Although Zhu Cijiong had no intention of helping Portugal compete for the Gold Coast, he found that this way of learning Western was quite effective, and he was able to understand simple Western after learning Western for less than a month, which was undoubtedly an unexpected gain, he simply summoned the envoys of the European Continental Legation to come over, and everyone communicated in a combination of Western and Han methods, of course, this time no longer discussing the Gold Coast issue, but analyzing the situation in Europe.

These people, how to say it, Shi Weila has long been subordinated to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, and the envoys of the European envoys were also impressed by the prestige of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire this time, they naturally did not dare to go against Zhu Cijiong's wishes, and the analysis of the situation in Europe was also very pertinent, and they never talked nonsense, but except for Shi Weila, everyone else was very restrained, and basically they would not open their mouths if they didn't ask them.

Zhu Cijiong doesn't care much about this, asking more questions is also a way of exercise, if they don't take the initiative to ask, just practice speaking, Zhu Cijiong's Western has improved by leaps and bounds in the past few days, but the situation in Europe has made him more and more worried.

Based on the results of these people's analysis, the current situation in continental Europe can be summed up in one sentence: almost all of continental Europe is fighting against the Habsburgs!

The Habsburgs were arguably the most extensive royal family in continental history, ruling over the Holy Roman Empire, the Duchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of Portugal, as well as several Duchies of Italy and the former Netherlands.

In its heyday, the Habsburgs ruled nearly half of the territory of the European continent, plus colonies around the world, it can be said that the Habsburgs ruled almost half of the world, and now, that is, in the eleventh year of Chongzheng, except for the Netherlands, which has become independent as the Netherlands, all the above territories are still under the rule of the Habsburgs, that is, the Habsburgs have just passed their peak in recent years, but they are still in their heyday.

The so-called prosperity must decline, precisely because the Habsburg dynasty was too powerful, so it attracted the envy and jealousy of the foreign powers, and the Thirty Years' War on the European continent was caused by the European powers and the Habsburg dynasty competing for hegemony in the European continent.

The war began when the old power, France, secretly supported some of the Protestant princes of the Holy Roman Empire against the rule of the Habsburgs, and the final result was that the Protestant princes formed the Protestant League, and the old Christian princes formed the Catholic Union, and the Holy Roman Empire, the most powerful country under the Habsburgs, was suddenly on the verge of splitting.

In fact, the anti-Habsburg uprising that broke out in Bohemia can only be said to be an internal war of the Holy Roman Empire, because the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire is also the king of Bohemia, so the Holy Roman Emperor's suppression of the Bohemian uprising has nothing to do with other countries, but the European powers used this as an excuse to launch a war.

France has been trying to compete with the Habsburgs for hegemony in Europe, Denmark and Sweden do not want to see the neighboring Holy Roman Empire regain strength and threaten them, Britain is to compete with the Habsburgs for control of a principality, and the Netherlands has long been involved with Spain because of independence, so these five countries formed an anti-Habsburg alliance, and a major war across the continent officially broke out.

First of all, Britain, France, and the Netherlands contributed money and weapons, and Denmark sent troops to launch a direct attack on the northwestern regions of Germany controlled by the Holy Roman Empire. The Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II at that time was taken by surprise, and the imperial army was losing and was about to be overwhelmed, and at this time he thought of a genius: Wallenstein.

This Wallenstein, the chief duke's attendant to the former Holy Roman Emperor Matthias, was loyal to the empire and was in Bohemia to suppress an uprising against the Habsburgs. That kind of small uprising is not painful, let them go and make trouble, this Danish army is dead, so Ferdinand II directly ordered to recall Wallenstein.

Wallenstein received the emperor's edict, immediately led 30,000 mercenaries from Bohemia to rush back, he really lived up to the name of genius, his mercenaries do not need equipment, do not need food and grass, and the more they fight, in a short time it becomes an army of 100,000, to be precise, it is an army of 100,000 locusts.

Such a genius Denmark naturally couldn't do it, so they walked away in disgrace, such a genius would definitely be jealous, and finally Ferdinand II was forced to relieve Wallenstein of his position, and Wallenstein also left in disgrace.

It seems that the war ended like this, but how could the anti-Habsburg coalition give up easily, Britain, France, and the Netherlands continued to pay for it, this time it was Sweden that sent troops, and Sweden at this time also had a military genius, he was the most outstanding king in Swedish history, Gustav II.

This Gustav II also lived up to the name of genius, led the Swedish army into a long drive, and defeated the Holy Roman Empire's army, and even the commander of the imperial army, Count Tilly, was killed by him, and the Holy Roman Empire was in danger.

Desperate, Ferdinand II had to reactivate Wallenstein, who had been driven back to his hometown to farm, and those who were jealous of Wallenstein stopped talking, Wallenstein returned to control of the imperial army, and finally, the two geniuses broke out in a terrible battle in Lützen.

The jury is still out on who of the two geniuses, Wallenstein and Gustav II, is superior, because their first encounter became a farewell, and at the Battle of Lützen, Wallenstein was repulsed, but Gustav II was killed!

Genius is always lonely, Gustav II was killed, the Swedish army was scattered, and Wallenstein was already invincible; But genius is also indispensable to be hated, this time the jealous Wallenstein accused him of plotting rebellion, even Ferdinand II believed it, so the loyal officers left him, and the soldiers loyal to the empire rushed directly into his bedroom and killed him!

The show of the two geniuses came to an end, and the Holy Roman Empire won again.

Both protagonists have left the scene, and it seems that this war should be over, but there is no shortage of pretentious people in this world, and such people generally think that they are the protagonists.

For example, the Prime Minister of King Louis XIII of France, the Duke of Richelieu, the conspirator who has been controlling the war behind the scenes, thinks so, you little white faces, supporting characters can't do the Habsburgs, then only the protagonist himself appears.

The protagonist's appearance is naturally extraordinary, and he directly declares war on the entire Habsburg dynasty, including the Holy Roman Empire, including the Kingdom of Spain!