Daming Crazy Emperor

The city of Cairo was captured!
When Turenne received the news, it was as if someone had suddenly thrown a bucket of ice water from behind in the summer, and he was so scared that he almost didn't jump up.

Originally he was still in high spirits.

Because the battle in East Africa was really smooth, they had the foothold of the Nile estuary, backed by a big city like Cairo, and the Nile River system as the passageway to march, so it was not too much fun to fight.

Their route is also the fastest route among the European three-way army. As early as last year, they had already occupied a large area of ​​colonies in the Nile River Basin, including the east to the Indian Ocean, and completed the original goal.

At this moment, they have even reached the Congo River Basin, and they are almost integrated with the Portuguese West Africa occupied by Prince Condé.

It can be said that half of Africa has been taken by them, and he has already exceeded the goal set by the Duke of Richelieu.

On the other hand, Wallenstein, the so-called continental star, has occupied the western half of North Africa after playing for more than a year.

As a result, when they hit French West Africa, they were almost wiped out by the local black mercenaries.

At this moment, the mercenaries are organizing a counterattack. It is estimated that the western half of North Africa occupied by Spain and the Holy Roman Empire will not be able to keep it at first.

Compared with him, this record is simply rubbish!
Wallenstein, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Union, is far behind him as the deputy commander-in-chief of the army.

The Duke of Richelieu is even ready to promote him to the Grand Marshal of France.

He was only in his thirties at the moment, how could he not be high-spirited when he was able to become Generalissimo at such a young age.

However, as soon as the news of Cairo's fall came, he instantly wilted like an eggplant beaten by frost.

No way, the city of Cairo is stuck at the mouth of the main Nile River, which is too important to them.

The materials they plundered had to be transported back to the European continent, and the food and supplies prepared by the European continent had to go through Cairo if they were to be transported to the front line.

Once Cairo falls, not only will the supplies they plundered not be transported back, but even the food roads will be cut off!

Of course he knew the importance of Cairo, so he directly left all the 10 horses assembled by the Ottoman Empire in Cairo. Keep the fortress of Cairo.

Who knew that Cairo City would suddenly fall!
What should we do now?
The main force of the French army he led was still on the edge of the jungle in the Congo River Basin, tens of thousands of miles away from Luozu.

All their warships were also scattered around the mines in the Nile River Basin to transport the looted materials.

As for Tsarist Russia's 10 horses, there is no hope at all. They are plundering wildly in the sharp corner of eastern Africa, and the 10 horses don't know what it looks like.

Now it seems that he can only lead the main force of the French army to rush over.

The problem is that if he wants to rush there, he must gather troops, travel thousands of miles, run to the middle reaches of the Nile River, and then mobilize warships to travel by water, and slowly pull hundreds of thousands of troops to the vicinity of Cairo before launching an attack.

At the beginning, they used nearly a thousand warships for several months to pull 40 troops. At this moment, the Nile River Basin does not know whether half of the warships can be assembled.

After all, all the warships were either on the way of pulling supplies or on the way of transporting food and supplies. Who knew whether there were more warships going back or more warships coming over.

Even if half of the warships can be assembled, it will take more than half a year to transport hundreds of thousands of troops to the vicinity of Cairo!
As for rushing directly, don't even think about it. Cairo is just stuck at the mouth of the Nile Delta. They will have to face the dense artillery fire on the city wall if they rush directly by boat.

They don't have ironclad battleships at this moment, and it's courting death to confront the dense artillery on the city wall.

After much deliberation, he only gathered troops and sent people down the Congo River Basin to report the news by detouring the Atlantic Ocean.

Perhaps, the Duke of Richelieu will find a way to fight from the Mediterranean Sea, and maybe take back Cairo from the north.

In short, he can't mess around right now.

If they don't wait for the news of the Duke of Richelieu, they will probably be wiped out like the coalition forces of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire!

No way, they didn't carry much food and ammunition.

As for the food, he can still rob the natives here, and it is not a problem to barely maintain the food and drink of 40 horses, but the ammunition is getting less and less. If they are gone, the muskets and artillery in their hands will become waste.

The muskets and artillery of other mercenaries are not less than them at all, and the supply of ammunition is not a problem now.

If the muskets and artillery in their hands become waste, it is equivalent to cold weapons against other people's muskets and artillery, isn't it dead?
Therefore, he can't mess around, he can only wait for the arrangement of the Duke of Richelieu.

The Duke of Richelieu was also shocked when he received the news.

what happened?

Where did these people come from?
He frowned and pondered for a while with the urgent report, and then looked at the news sent by the fleets from various countries, and then he vaguely understood that it was very likely that the Ming Empire dispatched armed merchant ships to pull the mercenaries over.

Of course he knew that France didn't have that many armed merchant ships. Even if they were secretly building armed merchant ships at the moment, they still couldn't make a hundred of them a year.

The armed merchant ships that people see are all about [-] ships in a team, and there are at least five or six teams. How can there be so many armed merchant ships in France!
Only the Ming Empire had so many armed merchant ships in this world.

The question is, the bases of the Ming Empire are in Dakar and the Cape Verde Islands. How did these armed merchant ships enter the Mediterranean Sea through the Strait of Gibraltar?
Soon, he figured it out.

It must be Felipe IV who is threatening them!

This guy probably guessed his trick to divide the army into three groups, and he realized that he was cheated, so he is taking revenge on them!
It has to be said that the old fox Richelieu is indeed quite good at calculating.

He figured out such a complicated thing in one go.

As for how to break this situation, it depends on Spain.

Because they didn't have ironclad battleships at all, and Cairo City happened to be stuck at the mouth of the main road of the Nile River. No matter whether they went from north to south or from south to north to recapture Cairo City, they would have to eat countless shells.

Ordinary warships can't withstand the bombardment of city defense artillery or coastal defense artillery. If they want to recapture Cairo, they must transfer the Spanish ironclad warships there.

At this moment, Felipe IV is probably angry. How could he fool other people's iron-clad warships?
He definitely can't go fooling around. If he dares to go, it would be good if Felipe IV didn't kill him.

This matter has to ask Queen Anna to take the lead.

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered someone to drive him to the palace in a carriage, heading straight for Queen Anna's residence.

At this moment, Queen Anna has given birth to the little prince, who is the later Louis XIV.

Queen Anna has a lot of maternal love, she loves her younger siblings like a mother, but of course she loves her son too much.

She was coaxing her baby son in her arms when the Duke of Richelieu suddenly walked in and bowed and said, "Your Highness, Cairo has been suddenly occupied. Our 40 troops are likely to be like the 60 troops of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire." Wan Dajun was generally wiped out.

I also ask Her Royal Highness the Queen to help us persuade His Majesty the King of Spain to send an ironclad warship to help us recapture Cairo. "

Humph, you old fox.

Queen Anna handed over her precious son to the maid beside her and waved her to take him out, then said coldly: "Do you think I don't know about your schemes?

You let the combined forces of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire attack West Africa just to wipe them out!

Now that both Spain and the Holy Roman Empire have lost nearly 60 troops due to you, will they still send ironclad warships to help you? "

Upon hearing this, the Duke of Richelieu said without changing his face: "Your Highness, you should also know that I did this entirely for the benefit of France.

Spain already has abundant resources, plus the annual compensation of 320 million pounds of silver, within ten years, they will definitely dominate the European continent.

What shall we do then?

We don't have any resources.

Moreover, we not only have to pay compensation but also bear the huge debt of the Ming Empire.

If this continues, within ten years our France may be so poor that hundreds of thousands of troops will not be able to support them.

Without the military, we would be overwhelmed by reparations and debts, you know that, right? "

When Queen Anna heard this, she couldn't help but have a tangled expression on her face.

If her precious son was not born, she would naturally stand by her younger siblings without hesitation.

But now that she has a son, and this son must be the king of France in the future, can she let her son take over a country that has not paid off its indemnity and debts?

She struggled for a while, then sighed slightly: "Now Spain and the Holy Roman Empire have been ruined by you, if they are willing to send iron-clad warships to help us recapture Cairo, you should stop harming them.

After all, they have lost their North African colonies, and the army has also suffered heavy losses. They will definitely not be able to compete with us in decades.

Moreover, we have to rely on them to defeat the Ming Empire. If you make them miserable, we will have no hope of defeating the Ming Empire. "

Upon hearing this, the Duke of Richelieu nodded solemnly and said, "Okay, as long as they are willing to help us take back Cairo, I will never target them again."

This account is easy to calculate. Spain and the Holy Roman Empire have lost nearly 60 troops, and their 40 troops are still in Central Africa.

Moreover, they have not fully mobilized yet. If they were fully mobilized, it would not be a problem to mobilize another 40 troops.

If they can recapture Cairo and keep the 40 troops in Central Africa, they will be stronger than Spain and the Holy Roman Empire.

In this case, there is no need for him to harm others.

After all, the Ming Empire is their biggest enemy.

As for what to do after defeating the Ming Empire, it depends on the performance of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire.

At this time, he will no longer target Spain and the Holy Roman Empire in order to deal with the Ming Empire. However, if Spain and the Holy Roman Empire compete with them for colonies after the war, then he cannot be blamed.

In fact, Queen Anna is also very clear that Richelieu is entirely for the interests of France.

She can't make her son suffer for the sake of her younger siblings, she also has to consider the interests of France.

Therefore, this time she must come forward to save France's 40 troops in Africa.

As for what to do after defeating the Ming Empire, who knows.

Perhaps, by that time, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire will not have many troops fighting, and there will be no way to compete with them for colonies.

She doesn't have to turn against her younger siblings for her son.

Alas, I hope so.

Little Felipe, little Maria, it's not that I'm cruel as a sister, I can't be cruel to my precious son!
Queen Anna sighed slightly, then waved helplessly and said, "Okay, you can make arrangements, and I will return to Madrid tomorrow."