Nanming: I can build wonders

Vauban was a famous French general, military engineer of the Bourbon Dynasty, and general of the army.

Vauban has commanded a series of wars including the War of Inheritance, the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the Palatinate Elector Succession, and the War of Spanish Succession. He also commanded 53 siege battles, all of which he won.

He also wrote masterpieces such as "On the Attack and Defense of Fortresses" and "Fortification Essays". In his lifetime, he built more than 300 military fortresses.

Be a city builder!
After recovering Bohemia, Vauban was appointed Marshal of the Empire by Louis XIV nearly ten years in advance.

In addition to the Kingdom of Bohemia, Louis XIV is also eyeing the appointment of the three archbishops of Mainz, Trier, and Cologne. He now has one vote for Bohemia, and if he gets three more votes, he will have four votes Now, as long as he wins over another elector, he will be able to control the entire Frankish Empire.

As a filial son of God, he sent the French army in the name of helping the three bishops resist the Ottoman Empire, and a series of hard and soft actions. While recovering the Kingdom of Bohemia, Louis XIV also obtained the right to appoint three archbishops !
Why was it so easy for Louis XIV?
Because of the previous truce with Shinra, the Principality of Lorraine that France gave away was once again under the control of Louis XIV.

No way, Leopold I has fallen, and no one is Pauline.

Since Mainz, Trier, and Cologne are very close to the Principality of Lorraine, it is not easy to control them.

While regaining the Kingdom of Bohemia, Louis XIV was still fighting the Ottomans on the territory of the Principality of Austria. Louis did not want to recover Vienna, he simply wanted the German territory in the west and north of Vienna.

In this way, Louis XIV also became the Grand Duke of Austria, and most of Germany was under his command!
Western Europe has completely become Louis' territory.

His road to expansion has not stopped. North Germany has not been tamed like Brandenburg. As long as North Germany is tamed, Louis will unite with Poland, Rakshasa, Venice, and Spain to besiege Ottoman.

At that time, not to mention regaining Vienna, even capturing Constantinople, or even completely destroying the Ottoman Empire, is completely possible.

Unless the Ming army goes out in person, Osman will have a chance of survival.

Under the leadership of Louis, a new alliance was established with France as the head and members of Poland, Rakshasa, Venice, Spain, Sweden and other countries.

The name is the North Atlantic Alliance.

This alliance replaced the Eight-Power Allied Forces, which had been destroyed by Zhu Kezang.

Today, thanks to the dissemination of the former Governor of New Spain Barotome, the Ming threat theory is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. This "NATO" vaguely hopes to use it to deal with the rising Ming.

But Louis didn't think so, he just wanted an alliance to prove his hegemony in Europe.

But in the far east, Zhu Kezang ushered in an unexpected guest.

Zhu Kezang simply took a shower, changed into clean clothes, brought a group of palace guards and a bachelor who could speak Latin, and rode a royal steam motorcycle in the Forbidden City to the newly renovated The new Wenhuadian building is gone.

After a while, amidst the shouts of "Your Majesty is here", he strode into the audience hall on the second floor of Wenhua Hall.

The audience hall is located in a large room facing south, with large windows made of small pieces of transparent plate glass, and the lighting is quite good.

When Zhu Kezang arrived, it was almost [-]:[-] pm, which was around [-]:[-] pm. After meeting with the guests, he happened to be late.

Seeing Emperor Zhu striding towards him, Nalan Xingde, not Ye Xingde, hurriedly bowed and said, "My minister Ye Xingde respectfully invites Shengan."

Next to Ye Xingde was a man with a western face.

He is a missionary from the Principality of Brandenburg, named Karl Christian.

Carl imitated Ye Xingde's appearance, bowed and saluted, and said something in the Mandarin Hokkien dialect of the Ming Dynasty that he had just learned: "Chen Karl Christian respectfully invites the emperor of Ming Dynasty to be holy!"

It turned out that after sensing Louis XIV's ambition, the Principality of Brandenburg did not intend to sit still, they wanted to seek Ming's help.

"Stay flat, stay flat, give me a seat."

While sitting on the throne, Zhu Kezang gave the two seats with a smile.

His words were immediately translated into Latin by the squire.

When Karl Christian heard this, he was not polite, and sat down firmly on a chair brought together by two guards, and then carefully looked at Emperor Zhu on the throne.

The 30-year-old Zhu Kezang still looks so young and heroic. Thanks to Hercules' talent, he maintains a very good figure.

It's just that the painting style has started to change a bit. Now Zhu Kezang has a big beard and looks a bit fierce.

Facing the legendary emperor of the East for the first time, Karl Christian was still quite nervous.

Karl Christian stumbled and made a request for an alliance.

Zhu Kezang thought about it for a while. The predecessor of Germany was Prussia, and the predecessor of Prussia was Brandenburg. If he formed a Ming-Ottoman-Brandenburg alliance, wouldn’t it be a bit like the Allies?

Daming's armed force has the upper hand. If they can find a piece of land now, and both sides send hundreds of thousands of troops to fight, it will definitely be Daming who wins!

However, it is impossible for the current shipping technology to support this kind of intercontinental war.

The last time Zhu Kezang devoted all his power to the country, he sent tens of thousands of expeditionary troops to America.

It is basically impossible to send an expeditionary force of more than [-] people to Europe around Africa or South America!
Similarly, it is impossible for the current Louis XIV to send an army to the east of Malacca or go to South America and cross the Pacific Ocean to the east.
Even if you send thousands of people here with all your might, it's still a gift.

So the decisive battle between Eastern and Western civilizations is not so fast yet!

Seeing that Zhu Kezang had no intention of forming an alliance, Karl Christian continued to persuade Daming to guarantee the independence of Brandenburg.

"Your Majesty," Karl Christian said, "you have been very successful in the direction of the New World, and you have plunged the Spanish Empire, one of the two western empires, into crisis at a very small cost. , IMHO, the current advantage is on the side of Louis XIV and Kangxi Khan!"

On the Tianzhu side, the eastern Tianzhu and central Tianzhu belonged to Ming Dynasty, and the southern Tianzhu belonged to France, Britain, and Portugal.

Zhu Kezang now has a lot of desires for Tianzhu.

Because the rate at which Ming consumes population and consumables has dropped significantly, Tianzhu has too many people to consume.

And Kangxi Khan's Tianzhu Empire has also been expanding and consolidating in recent years, and Persia has won most of it for them.

Feel free to poke Ottoman's ass.

The situation does not seem so optimistic.

To be honest, it would be okay to support Xiaobo with a wave of weapons. We can't just sit back and watch France pinch Osman to death.

Zhu Kezang still has some good feelings for Brandenburg.

"Your Majesty the Emperor," Carl Christian said, "As far as I know, Emperor Louis the Great has been trying to form an alliance aimed at containing the Ming Dynasty, which may include Spain, the Qing Dynasty, the Mongolian Kingdom, and the Raksha Kingdom. Compete with Ming Dynasty in economics, politics, diplomacy, military and other aspects!"

(End of this chapter)