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Volume 3: Stormy France Chapter 142: The Hero Returns

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    Chapter 142 The hero returns home

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????and I am the fish and meat.  Philip has never heard of this idiom, but his current feeling can be described by this idiom.

    Of course, this is not something Bai Zhou needs to worry about.  If you had known today, why bother?  Originally, when Western Qin entered Switzerland, its foundation was unstable. Bai Zhou just wanted to protect himself. In a short period of time, he had no other ideas and no strength to expand.  But the Burgundians came over, and between surrendering and resisting, Western Qin chose the latter without hesitation.

    To this day, Burgundy, which suffered a heavy defeat, is already weak. Tens of thousands of elite soldiers were killed in Basel, which means that Burgundy has lost the qualification to continue to "stand" on the continent of Europe.

    Even if the Western Qin Dynasty has no thoughts about Burgundy, the English will never have any mercy towards their former friend. They will definitely show their sharp claws. As the heir to the Plantagenet Dynasty and the Duke of Normandy,  Richard, who came to Switzerland in person as an envoy, would certainly not be interceding for Burgundy.

    And the Holy Roman Empire, which has always seemed to be aloof, although it was preparing for the southward march, logically speaking, it could not spare much energy for the western expedition.  But now Burgundy is just fish on a chopping board, and it is still the kind of fat and tender fish with even the fish bones removed. Frederick has no reason not to get involved.

    As for France, if they insist on getting a share of the pie this time, there was originally no way to compete with the strength of Western Qin alone, but now the situation is hard to say. After all, England and the Holy Roman Empire can still survive without France.  Burgundy was digested down to the bones and dregs, and in front of these two kingdoms, France, which was poor and weak, was not qualified to compete with them.

    Therefore, what Bai Zhou hopes to get is this result. With the help of external forces, France will be squeezed out of this table. At the same time, he must also ensure that he can still eat meat in front of those two behemoths, instead of just  Can drink soup.

    "My lord, Winkelried and Tell, they are here."

    Just when Bai Zhou was ready to have a "friendly and in-depth" meeting with the future Lion-Hearted King and Prince Miller of the Holy Roman Empire, Michuan brought a somewhat inexplicable news.

    "What are they here for? Are there just the two of them?" Bai Zhou asked and stopped. Although it was very important to discuss matters related to Burgundy with the envoys from the two parties, it can be said that it is related to the future of Western Qin.  development trend, but this grand strategy is not in a hurry.  But Winkelried and Tell, two heroes who would become famous throughout Europe in later generations, now came to Basel, which forced Bai Zhou to become interested and pay attention to them.

    "They also brought an army with them, about three to four thousand people."

    Bai Zhou somewhat understood what was going on.

    This battle with Burgundy has been over for more than ten days. Each major kingdom has its own intelligence system, and they all learned about the situation of this battle in a relatively timely manner, and relatively speaking, it is closer to Basel.  In Switzerland, the news is seriously lagging behind.

    After all, the entire Basel has been emptied by the coalition forces, and there is no civilian around who has nothing to do with the war. Therefore, the average Swiss civilian does not even know how far this battle has progressed.  Weifu, who was far away in Bern, naturally received the letter of victory. He was relieved and conveyed the news to the Western Qin people at the same time. However, he did not tell the local people in Switzerland. Perhaps in Weifu's eyes, anyway,  This war did not affect civilians much, so there was no need to tell them the results.

    Swiss civilians don¡¯t know, and Swiss people like Winkelried and William Tell, who have some status, also have no intelligence sources, so they don¡¯t know the extent of the war.

    Originally, no matter who wins or loses, it has nothing to do with the Swiss. After all, in essence, even if the Western Qin loses, it is nothing more than changing from one ruler to another.  The Swiss are still at the bottom in terms of social status.

    However, since the Western Qin Dynasty took over Switzerland, the "brutal" treatment of the nobles was obvious to all, but it treated all civilians surprisingly well. Not only did they reduce taxes, they even divided the land that originally belonged to the nobles on a per capita basis.  To every Swiss.

    The desire for land is a common characteristic of every farmer, regardless of nationality or region.

    Winkeled and Tell asked themselves, under the old Grand Duke, the lives of these civilians may not be as good as they are now, let alone the Burgundians who may come to kill them.

    Homes are protected by people. The Swiss did not want their homes to be destroyed like this, so they decided to recruit soldiers privately - most of them were the original three thousand personal guards, although these personal guards did not have to worry about food.(Those who were living in embarrassment were recruited by the lieutenants), but under the call of Winkrid and Tell, they took up their weapons again, took out their armor, and once again formed a team of nearly 4,000 people.  of troops.

    Of course, their slogan is to defend their homeland, not to help Western Qin. Although the process is the same, the purpose is different after all. This makes them, proud guys who originally refused to surrender to Western Qin no matter what, feel more accepting.  .

    However, they did not expect that as soon as they reached the front line of the war, they found that the war was already over, and the tens of thousands of menacing Burgundian soldiers seemed to have been wiped out overnight.

    The two of them were completely shocked. How could they, who were born in the military, not know the combat capabilities of several surrounding countries?  But even so, Burgundy was not only defeated, but also completely defeated. It was even possible that he could not even save his homeland. This made the two of them sigh: maybe God is really fighting on the side of Western Qin.

    "So, you are really ready to help me?" Bai Zhou smiled slightly and looked at the two people in front of him, wearing weapons on their waists and chain armor on their bodies, looking like they were preparing to go into battle to kill the enemy.

    It was rare for the two of them to blush at the same time, and Tell responded: "I made you laugh, but I can't help you much, so let's go back first. I heard that your Excellency has a few guests here, Winkelried and I."  I won¡¯t bother you.¡±

    "Wait," Bai Zhou stopped them, but found that he seemed to have nothing to say for a while. After all, he was the one who defeated Switzerland, which was originally protected by them, and the old Grand Duke also died in front of them. Some words, by  It¡¯s really inappropriate to say it out of my own mouth: ¡°Anyway, thank you.¡±

    "No need to thank us, we are not here to help you." Winkeled returned to his previous appearance and looked at Bai Zhou coldly, as if he had great hatred: "We just don't want those civilians to be raped again.  The Gundians are just ravaging you, they are not here to help you.¡±

    "But the process is the same. We are all fighting Burgundy. Although you think our purposes are different, I, Bai Zhou, can tell you with certainty that my purpose is the same as yours, which is to protect our respective tribesmen.  .If our two tribes cannot coexist, then we may be hostile to each other. But after these days, I believe you have also discovered that we can actually live very well. In other words, Switzerland, this land,  There are not only people you need to protect, but also people I need to protect." Bai Zhou said a long paragraph in one breath. Perhaps in Bai Zhou's heart, with the abilities of Winkelried and Tell, if they stay here all their lives,  At home, dying in bed is undoubtedly a huge waste, and Bai Zhou doesn't want the two of them to perish.  Therefore, Bai Zhou said these things that he was not prepared to say originally.

    This time, the two of them led the army in person, which shows that they cannot leave the battlefield. If they were really discouraged, they would never have such plans to lead the army.

    "What do you mean" I have to say that Bai Zhou's words did make Winkeled and Tell a little moved.

    "Since we have a common purpose, why don't we join forces? I believe that with your and Tell's abilities, we can train a Swiss Iron Army that will surprise the world." Bai Zhou feels like a man holding a stick.  Sugar's weird uncle, even though at his current age, he should call Winkelried his uncle.

    "No one likes war. I just want to protect my home. If anyone dares to destroy this tranquility, then I, Winkelried, will fight to the end even if I risk my life. But if you want me to  I am going to conquer Burgundy with you. I'm sorry, I'm afraid I will disappoint you." Winkelried thought he had seen through Bai Zhou's intention. After all, the four thousand soldiers under his command were based on the former Grand Duke's personal guard.  A quite elite fighting force, no noble would be interested in these soldiers.

    "Wrong, you are completely wrong. With the territory of Switzerland, there is almost no depth. How long do you think we can defend it blindly? By then, I am afraid that you will really risk your life, but you may not be able to defend Switzerland.  . And our only way out is to use offense instead of defense, keep showing our claws to others, and keep conquering other people's lands. This is the only way we can survive."

    In fact, historically, the Swiss have indeed survived tenaciously with the help of a small place like Switzerland. Even during the two world wars, although they were at the center of the storm, they were not affected once.  However, now, in order to tie Winkeled and Tell to a warship, Bai Zhou exaggerated some of his words, but they didn't know the direction of history anyway.

    "If you want to protect your family, you must give. If you don't give your own blood, you have to pay the blood of others. In this cannibalistic world,In this era, who do you think can survive alone?  " Bai Zhou continued.

    "Furthermore, if we in Western Qin were not lucky enough to repel the Burgundians, what do you think the four thousand soldiers of yours alone would be useful for? By then, it would not only be replaced by four thousand corpses, but also your family members  You can no longer get asylum. But now, don¡¯t you want to take revenge? Let others see that we in Switzerland are not easy to mess with. Whoever dares to attack us will be retaliated with the same means. Only in this way will we let others  Only when others are concerned about us will the forces that are eyeing us think carefully before taking action against us to see if it is worth it."

    "This" Winkelried and Tell found that they could not say anything at this time. They seemed to have been convinced by Bai Zhou, "Well, this time you conquer Switzerland, Tell and I will lead the soldiers to follow you.  We went out to retaliate for the war brought to us by the Burgundians. As for our future path, I hope your lord can give us enough freedom."

    "Of course, we are partners, not just superiors and subordinates."

    After boarding a pirate ship, is there any reason to escape unscathed?  As long as the two of them can lead the Swiss soldiers to join the Western Qin battle sequence this time, Bai Zhou believes that they will still obey his orders in the future.

    After all, the passion of the battlefield is not something that any ambitious man can give up.  Winkelried and Tell are not the kind of people who can endure loneliness for a lifetime.  .  

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