As the saying goes, some people are happy and some people are sad.

While the Protestant coalition was breathing, the Portuguese and French were nervous.

The 100,000-strong army of the Church coalition broke through from three parts of eastern France in three parts.

Although the French had been prepared for this, they were taken aback by the other side.

Fortunately, the French army was not vegetarian either, and after losing a small area, the situation finally stabilized.

In three areas of eastern France, the offensive momentum of the Church side was stopped, and a standoff began.

And the French cities connecting the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea were also frequently attacked by the allied fleets of the Church side, and the troubles from the sea and land made the French anxious.

The Portuguese were relatively easy, as they only had to face a naval attack from the British.

After learning that the Church had begun to attack, the British, who had been despised by the Church and the entire European continent, suddenly came back to their senses.

Because of the presence of the Portuguese, the sea route from the Mediterranean to Africa has been blocked, which is a great headache for the British.

Now, the British intend to take advantage of this opportunity to open up sea routes to Africa without more shipping lanes under Portuguese control.

As for the chaos in Europe, the British don't care.

All they care about is their own interests.

Of course, the excuse of the British was to help the Church side, attacking the Portuguese so that they could not help the French.

But the Church, which knew the English, and Portugal and France, despised it.

Damn, if you want to take advantage of the chaos, you just say take advantage.

But I have to make an excuse for myself.

It can be seen that the island country is full of liars and thieves, which is not unreasonable.

Although the Europeans once again despised themselves, the British ignored it.

They were so engrossed in fighting with the Portuguese at sea that it was as if they had taken Viagra.

Fortunately, Portugal is not under as much pressure as the French. And the British also consumed a lot of naval military strength some time ago, so the Portuguese who had just returned to the country could deal with it.

Even, while dealing with the British, the Portuguese organized an army of 20,000 men to go to the conflict zone between France and the Church to provide reinforcements to the French.

The Portuguese also understood the truth, and with the persuasion of the envoys of the Zhao and Song Empires in Lisbon, the reinforcements of the Portuguese must have appeared.

A legion of 20,000 people, not too much, no less.

In the East, it may not be nothing.

But it's on the European continent.

The military strength of the French in the three eastern regions was only 70,000 in total.

An army of 100,000 against the church. There are still some disadvantages.

The French did not have such a small army, but only a third of the army was stationed in the land of the former Spain to maintain law and order and strangle those who resisted.

In this way, the French had fewer land forces.

Now, with 20,000 army reinforcements from the Portuguese, the French breathed a sigh of relief.

The pressure has also become a little less.

At the same time, because of the food and weapons of the Zhao and Song empires, there was also economic assistance. As long as the French can withstand the early attack of the church, then the rest will be much smoother.

You see, the Church and the Habsburg princely states, but there is no help.

They fought with the Protestant coalition for so long. The economies of various countries have long been ruined, and the people are miserable.

This time, they are still fighting on two fronts, and the economy is even worse.

If it weren't for the church this iron rooster. If you take out private money to subsidize it, in fact, this army will not be able to be formed at all.

Fortunately, the iron rooster was shrewd once, and it was not so dim.

I saw that the situation was not good. If they continue to do this, they will probably be doomed.

This time, the church also made a lot of money, constantly buying a large amount of grain and other supplies from Egypt and Turkey, gritting its teeth and fighting with the French.

And because the French had the continuous material aid support of Zhao Song, they also fought well in the face of the fierce three-way army of the church.

Even if it was actually carried out in France, and many small villages and towns were destroyed by the war, the French did not care.

Mary also thought about it, the villages and towns were destroyed and destroyed, and when the time came, it was enough to borrow money from Zhao Song and rebuild it, as long as there was money, everything was not a problem.

Mary's idea is that when the time comes, she will be a little wronged by the Zhao Song Empire.

It's just that the Zhao Song Empire is really an idiot, is it really a big wrong?

Obviously, this is completely impossible.

Louis XIII Jr. traveled to the Americas to sign a large number of secret agreements, including loans for loans.

Although these agreements were not made public at this time, they were revealed hundreds of years later.

The French signed a large number of agreements, including treaties to give many ports to the Zhao and Song empires to establish concessions, and also treaties to help the Zhao and Song empires when they entered Europe in the future.

More often than not, it's a couple of seemingly unreasonable jumps.

For example, if the Zhao and Song Empires attacked Egypt or Turkey in the future, the French would send troops to offset the arrears.

Or after Europe stabilized, when the Zhao Song Empire attacked the African coast, the French also had to send a fleet to help.

It can be seen that in the future, the French will simply become Zhao Song's servant army.

These treaties were complained about by some extremists in the French region, a later European province.

However, the circumstances faced by the French in this era forced them to sign these treaties.

Besides, these treaties did not harm them either, France's interests were not.

That's an absolute gesture of generosity.

Therefore, Louis XIII the younger, who had been authorized by Mary, after thinking for a long time that it was not harmful to France, signed them one by one.

After borrowing so much money and materials from other people, it's not impossible to help in the future, isn't it a normal thing?

It's just that Louis XIII Jr. and Marie couldn't have imagined that France in the future would actually be smashed into a servant army and mercenary by the Zhao and Song Empires with money.

And after losing the right to trade at sea, France could not talk about its rise at all.

Of course, that's all years away.

The war that is taking place on the European continent before our eyes. Under the control and promotion of the Zhao Song Empire, it will definitely not end so early.

Europe is in chaos, which is good for the Zhao and Song empires, isn't it.

And those who have the same idea as the Zhao and Song empires, there are also the British.

It's just that, compared with the Zhao and Song Empires, the British at this time were more like clowns.

They are not as rebellious as the Zhao and Song Empires.

Moreover, the plans and ideas of the British had already seriously clashed with the Song Empire.

Under the planning of the empire, the interests of Africa are already their own.

Now, all the empire lacks is population and time. Therefore, how can it be possible to look at the hands of the British for no reason.

This is absolutely impossible.

Therefore, under the guidance of the Lisbon Concession, a large amount of money began to pour into Portugal, and the construction of old warships for Portugal began to fight the British.

The old battleship is good, it just needs to be able to hold off the British.

As for defeating the British, it was not needed.

For Portugal, the Song Empire also had to guard against whether it was right or not.

The worst is the Zhao Song Empire, but this practice of the Zhao Song Empire has won the gratitude of the Portuguese.

I have to say. This is really a big irony.

Because of Zhao Hongyu's plans in Europe earlier, there are now many more concessions in the coastal cities of France and Portugal.

These concessions, in addition to bringing huge profits to the Song Empire, exploited the wealth of Europeans. It also brought a lot of good things to Europeans.

Snow-white sugar, fine salt, and plenty of thirteen spices, as well as a wide variety of fresh vegetables and fruits. Greatly enriched the recipes of Europeans.

At the same time, the Europeans plundered a large amount of silver and gold from the Americas more than a hundred years ago, and also returned to the American continent through the concession and entered the pocket of the Song Empire.

Just when the French and the church were stumbling. In the major concessions of the Zhao and Song Empires, they also began to form mercenary groups in a big way, in case of emergency.

The situation of the Zhao and Song Empire's formation of mercenaries in the concession certainly alerted the Portuguese and French.

However, after the formation of these corps in the concession, it was made clear to the Portuguese and French governments that they could be leased to them as long as they had the money.

It's all about the money.

Such an attitude made Portugal and France feel a little more at ease.

Moreover, now was the time when a large number of soldiers were needed, so Portugal and France immediately agreed to the mercenary plan of the concession.

Besides, the Portuguese and French are still counting on assistance.

If this incident offends the Zhao and Song Empires and leads to the cutting off of aid, it will be more than worth the loss.

Besides, although the concession formed mercenaries, they limited their number.

At most, 6,000 mercenary regiments were recruited in each concession, and the slogans were also to maintain law and order in the concessions and prevent attacks from the church.

Therefore, although they were vigilant, Portugal and France turned a blind eye to the mercenary group's sake.

Besides, these mercenaries were all Europeans, not people from the Song Empire on the American continent.

With this in mind, Portugal and France will certainly not be in a difficult situation.

At least, now Portugal and France do not see any ill will in the Zhao and Song Empires.

If there is malice, they won't show it.

On the border between France and the Holy Roman Empire, 8,000 American volunteers were still stationed here.

It was precisely because of the existence of this volunteer army that a large number of Holy Roman Empire troops were contained.

Because of last year's conflict, the army of the Holy Roman Empire suffered a great loss.

Therefore, when they faced the American Volunteer Army again, they were extremely cautious.

It was because of this caution and caution that they missed an opportunity to defeat the French. (To be continued......)