The Kingdom of Sicily was far more than the Kingdom of Sicily that was shocked by the Ming ocean-going fleet.

According to the route planned by Zhu Zhanyan, both Zheng He's fleet and Wang Jinghong's fleet were to pass through Sardinia and the Strait of Gibraltar in the Kingdom of Aragon.

During the passage through Sardinia, information about the size and size of the Ming ocean-going fleet was transmitted back to Zaragoza, the capital of the Kingdom of Aragon, and the same news was transmitted back to Burgos, the capital of the Kingdom of Colora, during the passage through the Strait of Gibraltar.

In the royal palace of Zaragora, Yolanda of Aragon held the information from Sardinia and was full of disbelief.

Although she knew that the Ming army was strong at sea, this was one of the reasons why she chose to unite with the Ming army and plot against the Kingdom of France.

Only allies strong enough to join forces with her will be able to help her repel the English.

But I have to say that the size of Daming's ocean-going fleet is indeed beyond Yolanda's expectations.

An era has an era's cognitive framework, and it also has its own cognitive limits.

If you look at it from the perspective of the Indians at this moment, an army that can be fully equipped with iron cavalry is already an invincible army, but for Zhu Zhanyan, who is also in this era, it may only be considered true peace when it reaches the point of "nuclear peace".

This is the difference in worldview caused by different cognitions.

For Yolanda before, being stronger than her own Aragonese Kingdom sea strength is her perception of the Ming army, if you must add a range to this cognition, then in Yolanda's heart, twice as strong as her own Aragonese Kingdom is considered a very exaggerated gap.

However, reality gave her a big-eared melon seed so hard that she couldn't say a word.

At present, the largest ship in the Kingdom of Aragon is only seventeen meters long, while the treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty is 151 meters long, which is almost ten times the length of the ships of the Kingdom of Aragon.

In addition, the Kingdom of Aragon can only assemble a fleet of no more than a hundred ships at the moment, and the total number of ships in the ocean-going fleet sent by the Ming Dynasty this time is infinitely close to six hundred!

The number alone was six times that of herself, not counting the size of a ship, which made Yolanda's heart rise with a chill, and also made a question rise in her heart.

Such an ally, after the cooperation is over, will he still be able to swallow the cake of the Kingdom of France in his stomach as he thought at the beginning?

If you can't swallow it, will you be able to get enough benefits from such a powerful ally when the benefits are finally divided?

No, what you should be thinking about now is not whether you can get benefits, but whether you will be stuffed into the cake of the Kingdom of France and swallowed by Daming, an ally!

Thinking of this, Aranda only felt that she had been completely consumed by fear.

However, in the face of such a powerful ally, she seemed to have no better way, and continuing to cooperate seemed to be the best and only decision.

Similarly, Burgos, the capital of the Kingdom of Castile.

Juan II, the current king of the Kingdom of Colora, looked at the information in his hand with a solemn face.

The kingdoms of Aragon and Castile had always been allies, and this had been going on for a long, long time, and Juan II knew that Yolanda of Aragon had ideas for further development, so he united the Ming army as a powerful ally.

However, like Yolanda, Juan II did not feel how powerful the Ming army was, but had a vague idea of how completely annihilated by the first attack of the Holy See and the Kingdom of Sicily.

At that time, Juan II's heart was more or less happy.

In the final analysis, this world is still a chaotic world composed of interests, and everyone, things, and things can be concretized by interests, and will change over time, the development of events, and people's life, aging, sickness and death.

In the same way, the union of the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile is only because of interests, and if there are other things, it can only be said that the two countries are inherently closer than the other countries because of their geographical location.

However, the important bond that makes up the alliance between the two sides remains interests.

Yolanda of Aragon united with the Ming army to plot against the Kingdom of France, which no one else knows, but Juan II, an old friend of Yolanda, knows very well, even if he does not know that Charles VII is dead.

The reason why he was fortunate was that he learned about the strength of the Ming Dynasty through the first attack of the Ming army to destroy the Holy See and the Kingdom of Sicily.

The stronger the Ming Dynasty, the weaker Yolanda's advantage will be relatively speaking, and perhaps in the end, Yolanda will still be able to become stronger by encroaching on the Kingdom of France, but at least it will not be particularly outrageous.

At that time, the two countries will still have the strength to fight each other, and at that time, the two countries may still be staunch allies.

In conclusion, the Kingdom of Castile will not fall behind the Kingdom of Aragon so much that it will lose even the right to ally with it.

But now, Juan II no longer had the heart to think about whether the kingdom of Aragon would become stronger, and the power of the Ming Dynasty far beyond his realization made him feel uneasy.

This is like the later generations of the Wa Kingdom, after experiencing a bombing of "Heping", when they heard the news of Heping again, they would be extremely panicked.

Of course, this is just a description, after all, there were only acquaintances in those two places at that time, although there were survivors, but it is estimated that no effective information could be given before the second bombing.

Besides, the rotten people are notoriously hard-mouthed, as can be seen by the shit they wrote on their surrender documents after the war.

In any case, Daming's voyage was no longer a deterrent to the countries bordering the east side of the Mediterranean, but to make the entire Mediterranean countries fearful.

However, this fear is only fear, and they don't even have time to fear the Grape Bud Kingdom.

……

It was different from what Zhu Zhanyan expected.

In Zhu's mind, the Grape Bud Kingdom had completed its independence and recovered the Algarve region, defining the boundaries of its future territory.

Now the Grape Bud Kingdom has been unified, and then it is the beginning of the Age of Discovery.

Now that he had set his sights on the sea, Zhu Zhan felt that the Grape Bud Kingdom would not allow the existence of such a powerful sea force as the Ming Army.

Of course, the disparity in strength between the two can no longer be described, but this is just to make the Grape Bud Kingdom dare not act rashly on the surface, and in the confrontation between countries, it is far from only superficial actions.

But in fact, Zhu Zhanyan still overestimated the Grape Bud Kingdom.

Although the Grape Buds Kingdom was not in the 13th century, it was not long since the Algarve region in the south had just been regained and its rule was not yet secure.

In addition, the Grapevine Kingdom was opposed by the Kingdom of Castile when it became independent, and later the Holy See intervened to mediate and let the Kingdom of Castile recognize the independence of the Grapevine Kingdom.

Since then, however, the relationship between the two has been very strained, even when the Grape Buds Kingdom regained the Algarve region.

Therefore, although the Kingdom of Grape Buds is located in the same Iberian Peninsula as the Kingdom of Aragon and the Kingdom of Castile, he does not exist in the alliance between the Kingdom of Aragon and the Kingdom of Castile.

And!

Before leaving, Zhu Zhanyu had told Zheng He and Wang Jinghong that leaving the Strait of Gibraltar did not mean that the danger was lifted.

He had told Wang Jinghong before that he must let him destroy the coastal ports and ships of the Grape Bud Kingdom as much as possible on his first voyage.

In addition to explaining to Wang Jinghong, he also told Zheng He not to be in a hurry to separate from Wang Jinghong's fleet after leaving the Strait of Gibraltar, but to let him sail north with Wang Jinghong's fleet for a certain distance.

The reason for this is to cut off the way for the development of the Grape Bud Kingdom on the sea, so that this country, which was later known as the first world empire in the history of the world, will completely break its legs and wings.

The second is also for deterrence, to tell the Grapebud Kingdom that Da Ming is not something you can afford to provoke, you have seen my ocean-going fleet, and I dare to hit you directly because I am not afraid of making enemies with you, and you will come if you have the ability.

But if you don't have that ability, you will honestly shrink up for me and be the eighth king!

In Zhu Zhan's idea, he wanted Wang Jinghong and them to attack the coast of the Grapevine Bud Kingdom as much as possible, because he also sent someone to send a message to Yolanda, so that when the Ming army attacked the coast of the Grapevine Bud Kingdom, he would send troops from the land with the Castile Kingdom to put pressure on the Grapebud Kingdom.

This was a reasonable request, after all, Yolanda did not know that Zheng He's fleet had other destinations, and in her perspective, the nearly 600 ships were bound for the English Channel.

What did the Ming fleet go to the English Channel for? Wasn't it just to cut off the way for the English to go south? This is a battle for your son-in-law's kingdom, can you help?

Therefore, the grape bud kingdom, which had just begun to rise, fell into chaos in an instant.

First of all, he received the news of the size of the Ming fleet and the size of the ships, which was enough to make the king of the Grapevine Kingdom, João I, panic, after all, in the plan he set, the future target of the Grapevine Bud Kingdom was the sea.

But before he could think about what to do, news came from the east of the kingdom that the Kingdom of Castilla had moved its troops and was heading straight for the border.

The resentment between the two is deep, and the Kingdom of Castilla was very reluctant to recognize the independence of the Grapevine Sprout Kingdom when it was not for the Holy See at that time to suppress the royal power, the Kingdom of Castile really would not necessarily recognize the independence of the Grapevine Sprout Kingdom.

However, things took a turn for the worse and caught João I off guard again.

Before he could send his troops to the eastern frontier to block a possible war, the news of the attack on São Vicente, in the southwestern corner of the kingdom, in the Algarve, was again on João I's desk.

For a moment, João I only felt that the end had come.

(End of chapter)