Chapter 7 The wind and rain in all directions, the war begins
The imperial military parade continues, in addition to the elite cavalry of the Dragon and Tiger Legion led by Zhang Tongchang, there are also imperial light foot soldiers, as the imperial forbidden army, the red clothes, against the shining cold blade, but it is terrifying. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The most shocking thing is the Imperial Heavy Artillery Corps that came with the empire, the more than 20 stainless steel forged field cannons pulled by mules and horses, not only the vassal country of the Ming Dynasty, but also the Westerners who were invited to marvel.
They are different from the vassal states of the Ming Empire that are still in the age of cold weapons, these Dutch and Portuguese are all proud sons of the Age of Discovery, and strong ships and cannons are their heavy weapons to conquer the sea!
The red-coated cannons and fur machines of the Ming Empire originated from these Westerners, and the firearms displayed by the Ming Empire today are even better than them, especially the shipborne howitzers drawn by mules and horses, which make them even more ashamed.
"The Empire should ask the Ming Emperor to introduce these more advanced firearms, so that those damned Dutch people can let them go to God!"
It should be said that although the Spanish Empire was still a behemoth at this time, when the "Invincible Armada" by which Spain used to dominate the sea was annihilated by Britain, Spain's maritime superiority plummeted.
However, the loss of maritime supremacy did not mean that the Spanish Empire was in ruins, and on the Dutch question, since Philip IV succeeded to the throne, the Count of Olivares was the prime minister, and the count believed that all Spain's troubles came from the Netherlands, and made "the destruction of the United Republic of the Netherlands" a priority.
At the same time, the Spanish Empire's maritime trade began to decline, and the Dutch (Netherlands) took advantage of the situation and successively competed with Spain for maritime trade colonies.
It's just that in the face of An Kui's exclamation, someone on the side joked.
"I don't know who said that as long as 60 good soldiers are enough to conquer the whole of China."
The speaker was none other than the Dutch envoy Bassenoa, sent by Cohen, the governor of Batavia sent by the Republic of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
"You, you! Oh no, the merciful God will punish you too! Basel! ”
In the face of what the Dutch envoy Basel said, Viscount Ankui was a little angry and turned red, it turned out that the Spanish colonist Ryquel had written to the Spanish Emperor Philip II, saying that as long as sixty elite soldiers, he could conquer the entire Ming Empire.
But in the same year, Lin Feng, a Ming Dynasty Haikou who was active in Fujian, almost broke through Manila, the Spanish stronghold in the Philippines at that time, and killed Goyt, the governor of the Spanish Empire stationed in the Philippines, which greatly surprised the Habsburg Spanish Empire.
Naturally, it became a big joke that Ryquel wanted to conquer the entire Ming Dynasty with 60 elites that day, although the Spanish Empire later tried to cover it up, but there was no impermeable wall, so this matter was widely spread throughout the Age of Navigation.
According to the style of European knights, Ankui wanted Basi to duel in public to maintain the reputation of the empire, but this was the day when the Ming Emperor formed an alliance with Lin Dan Khan of the Mongol Empire.
"Haha, Viscount Anque, God, merciful lord! You damned blasphemers, Habsburg filthy a**! However, Viscount Ankui, I heard that the Ming Empire has three major fleets, and I heard that there are also steel armored iron ships, that is really amazing, compared to the three-masted sailing ship, I don't know how much more powerful, I don't know how many people you slaughtered overseas in the Ming Dynasty back then, this Ming Dynasty will send troops to Manila! ”
"No, no, what a merciful lord the emperor of the Ming Dynasty! How can you Dutch people be so filthy, the Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty once issued the "Edict to Luzon", but forgave the sins of the governor Count Acunia, you damned Dutchmen! My God! You are the devil to bring it up again! ”
But speaking of this, Viscount Ankui was obviously a little nervous, after the large-scale massacre of overseas Chinese, the Spanish Empire Manila colonists were tormented, on the one hand, they were worried that the Chinese would be too powerful and affect the colonial rule of the Spanish Empire in the Philippines, and it was rumored that the Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty was ready to send a fleet to cooperate with the local Chinese.
But on the other hand, the Spanish colonists were worried that the powerful Ming Empire would retaliate, because after Lin Feng's incident, the Spanish colonists had realized that the Ming Empire was a behemoth, and it was simply something they could compete with.
After all, Manila was too far away from the Spanish Habsburg Empire, and if the Ming army attacked, they would not have the opportunity to ask for help from the base camp, and in the midst of suffering, the Wanli Emperor sent the "Edict to Luzon".
This matter has been revealed, in the words of Emperor Wanli, it is "the great grace of the emperor, the great benevolence and righteousness of China", in layman's terms, that is, I have a large number of Ming people, and I don't care about you.
And the Wanli Emperor did this back then, but there were also reasons, one is that as the Son of China, for those who left the empire without authorization to go to the barbarians, they were untouchables who were willing to fall, and the other was because after the three major expeditions of the Wanli Dynasty at that time, the entire Ming Dynasty was already exhausted, and there was still time to care about the life and death of those 'untouchables' who were willing to fall!
But for the colonists in Manila, Spain, it is not like that, in their opinion, it must have been the Ming Dynasty that was busy with side affairs so that they would not bother with them, and now that Barcelona has brought up this matter again, it is even more in the case of the Ming Empire's strong strength, Viscount Ankui is a little weak-minded.
"Haha! Don't be so excited! Your Habsburg family is not like you, don't mention it, we in Batavia are going to make a big deal with the Ming Dynasty! ”
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Many of the envoys present did not mention the complicated attitude of the grand military parade ceremony of the Ming Dynasty here, but said that Zhu Jian left the scene first while taking advantage of the parade.
Looking for a quiet place, there is a person standing respectfully behind him.
"How?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the Dzungar tribe sent envoys to infiltrate the Trans-Khalkha mission and participate in the imperial military parade together."
Hearing what Iron Blood said, Zhu Jian had a heavy face.
A moment later, it was the Word.
"Among the Weitra Mongolia, it is the most arrogant and domineering of the Dzungar department, and now it is a bigger family, here I did not invite the Weitra tribe to come because of Lin Dan Khan, but this Dzungar behavior like this, it seems that things have changed quite a lot, before I just heard that the old Khan of Dzungar Hara Khura is very old, and his tribe mostly relies on his son Batur, I heard that this Batur is very ambitious, it seems that this matter should need to make a good living."
"Then Your Majesty, but you want to send this Dzungar envoy."
Speaking of this, the iron-blooded guard wiped his neck and made a decapitation shape.
"No, just watch it, don't startle the snake! Pass the order, if it is my will, those who act without permission, kill! By the way, send more people to nail these Dzungars with me! ”
"Yes!"