Chapter 467: The Situation in Europe (Three Changes!) )
Today, Madrid, the capital of Spain, has been breached, and the French occupy the Spanish capital.
When the Portuguese saw this result, they were not very satisfied, but they could only accept it.
With Portugal's current strength, it is very unrealistic to turn the other cheek with the French.
At least, the Portuguese now occupy more than a third of the land area of the Spaniards, which is much larger than the original Portuguese territory.
It takes time for the Portuguese to digest these lands alone, right?
And now the success of the uprising is not only the restoration of the country, but also the expansion of the country's territory.
With the fall of the Spanish Empire came various struggles for power and profit in the rebel organizations.
These problems alone are enough to give the Portuguese a headache.
Fortunately, the first and second figures in the Portuguese rebel army had the support of the Song Empire in the Americas.
And with their relationship, they could borrow money from the Song Empire to stabilize the domestic economy of Portugal, so the position of the two is still very strong.
However, the struggle for power among those below has made it impossible for the Portuguese army to continue fighting.
Therefore, they can now watch the French and take the biggest piece of cake as a last resort.
Moreover, the Portuguese and the French were now faced with the demarcation of the border and the beginning of the liquidation of the Spanish crown and the remnants of the army, so that they could completely occupy Spain.
At the same time, both Spain and France had to face pressure and reproach from the countries of Europe, as well as trouble on the part of the Church.
Yes, after the fall of the Spanish Emperor, the strength of the French rose greatly.
And even the Portuguese became an emerging power.
This is not good news for the rest of Europe.
However, the eastern countries of Europe are still mired in the Dutch War, and they cannot take care of the French and Portuguese.
But if they support the Spanish crown. It's a bit of a tricky thing to do.
So, now the Spanish royal family must be found and then detained.
That's the most important thing.
The Church, for its part, was also reluctant to see the French and Portuguese rise up, as it would do the Church no good.
First of all, France has always been at odds with the Church, and has not treated Jiaohong as respectfully as the Spaniards.
Therefore, after the rise of the French, they did not benefit the church at all, but made the church have one more strong enemy.
The same goes for the Portuguese.
So, for the Spanish Empire the capital was conquered. In the absence of the royal family's whereabouts, the Church united with the governments of the small group and issued a statement saying that it did not support the occupation of Spain by the French and Portuguese, and demanded that they immediately withdraw their troops and cede the Spanish land.
For such a statement, neither the French nor the Portuguese accepted it.
It's very unrealistic to eat the meat in your mouth and spit it out because you scream twice.
In these days, everything is based on strength, and your church wants to get things done just by talking about it. That's really unlikely.
Unless the Church gathers a large army and defeats France and Portugal, it will be possible to help the Spanish crown return to its original state.
But the Holy Roman Empire, now controlled by the Church, has been dragged to death in the eastern border of France by the American Volunteers. There was no way to help the Spaniards at all.
Therefore, the Church could only watch as the Spanish capital was captured, and the whereabouts of the royal family were unknown after they fled.
When the church faced such a situation, it was really painful.
None of them. Because the Spaniards are definitely the gold medal fighters under the Church, and they still belong to the category of bringing their own dry food on call.
With such a comfortable little brother suddenly gone, the boss of the church must be unhappy.
There will be disobedient people in the future. Even if there is no younger brother, does the church still have authority?
This is a very real problem.
However, the army could not break through to the eastern borders of France and could not help the Spaniards at all.
At the same time, the army of the Church military group was also confronting the Protestant coalition forces in the Netherlands.
There was simply no way to spare more troops to help the Spaniards.
Therefore, now the church can only shout twice in a rage, hoping to frighten the French and Portuguese.
But the problem is that it's better to use your mouth than your fist these days, so the church's abacus can't be played at all.
Mary also recognized the current situation, and she knew very well that the church today was just two calls, and they could not take any actual action.
The military standoff in the Netherlands looks like it will be a long time before it ends, and the American Volunteer Army on France's eastern border has withstood the Roman Empire's military attack.
So, for a long time, France will be safe.
Therefore, all the French had to do now was to hurry up and conclude a new alliance with the Portuguese. Build an offensive and defensive alliance, then demarcate the borders, freeing up your hands to clean up the remnants of the Spanish military and secure the newly conquered lands.
After the end of the war in the Netherlands, the French and Portuguese will be able to deal with the counterattack of the Church coalition with all their might.
If you think about it with your ass, the Church will certainly not let Spain fall like this.
The French and Portuguese are strong, and it is not good for the Church or the nations of Europe.
Even the Protestant coalition countries did not want to see such a situation.
Although the French and Portuguese attacked Spain, they also helped the Protestant coalition and made them feel less pressure in the Netherlands.
But in the spirit of balancing the interests of the countries, the Protestant coalition countries did not want to see a superpower in Europe.
France was originally a large country, but now that it owns half of Spain, its territory has expanded considerably.
There is already a vague trend towards the great powers of Europe.
This is something that no one wants to see.
The British are most concerned about this situation.
As an island nation separated from the European continent, the British fear the most is the emergence of a superpower on the European continent.
This is definitely not a good thing for the British.
Therefore, the British actively engaged with the Church and the Protestant side, and began to lobby for a truce in the Netherlands.
The Israeli side freed up the ecclesiastical military bloc to clean up the French and Portuguese.
Even the British had stopped naval battles with the Dutch in the North Sea, and had reduced their forces to prepare for an attack on the French coast, as well as the Portuguese coast.
The Church and Protestant coalition did not reply to the British's proposal. Because for the time being, both sides have a concern.
Until there is no unity of thought, the plans of the British are unlikely to be realized.
First of all, the Netherlands now looks like a draw, but there are many reasons for this.
The attack on the Spanish mainland led to the disadvantage of the Spanish corps in the Netherlands, which was one thing.
At the same time, the armies of the Holy Roman Empire were supposed to support the war in the Netherlands, but because of the Spaniards, they attacked France instead.
However, it was defeated by the American Volunteers, and the soldiers suffered great losses.
These things. It is not impossible for the Protestant coalition not to understand.
If these two conditions had not existed, the Protestant coalition might have been defeated long ago.
How could they still be in a military confrontation with the church group in the Netherlands?
It's impossible to think about it with your ass.
It can be said that it was the French and the Portuguese and the American Support Army that saved them.
Now the Spaniards have been crippled, the capital has been lost, and there is no news of the flight of their royal heads.
This was a good thing for the Protestant coalition side.
However, considering that France was strong and would have a bad factor for the Protestant coalition, they were now also entangled in whether they should agree to the British demands.
After all, if they agreed to the proposal of the British. Truce in the Netherlands.
Then the church military bloc will be able to free up their hands to clean up the French and Portuguese.
But after the defeat of the French and Portuguese, it must have turned back that their Protestant coalition was about to face war again.
By that time, there was no help from the French and Portuguese. Relying on the Protestant coalition alone, these people could never be worthy of the attack of the rendezvous military group.
It is precisely because of this situation that the countries of the Protestant coalition are very entangled.
Unlike the Protestant coalition, the military blocs of the Church agreed with the British's proposal.
But. They also have a couple of issues to solve on their side.
That is, first of all, to find the Spanish royal family.
In this way, they will be able to send troops in a righteous name.
When the time comes, after helping the Spaniards defeat the French and the Portuguese. The Spaniards can also give military spending, don't they.
Otherwise, they will find someone to go to for military spending.
Fighting for nothing, an idiot wouldn't do such a thing.
In addition, if you want to deal with the French and Portuguese, then you need to make an armistice with the Protestant coalition.
That's the main thing.
Fighting on two fronts, the Church military bloc does not yet have such military strength.
Especially when the Spanish capital was captured, the royal family lost news, and the tens of thousands of troops of the Holy Roman Empire on the eastern border of France were defeated by the American Volunteers.
A new battle plan is developed, and the Holy Roman Empire has to re-recruit troops and find a way to deal with the American Volunteer Army guarding their location.
In addition, how many troops to send and who will be the first to supply materials are all issues that need to be considered and solved.
If these problems are not solved, how can it be possible to turn the muzzle.
The British also knew that these situations did need to be resolved, so even if they were anxious, there was no other way.
Now that the British colonies in the Americas have been completely lost, they continue to have to find some of their own sources of income.
Therefore, Portugal and France are a good choice.
The British intended to help the Church military group, defeated the Protestant coalition, and then supplemented the domestic economy with new colonies from the Portuguese and French.
As for the Song Empire in the Americas, the British did not dare to offend.
Not to mention the Atlantic Ocean alone, the sharp warships and army of the Song Empire were enough for the British to drink a pot.
The British, who have suffered many losses, are much smarter, and they don't want to think about the Americas at all now.
As long as the Song Empire existed in the Americas, Britain also knew that it would be impossible for the Song Empire to gain a foothold.
Of course, now they don't want it because they know that they are weak and not as strong as the Song Empire.
But they felt that if they could unite with other European countries against the Song Empire, wouldn't it be easier?
After all, the British still have their own plans.
It's just that they can't say this plan yet, and what they have to do now is to first establish a good relationship with the church and plan this matter step by step.
The Song Empire was plotting to seize the Caribbean, and the British had gotten the news.
The British were very happy with the news.
This was not for the Song Empire, but because the Song Empire not only seized the Caribbean colonies of the Spaniards, but also the Dutch.
In this way, the Song Empire offended even the Dutch.
And about the church in Manhattan, the British also got the news.
Well, it's not just the Dutch who have offended, but now even the underground 'patristic' churches in Europe.
In this way, the Song Empire is still good?
The British couldn't help but rejoice.
Obviously, the Song Empire had an agreement with the French and the Portuguese to take Spain and divide it.
The Song Empire seized the colonial interests of the Spaniards in the Caribbean, and everyone took what they wanted.
It's just unexpected that the Song Empire has a great appetite.
It not only seized the colonial interests of the Spaniards in the Caribbean, but also drove the British out of the country and seized the Dutch colony.
This courage is not ordinarily big, and his appetite is not ordinarily strong.
And if the Song Empire did this, it would definitely offend the Dutch.
In turn, let the Dutch accept the proposal of the British themselves.
What's more, now that the Dutch are on the rise at sea, the future coachmen of the sea are already on the rise.
If it weren't for the flapping of the wings of Zhao Hongyu, a little butterfly, which led to some deviations in history, it would have been impossible for the Dutch to fall into the hands of the Song Empire if they wanted to be colonized in the Caribbean.
But at this point, what else is there to say?
For a time, all the countries of Europe had some changes because of the occupation and partition of Spanish territory.
The Dutch War, which had to be fought for many years, is now showing signs of an armistice.
Of course, if there is a real truce, there is still a lot to be done.
However, with the coordination of the British, these things should be resolved soon.
Because the British are right, if everyone delays so much longer, then the French and Portuguese will be able to digest the Spanish territory, and it will not be so easy to deal with them at that time.
Now is the right time to deal with them, as they have just taken over the Spanish land, and some of the Spaniards are still revolting...... (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )