The Sixth Army was established to assist the First Army in defending the capital city of Aurich. Now, the officers are there, the soldiers are in place, and the formation is very smooth.

However, considering that if necessary, the Sixth Legion would need to defend Aurich alone. Because, the First Army may have to go south to rescue the Second Army or go east to rescue the Third Army. Therefore, Marin was a little uneasy in his heart.

After all, in the city of Aurich, there is his biggest concern in the world. The main force of the Sixth Army was the Scottish surrenders, and Marin did not trust them very much. If the Sixth Legion mutinied while defending the city alone, his dear Angela and son Caesar would be out of luck.

After much thought, Marin made an adjustment - the plan for the formation of the Sixth Army remained unchanged, but the Second Army, which was originally stationed in the Ruhr area, assisted the First Army in defending Aurich. The 6th Army was swapped with the 2nd Army and stationed in the Ruhr area.

Marin thought about it, although the Ruhr area was important, until he promoted honeycomb coal and steam engines, the importance of the Ruhr area was not seen by everyone. Therefore, there is no need to send such an elite garrison as the Second Army Corps. The Sixth Army Corps is a new legion that is more than capable of defending the Ruhr area.

Moreover, the Sixth Army was not an entirely corps of recruits. After adjustment, the soldiers of the Sixth Army were composed of 7,000 Scottish soldiers and 3,000 veterans of the North Sea Kingdom. In addition, the middle-level officers are all skilled veteran officers, and the combat effectiveness of this regiment is not low.

The only fear was that the 7,000 Scottish troops of the Sixth Army would mutinie and demand to return to their native Scotland. Therefore, Marin did not put them in the capital of Aurich, nor did he exchange them for Schleswig. Because, both places, are very close to the sea. Once the Scottish troops mutinied, they could quickly fight to the seashore, seize the ship and flee back home.

And after transferring them to the Ruhr area, they have no chance to take the ship and return home. Although there is no shortage of ships on the Rhine, most of those boats are small inland boats, which are not enough to sail on the North Sea. So, the placement of the Sixth Army in the Ruhr helped to reassure those Scottish troops. This was only the early days, when these Scottish soldiers got used to the rules and training of the Sixth Legion. When the time comes, with such a large amount of training every day, they don't have much to think about.

And the capital Aurich was garrisoned by the two most powerful legions, the First Army and the Second Army, and Marin could leave for the Ming Dynasty with confidence.

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But before leaving, Marin made a special overland trip to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, and signed a Treaty of Lisbon with King Manuel I of Portugal.

The Lisbon Treaty mainly provided for the question of the ownership of Dongfan Island. Ma Lin will use Dongfan Island as a springboard to start exchanges with the Ming Dynasty.

However, he was worried that Portugal would make trouble later on the grounds that "Dongfan Island belonged to the Ming Dynasty and should belong to Portugal". Therefore, he made a special trip to Lisbon in advance and agreed with Manuel I on the ownership of Dongfan Island, leaving evidence in black and white. In this way, it will be difficult for the Portuguese to say anything in the future.

This was mainly due to the fact that the previous treaty signed in Rome stipulated that the Ming Dynasty was a Portuguese colonial sphere of influence. At present, Dongfan Island is not under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. Once Marin allows Dongfan Island to join the Ming Dynasty in the future, it may cause diplomatic disputes. That's why Marin signed such an agreement with the Portuguese before setting off to gag the Portuguese.

In order to show his sincerity, Marin also took out a general map of the Ming Dynasty and a nautical route map in exchange.

In fact, early last year, the Portuguese stole the charts from Columbus and Conté and sent ships to Daming. Moreover, they also found out that there is a huge reserve of tin ore near Kuala Lumpur, the Kingdom of Malacca......

The Portuguese didn't know that Marin had deliberately let them leak it to Portugal, and thought they had stolen a huge secret. Moreover, in terms of interests, if Portugal seized Malacca, it would indeed make a great profit.

Therefore, Marin asked for a contract this time, and Manuel I agreed with good words. After all, he was a thief and thought he had taken advantage of Marin.

Calculating the time, the fleet sent by Portugal to Daming should also return. I just don't know how much profit can be made this time, Manuel I is full of longing for huge profits......

However, Manuel I did not know that his fleet had indeed arrived in Malacca and also went to Canton. Unfortunately, the Portuguese were not scheming and intended to invade and conquer from the beginning. Therefore, the fleet sent out this time suffered a big loss......

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It all started with the guns that Marin gave to the Kingdom of Malacca......

Originally, Columbus was ordered to send a batch of arquebuses and Franco cannons to the Kingdom of Malacca. Although Columbus embezzled half of it, the other half also had 100 arquebuses and 10 furlong cannons.

The Portuguese sent a total of 10 warships, and when they arrived in India, they first joined up with the Spanish Portuguese Union and the fleet.

Then, Manuel I's envoy inquired that there was indeed a kingdom of Malacca to the southeast of India. Moreover, it is recently said that a large tin mine has been discovered in the Kingdom of Malacca......

All this is exactly the same as what Kong Tai said. As a result, Ricardo, the envoy of the Portuguese king, decisively ordered 12 warships in the Spanish Portuguese Union and the fleet to follow him to conquer the Kingdom of Malacca......

In this way, 22 Portuguese warships, loaded with more than 2,000 Portuguese sailors, came to the port outside Malacca and launched an attack without saying anything.

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In the beginning, the kingdom of Malacca was indeed in chaos, and the Malacca people in the city were in chaos. If the Portuguese sailors took the opportunity to attack the city immediately, they might really be able to sneak attack.

It is a pity that the Portuguese, because they had no bottom in their hearts, first carried out a saturation bombardment of the city of Malacca, and did not immediately let the sailors take advantage of the chaos to rush into the city. After all, they had inquired in India that the Kingdom of Malacca had more than 30,000 soldiers. Such a huge scale made the Portuguese a little weak after hearing it. Therefore, they planned to shell first in order to break the will of the Malacca.

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In fact, when they started shelling, the Malacca people were indeed in chaos, and there was even a stampede in the city.

However, the Portuguese shelled for half a day and did not send sailors to launch a ground attack. Finally, the Malacca people in the city were relieved......

At this time, Sultan Mahmoud of Malacca, who was originally in a panic, suddenly remembered - isn't it just guns? Lao Tzu also has ......

Then, a battalion of Shenji (modeled after the Ming Dynasty) trained outside the city was transferred back to the city and went up to the city walls......

When the arquebusiers and gunners of the Malacca Divine Machine Battalion were deployed to the walls facing the port, the Portuguese sailors finally launched a ground attack.

But at this time, the Portuguese came at a really bad time, and the 100 musketeers of the Malacca Shenji Battalion, relying on the city wall, inflicted great casualties on the charging Portuguese. However, the proportion of musketeers in the Portuguese sailors was relatively low, only about 300 people.

In the field, the Portuguese sailors with more musketeers would definitely have the advantage. But now they are the besieging side, and the Malacca Shenji Battalion is the defending side...... And then, the Portuguese suffered......

After dropping four hundred corpses, the Portuguese retreated in disarray. It wasn't until the middle of the night that he dared to send someone to quietly collect the bodies of his comrades......

So, this time the Portuguese attack was a failure......

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If the Portuguese fleet had returned and Manuel I had learned that the Portuguese had been defeated and hundreds of people had died because Marin had sent guns to the Kingdom of Malacca, perhaps Manuel I, in a fit of rage, would have detained Marin......