Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 487 The End of the Empire

Holy Roman Empire, Aachen.

Previously, the interior of the Holy Roman Empire finally completed a short-lived "unification", and the Luxembourg and Habsburg dynasties, which had been in dire straits, finally chose to unite without any suspicion at the time of the survival of the empire.

As a result, the Holy Roman Empire finally launched its first full-scale expedition since the Ming army's western expedition to Europe.

Before, the Luxembourg dynasty and the Habsburg dynasty respectively controlled the power of the Holy Roman Empire, and the strength of the two was not much different. Therefore, when Sigismund sent troops, the Habsburg dynasty always lagged behind.

However, it seems a bit late to fight against the enemy together at this stage of life and death.

Originally, they wanted to take advantage of Zhu Zhanhe's return to his hometown for the New Year, and also took advantage of the fact that the snow in winter could greatly reduce the advantage of the Ming army's fire attack, so the Holy Roman Empire chose to launch the war at this most inappropriate time for launching a war.

However, they wrongly estimated their own strength, and also wrongly estimated the power of the Ming army's fire attack.

Moreover, they did not expect that the Ming army would take the initiative to go out of Vienna to meet them.

In the end, under circumstances that the Holy Roman Empire did not expect, the two sides met at a place called Brunswick in the south of the imperial free city of Bremen.

As for the course of the war... In fact, there is nothing to say.

The advantage of the Ming army lies in firearms and long-distance strikes. In this era, the army of the Holy Roman Empire was surrounded by white phosphorous eggs and kerosene bombs before they came into contact with the Ming army.

The fires of white phosphorous eggs and kerosene bombs are not ordinary fires. It doesn't mean that the snow on the ground can extinguish them. You have to soak your whole body in water to avoid them.

The Holy Roman Empire has been preparing for this attack for a long time. Whether it is the Luxembourg dynasty or the Habsburg dynasty, it can be said that they have taken out their wealth.

The elite weapons hidden by the dynasty have almost become people's impression of European cavalry in later generations, just like the knight's armor in Grimm's fairy tales, all of which have been taken out.

It's just that cleverness is misunderstood by cleverness.

European armor, in fact, was a watershed in the [-]th century. Before the [-]th century, most European armors were chain mail, but after the [-]th century, European armor changed, and large iron plates began to appear. First.

This kind of armor has completely become a burden under the attack of white phosphorus eggs and kerosene bombs.

Although the armor of the large iron plate can better defend against the attack of white phosphorus eggs and kerosene bombs compared to the chain mail, but that is only on the surface.

The scorching flames turned the inside of the plate armor into a steamer, tormenting the soldiers inside the armor all the time, and this armor was not one piece, but also had seams.

Once white phosphorus and kerosene enter from here, it is impossible to escape even if you want to.

Neither Sigismund nor Leopold expected that this war, which they had placed high hopes on, could even be said to have been determined to be a success, ended up being unilaterally defeated by their Holy Roman Empire. ended in defeat.

From the beginning to the end, the Ming army did not suffer any personnel losses, only more than a thousand people were injured by the longbowmen of the Holy Roman Empire.

And what about their Holy Roman Empire?Almost the entire army was wiped out, only a few more than 2 people escaped, and most of these [-] people were wounded soldiers.

So far, as the results of this war came out, the defeated big mouth finally woke up the Habsburg dynasty.

Before that, Sigismund, who had been really confronting the Ming army head-on, knew how powerful the Ming army was, but he didn't have much to do despite the separatist forces within the Holy Roman Empire.

But the Habsburgs were different.

Because it has always wanted to sit on the throne of the Holy Roman Emperor, the Habsburg dynasty has been deliberately weakening and discrediting Sigismund. In addition, Luxembourg, which has only one direct member of Sigismund, remains They did not pay attention to the dynasty.

The defeat against the Ming army, they only thought it was Sigismund's incompetence, and it was because Sigismund's generals and soldiers had been corrupted.

And now, this war at the end of the Holy Roman Empire has completely awakened the Habsburg dynasty.

However, when the sober Habsburg dynasty faced such a result, the first reaction was not how to fight against the powerful Ming army, but thinking about how to leave the quagmire of the Holy Roman Empire and how to preserve it as much as possible. The living force of the Habsburg dynasty.

A manor outside Aachen, which is the property of the Habsburg family.

And now, in the basement of the manor, the cellar that was originally used to store red wine is now a meeting room for members of the Habsburg dynasty.

"Now that everyone's opinions have been unified, our next question is where to go."

Leopold scanned the family members in front of him with a heavy tone.

For the Habsburg dynasty, the Holy Roman Empire was just a springboard for them to unify Central Europe, or even the whole of Europe. Mainly.

Without the Holy Roman Empire, they will have other springboards. For them, as long as it is a springboard, it is enough. The difference is nothing more than the length and height of the springboard.

"How about... go to the Kingdom of Denmark?" A slightly younger voice sounded.

"Albert, think about it before you speak." Leopold's tone suddenly became gloomy.

This Albert is not Albert. The Albert who threatened Sigismund with Leopold before is dead, and died in the siege of the Ming army.

The current Albert is the son of the original Albert, which is the same as the title of Daming. Albert is the Duke of Austria. After his death, he will naturally be inherited by his son. After inheriting the title of surname and title is constant.

"The Kingdom of Denmark and the enemy have already crossed paths, and they were defeated in the previous battle of the destruction of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania."

Leopold and Albert did not have any conflicts of interest. Even if there was, it would only happen when the Habsburg dynasty succeeded to the throne after Sigismund was ousted from power.

At least for now, their Habsburg dynasty is still a whole.

"Yes, the Kingdom of Denmark is obviously unable to defeat the group of enemies who came out of hell and carried the fire of hell."

An old man spoke with a worried tone.

"The Holy Roman Empire is already at the end of its battle. Once our Habsburg Dynasty withdraws, they will soon be defeated. At that time, the enemy will definitely turn their targets to the Danish Kingdom further north."

"If we choose to seek refuge in the Kingdom of Denmark, it is just a temporary foothold. In less than two years, or even less than a year, we have to find a new foothold again."

"If everyone doesn't have a suitable opinion, I have an idea. Let's listen to it and see how it goes."

Seeing this, Leopold also felt that it was time, and spoke out his thoughts.

"How about we go to Paris and cooperate with the English?"

(End of this chapter)