Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 1054 Spain Changes Owner

The main force of the last 30 troops in Spain was gone, and Portugal was restored, but Felipe IV didn't know anything.

Because Duke Goodman was trying his best to block the news, Wang Zhong and De Silao also sent spies to intercept everywhere, and the communication between Madrid and the outside world was basically cut off.

Felipe IV is still waiting for news from the combined fleets of Spain, the Netherlands, and France. If the speed of the sailing ship is used, it is normal for the combined fleets to not come back at this moment.

He had no idea that not only the United Fleet was gone, but even the Spanish Army was depleted.

Duke Goodman is still holding banquets and dances there every day to whitewash the peace, but Taichang is gathering people to prepare to march to Madrid.

At the port terminal south of Lisbon, thousands of armed merchant ships and Spike warships set off for the Americas. Within a few days, a dreadnought, hundreds of Aegis ships, and hundreds of dragon warships galloped from the direction of the Strait of Gibraltar in the south. .

Zhang Yuanfang and Zheng Hongkui finally arrived with their fleet, and the millions of people from the East African kingdom had already been dragged to Valencia by them.

With more than two million troops gathered, it is only a matter of time before Madrid is taken down.

Taichang immediately summoned civil servants, military generals and important figures from European countries to start discussing the next plan.

This time, even Prince Condé, Minuit and Black came with Zhang Yuanfang, and all the important figures from the five western European countries had arrived.

Taichang stared at the map for a while, and then asked: "Oquendo, how is Madrid's city defense?"

Oquendo said without hesitation: "Madrid's city defense was originally quite strong, but that is compared to cold weapons.

Because the walls and towers of Madrid were built more than 100 years ago, before muskets and artillery became popular at that time.

The city walls and towers around Madrid were built with a Roman-style city defense system based on anti-cold weapons, and there were no forts built on them.

Coupled with the fact that Madrid is located inland, it is difficult for the enemy to fight through, and the kings of the Habsburg dynasty did not strengthen the city defense much.

At this time, there are only a hundred forts on the walls and towers of Madrid, two or three hundred backward artillery, and the number of defenders is less than [-].

To be honest, in front of the armies of the West African Kingdom and the East African Kingdom, such city defenses are as fragile as paper. "

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help being speechless for a while.

He really doesn't know what the kings of the Habsburg dynasty have been doing for more than 100 years.

You know, the past 100 years was the most powerful period for Spain. The gold and silver they plundered from the colonies every year were tens of millions of taels, and the various minerals and resources were even more incalculable.

No matter how much money is spent, the city defense of the capital Madrid must be strengthened, right?
There may be a misunderstanding in later generations, that is, there were no cities in ancient Europe.

In fact, there are many ancient cities in Europe. Especially since the Middle Ages, all countries in Europe have been building cities and fortresses frantically. Among them, there are more than 300 in historical records, more than the Ming Empire!
However, the cities and fortresses built in the Middle Ages in Europe are not the same as the cities of Daming.

Their city walls are basically not thick walls with a width of several feet or even tens of feet, but thin walls of a single body.

That is, it is similar to the wall of the Daming Courtyard, the thickness is at most about one foot, and basically no one can stand on it.

The cities and forts built in the Middle Ages in Europe are basically the so-called Roman defense system. The main body of the defense is the circular tower in the middle of the city wall. Generally, there are dozens or even hundreds of circular towers in the middle of the wall of a city. .

This kind of defense system was indeed quite good in the era of cold weapons, because the distance between the towers would not exceed a hundred steps, no matter where you attacked from, you would at least suffer from the bows and arrows on the two towers, as well as boulders and trees. .

As for the city wall in the middle, there is no place to stay when you climb up, and you will be shot to death by bows and arrows if you don't fall to your death.

Therefore, this Roman defense system was quite popular in the European Middle Ages.

However, after muskets and artillery became popular, this Roman defense system was basically eliminated.

Because the thin city wall can't withstand the bombardment of the artillery at all. Once the shells hit it, the city wall will be smashed down, and then the high tower in the middle will be surrounded in all directions, and the people inside will starve to death if they are not killed.

At present, European countries are mainly building multi-layered bastions, just like the famous Zeelandia Castle and Batavia in history, which are multi-layered bastion-style cities built by the Dutch.

Taichang really did not expect that Madrid's city defense is still a Roman-style defense system.

This kind of defense system is really as fragile as paper in front of the tens of thousands of artillery of the Black God Army.

It seems that Madrid does not need to send many troops to attack. The more than [-] troops under Carlinho are enough.

However, he couldn't let Carinho fight slowly.

Because it is not difficult to win Portugal and Spain, France and Britain behind are the toughest bones on the Eastern Front, and he has to leave enough time to attack France and Britain.

Taichang stared at the map for a while, and then asked: "Carlino, you take Lisbon's 20 horses, and I will give you another 30 horses. You lead the army from Lisbon to Madrid all the way, and then occupy the whole of Spain. , no problem?"

This is of course no problem. There are not many garrisons in other parts of Spain. If you can't fight with 50 or so, you can just find a piece of tofu and kill him.

Carinho nodded again and again: "No problem, no problem."

That's fine, as long as Madrid is won, Spain basically doesn't have to worry about it.

In order to save time, it is better to start the next step at the same time.

Taichang thought for a while, and then asked: "Prince Kong Dai, how many troops do you think it takes to take down France?"

This immediately confused Prince Kong Dai's question.

He froze for a moment, and then said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, I haven't been back to mainland France for many years. I really don't know what it's like over there now."

Uh, this is a bit of a hassle.

The so-called know yourself and the enemy and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. At this moment, although he has a large number of troops, he can't just rush over without knowing everything!

It's a pity that Daming Bank and Daming Western Firm have already withdrawn from the European countries, and the spies there have also withdrawn to Portugal and Spain. They don't know what the arrangements are behind them.

Taichang could only helplessly ask: "Does anyone know the specific situation in France?"

Unexpectedly, Oquindo said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I am not very clear about the specific situation in France, but I still know a little about their general defense.

Because I was the one who sent back 40 French recruits when they retreated from the defeat at the mouth of the Nile.

40 of their 30 recruits stayed in the south of France, roughly [-] in Marseille, [-] in Montpellier, [-] in Toulouse, and the remaining [-] I sent directly to Le Havre in the north of Paris. went.

In addition, there were originally [-] garrisons in mainland France, and they should be stationed on the front line from Toulouse to Paris. "

The Duke of Richelieu has some skills.

This guy should have guessed that if Da Ming wanted to fight on two fronts, he had to draw troops from Africa, so they hoarded all their troops to the south.

However, in the case of sufficient ships, the north and the south are actually the same.

He can use ships to pull the army to the north of France.

At the moment, the defense in the north of France is weak, and when they attacked the European continent last time, they took down most of the port city there, and they are still very familiar with the terrain there.

Perhaps, he can use northern France as a breakthrough point to take Paris directly, and then slowly encircle and annihilate the 40 million troops in southern France.

Thinking of this, Taichang said decisively: "Hong Kui, you lead 5 flying dragon warships back to Valencia, and when you pass by Malaga, you take [-] troops from the West African Kingdom to guard there.

Then mobilize the ships over there to pull all the 100 million people of the East African Kingdom and Prince Condé's men and horses over. "

Uh, this seems a bit superfluous!

If the 100 million people of the East African Kingdom and Prince Condé's men and horses were all brought here, he would not have to run back and forth.

Of course, he didn't dare to say that.

Zheng Hongkui was stunned for a moment, then bowed his hands and said, "The general will understand."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then ordered: "Yuan Fang, you lead a hundred Aegis ships to Seville and Malaga, exchange Xianglin, and let Dale station there.

There is no need to keep so many horses over there. Seville is enough to keep 10 horses, and Malaga is enough to keep 5 horses. You can bring back the remaining 30. "

What is the emperor doing?
Although Zhang Yuanfang was a little confused, he still bowed his hands without hesitation and said, "The general understands."

Taichang nodded slightly, then waved his hand and said: "Okay, Carlinio, you go and prepare, and lead the army to set off tomorrow morning."

Everyone was a bit puzzled, because Taichang had transferred a full army of more than 100 million people, but only 30 people went to Madrid with Carinho. What are the other people doing?

No one knew about this, and no one dared to ask random questions in front of Taichang.

Early the next morning, Carinho set off with 20 troops and 30 troops from the West African Kingdom.

Only at this time did he know how well equipped the West African Kingdom is. There are 30 chariots and more than [-] horses in a family of [-] horses. All food, supplies, weapons and ammunition, including artillery, are all drawn by war horses.

Even people don't need to walk, infantry are all in cars.

The 20 people under his command can squeeze other people's carts in addition to those on horseback, and they can travel more than a hundred miles a day with ease.

He adopted Oquendo's suggestion along the way, and he didn't care about the cities and fortresses along the way at all. He just kept rushing to Madrid. In less than ten days, they rushed outside Madrid.

With an army of 50 encircling the city of Madrid, the news naturally couldn't be blocked.

Duke Goodman also adopted Wang Chong's suggestion and made some arrangements on the high tower to the west, then pretended to be flustered, ran to the palace, and said directly to Felipe IV: "Your Majesty, it's not good, Madrid is under siege!"

Ah!
Felipe IV was dumbfounded when he heard this.

What's going on, why is Madrid suddenly besieged?

He was stunned for a while, and then he panicked and said, "Who surrounded Madrid? What's going on?"

Duke Goodman pretended to be stupid and said in a daze: "I don't know, countless enemies suddenly appeared outside the city, and I don't know where they came from.

Your Majesty, why don't you go and have a look? "

Felipe IV was already panicked, but after thinking about it, he still gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's go and have a look."

They were all approaching the city, and he would be too useless if he didn't dare to take a look.

However, he hadn't thought that Duke Goodman was a traitor.

The carriages were ready, and even the palace guards had been mobilized outside.

He got into a carriage as soon as he left the palace, and soon he was on a high tower on the west wall.

He took the telescope handed over by Duke Goodman and scanned it, and was dumbfounded.

Enemies are densely packed outside the city, it is really too many to count!
He was stunned for a while, and then asked habitually: "There are so many enemies, what should we do?"

Duke Goodman couldn't help but contempt secretly, what else can you do besides ask "what to do"?
Of course, he wouldn't say that.

He seemed to hesitate for a while, and then pretended to be desperate and said: "Your Majesty, the enemy has at least tens of thousands of horses, and we can't hold it at all. How about we surrender?"

surrender!

Are you kidding me?
Surrender is impossible. Madrid is gone, but the Habsburg dynasty is still there.

Felipe IV froze for a moment and said anxiously: "Quickly, gather everyone and rush out from the east. Let's go to the Holy Roman Empire."

run?
Oh, why are you forcing me to do it?
Duke Goodman shook his heart, gritted his teeth and waved: "Take it!"

Wang Chong immediately swarmed up with the guards in disguise, and tied up Philip IV in three or two strokes. The palace guards were also held up by the disguised spies with knives and guns, and they didn't dare to move.

At this time, there was nothing to hesitate, and Duke Goodman immediately ordered the opening of the east gate.

Carinho and Oquendo directly led the army into the city, and quickly controlled the whole of Madrid under coercion and temptation.

Spain changed hands, and Felipe IV became a prisoner inexplicably!

This may seem like a joke, but it's not surprising at all.

At this time in history, Spain is also suffering from internal and external troubles, and it has long been unable to persist.

The Bourbon dynasty of France is also about to replace the Habsburg dynasty to gain the right to rule Spain.

The arrival of Carinho just sped up the process a bit.

Felipe IV is such an inexplicable king. Spain, which has dominated the world for more than 100 years, was inexplicably lost by him.

(End of this chapter)