Knights Templars! Destroy! Crusaders! Destroy!

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"We can't continue like this!"

"We must never let the white-clothed army land in Marseille!"

"We must try our best to retake Marseille!"

Seeing that Marseille was about to fall into the control of the White Army, the French certainly felt something was wrong.

From the perspective of logistics supply, Marseille is much more important than Istanbul. If the White Army controls Marseille, their troops fighting in Europe will not have to worry about their own logistics problems. If the White Army does not need to worry about logistics problems, then the Europeans' nightmare will come. What ability do they have to drive the White Army out of Europe, which is not short of food and ammunition? Don't say you are driving it out, you are afraid that even the most basic resistance will not be completed.

There was no choice but to fight with the White Army. If you don’t fight now, you’re afraid you won’t have a chance in the future. The first one to react was Cardinal Richelieu. As his cardinal, he called on all believers to rise up and resist the White Army. At the same time, he personally led 30,000 Crusaders and the Knights Templars to launch a counterattack against the White Army.

Since Richelieu had taken action, Louis XIII would naturally not watch it. His cooperation with Richelieu has always been very tacit. Since Richelieu put all his troops into the battlefield, he also sacrificed his life. With Louis XIII's order, all the French teams were engaged in counterattacks, with a total of more than 300,000.

While the French team was operating, the armies of other countries also took action. They also understood the importance of Marseille. If they could not save Marseille, their days would be sad. The white-clothed army used Marseille as a bridgehead and could launch an attack on any part of Europe. Nowhere could be spared. One after another, about 200,000 armies of other countries were involved in the counterattack against Marseille.

European troops with a number of more than 500,000 joined forces to launch an attack on Marseille, which was indeed a small test for the White Army. In the early stage of the war, the heavy artillery of the White Army had not arrived yet, and they could only rely on mortars to fight against the enemy's large-caliber artillery. It was inevitable that certain casualties occurred in the battle. However, after the 105 and 155 mm caliber howitzers arrived one after another, the situation was one-sided.

The first to suffer a devastating blow was the Knights Templar in Richelieu. Perhaps it was because of Xu Xingxia's reminder, perhaps because their names were too cool, or because their outfits were the most gorgeous and unique, or because the big cross on their armor was really eye-catching... Anyway, on the battlefield, the Knights Templar became the key target of the artillery of the White-Clothed Army and the priority of taking care of them.

A large amount of fierce artillery fire pointed at the Knights Templar. Poor these Knights Templars had suffered such cruel shelling. Their bodies easily disappeared in the fierce artillery fire. Their war horses were even overturned to the sky. Their spears were blown into many sections. As a result, the Knights Templar, which had only three thousand people, soon disappeared under the bombardment of large-caliber artillery artillery.

The crusaders were affected by the Knights Templars. They followed the Templars and the front commanders of the White-Clothed Army treated them as the Knights Templars. As a result, under the brutal artillery fire, the Crusaders were also defeated. When they went to the battlefield, there were a total of 30,000 people. However, when they retreated from the battlefield, there were less than 300 people. It was truly annihilated.

The same unexpected situation was Cardinal Richelieu. He followed the crusaders. The crusaders were shrouded in the overwhelming artillery fire and could not find a way to escape. The cardinal was also completely bombarded by the fierce artillery fire. His subordinates tried to save him to death, but unfortunately, they could not find a way to escape. Because all the open spaces around were shrouded in the fierce artillery fire. There was no way, they could only run around aimlessly like headless flies in the rich smoke.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

With loud noises, Richelieu and his followers all returned to heaven.

Because the artillery fire of the White Army was too fierce, Richelieu and others were ravaged by more artillery fire after they were killed, so no one could recognize it. After the battle, the White Army did not find any traces left by Richelieu. They thought Richelieu had fled to Paris with Louis XIII.

"The Knights Templar... is over..."

"The Crusader of the Bishop... is over..."

Louis XIII murmured helplessly, not knowing what to do.

Since ascending the throne, Louis XIII has always relied on Richelieu very much. The Bourbon dynasty led by Louis XIII was closely related to the Catholic Church. Basically, the political situation in France was carried out under the leadership of Richelieu. Louis XIII was also happy to listen to Richelieu's opinions and was too lazy to use his brain. Now, Richelieu suddenly died, and he seemed to have lost his backbone and didn't know what to do for a while.

Finally, with the strong suggestion of the staff around him, Louis XIII decided to withdraw his troops. Because the staff unanimously agreed that Marseille was too close to the seaside and was easily bombarded by white-clothed naval warships, and the French fought with the white-clothed army in Marseille, which was inherently at a disadvantage. If the army retreated to the area around Lyon, they could avoid the artillery fire of the white-clothed navy.

"Okay, let's retreat to Lyon," Louis XIII said weakly.

The French team that counterattacked the Marseille had long lost their morale under the bombardment of the white-clothed army. At this time, they received an order to retreat, and they were ashamed of their weapons and equipment. They immediately threw away their weapons and equipment, turned around, and ran away as fast as they could. It took them five days to run from the horse race to Lyon. Even the cavalry of various countries would feel ashamed of themselves at such a high speed.

With the retreat of the French army, the armies of other countries also retreated. Marseille was first of all the French Marseille, and then Europeans. Now, even the French gave up Marseille, what were they still doing here? In this way, in the two cities of Marseille and Toulon, the white-clothed army stood firm. The door to the core hinterland of Europe was opened.

After breaking through Marseille and Toulon, the white-clad army continued to head north. Their next target was Paris. Paris was the heart of the entire European continent. In Europe at that time, Paris was the most prosperous city and the economic and political center of the entire Europe. If Paris was conquered, European countries would be divided and surrounded. In addition, Gao Jie, Mao's Thirteenth Legion, and the entire Europe would be dismembered and divided.

Obviously, for European countries, Paris is more important than Marseille. They cannot allow the White Army to occupy Paris in any case. Especially for the French, Paris is their capital and a symbol of power. If Paris is captured by the White Army, France will perish. Even if Louis XIII is incompetent, incompetent, and unwilling to use his brain, he will have to wake up his spirits and fight against the continued attack of the White Army.

Obviously, from a strategic point of view, the French must not allow the White Army to directly attack Paris. Paris' city defense is still very fragile and cannot withstand the heavy artillery bombardment of the White Army. The French need time to strengthen various fortifications in Paris. They need to set up defense lines in the south of Paris. This line of defense was finally chosen in the area of ​​Lyon.

If nothing unexpected happens, the White Army will go north from Marseille to attack Paris and will definitely pass through Lyon. From Marseille to Lyon, and then from Lyon to Paris, there will be the best quality road connection. This is very important for the White Army, which has heavy logistics and supply tasks. The White Army will definitely care about these roads. As long as it can block the White Army's offensive in Lyon, Paris will basically be saved. Therefore, the most urgent task is to protect Lyon.

In order to save Lyon, Louis XIII mobilized all the troops and used all the means. In addition to ordering the mobilization of a large number of infantry to go to Lyon, he also ordered the mobilization of all the cavalry, trying every means to harass the marching white-clothed army and delaying the operation of the white-clothed army. Louis XIII was worried that the French had insufficient cavalry, so he seconded a large number of cavalry to the Poles. At that time, there were still a large number of cavalry in Poland.

The generals under Louis XIII were not entirely fools. They also knew how to harass the enemy's logistics supply line, and they knew how to take all the measures to slow and tired white-clothed army. They arranged a large number of light cavalry on both sides of the road from Marseille to Lyon. Their purpose was to take all possible methods to harass the white-clothed army and obstruct the white-clothed army march. It would be even better if some white-clothed army could be eliminated in a scattered manner.

Under the arrangement of Louis XIII, the cavalry of the Western powers also dispatched one after another.

The first one to be dispatched was naturally the French's own breastplate cavalry. In the French team, breastplate cavalry has always been very famous. From the appearance alone, they are all handsome and gentlemanly. Every knight selected for breastplate cavalry must meet a certain standard in appearance. If there are defects in height or appearance, it is impossible to be selected.

At the same time, the war horses and weapons and equipment equipped by the breastplate cavalry are all carefully equipped. The war horses of the breastplate cavalry are all big white horses, strong and powerful. Their breastplate is also white, with exquisite patterns carved on it, and most of the patterns are angels, representing their devout faith. The spears they use are also white, and look cold and chilling.

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