Great time travel

Chapter 2. The Knight from the East

The Hundred Years' War between Britain and France was an unprecedented catastrophe and disaster for both the British and French people. Western historians pointed out: "The Hundred Years' War was a massacre game that lasted for a hundred years. When the royal families and nobles of the two countries fought for While celebrating the benefits they have won, those innocent civilians who lost their homes and relatives can only cry silently. The war has been fought for 100 years, and the people have also cried for 100 years."

But on the other hand, this war started against the backdrop of a changing era—the Crusades failed, the Renaissance sprouted, the authority of the Pope was dying, and the influence of the Holy Roman Empire was already dying. ;The kingdoms and republics began to rise and compete, and trade conflicts gradually became the main contradiction between the kingdoms; the issue of sea control began to appear; The most important and fundamental reason is that the land in Western Europe is too small for the development of two powerful countries.All these factors were superimposed together, and finally detonated with a bang, appearing as the so-called Hundred Years War between Britain and France.It was the cataclysm of the Middle Ages, which, for all its foolish misfortunes, sowed the seeds of a new age for the birth of a greater England and France.

Generally speaking, the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France is not only the climax of the classic medieval war, but also the dawn of the end of the dark middle ages.

From the perspective of the French, the significance of the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France to them is very similar to that of the Anti-Japanese War to the Chinese.

——First of all, from a strategic point of view, this is a life-and-death confrontation between the mainland country France and the ocean island country England for the hegemony of Western Europe, just like the tragic fight between China and Japan in modern times, which determines who can dominate East Asia;
Secondly, from a tactical point of view, the sea control of the two wars has changed hands at the beginning of the war. The entire battlefield is basically on the mainland, which is an out-and-out defensive war. In addition, a large number of traitors defected to the island country during the war. Invaders, resulting in the rapid loss of the land;
Third, from a psychological point of view, the island country invaders who launched wars against mainland countries were originally vassals (the King of England had always maintained territory in France before the war and was nominally subject to the King of France), and the results of the war were all Since then, the island countries have abandoned their awe of the mother country of the mainland and developed an arrogant attitude of looking down on each other. The mainland countries have inspired nationalism in the painful defeat and started the transformation into a new type of country;

Fourth, during the invasion of the British army, France was bloody torn off the painted skin of the invincible knight, and disgracefully knocked off the crown of the Western European overlord. The well-equipped French army finally ended in a big defeat.Before the war, the wealthy France with a population of more than 2000 million and its tax revenue surpassed England’s annual income. Due to its backward political and military systems, it was almost powerless against the impoverished Britain with a population of only 400 million, thus forcing conservatives to be proud. The French knights began to embark on the painful road of innovation;

Fifth, but it is also due to France's vast territory, large population, and strong strength. Even though the British army once occupied Paris and conquered half of France, they were still unable to completely annex their home country with snakes - thus causing entanglements Centuries of Anglo-French national animosity and rivalry.

In the end, the result of the war was also the completion of the reunification of the mainland countries, while the island countries were forced to withdraw from the mainland, and a long confrontation across the sea began.

Of course, after two groups of reincarnators driven by the main god system came to this time and space of the Hundred Years War between Britain and France to start a team battle, and joined the French and British camps respectively, this period is full of iron and blood, sword and fire, The cruel history of death and massacre, destruction and rebirth has deviated from the existing track since then, but it has also been endowed with infinite possibilities—it seems that it should be like this.

It's a pity, but in fact, fate played a huge joke on these two groups of confident visitors from another world.

——In the summer of the third year after the arrival of Lord Li Wei, it was also the ninth year of the outbreak of the Hundred Years War between Britain and France, and a new round of wars began to ignite.

In July of that year, King Edward III of England was tired of endless border conflicts with little progress-although in the previous naval battle of Sluys, the British army had annihilated the French naval fleet and completely mastered the command of the English Channel.But the French knights on land were still relying on fortresses and cities, and stubbornly resisted - personally led ten thousand elite soldiers across the English Channel, forcibly landed in Normandy, and advanced deep into the interior of France, burning towns and massacring people along the way, Once the soldiers came to the city of Paris and sent an invitation to the proud French knights.

Faced with such an obvious provocation, King Philip VI of France angrily took up the challenge, quickly assembled [-] French troops, and marched northward.The strength of this number seems to have greatly exceeded the expectations of King Edward III-in front of the counterattacking French army, the British army turned around and crossed the Somme River, retreating hastily.After several days of continuous pursuit, the [-] British troops finally stopped in a small village named Crecy, turned around and put on a decisive battle posture.

And behind the invaders of these island countries, there are a total of [-] well-equipped and highly morale French troops.

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August 1346, Northern France, Somme River, French camp
Under the twilight of midsummer, the tips of countless spears shone red, as if they were weeping blood.The tents of nobles and knights are like silk mushrooms, scattered all over the field.Thousands of campfires filled the air with a pale mist.The neat array of horses stretches to the end of the field of vision.An entire forest was cleared to make flagpoles and fences, and to light campfires whose smoke could be seen an hour’s walk away.

Beside the blazing bonfire, knights driving horses can be seen everywhere, with long dyed feathers floating on their helmets and gorgeous embroidered cloaks hanging from their shoulders.Almost all the knights in France responded to the call of King Philip VI of France, and a total of 5000 people gathered here - spearmen with spears, swordsmen with swords, and heavy infantry in helmets and armor. The camp prostitute who flaunts the city, the archer with feathers on his hat, the handyman who drives the wagon, the swineherd who feeds the livestock, the footman who delivers the message, the attendant who sharpens the long sword, the groom who reprimands the poor horse, and the busy family members of the army... All kinds of noisy voices floated across the farms, fields and fields, rushing violently in all directions, hazy, like the call of the god of war.

For the upcoming decisive battle, the entire French army seemed confident-more than three times the force advantage, the high morale of defending their homeland, and the thousands of elite heavy knights who concentrated the essence of the entire French military force made them firmly believe that they were absolutely There is no reason for this to fail.

Those young and brave aristocratic children are now all gearing up and full of energy, ready to use the heads of the British guys in Crecy Village in front to wash away the shame of the failure of the Seas Ruiz naval battle, and to show the glory and martial arts of their families.

(The Battle of Sruis, the first major battle of the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, was equivalent to the Battle of the Yellow Sea in the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-]. The French fleet, which had an advantage in size, was wiped out in the first battle, completely losing the possibility of burning the flames of war to Britain. sex. France is bound to become a battlefield.)
However, in a corner on the edge of the French camp, there were also a few guys who were full of despair and fear for their future fate.

——This is a very comfortable big tent, the space inside the tent is larger than the hall of an ordinary hotel, and all kinds of luxuries abound: feather mattresses and fur coats, a large copper-inlaid bathtub to dispel the cold A brass charcoal basin for the night air, a leather folding chair suspended, a desk with inkwells and quills, plus a pile of well-wrought armor and weapons, as well as a change of clothes, books and war chests packed in pine boxes. picture.On the dining table in the center of the tent, there are large plates of sliced ​​bread, plums and apples, golden and crisp roast chicken, and wine in silver jugs.

However, the four traversers, three men and one woman sitting in this tent, had no intention of enjoying the food and drink in front of them, but just looked at the piles of armor, clothes, swords and other bits and pieces that fell around them. Dazed—that's what the veterans left behind before they left this world.

"...The main god shuts down the phone, the scene ends, and all the reincarnations are forced to eject? What the hell is this up to?"

The young man with the hedgehog head was the first to react, and angrily punched the table with a "bang", "...the decisive battle that has been prepared for so long has not yet begun?!! What's more terrible is that this gang Why did the veterans forget us newcomers when they left?!"

"...Don't complain, the most important question now is, what should we do next? Do you still want to fight with the French?"

The bald man also said, looking at Li Wei at the same time, "...Since the veterans of our handsome team have all run away, the fried chicken team on the opposite side of the British must be the same... Brother Li Wei, you have to hurry up Make up your mind! You are the only lord left among us!"

After hearing the dispute between the two of them, the girl who was still in a daze also came back to her senses and cast her expectant eyes on Li Wei.

"...You think too far, man, the biggest problem now is how to explain the disappearance of these people to the king and the soldiers below!"

Wearing a light chain mail with a tuft of moustache, Knight Li Wei gave a wry smile, bent down and took out some seals and other things from the seniors' personal clothes scattered on the ground, "...if we are Suspected to become a murderer, that is the end of everything!! Fortunately, I am also a lord anyway, as long as I have the token of the captain and pay the salary, the miscellaneous soldiers recruited from Marseilles should be able to command Gotta move..."

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Since coming to this world in the winter of the previous year, in order to increase the winning rate of the French army, the members of the Shuaidai team began to use the banner of the Knights of the Hospital to recruit troops and build a team within the scope of financial resources. A small army of more than [-] people; while working hard to take the upper-level route, use the spices and silk trafficked from the East by the Knights of the Hospitaller to make friends with the powerful and increase their influence in the circle of French aristocrats.

So it didn't take long for these "knights from the East" to gain some fame in southern France.

In addition, they did not forget the firearms skills necessary for traversers - in the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, one of the most important reasons why the French army was defeated repeatedly was the lack of long-range projectile firepower, so there was no way to Overwhelms the British longbowmen from a distance.In the latter part of the Hundred Years' War, the reason why the French army reversed its decline was because of the birth of early artillery, so that the French army finally had a way to disperse the British archer phalanx.

Therefore, although limited by the space of the main god, the modern firearms that were exchanged before cannot be used here, but the reincarnations of the handsome team are still planning to tinker with the artillery in this time and space earlier, so as to advance the bullish Welsh longbowmen by a century Boom into dregs.

It's a pity that due to lack of financial resources, they really couldn't afford so much bronze, so they had to find a cooper to try to build dozens of pine wood cannons. Reached 80 meters.Although the durability of the wooden gun barrel is not enough, it will explode after a few shots, but it is no problem to survive a battle anyway.In several shelling exercises, this relatively cheap new invention has also attracted the attention of many soldiers.

After all the above-mentioned efforts, before the outbreak of the Battle of Crecy, their captain finally won the favor of several nobles, and got a temporary title of artillery commander in the army—although most of them The French knights still didn't pay much attention to the new invention of artillery, just regarded it as a fun toy that could make a lot of noise, but didn't mind seeing the actual effect of this thing on the battlefield.

In this way, when the King of France's call-up order was promulgated, all the members of the handsome team pushed more than 20 pine cannons and set off on the journey with more than 100 miscellaneous soldiers.Then, about five days ago, I received news that the fried chicken team had come to the British camp.

But the problem is, just this evening, while they were having a fairly sumptuous dinner, they were discussing how to give advice to the King of France on the battlefield, how to use the little force at hand, and how to deal with the forces that the fried chicken team might have. At the time of high-end military force (the stronger the individual strength, the later the team enters the arena, which is the general rule of team battles), a sudden drastic change brought all the progress to an abrupt halt.

"...The main god shuts down the phone, the scene is over, and all reincarnations are forced to eject!"

Accompanied by this monotonous and mechanical voice, under the dumbfounded gaze of the three newcomers, all the veterans disappeared without a trace in an instant!It's so easy to go home! !Let these newcomers fall into extreme shock and fear! ! !

Fortunately in misfortune, when these veterans disappeared, they walked away naked, leaving behind all their belongings.Li Wei was able to forge a document with the captain's seal, and successfully took over their small unit - he originally held the title of deputy commander of the artillery, and the pine guns in the team were also worn by Li Wei with a few hoops He was responsible for recruiting most of the gunners and infantry, so when the soldiers learned that it was Li Wei who came to take over the command, everyone took it for granted and there was no disturbance.

Then, Lord Li Wei bit the bullet again, and with the absurd reason that "Your Excellency the Artillery Commander and his staff and personal guards suddenly fell ill, fearing infection, they had to be sent back to the rear for medical treatment, and their wives also returned with them", and told the royal family The herald who came explained and reported (their small troops belonged directly to the royal family on the battlefield)-fortunately, they were just a small army that was not taken seriously, and the temporary replacement of the commander did not seem to affect the firing, Therefore, for the sake of Li Wei's filial bag of silver coins, at last no one will pursue the crime of running away from those senior people.

However, with the imminent crisis lifted, the question of what to do next was placed before them again.

"...Indeed, with the shutdown of the main god system, there will be no team battles. Even if you escape, you will not face the punishment of the main god—but you will face the wrath of the French royal family and Rhodes Island! Don't forget! We now There is no way to leave this world!"

Facing the bald man who wanted to retreat, Lord Li Wei spread his hands helplessly, "...Yes, the management of the Frenchman's barracks is very chaotic. We can get a few horses at any time and run all the way back to Marseille port! But the problem is , Paper can’t hold fire. The captain and the others suddenly disappeared without a trace, it’s already difficult enough. If our backbones also follow, then this army will collapse immediately! After such a situation Scandal, and left behind the reputation of cowards, and smashed the signboard of the Knights Hospitaller of Rhode Island by the way, do you think the royal family and the Knights Hospitaller will spare us? I am afraid that even confiscating property and throwing it into prison is considered light! It is not impossible to hang the gallows!
So, if we don't want to be homeless, if we still want to return to the manor in Marseille Port, enjoy the wealth left by the captain and the others in the past few years, and live a life without worrying about food and clothing in this world, no matter what. We have to fight this battle to the end!

What's more, it's not that we don't have the capital to fight. These pine cannons are all made by us, and everyone knows how powerful they are.If you can make a good reputation on the battlefield, are you afraid that you will have no status and no future in the future?

Moreover, I am already a jazz in this world, and the manor in the port of Marseilles will belong to my name in the future according to the order of succession.But you don't have any identities!If you want to have your own land and home, and want to live a personal life, you should fight at this time!Otherwise, what are you going to live on in the future?farming?Be a sailor?Do small crafts?You don't seem to know these things! "

——Considering the serious consequences of the king’s wrath caused by the collective escape on the battlefield, and the cruel reality that you have no living skills and can only starve to death after being reduced to a tramp, all the traversers decided to bite the bullet and fight until the end... But the question is, can it win?
"...Hey, although there is no way to guarantee victory—after all, we are all just a bunch of young people. After losing the captain, we don't even have the qualifications to speak at military councils...but as long as we are careful after fighting Some, it shouldn’t be a problem to save their lives!”

Facing the two gloomy companions, Lord Li Wei could only forcefully cheer them up, "...don't worry! No one wants to die. I'm still waiting to finish this battle and go back to my dear Miss Zhao Na is getting married!"

The knight from the east rubbed his face with his girlfriend with his arms around him, and unconsciously said some forbidden words that were said to bring bad luck.

Then, they personally experienced the impermanence of fate, the cruelty of the battlefield, and... the inescapability of death!