18th century total war

Chapter 190
"waste!
Bunch of trash!
Prime Minister Godoy, please explain to me how the great Spain achieved such a 'brilliant' record.

2 people defended with field fortifications, but they couldn't hold on for a day, and not many people even fled back and died in battle.

2 people, there are more than 8000 people who surrendered!
It can almost catch up with the total strength of the main force of Levi's rebel army opposite!

Do you know what Major General Carl is doing in the Levi rebel army now?

He arranged more than 8000 prisoners of war in a long snake formation, stretching for dozens of miles, and specially picked those densely populated areas to walk. This is stepping on the face of our Kingdom of Spain to escort prisoners of war!

It won't be long before the entire northern part of the Kingdom of Spain will know about this shameful record!

My prestige has been ruined by you! "

Carlos IV rarely lost his temper in front of Prime Minister Godoy.

This time I really couldn't bear it anymore. If Major General Carl hadn't arranged to escort the prisoners of war through the streets, Carlos IV would not have received such 'certain' information.

The Spanish bureaucrats below can't suppress it!
Prime Minister Godoy stood there without saying a word, his face extremely embarrassing.

In fact, Prime Minister Godoy is also considered a victim, because he has no idea about the command of the outer defense line of Madrid province. Prime Minister Godoy is not a general, so what can he know?
The aristocratic generals on the front line patted their chests to ensure that nothing would go wrong. Could Prime Minister Godoy still go to the front line to inspect?
Even if Prime Minister Godoy goes, he is a military layman, he can see a ball!

As a result, the situation has deteriorated like this!

Prime Minister Godoy also couldn't figure out why more than 2 people were captured and 8000 people were captured. There were more than 1000 people who fled back. There were only a few hundred people killed or missing on the battlefield?
A war involving tens of thousands of people, with such a small loss of troops, is this really a war rather than a suppression of bandits?
To put it bluntly, Prime Minister Godoy, who has not personally inspected the grassroots level of the army, has no idea that the militia in his eyes are actually temporary soldiers who are not even as good as the militia!
They are all from cities and villages, given some food or coins, and directly pulled into the camp to make up for the 'soldiers'.

The people below must be able to shoot and join the army when reporting, but when the people below go to pull people, how many people are responsible for on-site inspections?

Prime Minister Godoy reported good news but not bad news to Carlos IV. Wouldn't the noble generals below report good news but not bad news to the Madrid cabinet government?

Wouldn't the grassroots officers and soldiers under the noble generals who really carried out the orders not lie?
After reporting this level of information, one can only imagine how strong the combat effectiveness of the so-called Spanish militia on the outer defense line is...

Compared with the angry Carlos IV, Queen Luisa's face was full of fear, and she no longer lost the pride of the past.

"Prime Minister Godoy, now the main force of Li Wei's rebels is about to approach the city. There are only [-] defenders in Madrid. Can we really stop Li Wei's rebels?"

This queen, who previously thought that 2 to fight 2 should resolutely send troops to attack the enemy, has become rational under the shock of reality, and feels that [-] people can't beat [-] people...

As for how violent the royal family's escape from the capital would be to the political arena of the Kingdom of Spain, it had long been forgotten by the queen.

No way, who called the queen of Louis XVI of France next door, and even lost her head after being caught?
Ever since Louis XVI and his queen were beheaded, monarchs throughout Europe felt their necks chilled, especially in the face of rebels. European traditions can be broken once, and they can be broken countless times!

This is not the British side of the countries on the edge of the European continent. The king whose head was cut off by Cromwell, the British were not accepted by mainstream European countries at that time.

Even for a long time, the British were scorned as Anglo-Saxon barbarians by mainstream European countries.

Enjoying the same title and treatment as the Slavic barbarians in Tsarist Russia...

This is actually a common problem of regional and national discrimination in the 21st century.

In the globalized society of the 21st century, human society is full of racial discrimination by whites who discriminate against yellow races, yellow races who discriminate against blacks, blacks who discriminate against yellow races, etc. However, in the 18th century when communication was backward, the area of ​​discrimination did not reach globalization The point is not that complicated.

To put it bluntly, the discrimination chain is created.

In human beings, violence and the strong are admired in the bones. In the arts and martial arts, the monarch with the most martial arts is often easier to be remembered by people.

This is like in the land of China in the 21st century, many people worship Qin Huang Han Wu.

Even Genghis Khan's reputation in various countries is very high.

However, these few are all militaristic masters. After Qin Shihuang swept Liuhe, the second emperor died, and Emperor Wu of the Han even emptied the savings of the previous emperors of the Han Dynasty. From the perspective of national governance, these monarchs are not outstanding. , but they are more admired by people.

The reason is very simple, the merits of these kings in expanding the territory covered up their shortcomings in other aspects!
Man is such a realistic creature, and so is a country composed of people.

In the 21st century society of Li Wei’s last life, many countries in the world knew that American imperialism was squeezing them, printing dollars to blatantly plunder other countries’ economies. However, there are still a large number of younger countries that follow in the footsteps of the United States.

why?
Because they are afraid of America!
International wars such as the Libyan War, the Gulf War, and the Iraq War have shown the whole world how terrible the US's asymmetric war capabilities are.

This is not a comparison of data, but a real record. No matter how advanced the aircraft and missiles are, if you don’t fight, others won’t be afraid of you!

This is a very real problem. Most people will not go to the data comparison. After all, everyone knows that war is not a matter of data comparison. Otherwise, whoever goes to the battlefield and compares the weapons and equipment at home with the army Do you know which one is stronger and which one is weaker?

As a matter of course, Queen Louisa, who was originally very proud, also faltered in the face of the bloody war facts.

There was no way not to be cowardly, the defeat was too sudden and too thorough!

Even a fool can see the huge gap between the Levi rebels and the Spanish Army through this battle!
Queen Luisa didn't know that the defeated troops on the front line were armed with temporary soldiers and militias. In the report she received, there were no temporary soldiers, and the militias were only a small auxiliary force!
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