On the French battlefield, a civil war is breaking out. In fact, it cannot be completely regarded as a civil war.
Because on the rebel side, at least nearly half of the troops are Spanish troops.
Grand Condé was a famous general who emerged in the late Thirty Years' War in France, and his ability to lead troops in war was absolutely no problem. He has been unable to win a decisive victory in this civil war, which can be summed up in three words: pig teammates!
Because Grand Condé was an enemy of Spain before, and now he is allowed to lead the Spanish army to fight, there are naturally problems in this. The Spanish generals often dragged themselves back, so much so that Confucius failed to succeed.
Of course, another reason why Condai often failed was because his rebellion greatly weakened France's strength and made the French people miserable.
And his opponent was once his defeated opponent Turena. Now he has become the first commander-in-chief of the French court army and has won several battles against him. This time, the two sides gathered their forces to face each other again.
On the French side, three troops were assembled, with a total of 30,000 troops, namely Turenne, the Duke of Vallet, and another French marshal, Hockingcourt, whose commander was Turenne.
At this time, they were discussing how to defeat the enemy.
"In this battle, we have 10,000 more rebels from the Grand Conde, and we use defense as an offense. As long as the Grand Conde is unable to attack for a long time, we can win in one fell swoop!" Duke Valtay said confidently.
After hearing this, Hawkingcott also smiled and said: "I really don't know why Dacondai colluded with Spain? He can command the Spanish, but he has not learned his lesson several times. It is really stupid!"
Turena smiled and said nothing. However, it can be seen from his expression that he is also full of confidence in this battle. No matter in terms of military strength, morale, or cooperation, Grand Kongdai's side could not compare with the French army.
But who would have expected that at this moment, an officer was seen outside the tent and broke in to report: "The scouts discovered that there was a Spanish army approaching twenty miles away, with about 20,000 troops, 3,000 cavalry and 1 infantry. Around seventy thousand!”
Hearing this, the Zhongjun tent fell silent, and everyone obviously found the news a bit surprising.
Turena frowned, because Spain has been uncharacteristic of the past few years and has withdrawn all external troops into the country. People who didn't know better thought that there was also civil unrest in Spain, so they sent the army back to suppress it.
Even if it supports the side of Grand Condé, Spain has only sent a small number of troops and has not gone all out. But this time, why did they suddenly send out the army again? It was obviously abnormal!
He didn't say anything, but Duke Waratai asked: "Can you find out who is the commander-in-chief of the Spanish reinforcements?"
"I can't confirm, it seems to be Don Juan."
Don Juan is the illegitimate son of Felipe IV. Upon hearing this, Duke Waratai laughed and said: "Okay, then it's okay!"
This Don Juan was not the best among Spanish generals. But because he was the illegitimate son of Felipe IV, he was able to hold great power.
If the original historical development were to follow, the coalition forces of Spain and the Grand Condé lost a decisive battle because Don Juan ignored the impact of the low tide on the battle situation.
After hearing this, Turena said seriously: "Don't underestimate the enemy. This Don Juan is still capable. Now that the Spanish reinforcements arrive, their strength will be almost the same as ours. In this battle, we cannot underestimate the enemy!"
Hawkingcott was also a little disapproving and said to Turena: "With more Spanish people, the Grand Conde's right to speak will be more limited. In fact, it is more beneficial to us, isn't it?"
Obviously, in terms of military ability in leading troops to fight, they were still more afraid of Kong Dai.
"Haha, that's right!" Duke Waratai also chuckled after hearing this, "Then when Don Juan is here, it is naturally even more impossible to listen to Da Kong Dai. After all, where is his status. In this way, Da Kong Dai In the coming war, Dai will have no choice but to stand aside!"
Turena knew that their analysis was correct, because from his understanding, he also felt that it was impossible for the young and energetic Don Juan to listen to what Condai said.
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As expected, they were right. When they heard that Spain had sent reinforcements to Condai, they were happy at first and hurriedly went to greet them. Then, Tang Juan was arrogant and asked in a condescending manner: "Why can't you win after fighting for so long? Could it be that all your previous achievements were actually the result of your subordinates?"
When Da Kongdai heard this, he immediately became angry, but before he could speak, he heard Don Juan say confidently: "Today I will show you how I can defeat these French guys!"
Inadvertently, I also scolded Da Kongdai. After hearing this, the original Spanish general glanced at Condé with a hint of ridicule. Then he ignored Condé at all and immediately flattered Don Juan.
Condai's face became very ugly. However, now that he was asking for help from the Spaniards, he could only pretend that he didn't hear it. Even for the sake of the overall situation, he still advised: "There are 30,000 palace troops on the opposite side, and the leaders are all He is a famous general, so it is better to plan this war in the long term!”
"I'm here!" Tang Juan said with disdain after hearing this, "I conquer! No matter who he is, he is a defeated general!"
"..." When Da Kongdai heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded.
He had also heard about this Tang Juan. He didn't seem to be so arrogant before!
Is this the wrong medicine? Or is it a marriage between close relatives?
In Europe, if there are not too many close relatives marrying, there will be a lot of fools and retarded people born!
In the previous war, the Duke of Lorraine transferred by Mazarin was originally intended to attack Condé. However, he rebelled directly after arriving, but he did not follow Condé's side and plundered Paris. This man married his uncle's daughter, his cousin.
At this time, Da Kongdai wanted to persuade Tang Juan to be cautious, but it was obvious that Tang Juan did not listen at all and immediately sent an order to invite the French army opposite to fight.
When Turena heard this, of course he was willing. Coming from afar without resting, this is a tired teacher. As for the palace army he led, they were just waiting for work.
After Hawkingcourt heard this, he even had an expression on his face that was exactly as I expected, and said to Turenne: "You see, you are a self-righteous one!"
"You bitch who doesn't know how high the sky is, let him have a taste of the power of the French army!" Duke Valleti also shouted.
So, that afternoon, the two sides began to send troops to fight.
In terms of military strength, both sides were actually about the same, with 30,000 troops each.
Square formations were placed on the field, and the gun platoons were ready.
The artillery was also pushed forward, and the cavalry was ready.
In terms of tactics, they are actually similar, and both sides are familiar with them. After all, one is a neighboring country, and the other has been fighting wars for so many years.
On the French army side, after just looking through telescopes for a while, several commanders came to a conclusion.
"Did you see that Da Kongdai's flag is so far away from the handsome flag? He is obviously being squeezed out!" Hawkingcott said with a smile, obviously in a good mood.
Duke Waratai nodded and said with a smile: "This Don Juan is very self-righteous, as if he can defeat us!"
Only Turena frowned, but did not speak.
"Why, that's it, what are you worried about?" Duke Walterai couldn't help but asked a little strangely when he saw it.
After hearing this, Turena answered him: "It seems that when I heard about it before, this Don Juan was not so arrogant, right? With this attitude, he didn't take us seriously at all! Could it be that...he has something rely?"
"What can he rely on?" Duke Valtay heard this and said disapprovingly, "Isn't he just the illegitimate son of Felipe IV! He just wants to show off his prestige in Spain!"
Hodgkincourt also nodded, and immediately followed up: "No need to say more, we will use this tired army to fight, as a breakthrough, to establish victory in one fell swoop."
Turena couldn't think of anything that Don Juan could rely on, so he finally nodded and said: "Okay, but you still need to pay attention to Dacondai and keep an eye on him."
The other two people listened and agreed with this point. After all, there are also 5,000 men directly under the control of Da Kongdai. If they cause trouble at a critical moment, they will not be able to bear it.
Of course they didn't know that Da Kongdai was extremely depressed at this time. As for the formation put up by Tang Juan, he knew at a glance that there were many shortcomings.
If the palace army on the opposite side fought on Tang Juan's side, and the battle lasted a little longer, the exhausted army coming from afar would definitely be defeated. Unless Tang Juan's army can defeat the enemy in a short time.
But, how is this possible?
The Spanish Army is no longer the invincible Spanish Army it once was. They have been defeated by the French army enough times. It can even be said that when the two sides face off, the French army has more of an advantage.
Not to mention, now that the French army is waiting for work, it is not clear who can win against the exhausted Spanish army!
Confucius had already mentioned these principles, but Tang Juan didn't listen at all, and even told him to keep his eyes open!
Thinking of these, Da Kongdai couldn't help but sigh. Since we can't persuade him, we can only look at the battlefield to see if there is any chance of redress!
In the original history, in the decisive sand dune battle, Da Kongdai also tried to make up for Don Juan's omissions. However, Turena stared at him and stopped him, thus winning the dune battle.
In this plane, Zhang Mingwei, who was far away in the horizon, breathed in and had already affected the fate of various countries in Europe.
The French palace army, the French rebels, and the Spanish army were all in place, and the war was about to break out.
Tang Juan looked at everything in front of him, and he suddenly became heroic and waved his hand to give the order to start the war!
