"The crazy Portuguese defeated army died out of the city. In fact, if the Portuguese soldiers did not lose so badly against the 2,000 Ming soldiers, if they were properly dispatched, it was not impossible to defeat the Ming army, but after the victory, the Portuguese soldiers despised the Ottomans extremely much, and they did not expect that there were still Ming troops in the city.

Admiral Bobby's blue eyes were bleeding. He cursed in a low voice, and then those Ming troops also rushed out and pursued the defeated soldiers. Bobby hurriedly said to the adjutant, "Go, pick them up."

"Yes." The adjutant hurriedly ordered to go. Several small and medium-sized Portuguese warships broke away. Head to the coast.

The soldiers were cautious, and as soon as they saw the Portuguese fleet heading towards the coast, they immediately retreated back to the city.

After this battle, the Portuguese lost more than 1,200 soldiers, more than 9,000 people arrived, after two battles, only more than 6,000 people remained, and the loss of more than one-third, two or three thousand casualties may be nothing for the Ottomans, the Ming Dynasty and other manpower powers, but for the Portuguese Golya, it is a great loss, Admiral Bobby can almost imagine the face of the Admiralty after the return of the Admiralty, and he may only be able to retire early to pack up the guy and prepare to go back to the manor in the countryside, He may face a court-martial.

It's just that where did these Han people come from? Bobby almost had his head broken, and he could never have expected that the Han Chinese had arrived in the Mediterranean, and that there was an army stationed there, which, according to the reports of the defeated Portuguese who had been ambushed, were not many in number, only two of them.

Bobby didn't care about these two thousand people. But there was one question that scared him out of a cold sweat. If the Han people can go to Port Abu Sultan, can't they go to Cairo and not to Alexandria? Port Abu Sudan can garrison 2,000 people, so how many can Cairo station? How much power is there in the whole Egyptian Ming Dynasty?

This question startled him, according to this calculation, then the whole of Egypt has at least 10,000 to 10,000 Ming troops stationed, and these well-trained Ming troops are no better than those Ottomans. In Europe, there have been good people who have made a ranking of the world's army, and in the end it is concluded that the Ming army in the east is the most terrible, and the reasons listed are also very convincing, after all, there are more and more exchanges between the East and the West, not only commercial exchanges, in the Ming Dynasty, there are even some Europeans who have done officials, and in Europe, the Ming Dynasty has also sent military training officers to help, of course, most of the reasons are allies.

Therefore, someone made a conclusion that in terms of weapons, the firearms of the Ming were at least on a par with the Dutch. In some respects, it is even higher, especially in artillery, short-lock thugs, etc., in terms of even fire, the Dutch have recently caught up, but for other countries, it is impossible to even fire to be fully equipped, often a company, there are more than a dozen fire, most of the rest are still backward breech or rear-loading muskets, in terms of weapons alone, the ranking is the Ming and the Dutch are tied, followed by France, Spain, Austria, Portugal, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Ottoman Empire.

Of course, this ranking raised the level of weapons of the Dutch only because in the eyes of Europeans. The weapons produced by the Dutch should be the most modern For the Ming Dynasty, most people only see the tip of the iceberg, otherwise the new artillery alone, the Ming Dynasty is enough to become a leader. And the Russians did not count either. There is a strong sense of superiority over Russia, Western and Southern Europe, and even Eastern Europe, and for the time being, at least for now, the Russians are nothing more than a bunch of country turtles, belonging to the category of barbarians, and although Russia has made alliances with the Dutch, Austrians, and Portuguese Golyas, it has not in any way enhanced any of their influence in the west of Eastern Europe.

In addition, there is also the aspect of military discipline, in this era, the discipline of the army is not as strict as that of later generations. Military discipline is most manifested in the execution of orders and strict training, and in Europe today, there is no compulsory military service system, and it is still a conscription system. In this regard, the ranking is still the highest in the Dutch, and the Ming is close behind, the French and Portuguese are tied for third, the Spaniards are fourth, the Ottoman Empire is fifth, needless to say, the bottom is naturally the Kingdom of Sardinia, for today's Dutch, Europeans are still highly respected, after all, this country with a population of millions has at least more than a third of the wealth of the whole Europe. Battleships occupy half of the entire European world, although most of the Dutch army is mercenary, both employing military personnel from other countries to carry out wars, but because the salary is attractive enough, yes, applicants flock to it, enough for the Dutch to carefully select, and carry out the most rigorous scraping, if you are not convinced, then you can get out at any time, but in the future to find a job that pays so well to the Dutch mercenaries, I am afraid it will be difficult, yes, the Dutch mercenaries hardly have any deserters, The system of rewards and punishments also ensures that the soldiers go forward and shed their blood. For Da Ming. After all, it is too far away, although some European businessmen who came back from the East are envious of the discipline of the Ming army, but after all, many people have not seen it, and naturally no one is too convinced, ranking the Ming in second place, which is already very face-saving.

The kingdom of Sardinia at the bottom is recognized. The armies of these southern Europeans did not go to war like they were fighting. It's more like an outing, and you might run away in a hurry before you meet the enemy.

Although the Ming did not have an advantage over the Dutch in terms of weapons and Zhuo Ji, they ranked first in the army in the world. The most important factor is in terms of quantity. The Great Sunshine Portal includes ten legions, with a number of about 350,000, not including nearly 100,000 sailors of the four major ocean divisions, such a huge military force. I am afraid that it is enough to stand proudly in the world, you know, the Dutch navy and army at that time added up to only 150,000, which is already the limit of strength, the number of land is only 50,000, and the French army, known as the largest number in Europe, is only about 200,000 in wartime, Austria is only 160,000, the Ottoman Empire has 500,000 troops, but the water is very large, due to the perennial war consumption, the water of all countries is actually a lot, many farmers have been conscripted, and more and more veterans have died in battle. Most of the people who are fighting now are untrained recruits.

It is conceivable what the 350,000 Ming Army would be like if it entered Europe, and if it added its nearly 200,000 navy. Nearly a thousand large warships hovered in the Atlantic, as well as thousands of transport and supply ships,

Admiral Bobby sensed the gravity of the situation, since the Ming army could appear in Port Abu Sultan, wouldn't it appear in the Kingdom of Sardinia? Can it be seen in the Kingdom of Sardinia, but what if it appears in France or Spain? This is definitely not a joke, in fact, at the moment when Da Ming was about to be wiped out in one fell swoop, the entire Dutch alliance caused a great worry, what would Da Ming do next without an enemy? It may not be possible for them to participate in the European battlefield, and their ocean-going fleet definitely has the ability to project troops, even if it is to send half of the sailors. Carrying 100,000 troops to come, it can completely subvert the balance of the entire European battlefield, but soon, the Ming side still did not move, but committed to eliminating the alien races in the north, which made the Dutch alliance finally breathe a sigh of relief, but recently there was news from the Russian side that the Ming had eliminated all the hostile forces around it in one fell swoop. And hostile actions were launched against Russia.

On this point, the Portuguese and the Dutch were very welcome, and if the Ming moved the war against the Russians, it would be better than sending an ocean-going fleet to Europe, and the Russians were a big man. At least the Han people can be held back for a while, and if they gain these time, the European battlefield may be able to change.

However, now the Ming army has appeared in Abu Sultancan,

Adjutant General Bobby wrote a battle report and shouted solemnly.

The adjutant immediately came over: "Your Excellency, what are your orders?" ”

"You and" Alfonso returned to the port of Setucel together, and immediately presented the news to the Admiralty and His Royal Highness the King, who hastily passed the battle report to the adjutant, and then muttered: "May God forbid that my guess was wrong."

The adjutant hesitated for a moment, then nodded. In the following days, the Portuguese fleet did not rush to land, but retreated to an island north of Abu Sultan for repairs, and robbed some merchant ships by the way, but walked very happily, after all, most of the merchant ships coming and going to Egypt were still Europeans of the anti-Dutch alliance, and these were originally the targets of the Portuguese fleet, so naturally there was no need to talk about morality.

The soldiers may feel very leisurely, but Bobby knows bitterly that there is a formed Han army in Abu Sultan Port, which means that the Han people are very likely to interfere in the European battlefield, and now he is not attacking, nor is he retreating, and the attack is naturally not successful, and now the entire fleet is only about 6,000 people, once ashore, who knows how many Han people are on the shore? Even if there are only 2,000 Han Chinese, plus the Ottoman soldiers who came from all sides of Egypt to reinforce them, I am afraid that they can fight on a par with the Portuguese, not to mention that they still occupy the terrain, and the Portuguese know very little about this land, and the chance of winning is only fifty percent at most, but for the Portuguese, a fleet of 9,000 people is one-eighth of the total military strength, and for the Ming and Ottoman Empire, two thousand Ming troops and thousands of Ottomans are probably not even a hair. The Ottomans went shopping, even if they were victorious, he Bobi would not want to have a good life in the future.

But the retreat may not be successful, the Ming army appeared in Egypt, and he could only send a fleet to monitor here. He was confident that as soon as his news could reach Portugal, the King and the Admiralty would react very strongly, and a large number of Portuguese and Dutch fleets would arrive here to confirm the accuracy of the matter and to react immediately. It is better to block the entire Egyptian seas, therefore, he has only one way to choose, and that is to wait. Wait until the Dutch and Portuguese fleets arrive for reinforcements.

The king of the Kingdom of Portugal today is the famous Pacifist Pedro II in the "Riveting Year" of history. He overthrew his brother in a very disgraceful way and put him under house arrest. Since then, Pedro II, who had been proclaimed King of Portugal, had been opposed by domestic forces since he came to power, but the Dutch alliance had changed the situation, and he urgently needed to divert domestic tensions and gain prestige in order to consolidate his position.

The best way to gain prestige is naturally to go to war and seize the land, but Xuanchi is a very skillful Gongshu well, and Portugal is a sea bed; The strength came from the Portuguese navy, but compared to the Dutch, his navy was really shabby. It was impossible to deal with the Dutch, he didn't want the fleet that he had worked so hard to build after joining the anti-Dutch alliance to be knocked into the sea by the Dutch all at once, and more importantly, Portugal and Spain had been hating each other since the fall of the Armadada.

At that time, the Portuguese Xunya claimed to be an empire, with the most powerful fleet in the world, and the colonies included the five major states, and there was a lot of noise. Subsequently, however, the King of Spain declared himself to be of Portuguese royal blood. And took advantage of the change of Portuguese royal power to seize the throne of Portugal in one fell swoop, and it was from that time that Spain began to incorporate the Portuguese navy into the Invincible Armada, and almost all the naval forces of the entire Portugal were tied to the Chariots of the Spaniards.

At that time, the Invincible Fleet built a powerful naval fleet with more than four warships, more than four cannons, and tens of thousands of soldiers, and at its peak the fleet had more than 1,000 ships.

Subsequently, Spain declared war on Britain and sent the Invincible Armada to Britain, and what was shocking was that the armada, which was far away from Britain, was completely annihilated, and the destruction of the Armada not only buried the Spaniards, but also made the Portuguese who were in full swing quickly weakened, because at least one-third of the sunken ships originally belonged to the Portuguese, and the defeat of the Spanish king immediately caused widespread dissatisfaction among the Portuguese.

As Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly unpopular, rumors began to circulate among everyone in Portugal that not all members of the Portuguese royal family were dead and that they would one day return to Portugal to reclaim the throne. During the Oral Century, many people regarded the Duke of Bragança, the rightful heir recommended by Sebasti, as the surviving Sebastião. As poverty grew, there were revolts in Portugal: thugs In the early morning, the nobles seized the royal palace of Lisbon, executed the Minister of State, and forced the Spanish garrison to surrender. King Philip IV of Spain was deposed, and João, Duke of Bragança, was appointed as the new king, called João IV. Portuguese Benxi and all overseas territories except Ceuta declared allegiance to the new king, João IV.

This was followed by a series of wars of independence. In order to achieve independence, Spain and Portugal went through dozens of wars, large and small, and many years of war. Let the hatred of both sides deepen each other, finally. When Pedro II learned that the Spaniards had joined the anti-Dutch alliance, he approached the Dutch without hesitation and signed an alliance.

"Your Highness, this is an urgent report from Bobby." The Minister of the Navy entered the palace overnight, and no one knew better than him about the behavior of the Han people in Egypt, and that night, he immediately dragged his tired body into the palace, and did not hesitate to let the attendants wake up the king.

Pedro yawned for twenty years, it was two o'clock in the morning, and he was woken up in a sweet dream, I am afraid that no one is in a better mood, but in the face of such an important minister as the Minister of the Navy, he did not complain too much, took the report, and read it.

At this glance, the sleeping worm lurking in his brain immediately disappeared without a trace, Pedro suddenly became energetic, he read the report sent by Bobby from Egypt in disbelief, in addition, under the report, there was a proposal analyzed by the Admiralty, and the suggestion was only one catty, "That is, immediately send a note to the Dutch diplomats stationed in Lisbon, the Portuguese capital, and recall all the fleets that went out to sea to patrol the port, and go south to Egypt with the Dutch fleet in order to make the fastest response at any time."

"Is the information reliable?" Pedro still felt a little incredulous, in fact, he understood that the admiral would not deceive, but he just had a fluke in his heart, after all, everyone understands. If that is the case, then Portugal will probably have a hard time.

"Admiral Bobby does not lie, and the messenger is an honest young man, and he has returned with the Alfonso, who also took part in that battle, and the men on board can testify that the Admiralty's voice was hoarse and helpless.

"Then, immediately note the Xinglan people. This matter has been out of Portugal's tooth ability outside of Pedro with a bitter face for the past two years. In the naval battle against Spain, Portugal won one after another, and with the victory against the Spaniards, Pedro's position gradually stabilized. The good days have not been around for a few days, and now that this situation has arisen, what else can Pedro do but be bitter?

"His Excellency Van der Vaart, the Dutch ambassador, is already waiting outside the palace for a summons." In fact, the Minister of the Navy had already made preparations, and sent someone to inform the Dutch envoy to wait at the palace, and the matter was urgent, so naturally he could save some time. ，

Well, there has been a lot of criticism recently, maybe people have been lazy in the New Year, and there are many things, so I apologize to you.

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