Duchy of Lorraine, Castle of Metz.

Starting from March 10th, King Louis XIV of France led his 100,000 French troops to cross the Moselle River and camped in Metz Castle and its surrounding areas. It has been more than 20 days now.

This army arrived in Lorraine in the name of saving Vienna, but after arriving in Lorraine, it failed to make any progress for more than twenty days. The army of 100,000 people, the courtiers who arrived with Louis XIV, and the mistresses all had nothing to do.

The French soldiers were busy harassing the people in Lorraine, which naturally caused a lot of confusion and resentment among the people.

Louis XIV, his favorites, and his mistresses lived a more prosperous life, and were busy with various dances, banquets, and safaris. But no one dared to mention the rescue of Vienna. If anyone dared to mention the rescue of Vienna, they would be there immediately.

Falling out of favor and becoming a blacklist in the Sun King's pocket.

The reason is very simple, that is, the Sun King's hot face seems to be attached to the cold buttocks of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I.

Especially after he learned that tens of thousands of troops from the Ottoman Empire rushed all the way to Gyor Fortress after leaving Belgrade, he really wanted to take his 100,000 troops to Vienna to join in the fun, but he was garrisoned

The troops of the Holy Roman Empire in the Rhine area were blocked. Ferdinand Maria, the Grand Duke of Bavaria who led troops stationed in the Rhine area, was very polite to the envoy sent by Louis, saying that the Sun King could lead a large army to support him.

Everyone in the Holy Roman Empire is very grateful, but now they cannot let the French troops enter because they have not yet received permission from His Majesty the Emperor, so please be patient with His Majesty the Sun King!

What is this? In order to protect God, the King of France brought an army of 100,000 to save Vienna, but he actually asked for the approval of the Holy Roman Emperor. Who is the greatest in Europe? The Sun King or the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire?

Louis XIV's big nose was so angry that he would have wanted to send troops to attack the Rhineland if it weren't for the great enemy of Catholic Europe. But if he was angry again, there was nothing he could do about Ferdinand Maria.

The Grand Duke of Bavaria is currently leading an army of 15,000 men to guard a series of bastions along the Rhine River!

These bastions were built at a huge cost after the Heritage War. They are very strong!

These damn Germans actually built a bastion to defend against the French Sun King who loved them! The bastion should be built in Hungary to defend against the Celestial Cultists! How could it be built in the Rhineland to defend against the Sun King?

This is pain for relatives and pleasure for enemies!

It's just that it's useless no matter how much pain Louis XIV feels. The Germans won't let him cross the border, so he can only squint in Lorraine, and he is too embarrassed to return to Paris. When he left Paris, he said big words, saying that he wanted to go

Be the savior of Vienna.

It would be better now, so that people can't even enter the Holy Roman Empire to return the Sun King and European Big Brother, just for their own entertainment, right?

So Louis is now stuck in Lorraine, unable to advance or retreat, and has no choice but to spend time eating, drinking and having fun in Metz with a bunch of his favorites and mistresses.

He didn't want to hear the news from the Holy Roman Empire, but he had to listen to the fact that he, the Sun King, had to maintain the demeanor of a major European monarch! When Leopold defeated the group of Tianfang believers who had ventured in,

He had to send envoys to congratulate him, he had to announce the good news to the troops here in Lorraine, and he had to go to the church to remember all the soldiers who had died in defense of the Catholic Church.

As the Sun King, even if he was slapped in the face by Leopold, he still had to show off his dignity and not let the French aristocrats and common people look down upon him.

Thinking of this, the Sun King was in a terrible mood.

I don’t know if he was thinking about it day by day or dreaming about it at night. He actually dreamed of Leopold last night! Moreover, he knelt down to Leopold and kissed Leopold’s smelly feet.

Oh my God! How could there be such a ridiculous dream? He is the Sun King! The king of the most powerful country in Europe, no, the world. How can he kneel down to Leopold? He even kissed his feet and he couldn't wash them.

ah!

Although it's not true, you can't have such a dream!

What made Louis XIV even more unbearable was that he still apologized to Leopold in his dream. It was so irritating. Why did he apologize to Leopold, a bastard?

Because of this dream, Louis XIV was unhappy all day. Not only did he cancel a masquerade party, but he also scolded his mistress, Madame Montespan, Countess Olympia Mancini of Soissons, and made two

The woman immediately disappeared from him!

But as soon as the two mistresses disappeared, Louis' mood became even worse. He couldn't even eat lunch and sulked alone in his bedroom in Metz Castle.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, and the voice of a palace attendant came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs wants to see you urgently!"

"No!" Louis roared, "I won't see anyone today!"

"The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs said that the request for an audience was related to Leopold I!"

"Damn it," Louis muttered, "come in!"

The door was pushed open, and a foreign minister with a sad face walked in hastily and bowed to Louis XIV.

Seeing Hugo Leona's expression, Louis XIV's heart skipped a beat. Something must be wrong!

"Your Majesty, Father Marco d'Aviano has arrived in Lorraine!" said Hugo Riona, "and he has brought us terrible news!"

This priest was the leader of the Mission Order under the Franciscan Order and an important staff member of Leopold I. He was mainly responsible for foreign affairs and internal affairs.

Why did this guy come to Lorraine?

"Terrible?" Louis XIV frowned and asked, "What news is it?"

"Your Majesty," Hugo Leona's voice trembled a little, "Leopold I has become a saint!"

What? Became a saint?

Louis XIV was stunned again and again, "Hugo, if I remember correctly, only those who have died and are now in heaven with Jesus Christ can be Christian saints! Could it be that Leopold..."

"Your Majesty, he died in Djerburg," said Hugo Riona. "His army was defeated by the Tianfang Cultists, and he himself was shot to death by rifled rifles by the Tianfang Cultists' snipers!"

Leopold I was indeed sanctified. For a man of his status who died in the war to defend Christianity, of course he should be canonized!

"What? Leopold was killed by a rifled gun? God," Louis said in his heart: The rifled gun that killed Leopold was not the one I sold to the Ottoman Empire, was it? The rifle I sold to the Tianfang Cultists

Shooting St. Leopold to death seems like a great crime!

Will you go to hell after death?

In the audience hall of Metz Castle, the atmosphere was extremely solemn. Louis XIV looked dejected, Prince Condé looked like he was mourning, Hugo Leona's face was full of sadness, Marshal Dureny kept sighing, and Colbert

There was a look of regret on their faces. They were all sinners for selling guns to the Ottoman Empire!

Now Leopold has become a saint, standing next to the Lord Jesus Christ in heaven, looking at these sinners

An older, bald, and thin priest was recounting with tears the scene when the great Leopold I ascended to heaven.

"Although he was shot six times and was bleeding profusely, he still bravely charged towards the Tianfang cultists. Before all the blood was shed, he killed seven fully armed Tianfang cultists and repelled the enemy once

Offensive, cover the remaining troops led by Charles Lorraine as they retreat across the Danube River!"

As he spoke, the priest shakily took out a cloth bag and handed it to Louis XIV, who was already crying. "Your Majesty, this is the bullet that hit His Majesty the Emperor. It is an extremely vicious bullet that produces

And those who sell it will definitely go to hell!”

It won't be that serious, right?

Louis XIV said in his heart: Guns and bullets don’t kill people, it’s people who kill people!
Chapter completed!