Video spoilers history, starting with the blitzkrieg on Poland

The sky continues.

[The victory of the Battle of Orleans was just the beginning of Joan of Arc's legendary journey. ]

[Afterwards, Joan of Arc, who had never received any military training, led her wounded army to capture strategic locations such as Jarjo and Paty without stopping.]

【He led the French army to a series of victories. 】

【Joan of Arc's victory is incredible.】

【What is even more incredible is the transformation she brought to the French army.】

[The conscripts who once fled upon seeing the White-Armored Knights.]

[Now rush to the artillery position shouting "For Joan of Arc". ]

[The noble knights took off their decorative shoulder armor in shame and followed the peasant woman in the charge through the mud.]

[The most symbolic is the Battle of Fort Tourelle. ]

[Joan of Arc was the first to climb the ladder holding a white flag. After being shot down into the moat by a crossbow arrow, she climbed up again with blood all over her body.]

[When the French army finally rushed into the fortress, the British army found that these former defeated generals had a light burning in their eyes that they could not understand.]

[Under Joan of Arc's leadership, the morale of the French army grew, while the British army was losing ground.]

[The English Parliament, for the first time, began to discuss the possibility of peace talks.]

【And Joan of Arc continued her daring military campaign. 】

[Joan of Arc insisted that Charles be crowned in Reims Cathedral according to tradition, even though this meant crossing 300 miles of enemy-occupied territory.]

【The first one to enter Guanzhong will be the king.】

[The first person to be crowned in Reims is the legitimate king of France.]

【This military operation is like a religious pilgrimage.】

[Towns along the way defected one after another, and the Burgundian defenders abandoned the city when they saw Joan of Arc's flag.]

[When Charles walked into the church under the escort of the Saint, people discovered this man who was once ridiculed as the "Little King of Bourges".]

[At this moment, under the blessing of the holy oil, he actually has the majesty of our ancestor Saint Louis. ]

[In July 1429, Charles VII held a coronation ceremony at Reims Cathedral and officially became the King of France. ]

[Joan of Arc held a military flag and stood beside Charles VII, witnessing this historic moment.]

[The Coronation in Reims was the pinnacle of Joan of Arc’s career and also the sacrament of the awakening of the French national consciousness.]

【At this moment, the French people saw hope for national revival. 】

【Joan of Arc also became a national hero of France. 】

[At the coronation ceremony, there is a detail that has been repeatedly depicted by later painters: Joan of Arc stood beside the altar holding the military flag. When the archbishop held out the crown, the girl who had rebuked the crown suddenly knelt down and cried bitterly.]

[She later said at her trial that she had foreseen her own end.]

【However.】

[Under the halo of victory, an undercurrent is surging. 】

【After his coronation, Charles VII began to listen to slander. 】

[“Joan of Arc’s reputation is too high!”]

[“She said she was a messenger from God, so where does that put the king?”]

【Joan of Arc demands to take advantage of the victory to recapture Paris. 】

【But Charles VII felt that his troops were exhausted and his finances were tight, so he wanted to proceed with caution. 】

[Without Charles VII's permission, Joan of Arc broke away from Charles VII and fought alone.]

[With his great appeal, he attracted many soldiers, peasants and even nobles to join him. ]

[Although Joan of Arc was not a noble, she had her own independent armed forces at this time. ]

[This further aroused Charles VII's suspicion.]

[In the spring of 1430, when Joan of Arc launched a charge to rescue the besieged city of Compiègne, she led the army to cover the retreat.]

[The commander of the city defense suddenly pulled up the drawbridge, leaving her and the rear guard outside the city.]

[This still-questionable act of betrayal led to Joan of Arc's capture by the Burgundians.]

【Even more outrageous was the attitude of Charles VII.】

[The monarch who relied on her to ascend the throne did not take any substantial rescue measures.]

[On May 5, the girl who had charged into the enemy camp alone was chained by the Burgundians.]

[Sold to the British for 1 gold coins.]

[The British then organized the Inquisition in Rouen.]

【This trial, which did not conform to the religious laws of the time, was destined to be a farce.】

[Among the judges carefully selected by Bishop Cauchon, five of them received annuities from the Duke of Bedford.]

[The Earl of Warwick, the Governor of Normandy, even supervised the trial live in the next room.]

【They tried to destroy the sanctity of Joan of Arc with theological traps. 】

[Criticizing Joan of Arc for wearing pants is immoral and blasphemous.]

【Let Joan of Arc admit that she is a liar, that she has not heard the will of God, and that she has not seen St. Michael. 】

【But Jeanne’s answer made the secretary unable to help but record the original words:】

[“Regarding God’s grace, if I am not in grace, may God grant it to me; if I am in grace, may God keep me.”]

[Although the British army and the church tortured Joan of Arc in various ways, trying to make her admit that she was a "witch." ]

【But Joan of Arc always adhered to her beliefs and refused to admit these false charges. 】

[Even when facing the threat of death, Joan of Arc just said firmly:]

[“I may die, but free France lives forever!”]

【The trial ended in injustice.】

[A request to appeal to Rome was also rejected.]

[He also took advantage of Joan of Arc's illiteracy to trick her into signing a confession.]

[Admitted multiple crimes including "wearing men's clothing."]

【So, Joan of Arc was found guilty. 】

[The English felt that they had made the French saint confess her sins, which was a victory on the spiritual level of religion.]

[But then, the British wanted Joan of Arc to die! ]

[And it is a death that will be remembered for eternity. ]

【So Joan of Arc could not be executed privately, but had to be executed by court trial. 】

[But in fact, the Catholic Inquisition was generally quite lenient. Even though Joan of Arc was found guilty, she was only asked to "repent."]

[If you want to sentence her to death, Joan of Arc must commit a crime again. ]

【So, Joan of Arc, who was found guilty, had all her clothes taken away, leaving only her men's clothes.】

【Joan of Arc didn't want to be naked, so she had to wear men's clothes. 】

[This was exactly what the British wanted, because it was also a crime for a woman to wear men's clothes, and Joan of Arc wore men's clothes again after she confessed her guilt.]

[This is a case of repeated incorrigibility, which meets the conditions for the death penalty.]

【Joan of Arc was sentenced to be burned at the stake.】

[On May 1431, 5, in the old market square in Rouen, English soldiers around the stake had to add sentries - too many French people tried to rush in and snatch their saint. ]

[As the flames engulfed the tiny figure, she was heard still calling out France's name.]

[Joan of Arc, who was less than 20 years old, disappeared like a shooting star.]

Outside the sky.

Liu Bei saw this.

I saw a raging fire above the sky.

The girl who once held the battle flag high was now bound by chains, with flames licking her body.

Liu Bei let out a long sigh, feeling very regretful.

Before he could say anything, Zhang Fei on the side was already angry.

"Ungrateful!" Zhang Fei shouted angrily, his voice shaking the air. Zhuge Liang looked solemn.

“When the rabbit dies, the dog is cooked; when the bird is dead, the bow is put away. This has always been the case.”

"It has always been like this, is it right?!" Liu Bei sighed, "Why do loyal and righteous people always fail to have a good end in this world?"

"How could Charles VII have been crowned without Joan of Arc?"

"Once in power, he indulges in slander and allows loyal people to die - this kind of king is no different from a beast!"

Liu Bei also looked a little angry.

But in the end, Liu Bei just sighed and slowly sat down.

"Joan of Arc was a woman, but she had such courage and integrity. In the face of threats and inducements, she always adhered to her beliefs and shouted 'Free France, eternal life'. It is really admirable."

"Even though she's dead."

"But since Tianmu is still telling her story, surely her efforts will not be in vain?"

……

The sky continues.

[Oddly enough, this isn’t the end of the story.]

[Joan of Arc's death gave rise to a more powerful force. ]

[The once divided French nobles began to unite, and even the Duke of Burgundy gradually alienated his English allies. ]

[In the following 20 years, the French army regained almost all the lost territory under the slogan of "Revenge for Joan of Arc".]

[Twenty years later, Charles VII’s victory report still specifically stated that he had fulfilled the saint’s prophecy.]

[In 1456, the Pope personally ordered a retrial of Joan of Arc's case, and the Vatican vindicated her after investigation.]

……

[It can be said that after her rehabilitation, Joan of Arc established her status as a French national hero.]

[The emergence of Joan of Arc changed the fate of France and reshaped the national pride of the French people. ]

[But in the following hundreds of years, the French royal family has been deliberately downplaying Joan of Arc's influence. ]

[After all, France's recovery and rise must be attributed to the great king. ]

[How could it be a girl from a female family? 】

[However, during the French Revolution, the French people were in urgent need of a legendary figure who could represent the French nation.]

【Since then, Joan of Arc has truly become a national idol and hero in France. 】

[The rulers also realized that Joan of Arc's courage, determination and selfless dedication have become a precious spiritual wealth of the French people. ]

[During the Great Revolution, the revolutionaries promoted Joan of Arc's commoner origins and represented the power of ordinary people. ]

[The royalists claimed that Joan of Arc was loyal to the king and was also a royalist.]

[When Napoleon needed to boost morale, he would still have the account of the Raise of Orleans read aloud.]

[Joan of Arc was also declared a saint and was officially canonized by the Vatican in 1920. Joan of Arc finally became the "Saint Joan of Arc" we all know. ]

[Even during World War II, her portrait was still painted on the tanks of the Free French Army.]

【Vichy France said that Joan of Arc represented resistance to the British and angrily denounced Charles de Gaulle for joining the British.】

[In modern France, voices have arisen accusing Joan of Arc of being a decadent feudalist and populist.]

【And the content about Joan of Arc was deleted from many versions of textbooks. 】

[In any case, more than 600 years have passed, and the story of Joan of Arc is still being told around the world.]

【And today, when tourists visit Paris. 】

[You will see a golden statue of a girl holding a flag and looking into the distance between the dome of the Pantheon and the golden dome of the Invalides. ]

【That is France, the eternal heartbeat. 】

……

The sky video ends.

Barrages of comments flew out one after another.

"People live for Joan of Arc!"

"The British are a bunch of dogs!"

"Shakespeare also cursed Joan of Arc as the French king's mistress."

"I reloaded the game again and again in Age of Empires 2, but I couldn't get my Joan of Arc to escape from Paris."

"Why was Charles VII so cowardly?"

"Actually, Charles VII was pretty good. France made a comeback during his term, although it was Joan of Arc who led him through the most difficult times."

《It's actually just a mascot, giving the French army a morale boost.》

"Brother Dong is in a mess. Joan of Arc's military talent has been recognized by many bigwigs. She is a real military genius. She is brave in combat, able to seize opportunities, and good at coordinated combat with artillery and cavalry."

"Joan of Arc is similar to Garibaldi in Italy. Both of them performed military miracles to help unify their country, but they themselves had little power and no political ambitions."

"This is a bit exaggerated, it's simply a legend from heaven!"

"He emerged with a passion for blood, repelled foreign enemies, and saved France. He is truly a national hero."

Why did France treat Joan of Arc like this?

"It might be fun to cast a black girl to play Joan of Arc someday."

"At least Orleans still commemorates Joan of Arc every year..."

And outside the sky.

Shang Dynasty.

Emperor Xin gazed at the sky and watched Joan of Arc's life.

"This Western woman, Joan of Arc, is quite courageous. She actually dares to lead the army and fight the enemy."

Emperor Xin spoke slowly, with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

"However, compared with Fu Hao of the Shang Dynasty, she is still a little behind."

"As a female general, Fu Hao was not only good at fighting, but also expanded the territory for the Shang Dynasty. She was also able to preside over sacrifices and communicate with heaven and earth."

"Although Joan of Arc is capable of leading an army in battle, she relies too much on the so-called 'will of God'."

"In politics and sacrifice, he made no achievements at all."1
"But it's a pity for Jeanne. I am very optimistic about her potential."

"If this woman, Jeanne, had worked for the Shang Dynasty, how could she have been betrayed and burned to death?"

Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zheng sat in the hall, staring at Joan of Arc's figure on the sky.

We see her holding high the flag, charging into battle, but ultimately dying in flames.

"It's interesting to have a woman leading the team."

"It is indeed rare for a peasant girl to lead an army in battle and even make the enemy fear her."

Ying Zheng whispered to himself, with a hint of scrutiny in his tone.

Fusu beside him also sighed: "Although this girl, Zhendace, is brave, she will eventually die. It's a pity."

Ying Zheng snorted coldly: "Saint? If she really had the mandate of God, why would she be burned to death?"

There was a hint of disdain in Ying Zheng's eyes, but also a hint of regret.

"If she were born in my Qin State, I would definitely use her, but I would never let her die in such a cowardly way."

And in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a low voice:

"This girl died unjustly."

Empress Ma also said softly: "It is a pity indeed. She was originally loyal."

"Loyalty? How much is loyalty worth?" Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment.

"In this world, people's hearts are hard to predict. Even if you have made great achievements, you can't take it lightly."

"We can even understand Charles VII."

"After all, not every person in a high position has the ability and courage to identify and employ people." (End of this chapter)