At this time, the wealthy Flanders had actually been recaptured by France, but this place still maintained very close ties with the United Kingdom. Because Flanders was a very wealthy place, it also indirectly became the link between France and the United Kingdom.

The biggest focus of contention among them.

In 1328, the sonless French King Charles IX died. The British King Edward III relied on his status as the nephew of King Philip IV of France to claim the inheritance rights of the French King. This was another attempt to compete for the French King.

In order to inherit the position, the two countries began to send troops to fight in large numbers. This was actually the prelude to a large-scale war between Britain and France that would last for a hundred years.

In November 1337, King Edward III of England led a large army to invade France. Because in our human understanding level, this kind of thing can only be solved by war. There seems to be no other way except war. And we also

We must absolutely believe that only dead people will not cause chaos or speak nonsense. This is the undoubted truth.

For France at this time, sea control was the key to the success or failure of the invasion of France. Therefore, the war was only carried out on land with the first purpose of resisting and defending the country. Although this was the case, the soldiers between the two countries would definitely be killed or injured.

Countless, because there are always wars. Is this a joke? And if the wars continue, the taxes on the civilians in the two countries will definitely increase. Even when there are not enough soldiers on the front line, there will be compulsory conscription. In short, the two countries

The civilians between the two countries have begun to suffer unspeakably and want to stop the war as soon as possible. However, this kind of war seems to have to be fought. This is a war to protect the land and power, and a war to gain benefits by invading other countries. The top leaders of the two countries

They all have their own ideas and plans, so the war continues and never stops, so people keep dying.

In June of 1340, Edward III was a little anxious at this time, so he led 250 warships, totaling about 15,000 people, and began to attack the French fleet in the Slusse Sea. Because

King Edward III of England knew that he could not allow the French fleet to grow. If the French fleet grew, the consequences would be serious.

So after the French fleet learned about this situation, it hurriedly went to sea to fight. France has been mainly developing its maritime military power in recent years, so France currently has more than 380 warships and more than 25,000 sailors.

, and then pressed towards Edward III's fleet.

When Edward III saw that the French fleet was so powerful, he did not dare to engage in head-on confrontation. At this point, he commanded his own fleet to begin a feint retreat in an orderly manner. The French did not know that the British fleet was feinting to retreat, and thought that the British fleet saw that they were strong.

, was frightened out of fear, and then ran away. So the French fleet began to pursue rapidly, which suddenly caused the French fleet's own formation to become disordered during the rapid pursuit.

At this time, the British fleet suddenly turned around and rushed towards France. Although the British fleet and even the number of sailors were at a disadvantage, the British navy had very rich experience in naval warfare, and the French

The navy was newly established and did not have much experience in naval warfare. Therefore, after this battle, the incomplete hulls of the French fleet were everywhere, and there were countless French corpses. In the end, although the British Navy did

There were many casualties and the losses could be said to be huge, but the entire French fleet was wiped out! There were more than 380 warships and more than 2,500 sailors. This battle reduced France's maritime military power.

, and suffered terrible losses. So after many naval battles, the British directly gained control of the sea, which relieved them of their so-called worries on land.

In 1346, King Philip VI of France lost his navy and was furious. He sent his own elite heavy cavalry to the front line, hoping to use these very tough horseshoes to completely trample the British army to pieces.

At this time, Britain was still dominated by infantry, so there was no cavalry that could compete with France. The French cavalry, said to have more than 60,000 men, met 20,000 British infantry at Crecy.

King Edward III of England ordered his troops to slow down their attack speed to lure the French to attack them. When the two teams were still a certain distance away, the British strong archers opened their bows and fired arrows, and the arrows rained down on the French cavalry in an instant.

Fly away. It turns out that the British army secretly made a secret weapon, the big bow, in order to deal with the armored knights worn by the French gentry. This kind of bow and arrow has a longer range, is very fast, and is very accurate. It can shoot at a longer distance.

The shot penetrated the knight's armor.

So all of a sudden, the French cavalry were thrown into disarray by the rain of arrows. People were dying everywhere, and horses fell to the ground everywhere, and they were bleeding. Moreover, if there was a big obstacle in front of the cavalry, then it would be

They could not use the mobility of their own huge army because the horses would be tripped, and what was tripping the horses now were the corpses and horses of their own men who died under the rain of British arrows. At this point, this eventually led to a large formation of the French cavalry.

The British infantry seized this opportunity and attacked the French army, which was equivalent to a hand-to-hand combat with the French army.

In hand-to-hand combat, the French army, which was wearing very heavy armor, fell into a passive position and was quickly defeated by the British army. This suddenly gave the British army the initiative to attack on land again, and then the British army again

In one fell swoop, they sent troops to occupy Normandy, the gateway to France, and soon captured Calais, a very important port in France. Therefore, the British big bow at this time really caused the French to suffer a lot, and even eventually led to the loss of power from the Loire River to the Pyrenees.

The territory south of Mount Si became owned by the British. This greatly weakened France's overall strength in disguise.

In order to resist the substantial invasion of Britain at this time and regain the territory that France had lost, France's later King Charles V changed the army, rectified the tax system, and appointed Dugueclin as commander-in-chief. Dugueclin

He led the army to avoid the sharp edge of the British army, adopted attrition, assault and even guerrilla tactics, and unleashed the power of the newly formed infantry, field artillery and new fleet. This caused the British army to retreat steadily, and ultimately

This put the British army in trouble. And France took advantage of the situation to regain a large area of ​​territory and restored its cavalry system.

As we have said before, those who die in wars are civilians, and those who create food and resources are also civilians. Those who win the battle against the civilians will not see any improvement in their lives, but those who lose the battle will not be able to improve their lives.

It doesn't seem to change much, because they all exist like slaves. Regardless of winning or losing, it has no real meaning to the civilians who are already a group of slaves. But if the war continues, this will have no real meaning for the civilians.

The pain they have caused is too great, and they have to pay a lot of taxes to the top officials, and they have to die themselves. Therefore, in this continuous war, the internal conflicts in France are increasingly intensifying.

In addition, because the French nobles have been fighting wars all year round, a lot of wealth has been robbed by the high-level officials. The nobles have to continue to exploit the civilians in a more perverted way. But we have also talked about the civilians before, creating resources and food, etc., this has to be done.

There is a process, it is impossible to just create, and because of the war, the nobles are now a little poor, so they want to get more money and even benefits. In the end, the struggle for power began to happen among these nobles.

, take a big shot, this means that there is a war among the aristocracy in France, but the aristocrats are definitely not going to the battlefield themselves, nor are they letting the civilians be their own soldiers, and then going to the battlefield to fight, anyway, it is not him who will die,

The civilians who want to win these wars will not get much benefit. Anyway, as a noble, he himself can get more benefits. At this point, this kind of war cannot be stopped, because in this situation, I want to fight it myself,

Isn't it?

But are civilians fools? Are they really fools? Can't they figure this kind of thing out? Indeed! Many civilians have never received any education and inheritance. They just work in the fields all their lives, so they can't figure out these things at all.

They even think that this is God's will, and they are just born slaves. However, there are still some other civilians who can figure this out, so they are unwilling to continue to be oppressed, so they persuade other civilians to join them.

Uprising. And this kind of uprising caused by civilians simply unable to survive is very serious throughout France, and it happens everywhere.

In fact, what should we say about this matter? In fact, the situation within the United Kingdom is not much better. Everyone is half-measured. Therefore, Henry V, who has just ascended the throne of the United Kingdom, knows that they themselves are in chaos within the United Kingdom, so they might as well transfer

The attention of the people. After all, the internal war in France was still very serious at this time, so King Henry V of England reignited the war between Britain and France. Having said this, we can all see that in our modern times, Britain

Wang's approach is actually similar to that of the current United States, which is to divert the attention of everyone in the country because the internal conflicts are too serious. This is to temporarily protect the country, and then attack other countries and bring pain and death to other countries.

We have also said before that the situation within France is actually very serious, so after Henry V of England sent troops, he quickly captured half of France. What kind of concept is this? We can imagine how many French people were killed.
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