The battlefield where the French knights were ambushed was littered with corpses. At least a thousand French soldiers were killed in the ambush, and two thousand French soldiers were captured.

Among the two thousand captured French soldiers, there were a dozen knights in full armor who looked like iron cans, hundreds of other knights, and the rest were foot soldiers or archers.

Le Yi ordered the low-level infantry to clean up the battlefield, collect as many gold coins, silver coins and other property as possible from the dead French knights, and even take off their armor. Some of the armor was worth hundreds of taels of silver.

A full-body plate armor was presented to Chu Tian as a trophy. This full-body armor could cover the entire person. The joints were also made of extremely complex steel sleeves and bolts, and the joints were tightened with screws.

"Plate armor is good armor, but it's a pity that it is tailor-made and must be used by soldiers of similar stature."

Chutian knew something about Western full-body plate armor. This kind of plate armor, which took defense to the extreme, really came into being in the late Middle Ages and the early Renaissance. When plate armor became popular, firearms advanced, and the heavy matchlock guns that restrained it had

appeared, so plate armor was quickly abandoned.

In "Lord", plate armor can be said to be one of the pinnacle armors in the cold weapon era.

You cannot rely on your defensive power to think that full-body plate armor is necessarily better than pierced armor, chain mail, or cloth face armor.

Armor also needs to consider cost and purpose.

The manufacturing cost of pierced armor and cloth armor is much lower than that of plate armor, and it can be equipped with a large number of armies. However, full-body plate armor requires high joint flexibility and defense, so the production cost is very high, and only noble knights can afford it.

Not to mention ten thousand plate armors, but even one thousand plate armors would make Chu Tian feel distressed.

The noble gentlemen under the lords of France and Germany, together, have hundreds of full-body armors.

The second is the purpose. Knights and foot knights will choose to purchase plate armor if they have money. If they are light infantry and want to wear plate armor, then they are uncomfortable. At the same time, plate armor will affect the archery of longbowmen, because

Longbowmen's chests will be restrained by plate armor when shooting arrows.

"Perhaps in the future, a Servant Knights Order can be established to build a team of plate armored knights, but not now."

Chutian took these armors as trophies and brought them back to the Eastern Han Dynasty for collection, or used them to equip his servant army.

Even more collectible is the French battle flag.

A girl from Orleans was brought over. She was only about 17 years old, with blood on her face. She became the second big shot captured by Chu Tian during the national war.

There was a stubborn look on her face, and she felt unhappy about becoming a prisoner of the Eastern lord.

The despicable Eastern lord used the method of setting up an ambush to capture her.

Chu Tian was very sure that she was the legendary French hero, Joan of Arc, the girl who led the French army against the invasion of the English army in the Hundred Years' War and once won victory.

Although she was eventually captured and executed, she contributed to the formation of the French nation and prevented England from annexing France during the Hundred Years' War.

Therefore, her popularity in France is higher than that of most generals, and her abilities are similar to those of Li Xiuning, which can inspire the morale of the entire army.

"The national hero of France is captured by me. If he returns to the main world, those French lords will definitely go crazy..."

Chu Tian realized that he had overplayed his hand.

In the future, all the French lords will definitely bear a grudge against him.

But Chutian couldn't let Joan of Arc go. A legendary French hero whose popularity ranked high in Europe, how could he let go so easily.

Even if she is unwilling to surrender, she cannot be put back to strengthen the French lord.

As for the revenge of the French lords?

France is surrounded by civilizations such as England, Germany, Spain, Rome, and Macedonia. It is hard to say whether it will be able to survive on the European continent where there are many powerful enemies.

Furthermore, before the Age of Discovery began, apart from national wars, the French lords had no chance to come into contact with Chutian.

"This is the saint of France?! She was captured by you!"

Yekaterina was shocked to find out that Chu Tian had captured an extraordinary person.

This time the French Kingdom suffered heavy losses, even more serious than the losses of the Mughal Empire.

The first lord of the Mughal Empire died in battle, and there were second lords and third lords to replace him and unite the Mughal Empire.

The top hero of civilization was captured alive, but no one could replace Joan of Arc in France.

"The French players will kill you." Ekaterina said to Chu Tian, ​​while looking up and down at the French legend, "What a poor little guy, I didn't expect the Saint to fall into the clutches of the devil.

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Catherine still has a chance to go back, because her army is preparing to rescue her.

And Ekaterina is very confident that she can go back.

But she knew that Joan of Arc had been captured alive by Chu Tian. With Chu Tian's character of making the best use of everything, Chu Tian would probably not let Joan go.

According to Chu Tian's favorite principle of equal exchange, how much price would the French lord have to pay in exchange for a legendary hero?

A Joan of Arc may be worth tens of thousands or one hundred thousand troops.

Would the French lords be willing to pay that price in exchange?

"Release me now!"

The girl from Orleans stared at Chu Tian, ​​her eyes as clear as the lake, but with a hint of anger. She was now guarded by Li Xiuning's women's army.

"Be loyal to me or die."

"Better die!"

Sure enough, Chu Tian's attempt to recruit Joan of Arc failed and there was no room for maneuver.

Joan of Arc was probably as loyal as Yue Fei and Zhao Yun. Her loyalty was to France. It was strange that she agreed to let her serve the Eastern Han Dynasty.

"Give up. Even if you burn her to death, she won't surrender to you. You have only two options. First, exchange her with the lord of France. He may give you ten thousand taels of gold in exchange. One

Ten thousand taels of gold can be used to build a small team of heavy cavalry. Second, execute her and completely become enemies with France. France will also forever miss the powerful hero Joan of Arc, and she will not become your enemy in the future."

Catherine sneered at Chu Tian's attempt to recruit Joan of Arc, and did not forget to ridicule him.

Chutian looked at Ekaterina.

Ekaterina found that Chu Tian's eyes were suddenly very aggressive, which made her panic: "I'm just telling the facts, you have no other choice..."

"You are just my prisoner, and you have no right to tell me what to do."

Chutian choked Yekaterina with one sentence.

How to recruit these stubborn heroes is a big test for the lord.

Chu Tian placed his hopes on military advisor Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling is indecisive when faced with problems.

Fang Xuanling listened patiently and said slowly: "According to the Lord, this General Joan of Arc is loyal to a kingdom called France. If this kingdom is destroyed and the family is destroyed, wouldn't she be able to be used by the Lord?

?”

"The country is destroyed and the family is destroyed? Does it have to be so cruel?"

Chu Tian really didn't expect that in order to gain the allegiance of the other party's hero, he would destroy the other party's country.

Why do I feel like the villain in the movie...

"If France is surrounded by powerful enemies as my lord said, especially the Roman civilization, then it is not impossible that it will be destroyed by the Roman civilization."

Fang Xuanling's words reminded Chu Tian.

Chu Tian does not need to personally destroy France. There are dozens or hundreds of civilizations in Europe that are fighting against each other. The Kingdom of France may not survive, and it may be destroyed in a few years.

"France will perish. I don't know how long it will take."

Chu Tian couldn't wait to pledge his allegiance to Joan of Arc and check her attributes. A legendary hero was obviously a prisoner but could not be used immediately. Chu Tian always felt a little unhappy.

Fang Xuanling fell into a brief thought and found another way: "The lord can alienate his relationship with the French lord and bring him back to the Eastern Han Dynasty. He made a three-part agreement with him. If he serves the lord for five years, he will be released and can return to France. Five years.

, although it cannot change the world, it is enough to change many things."

"Hire?"

Chu Tian did not expect that there was such a way to use Joan of Arc to sacrifice his life for him.

Five years in "Lords" can change the pattern of civilization. Who knows whether the Kingdom of France will still exist in five years?

In addition, after five years, Chu Tian can still find a way to keep Joan of Arc. Five years and five years, five years and five years... When she has become familiar with the Eastern Han Dynasty, she may be happy here and not miss France.

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"He is still a brilliant military strategist."

Chutian's servant army is short of generals. Capturing a Joan of Arc alive can serve as the general of the servant army.

Chu Tian and Fang Xuanling secretly planned how to plot against a seventeen-year-old girl.

After knowing what he knew, Chu Tian faced the stubborn Joan of Arc and said earnestly: "The two countries are fighting for no reason. You, the French army, attacked our lord of the Eastern Han Dynasty first, and I set up an ambush behind. Logically speaking, you France are at fault.

.You assisted Zhou in his cruelty and were captured by me. This was God’s will, that is, God’s will. God thought you were at fault, so he asked me to capture you alive as a punishment for you.”

Joan of Arc's eyes widened. How could it be God's arrangement that she became a prisoner? How could France become the unjust party?

She wanted to refute Chu Tian, ​​but found that she couldn't.

This time it was indeed the French lords who united with two other European lords to take the initiative to attack the Eastern Han lords. According to Chutian's logic, I will not offend others unless they offend me. If someone offends me, I will offend them. France is the unjust party.

Joan of Arc overlooked one point. Based on the rules of national war, there is no difference between justice and injustice in national war. They are just fighting for the living space of their respective civilizations. There is nothing wrong with taking the initiative to attack.

Seeing that the other party had been misled by him, Chu Tian continued: "But I am not a heartless person. I will send someone to negotiate with your lord. If he is willing to compensate one thousand taels of gold, I will return you to him. If he compensates three
To be continued...