When Duke Humphrey heard that Zhu Zhanzhen wanted to inquire about what happened back then, he said, "Can you give me some clothes to keep out the wind first?"
With a look from Zhu Zhanzhen, his subordinates brought a blanket to cover him. After all, it was a bit ugly to see a fat man naked.
A sneeze
Duke Humphrey sneezed, wiped his nose, and huddled up in the quilt. The cold wind blew through him and he shivered. But facing the Ming Dynasty, now was not the time to feel aggrieved. He had to find a way to survive first.
"Sir, can you give me a cup of hot tea?"
"Someone bring a pot of boiling water and pour it on him."
"No, no, no more." Duke Humphrey immediately surrendered.
"Stop blabbering to me and tell me quickly."
"Yes, yes, it was like this at the beginning. At that time, we and the French had a conflict with the Ming army, and we were all beaten to pieces. At first, we thought you were reinforcements from the French, and we even thought they were using
The alien army was summoned by some evil magic, but later we found out that they lost worse than us, so we were relieved."
"Fortunately, not many people came at that time, so the Ming army only defeated us and was not able to occupy these places. After several battles, we also found that the firepower of the Ming army was much less, so we guessed that the ammunition of the Ming army should be insufficient.
Already."
"It's just that no one dared to attack the Ming army easily. Later, under the instigation of the ministers, the French king pretended to surrender to Zheng He, and showed his attitude of establishing trade relations with the Ming Dynasty. He also sent ministers and the Ming Dynasty...
We negotiated the specifics of these matters, including professing vassalage to the Ming Dynasty, but wanted the Ming Dynasty to help fight against us Yinggelan. At that time, we were all nervous and anxious, and also sent people to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty army, but the Ming Dynasty envoys were more inclined to France, because
His attitude is sincere and the monarch takes the lead, so he must be convincing."
"I believe that the envoys of the Ming Dynasty must have suspected it, but it was their own monarch who took action on the other side. It is impossible for the monarch of any country to be so dishonest and disrespectful of dignity, but that lunatic can. You can't predict his actions at all.
When the negotiations were almost completed, he invited Zheng He to the French dinner, and then we got the news that Zheng He, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, had been arrested by the French king."
After Zheng He was captured, he was insulted by the King of France, the lovely Mad King Charles VI.
Zhu Zhanzhen took out a small notebook and wrote the name of Charles VI. This was his most certain enemy now. Because he was curious that Zheng He was a eunuch, he humiliated him in every possible way, causing him to lose his personal dignity and dignity.
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You can't expect to have normal communication with a madman. Duke Humphrey didn't know the details of Zheng He's experience in France. He carefully selected what he could tell clearly.
"What happened next!?"
Zhu Zhanzhen's eyes seemed to have endless anger waiting to be vented, which made Duke Humphrey's heart tremble.
"Later, for some unknown reason, the Duke of Burgundy in France bought the Ming Dynasty's envoy from Charles VI. I don't know the specific situation. You may not know our side. Our practice regarding prisoners is that as long as
The captive's family or others can redeem him and sell him away if he can pay enough ransom. Even if the Duke of Burgundy in France is already an ally of our Ingeland, he can still buy the envoy from France in the end."
In this chaotic place, these things are not unusual.
"Later, this was the envoy who came to negotiate with me and asked me to find a way to redeem you." Duke Humphrey looked at Hou Xian: "I took a fancy to the Ming Dynasty's steam warships and firearms, so I agreed and spent thousands of dollars on it.
After many painstaking negotiations with the Duke of Burgundy, he spent a lot of money to exchange the envoy and handed it over to the Ming army."
Duke Humphrey tried his best to beautify his role in this matter, portraying himself as a good man who helped the Ming army.
Hou Xian spoke: "Your Highness, after the redemption was completed, our army left. This person wanted to use steam warships to pursue our army. Fortunately, our army still had some ammunition at that time, and we used artillery to push back without any direct conflict.
"
"This... this... was intended to send off the Ming Dynasty's envoy." Duke Humphrey tried his best to cover up.
Zhu Zhanzhen put his hands on the armrests of the chair and clenched them unconsciously. He suppressed the anger in his heart and tried to speak as calmly as possible to prevent himself from shouting: "Zheng He came back without his hands, a leg, and his tongue."
, who did it?”
"I...I, he was already like that when I received him from our king's hands."
"Your king? That kid? Why is your king involved in this?"
Duke Humphrey said with some guilt: "Because we have a bad relationship with John, Duke of Bedford, our other regent in England, and the Duke of Burgundy in France has a very good relationship with him, so for the first time
When I negotiated with the Duke of Burgundy to redeem it, I was rejected. The other party offered a sky-high price that I couldn't pay, so I finally asked the king to mediate."
"A teenage boy is trying to mediate between the two of you? Do you think this is feasible?"
Duke Humphrey hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Your Excellency, although the king is still young, his mother still has an affair with her mother's lover. A Welsh aristocratic businessman named Owen Tudor acted as a mediator.
So that I could redeem the messenger, but he would be in their hands for a month before he came into my hands."
Zhu Zhanzhen also understood that he could not tell the truth completely, but the specific process should be correct, from the King of France to the Duke of Burgundy to the King of England and his family to Duke Humphrey.
In the Death Note, first write down all the names of several people so that you don’t find the wrong person.
Seeing that he could no longer extract any useful information, Zhu Zhanzhen ordered people to continue throwing Duke Humphrey into the water and torture him. In the end, Duke Humphrey fainted directly. There was no other information, so he ordered people to go first.
Take him down.
He deserves to be killed, but it is not so simple to just let him die. He still has great uses now.
At night, the soldiers came to report: "Your Highness, the other English soldiers have finished interrogating them. They went to France this time to plot to capture the French Saint Joan of Arc, because Joan of Arc's current morale and reputation are too great. They will lose."
After winning the Battle of Orleans, they missed the opportunity to conquer France in one go, so the two Dukes decided to join forces to deal with Joan of Arc first."
It was indeed a conspiracy, but his appearance saved Joan from the side. This made Zhu Zhanzhen start to think about whether Joan could really communicate with the so-called gods.
Shaking his head, when Zhu Zhanyi thought of these mysterious things, he thought of Yao Guangxiao. Yao Guangxiao seemed to be able to predict. Who can tell clearly.
He helped Joan of Arc in disguise. Zhu Zhanzhen probably guessed that this might be a trap, and it was intentional. In this case, he had to figure out how to collect interest from this woman.
Hou Xian stepped forward and asked: "Your Highness, what should we do next?"
"Do you still have enough ammunition?"
"Your Highness is still capable of fighting."
"When Duke Humphrey wakes up, we will prepare to leave for Ingeland. Ingeland also has four steam battleships, so we cannot take it lightly."
Zhu Zhanzhen planned his next trip to Yinggelan. Since he had captured the regent Duke of Yinggelan, there was no reason not to make a good use of it.
…
Joan of Arc and her party, who were ambushing in France, had not seen the arrival of Duke Humphrey and his party for a long time. Joan of Arc understood that Zhu Zhanzhen had taken action and must have succeeded, which made her feel a little happy.
"Everyone is in full military formation, must not relax, and is ready to fight at any time."
The other Duke of Ingoland, John, waited and waited for Duke Humphrey's arrival, and was running around in a hurry.
"Sir, if this continues, the other party will definitely become suspicious. Even if Duke Humphrey doesn't come, our sudden attack will surely catch them off guard."
Duke John hesitated again and again. He was 40% unhappy and 60% afraid of Joan of Arc. He didn't know why the army led by Joan of Arc could always beat the crap out of their troops.
After finally deceiving Joan of Arc, Duke Humphrey never arrived for some unknown reason, and the news at sea could not be spread.
The naval battle was earth-shattering, but no British troops ran out, no ships ran away, and the news did not leak out, so Duke John did not know what happened.
He was quite afraid of Joan of Arc, but finally decided to take action.
Taking advantage of their unpreparedness, Duke John's army launched an attack on Joan of Arc's troops from the rear.
But as soon as the two armies met, Duke John's team discovered that Joan of Arc's team was not preparing to attack the port at all, but was preparing to counterattack them.
As the explosion sounded, Joan of Arc rode a white horse and charged forward using the Ming army's firearms. The troops rushed into the British position with overwhelming force.
"Sir, it's not good. Jeanne d'Arc led the army to rush over. They knew it was a trap from the beginning and were waiting for us."
Duke John was shocked: "What's going on, what's going on? Is this bastard Humphrey collaborating with Joan of Arc to harm me? He has not come for a long time, and Joan of Arc has been prepared for a long time. It must be like this, damn it
Damn it, hit me, kill Joan of Arc."
"Sir, you should retreat first. Joan of Arc's army is too strong and our first front has been breached."
Duke John climbed on his horse in panic: "Retreat, retreat."
After holding on for less than an hour, Duke John ordered a retreat. Although he was called John the Fearless, that was before. Since Joan of Arc appeared, he should be called John the Coward.
Before he left, he said harsh words: "I must capture this woman alive, I will skin her alive."
Say the harshest words and run the fastest way. Duke John ran away very fast and disappeared in a flash.
The French army cheered. Under the leadership of Joan of Arc, they achieved another great victory. However, Joan of Arc did not get carried away. She got on her horse again, held her flag high, and shouted: "Sons of France,
Let us continue to march forward in triumph, continue to charge against the enemy, and retake the coast of France."
Joan of Arc will take advantage of this opportunity and the momentum of this great victory to regain the first northern coastal port for France.
The French soldiers followed one after another, and the army pursued them. Duke John took the lead and ran away. The British army was still in a fighting mood.
The French army took over this area with great momentum and formally stationed troops here.
When the dawn sun shone, Joan held the flagpole and stood on the sea. The sun rose from the east and fell on the sea in the west. This was the first time Joan saw the sea.
France has lost this sea for too long, her eyes filled with tears, and the sea breeze ruffled her hair.
She reached out and stroked her hair: "It seems to be a little longer and needs to be cut short."
She has forgotten how long she has been fighting in men's clothing, and she has forgotten that she is still a teenage girl. She has no right or time to love beauty, and she has lost a lot.
"Go back and tell His Highness the Crown Prince that we have recovered the land here." Joan of Arc ordered to her subordinates.
"Your Excellency Joan of Arc, I think we should retreat." Joan of Arc's subordinates had different opinions.
"Why?"
"Ying Gelan's army has some forces at sea that we cannot resist. We are currently taking over the coastal areas and holding on to them. If the opponent's offensive is fierce, our army may not be able to withstand it."
Not being able to defeat them is a distressing matter, but being defeated is also distressing because they cannot hold on.
Ying Gelan's maritime army is stronger than theirs, and they have lost their coastline for so long and have no ships. The British army has the steam warships of the Ming Dynasty. There is no comparison at all.
"No, we can't retreat." I really made a decision.
"But……"
"There is nothing wrong. If we want to take back the land of France, we will eventually go to the sea. Unless we don't want these lands anymore, we will never be ready. God gave me a revelation. We will rebuild the glory of France, which is our body."
Even if I die, I will not give up any bit of our land easily."
Joan of Arc was always very contagious. She was born with that kind of inspiring power. Her words contained determination and unyielding, and her followers were infected.
"Swear to the death to follow Your Excellency Jeanne d'Arc!"
"Swear to the death to follow Your Excellency Jeanne d'Arc!"
"God bless France!!"
When everyone left, Joan of Arc breathed a sigh of relief. Wasn't she worried about the attack of the Ingeland navy?
It’s just that she felt that since Duke Humphrey didn’t arrive at the port this time, he must have been sniped by the Ming army. As long as the Ming army defeated Ying Gelan’s navy, the owner of this sea would change hands, and she didn’t seem to have to.
I'm worried about Ingeland's navy.
However, the Ming army cannot be regarded as her allies. They only cooperate temporarily for the greater benefit. She diverted the trouble to Ying Gelan, but she knew that Zhu Zhanzhen would definitely come back and no one could stop him.
Keep his determination for revenge.
She looked at the sea, with huge waves in her heart. She felt that the crown prince of France was the real master of France, and the current mad king was the source of all troubles. Maybe she could find a way to get Zhu Zhanzhen to get rid of the mad king and help the prince ascend the throne.