The Battle of Ajinkul is a famous battle in the Hundred Years of War between Britain and France, which is one of the most brilliant victories of British longbow soldiers. It is a classic case of killing dense formations of the opponent by relying on long-range firepower in the European war. It directly prompted the Knights' Legion, which had been scattered across Europe for nearly a thousand years, to come down from the altar and is no longer a sign of ever-invincible victory.

The Battle of Ajinkul was very important to the British. It was after that Henry V began to pay attention to the control of sea power, and Britain began to establish strong maritime power.

Henry V was a typical medieval soldier. The French called him harsh, arrogant, ruthless and cruel. In many records, Henry V ordered the hang of prisoners after the victory of the siege and issued a large-scale massacre. During the siege of Rouen, he refused to provide bread to women and children who escaped from the city, allowing them to starve to death under the city walls.

War created Henry V's heart, and Xu Hao gradually learned ruthlessness from the battlefield. These are all necessary conditions for becoming a powerful monarch and commander, and he is not in charge of the army!

The command is consistent, the iron-blooded excellent commander is the key to the British being able to achieve miracles, and the warlike longbow soldiers are also the key to victory.

However, the French Burgundy elected Duke John, and the Armaniac elected Duke of Orleans. The two dukes had a grudge against killing their father. What's more serious is that the Burgundy people were always undecided, whether they were standing on Faraci's side or colluding with the British to gain troops and respect themselves.

Although Duke John finally agreed to his subordinates to respond to the king's call, he did not go to Paris himself and prohibited his son from joining the French camp.

Therefore, the commander-in-chief of this battle, Charles Duke of Orleans, was twenty-four years old, and had almost no experience in the battlefield; John Duke of Bourbon, who had repelled foreign enemies at the age of thirty-three, had not had much experience; John Duke of Aragon, and God knew why so many dukes were called John, thirty years old, and a defeat in Bourge three years ago was his only experience.

While reassured King Charles admonished the three dukes to work together, he sent the royal chief, experienced Grand Marshal and the commander of the Crossbow Force to participate in the command.

According to the plan of these two mature and persistent generals, the French should have adopted a scorched earth strategy and used hunger to make the British surrender. They also had a detailed and complete plan in specific tactical details. Unfortunately, on the eve of the war, the young and energetic dukes rejected the full plan.

Therefore, the most important factor in the British achieving miracles is that France does not have a real commander, and perhaps the answer should be that there is no commander at all.

Just as Li Qiu's guards accused him angrily, the situation on the battlefield changed instantly, because many noble children who were mixed with the heavy knights were on the battlefield for the first time, they regarded the ruthless battlefield as a dignified gun competition.

The Duke of Aragon, who knocked Henry V, was so naive and exhausted. He panted and lifted up his mask, handed out gloves to an English noble knight, thinking that the other party would accept surrender with the gentleman's demeanor. Unexpectedly, a British man who had been red-eyed suddenly rushed over and stabbed him with a sword. The Duke of Aragon died in disbelief.

The brutality of the British and the death of a large number of nobles subverted the romantic perception of the French knights, especially the death of the Duke of Aragon, which made the eight thousand heavy knights defeated the army.

Some people have died in battle, but more of them have lost consciousness and are unconscious. They either fall into the mud and struggle, or are pushed by others and cannot move.

When the longbowmen rushed to kill the enemy wildly, the rest collapsed. They ran back without thinking and crashed into the thousands of knights in the second formation. The last chaotic tragedy repeated again.

At this moment, behind the entire battlefield, tens of thousands of people were riding on horseback and waiting to pursue the fleeing enemy. Who knew that the battlefield stunned them. The defeated one was actually his own people. What should the big guy do?

The most deadly ones were the royal chief and the marshal. The three dukes were both killed or captured in the first formation. They didn't know where the survivors were. The young men who rushed to look at each other. I don't know which guy was the one who started. People shouted and ran around.

Li Qiu looked at this scene incredibly. From the beginning of the battle to the present, it was about half an hour. The longbowmen were covered in blood, threw away their helmets, and sat on the ground, panting.

The best moment came when the French heavy knights were lying everywhere, and British officials took out their account books and began to record the names and titles of the prisoners, and calculate the sky-high ransoms that they would receive.

The winning longbowers were having fun in pain, and they spread their fingers one by one, showing off their heads as prisoners, and from then on, this gesture was famous for future generations and represents victory.

Seeing this, Li Qiu smiled and sighed: "A European who wants money!"

Suddenly, a messenger came to the Pegasus and shouted: "Your Majesty, the camp has been attacked."

Henry V was furious and said loudly: "This is contrary to chivalrous spirit, damn Frenchman, I want to protest."

The Han people looked at each other and found that nothing happened on the battlefield was incomprehensible.

What is even more incomprehensible is still coming. Henry V was stolen, including a crown, several ornate great swords and other valuable items. They were later called and asked back. The person involved was also arrested and imprisoned by the Duke of Burgundy, as a scapegoat for this incident contrary to the spirit of the chivalrous.

The fleeing Frenchmen were everywhere, but there were still six hundred knights who charged under the leadership of the two jazz.

Henry V quickly ordered the organization of the longbowman to block the attack. At the same time, he realized the danger and was still surrounded. Once the opponent reorganized his army, he would undoubtedly be besieged with superior forces again.

The six hundred knights soon repeated the same mistake and died at the hands of the longbowmen. Henry V said coldly: "Kill all the prisoners."

Hearing this order, all the British knights who were chatting and laughing with the prisoners were shocked and expressed their difficulty in accepting it and refused to perform such unreputable tasks. Of course, the nobles cared more about ransom than reputation.

In fact, Henry V was also out of anger. He planned to retain the largest aristocrats, but the two hundred archers who had not participated in the war were executed in a hurry. Whether it was out of national hatred or class hostility, they were very happy to complete the work.

He pulled out the small dagger he carried with him and inserted it into the gap of the French knight's mask. It was simple, quick, clean and cold-blooded. He was wearing heavy armor and the unarmed French prisoner did not even have the ability to resist, and died in a grievance.

The cruel massacre is the best irony of the medieval military romanticism that has been repeatedly praised by later generations. If it were not for the death of the nobles, perhaps later generations would not even mention it.

Henry V's iron-blooded style completely made the French timid and never dared to come again.

As the Battle of Ajinkur ended, France suffered 5,000 nobles of all sizes, including three dukes, five counts and ninety barons. More than a thousand nobles were captured and lost more than 1,000 troops.

There were only thirteen nobles who died in battle in the British side, including the Duke of York, the grandson of Edward III. The longbower killed about 100 people, and the casualties were so disparity.

Three days later, Li Qiu arrived in Calais with the tired British, waiting for the right wind direction. In mid-November, he accompanied Henry V to land in Dover and arrived in London a week later.

At that time, all the church bells rang, and everyone sang a celebratory song to welcome the warriors of England. The lyrics mean that God gave victory to England.

In the church, Henry V thanked the Ming Dynasty in public for its support and announced that China would be the eternal ally of England.

The Battle of Ajinkul was of far-reaching significance, but the actual benefits gained by the British were only a small town, Hafloor. The real victory had to be achieved through a long and cruel battle, such as the capture of big cities such as Caen and Rouen. The greatest significance to the world is probably the V-shaped gesture.

Five years later, Henry V fulfilled his wish. With the help of the Burgundy, he was famous and led his army to be invincible, defeating the main French force one after another, forcing the other party to sign the "Troyes contract".

By marrying Princess Catherine in France, Henry V legally obtained the inheritance of France, declaring that France became part of the United Kingdom of England and France, becoming the regent of France, and actually dominated most of France.

Unfortunately, Henry, who was in his prime, died seven weeks earlier than his crazy father-in-law, and eventually failed to wear the double crowns of France and Britain.

Henry V and Charles VI died in the same year, and Henry VI and Charles VII started another war for the French throne, continuing the Hundred Years' War.

France during that period was no better than modern China. The country was looted and divided by invaders, and people's livelihood was very difficult, and the compensation and taxes made the people breathless.

The people could not survive and would naturally stand up to fight against the invaders. Therefore, for the French at that time, the war for the throne had turned into a war for national liberation.

The French national hero Joan of Arc grew up and led the French to defeat the powerful British army. Her fate was like the protagonist in the Brave Heart movie, and she was executed by the British for a witch.

This directly led to the complete anger of the French people, forcing the Burgundy to betray the British king and reunite with France.

In 1437, the French army restored the capital Paris.

In 1441, the Champagne area was recovered.

In 1450, the French and Brittany coalition defeated the British, and the entire Mann and Normandy were recovered.

It was not until 1558 that the French army captured Calais and Britain completely lost its last stronghold on the European continent.

However, the British lost all the troubles and began to implement the so-called "continental balance of power" policy on the European continent, and instead developed overseas, becoming the largest empire in history.

When the news of the Battle of Ajinkur arrived in Jinling, Xu Hao savored the details and couldn't help but think of King Yan Zhu Di, who was the same leader, the same bravery and good at fighting, and agreed to have ambitions and could lead the army from adversity to glory.
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