The old mountain palace, the imperial pole hall.

The ninth day of September in the ninth year of Hongxing in the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the cavalry of our Chahar Department has really done their best in the battle of Mount Urzaisekan, if it weren't for the sudden appearance of 1,000 Rakshasa archers and the defeat of the Chahar cavalry with heavy muskets, our Chahar Department would have annihilated the Chechen Khan Department and the Korqin Department in one fell swoop......"

It was Chahar who put the blame for the defeat of the Chahar tribe on the "Santa Claus". Gu Harun. He looks like a dusty man, and he has lost more than one lap of weight than the last time he saw him in Tianjin Wei! It seems that he also suffered during the Mobei campaign.

Emperor Zhu Cihong of the Ming Dynasty stood in front of a map hanging on the wall with his arms crossed, his brows furrowed tightly, and his face was gloomy and a little scary.

During this time, he can get bad news every once in a while!

First, the anchorage was raided by the Spanish fleet, and all twelve Galen warships were burned!

However, the Dinghai General reported that they had destroyed five of the Spaniards' ships with 12 24-pounder guns, and had captured more than 300 Spaniards who had fallen overboard—this news sounds a bit false! So the people of the Navy Division didn't believe it, and they had already sent someone to investigate, but the report hadn't come yet......

Then the expeditionary fleet that attacked Manila Bay sent a report through the Hong Kong General Commander of the Navy, saying that it had pounced on Manila Bay, and had to find a small bay outside Manila Bay to occupy it, and named it Chenggong Bay - that place seemed to be Subic Bay, a good place, but it didn't seem to be of much value at present.

Immediately after that, bad news came that the Spanish fleet that raided the Dinghai anchorage also attacked the Ryukyu Kingdom and expelled the commercial overseer of the Ming Dynasty!

Moreover, there are still signs of collusion between the Satsuma clan of Japan and Spain!

And today, there is another report of defeat on the battlefield of the Khalkha Mongols, and at the same time, there is also news that the Rakshasa Kingdom has sent troops to intervene!

"What are those Rakshasas wearing? What kind of weapons were used? ”

The questioner was Prince Condor, who now has the title of Duke of the Ming Kingdom and the official position of Adviser Minister. Although they are all empty, they have the same face as Yu Lu, and they can also attend the meeting of the Generalissimo's Palace.

Listen to Chahar today. Before Gu Halun's report, Zhu Cihong summoned him to the Imperial Palace of Laoshan Palace.

"Those rakshasas are all red-robed and red-hatted, and the weapons they use are arquebuses and tomahawks."

What the? Zhu Cihong was stunned, red robe and red hat? What kind of dress is this? Santa Claus archetype? Also with a tomahawk...... How to use it? Is it a hack or a throw?

"What do they do with their tomahawks?" Prince Condé asked again.

Prince Condé had been in China for many years and was already fluent in Nanjing.

"It's used to set up a gun," Chahar. Gu Harun replied, "They hit them with arquebuses on their tomahawks. ”

Rack a gun with a big axe? Emperor Zhu looked back at Prince Condé, as if he wanted to hear what he had to say.

"They are the Tsar's Shooting Army!" Prince Condé said, "The archery army is the elite soldiers of the Rakshasa country, with strong combat effectiveness, and is especially good at dealing with the steppe cavalry...... It is more powerful than the arquebusiers of the Ming army, but not as good as the flintlock pikemen. ”

Arquebusiers are always inferior to flintlock pikemen, as they have a faster rate of fire and can form a tighter formation to increase the density of fire.

"So speaking of which, did the Rakshasa really intervene in our war with Khalkha?" Zhu Cihong still couldn't believe it.

The Great Tomorrow Dynasty is so awesome, the tsar actually dares to fight, it's too kind, right? Worthy of Peter the Great's own father!

"It should be the Kingdom of Spain that is playing tricks!" Prince Condé said, "Without the command of Spain, it would have been impossible for the Rakshasa Kingdom to assist the Mongols and the Ming in their wars. ”

"The Rakshasas will listen to Spain?" Emperor Zhu was still a little skeptical.

"Not only Spain, but also the Holy Roman Empire! As long as the Holy Roman Empire remained emperor by someone from the Habsburgs, Spain had considerable influence on the European continent. Moreover, there are irreconcilable contradictions between the Rakshasa and the Ottoman Empire, once they end the war with Poland, they will be thrown into the conflict with the Ottoman Empire, and at this time the Rakshasa Kingdom needs the support of the Habsburgs. ”

"Their war with the Poles is over?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"It's almost over," said Prince Condé, "maybe it's over!" Because the war between Sweden and Poland was about to begin...... Maybe it's already started. ”

"Sweden and Poland, oh, remembered!" Zhu Cihong nodded, he remembered Henry. Sienkovich's trilogy "Fire and Sword", "The Torrent", and "Mr. Vvodijowski" are about the history of the Poles in the middle and late 17th century, and "The Torrent" is about the Swedish invasion of Poland.

Prince Condé didn't know that Emperor Zhu had watched "The Torrent", and thought that he knew something about the between Poland and Sweden. So he nodded and said, "Because the girl king of the Vasa Dynasty of Sweden suddenly wanted to go to Rome to become a nun, which brought the rule of the Vasa Dynasty in Sweden to an end. The heir chosen by the Girl King was not a member of the Vasa dynasty of Poland, so the friendly relations between Poland and Sweden came to an end, and there was a succession dispute between the royal families of the two countries.

John II of Poland. Casimir made a claim to the Swedish throne...... In fact, he is the rightful heir to the Swedish throne! His grandfather, Sigismund III, held both Sweden and Poland, but was deposed by the Swedish parliament due to the conflict between the Catholic faith and Protestantism in Sweden, and the throne fell to the girl's grandfather, Karl IX.

And the girl king has an eccentric temper and is unwilling to marry, so he has no children. And after abdication, he passed the throne to his cousin Karl. Gustav...... This is clearly a bad decision! ”

Zhu Cihong said: It turns out that the war in "Torrent" was caused by a Swedish girl! And this Swedish girl had a whim, and let the Rakshasa get out of the war with Poland and turn to China as an enemy...... This butterfly effect is too big, right?

Of course, Peter the Great's father, Alexei I, would definitely cry and cry out if he wanted Zhu Cihong's current thoughts!

Because Alexei I did not get out of the Western Front at all, how could he tolerate Karl X (King of Sweden) seizing the Polish throne - in fact, the nobles of the Polish Republic thought that Karl X wanted to be the king of Poland when the Swedish army invaded, so they did not want to fight the Swedes in order to defend the Vasa dynasty in Poland, and they were already ready to elect Karl X as king.

However, Karl X was reluctant to convene a Polish parliament, his aim was to divide Poland and then have Sweden eat a piece of it...... However, Alexei I did not know what Karl X was thinking, and he, like the Polish nobles, thought that Karl X was going to be king of Poland.

If Poland and Sweden re-reign, will the Rakshasa Kingdom still be alive? Therefore, after the armistice with Poland, Alexei I entered the war with Sweden non-stop...... Sweden was the great power of Europe at that time, and its army strength was only comparable to that of France. At that time, how could the Rakshasa Kingdom challenge Sweden and start a war with the Ming Dynasty at the same time?

Don't think that the Ming Dynasty can't reach the Rakshasa Kingdom, the Ming Dynasty's vassal Jungar and the Rakshasa Kingdom are next to each other!

Zhu Cihong frowned and began to make up his mind: "In other words, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Rakshasa Kingdom are likely to have concluded an alliance aimed at opposing the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"Yes!" Prince Condé nodded heavily, "The Ming is obviously not the only enemy, France and the Ottomans are also the targets of this military alliance...... And maybe the UK! ”

"Britain?" Zhu Cihong asked, "Is it because Britain is trying to get involved in the Caribbean?" ”

The English sent an expeditionary force to the Caribbean in October 1654 in an attempt to occupy Haiti, but after failing to do so, they occupied Jamaica instead.

This move is undoubtedly touching Spain's bottom line! So war between Spain and England was inevitable, and relations between France and England were rapidly approaching.

In Europe, the international pattern of the Anglo-French alliance against Spain was taking shape!

The Prince of Condé received a letter from Louis XIV not long ago, hoping that he could facilitate the Ming Dynasty to join the Anglo-French alliance and jointly fight against the Spanish world empire!