Chapter 463 The negotiation broke down
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"Hey-hey-"
The sumr sun is like a stove, scorching hot, baking the whole land, triggering waves of heat waves, torturing the working people.
Outside the city of Rouen, the capital of Normandy, a large number of captives were wearing single-clothes and thin shirts. Under the scorching sun above their heads, they were taking heavy steps, picking up soil from a distance, and walking towards the city wall.
These Catholic captives, nobles with armor on their bodies, have been pulled down long ago, throwing a linen singlet, let them rest and enjoy the cool in the cell, not having to enjoy the hot weather and hard work, it can be regarded as giving them face and enjoying the nobles. treated.
The other ordinary soldiers basically put on a sad face helplessly, obeyed the arrangent, and walked heavily step by step, carrying clay, making an outstanding contribution to the restoration of the city of Rouen.
In order to prevent the Catholic Allied Forces from attacking again and to fulfill the agreent, Knight Alexander held talks with Earl Gabriel, which included:
The city of Rouen must surrender half of its control to the British army.
The British army must also send no less than 3,000 reinforcents within a month to support the Protestant army fighting against the Catholic allies.
So, this group of captive Catholic allies could only carry the load and pull the soil to contribute to the construction of the city wall.
Originally, Earl Gabriel planned to recruit so Catholic allies to supplent his troops.
Knight Alexander, who had other plans, refused without hesitation, and the reasons given were also very convincing:
These soldiers who believe in the Roman Catholic Church must not be firm in their will to follow the Protestantism. When the two armies are fighting, they will definitely retreat and defect. It is better to abandon them and let them build the city wall.
In this way, Earl Gabriel originally wanted to add so strength, and his plan to strengthen the Protestant strength in Rouen was completely bankrupt.
After all, most of the captives were in the hands of the British army.
"Hey! Hey—" The captives were dripping sweat on their faces, shouting slogans, moving their feet, and started to work.
Opening his mouth wide, Mo Lin panted heavily, staring helplessly at the city wall in front of him, carrying a load of fired bricks on his shoulders, weighing fifty or sixty pounds, and moved his feet.
For him, who is sixteen years old, this kind of weight is not a problem in normal tis, but what he ate in his stomach this morning has already been consud by the heavy work he did all morning.
What he is most looking forward to now is the arrival of noon, so that he can enjoy the life of the knight master and eat three als a day.
The companions around him also had the sa idea with him, so they worked hard and earnestly. If they didn't see that they were eating well, they would have left long ago.
"One, two, three, one, two, three..."
Just as Mo Lin’s footsteps followed the steps ahead, moving chanically, there was a burst of slogans in his ears, and he couldn’t help turning his head to look:
I saw a group of young British soldiers in red and white, with sweat streaming from their foreheads, circling around the entire army of captives and working in circles.
The military uniforms on their bodies were soaked in sweat, and the muskets on their backs were also glowing red from the sun. It seed that the temperature was very high and the damage was high.
A team of more than 200 people ford a small square team, walking in neat steps, shouting slogans, looking straight ahead, and running.
Even if it wasn’t the first ti he saw them, Mo Lin still felt sympathy for them in his heart. Running in such hot weather was even worse than them.
After taking a serious look at the matchlock guns on their shoulders, after sighing a few words in their hearts, they walked chanically and started walking.
While walking, Mo Lin thought about what happened in the captive camp recently.
Recently, several priests (called pastors in Protestantism) have been promoting the belief in Anglicanism in their ranks in England, calling on everyone to abandon Romanism and convert to Anglicanism.
More importantly, the English announced that only by converting to Anglicanism, they could not only escape the hard work every day, but also get wages, and eat at every few days.
In this way, after a few days, many people could not stand the temptation and could only choose to convert.
Molin reckons that there are probably hundreds of them!
Chucking his mouth, he also beca greedy at this mont.
at! I haven't eaten it for a long ti, and I almost forgot the specific taste. I really want to eat it.
But the belief he had built up in his heart for more than ten years made him hesitate.
Shaking his head, Maureen stopped thinking about it, let's talk about it after lunch!
While the captives were working hard and the soldiers were sweating and running, Knight Alexander was conducting new military training in the city of Rouen.
England is different from France. England is rainy, the air is humid, and the temperature is relatively low all year round. The soldiers are used to the weather in England.
Since coming to France, especially in France in sumr, the English are very uncomfortable with this kind of weather.
As the sumr progressed, more and more English soldiers suffered from heat stroke.
The doctors accompanying the army spent a lot of energy and money, and finally cured most of the heat stroke patients.
In the end, more than a hundred English soldiers passed away regrettably.
Fortunately, the military regulations stipulate that drinking raw water is not allowed, otherwise more soldiers will die.
In view of the possibility that his army will stay in Normandy for a long ti in the future, Knight Alexander decided to let all soldiers undergo adaptive training.
That is to say, soldiers who have recovered and have not suffered from heatstroke will receive high temperature training.
And slowly began to try the food and water in the Normandy area to adapt to the body.
From the very beginning of walking at noon, then training activities, and then running, the soldiers in England suffered the most severe training in their lives.
In their hearts, this is as if it is different from hell.
Cavalier Alexander also knew that the long-term repression and foreign troops fighting in foreign countries should not suppress the army too hard, otherwise camp roars and mutinies would follow one after another, and he, the commander, would be in danger.
So, after surrendering most of Normandy and supplying so food and military expenses, especially after occupying the Normandy granary-Manger Township area, the British army beca richer than ever before.
The knights of Alexander, who had no desires and desires, naturally would not enjoy these wealth alone, nor could they stay in the army and beco moldy.
Every day at noon, the Alexander knights would order so pigs and sheep to be slaughtered and made into broth to supply the harshly trained British soldiers.
And you must know that at this ti, even the knights in the country don't see much at every week, and for the British soldiers who are mostly civilians, eating broth every day is already a nobleman's life. up!
So, the soldiers of the United Kingdom in Normandy lived through the pain and happiness every day.
In Paris, the Duke of Guise used the na of the king to request the supply of food and taxes from all over the country to recruit a large number of soldiers.
However, this ti the target is no longer the city of Rouen in Normandy, but the Protestant army from Orleans.
Yes, the Duke of Guise rejected the offer of peace talks.
The top Huguenots in Orleans, after heated discussions, also rejected the peace talks proposal.
Moreover, the Huguenots also sent envoys into the city of Paris.
The envoy ca to the city of Paris carelessly, brazenly demanded the surrender of the entire Catholic League, and put forward a series of requirents.
Especially the requirent that the Huguenots legally hold mass prayers and build churches, which angered the entire Catholic League.
The Duke of Guise angrily tore up the letter of persuasion and started a new round of civil war.
I had a cold yesterday and didn’t update it. Who knew that the recomnded votes for the past two days have dropped to single digits. I feel helpless and heartbroken.
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