Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 983 Is Protesting Useful?

The battlefield in North Africa was in a mess. The coalition forces of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire could no longer be described as a collapse of thousands of miles. They were smashed for thousands of miles!

What is King Felipe IV of Spain doing at this time?

He was hesitating whether to withdraw Wallenstein!

Because Wallenstein's record is really bad.

Although Turenne of France was young, he led the coalition forces of France, Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire all the way from northern Africa to central Africa, and the whole of East Africa was occupied by others.

South Africa didn't even need Gustav II to take action. A Duke of Weimar led the British, Swedish and Danish coalition forces all the way from the Cape Town colony to central Africa.

At this moment, eastern Africa and southern Africa are almost divided up by the countries of the anti-Habsburg alliance, and people are watching his jokes.

On the other hand, Wallenstein, the so-called famous European general, was beaten up when he went to America, and was beaten up again when he went to Africa.

This Wallenstein Felipe IV really doesn't want to use it anymore. The question is, who will replace Wallenstein?
If he withdraws Wallenstein, Turenne, the deputy army commander of the Continental Union, will become the supreme commander of the army. Where can he find a commander with better record and qualifications than Turenne?

Okundo?

At this moment, Ocundo is the commander of the United Fleet. He replaced Ocundo as the commander of the army and lost the navy. Isn't this taking off his pants and farting?
When Felipe IV was hesitating, bad news came one after another.

Those black mercenaries actually launched a counterattack. The [-] ironclad warships stationed by the United Fleet in the south of the Sahara Desert were attacked by unknown equipment. Eighteen ships were ignited in an instant, and only two escaped.

Immediately afterwards, those mercenaries rushed all the way, and in more than a month, they fought from the southern edge of the Sahara Desert to a place only about [-] kilometers away from Ceuta.

Now Felipe IV couldn't sit still anymore, and he directly recalled Wallenstein and Oquendo, who were preparing for war in the Strait of Gibraltar and Seville, back to Madrid.

He didn't even arrange seats for the two commanders, and let them stand in the lobby directly, while he sat on the big chair and stared at them coldly, as if he had a grudge against them.

Wallenstein and Oquendo couldn't say anything at the moment, because they had really messed up the American War and the African War, and they felt ashamed.

Felipe IV stared at the two of them for a while, and then asked coldly: "What's the matter with you?

The three-way army is also 60. Turenne has already led the coalition forces of France, Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire to occupy East Africa, and the Duke of Weimar has already led the coalition forces of Britain, Sweden and Denmark to South Africa. How about you?
Fortunately, you were defeated by a group of mercenaries who were born as black slaves, and your entire army was wiped out!

Now people are fighting from the southern edge of the Sahara Desert to the northern edge, how did you fight this battle? "

There is no way to fight this battle!
Wallenstein said rather helplessly: "Your Majesty, our enemies are the mercenaries trained by the Ming Empire back then, and they have the support of the Ming Empire!
Their weapons and equipment are almost the same as ours, but their number is three or four times that of ours. They can't beat Turenne and the Duke of Weimar.

We are fighting the Ming Empire. Their anti-Habsburg alliance was defeated by the Ming Empire, and the treaty of land cession and indemnity was signed. Can they beat the Ming Empire? "

This guy always uses the Ming Empire as prevarication.

Felipe IV was quite annoyed and said, "You always say that the Ming Empire is behind it, what is the evidence?

There is no evidence that you asked me to turn against the Ming Empire. When the Ming Empire really unites with these mercenaries to fight us, can we fight it? "

We can't beat it.

Then why do you blame me when we lose?
As for the evidence behind the support of the Ming Empire, there are simply too many.

Wallenstein explained helplessly: "Your Majesty, you should have heard that the coalition forces of France, Tsarist Russia, and the Ottoman Empire, as well as the coalition forces of Britain, Sweden, and Denmark, did not encounter any decent resistance.

Their enemies are basically natives with wooden sticks and tree spears, and they don't even have cold weapons.

What about us?
It turns out that there are tens of thousands of mercenary artillery that emerged from French West Africa, and hundreds of thousands of muskets. This is obviously abnormal!
If they could really make so many muskets and cannons themselves, why couldn't the natives of East and South Africa make them?
Obviously, these were made for them by the Ming Empire.

This time, eighteen iron-clad warships were instantly set ablaze, which proves that it was definitely done by the Ming Empire.

Your Majesty, think about it, can backward Africa have such advanced weapons?

If they want such advanced weapons, they will come to our continent sooner! "

This seems to make sense.

In fact, Felipe IV also vaguely guessed that the Ming Empire was behind these mercenaries.

The question, without evidence, how could he turn his back on others?
To put it bluntly, even if there is evidence, he would not dare to turn against others!
He frowned and pondered for a while, then asked: "Then tell me, what should we do now?"

Wallenstein also knew that Felipe IV would not dare to turn against the Ming Empire.

No way, the Ming Empire is too powerful.

They didn't even need the help of mercenaries to defeat Spain and the Holy Roman Empire.

He also frowned and pondered for a while before carefully saying: "Your Majesty, now we can only send people to negotiate with the Ming Empire and protest to them, hoping that they will stop supporting these black mercenaries behind their backs."

Are you kidding, does protest work?
Felipe IV said with some disdain: "Do you think the Ming Empire will take care of us?"

You trash, are you the king or am I the king?

Always ask this and that.

Do you want me to teach you how to do things?
Okay, then I will teach you well!

The reason why Wallenstein was not liked by the Holy Roman Emperor was because his character was too extreme.

This guy is so extreme that he doesn't even look down on the emperor, let alone a king.

He snorted coldly in his heart, and then pretended to hesitate and said, "Your Majesty, there is something I've always wanted to say, but I was afraid that you would be unhappy if I said it, so I didn't say it all the time."

Felipe IV said impatiently: "When is this, what can't be said?

What exactly do you want to say, just say it! "

Then I'm welcome.

Wallenstein pretended to be cautious and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, we have been fooled by the Duke of Richelieu.

This old fox, Richelieu, has already calculated that French West Africa is now the territory of the Ming Empire. If we fight there, the Ming Empire will definitely not ignore it.

Once the Ming Empire takes control, we will be in trouble.

Think about it, their anti-Habsburg alliance can't beat the Ming Empire, can we beat it?
They want to use us to contain the Ming Empire, and then take East and South Africa with ease!
Now, Richelieu, the old fox's scheme, has succeeded.

They took East and South Africa with ease, with no loss at all, but we were fighting the Ming Empire head-on, with heavy losses.

If we continue to fight like this, we are finished! "

This!
Felipe IV was not angry when he heard the words, he was just secretly startled.

Wallenstein was right; he had once again been fooled by that old fox, Richelieu.

He even thought Turenne and the Duke of Weimar were better than Wallenstein!
In fact, this is not the case at all.

Their enemies are natives with sticks and spears, even an idiot can win!
He's not an idiot.

Wallenstein said it so bluntly that he naturally understood what was going on.

Question, what now?

If he can figure out a way, the huge Spanish colonial empire will not decline under his rule.

Obviously, this problem is beyond his ability.

He frowned and pondered for a long time, and could only ask helplessly: "Then what should we do now?"

You idiot, repeat this sentence over and over again!

How to do?
OK, let me teach you how to do it.

Wallenstein pretended to hesitate again, and then explained in detail: "Your Majesty, I have already mentioned the solution.

We sent people to protest to the Ming Empire. After all, the Ming Empire and Spain are still allies on the surface. They supported the mercenaries behind the scenes and caused us heavy losses. Our protest is justified.

Of course, if they don't stop, then we can't do anything.

The function of our protest is actually one, that is, to let the Ming Empire understand that we are very clear that they are behind the tricks, and if we keep doing this, we will put all our eggs in one basket and fight them.

However, let's just say that we won't really fight them hard.

On the contrary, we have to find a way to lure the Ming Empire to attack East and South Africa.

In this way, our army and navy can get enough time to upgrade their equipment and enhance their combat effectiveness.

The anti-Habsburg alliance will be defeated by the Ming Empire, unable to compete with us. "

Uh, is that okay?
Felipe IV thought for a while, and then asked: "If the Ming Empire is defeated by the anti-Habsburg alliance, how can we compete with the Ming Empire for hegemony?

We can't beat the Ming Empire either! "

It's none of my business!

Do you still want to dominate the world?
With your IQ, I'm afraid you won't be able to keep it in Europe!
Of course, he would not tell Felipe IV about this.

Because he has developed a rebellion.

Historically, it was because of his rebellion that he was killed by the Holy Roman Emperor.

However, at this moment, it seems that he will not die.

Because if it really fails, he can still seek refuge in the Ming Empire!
Wallenstein sneered in his heart, and then misleadingly said: "Your Majesty, if we want to dominate the world, we must first dominate the continent of Europe.

The current situation is that our army has suffered heavy losses, and the navy is a combined fleet, mixed with most of the anti-Habsburg alliance soldiers.

Think about it, what would happen if we didn't lure the Ming Empire to clean up the anti-Habsburg alliance?
Now the anti-Habsburg alliance has 120 million troops in Africa alone, and they have also occupied vast colonies with more resources than us.

And we have almost exhausted all the young and strong recruits that can be recruited, and the army can barely make up 100 million.

If this continues, let alone dominating the world, it will be good if we don't get cleaned up by the old fox Richelieu. "

Felipe IV was shocked when he heard this.

The current situation is indeed very dangerous. They have indeed conscripted almost all the sources of troops to barely make up an army of 100 million.

The anti-Habsburg alliance not only has 120 million troops in Africa, but also has 80 million troops in Europe.

Even if they don't expand their army, their current strength is twice as large as theirs.

If they forcibly recruit all the sources of soldiers like them, it is possible to expand their strength to three times or even four times theirs.

After all, they have already occupied most of Africa at this moment, and they are rich in resources. It is not impossible to expand their armies and prepare for war, and strive for world hegemony.

This old fox, Richelieu, really fell for him this time!
No, the Ming Empire must deal with them.

Philip IV frowned and pondered for a while, then asked: "Then how can we lure the Ming Empire to clean up the anti-Habsburg alliance?"

What an idiot you are!
Wallenstein said without hesitation: "This is very simple, as long as we don't compete with the Ming Empire for North Africa, they will naturally go to East Africa or even South Africa.

That old fox, Richelieu, was right in saying that the Ming Empire wanted to block our resources and prevent us from developing.

Now that the anti-Habsburg alliance has occupied such a large colony, the Ming Empire will definitely fight. "

Stop competing with the Ming Empire for North Africa?
(End of this chapter)