Chapter 443: Cardinals
Outside Madrid, the capital of Spain, hundreds of artillery pieces bombarded the impenetrable city walls.
Zhu Houzhao, who was riding on a horse and wearing a military uniform, yawned, and when he led his army across the ocean to this strange land, his brother once focused on several countries with him, including Spain.
According to my brother's words, the Holy Roman Empire is currently in the first echelon of European military power, and the second echelon is Britain, France, Portugal, Spain and Hungary.
Zhu Houzhao still doesn't understand, I don't know why the so-called Europeans like to use the word tooth as the name of the country, could it be that like the grassland peoples worship wolves, they regard teeth as spiritual totems?
But these are all small things, in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, the only thing that can be called a big thing is war!
But the current war is no longer the kind of war he imagined he wanted, there is no blood-boiling selfless fighting, there is no crazy killing with swords and guns to the bones and blood rushing, there is bombing, platooning guns, and then shooting freely all enemies who do not surrender!
Firearms have changed the shape of war, as the elder brother said, the Ming army, which is fully armed with extremely powerful firearms, when fighting with all the hostile countries in this world, the essence of its war is actually a strong man with a giant hammer bullying an unarmed child unscrupulously.
Shameless, shameless......
This kind of boring war made Zhu Houzhao feel very uncomfortable, and the Portuguese and Spanish armies were no different from their weak chickens.
I think that when he led his troops to sweep the grassland, at least the grassland tribe dared to ride a war horse, pick up a war knife and bow and arrow and rush over to be slaughtered by him, but what about here?
Looking out for the wind is the best interpretation!
The resistance was so weak that it was negligible, 100,000 troops were outside, and the city was immediately hung with a white flag.
No, there was no fart, and after the artillery bombarded the city walls, the king of Portugal surrendered directly......
And Manuel, who surrendered, didn't seem to think that the destruction of his country was a big deal at all, and he put on a noble face in front of him, and after the bombastic language was translated lamely, Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait to slap Manuel's smiling face a few times, and then kicked this guy back to the city, so that he could organize resistance again, so that he could have a good time......
Now Spain is the same, directly is a flat push, resistance?
After Portugal destroyed the country, Spain received news and also organized 10,000 troops to deploy troops on the border, but in just half a round, 10,000 Spanish troops were defeated, and then there was a one-sided massacre!
Today's king of Spain is the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, and the Holy Roman Empire is the hegemon of the European continent, the most powerful empire, and there is no one!
The monarchy system in Europe gave Zhu Houzhao a lot of headaches, and it was the first time in his life that he heard that the king could also serve as a king, such as Charles V, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, who was not only the emperor, but also the monarch of the Netherlands and the king of Spain.
And it is said that in Europe, a land of noble blood, the easiest way to win a country is actually to rely on a woman's skirt!
For example, if the daughter of the king of Spain marries Portugal, then maybe Portugal may be Spanish in the future.
What the fuck......
The system of bullshit, the pedigree of bullshit!
"Before sunset, I'm going to have a feast at the royal palace in Madrid!" The roaring sound made Zhu Houzhao have a headache, threw the war knife to the Muyang County Gongwei Xin beside him, pouted himself, got off the horse and got into the carriage.
This is a jewel-studded, extraordinarily luxurious carriage, a trophy of the attack on Portugal, and after being captured, it became Zhu Houzhao's chariot.
There was no way, this kind of war was too boring for Zhu Houzhao, so he pulled the carriage onto the battlefield and enjoyed sleeping sleepily.
"Your Majesty, the enemy artillery is fierce, the city wall can't hold on, the thief will order us to surrender before noon, or ......"
Charles V said angrily: "How else!"
"Slaughter the city!"
Charles V almost fainted with blood, and then suddenly got up: "How can the great and heroic Spanish warriors be intimidated by the yellow-skinned monkeys of the East and pass on my orders......"
"Your Majesty, evacuate at this time, mobilize the army of the Holy Roman Empire, and still have the strength to fight, if you resist to the end, I am afraid, the heroic Spanish warriors will face massacre, and the city of Madrid will also be destroyed in the flames of war."
Charles V sat down in a daze, he knew very well the situation he was facing, and he also knew that if he really resisted to the end, the 100,000 enemy troops outside the city would inevitably kill Madrid, and even he himself might be trapped in the city!
But Charles V was not convinced, he was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire on the land of Europe, the master of thousands of miles of land under his feet, even the Holy See......
"What about the people of the Holy See?"
"As soon as the artillery fire stopped, they were out of the city."
"Wait for the news."
Most of the nobles and commoners in Europe believe in Catholicism, and the Holy See is the place where religious affairs are handled and the world's religious places are administered.
Although the Holy See is a religious institution, but the actual power at its peak is amazing, to take an inappropriate example, in the perspective of Chinese civilization, once the Chinese Dynasty is strong, then the surrounding countries will become vassal states.
Then if the Holy See is regarded as the suzerain, then the large and small countries on the European continent are all vassal states of the Holy See, because the kings of each country must be canonized and recognized by the Holy See in order to be considered legitimate, and only then can they get the glory of God's baptism!
Therefore, the status of the Holy See in Europe is extremely transcendent, and the countries of Europe are willing to live nourished under the rule of the Holy See.
Cardinal Anthony, dressed in a bright red robe, holding a cross in one hand and a Bible in the other, slowly walked to the camp opposite.
"Who? Cardinal Anthony? What is that? Zhu Hou jumped up from the bed in a hurry, and it was obvious that he had already thrown the about the European Holy See that his brother had told him to Java.
Xia Jing, as the first translator appointed by Emperor Jiajing to follow the Emperor of War, was full of helplessness at this time.
"The Holy See is the uncrowned emperor of Europe, the ruler is the pope or the pope, and the cardinal is the archbishop who assists the pope in religious affairs, and his position in Europe is even higher than that of ordinary kings."
Zhu Houzhao tilted his head and thought about it, and suddenly realized.
"What is he here for? Throwing yourself into the net? ”
Xia Jing said with a smile: "The Holy See has the right to arbitrate disputes among countries, and this time I came here presumably to mediate the war and persuade Your Majesty to withdraw from the army."
Zhu Houzhao scoffed......
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