Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 967

As time went by, the scale of riots in towns and cities originally within the Kingdom of Portugal became larger and larger.On the Lisbon side, calls for Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine to send troops to rescue her compatriots are getting louder and louder.

In the end, Catherine and Zheng Zhilong discussed, and the result of the discussion was that the Ming army set aside part of the military supplies shipped with the fleet to arm the Portuguese, and then, under the leadership of Anders, went to recover other towns.

The real situation is unknown to the Spanish defenders everywhere.They were already in panic, but when they heard that the enemy was coming, they didn't want to defend at all, so they loaded the property collected from the whole city into the car and ran away.

If they don't run, unless they kill all the Portuguese in the city, they will definitely echo inside and outside.Only by evacuating before the outbreak of war, the local Portuguese are powerless to stop them.

In this way, the towns that originally belonged to the Kingdom of Portugal were restored with little effort.All of a sudden, the Queen's voice was very loud.And Anders' reputation has also reached its peak.Even many Portuguese are clamoring to counterattack and go to Spain to avenge their hatred.

The Spaniards were frightened at once, and under the panic, they felt that they would be attacked by the combined army of Ming and Portugal at any time.All of a sudden, soldiers and horses from all over the country gathered in the border towns one after another.And Philip IV, without waiting for the Paris Conference, borrowed troops from France.

This movement is not small!In addition, there had been joint discussions to deal with the Ming Dynasty together before, and the British were lobbying everywhere. The news of the Ming army's attack spread like never before.

This time, European countries were finally frightened.The huge fleet of the Ming Dynasty made them finally realize that to deal with the Ming army, it is really beyond the reach of a single European country.

Therefore, the British lobbying was very successful.European countries along the coast responded one by one and agreed to assemble their fleets to face the invasion of the Ming Dynasty's huge fleet.

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Oran is a seaport city on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, which was originally discovered by the Arabs.However, it was captured by Spain in the sixteenth century.According to the original historical development, it would have been taken by the Ottoman Empire in the early eighteenth century.

However, on this plane, the Ottoman Empire could not protect itself, let alone expand.

At this time, there are seven or eight Spanish sailing warships parked here in the port.Many sailors are on vacation in bars on the shore.

Men, after drinking wine, they always talk about some big things, not the kind of short-sighted things.No, the hottest topic in the whole bar is the situation in Portugal.

"Have you heard? It is said that the Governor has received an order from His Highness the King, asking him to prepare to abandon this place and lead his troops back home!"

"I've also heard that the fleet of the Ming Dynasty is too large. The whole of Europe needs to unite to compete with the fleet of the Ming Dynasty!"

"So, as far as our Oran side has less than ten warships, we don't let them go?"

"That's for sure! But I heard that the governor is a bit reluctant. After all, it's a pity to give up Oran!"

"Yeah, that's why we can hang out here and drink!"

"Actually, it's not that the Governor is unwilling to leave. I heard that all the nobles in Oran will not let the Governor leave. Without our protection, the people of the Ming Dynasty are very barbaric and will eat people without spitting out their bones!"

"Do you think we can protect it? Just us?"

"..."

While they were discussing, suddenly, a loud voice shouted: "You are all worrying, will the Ming Dynasty fleet come to us? Let me tell you, it must go north along the Atlantic coast and sweep our Spanish coast. Or go north to fight the French, or to fight the British. Our place in Oran is the safest. So, my lord governor..."

The words are not finished, but the meaning is already obvious.After all, I actually felt that it was too dangerous to go back to Spain, so there was no movement from Oran.

After understanding the meaning, the people in the bar looked at each other, and they all understood.It is impossible to say.Otherwise, if it reaches the governor's ears, something serious will happen.

As a result, all the sailors were laughing and joking. Of course they were willing to stay here and not face the powerful enemy.At most, they can wait until European countries begin to gather and their forces are strong enough before they can go back.

Just like that, they put aside their troubles, drank and speculated about Catherine's situation in the east.

Suddenly, the sound of "boom boom boom" was heard.

For this sound, they are all very sensitive.Immediately, he put down his wine glass and ran outside.This has the bartender yelling in the back: "Checkout, checkout..."

However, no one paid any attention to him.

After these sailors ran out of the bar, they saw the situation in the port at a glance.I saw dense masts, just parked in the sea outside the port.Several of the warships were closer to the port, where they fired a round of artillery.

Obviously, the artillery this time was not hitting the target, but giving Oran a warning.Does that mean you surrender or not?
Although these Spanish sailors have never seen the flag of Ming Dynasty, there can be no other forces except the fleet of the Ming Dynasty in such a large scale!

How could such a huge fleet survive?
None of the sailors had the will to run to the battleship, and after being in a daze for a while, they all fled to the city.The sailors who were still on the battleship did not fire their guns to meet them. They also jumped out of the battleship, almost scrambling and fleeing to the shore.Even a few unlucky ghosts who were squeezed into the sea swam ashore immediately, and then fled to the city.

Not long after, the city was in chaos.There were well-dressed headless flies everywhere, running around, and later, the crowd ran to the south of the city, out of the city, and retreated inland.

The Ming army general on the flagship on the sea was Zheng Zhilong's brother Zheng Hongkui. He grinned when he saw this, not surprised at all.This seaport town was scheduled to serve as a supply point for the Ming Dynasty fleet.

The fleet began to dock, and a total of [-] Ming troops and [-] Portuguese troops came ashore from the blessing boat to receive Oran.

As the Ming army soldiers walked along, they found discarded things everywhere on the ground.Apart from that, not a single soul was seen.The houses on both sides of the street have their doors closed.It was obvious that if he had not escaped, then he was hiding in the house.

When walking all the way to the Governor's Mansion, I could occasionally hear the cries of children from the houses on the street.But then he was covered by someone, and the crying stopped immediately.

In this regard, the soldiers of the Ming army didn't care, and began to gradually take over the warehouses and other facilities in various places.Speaking of it, it really scared the Spaniards. Many supplies were too late to take away, which made the Ming army cheaper.

As for why it wasn't burned, according to guesses by the Portuguese soldiers, they probably angered the Ming army, so they didn't burn it on purpose.

"Hehe, it seems that the Spaniards are very sensible!" The soldiers of the Ming army came to such a conclusion.

Afterwards, Ming's flags were raised everywhere in Oran City.

Oran will belong to the Ming Dynasty from now on!

Obviously, the officers and men of the Ming Dynasty navy are fulfilling the ambition of planting the Ming flag at the end of the ocean.

The expected breaking and entering, smashing and looting, and even the so-called cannibalism did not happen in the end.Three days later, the people of Oran finally understood what kind of army the Ming army was, and Oran finally became angry again.

It was not until this time that Zheng Hongkui led the fleet to continue eastward along the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.His purpose is to reach the easternmost edge of the Mediterranean Sea and join forces with the Ming army there.

Naturally, it was impossible to conceal the news during this slow march eastward.After some time, news of this finally reached the northern shores of the Mediterranean.

As for the Ming fleet in Lisbon choosing to go eastward in the Mediterranean Sea, European countries immediately guessed that it was going to join the Ming army on the Ottoman side.Thinking that if the Ming army over there continued to drive to Portugal along the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, the strength of the Ming army would also increase greatly. This is obviously not what European countries want to see.

As a result, the inland European countries that originally wanted to see the situation also became active in the matter of uniting against Ming Dynasty.The Second Paris Conference was convened at an unprecedented speed.

Moreover, the level of personnel representing various countries participating in the conference this time was far higher than that of the first time.Louis XIV once again presided over the meeting in person, and there was no situation where he walked away.

The most important topics of the meeting are as follows:
First, where will the fleets of various countries be assembled, how will the logistics materials be handled, and who will be in command, or joint command?
Second, the armies of various countries must also be assembled. Where are the supplies, who is the commanding general, how many troops are sent by each country, and which is the army's attack target?

On these two issues, even if the representatives of the participating countries want to reach an agreement earlier, it does not mean that an agreement can be reached at once, after all, the relationship is too great.

At this time, the representative of the King of Spain was still the previous one, the illegitimate son of the king, Don Juan Jose of Austria. After being admonished by Philip IV, he strongly advocated that the armies of various countries could gather in Spain.However, as long as there are elite troops, a country cannot exceed [-], and the logistics can be borne by Spain for a period of one month.

As for the navy, he said nothing.More voices are the fleet on this side of the Atlantic, assembled in France.The materials are brought by each country, but France also provides supplies. In return, the commander is appointed by France.

In addition, the fleet in the Mediterranean will go to Austria to assemble.After the preparations are complete, you can attack Portugal at the same time.

After haggling over the price, it was probably settled like this.

Subsequently, orders from various countries were sent to various places, and both the fleet and the army began to gather.

However, the accident happened again!
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