But at this time, the 50,000-strong army of the United Kingdom had already sailed on a large number of ships to the newly conquered territory of the Frankish Kingdom - the financial center of the Magic Black Forest - the territory of the three lowland countries.

After this army landed in the lowlands, it did not suffer too many attacks. The local people's willingness to resist was not high. The Franks regarded the lowlands as hens that lay golden eggs and plundered their wealth wantonly without giving it to the people of the lowlands. political status and infrastructure.

This caused the people of the lowlands to dislike the Frankish Kingdom for a long time.

Over the years, overt and covert resistance has continued.

But soon, Louis XI ordered the marshals of the Frankish Empire stationed in the lowlands to assemble their troops and repel the United Kingdom.

The original plan of the United Kingdom and the Emperor was that when the United Kingdom's troops landed in the lowlands, the United Kingdom would continue to use its superior navy to harass the northern coast of the Frank Empire, and then respond to the Emperor's army from the north to the south to attack the Frank Empire together, allowing the Frank Empire to start and end. Both ends, too busy to take care of themselves.

However, because the armies of the Frankish Kingdom entered the Holy Empire first, Oyo III directly led all the troops back to defend, leaving the United Kingdom's troops isolated and helpless.

This almost led to a complete collapse of the Empire-United Kingdom front.

Fortunately, at this time, the Tomb King was aware of it and sent 20,000 Alsatian troops to harass the Earl of Frankistan in the Frank Empire.

This land territory was once the territory of the Kingdom of Alsace, and was later ceded to the Frankish Empire by Geron's father, and now the Alsatians are fighting the Frankish army here.

The addition of the Alsatian army at least delayed the Frankish emperor from moving north to destroy the United Kingdom's army first.

But because the number of people is too small, its effect is limited.

In this melee, Alsace's national power is the weakest. The other countries are either empires and kingdoms with empire-level power, or the United Kingdom has shown an imperial style on the ocean.

It is extremely difficult for Alsace to maintain its current military strength after a series of chaos, and it is only natural that it cannot play a decisive role in the war.

…

In the military tent, the Frankish emperor was extremely happy. In just five days, the situation changed again.

War is always like this, ever-changing.

The Frankish Kingdom, which was originally at a disadvantage, is now one against three and dominates the scene.

The Frankish Emperor said: "This time their coalition was defeated, and we won. And in just five days, we destroyed three counts in the empire."

"The United Kingdom's army is like meat on the chopping block. They have no ability to resist. This time we won."

The Chief Justice of Imperial Capital Island smiled. "Although there were many surprises, in the end all our plans were achieved."

"The first phase of the military plan has been completed. At the beginning of the second phase, we will launch a large-scale victorious war within the empire, and then use this war to divide the princes in the empire, win over those princes who fear our power, and weaken the empire's strength .”

"At the same time, we will fully defend against naval harassment by the United Kingdom and the activation of our spy network in the United Kingdom to provoke ethnic conflicts in the United Kingdom."

"As for the reasons for declaring war against the empire, of course we must think about it well, otherwise we will naturally lose our moral high ground. Not to mention what people in other countries think of us, our own citizens will also wonder why we are fighting this war."

Louis XI was in a good mood. "The reason for fighting this war is simple, because many ethnic groups in the empire are in an exploited position."

"The Frankish Empire sent troops to attack the Empire to liberate the nations within the Empire."

The justice said with a smile: "In this way, some fools in the empire will think that what you say is true. These people will betray their motherland, betray their compatriots, and take refuge in something invisible that you casually promised. you."

"Cultivating a loyal domestic servant requires taking care of his family, and it requires heart-to-heart and the test of his family for generations, but it is very simple to cultivate a group of foreign pigs and dogs. After all, distance creates beauty, and we only need to say a few words If it doesn't hurt, it will give them an infinitely beautiful imagination about the Frank Empire, and this imagination is one that none of them dare to break."

Louis XI said: "I only care about my own country. I don't care about other people. But if people in other countries want to imagine, just imagine. The more they think about it, we will invade their countries and plunder their resources. It would be even easier to enslave them and their descendants.”

"The total resources in the Magic Black Forest are limited. If we live well, others will live poorly."

Archbishop Reims said: "The spy networks we have established in various countries have already spread the first round of national ideology. Now as long as we guide it a little, many foreigners will soon worship us, the origin of nation-state ideology."

Louis XI said: "That's right. One thing I noticed is that in those countries where national ideas have emerged recently, many people are anti-imperialist."

The archbishop and the chancellor were very stressed about this topic. They looked at each other and said nothing, but looked nervously at Louis XI.

Louis XI smiled and said: "Don't get me wrong. Anyway, it's the affairs of other countries. It has nothing to do with me. Those who accept our advanced ideas are originally marginalized figures in the upper classes of various countries. It is normal to have such thoughts. Now we are going to reorganize the three-tier parliament, symbolically open a cabinet, imitate the constitutional monarchy and cabinet system of the United Kingdom, and pretend that we are a new republican empire."

"I want the countries affected by the Enchanted Black Forest to not only advocate one nation and one country, but also advocate national autonomy and fight against their own kings."

Archbishop Lance was a little dumbfounded. Isn't this dancing on a tightrope?

"Your Majesty, why are you doing this? It is also dangerous for you to weaken the idea of ​​royal power."

Louis XI was extremely proud. "I am different from those weak kings. I am an emperor, a ruler with real power."

"As long as those stupid people really go to overthrow the king, those countries will decline, because a country must have a head, just like a person must have a head. Why a republic cannot govern a large country is because if a giant has many If he kills his head, the giant will commit suicide."

Louis XI said: "I know the truth that the country must have an emperor, but I can fool those stupid people into thinking that this is a false truth, and then let them destroy themselves."

Archbishop Lance was dubious, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that it was indeed the case.

The chief judge of Imperial Capital Island hesitated to speak, but he did not dare to offend the emperor in person. He had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, how should the cabinet be arranged? Do you really want to delegate power to the cabinet?"

Louis XI's eyes flashed with meanness. "How is this possible? The cabinet will only cause civil strife in the country. A group of people arguing in a building can benefit the country? It's really funny. It's a big joke."

"The cabinet members must all be members of the imperial family. In this case, they are just my puppets. They are just deceiving people."

Louis XI said: "Since we have won temporarily, we should continue to invest our troops in Alsace and completely pull out this country that I think is an eyesore."

The Lord Chancellor and the Archbishop hesitated but did not object.

Nowadays, the Frank Empire is playing tricks on the emperor and the United Kingdom. It is indeed taking advantage of this momentum to eliminate the unstable factor, the Kingdom of Alsace.

The Chancellor pointed to the lower left corner of the Frankish Empire on the map. "The Pearl Tooth and Mango Tooth Kingdoms don't know if they will suddenly join the war. If we become powerful, they should also be worried about whether we will threaten the independent existence of their kingdoms."

Louis XI said: "According to the previous plan, we will invest the by-product of our research on the Black Death - the [Revenge Soldier] Legion into these two countries."

"They will think that this is a derivative of the Black Death, and will not suspect us. Although the armies of these two countries are weak, they must be on guard."

Louis XI said: "I have already thought about how to deal with the Kingdom of Alsace. I can increase the number of 80,000 troops again and gather 150,000 troops to directly attack Alsace. We can use Geron who fled abroad to attack Alsace from Alsace." We tore a hole in Sassix County, went straight to Huanglong, and immediately suppressed the royal capital of Alsace."

The justice asked: "There is no problem with this plan, but how to deal with Ivita. If there is no way to deal with Ivita, things will be difficult."

Louis XI said: "I have thought of a way before. This matter cannot be done by force, at least not by my own force. The emperor and himself have a blood feud. What I want to do is not to put pressure on them myself, but to let the two temporarily Cooperate, but provoke them. I want the Emperor to deal with Ivita."

"Even if Ivita cannot be killed, we must temporarily delay him and let him leave Alas. What's more, I still believe in the power of universal law. As long as the emperor is willing to pay the price, he may not be able to kill a young boy. "

…

In the royal capital of Alsace, Ivita suddenly felt a chill on his back. He stopped writing and frowned slightly.

‘Someone seems to be plotting against me. ’

‘Let’s do some divination first and then talk about it. ’