Chapter 1607: Opportunity
Not to mention the return of Shi Lang and Wu Xing, the news of the Ming Empire's fleet attacking Manzanillo reached Mexico City.
This news was like a bomb, it really scared the governor of Mexico, Joaquín, originally Joaquín thought that in Mexico only need to deal with the pressure of England and France, anyway, now the three countries occupy different territories, in a short time, Mexico will not have any problems in the hands of the Spaniards, Spain's status and rights in Mexico are unshakable, he only needs to lie in bed and count the money, who would have thought, without any warning, the fleet of the Ming Empire actually launched an attack on Manzanillo, Although this time the Ming Empire returned in vain, who knows what will happen next time?
This time only a dozen warships were dispatched, and the Ming Empire was able to defeat the Spanish and Dutch Far Eastern Fleets in the South Seas, which means that there are definitely more than a dozen warships in hand, and ten or so ships will not be able to stop it.
No, it must be reported to the mainland immediately, and His Majesty the King must decide!
Joaquín did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent a fleet back to Spain to deliver the news to the mainland.
From Mexico City to Spain, more than 2,000 nautical miles apart, all the way, without any delay, it will take nearly a month to return to Spain, this is still the reason why the Spaniards often travel back and forth to the Atlantic, and they are very familiar with the route.
The news soon returned home and was sent to the Spanish royal palace.
"What, the Ming fleet of dozens of warships has launched an attack on Mexico?"
Felipe IV, the king of Spain, who got the news, was shocked, Mexico, I don't know how far it is from the Ming Empire, why did the Ming Empire go to such great lengths to attack Mexico? You must know that on the boundless Pacific Ocean, there is often a desert island that cannot be seen for thousands of miles, the wind and waves are high, and the conditions are so harsh, it is too difficult to reach Mexico safely, and there is really a Ming Empire to attack Mexico......
"Your Majesty, the letter was written by Joaquín himself, there will be absolutely no mistake, Manzanillo's fleet suffered heavy losses, almost annihilated, the flowering cannons of the Ming army, brought great damage to Manzanillo, not only that, the city of Vallarta was almost looted by the angry Ming fleet......"
Admiral Puyol said in a deep voice.
"What to do? What to do? ”
Felipe IV had a trace of panic in his voice, not long after Spain had just suffered a defeat in the South Seas, the Dutch joined forces with the Spaniards, and even recruited nearly 100,000 local indigenous troops, but they were unable to stop the invasion of the Ming Empire, the fleets of the two countries were defeated, and the whole army was wiped out, such a strong strength, if the Ming Empire insisted on taking Mexico, then the Kingdom of Spain would definitely not be able to stop it, the Ming Empire was too powerful!
"Your Majesty, it's not all bad......"
Puyol whispered.
Felipe IV's heart shook and asked, "Duke Puyol, what do you mean?" ”
Duke Puyol said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, think about it, the Ming Empire's attack on Mexico threatens not only the interests of the Spaniards, but now it can be said that the entire Americas are under the threat of the Ming Empire's fleet, the Ming Empire's fleet can attack Mexico, it can attack Argentina, it can attack the east coast of North America, it can attack Suriname, and the colonies of all Western countries in the Americas may be attacked by the Ming Empire!" If it is only us that is attacked, the Western countries will definitely ignore it, but once the colonies of other countries are threatened, they will definitely not sit idly by, and the Americas, every Western country has huge interests there! ”
The sadness on Felipe IV's face suddenly disappeared, and he said urgently: "Duke Puyol, you mean that we can unite Western countries to besiege the Ming Empire?" But ......"
Felipe IV thought of the predicament in front of him, and his face suddenly darkened: "Duke Puyol, you don't know, now the Western countries are fighting each other, and even hostile to each other, just the contradiction between the Dutch and the English, the contradiction between the Dutch and the French, the contradiction between the English and the French, it is difficult to reconcile, some time ago, several of our countries have successively sent envoys to try to unite against the Ming Empire, but because they have their own ghosts, no one will give in, everyone is scattered, Even if a combined fleet is formed, each fighting separately, when it comes to the Ming Empire, it will only be destroyed, not to mention, even the joint dispatch of troops has become a huge problem, and the countries can't pee in a pot at all......"
Duke Pujol sneered: "Your Majesty, in the past, everyone couldn't pee in a pot, it was really a conflict of interests, but now it's different, the Americas have been touched by the fleet of the Ming Empire, they won't let go of this piece of fat, the current emperor of the Ming Empire is not a good stubble, insatiable, just half a month ago, news came from the Tsarist Russia, a cavalry of the Ming Empire fought across the Ural Mountains from the far east in one go, and the front was only a few hundred miles away from Moscow, In the end, Mikhailovich was forced to sign an alliance under the city, and all the areas east of the Ural Mountains became the territory of the Ming Empire, Mihailovich not only spit out all the territories that he had occupied for decades, but also took tens of millions of taels of silver, and now more than 20 million square miles of land in the Americas appeared in front of the eyes of the Ming Empire, and the Ming Emperor could bear it? As long as the Ming Empire wants to do it, then the Western countries have no way out, only to unite a way to go, fight alone, whether it is the Dutch or the English are not the opponents of the Ming Empire, and now the population of the Ming Empire alone has exceeded 150 million! ”
Felipe IV nodded again and again, Puyol's analysis is very reasonable, the Ming Empire will never let go of this fertile land in the Americas, as long as he spreads the news, whether it is the English or the Dutch, they will definitely not be able to sit still, it is enough to make the entire Western Ocean have a huge shock, maybe, this is the only opportunity for countries to unite!
"Well, in that case, then immediately send envoys to the Netherlands, Portugal, England, and France, inform them of this information, and propose that the four countries unite again, and convene a meeting in Amsterdam to prepare to continue the matter of organizing a combined fleet expedition!"