The days passed, and the time passed minute by minute.

In a blink of an eye, Zhao Hongyu spent a month of leisure time in Egypt, and then he took his wives and concubines to start his return journey.

Yes, he's going back to America.

After all, the American continent is where his foundation lies, and as long as the American continent is managed well, then he can have no worries.

Besides, although he did not go to too many countries on this trip to Europe, Zhao Hongyu's basic purpose has been achieved.

Therefore, there is no need for him to continue to do nothing here.

The construction of supermarkets and concessions on the Egyptian side is already underway.

It will take at least a year for everything to start working here.

Therefore, there is not much need for him to stay.

However, he still left behind 800 genetic warriors, and they were ready to be stationed when the concession was almost under construction.

This is also to support Abdullah and at the same time ensure his own interests in the Egyptian concession.

If you don't have a reliable armed force, God knows what will happen to you.

Eight hundred people doesn't seem like much, but for Zhao Hongyu at this stage, it is enough.

If there are too many Gene Man soldiers left, it will cause protests from the Ottoman Empire or the Egyptian royal family.

Anyway, it's just a matter of increasing it slowly in the future.

As the Song Empire slowly became stronger, all of this could be expanded.

In this way, Zhao Hongyu took everyone and boarded the Sea King to start the return journey.

By the time Zhao left Alexandria, Cairo, Egypt, Mary on the French side had already begun to send her newly recruited troops and begin to assemble on the Spanish border.

The movements of the French alerted the Spaniards, and they also began to deploy troops in response.

At the same time, the Holy Roman Empire, sensing the intentions of the French, also began to mobilize troops on the southern borders of France.

As long as there is something wrong with the French. Then the army of the Holy Roman Empire will unceremoniously rush into the territory of France.

The clouds of war loomed over the tripartite kingdom.

However, this move by the French helped the Protestant coalition forces.

Although the Protestant coalition defeated the early offensive of the Spaniards with the new tactics learned from the American continent.

But the Protestant coalition also had a weakness.

That is, their army is too small in number.

As a result, although they gained a temporary advantage, they were unable to expand their gains.

For this reason, the Protestants and Spaniards formed a military confrontation in the Netherlands and began a long campaign.

And the power of the church is still huge in this day and age. The Protestant coalition began to slowly gain the upper hand.

Because of their economic and military inferiority, it is quite normal that they are now at a disadvantage.

But the sudden action of the French made the Spaniards in the confrontation panic at once.

The Spaniards were in disarray, and the Church coalition was fluctuating.

At this moment, it gave the Protestant coalition a chance to breathe, and their pressure was suddenly reduced a lot.

Subsequently, envoys from various countries traveled to France and had frequent contacts with the French royal family, hoping to get accurate information from Mary.

Know the way. The Thirty Years' War had only just begun, and the French had not yet made it clear which side they were on.

But for the allied forces of the Church and the Protestants, the French had the power to influence the war of the Celestial Scales.

No matter whose side it is on, the scales of war will begin to tilt.

This is necessary for both parties.

It's no wonder that the two sides are so nervous. Frequent contact with the French royal family.

The Church also sent people to France in the hope of persuading France not to join the Protestant coalition.

But the French are not at all interested in the church.

Because everybody knows what kind of virtue the Taoist church is.

Although the war had not yet begun, the troubles of the Spaniards were far from so.

Except that the French could start a war against themselves. The Portuguese puppet regime under its annexation and control also had a lot of crises and troubles.

In Portugal, a rebellion group called the Knights of Sadalus emerged. In recent times, this group has set off a storm of uprisings against the Spaniards in Portugal.

Although the Spaniards sent troops to suppress them, these rebels were like weeds, eradicating one wave and then another, and there was no end to it.

The turmoil on the Portuguese side has held back a lot of experience for the Spaniards.

Today's Spaniards are overwhelmed with copies.

First of all, the Spanish army in the Netherlands had to fight against the Protestant coalition.

The French were massing heavy forces on the border, and the Spaniards were sending troops to resist and respond.

At the same time, there was turmoil in Portugal in the backyard, which caused the Spanish military power to shrink.

That is, a little insufficient.

Three-front warfare, this is an absolute taboo.

The Spaniards had thought of withdrawing their troops from the Netherlands and sending them to Portugal to suppress the rebellion.

But the Holy Roman Empire and the Church did not agree.

The reason is simple, the Spanish legions are now particularly important in the Netherlands, they are the main force against the Protestant coalition.

If Spain had withdrawn from the Netherlands, the Protestant coalition would have defeated the other ecclesiastical armies and won.

This is something that the church does not want to see.

Therefore, this idea of the Spaniards was dispelled only as soon as they had it.

It is important to know that the current ruler of Spain is an absolutely devout believer in the Church.

And as a king, he was also crowned by the recognition of the church.

Therefore, he had to dedicate his strength to the church.

At the same time, without the support of the Church, Spain would not have been able to annex Portugal smoothly.

Therefore, the king of Spain did not dare to offend the power of the church.

Besides, the Church planted churches and sent priests all over Europe.

People in the neighborhood would always go to the church to pray, and some of these unknown secrets would be known by the priests, and then they would be written down and sent to the Vatican.

I have to say that the church is very clever and they use the method of 'confession'. Collect tons of untold secrets.

Among them, there are the secret records of the King of Spain.

These secret records must never be passed on.

Otherwise, his throne will be precarious.

Of course, the church could not have threatened him with such a record.

However, the church can easily find some parties as proof, after all, everyone is repentant, isn't it?

So, for the church, it was a breeze to find the witnesses who were involved.

Arguably. The Church was one of the earliest intelligence gatherers, and it was a successful organization.

And this means of the Church is not clear to Europeans in this era.

In this regard, the Europeans are far inferior to Zhao Hongyu on the American continent.

Zhao Hongyu and the others have long seen through this method of the church, so even if they die, they will not go to the church to repent and tell the secrets in their hearts.

Even if the secret is rotten in the stomach.

Sometimes, you want to tell the secrets of your heart, or the evil deeds you have done, and talk to others.

That's how you can make it easy for yourself. without being too hesitant.

The talents of the church have taken advantage of this.

You don't see, in the blockbuster of the United States, there will always be some criminals who go to church to pray. Tell me what you've done before.

Those priests will only collect and aggregate this information and send it to the Vatican.

And not to the government.

For they are to keep this information when it is most advantageous. For their own benefit.

Zhao Hongyu: They are very clear about this.

The king of Spain had such a handle in the hands of the church, so he obediently complied.

Spanish Corps in the Netherlands. Remain there to confront the Protestant coalition forces.

However, the Church promised Spain that it would put pressure on France so that France would not make too many moves and actions.

Unfortunately, what the church did not know was that the French had reached an agreement with Zhao Hongyu and received a lot of financial support from Zhao Hongyu.

So, how could the French listen to the church?

The so-called pressure of the church is nothing more than verbal intimidation.

The French are not afraid of this at all.

Because Mary knew that all the strength of the church was now focused on dealing with Protestantism.

Now the Church has no extra strength to deal with France.

Although the Holy Roman Empire, the most loyal country to the Church, still has 200,000 troops as a reserve.

But Zhao Hongyu promised the French that he would contain the Holy Roman Empire to buy time for the French and Portuguese rebellions.

Today, the French port of Marseille is filled with merchant ships from the Dutch to the Swedish, the French themselves and the British.

And the ships were carrying soldiers from the Song Imperial Army sent by Manhattan.

Although the number is not very large, only 10,000.

However, this 10,000 people is enough to reassure the French.

After all, the Song Empire sent troops over to tell the French that they were abiding by the agreement.

In this way, the French are also going to start doing their duty, aren't they?

It's just that the French don't know that these 10,000 soldiers of the Song Empire are already the limit.

The Song Empire would never send troops to Europe again.

For the sake of this 10,000-strong army, Zhang Tie and Song Hu worked hard to make it up.

After all, it takes a lot of money to cultivate genetic people, right?

The Church continued to intimidate the French, but to no avail.

When the Song soldiers arrived in Marseille, they immediately set out to camp on the border between the Holy Roman Empire and France in the south, much to the surprise of both the Church and the Holy Roman Empire.

They don't know when the French will still be in contact with the Americas, and they can also get the Song Empire to send troops.

A gloom hung over the Church and the Holy Roman Empire, and they sensed that something was wrong.

And Rano, which was hidden near Lisbon, gathered all the strength of the Satdarus Knights at this time.

The assault on the city of Lisbon began. (To be continued.) )