The back door of my house can last until the end of the Ming Dynasty

But our current troops are basically deployed on the side of Banktan Castle, so where did we gather so many soldiers? "

Louis XIV was in trouble, which made him anxious a lot.

Although he has a lot of soldiers and horses in his hands, these people are guarding against Zheng Zhilong at Ban Ketan Castle.

It is really impossible to deploy other troops to suppress Felipe IV. After all, Felipe IV led the elite this time.

However, Richelieu said indifferently: "Your Highness, actually, I don't think the troops we deployed at Banktan Castle will be of any use. If Zheng Zhilong really wants to attack us, with our current strength, we can't stop it at all." To put it bluntly, even if we deploy millions of soldiers, we can't stop people from dropping bombs."

This is indeed a truth. If Zheng Zhilong really wants to attack Louis XIV, with their current strength, even if they recruit millions of soldiers, it is just a number.

Not to mention dispatching infantry, just bombing by planes is not something they can bear.

Although Louis XIV did not want to believe it, he had to admit it.

"Then what do you mean, let's recruit all the soldiers and horses over there now, and then use them to deal with Philip IV? If they are really recruited, I feel a little uneasy!" Louis XIV He frowned again.

The situation became like this, and Louis XIV was really disturbed.

Don't worry, it's really too big a disparity.

Just like ants, knowing that the situation is unstoppable, they still want to fight.

"Your Highness, you can think about it. If we really let Spain go, no one knows what they will do. Today is Spain, and it may be other countries the day after tomorrow. We must use Spain to stand up! "

Richelieu persuaded.

Louis XIV was lost in thought.

Under Richelieu's persuasion, Louis XIV finally made up his mind and decided to conquer Spain himself.

Transfer the elites deployed on the west side of Paris, and attack Spain with all its strength.

This war is a demonstration war. If it fails, then basically all the countries that were united before will be dispersed.

If this is the case, there is only one dead end left.

Louis XIV knew these things very well, so he personally led the army and horses to march.

Among these soldiers and horses, a considerable part of the weapons used by the soldiers are the imitation firearms manufactured by the research institute, which are extremely advanced in the West.

In addition, there are imitation gas tank shells.

To be honest, it was just a wooden improvised rocket, similar to the historic Congreve rocket.

The manufacture of these rockets cost a lot, and Louis XIV spent a lot of inventory.

It was originally intended to be used against Zheng Zhilong, but it never occurred to me that it would be used against Spain in the end.

With these weapons as reliance, Louis XIV's chances of winning are much greater.

When facing Zheng Zhilong, he couldn't resist, but when facing Spain, his self-confidence exploded.

……

Aurillac, the largest agricultural city in France, is located in the north of Andorra.

There are vast farmlands and fertile soil here, and it is the main grain production area in France.

To put it bluntly, if the food here is destroyed, it will cause the price of food in France to rise.

When Felipe IV led his troops across Andorra, he set his sights on this place.

As the saying goes, fighting a snake and hitting seven inches, in any war, logistics is always the top priority, and this is the most important grain production area in France. If the grain here can be destroyed, it will give France the most painful hit.

This is the great plain, except for those low city walls, there is almost no danger to defend.

The defense here is not very strong, basically they are some low city walls, and they can only defend against some bandits at all. There is no way to defend against Felipe IV's regular army, let alone there are so many Francois in the army. machine artillery.

Those people in the city already knew the news that Felipe IV led the army, and they fled early, but most of them were wealthy businessmen and nobles of noble blood.

Most of the peasants are still staying in their hometowns. For them, even if they run with those noble people, what is the use?
Philip IV took it down without any effort, but at this time, Louis XIV was leading his army on the way.

It is about 1000 or [-] miles from Paris to here, and he is about to arrive at this time.

After Felipe IV occupied this place, he began a brutal massacre. The peasants who stayed here, including the old, weak, sick and disabled, were gathered and killed, and their bodies were burned in the open air.

The vast farmland outside the city was also destroyed by Philip IV.

Those that can be burned are set on fire directly, and those that cannot be burned are driven to pull out the seedlings by those surviving farmers in the city.

The purpose of doing this is to consume France's strength as much as possible.

The young and strong farmers who stayed behind drove them to build fortifications and serve as cannon fodder.

Felipe IV is very clear that this is the limit of his front. If it is longer, the transportation road behind will not be able to keep it. At that time, it will be a dead end.

According to the defense arrangement of France a long time ago, Spain has no way to push its troops to such a deep place.

But now Louis XIV made a fatal mistake. In order to guard against Zheng Zhilong, he actually concentrated the troops in his hands on the side of Banctan Castle, so that the rear was empty, which gave Philip IV an opportunity.

The news here also reached the hands of Louis XIV in the shortest time. After hearing the news, Louis XIV was almost mad with anger.

……

In the north of Aurillac, there is a city called Domera, which is the main gathering place of handicraft practitioners and a food transit point, not far from Aurillac.

Louis XIV's camp has now come here, and his soldiers and horses are stationed outside the city.

In Domera's city government office, Louis XIV looked at the military report sent from Aurillac, his face darkened to the extreme.

"Damn Felipe IV, how dare he do this, how dare he kill people like this, and even destroy all the food outside the city, what a damn thing!"

Angry, he threw the military newspaper in his hand to the ground and stomped on it non-stop.

I hate it so much that his teeth itch, and I want to kill Felipe IV directly.

And in front of him, besides Richelieu, were those dignitaries who escaped from Aurillac.

They kept fanning the flames, using extremely exaggerated language to describe the brutality of Felipe IV.

Louis XIV was already feeling uncomfortable, but now he heard these people shouting and yelling: "Get out of here, you damn things, if it wasn't for your incompetence, how could this happen?!"

These people in the house ran out in a hurry, for fear of offending Louis XIV.

Louis XIV, who was so angry to the extreme, couldn't control so much anymore. If he let it go on like this, no one knew what would happen.

Early the next morning, he led his elite troops forward.

The number was small, only 5000. Although the number was small, Louis XIV still had strong confidence that he could eliminate Philip IV.

Felipe IV also knew the news of Louis XIV's arrival, so he stopped marching and began to build fortifications with Aurillac as the defense center to prevent the arrival of Louis XIV.

For the current Felipe IV, his position is somewhat dangerous.

Going too deep into France made his transportation route too long.

There is a lot of grain in Aurillac that has not yet been transported, but if Louis XIV besieges, he will naturally lose over time.

For the current Felipe IV, the best way is not to take the initiative to attack, but to wait strictly.

If the defense is good, it will indeed cause a lot of difficulties for Louis XIV.In addition, there are many young and strong farmers in the city, and it is also a very good thing to drive them to serve as cannon fodder.

Felipe IV did not act rashly, but quietly waited for the arrival of Louis XIV.

Almost two days later, Louis XIV's troops finally appeared outside the city.

The city wall is not high, but very short, and some sandbags are piled on it. Behind the sandbags are the Frangler artillery brought in.

The palace of Felipe IV was in the city hall in the city center, and Schulci led these soldiers to guard against Louis XIV on the city wall.

He held up a binoculars and looked straight ahead.

In the field of vision, the shadow of Louis XIV's army appeared.

There are a lot of them, densely packed like ants.

"Here they are, hurry up and report to His Majesty the King!" Shulchi shouted to the soldiers behind him.

The soldiers behind hurriedly reported the news back.

Felipe IV in the city government heard the news, not only did not have any fear, but was also a little excited.

The Spanish-French War lasted for so long, and this was the first time that Felipe IV had attacked so far.

For him, this is already the biggest success.

"Tell Schulchi to take precautions and report any situation in time." Felipe IV said hastily.

The soldiers hurriedly passed the news to Shulchi.

Outside the city, Louis XIV's carriage stopped, about five miles away from the city wall.

He knew that Felipe IV's army had Franco cannons, so he stopped here just in case.

Surrounded by guards, he came to the front of the army, held up a single-lens telescope, and looked towards the direction of the city.

The height of the city wall is higher than before, but it looks very rough, like a rough product made in a hurry, with a lot of sandbags on it, and there should be artillery behind it.

"Your Highness, when will we attack?!" Richelieu asked.

"Attack tomorrow morning and let those officers come to see me!" Louis XIV ordered.

Not long after, those officers came before Louis XIV.

Louis XIV looked around and looked at everyone, and then his eyes stopped on a person named Chedelke.

This Cedric was his confidant, in charge of Louis XIV's artillery, and these artillery, equipped with Congreve rockets, and some improved artillery.

"Tonight, you lead your artillery and prepare to move forward. Tomorrow morning, you will cover our siege." Louis XIV's voice was loud.

Chedirke shouted back: "Follow Your Highness's order!"

Louis XIV nodded in satisfaction, and looked at another soldier commander, "Tomorrow morning, you will lead your troops and horses to cover the artillery advance. Remember, there must be no mistakes!"

"Yes!" shouted the soldier-commander in reply.

In the West in this era, wars are basically nothing to watch.

The main method of warfare is to line up and shoot, which was most common in the previous Franco-Spanish war.

The number of times of siege warfare is not much, because there are almost no cities in the west similar to those in the east, and they are basically castles or bastions.

The city is also built around the castle, the height of the city wall is not high, and the wall is not thick.

Strictly speaking, this kind of city wall cannot be called a city wall if it is placed in the east.

In the Middle Ages, this situation was even rarer.

According to the previous situation, the Spanish soldiers and horses should come out to face the French army head-on, and adopt the tactics of queuing up and shooting.

But now, Felipe IV does not want to do this.

Because of that, he has no chance of winning.

The wind was blowing quietly, blowing past the luxurious clothes on Louis XIV's body, and the strong smell of perfume on his body made people sick.

Louis XIV sent the royal cavalry to investigate the situation around Aurillac.

……

In the middle of the night, with the moon high, that Chedirke led the artillery, pushing forward with those cannons and rockets.

The carts pulling the rockets were all flat carriages, and they were very bumpy on the rough road.

After spending most of the night, the artillery positions were arranged about two miles in front of Aurillac.

In this position, the rockets are enough to fall into the city and cause a blow.

However, Louis XIV did not rush to let the artillery attack, but waited for dawn.

After dawn, Louis XIV made the soldiers eat breakfast and prepare to attack.

Shulqi on the city wall held up his binoculars and saw the cooking smoke above the camp.

He then concluded that Louis XIV was preparing to attack.

He hastily reported the news back.

As soon as the sun rose above the horizon, Louis XIV ordered the infantry to advance.

When the infantry was about to reach behind the artillery positions, Louis XIV gave the order to bombard.

The peasants in the city were massacred, and the princes and nobles fled and died. Louis XIV didn't care about anything, and let the artillery bombard him indiscriminately.

Behind the artillery positions Commander Cedirke shouted: "Bombardment, bombardment!"

The artillerymen hurriedly ignited the fuses of the rockets.

"Chi la, chi la la la!"

For a while, sharp voices continued to ring out over the artillery position, and the black smoke caused by the black powder spread over the position.

One after another orange-red tail flames streaked across the sky, coloring the sky.

Shulqi on the city wall, watching the scene in the telescope, stayed where he was.

The rocket that pierced the sky landed in the city after a short flight.

Continuous explosions resounded continuously in the city, and the scene was horrifying.