Video spoilers history, starting with the blitzkrieg on Poland

Ottoman Empire.

Another country that Zhu Di knew.

Zhu Di snorted coldly.

"That lame Timur intended to attack the Ming Dynasty and restore the Mongol Empire."

“Guess who gave Timur the courage.”

“It is this Ottoman Empire.”

"A country that can't even defeat Timur probably has average actual combat power."

"Nothing."

Zhu Di paid attention to the time on the sky again.

“It was able to continue for more than 200 years after being defeated by Timur.”

"We can even send out 30 troops to besiege Shinra."

“This Ottoman system does seem to be unique.”

……

The sky continues.

【The Emperor of Shinra appeals for help from all directions.】

[On September 9, Polish King Jan III Sobieski received a gold-plated letter for help in Krakow.]

[This tactical genius with a mustache has been waiting for this opportunity. ]

[He assembled the most magnificent cavalry formation in Europe at that time. ]

[Including 3000 Winged Hussars, each of whom is an elite warrior with hundreds of battles, and all are equipped with a 4-meter hollow lance, a Western sword, and two pistols. ]

[13000 light cavalry, sabers and flintlocks, and 28 mobile rapid-fire cannons. ]

[The Winged Hussars were the strongest and most magnificent cavalry in the world at that time. ]

[There is no need to say much about their combat effectiveness. The most striking thing is the equipment of the Winged Hussars: wooden wing frames are filled with ostrich feathers, chain mail is covered with leopard skin, and maces are hung next to the saddle. ]

【Extremely gorgeous! 】

【Extremely cool! 】

【But don’t think it’s flashy. 】

[After all, any ordinary soldier would feel their morale severely damaged when seeing the luxurious equipment of the Winged Hussars.]

[At 9 a.m. on September 12, Sobieski raised the flag of the Virgin Mary on the top of Mount Karen.]

[As the morning mist clears, the Winged Hussars swoop down in a cavalry charge formation.]

[The front row of cavalrymen held their lances horizontally to form a "death fence", while the musketeers in the back row loaded and fired on horseback.]

[The Sipahi cavalry, which the Ottomans were so proud of, had just launched a counterattack when they were skewered by 4-meter lances.]

[Polish artillery took the opportunity to blast open the Turkish gunpowder magazine. ]

[The blast overturned Mustafa's golden tent.]

[The Ottoman camp was in chaos.]

[At 3 pm, Sobieski personally led his elite troops to capture the Ottoman central army tent.]

[Ottoman Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa fled in panic.]

[The captured Ottoman battle flag still hangs in the Wawel Cathedral in Krakow.]

[This battle earned Poland the title of "Christian Pond". ]

[The 2500 bags of coffee beans seized by the Poles gave birth to the first coffee house in Vienna]

……

Outside the sky.

Han Dynasty.

Changan.

Huo Qubing stared at the Winged Cavalry charging, his eyes sparkling:
"Great! One man with two horses, light armor and fast attack. If we can use this kind of cavalry, it will be just what the Han Dynasty needs to defeat the Xiongnu!"

"If you give me 30,000 Winged Cavalry, I will fill the Mobei Royal Court with feathers!"

The cavalry commander Huo Qubing was delighted to see the prey.

Although Liu Che admired the bravery of the Winged Hussars, he was also more puzzled.

"Such a strong Polish cavalry."

"Plus the country is so large."

"It stands to reason that we should have always been a strong country."

"So what happened? What led to the subsequent partition of Poland?"

"Being..." Liu Che imitated Tianmu's words, "Without any Poland?"

And the sky continues.

【Sobieski became the hero who saved the Catholic world.】

[He certainly returned triumphantly.]

[But there is a problem, that is, Sobieski led the army on his own after receiving the letter for help. ]

[Without the permission of the Polish Parliament of Nobility.] [After returning from the victory, Sobieski discovered that the domestic nobles were using their veto power to sabotage him: "How dare the king send troops without the approval of the parliament? This is dictatorship!"]

[A king is going to be bullied by the parliament? ]

【This is actually normal.】

[When the imperial power of some Chinese emperors was unstable, they had to swallow their anger against powerful ministers and aristocratic families.]

But Poland is different.

[Poland’s demise was caused by their system.]

[Poland was a kingdom, but after the extinction of the Jagiellonian dynasty, it became a kingdom with a freely elected monarchy.]

【The king of Poland was elected by the nobles.】

[In 1573, nobles gathered in Warsaw to elect a new king for Poland.]

[But the nobles also don’t want to have a strong monarch above them. ]

[So basically the Polish nobles would choose whoever was least able to govern the country.]

【For example, Henry III this time. 】

[A Frenchman, the younger brother of Charles IX of France, parachuted into Poland to become king.]

[These nobles take off immediately! ]

[The Henry Clauses of 1573 directly laid the seeds for the country's demise: any bill of Parliament must be passed by unanimous votes, and a single noble could veto it.]

[Yes, there are hundreds of noble representatives in the parliament, big and small, and any one of them can hinder national policy.]

[This bizarre system made Henry III give up the throne and run back to France overnight.]

[Statistics show that between 1652 and 1764, 53 of the 48 parliaments were rejected.]

[While Western Europe was undergoing the Industrial Revolution, what were the Polish nobles busy doing? 】

[Hold the most luxurious masquerade ball in Europe, develop diamond-studded toilets, and use noble private soldiers to start a civil war. ]

[And other countries around Poland also supported noble agents in Poland to influence Poland's national policy. ]

Outside the sky.

Qin Dynasty.

When Ying Zheng saw this, he felt sorry for his misfortune and angry at his lack of resistance.

"Ridiculous! The monarch allowed the nobles to mess up the government?"

"Another veto?"

"What kind of monarch is this? He is even more chaotic than the Jin State back then!"

"If my Great Qin had implemented a 'free veto', the remnants of the six kingdoms would have overthrown Xianyang long ago!"

Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin was also speechless because of Poland.

"What kind of system is this?"

"Is it more Jin Dynasty than the Jin Dynasty back then?"

"A veto by the nobles? This system is so stupid that it is unheard of!"

"I finally know how Poland fell!"

"It would be unjust if a country like this didn't perish."

The ancient people of all dynasties who valued centralization and unification basically knew why Poland perished.

And the sky continues.

【After the Great Flood, Poland declined rapidly.】

[The Russian Empire, which was once beaten by Poland and burned Moscow, beat Poland in turn.]

[In 1772, Russian Empress Catherine II, Prussian Emperor Frederick the Great and Austrian Empress Theresa elegantly cut open a map of Poland.]

【The First Partition of Poland.】

[Prussia took away 3.6 square kilometers of prime land in West Prussia, cut off Poland's access to the sea, and took 8% of Poland's trade volume.]

【The land is the smallest but the benefits are the largest. 】

[Russia annexed about 9.2 square kilometers of land in northeastern Poland and Belarus.]

[Although it is a bad place, the Russians are the king of bad places, so it’s not shabby! ]

[And Empress Theresa of Austria, who opposed the partition of Poland, cried and put Poland into the bowl. ]

【It accepted Poland's fertile Galicia region, about 8.3 square kilometers. 】

[The most ironic thing is that the then Polish king kept delaying and trying to seek intervention from Western European powers.]

[But the Polish Parliament "unanimously passed" the partition treaty with 33 votes in favor and 0 votes against - because the three countries sent troops to surround the parliament building. ]

[During the first partition of Poland, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth lost 21 square kilometers of land.]

【More than 400 million people were lost.】

[Almost one-third of the national strength was lost. ]

[But I got a good night's sleep.] (End of this chapter)