Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 1137 Wise John

Chapter 1137 Wise John

This French young man from a noble family has never had a good night's sleep since he was defeated by the Ming army at the city of Kangju.

At the beginning, John was indignant at the Ming Dynasty's Western Expedition Army. Even though he was beaten badly by Zhu Di's reinforcements, he still believed that the defeat of the Crusaders was caused by the Ming army's sneak attack.

He even denounced the Ming army as "lacking honor" in public and sent envoys to the Ming army camp to have a "duel between knights" with Zhu Di.

Then Zhu Di ordered the envoy to be beheaded before he even had the chance to meet Zhu Di.

It was the Western Barbarians who first started the trouble, and envoys were sent between the two countries. Zhu Di believed that there was nothing to say to the Crusaders who were flying the banner of the church.

John, who was furious, once clamored to teach Zhu Di a lesson, and also wanted to lead the brave French knights to fight, firmly believing that "the glorious French knights will definitely be able to defeat the despicable Ming army."

But soon, Zhu Di taught him what it meant to use all means in war. He used various tactics such as the tactics of tireing out the soldiers, the tactics of manguinage, and the tactics of muskets in turn. The knights were played around by Zhu Laosi and had no temper at all. The Crusaders were defeated again and again. During the most dangerous time, Prince Yan Zhu Di personally led the cavalry into the formation, killed the Count of Genoa and the Grand Knight of the Knights of Lanton, and then charged towards him.

At one point, Zhu Di was only a hundred meters away from him, and that was the closest he had ever been to death. John could even see with his naked eyes this Lord Yan Wang of the Ming Dynasty, who was wearing gold-painted armor with mountain patterns, with a scarlet cloak fluttering behind him, covered in blood, but full of high spirits.

That time, Zhu Di raised his hand and shot an arrow, which hit his helmet. If he had not put down his visor, he would have died that day.

After a brush with death, this young man from the West, who was born into a noble family, finally realized that war was not the passionate drama in operas, nor was it a game between nobles. The bravery of Zhu Di and the Ming army soldiers also left an indelible impression on him.

Even in a head-on confrontation, he didn't think he could defeat these brave Eastern knights!

After that, he began to drink and abandon himself. Ironically, after he stopped giving orders to the Crusaders, the Crusaders' command became much better than before. The generals of various countries were all veterans. After eliminating him, a young man who only knew "glory", a group of people wanted to preserve their strength with one mind, and they actually worked together to "defend" in a very methodical way.

Did not give the Ming army much advantage.

It was precisely because of this that the battle was delayed for two years. The Crusaders retreated step by step to the Danube. Although they suffered occasional minor defeats, they were still on the march and almost delayed the battle until the Ming army's food supply problems arose.

John became more and more convinced that the Crusade would be the same with or without him, and his self-confidence was severely damaged. If France and his father did not need the title of "Commander of the Crusade", he would have given up everything and gone back to continue being a noble young master.

After that, he could only continue to live a muddled life under the "supervision" of Enguerrand VII.

But if it was just a matter of getting by, it would be fine. Now that Beldraig Castle was in danger, and the Ming army had even entered the city, he did not think that the large number of Crusaders in the castle could resist these elusive Ming troops.

John was not a complete second-generation rich man. He was very smart and had received a perfect aristocratic education. Therefore, he could see that the Crusaders, composed of the forces of many countries and nobles, were a group of guys with their own ulterior motives. It was okay to fight a favorable battle, but if they faced a wolf pack like the Ming army, the first thing those nobles would think of was to preserve their strength, and they would never fight the Ming people easily.

They have even less honor than the Ming people.

And John has also learned that glory is just something you put in your mouth, only your life is your own.

John pushed Engueran away fiercely, and without even having time to put on his armor, he hurried to take his French knights to the stable to get their horses. He felt that he was calmer and wiser than ever before. The words of the bishop of the church were hypocritical, and the glory was false. Only the life of enjoyment and the precious life were real.

For the sake of his pleasure and life, he wanted to flee back to France with his knights!

The Ming people can’t possibly go to France to attack us!

However, he had just summoned the French knights and was about to ride away the horses to the stable in the northeast corner of the castle, but he found a fire and thick smoke in the northeast. The screams of people, the sound of weapons clashing, and the neighing of horses dying resounded throughout the castle, and John's face turned pale.

"Baron! Something bad has happened!" A French knight ran over in a panic. "The Ming army attacked the stables..."

"There's a fight going on there right now, and the stables... the stables are on fire too!"

"Damn it!" John threw his helmet off angrily. The Ming army was obviously afraid that they would escape and wanted to kill them all.

Enguerrand VII took the opportunity to step forward and advised: "Sir, since you have no war horses, why not fight the Ming army to the death..."

"As long as we can drive the Ming army out of the castle, everything will still be in time... Now is not the time to hesitate, sir!"

"...You're right, now is not the time to hesitate..." John suppressed his anger, picked up the helmet, dusted it off and put it on his head again.

"Even without a warhorse, we still have a pair of legs..."

"Sir!" King Enguerrand VII was about to faint from anger. He shouted, "How can a pair of legs outrun the Ming cavalry in the snow?"

"It is better to die gloriously in battle than to die in frustration while fleeing!"

"We won't die. We don't need to outrun the Ming people..." John said. He grinned at Enguerrand and said, "We just need to outrun the Venetians, Finns, and Italians. That's enough."

"They don't have horses either, do they?"

(End of this chapter)