I am Da Song

Chapter 561 The Anglo-Saxon who was dragged into the water by a woman
Constantinople is condescending and guarding the Thrace Plain to the west, so if the army of Constantinople wants to withdraw, it needs to take a long road to climb.

But also benefited from this, the mobility of Chi Chao's cavalry was greatly restricted in the upward attack.

Manuel avoided becoming the second Byzantine emperor to be captured on the battlefield.

But King Louis of France was not as lucky as him. The knights attacked suddenly, causing him to lose his flank completely, and the cavalry of Qin State immediately entangled them.

For the French army, the battlefield situation has become a deadlock.

If they stick to their formation, they will be overwhelmed by the rampant barbarians of the Red Tide.

Tens of thousands of barbarians besieged up, and all the Franks would be chopped to pieces.

But if they gave up their formation and retreated hastily, without cavalry cover on the prairie, and were entangled by a large number of nomadic cavalry, the outcome would obviously be miserable.

King Louis of France struggled for a short time before making a decision. He chose to escape.

If you stick to the spot, you will definitely die, and there is still a chance to escape.

So he took more than a dozen bodyguards and galloped on horses, intending to escape back to France.

He didn't even want the queen who was still in Constantinople.

Under the current circumstances, returning to Constantinople is tantamount to committing suicide, so he decided to return to France.

As long as he can pass through the Greek peninsula, he will be treated like the King of France in various European countries, and some countries will send troops to escort him back to France.

Of course, just like the monarchs of various countries in the Spring and Autumn Period were escorted back to their country by other countries, they would inevitably have to return some benefits.

The king of France will inevitably give some of the counties' claims to other families.

But as long as he can return to France, he is still the King of France, which is worth it.

The French King's wishful thinking was well planned, but unfortunately, he seriously underestimated the hatred of the Crusaders in this land.

When the French army entered the country, they plundered a Byzantine city and forcibly collected supplies from various villages. The Greek farmers and herdsmen along the way recognized the crusader logo.

As a result, the tragedy of the King of France happened, and Queen Eleanor was still a guest of honor in Constantinople.

He, the King of France, became a prisoner of Qin State.

He was informed by the Greek herdsmen and leaked his itinerary, and was easily captured by the King Qin's guards.

King Louis of France personally experienced why the ancestors of the Crusaders hated the Greeks so much. These Greeks loved to make small reports and leak secrets, and they never changed.

The King of France was tied to a stake and displayed in front of Constantinople. The King of France became the King of the Gates and personally persuaded the Franks to open the Theodosian Wall in front of Constantinople to welcome the king into the city.

It has to be said that this King of the Ming Dynasty has more faces than the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qizhen.

At least behind him is the incomparably powerful Song Dynasty, who is the master of heaven and soldiers, representing the highest ruling power and the most powerful civilization.

Therefore, the Fawang shouted out the most classic slogan of the Surrender School at the gate of the city: "Resisting Master Wang will not end well. You should reflect on why you have fallen into such a desperate situation. Why did Master Wang beat you? Isn't it because of you?" Do you have original sin in your body? Don’t you want Master Wang to fight in Paris before surrendering?”

This logical closed loop is simply a lore for the French.

Nobody can take Paris before France surrenders.

The French knights were distracted by the words of the King of France, and they also seriously thought about whether it was because of their original sin that they fell into such a miserable situation?

Otherwise, why did they kill a group of Frenchmen in Constantinople?
Once this question caused contemplation, a chain reaction immediately appeared. Countless people couldn't understand why a group of French people insisted on Constantinople. Shouldn't they be guarding Paris?

What was the point of their death in this strange territory?
Especially under the city wall, their kings surrendered and persuaded them to surrender under the city wall every day.

Queen Eleanor of France couldn't bear the embarrassment of her husband, so she announced her divorce from King Louis VII of France.

She has already found her next target, hoping to marry Henry II, the founder of the Plantagenet Dynasty, with her huge family property.

The Plantagenet Dynasty was founded by Henry II, the ruler of England. It was from Henry II's accession to the throne that the native culture of England and the culture of the Norman conquerors combined to form the famous Anglo-Saxon culture in later generations.

Eleanor is the most famous conquest in the history of Henry II, the existence that crushed the King of France all his life.

Eleanor married King Louis VII of France for many years without giving birth to a child, but after marrying Henry II, she gave birth to five sons one after another, including the famous Richard I the Lionheart.

At this time, England was at its peak on the European continent. Their territory included the main island of England, as well as the large Norman duchy and Aquitaine duchy on the northern coast of France.

It was not until the end of the Hundred Years War that the French took back all the territories on the European continent and drove the British back to England.

But it is not appropriate to say the British, after all, it was the Norman Duke of France who conquered the island of England. To be precise, it limited the influence of the Normans to the island of England, and gradually transformed them into Anglo-Saxons. Old English.

So from the King's point of view, his surrender might not be a bad thing.

At least in terms of fighting against England and expelling the Anglo-Saxons, Song Emperor Zhao Huan naturally stood on the same side as him.

The strategic vision of this woman, Eleanor, basically chooses the stupidest judgment every time.

However, Eleanor's diplomacy in bed is far from now, the fleet of England is still drifting at sea, and the current dilemma in Constantinople is imminent.

Due to the defeat of the main force in the Thrace Plain, the Franks were separated from Germany, and the whole city of Constantinople was panicked.

The troops of King Qin of the Song Dynasty had covered the Thrace Plain and attacked from the west.

In the east, the main force of the red tide has also completed the encirclement, and the fleet launched an offensive against Constantinople from the Golden Horn and the Sea of ​​Marmara from the north and the south.

Continuous shells bombarded the sea walls of Constantinople every day and night.

The Byzantines had never seen such a violent attack, and the sea and land walls of the empire were under terrible attack.

And day and night, the flames dyed the entire sky red.

The Byzantines couldn't understand, don't these red tides need to rest?

How did their fleet manage to have a galleon of the line firing at every moment?
There are hundreds of cannons on a sailing battleship, and the terrifying cannon pouring ability makes the sea wall already riddled with holes and may collapse at any time.

(End of this chapter)