Daming Military Empire

Chapter 645

Xianyun is clever, Feixing spreads hatred, and Yinhan looms dark.

As soon as Jinfeng Yulu met, they won but countless on earth.

The tenderness is like water, and the good times are like dreams.

If these two feelings are long, how are they going up and down.

Looking at the reluctant Princess Maria in front of him, Zheng Chenggong suddenly thought of Qin Guan's "Magpie Bridge Immortal", "If the two loves last for a long time, how can they be in the same day and night." Yes, I am a bit too childish After a long relationship, it is not a problem to marry the princess in front of me. With his strength, it is not beautiful to be so addicted.

Thinking of this, he said freely: "Maria, you go back first, I will tell your father about our affairs later."

Princess Maria said shyly and worriedly: "What if my father doesn't agree?"

Hearing this, Zheng Chenggong smiled and said confidently, "Don't worry, he will agree."

At this moment, he has completely woken up from the affair between his son and daughter, and the majesty of the admiral of the Ming Empire's navy appeared on his face again, with a heroic appearance.

Princess Maria looked him up and down with starry eyes, and then shyly ran to the long-awaited carriage. The moment she boarded the carriage, she couldn't help but look back at Zheng Chenggong affectionately. , Longing for everything.

Zheng Chenggong couldn't help the numbness in his heart, and almost fell into it again. He quickly shook his head to wake himself up, and then raised his head. The beauty was gone, and he sighed in his heart. Meet your own carriage.

Philip IV still maintained his pride as a king as always, and did not come to greet Zheng Chenggong in person, but in order to show his importance to Zheng Chenggong, he still sent a bunch of ministers and court guards.

Zheng Chenggong politely went up to shake hands with all the ministers and said hello, then boarded the carriage, took Xiao Jiuzheng and more than ten masters of Jin Yiwei, and followed the guard of honor of the palace guards to the city.

Philip IV was originally prepared to receive Zheng Chenggong well and enhance his relationship with the Ming Empire. He even planned to marry his only daughter to the upstart of the Ming Empire. However, one thing made him Hesitated.

Because France sent another envoy, or his brother-in-law Duke Gaston, the Anti-Habsburg Alliance came to win him over again, and the conditions promised this time were more attractive.

The anti-Habsburg alliance declared that as long as Spain joins their camp, from now on, the anti-Habsburg alliance will not only not attack the Spanish colony anymore, but will also help him take Portugal and put Portugal on the Gold Coast. The colonies of Spain were incorporated into the territory of Spain.

Well, it is a bit ironic that the anti-Habsburg alliance would come to win over Spain ruled by the Habsburg dynasty. However, this is how the exchanges between the great powers are. There are only interests and no shame. They didn't feel blushing at all when they did it.

Philip IV was not a political idiot, and he also knew that the great powers were not so easy to deal with, but the conditions offered by the great powers this time were too tempting, even if they habitually backtracked, there must be a process No, as long as Portugal and the Gold Coast are taken down by then, Spain will be an unrivaled superpower in the anti-Habsburg alliance. Do they dare to turn their backs?

This matter was really difficult to make a decision. He decided to meet Zheng Chenggong first to see what the Ming Empire meant before making any plans.

In this way, Philip IV, who was planning to try his best to win over Zheng Chenggong and married the Zheng family of Ming Dynasty, became reserved, and the original meeting between the son-in-law and the son-in-law became a courtesy exchange.

The time Zheng Chenggong arrived in Madrid was around noon according to the timing method of the Ming Empire. Philip IV had prepared a sumptuous lunch for him in advance. Philip IV was not stingy about this, and there were also a lot of expensive delicacies. , but the attitude is slightly rusty.

Zheng Chenggong also felt the slight alienation from Philip IV, but he was not impatient, but maintained the etiquette of the nobles, and accompanied Philip IV with a smile to enjoy the rare delicacies. Displeased.

After the luncheon, Philip IV invited Zheng Chenggong to the study for tea and chat as usual. It seemed that everything was normal, but his attitude was not very enthusiastic. Zheng Chenggong knew that there might be something wrong.

Sure enough, after the two parties sat down, Philip IV asked quite worriedly: "Your Excellency, I don't know the specific situation of your naval battle with the anti-Habsburg alliance this time. I heard that you have been suppressed." The Guadiana River empties into the sea, and there is no way out.”

Is this him? Who is spreading rumors? Zheng Chenggong suppressed his anger and said lightly: "Your Majesty, I don't know who you listened to. I think you were deceived. This time it was just a tentative attack, not a big deal." In the decisive battle, besides, none of our super battleships were sunk, but the anti-Habsburg alliance sank more than 200 super battleships at one time. It's ridiculous that they couldn't get out."

Philip IV was taken aback when he heard the words, and then asked again: "Oh, is this really the case, then why don't you continue to attack?"

From this, Zheng Chenggong has already heard that there are definitely people who are inclined to oppose the Habsburg alliance chewing their tongues in front of Philip IV. He pondered for a moment, and then said seriously: "Your Majesty, I don't know Whoever is slandering you, how can a war involving so many powerful countries be won or lost in a day or two, just like the war between the Anti-Habsburg Alliance and your Habsburg dynasty, didn’t it last for nearly 30 years? ?Our Ming Empire is thousands of miles away. If we want to compete with the European powers, we can prepare for a year or two. Now the battle has just begun, and you are making irresponsible remarks here. People who speak up have ulterior motives."

Philip IV was stunned again when he heard the words. Indeed, that trash of Gaston knows how to fight war. Someone must have taught him to say that, and the fleet of the Ming Empire has just arrived here less than a month ago. To say that the Ming Empire was defeated is really ulterior motives!

He hesitated for a while, and couldn't help asking: "Then why didn't Your Excellency the Generalissimo take advantage of the victory and show them some color?"

Zheng Chenggong heard the words, and said wisely: "We have a saying in the Ming Empire, which is 'killing one thousand enemies, self-injury eight hundred, and the wise will not do it.', now we have not concentrated all our troops, and the advantage over the enemy is Obviously, if Mao rashly rushes forward, even if he wins the battle, he will suffer heavy casualties, so what good is it?"

Philip IV believed this. The Ming Empire definitely had more than this little force, but he really didn't know how much the total force of the Ming Empire was. Taking this opportunity, he took advantage of the situation and asked, "Oh, how many troops does your Ming Empire have?" As the king of the allied countries, I don’t even know about the strength of the army. I’m really ashamed.”

This means that he wants to know how powerful the Ming Empire is. Zheng Chenggong thought about it for a while, and then bragged half-truthfully: "Our Ming Empire has more than 200 million soldiers in the army alone. I believe you have heard of this." , just to attack Siberia, we dispatched 160 million troops. As for the navy, we currently have seven fleets, each with 100 super battleships and [-] troops. Another fleet is being formed. In addition, we are a vassal state of the Ming Empire. The army also has more than [-] million people, so it doesn’t have much fighting power, so it doesn’t matter.”

"Hiss", Philip IV couldn't help but gasp when he heard the words, the Ming Empire is so powerful, the regular army alone has more than 300 million!

PS: I recommend the excellent work "Mingwu Tianxia" by the beautiful writer Liang Kefan1. It is a story about the rise of a nobleman in the Tumu Fortress. It is the first on the new book list.

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