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Pang Ning and Yunteng's 300 troops rose up and successfully captured the city of Le Havre. Because of the small number of troops, in order to quickly control the situation, the whole process was inevitably bloody.
As long as one person in a group of French soldiers resists, the entire group will be shot. Even those who had surrendered had to find a reason to kill them. In one day, more than 5,000 people were killed in Le Havre, and some streets were even blocked by corpses. The thick smell of blood is nauseating.
There is no other way. Pang Ning and the others only have 300 troops. Le Havre is a city with tens of thousands of people. If there are more French prisoners left, they will not be able to divide their troops to respond to Fango. Otherwise, Le Havre will be ten thousand people. Nine things will change.
Therefore, the city of Le Ajinger at this moment can be said to be filled with blood, and the ferocious image of the Qin army is enough to stop children from crying at night.
After taking the city, Pang Ning sent people to ask for help from Britain and Portugal, and asked Yunteng to take two hundred people by boat to meet Fang Ge and others.
The number of troops left in the city of Le Havre is only a hundred. This manpower has to suppress Le Havre with tens of thousands of people. It is really a suspense. If there is a large-scale riot among the people in the city, in fact, Pang Ning will It is impossible to suppress a hundred people.
Fortunately, the previous bloody methods were used to frighten the people in the city into not resisting for the time being. However, no one knows how long this situation can last and whether Yunteng can successfully get the mission back.
At this time, the Duke of Longueville, a follower of Louis de Bourbon, hurried to Le Havre to see Panning.
The Duke of Longueville is younger than Prince Conry, Louis de Bourbon, only twenty years old. He has a slender face, a high nose, and a blond wavy wig under his hat. Wearing a French aristocratic dress, the trousers are very special, a bit like the silk stockings of later generations, and there is a sword at the waist.
He expressed his position against the Paris court very directly. Pang Ning was inevitably a little curious as to how he could find this person at such a difficult time.
Pang Ning had no intention of talking nonsense with him. As soon as they met, he asked directly: "Your Excellency, why do you come to see me?"
The Duke of Longueville took off his hat and bowed in a gentlemanly manner: "First of all, please allow me to express my goodwill to Your Excellency the General. I am not your enemy. And I sincerely want to make friends with Your Excellency the General."
The enemy of my enemy is a friend. From this perspective, the two of them seem to be friends.
However, Pang Ning did not accept this trick and said seriously: "If you have anything to say, just say it. Otherwise, don't blame me for issuing an eviction order."
Longueville said calmly: "It is conceivable that the general must be in a hurry now. But I am here to help the general.
France is now in great misfortune, and our king is young. The Queen Mother and Chief Mazarin colluded to persecute loyal ministers, leaving the people of France in dire straits. Prince Condai was determined to help the king. Get rid of Mazarin, the treacherous minister, and return the queen mother to the king.
Your Excellency, General, Mazarin is our common enemy, if the General is willing to cooperate with us. We will immediately mobilize our forces to capture nearby towns and fully assist the general in getting Da Qin's envoy out. I wonder what the general’s intention is? "
Longueville's proposal is indeed a temptation that is very difficult to refuse for the Qin army who is currently isolated and helpless.
But Pang Ning knew very well that there was no free lunch in the world. If Longueville had nothing to ask for, he could just launch an attack on the surrounding towns. Why bother to come looking for him
"Your Majesty the Duke, just tell me what you want from me?"
"We have troops, but lack weapons. In order to successfully rescue the Qin delegation, I hope that the general can provide us with some weapons, such as Type 69 flintlock rifles, thunderbolts, and most importantly, rockets. As long as the general can Provide us with some weapons, and I guarantee with my personality that we will be able to rescue your country’s mission.”
Are you kidding? There are a lot of weapons on Pang Ning's ship, but this is not in Daqin, this is in distant Europe. Weapons are their biggest support. In the small town of Vernon, the Fronde attacked the mission's account and also Didn't count.
Well, even if we don't care about Vernon's night attack out of interests, how can we provide advanced weapons to the Fronde? Who knows if they will bite back after getting the weapons.
However, the support of the Fronde may be the only support that Eyes can get. The Qin mission, which has few soldiers and few generals, and is isolated and helpless, really needs support.
Therefore, no matter what, Pang Ning did not want to give up this opportunity easily.
"Your Excellency, Duke, we are here to visit Europe, not to start a war. Therefore, the weapons we bring are very limited. Now, our weapons are not enough for use. It is impossible to provide you with more. If Your Excellency, Duke, is really sincere, If you want to cooperate, please put forward other conditions.”
"Your Excellency General, we will not let you provide weapons in vain. In addition to fully cooperating with the General to rescue your mission, we are also willing to pay a very high price to buy your weapons. If the remaining weapons of Your Excellency the General are indeed insufficient, We don’t need too many, we only need fifty Type 69 flintlock rifles, one thousand bullets, only one hundred thunderbolts, and ten rockets.”
Longueville did not say that he wanted these weapons mainly for imitation, but Pang Ning knew this very well. Zhentianlei could provide them, but the Type 69 flintlock rifles and rockets were strictly prohibited from being sold by Great Qin, and There is a strict decision that in war, if the situation is unfavorable, these weapons must be destroyed and cannot fall into the hands of the enemy.
If it were other backward countries, it would be easy to say that a country like France, which is relatively advanced in science and technology, would never be able to hand over weapons such as rockets to them.
"Your Excellency, the Duke, in order to show our sincerity, we can only provide you with some thunderbolts. We only have one rifle per person, so it is impossible to provide it to you. The rockets are basically used up. And, to be honest with you, the Duke, we cannot The artillery was dismantled and used on the shore; therefore, the few remaining rockets are what we rely on to save our lives in emergencies. Therefore, we cannot provide them to you, not even a single one.
If you are sincere and successfully help our mission out of trouble, we may consider providing you with some in the future. If the Duke does not sincerely cooperate, then forget it;
This matter will benefit both of us if we work together. To put it bluntly, if Your Excellency the Duke is willing to help us, wouldn't you be helping yourselves? If you go to form an alliance with Spain, how much help can Spain provide you
If we succeed in getting out of trouble, we will definitely lobby Britain and Portugal to put pressure on Mazarin and support you. We may also provide you with weapons, supplies and other large amounts of help to fully support your Qing Dynasty. "
Prince Louis de Bourbon of Condé did sign an alliance with Spain, but Spain, a declining country, was at war with France and Portugal, and both France and Portugal were losing more than they won, and the trade in the Far East It was also lost. It was itself in a precarious state and could provide little support to Louis de Bourbon.
If we can really get the unanimous support of Qin, Portugal and Britain, it will be different for Longueville and the others. Qin is far away, but if nothing else, as long as they can get some weapon support from them, it will be a big deal. s help.
If he could establish friendly relations with Britain and Portugal and get some substantial support from them, it would even be possible for Louis de Bourbon to seize the throne.
Pang Ning's words made Longueville very excited. Now while the Paris palace is busy dealing with the Qin army, it is a good time for them to capture some towns. Therefore, even if they cannot reach any agreement with Pang Ning, he does not want to miss this opportunity to attack the city and plunder the lake. Good opportunity.
On the other hand, Louis de Bourbon, who has just captured Orleans, is training his troops intensively. It will take time. If the Qin army is wiped out like this, it will also be very detrimental to Longueville and the others, because then the Paris court can concentrate on attacking Orleans.
Thinking of all these aspects, Longueville decided to reach a co-organizer with Pang Ning even though Pang Ning did not agree to sell their weapons immediately, and first sold Qin a favor in exchange for future support.
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