Moreover, when the French army was defeated, the remaining troops retreated to the fortress group on the southern border of France and Italy for defense, and there were reinforcements from nobles from all over the country, and militias recruited were flooded, striving to defend well.

This fortress group was a work of hard work by the French Minister of Military Affairs of the Army, Earl Lufova, under the instructions of Louis XIV.

Based on the performance of the Eastern Army on the battlefield, Count Lufuwa believed that although the Eastern Army had strong firepower and sharp attack power, he also valued for fortification defense. Sometimes, even if the Eastern Army had enough strength, it would temporarily avoid the edge and take a "steady defense counterattack". First use fortification defense to consume the enemy's offensive posture, and then turn to counterattack. This move is worth learning!

At the same time, it is possible that the French army will fail in combat, so it is necessary to rely on fortifications to protect themselves and resist invasion.

According to France's geographical location, the southern region is far away from Paris and near the sea, which can be regarded as the soft lower abdomen of the French nation, so it is necessary to establish a fortress group.

There is also the strong artillery power of the Eastern enemy, and the genius Earl of Lufova built a solid defense in southern France.

The foundation is a bastion-style fortress. The bastion protrudes outside the city wall. Two adjacent bastions and the central dike (the wall between the bastions) form a bastion front. Several bastion fronts strengthened by auxiliary fortifications are connected together, which is called the bastion system, namely the bastion-style fortress.

On this basis, a defense system was established. The depth of this fortress can reach more than 10 kilometers. The core still retains the inner fortress with walls. On the periphery of 6 to 8 kilometers away from the inner fortress, a first-line fortress belt is equipped with 3 to 4 kilometers apart. A second-line fortress belt is arranged between the first-line fortress belt and the inner fortress.

The fortress is the main support point of the fortress, with artillery and infantry stationed in it. There are heavy artillery fire between the fortress, and its artillery fire can support the fortresses on both sides. The fortress is also equipped with powerful reserves, and field fortifications and mobile roads are pre-built, which improves the flexibility of the fortress’ defense and increases the difficulty of enemy siege and detour.

In order to enhance endurance, the fortress has command posts, military rooms, medical centers, conference rooms, kitchens, exhaust holes, water storage pools and ammunition depots, as well as warehouses, etc., and he also creatively built a good bathroom.

Well, why do you specifically talk about bathrooms?

Because before the influence of the East came, the French and even European white skins in the early 17th century did not have toilets. Yes, just like the Indians in the new era, they were still struggling with whether to set up toilets at home!

One reason why Baipi and Indians do not set up toilets is religion. Because the grains and reincarnation place are dirty, it affects them worshiping gods at home (the gods are dirty and refuse to come to their homes). Therefore, the French did not set up toilets at home before, so I won’t talk about how to solve the problem of using the toilet, so as not to disgust the audience.

As the influence of the East grew, when Louis XIV built the Palace of Versailles, Count Lufova established a fortress group, and toilets were set up in the buildings, thus improving the living conditions and making the guards comfortable and not prone to illness.

The fortress was strong in defense. During construction, Count Lufova tested the city walls with heavy artillery to ensure that it could withstand the power of heavy artillery.

As for the firepower, not to mention it, after completing the fortress building, the French spared no effort to build heavy artillery with a caliber of 210 mm. This heavy artillery cannot be maneuvered, it is big and stupid, and is mainly placed on the fortress, with strong attack power and covering the surrounding area.

This greatly satisfied the French: "We finally have the Hammer of Thor!"

The French used all the power of God to drag the heavy artillery onto the city wall, and then built small cannons and musket shooting holes around them. After the completion, they felt that the defense was solid. They said arrogantly: "If you want to take down our fortress, unless their gods come to battle in armor!"

The higher you get up, the harder you fall, the invading Shenluo Empire's army did not shed much blood under such a solid city wall. The first strongest Modana Fortress changed hands!

The person guarding the fortress was the French nobleman De Richard. This man was an old-fashioned nobleman. His family had a rigorous attitude towards the time of Emperor Richard the Great, who had been passed down to the ninth century. He was a rigorous man and participated in many wars against pagans. He was a real soldier.

When he saw the Shenluo Army approaching, he was urging his subordinates to pay attention to observation and strengthen defense, a guest came to visit, saying that he was an acquaintance.

When I saw the greeting, De Richard didn't want to see him, but after thinking about it, I'd better meet him.

Just have a good talk, but it’s not easy to use him to sacrifice the flag!

The visitor was Lieutenant General Bilt Balzac, a French foreign defenseman!

After the two met, Lieutenant General Bilt Balzac didn't say much, first of all, he introduced the situation of Austria and the situation of foreign defensemen.

Then he bulged his tongue and said, "Louis XIV has harshly destroyed the aristocratic system for thousands of years and implemented the monarchy and centralized system. Our nobles have suffered greatly. We have lost control of the territory, no financial power, cannot support the army, and even our family. We are in debt and cannot give charity to God!"

Just as he touched the itch of Count De Richard, he was stunned because the fact that Lieutenant General Bilt Balzac was the dilemma faced by Count De Richard.

He set up a card in the territory to collect taxes, but when Louis XIV strengthened the royal power, the goods that had paid taxes to the state did not have to pay taxes when they passed through the territory of Count de Richard. This was conducive to the circulation of national goods, but it greatly reduced the wallet of Count de Richard.

As an old-fashioned figure, he was not good at managing his business. In the past, he could make money by farming and set up a card to collect taxes. Now he is not as quick as business and industrial investment, and he cannot collect taxes. The nobles had low incomes, so his life was greatly affected and he had to borrow money to live a life, which was quite difficult.

Yes, the Age of Discovery has begun. Many people invest in maritime trade and make a lot of profits, but the risks are also great. After all, merchant ships are on the sea, and anything can happen. There is also financial speculation that can make money, but the risks are also huge. For example, if there is a mine in the Spanish kingdom, the king declared bankruptcy several times, and the banker who lent money to his will lose to his trousers!

Earl de Richard dared not take risks. He was over 60 years old and was sick, but had to go out to fight, just to get some money to subsidize his family income. It was so sad to say that.

Lieutenant General Bilt Balzac spoke out the strategy of the Shenlu Empire, that is, God’s return to God, the king’s return to the king, and the nobles’ nobility!

The Shenluo Empire was full of states. The most powerful Austria did not pursue a unified empire, but respected the rights of each state, that is, states handled their internal affairs independently and collected taxes on their own.

Similarly, the Shenluo Empire would not covet the territory of the Kingdom of France, and mainly wanted to defeat Louis XIV. As long as France returned to the political situation before Louis XIII, the war would naturally stop. At that time, the two sides could sign a peace agreement and respect their respective territorial integrity!

During the reign of Louis XIV's father, Louis XIII, a cruel person from France was named Cardinal Richelieu. In order to seek France's hegemony in Europe, he advocated strengthening the feudal royal power in order to concentrate national strength to do great things.

The Cardinal implemented the strategy of a strong monarch and weak nobles. He led the way. The king started a brick rule and continuously eroded the power of the nobles. It was the same until the reign of Louis XIV. Prince Conde and other great nobles resisted and even drove Louis XIV away, but unfortunately they failed in the end.

Earl de Richard thoughtfully and thought of the family's dilemma. He looked glamorous, but the bread he ate was bought by borrowing money!
Chapter completed!