The Quebec Fortress was surrounded, and the towns northeast of the fortress near the mouth of the St. Lawrence River leading to the Atlantic Ocean were also destroyed by the Iroquois and suffered heavy losses.
This news came back and caused quite a shock.
However, the nobles in the Summer Palace were only slightly shocked and recovered.
¡°What¡¯s going on in Quebec now has nothing to do with them.
¡°They have already made up their mind to abandon Quebec anyway, haven¡¯t they?
Therefore, whether the Iroquois surrounded or not surrounded them has nothing to do with them.
What they have to do now is to select a candidate to go to America and contact the crown prince of the Song Empire.
This matter is the most important to them.
At the same time, if the Iroquois captured Quebec, that is what they would like to see.
Because they all understand that the Iroquois do not belong to the management of the Song Empire.
By then, because of the relationship between Quebec and China, the Song Empire might even go to war with the other party.
So, these guys even maliciously hope that the Iroquois had better occupy Quebec quickly and let Sarah suffer.
¡°Hmph, Quebec itself can¡¯t get it, and it¡¯s best that Sarah and the Song Empire can¡¯t get it either.
This is what these nobles are thinking now.
As for what would happen to the French after the Iroquois captured Quebec, these nobles didn't bother to think about it.
?According to modern terms, they are just some idiots. How could the noble Lord worry about their life and death? This is completely unnecessary.
If there are nobles who are really worried about this and stand up to say what they want to do, then there must be some purpose behind it.
Poor French people in Quebec, they still don¡¯t know that they have been abandoned and forgotten.
¡°If they learn this news, the remaining fighting spirit will probably disappear, and all the French will lose their fighting spirit and collapse completely.
It is precisely because they know nothing about it now that they are still fighting the Iroquois and holding on to the Quebec Fortress.
To this day, the Iroquois have left tens of thousands of corpses under the Quebec Fortress but cannot shake the fortress even half a bit¡ª¡ª
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The French are in trouble and are trying to figure it out.
The Spaniards also encountered trouble, and it was still a very, very big trouble.
The Newport Infantry Regiment of about 10,000 men under the Spanish Empire was suddenly overwhelmed by its new tactics during the battle against the Dutch.
Europe, near the Pfalz in the middle section of the Rhine River.
Time has just entered 1621, when the Dutch declared war on the Spanish Empire.
The Thirty Years' War began and entered a new stage.
At this time, the Netherlands was still a small country on the European continent, and it had just become prosperous.
It is still far from reaching the height it will be in the future.
"The name of sea coachman has not yet been obtained by the Dutch.
After all, only twenty years have passed since the Spanish failed at sea.
¡° Of course the Spanish Empire was very angry that a small country dared to provoke.
You know, although they were defeated by the British at sea twenty years ago. This caused the Spanish to lose most of their maritime interests, but a skinny camel was bigger than a horse, and Spain still had a large army.
It¡¯s good now that the Dutch dare to jump out and provoke me. This is like a tiger that doesn¡¯t show off its power and treats me like a sick cat.
Immediately, Spain dispatched the Newport Corps, ready to teach the Dutch a lesson and let them know who is the boss. It is also for European countries to take a look, and to shock some countries.
The Newport Regiment is one of the 21 infantry regiments established by the Spanish Empire, with a strength of 10,000.
Five thousand of them were Spanish veterans, and the remaining five thousand were mercenaries.
Although half of the people in this corps are mercenaries, this corps is very sophisticated in terms of equipment and training.
It can be said that this corps is an extremely elite corps.
From this we can see what the Spanish Empire had in mind by sending out this regiment.
It¡¯s very simple, take out the Dutch easily and give some guys a scare.
It was a good plan, but unfortunately something unexpected happened.
You must know that the Spanish Army is still very powerful in Europe at this time. In particular, the Spanish phalanx created by the Spaniards was still using its principles and used in battles even in Napoleon's time.
During the Napoleonic era, you could often see soldiers forming a small square formation, which was used to fight when surrounded by enemies or to block cavalry.
It can be seen how powerful the Spanish phalanx is.
You know, in Napoleon's time, the technology of artillery and muskets was already pretty good. And basically said goodbye to cold weapons and started using hot weapons.
It is precisely because of the Spanish phalanx that the Spaniards are so confident.
It doesn¡¯t matter if you fail at sea, a strong army can still protect your own interests.
As long as the army's majesty and domineering power are displayed, those who want to seize the Spanish colonies will be weighed down.
You know, in order to protect its colonies, the Spanish Empire dispatched an infantry regiment to each colony.
The number of people ranges from 8,000 to 20,000, and military expenditures alone require a huge amount every year.
It can be seen from this that Spain, which has been dominant for more than a hundred years, is not named for nothing.
It is a pity that after the rise of the Dutch and then the British, the Spanish have been reduced to a second-rate country in Europe, and have not risen in the 21st century.
Of course, this is all for later.
Originally, it would take another thirty or forty years for the Spanish to decline.
It will slowly fall apart after the Thirty Years War is over.
However, because of the appearance of a small butterfly, the collapse of the Spanish Empire has now begun to appear.
Pfalz, a small town near the middle section of the Rhine.
This is a typical European town with a small population of only five to six hundred people, and due to geographical reasons, there are not many people coming and going.
But today, something unusual happened. More than 20,000 people gathered two miles away from the town.
The Spaniards and the Dutch are fighting over there.
Some courageous young people in the town rushed to the battlefield to watch the excitement, so that they could have something to brag about in the future.
"go ahead!"
The Spaniards arranged five neat square formations, slowly walking towards the Dutch formation like five hedgehogs.
Peng! Peng! Peng!
The Spanish soldiers walked in neat steps without any panic.
Those young people who were hiding nearby to watch the excitement almost believed that there was no doubt that the Spaniards would win this battle.
In the Spanish phalanx, the commanders kept issuing orders or shouting words of encouragement.
Beside the commander, a drummer carrying a small drum kept beating the drum head.
The sound of footsteps, drums, and human voices are intertwined.
Facing the imposing Spanish Newport Infantry Regiment, the Dutch only formed five neat columns.
Does the Dutch want to use five lines of defense to resist the attack of the Spanish phalanx?
Everyone is thinking about this question
At this moment, the first row of the Dutch queue took a few steps forward, came to the front and set up their matchlock guns.
"put!"
Following the commander¡¯s order, hundreds of people fired volleys of matchlocks, creating a very shocking scene.
Huge gunshots and blue smoke.
Someone in the Spanish phalanx on the opposite side suddenly fell down.
Then, the second platoon of the Dutch stepped forward, and the first platoon quickly retreated to the back of the team. They began to quickly load gunpowder and lead bullets.
At this time, the Spaniards on the opposite side and the nearby people who were watching the excitement discovered that the Dutch team was actually full of arquebusiers, and there was not a single cold-weapon warrior.
What the hell is going on!
Everyone couldn¡¯t help but feel puzzled.
Because this completely subverted their concept of war.
In this era, cold weapons are still the mainstream.
And weapons like matchlock guns, which are not very accurate, are only used as auxiliary weapons in combat.
¡°Now the Dutch use it as their main battle weapon, which is really puzzling.
But soon, people began to look at the Dutch with admiration.
The second row followed suit, and then retreated to the rear. The third row came up to shoot, then stood back, then the fourth rowthe fifth row
These queues are like waves, repeating the same action over and over again.
And the effect is quite good.
?You can easily know this by looking at how many people fell down by the Spaniards on the opposite side.
Before getting close to the opponent, we lost a lot of soldiers.
The Spaniards had to retreat temporarily and regroup.
The Europeans of this era are no different from the European and American armies of later generations. Once the casualties reach a certain number, the morale of the military will definitely be unstable.
This aspect is completely different from the East.
The battle between the Spanish and the Dutch did not last long, only a quarter of an hour.
But within this quarter of an hour, the Spaniards paid the price of more than 200 casualties.
And the new tactic used by the Dutch today was spread immediately.
The Spanish, who suffered a loss, temporarily stopped attacking after attacking several times and began to look for countermeasures.
In addition to people watching the excitement around the battlefield, of course there are also many spies.
Although this battle between the Spaniards and the Dutch was not a big one, it spread quickly back to various countries.
The British and French, who had already started practicing this tactic, were of course more attentive to it.
And those countries that didn¡¯t care at all in the past have begun to inquire about and learn this tactic.
The reason is simple, because this tactic is effective and highly lethal. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to become a registered member of Piaotian Literature to recommend this work. Your support is my biggest motivation.)