I Am Louis XIV

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The dauphin fell ill.

This is not surprising. When the crown prince Louis was born, his father had already taken charge of the government, and Paris had long been the hall of Louis XIV. Although some cruel punishments were still written in the law, they were no longer executed. No matter how serious the crime was, the most he could do was beheading or hanging. His knowledge of torture was only in books - now he suddenly saw more than two hundred people, more than two hundred living bodies impaled on wooden spears. Gentlemen, you have to writhe and moan for several days before you die - it is simply more painful than the roasted lamb at the banquet. Even if the roasted lamb has to be skinned and cut, its throat is still cut.

It can only be said that after following Louis XIV for a long time, being influenced by his ears and eyes, and receiving the education of his teacher, little Louis was able to barely show his cowardly posture in front of the Tatars and foreigners. When he was attacked in the forest, , he watched the attendants who accompanied him day and night die, which was a big blow. When the Tatars raised their wooden spears like a dense forest, it was another big blow, and he became feverish at night.

Fortunately, Louis XIV expected such a problem, so he let his son sleep with him. He just closed his eyes and rested. When he heard little Louis next to him making an uneasy sound, he reached out and touched the hot skin. , and when he looked again, the crown prince's face was already blushing from the heat. He called the royal doctor, used physical methods to cool down little Louis, and held little Louis in his arms. Although little Louis was also an adult, he was still in his father's arms. Even though he was confused, he slowly calmed down.

Little Louis woke up again and regained his strength. It was a week later that the spears outside the castle had been removed - because Louis XIV would never allow the rotting body to bring the plague, although the Tatar leader preferred them to The corpses were hung until they turned into white bones. On the third day, the corpses were unloaded by the slaves, piled together and burned. Their ashes were thrown into the swamp by Anwo.

Little Louis did not see Anwo and his father, because the war had already begun. Sporadic encounters and sneak attacks on logistics and vassals were constantly taking place. The Tatars, who had always been sentinels and vanguards, could not possibly Staying here, Anwo is already eager to show his strength to the new master - the previous setbacks made him very angry and frustrated. If it weren't for the wizard's potion, he would have died, because the Tatars would never For allowing a tribesman with a broken spine and unable to stand to waste food and beds, his father's most merciful act was to give him a sharp knife.

If a person suffers a fatal blow, there are often two endings, either more cowardly or more fearless. Anwo can be said to be both. When he realizes that he is actually timid, his first reaction is to go On the battlefield, he must use the enemy's flesh and blood to erase this disgusting instinct.

So he only stood outside the door of the Crown Prince, thanked him for protecting him, and went to the battlefield eagerly. He didn't think that the Crown Prince would appear in the same place as him. After all, the French and Tatars Differently, their leader relied on more than just his personal bravery. This was explained by his father after he came to Camnico - his father still wore a rough and dirty old sheepskin coat, but explained that After opening his belt and unbuttoning his robe, what lay on his reddish-brown skin were sharp knives, repeating muskets and metal grenades: "It's not just these," the Tatar leader said: "Everyone has a warrior of a tribe. ," He looked into Anwo's eyes: "He has more, enough to arm tens of thousands of soldiers."

His father took him to see the French military camp. The tents covered the green shade of the highlands like clouds. In terms of quantity, the Spaniards and Austrians also had so many soldiers, but the French tents, weapons and Their clothes were all uniform, and compared with the motley team around them, they looked like huge giants. Anwo immediately understood what his father meant. After all, his father was the leader. Although he was the youngest son, he could still see how his father managed the tribe. Their tribe had only a thousand people in total, or even less, but It's hard to get them to listen to just one voice.

So even if his father asked him to serve a child who was as docile as a lamb, he accepted it because this child would inherit all of his father's assets, including them. But this child is different from his brother, Anwo discovered. Most of the people around him seemed to want him to maintain his current gentleness and purity. They seemed to not want him to be the same as his calm but cruel person. My father imagined that Anwo could get the love and care of the leader because he was not only brave but also good at thinking. He also thought about what kind of master the Tatars need?

There is no doubt that any slave will need a kind master. They can draw blood from this master to replenish themselves, and maybe even change each other's positions. But just when he thought of this, he suddenly thought of another one. A question - what he could think of, the great sultan (Louis XIV) should also be able to think of. When he could not choose his successor, would he allow the crown prince to continue to be so cowardly? If so, why would he let Anwo become the crown prince's attendant?

Anwo knew that the crown prince's attendants were all the sons of big tribal leaders. Not only were they the eldest and second sons, but they also had territories and titles. The humblest one was a thousand times better than him.

The king must have chosen him because Anwo had something they didn't have.

Anwo was thinking about this matter while lying on the bed. However, the people around the king were all smart people. They were also worried that the Tatars would have a "bad" influence on the crown prince, so they proposed It was suggested that Anwo's spine was broken. Although he was treated by a wizard, it was hard to say whether there would be any sequelae. If he continued to be the Crown Prince's attendant... there might be some problems.

Anwo's father didn't say anything. He directly asked Anwo to go to Ljubljana with him.

Ljubljana is the first line of defense planned by the coalition forces.

Ljubljana is a more important city than Kamnik. It is separated from Kamnik by the Sava River and is surrounded by mountains. The city is located in a depression and is connected to four major roads. It can be said that it is a place where merchants and A battleground for the army, there is a hill in the center of the city. On the hill is an earthen fortress that originally belonged to a local family. After the Habsburgs took control of the place, a masonry castle was built on the original site. General Bang followed the king here. The first thing he did was to take his army of engineers to destroy the bridges and soil that the Ottoman Turks had to pass through. The second thing was to strengthen and transform the castle.

So after Anwo came here, he could no longer recognize the place he had passed. The Ljubljana Castle had changed from the original rectangular shape to a hexagonal shape. Outside the bastion was a trench, and beyond the trench was another There are low bunkers, and there are layers of trenches outside the bunkers. A hill is simply like a mole's burrow. The city under the hill has been cleared, and simple fortifications have been built at almost all intersections.

However, the Tatars usually act as scouts before the war begins. When Anwo followed his father and brother around the Ottoman Turkish army, he was often pursued or even surrounded by their Crimean Tatars and Sipach cavalry. He was injured several times, but not as seriously as at Camnico. He had just returned to his tent that day when he was summoned by his father. Not to mention how surprised he was when he heard his father say that he and General Vauban should go together to greet the Dauphin of France.

As I said before, Anwo didn't think that the French crown prince would appear on the battlefield with him. After all, it was too dangerous here. The situation on the battlefield was ever-changing, and no one could guess what would happen. General Vauban also kept his face tense and said nothing.

It was also Louis XIV's insistence to let little Louis come to Ljubljana in person. God knows that the king of France only has one son with the queen now, and he is already an adult. However, some characteristics of little Louis worry Louis. This is not to say that little Louis is not good. ——Children who grew up carefree in the palace always look like this. If Louis hadn't had an adult soul and experienced two precarious Fronde rebellions, he probably wouldn't have become what little Louis is now. .

Kindness, tolerance, gentleness - but the most fatal thing is that little Louis only has these. Louis can guarantee that before he goes to see God, he can firmly hold the rudder of the big ship of France and prevent it from deviating from the set course, but a pair of weak hands cannot do it, no, it should be said, a pair of weak hands cannot do it. A weak heart cannot do it. Although little Louis is an adult, he knows nothing about the threats a king may suffer and the pain he must endure. He cannot even deeply understand the real humiliation and death.

The death of those Crimean Tatars was just a small beginning. For any king or even minister, it was just a trivial matter that could be dealt with easily - not that respecting life is a bad thing, but sometimes Fate is such a joke. If the person in power cannot make the right decision, then he will find that perhaps just a moment of hesitation will lead to more terrible consequences.

The person accompanying the Crown Prince turned out to be Count Henry, the eldest son of the King of Poland. He still had a wry smile on his face, because Louis XIV insisted on sending the Crown Prince to Ljubljana, and all his ministers and generals came. I had a quarrel with him - of course, maybe it wasn't that intense, but it could at least be described as an argument. Even his father, King Ludwig I of Poland, heard the news and forgot his identity. He hurried over, dragged Louis XIV from the bed, and strongly urged him to take back this ridiculous idea.

Earl Henry was a little envious. No, no, no, he was not envious of the crown prince, Little Louis. He had been wandering around with his father since he was a child and grew up in the army rather than in the court. But unlike people's imagination, he had long been accustomed to this. This kind of life, although hard, is very fulfilling, and he is more confident than the crown prince. He is not only his father's heir, but also his capable right-hand man and indispensable.

What he envied was Louis XIV. During the time that Earl Henry and his father, the former Prince of Condé and now Ludwig I, were in Poland, they had had enough of the shady and shirk-taking behavior of the Polish nobles and the Schlachta. How envious Henry was when Louis XIV was on the throne. But when Prince Condé truly became a king, they realized how heavy a crown can be - and they also deeply understood why Louis XIV He would do whatever it takes to reduce the power of the great nobles in the country and hold all the power in his hands as much as possible.

Louis XIV had also been separated from his relatives. In other words, during that time, except for his brother Philippe, no one stood by his side, including his mother and Bishop Mazarin-but he now has a group of credible people. The ministers and generals may have their own selfish motives, but when the Marquis of Lovas and the Italian Marshal Schaumberg, who were bent on seeking the position of Minister of War, also risked the king's wrath by repeatedly admonishing them, they expressed their opinions. Louis XIV also had some real feelings. The Marquis of Lovas even said that if the king thinks that the crown prince should go to the battlefield in person, then please not here and now - at least not in Ljubljana.

Even Varro Vesalius, the royal doctor and wizard who always just likes to stand aside and stay out of things, said that they can use wizards to make up for the crown prince's missing lessons.

They should know that when the king has begun to doubt them, their obstruction is likely to put them in a bad situation. When the power of the Sun King has covered most of Europe, even the marshal or the minister of war will be punished. It was only a matter of words to throw him into jail, but they said it anyway.

Although they ultimately failed to convince the king.

The young Louis, the dauphin, entered the castle under the escort of Marshal Vauban and the Guards. During this long journey, he was confused and uneasy, not because his father insisted that he come to this dangerous place, but because, What he saw was far beyond his imagination: "Are those civilians?" he asked.

Anwo turned his head and glanced at the crowd blocked by the Guards: "No, that's our forward." He said.

"But if I'm not mistaken," the crown prince said, "they don't even have weapons." Not to mention muskets, almost all of these people were bare-handed and didn't even have a stick.

"This will not be given to them until the war begins." Anvo said, and then he glanced at General Vauban: "Your Highness, they are highland herdsmen, your father forgives their sins - and then they accept us The recruitment, they’re brave men, you’ll see.”