Li Dingguo finally arrived in Zaragoza with 50,000 Fuguang troops, and this time, even if the 200,000 troops of the anti-Habsburg alliance rushed over, they could only walk away without eating, because the city of Zaragoza originally had a strong fortress, and Li Dingguo brought enough artillery, and the combination of the two was quite terrifying.

The fortress of Zaragoza is built on the top of the highest mountain in the city, although this mountain is not very high, but it is enough to overlook the entire city of Zaragoza, as long as you put hundreds of jacks of Franc machine up, not to mention the avenue to Madrid through Zaragoza, within a radius of more than ten miles, it has become a forbidden area, once you get close, you will be attacked like a storm.

Li Dingguo strictly followed Zhang Bin's instructions to set up all the tiger squat cannons on the slopes of the hills around the fortress, and all the soldiers of the Fuguang Army were stationed at the bottom of the mountain, surrounding the entire hill, and a one-person-high earthen slope was built on the periphery.

If the anti-Habsburg coalition army wants to attack the fortress, the first thing they will face is the bombardment of hundreds of thousands of cannons, followed by the bombardment of 2,000 tiger squat guns.

It can be said that at this point, the anti-Habsburg coalition had completely lost the opportunity to march into Madrid and force Spain to surrender.

So, why didn't they intercept the Fuguang army on the way, didn't they find out that the 50,000 Fuguang army was heading straight for Zaragoza?

Of course not, the anti-Habsburg coalition army naturally discovered the movements of the Fuguang army a long time ago, but they did not think of attacking, because they had lost their souls, or they did not have a commander who could control the overall situation at this time, nor did they have a general who could defeat the enemy.

The anti-Habsburg coalition army stationed in Catalonia is, to put it bluntly, a coalition of great powers dominated by the French army, and the commander of France and even the entire anti-Habsburg coalition army was a very terrifying existence, but unfortunately, this terrifying existence has long since passed away for many years, so the anti-Habsburg coalition army has not been able to break out of Catalonia and completely defeat Spain under the condition of dominance.

This terrifying existence is the prime minister of King Louis XIII of France, the real super-powerful minister in charge of the French military and political power, the Duke of Richelieu.

This Duke of Richelieu is amazing, his contribution to the rise of France is comparable to Zhang Bin's contribution in the rise of the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that the rise of France depends on this Duke of Richelieu.

Before he came to power, France was also in power due to traitorous ministers and corruption, which led to the depletion of the treasury, the surge of taxes, civil strife, and even more terrifyingly, the Habsburg dynasty at that time was in full swing, and France was in danger between Spain and the Holy Roman Empire.

It was in this situation of internal and external troubles that Richelieu gained the trust of King Louis XIII through various means, and became prime minister in the cabinet, and then he began to gradually quell the rebellion in France and began to deal with the Habsburgs.

It can be said that the 30-year war for hegemony in Europe was planned and provoked by him, when the Habsburg dynasty was in full swing, dominating the entire European continent, Spain's colonies were all over the world, and France was weak and had no strength to compete with the Habsburgs.

He first instigated the German princes under the Holy Roman Empire to rebel against the Holy Roman Emperor, causing civil strife to break out in the Holy Roman Empire, and then used the vast territory of the Holy Roman Empire as a bait to induce Denmark and Sweden to start a major war with the Holy Roman Empire one after another.

Later, he began to support the independence of the Netherlands from Spain, and sent troops to support the Netherlands, weakening the strength of the Spanish army, and then, he took advantage of Philip IV's rampant conquest and aroused popular dissatisfaction to instigate and instigate the civilian uprising in Catalonia, and organized a coalition to support the rebel army, so that Spain was mired in civil war and had no time to care, and Portugal was thus free from Spanish rule and regained independence.

The powerful Habsburg Dynasty was resurrected by him in this way, and in this process, France was left and right, slowly becoming stronger, and gradually replaced the position of the Spanish hegemon of the European continent, it can be said that the reason why France was able to rise, the reason why France in history was able to dominate the European continent for more than 200 years, relying on this Duke of Richelieu, and the famous Sun King Louis XIV in history is his proud disciple.

The rise of France under the leadership of the Duke of Richelieu and the rise of the Ming Dynasty under the leadership of Zhang Bin are very similar, and it is precisely because of the power of these two eloquent dukes that such two powerful empires have been created.

Of course, there is no such a patriotic duke as Zhang Bin in history, and the Ming Empire did not rise because of this, but went to extinction, but at this time, there was another duke in the continent, who also led an empire on the road to rise.

This duke is Duke Cromwell, the protector of the United Kingdom, don't look at the little Duke Cromwell acting like a wine bag and rice bag, his father Duke Cromwell is a character who is not for it.

This duke is more ruthless than Zhang Bin, he not only led the army to defeat the royalist army, but also sent King Charles I to the guillotine, and established a dictatorial protector rule model, although he was in power for a short time, but made a qualitative leap in British national strength, he not only trained tens of thousands of army elites during his reign, but also developed Britain into a maritime power with more than 100 super battleships, it can be said that the reason why Britain was able to defeat the Netherlands and become a maritime hegemon relied on this Duke Cromwell.

Of course, at this time, history has been rewritten, because the Ming Empire produced a more powerful Duke of Wei than these two dukes, under the leadership of Zhang Bin, the Duke of Weiguo, the Ming Empire not only did not perish but gradually rose, and slowly embarked on the road of Zhongxing.

The three dukes led the three empires on the road to rise, so which duke was the strongest?

Now it seems that the strongest is Zhang Bin, the Weiguo Gong of the Ming Empire!

At this time, the Duke of Richelieu, who led the rise of France, had died, and his disciple Louis XIV, the Sun King, had not yet taken control of France, so when the 50,000 Fuguang army went straight to Zaragoza, the anti-Habsburg alliance led by France did not react at all, and missed the opportunity to defeat the emerging alliance of Spain and Portugal in vain.

As for the British protector Duke Cromwell, he could have taken Portugal in one fell swoop and used Portugal's overseas colonial resources to rise gradually, but unfortunately, his plan was also destroyed by Zhang Bin, at this time he not only did not take Portugal, but lost several super battleships and dozens of armed merchant ships, and even his only son Cromwell Jr. fell into the hands of Zhang Bin and became a prisoner.