The killing behavior of a group of soldiers who went to the country for thousands of miles in Europe did not return to the Chinese Dynasty.

The common people only knew that there was an army that was fighting far away, and the newspapers occasionally reported on the crimes committed by some foreign chieftains, in order to find some reason for this expedition to the west.

Hou Xuanyan strolled through the streets of Yangzhou, feeling the spring breeze Yangzhou Road, where the ten-mile bead curtain is not as good, and the noisy and elegant coexistence of Yangzhou City, the prosperity is even more than the legendary fairyland Yaochi.

As he walked, a plainclothes guard approached Hou Xuanyan and said in a low voice, "Boss, the food and drinks have been ordered in front." ”

Hou Xuanyan nodded and followed him to a secluded courtyard.

To be able to open such a quiet restaurant in Yangzhou downtown, it is not possible to have money to do it, this place covers a vast area, magnificent, surrounded by verandahs on all sides, strange flowers and plants are dotted with strange peaks and strange stones in the south of the Yangtze River, a pond leads to the living water outside the city, the pond is planted with lotus flowers, the breeze blows, the water ripples, and the fish wanders.

In the water pavilion near the pond, there are several pavilions, and the pavilion is a place to eat and drink.

The arrangement in the pavilion can be called luxurious, there are seven or eight pieces of antique jade on a red sandalwood ancient shelf against the wall, dozens of delicate yellow and delicate Buddha's hands are held in the blue and white plate on the side, and the lake curtain tent with green flower pattern hangs all around.

Through the curtain, you can see the outside, but it is difficult to see the scenery from the outside.

Except for the rich and noble, few people will come here to eat and drink, and not many people even know that this is a restaurant.

There is a pavilion in the middle of the lake, which is not covered by a curtain, and several beauties of the country are beautiful and fragrant, or holding the pipa, or dancing, or clearing the throat and beautiful sound, for the distinguished guests in each pavilion to watch.

Hou Xuanyan looked at the delicious delicacies on the table, and he was extremely exquisite, and the color, fragrance, and color alone made people can't bear to put down the chopsticks, just like a work of art.

Standing next to him was Liao Jingqing, the prefect of Yangzhou, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, although the name of this Caigen Restaurant is cheesy, it is a must in Yangzhou." ”

Hou Xuanyan took a sip of wine, and the Bian Yujing sisters beside him diligently prepared vegetables, although they were wearing men's clothes, but their delicate and delicate postures couldn't cover it at all, Liao Jingqing didn't dare to look more, and lowered her head to look at her toes.

"Liao Jingqing, I said ten years ago that I would let you meditate here. Well, ten years later, have you ever realized something? ”

Ten years ago, Hou Xuanyan, who was still the king of Yue, took command of the expedition to Liao, and passed through Yangzhou on the way back.

At that time, in order to limit the power of the two Huai salt merchants, Liao Jingqing used a little trick that Hou Xuanyan saw through and scolded him.

Since then, the first champion of May Enke has stayed in Yangzhou for ten years.

No one dared to promote him, and no one dared to belittle him, and the officials seemed to have forgotten about this Yangzhou prefect.

Liao Jingqing's qualifications have long been able to enter the court as an official, and it is impossible to say that he is not in a hurry, but the emperor likes to go on patrol, but he always goes to Suzhou, Songjiang, and Hangzhou, Yangzhou and Jinling are separated by a river, and the emperor just doesn't come, and he has no choice.

Now that His Majesty has finally come to Yangzhou, Liao Jingqing burst into tears with excitement and prepared for the ride early.

This time he decided to use his truest self to meet the driver, and no longer play tricks.

Hearing His Majesty's question, Liao Jingqing lowered his head and said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's kindness, let the ministers bow down here to introspect. In particular, the Lianghuai Salt Factory has completely changed the pattern of the salt industry for thousands of years, so that it is no longer difficult for the people to eat salt, and the imperial court also has an extra income.

The Hua Dynasty has a Ming monarch like His Majesty, and the people are really fortunate! Sheji is very lucky! ”

Hou Xuanyan laughed, smiled happily, and said modestly: "The Chinese have this creation, it is the will of heaven, not manpower, and I just happened to meet it." ”

Liao Jingqing is well versed in the essence of patting sycophants, sycophants should be patted but not without moderation, otherwise it is easy to get tired. And he stood there in peace, and said no more.

Hou Xuanyan said in his heart that there are always some stubborn old feudals in the DPRK and China, who often contradict themselves, so it is better to promote more such enlightened officials to Beijing.

Let those people in the court go to the place to take a walk, see their thousands of miles of prosperity like a rainbow, and let them know how magnificent their great achievements are.

The Lianghuai Salt Factory where Xiao Luoyuan worked was a factory belonging to the imperial court, monopolizing the salt, making and selling salt in Lianghuai.

As soon as Hou Xuanyan wanted to open his mouth and promote this champion who had been pressed by himself in Yangzhou for ten years, he heard a rush of footsteps outside.

After a while, Qin He stood outside the curtain and said with his fists clenched: "Your Majesty, there is a battle report from the West from Jinling. ”

Hou Xuanyan attached great importance to this expedition, and when he heard this, he said, "Quickly bring it in and let me take a look." ”

Bian Saisai walked to the door, opened the curtain and took the letter made of cloth, and unfolded it to see that it was sent back by Gu Bei.

After Gu Bei went from London to Peng Zhuze's camp, he walked back and forth in the army, playing the role of a war correspondent, recording the actions of the Western Expeditionary Army 1510 and sending it to Hou Xuanyan to see.

Zhu Linhao set fire to the island of Macalho, burning all the greenery on the island to ashes;

Peng Zhuze bombarded Amelia, 2,000 native soldiers slaughtered the city, and none remained;

Britain recruited volunteers to help Spain, but the royal family paid for it but said it was a spontaneous action of the people, and the other four countries followed suit....

Hou Xuanyan closed his eyes and pondered, the scene of chaos in Europe already had an outline in his mind, probably Peng Zhuze led his troops across the continent, and everywhere he went was killing.

This is different from what he thought, he originally thought that Europe was scattered at this time, and his sailors could be defeated one by one on an expedition to the Western Ocean.

Unexpectedly, Charles II, who seemed to be a hanger, and other European monarchs still had a little vision and knew that they would unite against themselves.

This so-called six-nation alliance, Hou Xuanyan has heard of it for a long time, and he didn't take them seriously at all.

Just kidding, in this era, six countries with different beliefs, it is strange that they can work together.

They also have the Ottoman Turkey of the Isilan religion, as well as the Catholic Britain, France, and Spain, the Protestant Netherlands, and the Orthodox Tsarist Russia.

Unlike the Han Chinese, religion has dominated the development of the European continent over the years, and different faiths and even various branches of Christianity have become enemies with each other, and they want to kill each other to be happy.

Expecting this group of people to work together against the Chinese army, Hou Xuanyan felt that it was impossible.

Liao Jingqing knew that Hou Xuanyan regarded it as a real national event, and his small things would definitely be put aside temporarily, so he was not in a hurry at the moment, and quietly waited for Hou Xuanyan to finish reading.

Hou Xuanyan's mind had already drifted to the other side of the ocean with Gu Bei's infectious words.

There, Peng Zhuze occupied the northwestern mountains of Spain, removed the cannons from the warships of the naval division, and attacked the city walls in all directions.

Zhu Linhao led Taiwanese sailors to sweep the islands in the Mediterranean, and find their invincible armada to catch and fight.

Leather Bear led Yungui soldiers and horses to conquer cities everywhere in North Africa, and the Ottoman Turks had officially declared war on China, and in this regard, they were much more domineering than the British.

The degree of dependence of the Islamic countries on Turkey varies, and Algeria, Tunisia, and Tripoli in the Maghreb region of North Africa are formally outlying provinces of Turkey, but in fact they have begun to slowly break away from Turkish control.

The Ottoman Turkish Empire army, led by the Grand Vizier (the equivalent of Prime Minister) Carla Mustafa Basha, landed from North Africa and their target was the canal.

Since the Chinese recruited blacks to dig the canal, they broke the Ottoman Turkish monopoly on the trade routes between Asia and Europe, and their income collapsed like an avalanche.

The whole country of Turkey is even more interested in the canal than they are in Vienna.

Turkey's expansion was now coming to an end, and the vast empire could not stabilize anytime soon, and they needed such canals to stabilize their rule.

Hou Xuanyan pondered the situation faced by the front-line soldiers, imagining how Peng Zhuze would respond, and before he knew it, it was already afternoon.

Hou Xuanyan simply used the wine and food on the table as a soldier and a city, and demonstrated it, only to find that the scene was indeed not optimistic.

"Let's go, go back to the palace."

Hou Xuanyan got up and left, and soon arrived at the palace in Yangzhou, Bian Yujing and Bian Min were hurriedly grinding and laying paper, Hou Xuanyan took up the pen and wrote the holy decree and sent it to India, so that the Indian governor could recruit soldiers, horses and people, and go to support the Western Expeditionary Army.

Hou Xuanyan was very worried here, but President Peng Zhuze was at ease.

After breaking Murcia, it was a smooth road.

Rubber-wheeled chariots carried 20,000 soldiers and horses to Madrid, with no cities or armies to stop them along the way.

After all these years of plunder, Spain has not remained strong, but it has really saved a lot of money.

When the Chinese army came ashore, they could get an infinite amount of gold and silver by conquering a city, which they had stolen from the Americas and Africa.

Peng Zhuze has always been generous, and this time, he was generous to the Spanish chieftain, and ordered the three armies to fight bravely to kill the enemy, and the property obtained by the Western Expeditionary Army could be kept for themselves without handing it over.

From the dispatch of troops after the New Year to the present, when the British and French volunteers have not yet arrived at the battlefield, Peng Zhuze is already approaching Madrid.

The military uniform was bright red as blood, carrying a musket on his back, with a short blade hanging from his waist, and a team of forty people formed a mandarin duck formation.

Then by countless mandarin duck arrays, a large wild goose feather array was formed, and the city was conquered as if it were entering a no-man's land.

Everywhere they went, the Spaniards had been committing a hundred years of colonial atrocities around the world, with killing and looting, and now it was finally their turn to taste it on their native soil.

Madrid is located in the middle of Spain, with the Manzanares River running through it. It is located in the middle of the Meseta Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula, in the basin of the intermountain plateau at the southeastern foot of the Guadalama Mountains, at an altitude of 670 meters.

It can be connected to the Strait of Gibraltar limited by the African continent in the south, and the Pyrenees can reach the hinterland of Europe in the north, so the geographical location is very important, and it is known as the "door of Europe" because of its strategic location in history.

In the palace, Philip IV's beard was gray, and in just a few months, he had aged a lot.

Every day, news came that the Chinese army was approaching here, and they did not expect the defenders in front of them to be so vulnerable, so they did not plan to clear the field with a strong wall.

After the Chinese army reached the hinterland, they gave up transporting grain, learned where to eat when Huo Quai, and relied on stealing Spanish food as military pay.

In front of Madrid, dozens of artillery pieces of the Chinese army were firing at Madrid, and the Spanish troops defending the city were firing from above, and the artillery battle between the two sides was in full swing.

Along the way, the Chinese army had few shells left, and it was not capable of supporting large-scale bombing.

Fortunately, they still have plenty of siege experience, perhaps because they did not consider the siege of Madrid when they first built the city, so the walls here are not very thick.

Peng Zhuze and the others rode on horses, looked at the city with a clairvoyant mirror, and after a while, they spat and scolded: "The foreign chieftain is still a little disciplined, and when we open the city gate here, we will definitely tell the sons and daughters to rest for a few days." When the time comes, we will drink in this city, so that we can live up to this expedition to the West and come here to fight thousands of miles away. ”

The army advanced one after another, and while defeating the Spanish defenders, it also suffered a lot of damage to itself, especially the physical strength of the sergeants.

Chen Bang, the deputy general next to him, frowned and said: "General, our soldiers have been fighting for two months, and if we continue to fight like this, I am afraid that we will become 'the end of the strong crossbow and cannot wear Lu Min'." ”

Peng Zhuze sneered: "Hmph, what do you mean?" ”

Chen Bang pursed his lips and said, "I'm afraid that our morale will be exhausted." ”

Although Peng Zhuze has not read the art of war, he has his own set of theories about fighting, most of which he learned from Hou Xuan's southern and northern wars. He took down the clairvoyant mirror in his hand and said in a deep voice: "We are now the time when morale is at its highest, and people must not rest at this time, as long as they relax, it is difficult to regain their mental and physical strength."

It is better to take this bird city in one go, and our brothers will defend the city, which is a good time to repair. ”

Woo ~ woo ~ woo ~, this voice is desolate, majestic, and simple, no matter how many times you listen to it, every time you hear it, it will make people's blood surge.

When a man gives birth to a five-foot body, he should fight to the death for the country, which is the most surviving thing.

More than 20,000 soldiers rushed to the head of Madrid like little ants, and Philip IV personally went to the city gates to defend the city.

Their reinforcements were coming soon, and it would be only ten days at most, and if the Chinese army could not break through Madrid within these ten days, they would be surrounded and would not want to leave for the rest of their lives.

After all, this is still on other people's territory, and the Chinese army does not have an advantage here.

In the first round of charge, the Chinese army paid for a hundred lives, and did not climb the city wall.

At the side of Philip IV, one by one, the ministers were as earth-colored as the faces, and no one wanted to be in charge until now.

At this time, a high-pitched and clear voice came, speaking in Spanish: "There are only more than 10,000 people outside the city, can't we fight out?" ”